Chapter 23 - Chapter 23

Jimmy was at Julie's side, he was simply searching for words.

Then Julie was the one who took the initiative — "My older sister was the one who betrayed me... I knew I couldn't trust her, I have to get her out of the clan."

Jimmy — "To be honest I had to offer a lot for her to tell me, I hate to admit it, but I'm regretting offering her a blank contract"

Julie smiles slightly — "Let me guess, an absolute favor to do whatever she wants."

Jimmy just nods, although it is not something one hundred percent mandatory, Veronica is still a Monarch assassin so yes or if he has to cooperate with her.

Julie — "And you know why I'm here"

Jimmy just shook his head.

Julie points to a small house — "that was my house, before we moved to another house"

Jimmy — "Then why did you go to your old neighborhood?"

Julie looked a little distressed, but answers — "Because I wanted to do it."

Jimmy shook his head — "It's not just that I wanted to do it, I know, please don't hold anything back."

Julie smiles — "What are you talking about, I don't keep anything"

Jimmy looked sad and it was something that oppressed him — "You can't pretend, why do you even smile, even if you want to ignore your problems... Even if you try to put on your best face, your eyes can't hide your pain"

Julie simply turns around and sighs — "What do you want me to tell you, that my life is shit, you already know that."

Jimmy — "You think, I think you live in a very well-off place"

Julie — "Of course, I simply had to lose my parents, my friends and people I appreciated... You will never understand me, you didn't lose anyone important in your arms"

Jimmy remembered Light and then he remembered Cataclysm.

Jimmy — "Yes I know*

Julie turns around

Jimmy with a sad voice — "Not once, Not twice, but many times"

Julie looked skeptical — "Really."

Jimmy — "No matter how hard you try, you'll never forget when he takes his last breath."

Julie lowered her head — "How was she?"

Jimmy — "Very childish, somewhat arrogant, but I don't blame her, she was very good, she had a strong sense of justice, she never tolerates even an injustice, and I'm afraid that even if I went to her... She would never forgive me"

Jimmy simply closed his eyes — "You could tell he always saw me as a joke."

Julie — "That's a little cruel"

Jimmy shook his head — "It was a time when I just did things without thinking, even now I'm not a person who coldly thinks through my steps, and I have to be honest, it was impossible for her to take me seriously."

Julie opens her eyes — "You loved her"

Jimmy smiles — "At first I approached her because she seemed cute to me, a crush,

Jimmy has a serious voice — "That it could very well be harassment and that I very seriously regret that father in my life so you should never do that"

Julie looked at Jimmy with a serious face, but let him continue.

Jimmy spoke calmly — "That attraction turned into admiration, that admiration turned into, I don't know how to say it, in a way I looked at her as if she were part of my life, but we were always companions, we were never anything more."

Julie — "That's so depressing"

Jimmy — "She and I fought over something that has no relevance for now, we completely disconnected, she didn't want anything from me anymore... I went to her birthday, but honestly it wasn't the best experience, a month later everything was gone and...

Jimmy just closed his eyes

Julie grits her teeth — "Why are you telling me that?"

Jimmy — "I don't know, maybe I wanted to get it off my chest, maybe I wanted you to understand that we all lose people, I already told you my story, tell me yours"

Jimmy looked at Julie, you could see that that smile she had had disappeared, she looked like she was hesitant.

Julie — "I lived here with my parents, I had a friend who was younger than me, but she always spent time with me"

Julie smiles — "It was a simple time, dad was a normal police officer and my mom stayed with me all the time, everything was happiness, it's true we didn't have many resources, but we were together"

Julie's smile disappears — "But mom got a job and my dad got promoted, he was going to move house and change schools, I didn't accept it and I ran away, my friend followed me"

Julie tightened the chains of the swing — "I ran and ran until I just stopped, behind her was... An explosion... A villain"

Tears began to well up on her cheeks — "She died, she died."

Jimmy touched her head, this made Julie calm down.

Julie — "Elementary locked that monster up and thought he was going to rot in a cell, but what do you think happened, they just gave him 3 years in prison"

Julie gritted her teeth — 3 years, my friend's life was worthless!!

Julie breathes and calms down - "The Heroes Association bought my parents and my neighbor so they wouldn't digest anything, 50 thousand dollars, my parents sold themselves for 50 thousand dollars, my parents who always told me to do the right thing, sold themselves Not only that, but they offered my mother a better position and moved my father to a better area."

Julie gritted her teeth — "I miss when we had little, I miss my friends, but they wouldn't recognize me anymore, I miss my friend"

Jimmy just gently stroked Julie's hair, he didn't know what to do, he wasn't a psychologist, he honestly didn't think he would open up too much to her.

Jimmy — "What would you have done instead of your parents"

Julie — "I would hit the guy who offered me the money"

Jimmy — "Even if it means putting your children at risk"

Julie looked angry, but you could see some understanding.

Jimmy — "Julie, you're very smart, I know, I understand that this world disappointed you and that I'm no one to tell you what to do, in fact I just spent two days with you"

Julie looked straight ahead — "It's true you were only there for two days, your opinion doesn't matter."

Jimmy — "But those two days were enough for me to see what you really are, you are a good girl, with a great sense of justice, despite being so young you have so much potential, and that is the beauty of this life"

Jimmy stands up - "You can choose what to do with your life, at the end of the holidays you will go to a new school, you will be able to have new friends, you are pretty so you will be very popular with the boys, although be careful, most of them approach you twice." intentions"

Julie — "Let me guess, stalkers like you"

Jimmy — "Please don't remind me that stage of life is in the past... But yes, you are going to meet a lot of good people, but you are also going to meet very, very, very bad people like that partner you have"

Then Jimmy stands in front of Julie — "Even if now everything is dark and you don't see anything worthwhile, I promise you that you will meet unique people, who will make your life a rollercoaster of emotions."

Jimmy had a big golden smile — "So I hope one day to see you in the future and that you are able to be happy, that you find that special person who gives you the strength to continue and move forward and who doesn't want to stop."

Julie blushed for a moment, but calmed down.

Jimmy offers her his hand - "Please take my hand and continue, I know you will do great things in the future and I look forward to seeing what path you will choose, whether as the reincarnation of a goddess in a cult or as the most powerful detective." greatest in the world, I hope to see it"

Julie didn't know it, but she unconsciously grabbed Jimmy's hand, it's like his chest was warm.

Jimmy took Julie and Jimmy looked at Julie — "What if the tutoring ends from now on?"

Julie looked distressed — "Because, maybe it's because I ran away that he can't tutor me anymore."

Jimmy shook his head — "I know, you don't need them, you're perfectly capable of passing the exam without me."

Julie with a voice would be — "Well, bad luck, I don't plan on passing the exam."

Jimmy smiles — "Wow, what a predicament, let's make a deal"

Julie — "A deal..."

Jimmy — "I don't know, if you get a perfect 100 on the test, maybe I could reveal a pretty girl, I don't know my ability."

Julie simply turns around and with an annoyed voice— "As if I care."

Jimmy with a playful smile — "Too bad, I guess you'll never know, it will be super strength, flying, laser beams, I could even stop time, I could even create exact doubles of myself"

Every word Jimmy said made Julie shake more and more until she couldn't take it anymore — "Okay, okay, but you have to show me your skills live."

Jimmy simply put up his little finger, Julie does the same and the two intertwine.

Julie — "And if I don't comply I'll cut off my little finger"

Jimmy blurts it out quickly — "Why do you say something so macabre?"

Julie laughs out

Jimmy grabbed his phone and dialed a number — "Hello, if it's me, if I have your daughter here, don't worry, I'll go with her, yes, yes, okay, don't worry, here we go, no, don't bring the patrol, no, don't call César, he must be busy, like he's in hunting mode, you should tell César to stop his hunting mode, it will be dangerous if I run into him."

Jimmy hung up and walked away, meanwhile Cesar was on top of a house looking at Julie and Jimmy, he was taking out some chains.

Julio César felt that they were calling him and answered — "I already have his daughter located, she is with a person... So, everything is fine now, very good, what a scare."

Julius Caesar deactivates his chains and leaves the scene, if Donatello had taken 10 seconds longer the scene would have become very violent