Chapter 4 (1/2)

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Falling on a bed from a height of about 30 centimeters and making a dull noise Mitsuha blankly froze for a moment. She notices where it was right away. She wasn't on her familiar bed but on the bed of her elder brother Takeshi and in his room.

As soon as I start thinking about why I am in my brother's room and not my own……, my body moves by itself. I knew my brother's room well. My body automatically opens the second drawer on the desk and thrust my hand inside.

(Huh? What? Erm, this is, onii-chan's…. wait, what about the wolf? A dream? What about Colette-chan……)

What Mitsuha’s friends call “Mitsuha’s spinal reflex” activated. When there's little time to think and even a slight waste of time is fatal, Mitsuha's body instantly acts following ”the tentative best answer at the time” in advance. Normal thinking can't keep up and needs to catch up afterward.

(Erm, my shoes are still on. There are leaves on my clothes. My body is battered, it wasn't a dream? Then, Colette-Chan…)

She pulled out of the drawer a small nylon bag with many small gray grains inside. Mitsuha tears the bag and pours the small rough grains into her right pocket. There was a lot so together they were quite heavy despite the grains being small.

Next, she takes something from a small shelf in a large bookshelf which fills the whole wall of the room and inserted it into the belt holding up her trouser.

”Falcon Ⅱ”

A slingshot. Also called pac.h.i.n.ko in j.a.pan. However, having the power of a .22 caliber small pistol when misused sets it aside from a child’s toy. Mitsuha received a lecture from her brother and got to use it several times.

Next, Mitsuha opening a gla.s.s case, grabbed a beautiful piece of metal and thrust it into the right pocket like the gray grains.

“Gerber Folding Sportsman Ⅱ”

In a certain country, it is said that the father will give a folding knife to a boy when he is ten years old. An elegant form, a beautiful metallic glow, and a strong presence that only practical items has compare to ornaments. ……or so Takeshi gave a speech about, in short it's a folding knife.

(tn note: Mitsuha is an understanding imouto who listens to her onii-chan's chu-ni)

Mitsuha ran down the stairs to the kitchen. Pulls the handle on the sink and takes a knife. It's a carver(deba bōchō). A long thin knife(sashimi bōchō) is sharper and longer, but it is likely won't be able to pa.s.s through the fur and break. On that note, a carver(deba bōchō) has the strength of security. For safety, I wrap the blade part with a towel and slide it in the belt.

Next, she takes a kitchen towel and spread it about 1 meter, fold it in half and lay it on the floor. She then takes from the shelf business sized pepper and Shichimi pepper and Hawk’s claw pepper powder and dumped them all and then roll the towel and puts it in her left pocket.

(Why I'm here? No, Before that I have to help Collette-chan! But how? Oh, if I’m right where I wished then it’s not a coincidence but by my own will? Then can I go back to where Collette-chan is? Then I have to find something that can deal with the wolves…)

Too bad, that part is already over.

Mitsuha realizes that the best preparation that she could think has already been taken. She recognizes that her provisional actions were correct and her thoughts synchronize with the present at once. Mitsuha named this process ”approval”.

(Can I really go back? No, should I? What can I about wild beasts with all this? I might really die this time! Even though I finally came back safely to j.a.pan!! Why do I have to go? For what reason?）

That’s when she thought about it. What would my brother, Takeshi say at a time like this?

Ah, by the time I notice it was no good, it was already too late, and his voice and words flow into my mind.

“Huh? Do you need a reason to help a cute girl? ”

Yes, yes, yes, I understand, my noisy, troublesome ……and beloved onii-chan!

Gon.