Chapter 159 (1/2)
Volume 2
Chapter 138
「June 8th, 2015, there was a group disappearance in the city’s Fuji High School. It was a little before classes began, but including teachers and students there were a little less than 200 missing.」
「Group disappearance? At my school?」
「Yes. Of course, there’s been nothing like this type of disappearance before. Even more, the remaining 400 or so that didn’t disappear saw a strange light. They said that a meter wide magical circle of light appeared around each person, and that those people were vaporized and had disappeared.」
「Um, like in a manga or anime story?」
「Yes, just like that. When I saw the videos they had taken with their cellphones, it almost seemed like a movie trailer or something.」
Miyakawa took a breath as if to say, 『but, with that being said…』
「No matter where we looked, we could find no reason for it happening. So many disappeared, but there was no clues left behind as to why. Just then, you appeared. After all I’ve said, you can probably guess, that you were on that list of those that disappeared as well. The only one that returned from this event. And the same thing happened as when you left, a magic circle of light that appeared suddenly during school. Nothing about it makes sense to an old man like me.」
「…」
「Well, are you sure you can’t remember a thing? It’s been a year of investigation from the event. You’re the only one with any clue about what happened, and we don’t want to close this investigation without some sense of what happened.」
I had disappeared for one year?
A group disappearance at the school, a meter wide magical circle of light appeared around each person, and those people got vaporized?
It was so unrealistic, my mind couldn’t understand it.
What is this old man saying, the words seemed so superficial that they seemed to just scatter from his mouth.
Now Miyakawa looked at me a bit perturbed, and his tone became rough.
「Could you not just sit there silently and tell us SOMETHING, your friends Kenta Kida and Suehiko Ido are on that list too, you know?!」
「…wait, both of them?」
As he was sketching out what had happened, suddenly those two names reverberated in my mind.
「Why did only you return? No, HOW did you return?! Where are all the others that disappeared now?!」
「Wait, Mr. Miyakawa.」
The doctor sprung forward, requesting that the officer stop, but he simply continued.
「Shut up! We’ve got 186 people with no trace of where they’ve gone, just disappeared into shadows! What happened to you for the past year and three months?!」
Clunk! A loud sound in the middle of the room.
「…get out of here, don’t bother my brother you fat ugly pig! If you’re thinking about chewing something out, why don’t you stuff your face with someone else, okay?!」
The sound I heard was Mai’s chair hitting the floor.
Her face had changed completely, and she looked really pissed.
(Ah, this sucks, she’s about to go nuclear.)
Most of the time, my sister has the gracefulness of a saint and is quite reserved but she will, without a doubt, use her mouth to rain down unholy poison onto whoever threatens her family and/or friends when she is in the vicinity.
「Mai, calm down. I’m fin…」
「If you’re not going to stop this idiot, then shut up. I could care less about this waste of oxygen.」
「Oh…uh…」
My sister stopped the conversation flat. Even though it was normal for her, today she was especially vicious.
However, since my mind was absolutely filled with all of these unbelievable stories, it felt good to return to an everyday life that I was used to.
「Mr. Miyakawa, I understand how you feel, but I can’t allow my patient to go through this. That’s enough for today.」
「Miyakawa, let’s come back later…It’s too much.」
「Excuse me. However, I’d like you to remember one thing. In the memories you’ve lost, the lives of 186 people hang in the balance. I know it’s hard, but, even if it’s just a small thing, if you remember anything, please let me know.」
Miyakawa shut his eyes as if he was pondering over something, and said with a deep and echoing voice.