#ch137

chapter 137 | duel 78 - page 7

Tanaka sensei knows whats up n the trends

Undertaker's whereabouts

There are just too many things we don't know. Too many gaps to fill in, and I don't think it would be all that wise for anyone to try and fill too much of it in... just yet. I do expect to get canon answers to a lot of this, but I'm not sure how to form headcanon or even theorize too much about it.

However, I can break this down into the individual questions and give you some ideas I've been considering. A mix of headcanon, theories, and (probably) pure fantasy. Conjecture, basically.

What was his reaction when he first found out -- and how did he find out -- about the (attack and) house on fire? I see two major possibilities here.

Either he was shocked and wished he'd been there when it happened, so he could have tried to stop it, but his plans were to show up during the party and just enjoy their 10th birthday without bringing too much attention to himself. He might have ended up scaring the twins, like before (the day the photo was taken), but it's not like he was going to reveal his true identity or anything like that. He shows up as he'd planned to do and sees the fire has already consumed Vincent and mostly ruined the rest. He searches for the remains of the children but can't find any. Even though he's initially shocked, he gets over that quickly, the queen's watchdog position being what it is. Then he starts to question whether the whole thing was planned by someone who knew what he is and knew he wouldn't be there yet. And where are the twins? So, he starts gathering as much information as he can and starts the search.

Or he has been expecting something to happen, and might have even been tipped off somehow about when and where, but he's physically delayed from getting there in time. By the time he arrives to the scene, he's way too late. He has ideas who's behind it, but he cannot confirm much of it, because the only victims not completely consumed by the fire were killed without even seeing it coming. Vincent and Rachel would have had valuable information in their cinematic records, but they've been burned to ashes. Whoever did this must know what Undertaker is. He can't find remains of the twins, so now he has to search for them.

Did he see the manor on fire? Possibly, but the major damage would have been done by then. I theorize that the fire was started with Vincent's and Rachel's clothes (or something) or at least in that room. Madam Red is shown arriving while the fire still blazed. I don't recall whether Lizzie shows up in time to see the fire; I know Paula tells her about it while they are still at the Midford's estate. I want to say Lizzie got there before the fire was completely put out. I don't know if Undertaker can handle a fire that's already collapsing the building; the only time we've seen him enter a burning building is when he collects real Ciel's body, but that was not long after the fire had been started. In this case, he either arrives when the fire's too widespread, or it has already died down... just embers perhaps still glowing here and there. I imagine him arriving once most of the flames are out and walking around among the burning embers, ignoring the heat and smoke and the soles of his boots starting to melt. Looking for bodies. Looking for clues. Maybe even looking for other things worth salvaging.

What was he doing while the twins were being held captive? Simply put, I think he was trying to find them.

How did he find them? Figuring out where our earl and Sebastian are going to go (once they had made their contract and moved back into the manor) is one thing; he can follow them around or keep tabs on them pretty much as he pleases. At least when he actually has the time and energy. But some people that he's maybe seen, if he was lucky, in some damaged cinematic records? Does he even know where to start? I suspect he had to keep his eyes and ears open for any hints about twins (or even just children) popping up somewhere. Since the cultists had conducted sacrificial rituals on more than one occasion, it's possible that he was able to figure out that reapers had made collections of children's souls from the same place over time, perhaps on a monthly basis, like coinciding with full moons. But it would be difficult, since he no longer has access to the death lists. Perhaps he interrogates people in the ranks of the Evil Nobles, since some of them seem to be involved in that demon cult, and some are definitely into the occult. Maybe he even confronts the human traffickers who sold the boys. But then, once he figured out that's probably where they were, he still had to get into the place. He might have had trouble getting into the building. Again, someone might have delayed him. Particularly if that mystery person in ch137 is John Brown or anyone else who might not want Undertaker to have access to the twins (or even access to their bodies). The mystery person disappears, and I'm pretty sure the demon didn't kill then, so where did they go and what did they do? They might have gone outside and confronted Undertaker. Or they might have simply left to make their report... to whomever. Even if no one physically blocked him from getting into the building sooner than he did, he still had to figure out where to go, and that might be why he was so late.

Behind the curtains sat a woman, her long raven hair twisted in a loose bun, her neck slender and white, with a black choker and a thin silver chain circled around. Her robe was half-stripped, revealing her snow-white shoulder and a small bit of her back. It looked as if it was about to drape and fall, making one’s face burn and heart race.

They have clearly done this before. 

Allow me to offer you the idea of a bunch of miniature menaces that will team up to play pranks on adults and run like hell. Not just these two, but the rest of the FT kids that grew up in the guild, too.