411 Save me! (1/2)

Seiji found it difficult to get rid of his anxiety.

'Perhaps I've read and watched too many manga and anime, which has overly stimulated my imagination regarding evil and mysterious organizations,' Seiji mentally commented in his mind.

No matter what, he intended to wait until midnight. After all, even if he lay in his bed, he wouldn't be able to fall asleep due to being too concerned about this.

”Brother Seiji…”

”Go ahead and sleep first, Shika-chan. I'm going to sleep a bit late tonight.”

Reo had already gotten into bed and fallen asleep. He had Shika go to sleep as well while he sat down in front of his computer and randomly browsed the internet, waiting for time to hit midnight.

On the Channel 22 message forum, everyone was discussing whether things similar to last night would occur again. These topics had a high number of posters. Seiji figured that many people were just as anxious as he was.

Time passed quietly just like this.

There were now ten seconds until midnight… nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two… one.

It was now time.

Midnight.

There was no strange sensation at all. Seiji's computer remained on as the electricity didn't stop this time. His cell phone still had a signal as well.

The Midnight Spell didn't repeat itself.

Seiji went to go check on Reo and saw that she seemed fine. Then, he returned to his computer and continued browsing the internet for another hour.

Everything was calm. No demons ran into the barriers that Seiji purchased and set up, nor did any new relevant topics appear in the message forum.

'Has… nothing happened?

'Seems like I can relax for the time being.'

Seiji learned back against his chair and heaved a sigh of relief.

”I must have thought too much into things…” he muttered to himself.

After finally feeling like he could relax a little, he instantly felt a wave of fatigue wash over him.

'Let's go sleep.'

Seiji turned off his computer and went to his bedroom. He placed his cell phone and wooden sword by his pillow and got into his bed and blankets as quietly as possible so as to not wake Reo up. He shut his eyes and went to sleep…

Yukari was running for her life.

She was currently in a place that seemed like a cave.

As for why it only seemed like a cave, that was because she had no time to inspect her surroundings whatsoever.

Some bright red flowers illuminated this area with a dim red light. Apart from that, everything else was pitch-black.

Yukari did her absolute best to run down the red-illuminated pathway.

There was a gigantic monster chasing after her.

*Tap tap tap tap…* The sound of the monster's feet wasn't that loud, and even sounded rhythmic.

'Why are things like this? Why am I here? Why is such a monster chasing after me!?'

Her last memory was going to sleep in her own bed at her own home. For some unknown reason, when she woke up, she discovered that she was in this strange location. Right after waking up, a gigantic spider appeared in the darkness!

The spider had eight eyes that let off a bloody light, along with sharp fangs and lengthy legs…

Yukari was frightened to the point of screaming upon seeing its vicious appearance, and turned around to run instantly.

She was afraid of spiders to the point of having arachnophobia.

That was because when she was young, a spider had once crawled around on her face, so she was afraid of spiders ever since. Such a gigantic and ugly spider increased her fear to the maximum!

She furiously ran for her life, propelled by her instinct.

However, her stamina gradually decreased. Although Yukari's athletic ability was above average for a high school girl, anyone would get tired after running for so long. The monster would eventually catch up.

Just imagining what might happen if the spider monster caught up to her caused Yukari to shiver all over.

'I'm so scared…

'Why are things like this…

'Am I dreaming? Yet this all feels so real…'

Her sense of logic and reason told her that this seemed likely to be a dream. However, what she experienced felt so real.

'If that monster catches up to me, I'll really die!

'I don't want to die…

'Save me…

'Save me… Seigo!'

Yukari's eyes filled with tears as she thought about Seigo. She started shouting out loud.

”Save me! Seigo!”

'You promised.

'As long as I called for you, you'd come save me.

'I need you right now, Mister Hero…'

”Save me...! Seigo...!”

Something red flashed in the darkness.

Seiji felt as if he was floating in midair as something red passed him by.

'What was that?

'Where am I?'

Seiji's consciousness was quite hazy. Although he had some questions about his current state, he didn't possess the mental acuity to think about these questions right now.

He faintly felt like he was hearing something.

However, the sound was too faint, and he was unable to hear it clearly.

He kept floating and floating… his consciousness grew even hazier, not even questioning his surroundings anymore. It was as if he had become an empty shell of himself that kept floating in the darkness.

However, a voice gradually became clearer to him.