Chapter 14.1: Sink

Chapter 14.1: Sink

Itialways began with me looking down at Hyuga, who was drenched in blood and had all four limbs thrown to the ground. An extraordinary amount of sweatiwas produced from head to toe. My respiration hasibeen shallow and labored for quite some time now.

The impactiwas so jarring that I even thought a knife might have split my heart in half.

From theihandrail on the rooftop, I watched Hyuga jumping off the roof. Looking like a squashed frog, Hyuga floated in a pool of blood, squirming on the concrete, yet her eyes were still glaring inimy direction.

Even though I wanted to scream and get out of here at any second, my hands gripped the railing and wouldnt let go. My body remained in a forward slump, stuck. Only pathetic moans escaped myimouth instead.

And then

I becameiaware of a presence standing right next to me. I onlyimoved my eyeballs to confirm that existence.

ItiwasiHyuga

Theisame Hyuga who should have committed suicide by jumping off a building.

Without lookingiat me, her long hair fluttering in the wind, she climbed over the railing with her hands and landed on the other side of the railing. She then positioned her feet on the rooftops edge before falling forward with her arms outstretched.

Right in frontiof me, she jumped down again. The sound of something soft falling and crushing atrociously persisted.

Onceimore, my sight shifted unilaterally and settled right beneath me. My eyes intersected with the freshly bleeding corpse of Hyuga.

I moaned, and again, Hyuga stoodiright next to me.

With theisame motion again, she jumped down repeatedly and endlessly.Follow current novels on novelb((in).(com)

And oniand on.

Hyugainever ceased jumping down before my eyes.

Spreading her hands out towardithe bright blue sky.

Falling.

Sinkingiinto the sea of red.

For the 99thior 100th time.

At last, I lostimy mind.

No more.

Pleaseistop.

Please.

Stopiit. Stopiit.

Stopiit. No.

Huh?

Did I change my clothes when I returned?

Or rather, at what time did I return?

My recollection was a bit vague

Looking at my pallid complexion in front of the mirror, I twisted the faucet to turn on the water.

I should have been on the night shift yesterday, but somehow I couldnt remember clearly.

Ah

Right when I was about to plunge my face into the water, I felt light-headed and staggered, and my vision began to whirl around.

I couldnt tell if I was moving up, down, left, or right; it was like being placed on a rotating rollercoaster at an amusement park. It was such a sensation.

A relentless dizziness

Oh, not goodThis would knock me backward

On top of my revolving vision, my head was tilted directly back, and I was convinced of this. Here, the floor was so thin that if I collapsed and made a noise, the landlord would become furious again.

All I could think was, Oh, my brain must have melted.

Um. Are you alright?

While my mind was on edge, I didnt even bother to take a breath and just let gravity do the work for me.

Hakamada.

I was supported from behind with a voice carrying a hint of impatience and good timing. In my feverishly fading consciousness, I shifted my eyeballs in the direction of the charming voice, which I would have fallen in love with if I were a girl.

Someone who was not supposed to be here was looking at me with a concerned expression.

So it was another dream huh. Two seconds after I thought that with my eyes closed, I looked at that face again.

It was not a dream. It was real.

It was late afternoon in the middle of a sweltering day.

For some reason, Takenaka was in the dressing room of my house.

I was so taken aback that I almost blacked out, and I thought I was totally screwed.

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