"Wh-What do you mean by 'the other me' Watson..?"
"It's just like I said, that Amelia is the other me."
I don't get what she's saying.. There can't be 2 Amelia Watson's right??
"I guess simple humans like yourself don't really get it..", she said as she scratched her head.
"I really don't get what you're trying to say.."
"Like I said! That woman you just saw is the other me! And I call it a Time Remnant!", she said as she shouted.
"Time.. Remnant..? What..?"
It's starting to get more confusing now..
What's a Time Remnant...?
Watson bit her lip out of anger but she sighed after doing it for a few seconds and said..
"Explaining it in that term won't make you understand what I'm trying to say. So I'll say it to you once everything is over..", she said as she calmed herself down.
I don't know what's going on right now, but if she really is the Amelia Watson.. Let's test her.
"Are you really the real Amelia Watson?", I asked.
"Yes, I am the real Amelia Watson."
"Then prove it.."
I don't know how she'll prove it, but I have to be ready...
After asking her to prove herself, she sighed and said..
"I can prove it by telling you that you're the most disgusting person that I've ever met because you stalked me for a couple of months and joined the same department as I did. Which really disgusts me..", she said while wearing a disgust face.
"Eh...? That's all..?", I asked.
"What? Do you want more? Do you want some beat up?"
"N-No... I think.. That's enough.."
I may have doubts for now, but I guess I have no choice but to trust her, but only once.. If she somehow betrays my trust in a way that I don't expect, then I'll eliminate her and find the real Watson..
"So, what are you doing in the middle of the night?", she asked.
"I was looking for you.."
"Ehh.. My, aren't you charming?", she said teasingly.
"It's true, I need you.. No.. We need each other, so that we can finish the Reaper Case.."
Silence came after my sentence for a few seconds, then she started to say something..
"I'm sorry to tell you but.. I've already finished the case."
"Eh? What do you mean by that?", I asked.
"That's all I can say, but if you really want to know then use your detective skills and figure it out.", she said.
If she really did finish it then why is Jack still around? Or did she meant something like 'all she has to do is to eliminate him'?
I really.. Don't understand her..
"Can't figure it out? Geez, you really are slow of an assistant aren't you?"
"Don't blame me! I'm not even understanding everything that you said a few minutes ago!"
"Then that proves that you're really slow..."
Th-This girl... I'm done doubting, she really is the Amelia Watson that I know.. There's no other person who mocks me like I'm the youngest one between the two of us..
Wait.. Isn't this.. The perfect opportunity to ask her.. About what the Chief and I discussed yesterday..?
I'll give it a shot..
"Watson... Who are you?", I asked.
"Repeat the first word but slowly, Benedict. Are you really that slow and also dumb??", she continued to mock me.
"Th-That's not what I mean.."
"Then what is it?"
"Who are you? Where do you come from??"
After asking those questions, Watson went silent.. The atmosphere around us seems kind of weird as well.. I'm not nervous yet I can feel the chills..
"I guess.. Someone really is investigating me..", she said.
"If you want to know, then it's the Chief who investigated you, Watson..", I said.
"No.. You're wrong."
"I'm.. Wrong..? How so?"
"Because the Chief doesn't just start a random investigation because of my age, and he's also not the type of person to compare his intelligence to others.."
The Chief literally got jealous of her IQ though.. He just said yesterday that.. Wait.. He wasn't jealous at all, he was just sensing something suspicious!
This girl.. Could she have already.. Figured everything out??
"The Higher Ups.. The Government were the ones who started to investigate me first, then after finding out that I joined Chief Joseph's Detective Department, and after scanning through my name and identity, they found something odd.. And that's how they started investigating on me."
She.. She really figured it all out.. Just who is this girl?? Just how smart is she?? She's not just a smart girl, she's beyond Genius level!
"Seeing you with no response to what I just said means that I was right on the spot..", she said as she looked at me while grinning.
"I-I guess.. You were right on spot.."
"No one can hide a secret from me, you're not even that hard to read as well.."
I don't know if she's mocking me right now or not.. But I feel like she's.. Worried and anxious.. Is it because she finally knows that someone is investigating her..?
"I guess I'll let that slide for now and focus on the main case..", she said as she stretched.
I want to know.. I want to know everything that she's been through.. I want to know why she's hiding something.. And I want to know what she's hiding..
"Watson.."
"Hm? What is it? And also, I noticed that you don't address me by Miss anymore, where are your manner—", as she was about to ask me, I cut her words off and asked something immediately..
"What are you hiding?", I asked as I looked down, because I was too afraid to ask her that question while looking straight at her eyes..
The atmosphere went cold, yet it didn't have that scary feeling to it.. Our silence also went by for a few seconds..
I slowly raised my head up, but as soon as I did, she wasn't already standing in front of me.
"E-Eh?! Wa—"
"I'll tell you everything, Benedict."
Before I even knew it, she said those words while already on my back.
'W-When did she?!', I thought to myself.
"I'm going to tell you everything after we're done with the case.. But."
"But..?"
She turned my way and said..
"Don't tell anyone else. If you tell anyone else, even the Chief who's also investigating me.. I'll find you and kill you.", she said while wearing a serious face.
"Y-You're kidding right..? You won't do that to your junior.. Right..?"
"Try me. And I'll do it without hesitation and regret."
Her eyes.. She's not bluffing, she's dead serious.. Just what kind of secret is she hiding...?
"Fine.. I won't tell anyone.", I said after I sighed.
"Good. You know what I'll do to you if you break that promise."
"Yeah, yeah.."
She turned her back on me again after I promised her not to tell anyone about her secret.
Is she going to tell it to me now?
"You.. Even have the same name as him..", she tried to say it in whisper, but I can clearly hear it..
But I pretended not to hear it and said..
"Hm? What was that?"
"Nothing.."
Was that really nothing though..?
But if I remember correctly.. There was a person on that old newspaper that the Chief showed to me, I think that persons name was.. John Watson..
Could it be.. About him?
"By the way..", she said.
"Hm?"
"If I'm going to tell you my secret, then you have to do something in exchange."
"I already did right? Not telling anyone else?"
She faced back at me and said..
"My secret is big and it needs two exchanges, if you don't do the other one then I won't tell you."
Eehh... Is this girl serious....?
Fine, I don't have a choice anyways..
"Fine.. So what do you want?", I asked.
"This is regarding the Reaper Case."
"The Reaper Case..?"
"In order to end all of this at once, I want you to....."
After she said what she needed me to do, we ended our conversation and went on our separate ways. I'm not sure if she's returning to her apartment, but I am.
But still.. Is that girl really serious about what she just asked me to do..? I might die...
Then again, I don't have any other choice. And also, if I don't do this, then the case will never end.