DEAD APPLE Chapter 12.2

Chapter 12.2 is the second part of the 12th chapter of the Bungo Stray DEAD APPLE manga.

Summary
Like Shibusawa, Atsushi finds himself in the orphanage memory of being tortured by Shibusawa. The past Shibusawa finally managed to extract the child's ability crystal, but the latter fully transformed into the tiger and reacquired his ability. The tiger then slashed Shibusawa on the face and killed him.

The present Atsushi continuously mutters his recollection of having used his claws at the time, while the current Shibusawa finally remembers pressing the switch out of his desire of acquiring the ability highly envied by all other ability users as tipped of by a Russian named Fyodor.

In Skull Fortress, Fyodor corroborates Shibusawa's remembrance and reveals that Shibusawa died at the hands of the tiger, making his ability separate from his corpse and inherit the ability itself. With the skull on Fyodor's hands peeling off to reveal Shibusawa's own skull underneath, Fyodor notes that Shibusawa has forgotten his death, with his ability—his new "self"—continuing to expand his collection of abilities.

Meanwhile in the orphanage memory, Shibusawa notes that Atsushi killed him with his claws, to which Atsushi rages that he used them because he wished to live back then and would raise his claws again no matter what happens. As Fyodor amusingly watches a new singularity form and dilapidate Skull Fortress, he notices the poisoned Dazai get caught up in the ensuing surge, remarking how greedy he is to witness the end of Yokohama even in death.

Characters in Order of Appearance

 * Atsushi Nakajima
 * Tatsuhiko Shibusawa
 * Fyodor Dostoevsky
 * Osamu Dazai