Chapter 9 – Facing the Suspect
Resonance 1, Part 5
Novel Title: 共鳴劣情 オメガバース (Resonance Lust: Omegaverse)
Author：岩本薫 (Iwamoto Kaoru)
Illustrator: 蓮川愛 (Hasukawa Ai)
Translator: K (@kin0monogatari)
Protagonists: 本浄天音 (Honjou Amane) & 苅谷煌騎 (Kariya Kouki) / 首藤煌騎 (Shutou Kouki)
*Please read at knoxt.space, the original site of translation. TQ*
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“Kouji Nitta, isn’t it?”
The man dressed in black flinched and quickly turned around. Seeing Amane in his stretched-out neckline T-shirt, skinny black jeans, and multiple earrings, Nitta probably didn’t realise at first that he was a detective. As Nitta stared at him with a puzzled expression, Amane pulled out his police badge from the back pocket of his jeans and presented it.
“I’m with the Downtown East Police Station. I’d like you to accompany me to the station on suspicion of assaulting a man in the parking lot of a family restaurant in the Downtown East District shortly after 2 a.m. five days ago-“
Before Amane could finish speaking, Nitta turned around and ran in the opposite direction along the outer corridor.
“Stop!”
Even when Amane shouted, Nitta didn’t stop. As Amane started to pursue the man in black, the door to the apartment suddenly swung open with a clatter, blocking his view.
“Damn it!”
As Amane tried to get around the door to continue his chase, someone jumped out of the apartment entrance and tackled him.
“Whoa!!!”
He was forcefully pushed from the side, causing him to lose his balance. He fell hard onto the floor of the outdoor corridor, landing painfully on his backside. Someone immediately leaped onto him, pressing down with considerable weight on his stomach. The pressure made him gasp, and a groan escaped his throat.
“Kou-chan, run!”
The woman on top of him screamed. It was Yukari, Nitta’s ex-girlfriend and childhood friend. Apparently, Nitta had contacted Yukari in advance, telling her he was coming over.
“Get off me!”
Amane tried to push the heavy-set woman off him, but she resisted with a loud “No!”
He couldn’t recklessly shove a civilian aside and risk injuring her, even if this was obstruction of justice. “Move!”
“No, no!”
While struggling with the desperate Yukari, Amane suddenly heard a man’s voice shout, “Whoa!” from a little distance away. When he looked up, he saw ‘Kou-chan’ being thrown into the air. The man in black did a complete rotation and landed with a loud thud on his back, sprawled out on the concrete floor.
The one who had executed this perfect shoulder throw was Kouki, who had climbed up the external staircase to the third floor and waited there as instructed. Hearing the exchange between Amane and Nitta, Kouki had assessed the situation himself, rushed into the corridor, and stopped the suspect’s escape.
Taking out a pair of handcuffs, Kouki secured one cuff around Nitta’s wrist and locked the other to the iron frame of the corridor. After securing Nitta, he approached Amane.
“Are you okay?”
Seeing Kouki’s concerned expression, Amane barked, “What do you think? Get this woman off me!”
“Understood.”
Kouki replied, and after politely saying, “Excuse me,” he slipped his arms under Yukari’s sides and lifted her limp body. As he pulled her away from Amane, Yukari collapsed to the floor and suddenly started wailing.
“Uwaaaah… hoo… hoo…”
She seemed to realise that further resistance was futile. She sobbed uncontrollably. Her face was bare and smeared with makeup stains. She was in her shabby house dress. There was overflowing flesh around her midsection. Her frizzy chestnut hair looked damaged. And chipped decorative nails made her look like a stereotypical hostess from a run-down bar. While Amane watched her with mixed emotions, Kouki called out to him.
“Honjou-san.”
Amane raised his head to find a hand extended toward him—one that stood in stark contrast to Yukari’s. The skin was smooth, the long fingers straight and slender. The shiny nails were flawless, with clearly visible nail lunulae and a perfect shape. It’s often said that men with longer ring fingers than index fingers have high testosterone levels—Kouki certainly fits that description.
“…”
Amane found himself momentarily staring at Kouki’s outstretched hand, then abruptly turned his head away. Kouki, crouching down and lowering his voice as if trying to soothe him, whispered gently.
“It’s okay. I told you before, didn’t I? ‘That thing’ only happens when we make contact during your heat.”
Kouki’s saying ‘that thing’ refers to an uncontrollable sexual impulse triggered by physical contact.
It begins with a sensation like an electric current running through the body, followed by intense sweating and fever. It eventually overwhelmed the individual with an uncontrollable wave of lust and desire. This overpowering libido is so strong that it even negates the effects of contraceptive pills.
But it doesn’t happen with just anyone. Although Amane had interacted with Alphas before, such an impulse had never occurred. It only happened with Kouki.
―――Could it be… that we’re ‘soulmates’?
At first, Amane didn’t believe Kouki when he said that.
Amane was aware of the existence of the special bond between an Alpha and an Omega that’s supposedly connected by fate—the concept of ‘soulmates’—but he always thought it was just an urban legend.
And to think that a top-tier Alpha like Kouki could be soulmates with a Stray Omega like himself?
There was no way. It was impossible.
However, after experiencing two uncontrollable sexual impulses in such a short period, he had to admit that it wasn’t just an urban legend.
Even so, just because Kouki’s love switch got turned on by the mind-blowing, primal sex that left Amane’s rationality in shreds didn’t mean Amane could easily accept his straightforward advances like, “I like you. It doesn’t matter if you’re an Alpha or an Omega. I just like you.”
Kouki insisted that categories didn’t matter to him. But that’s something only a privileged Alpha could say.
Alphas and Stray Omegas live in completely different worlds. The world they see is not the same.
―――However, even if we’re ‘soulmates’, we’re both free. I have no intention of being bound to anyone, and I won’t bind you to me either.
Thus, while acknowledging their bond as ‘soulmates’, Amane made sure to warn Kouki.
―――Let me make one thing clear – no more physical contact from here on out.
―――This is the most I’m willing to concede. If you can abide by the no-touching rule, then I’ll agree to be your partner.
It was quite a high-handed condition. But Kouki accepted it, albeit reluctantly.
However, some time later, Kouki reported, “Regarding that tingling sensation, it only seems to occur when you’re in heat.”
“What do you mean?”
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*Translator’s Note: Yooo… Kariya-kun can’t stand not touching his man. Hahahaha. -K
Next update: 2025.01.10
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