Chapter 128, Forty-Fourth Read (1)
Subaru Natsuki: I cannot save Rem.
[Subaru Natsuki: Because of my irreparable mistake, Rem will fall into an eternal slumber, and no one will even remember that she ever existed in this world.]
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"Zero, how did it go? Did it succeed?" Morofushi Kagemitsu turned and asked.
After a two-second silence, Furuya Rei stepped forward, hugged him, and slowly buried his head in his shoulder.
"I'm sorry, Hiro..."
"Huh? What? It failed? It's okay if you failed. You don't need to apologize to me. Let's rest for a bit and then continue with the next plan." Morofushi Kagemitsu quickly dropped his sniper rifle and hugged him, gently stroking his soft blond hair to comfort his childhood friend.
Rei Furuya had no intention of explaining; he had decided not to give Hiro the chance to have the memory of five time loops again and to prevent him from having the opportunity to sacrifice himself.
However, he now only has two methods left to use.
This was the method he least wanted to use, because failure would bring him the greatest despair and pain, so he put it last.
The thought of taking this path made him uncontrollably agitated.
That was PTSD, a condition that had penetrated deep into his bones and every inch of his flesh and nerves, which he had never been completely cured of.
"Zero? Zero! Zero, what's wrong?" Morofushi Kagemitsu noticed something was wrong, grabbed his shoulders to look at his expression, "Wait, Zero, you just came back from the future, right? What happened in the future?"
Rei Furuya took a deep breath, trying to control his body.
He gripped his right hand tightly with his right hand, trying to suppress his trembling little by little.
"Hiro." Rei Furuya didn't know what kind of expression he had when he said those words, "In order to try to save you, I may have to kill you again."
Zhu Fujingguang was stunned.
He looked at his childhood friend, whose blank expression couldn't hide the despair and pain in his empty eyes, and understood that he had to reply to this sentence with utmost care, and the reply couldn't be too slow.
The blond youth's taut nerves were on the verge of snapping at any moment.
“Okay.” Morofushi Kagemitsu suddenly revealed a smile full of tolerance, trust and gentleness, and agreed to his childhood friend’s request to kill him in a clear voice.
Now it was Furuya Rei's turn to be stunned.
Morofushi Kagemitsu slowly but firmly pried open the hands that were gripping him tightly, and smiled as he held the cold hands tightly, saying, "If it's Zero, I can give you my life anytime, no matter when, no matter what the reason, no matter how many times."
Rei Furuya's lips trembled slightly: "No..."
Morofushi Kagemitsu continued, "But you have to explain everything to me clearly, otherwise even if it's zero, no, precisely because it's zero, I'll be very angry, because you're definitely forcing yourself again."
Faced with his childhood friend, with whom he grew up and whose relationship was even closer than family, declaring that he would be killed, he reacted in a way that resembled comforting a child…
Rei Furuya shook his head vigorously, explaining rapidly and incoherently, "Hiro, I'm not joking, I'm serious... No, I don't really want to kill Hiro, but there's no other way, it's reached the point where I have to try... I know it's absurd, but to save Hiro I have to kill him, it's the last resort... There won't be many more times, at most two, and I only have two chances. If I don't succeed this time, I don't even know if I can continue next time..."
Morofushi Kagemitsu, quite perceptive, raised an eyebrow: "Hmm? Is this the first time? Wasn't it the last time? Then why did Zero say '[again]'? Ah! Is he still taking all the blame for my suicide in my past life?!"
Furuya Rei's attention was successfully diverted by him. He stared blankly at his childhood friend whom he had just said he would kill. Seeing his unusually lively and relaxed demeanor in the face of this topic, Furuya Rei's body and mind were both stuck, unable to continue smoothly.
What? Why?
Morofushi Kagemitsu chuckled, then reached out and kneaded his bewildered childhood friend's doll-like face like dough, even messing up his originally smooth blond hair, until he was completely dizzy and unable to think about anything else before letting go.
“Alright, tell me everything from the beginning, Zero,” he said. “Take your time, I’ll listen to your explanation.”
Jianggu Ling: "..."
Rei Furuya, sporting a head of spiky blond hair and red marks on his face from being rubbed, looked like he'd been badly bullied. But his mental state had improved considerably; he was finally able to regain full control of his body steadily and rationally. He sighed and began to slowly and earnestly explain to his unpredictable younger self, Yujun.
The previous twenty-four failures were briefly mentioned, without even specifying the exact number of cycles or the consequences of the failures. It was simply stated that all paths were blocked, and now only the path of deceiving the world by feigning "true death" remained.
Just like in the original timeline, Scotland's identity is exposed, Rye goes after him, Scotland's suicide is real, and Bourbon can't get to the scene in time and can only see Scotland's body.
Finally, if Furuya Rei uses the system reward method to revive Morofushi Kagemitsu, the world program that actually killed Morofushi Kagemitsu once might be able to continue operating.
In other words, it means completely reenacting that nightmarish reality.
Moreover, it was Furuya Rei who personally told Morofushi Kagemitsu about this.
What difference is there between him forcing Hiro to commit suicide on that rooftop and him killing Hiro with his own hands?
"What? Oh, I see." Morofushi Kagemitsu raised his hand and flicked his childhood friend on the head, saying irritably, "Seriously, Zero, you were clearly saving me, weren't you?"
Rei Furuya was stunned again by the blow, and instinctively covered his head, saying, "But..."
“But it’s really good that I did it myself.” Morofushi Kagemitsu’s voice suddenly softened.
He once again revealed that gentle yet cruel smile reminiscent of Morofushi Kagemitsu, a smile that no one could shake or change: "So, this is my own decision, my own will, the path I chose, and the one I took action myself. It has nothing to do with Zero."
Rei Furuya immediately frowned: "How could this be—"
"On the contrary, I should thank Zero for helping me eliminate so many wrong options." Morofushi Kagemitsu interrupted him, reaching out to hug him tightly.
“You’ve really had a tough time coming all this way, Zero,” he said.
Rei Furuya was speechless.
Afraid of embarrassing himself by bursting into tears, he could only silently bury his face in the other person's warm embrace.
It took him a full minute to steady his voice and answer.
“As long as Hiro survives, it’s all worth it,” Rei Furuya said.
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November 7th.
11:30 PM.
Rei Furuya stood in front of the familiar abandoned building, momentarily dazed before regaining his composure, gritting his teeth and starting to run upstairs.
The reason why Furuya Rei chose to try this resurrection method last was not only because he was unwilling to kill Morofushi Kagemitsu with his own hands unless he was forced to, but also because he was worried that the system's resurrection reward hid an even greater and more terrifying despair.
Although it's supposed to be a reward, can a system filled with malice really deliver something good? Won't it have side effects and long-term consequences?
Yes, although the system lacks subjective malice in the human sense, and has no personal feelings, acting solely according to its own logic and interests, and rarely deceiving or cheating, its words are mostly forceful and guiding. Therefore, the reward for resurrection is likely credible; it's a decoy to prevent it from collapsing prematurely and becoming unusable.
But what if?
I dare not gamble on Ryougu Zero.
But now he has reached a point where he has no choice but to take a gamble.
Rei Furuya's mental instability also affected his body. His senses and vision became distorted to some extent, and fragments of that nightmare kept flashing through his mind, all of which overlapped with the present.
His steps grew heavier and heavier, and the stairwell in front of him seemed to grow longer and longer.
It's too far, too far, really too far, so far that he feels he'll never see Hiro again in his lifetime.
The seemingly endless, dark corridors meandered and twisted, like an indescribable monster in a nightmare opening its gaping maw to devour everything.
It's getting closer, closer, almost there.
He wants to save Hiro... wait...
No, he's trying to kill Hiro...
"Bang--"
Instantly, a chill ran from the soles of his feet straight to his head, and Furuya Rei looked up abruptly.
Even though he was prepared, Rei Furuya was still shaken by the gunshot that meant his childhood friend's heart had been pierced, and his already chaotic mind immediately went blank.
He stood frozen for three seconds before reacting, his hands and feet trembling as he climbed the last few steps to reach the rooftop and saw everything clearly.
The cold night, the pale moonlight, the scarlet bloodstains, Hiro with his heart pierced, and the long-haired black man standing in front of him with a gun.
At this point, he should have put on an act and confronted Rae, but Furuya Rei couldn't control himself.
At that moment, all he could think about and see was his childhood friend lying in a pool of blood with her head tilted to the side.
Lei seemed to be speaking, but he couldn't hear him clearly. He rushed over, ignoring the blood and the phone full of broken glass, and pressed his ear directly against Hiro's chest.
It's very quiet.
It was deathly silent.
Yes, Hiro is really dead this time. He shot himself in the heart at his own request.
Without a doubt, he was the one who killed Hiro this time.
However, killing Hiro was to save Hiro.
Therefore, we cannot let all of this go to waste.
The blond youth trembled, clenched his teeth, and turned to look at the long-haired black man with eyes full of hatred, pain, and despair.
“Ray…”
Shuichi Akai paused slightly as he prepared to leave.
Bourbon's reaction...
Shuichi Akai remained expressionless, uttered a couple more harsh words, and then turned to leave, his expression grave as he pondered as he descended the stairs.
Wow, no way... If that's really the case, then this tragedy is just too devastating!
"Where's Bourbon?" Gin frowned and asked Rae when he didn't see him during the assembly.
“He wants to handle the Scottish bodies himself,” Rye said.
Gin: "..."
Gin didn't really want to ask how the "dealing" would go, so he just said "boring" and disbanded the pursuit team.
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After confirming that everyone in the organization had left, Furuya Rei sent a message to stop Kazami Yuya from bringing the Public Security Bureau to help clean up the mess.
No one except the five of them should know about Hiro's resurrection.
“Hiro…” Furuya Rei squatted down again, reaching out to stroke the gradually cooling cheek of his childhood friend’s corpse, his voice trembling uncontrollably as he called his name.
He was afraid—afraid that Hiro could not be resurrected, afraid that if Hiro were resurrected, he would suffer terrible side effects and aftereffects and never recover.
Furuya Rei had questioned the system for what the resurrection slot might have side effects and aftereffects for the umpteenth time, but the system remained silent.
He took several deep breaths, and finally exhaled a long breath, his eyes becoming completely resolute.
[System, immediately use the resurrection card on Morofushi Kagemitsu.]
The system's voice immediately sounded: [Should we use the resurrection card on Morofushi Kagemitsu now?]
"Yes!" Rei Furuya gritted his teeth.
[Using a resurrection card on Morofushi Kagemitsu]
[Successfully used]
[Number of resurrection cards remaining: 2]
Rei Furuya stared intently at the corpse of his childhood friend in front of him, not daring to blink for even a second.
Then, he witnessed a miracle.
The hand he had been holding gradually regained its warmth and softness, and he could clearly feel the other person's stopped pulse gradually reappear and then beat strongly again.
Rei Furuya's dull eyes gradually brightened.
He hurriedly and carefully unbuttoned his childhood friend's shirt with trembling hands, and saw that the blood hole in his heart had healed to the point where only a scar remained.
Soon, even the scars disappeared, leaving only large patches of scarlet blood to prove that the wound had indeed existed.
"Hmm..." Morofushi Kagemitsu's eyelashes trembled, and he slowly opened his eyes.
As the view gradually cleared, a blond young man who was almost crying appeared, along with the familiar rooftop.
“Zero…” Morofushi Kagemitsu sighed and reached out to catch his childhood friend who lunged at him.
Zero ultimately couldn't resist reviving him after December 7th.
After all, he was so afraid that once the data was saved, everything would be irreversible, and he didn't dare to gamble on even the slightest possibility.
As long as he can reload the save file and has the chance to make amends and change things, he will never give up and will keep trying to find a way to safely save Morofushi Kagemitsu.
"Hiro, hiro, hiro," Furuya Rei kept calling his name.
“I’m here, I’m here, I’m right here,” Morabu Kagemitsu patiently replied to each one.
“I survived, we succeeded, Zero,” he said.
Morofushi Kagemitsu died on November 7.
It was revived on November 8th.
He then died on December 7th.
"Zero, I'm sorry, please give up on me. I feel like... I really can't survive in this world."
[Morokushō Kagemitsu has died.]
[Achieve the Bad Ending: World Line Convergence - Death of Morofushi Kagemitsu]
You are dead.
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"Zero, how did it go? Did you succeed?"
It failed.
"zero?"
It failed! ...
Rei Furuya clutched his head, almost completely collapsing.
Even resurrection won't work, and true death can't deceive the world, so how can he possibly save Hiro?
"Painting on fat and carving on ice" refers to drawing and carving on solidified fat and ice, which will completely melt away and leave nothing behind after a certain time.
So, should we really try to revive Hiro after he dies and saves the game?
No, that won't do. If I choose that path and something unexpected happens and I fail, there will truly be no other way to salvage the situation. I will fall into utter despair just like Subaru Natsuki.
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[Okabe Rintaro: I give up.]
[Okabe Rintaro: I chose the timeline where Mayuri survives.]
[Okabe Rintaro: I personally gave up Kurisu's chance of survival; I killed her.]
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November 7th.
Five o'clock in the afternoon.
Rei Furuya opened the window, and the cold wind outside instantly tousled his blond hair, but it couldn't shake the heavy darkness that had accumulated in his purple eyes, almost overflowing.
"It's so cold..." he murmured.
"Yes." Morofushi Kagemitsu came over with a red scarf and carefully tied it around his neck. "After all, it's the beginning of winter today, so be careful to keep warm and avoid catching a cold."
But even with a scarf on, it's still cold, Hiro.
"Don't be so upset. I know you hate red, but a red scarf is a symbol of a hero." Morofushi Hiromitsu patted the red scarf on his chest with a smile, his eyes sparkling. "Superheroes wear red capes, and Kamen Rider always wears a red scarf around his neck, doesn't he?"
Rei Furuya didn't realize the scarf was red until he told him.
He raised his hand and stroked the scarf: "A hero?"
The blond youth suddenly smiled and gently curved his eyebrows.
“Hero, hiro,” he said. “I almost forgot. I started calling hiro when I was a kid because I thought the pronunciation sounded like the word ‘hero’ in ‘hero,’ and I thought it sounded cool like Kamen Rider, so I’ve kept calling him that.”
They would often cheer together for Kamen Rider on TV, and after watching, they would go to the park, put on red scarves, and pretend to be Kamen Riders, acting as righteous superheroes and heroes who fought monsters and bad guys together. They would also collect all the Kamen Rider cards together.
Morofushi Kagemitsu's fair cheeks instantly turned red, and he touched his stubble on his chin embarrassedly: "Me too, I thought Zero's Zero was super cool, like some kind of super cool and powerful agent codename."
As he spoke, he couldn't help but laugh.
“Actually, Zero has always been the hero.” Morofushi Kagemitsu looked at him earnestly, his eyes gentle. “He was before, and he is now. He is the hero who will save Hiro from the darkness.”
Rei Furuya didn't speak, but silently lowered his eyes and hid half of his face in his scarf to hide his expression.
But, Hiro, reality is different from what's shown on TV.
In reality, heroes also sacrifice and die, and even Superman can fail and have people he cannot save.
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December 1st.
In the organization's bar.
Vermouth found Bourbon.
The blond, dark-skinned youth glanced at her, said nothing, but raised his glass and gave a faint smile in acknowledgment.
Vermouth sighed and sat down beside him.
"Bourbon, aren't you being a bit too casual about hunting down Scotland? Do you still have feelings for him?"
Bourbon finished his drink, refilled his glass, and said casually, "I'm injured, aren't I? Gin was injured and had to retreat from the front lines too. What would I do on the front lines now? Be laughed at by everyone? Humph, I know them all too well. They're all waiting for me to show up and make a fool of myself."
Vermouth twitched her lips.
Putting aside the question of why an injured guy would spend his days drowning his sorrows in bars, can his gin playing in Scotland compare to his bourbon playing?
Although the shot did startle Vermouth, once again shocking her with the ruthlessness of the Scots, she ultimately did not intend to kill Vermouth.
So, these two people really did develop some genuine feelings for each other while pretending to be friends.
Vermouth could understand it, after all, Scotland and cherry blossoms are obviously very familiar with each other, and perhaps Bourbon's several mishaps caused by cherry blossoms were all due to Scottish informants tipping him off.
This series of blows has even temporarily dampened Bourbon's spirits.
But it's been almost a month already; he's been depressed for far too long.
Moreover, the longer time went on, the worse Bourbon's condition became.
Vermouth was really curious, and she couldn't stand it anymore.
She reached out, her hand, painted with bright red nail polish, and cupped the blond youth's wheat-colored face, leaning in to meet his dark, cold purple eyes.
Her long, wavy golden hair cascaded down her shoulders, creating a natural barrier between the two of them and the noise outside.
Vermouth looked down at the blond, dark-skinned youth, their purple eyes remaining completely unwavering for three seconds before she finally spoke with a sigh.
"My poor Bourbon, the once incredibly powerful life force and radiance within you have almost completely vanished. Are you also going to give up on yourself and fall into the rotten darkness?"
She herself didn't know what kind of feelings she had when she said those words.
“I already told you before that those true angels living in the sunlight would never genuinely smile at people like us.”
"How pitiful." She gently stroked the blond youth's hair, lowered her eyes and sighed, "If you had never seen an angel, you wouldn't have suddenly become unable to endure the darkness any longer, would you?"
Bourbon's long, golden eyelashes trembled violently, and a hint of pain and struggle flashed in his eyes.
But in the end, he didn't say anything.
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December 5th.
Scotland remains at large, and the organization's authority has suffered an unprecedented blow.
Under the boss's unbearable and forceful order, Bourbon, who had been "recovering from his injuries" for a month, reluctantly joined the hunt.
Because he was always ridiculed by others, Bourbon insisted on acting alone, and no one made things difficult for him in this regard.
December 7th, 10 PM.
Because of an unexpected storm that was not predicted in the weather forecast, Scotland was unable to leave Hokkaido in time to reach its next destination as planned.
He was surrounded by the organization.
At midnight, Furuya turned on the location tracking on his phone and rushed towards the location of the small red dot without hesitation.
At 11 p.m., Furuya Rei and Morofushi Kagemitsu met up at the mountaintop.
This is the central part of Hokkaido, surrounded by vast mountains and ranges.
Although it's only a matter of time before an organization searches and surrounds the area to find Scotland, it will still take at least another half hour.
During this half hour, Furuya Rei can catch up with Scotland as Bourbon pursues him, hoping that reinforcements from other people will arrive in time.
However, the severe weather still had a significant impact, and both Furuya Rei and Morofushi Kagemitsu could easily deduce that the organization's people would arrive here first.
There was nowhere to take shelter from the rain on this mountain, and they dared not go under the big trees, otherwise, given the world's malice, they would be struck by lightning.
Furuya Rei wiped the rain off his face, took out a small medicine box from his body, opened it, and shielded the rain with his palm to show it to Morofushi Kagemitsu.
Morofushi Kagemitsu paused, lifted his hood and leaned closer to look, asking uncertainly, "Is it... APTX4869?"
Rei Furuya nodded, gripping the medicine box so tightly that the veins on the back of his hand bulged.
Morofushi Kagemitsu reached out to take it, but was dodged again.
Rei Furuya tensed up, closed the medicine box for a few seconds, gritted his teeth and opened it again, reaching inside to take out a capsule that was half red and half white.
"Hiro, the mortality rate of this drug is 99.9%," he said.
Morofushi Kagemitsu smiled helplessly and extended his hand, saying, "I know, which means we still have a 0.1% chance of success this time, right?"
Furuya held the medicine stiffly, still refusing to give it to him.
Perhaps it was the cold winter wind and torrential rain that made his body tremble uncontrollably.
Morofushi Kagemitsu pried open his hand and took the pill from his palm: "Don't be afraid, Zero. If I can successfully take APTX4869 and shrink, I can easily evade the organization's pursuit. There is also a high chance that I can pass the world program's detection and successfully live in another form."
"I'm actually looking forward to what life will be like after I shrink! Will Zero-nii hug me?" he joked, winking at Furuya Rei.
Rei Furuya tried to force a smile, but failed.
Morofushi Kagemitsu swallowed the pill without hesitation, his eyes crinkling as he smiled at his childhood friend who was frozen in shock. "Of course, what I want to do most is to end this cycle that is causing Zero so much pain as soon as possible."
Rei Furuya suddenly stepped forward, almost making him vomit up the medicine.
But the moment his hand touched his childhood friend, the black-haired youth's blue eyes widened suddenly, and he instinctively clutched his chest, letting out a short scream before staggering forward and falling onto Furuya Rei.
"Hiro? Hiro?!" Rei Furuya hugged him and knelt on the ground, holding his childhood friend who was trembling and curling up in pain in his arms, calling his name and praying for him.
In his desperation, he even prayed to every god and Buddha in every country he could think of, begging them to let Hiro live.
He hoped that his childhood friend would have that 0.1% chance of success, and that he would see a Hiro who had shrunk to the size of a child but survived safely.
"Zero, I'm sorry, it seems like I'm going to leave you alone again..."
But in the end, no miracle occurred, and in Rei Furuya's arms lay only the lifeless body of his childhood friend.
[Morokushō Kagemitsu has died.]
[Achieve the Bad Ending: World Line Convergence - Death of Morofushi Kagemitsu]
Rei Furuya's body froze completely, his mind going blank.
He reached out his trembling hand to check his childhood friend's breath, to feel his pulse, to listen to his heartbeat, and reluctantly shook his shoulders, calling his name repeatedly.
Finally, he was utterly desperate and gave up struggling, briefly yet for a long time falling into a strange state of emptiness and nothingness.
He killed Hiro once again.
This method is the last light in the darkness.
Rei Furuya fell into a long, long silence in the cold darkness.
He simply held his childhood friend's body tightly and remained still.
He was unaware of the passage of time, nor of the existence of the things around him.
He was unaware that the torrential rain stopped soon after Morofushi Kagemitsu's death, nor that all the members of the organization had already evacuated.
He was unaware that it was already December 8th.
Until the water on the ground gradually disappeared, until his hair and clothes dried, until the snow fell from the sky.
It snowed heavily in the middle of the night.
The snow in Hokkaido was heavy, quickly turning the world white, and a layer of snowflakes accumulated on Morofushi Kagemitsu, who had lost his temperature.
Rei Furuya's stiff eyeballs finally moved.
He expressionlessly reached out and gently brushed the snow off Morofushi Kagemitsu's body, bit by bit.
The snow kept falling, and he kept clearing the snow off the body, stiff as a robot whose movements were simply programmed to repeat the same actions.
Finally, the snow stopped.
Rei Furuya stopped moving. He stared blankly at the thick layer of snow on the ground for a while, then suddenly collapsed into the snow, holding Morofushi Kagemitsu's body in his arms.
How heartwarming.
But it's so cold in Hiro.
Rei Furuya got up again, took off the messy red scarf from his neck, carefully wrapped it around Kagemitsu Morofushi's neck, and then fell back down in the snow, curling up beside him.
The blond youth gripped the corner of the red scarf and slowly closed his eyes.
An hour later, when the sunlight pierced the darkness and illuminated the world.
If one did not carefully observe the barely perceptible rise and fall of the blond youth's chest, it would be easy to assume that he had also died along with the black-haired youth beside him.
He is still alive.
But even when the sun rose again, it could no longer attract his attention.
Until a bell suddenly rang.
Accompanied by the crisp and melodious bass playing, Morofushi Kagemitsu's gentle and clear voice rang out, softly singing "Sakura Sakura Aikan."
Rei Furuya slowly opened his eyes.
"I've always felt this way. It's so wonderful to know you, really, really wonderful."
He slowly and clumsily pulled the well-protected white cell phone from Morofushi Kagemitsu's body.
"I'm so sorry, I can no longer stay by your side."
It was a program similar to an alarm clock that Morofushi Kagemitsu had set up long ago.
"Although we can no longer meet, and although I feel lonely, it's okay. Even if I can no longer touch them, I will never forget those happy memories."
It was a song that Morofushi Kagemitsu had recorded in advance, a song specifically for Furuya Rei, and also a last message and blessing.
"Thank you. I've always liked you the most. I will turn into a star and watch over you and protect you forever in the sky."
Rei Furuya held his phone, tears streaming down his face without him even realizing it.
"Where cherry blossoms dance in the air, close your eyes and I'll be in your heart."
The song of cherry blossoms echoed over and over again on the snow-capped mountains.
The fully risen sun shone its warm rays upon the blond youth, who lay on the corpse of Morofushi Kagemitsu, clutching his phone and sobbing uncontrollably.
“hiro…”
Rei Furuya gradually regained his senses. He wiped away his tears and gave his childhood friend in his arms a stiff, awkward smile.
“Look, the sun is rising,” he said.
But the person who would watch the sunrise with him would never open their eyes again.
The sun has risen over this world.
But his sun has fallen.
Even if the road ahead is dark, he cannot give up.
Like the legendary Kuafu who chased the sun, he would continue his pursuit no matter how difficult it was.
Rei Furuya took out the medicine box from his body, picked up an APTX4869 capsule, bit the capsule and swallowed it. He then grabbed a handful of snow from the ground and stuffed it into his dry mouth, hoping that the medicine would take effect quickly.
The effects of the drug do indeed take effect very quickly, completely different from the feeling of cardiac arrest. APTX4869 will immediately make you feel like your heart is being suddenly squeezed and then frantically kneaded and accelerated, and your blood circulation is so fast that you almost feel like you are about to explode.
However, this level of suffering was nothing to Rei Furuya.
He could still manage a smile as he lay back down next to his childhood friend, took his hand, and said, "Sorry, Hiro, I kept you waiting. I'll be right there..."
However, a minute later, Furuya Rei did not turn into a corpse, but instead transformed into a child of about seven or eight years old.
The blond, dark-skinned mixed-race child stared wide-eyed in disbelief, his small, childlike hands trembling slightly as he held them up in front of him.
Why... why did he succeed instead...? What kind of joke is this...?
Large tears streamed down her face from her purple eyes.
The little blond child, curled up in the snow, could no longer hold back and collapsed onto the body of the dead black-haired man, sobbing hysterically.
The child's shrill voice, though innocent, carried an astonishing weight of sorrow, pain, and despair, and traveled far and wide.
Date Wataru, Hagiwara Kenji, and Matsuda Jinpei, who had been searching for people in the nearby mountains all night, suddenly looked up, realized what was happening, and quickly ran towards the mountaintop.
You are dead.
[End of 45 playthroughs]
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