Volume 1 Chapter 2 (1/2)
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Mother Fue, 2006— Ever since the world entered its twenty-first century, five years have passed
It was a soe The scenery of the new century wasn't the envisioned ”Future Society of Drea said that, it wasn't the ”World ruined by nuclear warfare” either—so to speak, it's a letdown The people lived in this ”Zero Age1”
Nevertheless, science itself has steadily progressed ever since the nineties; provincial cities, such as N city, experienced the spread of the internet, personal computers, and cellphones
In that unbalanced era, on a certain afternoon during spring
shi+mada Chika was on her way home from her elementary school when she saw the back of someone familiar near her house
”Huh, Katayamsan?”
His name was Katayama Yoshi+taka
Still in his early twenties, he was an exceedingly illed young ot excessively surprised, and jua; thus, Chika was amazed
”That scared me… Y-Yo, Chikchan”
”Yo—did you think I would say that? You, what're you doing, sneaking aroundman stared at Chika's house frolar—the coonna get arrested, you know? And this tiot away scot-free, after all”
”Haha, you sure don't hold back, huh… To be honest, I wanted to visit your home”
”My home? Why? Didn't you just come by the other day?”
”Well, how do I put this…”
The youth, Kataya to speak
”Actually, I left my old company because THAT happened, so I moved to a computer company I came to report that to you
”Who needs your report? I don't think h Chika replied like that, quitting his previous job was probably the youngthat, she stopped herself fro ”Don't come”
”Katayamsan, about your new job, you shouldn't call it a ”Coeneration, I have a feeling that they think it's a cinch of a job You should've lied and told us you had a ot it… Oh, and I had another thing to do”—
”What?”
This way of speaking e report wasn't the main point; it appeared he had another objective inevenabout his true intention
”Uhm… When we etic, so…”
”Haaa?”
The youth, Katayaoodness person The reason he came this time was also due to his disposition—even a child such as Chika knew that
However, saying so like that, she had no response other than this
”It's your fault that she's unhappy, though? Because you killed Onii-chan”
To her response, Katayama simply stayed silent
He had no words to reply with—Chika's words were the undeniable truth
”Although it is true, otten worse since a while back Then shehome, and she became even sadder However, you were the start of it, no? Ever since you killed Onii-chan using a truck So here?”
”Oh, yeah… that's right, sorry It is exactly as you say I shouldn't have cos”
It was one year ago from this point in time The youth, Katayama, as a truck driver, caused a traffic accident while working
It was a deadly, fatal accident—he ran over Chika's brother
Chika, as a child, didn't know the full details of the accident, but based on the decision of either the police or the court, ”It was the brother's fault because he alking down the road in thelike that
In spite of that, each ti man received his salary, he put a few ten-thousand yen bills in an envelope and visited the shi+mada family every month since the accident, without fail
”Real talk—because you show up every ht? But I won't say ”Don't co”
”Oh, yeah… I'll properly hand it over”
”Of course, huh Maybe you're thinking that you ran over the brother of an outrageous woreedy, okay? My father isn't here any the money You were the cause of my family's misfortunes after all, so I'll at least have you take care of e”
”I know…”
This young girl was a smart child She examined her reality, and lived inside that reality
Katayauilt towards Chika Because of an accident during his work, he caused these people sorrow He uts to look Chika straight in the eye
”Sorry I'”
”Yeah, well, I' my looht Wait a sec”
To him who had his back turned towards her, Chika suddenly called out
”If it's fine with you I have so I want to consult someone about”
”Consult? Me?”
”Yep Rather than consulting, it'sYou're the cause of it, so o back to et THAT”