Nigoru Hitomi de Nani wo Negau Prologue

Maybe this look like a generic Novel based from this prologue… but it’s actually not that generic (To the point where I’ve read, it’s dark and gore)…

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Prologue

A pleasant time ended with a high-pitched sound. ​​Takakura Raizou reluctantly opened his tightly closed heavy eyelids.

The body pillow was wet with drool, and the summer blanket was twisted and could no longer even be distinguished between the front and back. The cause of the noise was still ringing at the bedside.

Raizou always ​​randomly changed the alarm sound every day, but the song selected for this day was a time bomb-themed alarm sound.

The sound suitable for the time when the explosive bright sun chased away the darkness, made his eyes look like he was angry. The blurred vision was useless, so he groped around with his right hand, and finally grabbed the ‘victory’.

After completing the troublesome approval screen, the annoying alarm clock was silenced. Then, he pulled out the charging cord and placed it on the desk. He ​​finally got up, just to get annoyed by hearing the creaking tone of the old bed.

“Aah, I’m so tired.”

Raizou ​​speculated that the cause of fatigue might be due to overtime work that lasted until late the day before, but he managed to send the email just in time. He thought that it would be nice to have a radiant morning with relief and a sense of accomplishment once in a while. Unfortunately, only fatigue that kept following him since last month.

Contrary to the gloomy mood, the bright sunlight entered the room from the open curtain. Raizou, who squinted his eyes, sighed a little.

I’m not in the perfect condition these days. It won’t be an exaggeration to say that I’m in a bad condition.  

Raizou ​​made an unpleasant sound when he turned his head. So, he went to the sink to change his mood.

The cracked floor squeaked every time he ​​walked. It was like a duet between the sound of bare feet and the squeaking sound.

Reflected In the mirror was a man,​​ Takakura Raizou, 33 years old, single. 

He ​​laughed at the wrinkles on his face which were appropriate to his age and the dark circles under his eyes, which were showing his accumulated fatigue, but at least his face hadn’t really changed.

“Baby face is good…”

Even when Raizou was a new employee, he was mistaken for a mid-career employee. He ​​still remembered being terribly upset when he was suddenly asked about the future schedule at the site where he was working.

Twisted the knob on the water faucet, washed the face with cold water, and straightened the hair to get rid of the laziness. 

He then ​paid attention to the sink in front of him, and noticed that a considerable amount of hair was scattered.

“Are you kidding me?”

Raizou didn’t dye his hair or grow it long, he had lived with a normal hairstyle until now. So, he wondered why his hair roots suddenly had some complaints. He ​​held a grudge against his hair, but nothing he could do.

Then he ​​took milk from the refrigerator and a cup from the shelf and sat at the desk. 

Before having breakfast, he reached for the remote control at the table and turned on the morning news.

『”Regarding the incident in which some young people went missing during their visit to XX city of △△ prefecture to shoot some videos, it seems that we have lost contact with the 13 members of the Ground Self-Defense Forces who went there to search.”』

『”The container ship ‘NTR’ owned by ◯◯ Corporation and the ‘Erotic Saline’ belonging to Saline Company have sunk in the port of Yokohama. The exact cause is unknown, but apparently, both ships sank after being hit by a strong impact on the bottom of the ship below the waterline. It is suspected that a submarine of unknown affiliation collided――”』

『”What an unpleasant disaster. Mysterious phenomena continue all over the world. Even though just the other day there was an uproar caused by the appearance of an unidentified aurora in Tokyo, it seems as if the world has come to an end.”』

A high-pitched commentator appeared on the screen. Raizou ​​hated the commentators a little, but he agreed with the comments. Since the end of last year, strange phenomena have randomly occurred all over the world… The land, sea, and air.

An interview with a self-proclaimed shrine maiden who was spreading her arms to communicate with GOD, an interview with an old man whose dog was taken away by a green humanoid monster, and a story about the destruction of all the flora and fauna of the mountain in an instant.

He didn’t hate watching that kind of news on TV. It might be a lie, but at least it was interesting.

“Hmmp!”

Raizou opened the bag of bread he bought in an exaggerated behavior, then he brought the bread into his mouth. The sweetness that can be called ‘extreme sugar’ could be tasted from the soft bread.

He ​​realized that the bread was a new product, a melon chocolate caramel cream bun, but it was bad. [TN: Yep, I guess so…]

He sent the bread that remained in his mouth to his stomach with milk while frowning. In such a condition, Raizou, who was getting ready in the morning, noticed the sound of the clock and checked the time…

It’s a good time to get on the commuter train.

After brushing his teeth, Raizou ​​began to get ready. ‘The morning preparation’ that he had cultivated for more than a dozen years was his specialty.

He put on black socks and closed the button on the ironed shirt in the shortest possible time, put on the business suit and slacks, put on the wristwatch, and he was ready to go.

He also checked the business card holder, smartphone, and work bag. It was his three sacred treasures. If he had them, he was confident that he could overcome any situation.

After wearing the worn-out leather shoes while tapping the heels to adjust how comfortable they felt, he headed outside.

He ​​knew that there was a trick to closing the old door. That was to lift it lightly and turn the lock quickly. He was wondering whether the hinges were the cause, or if the door was warped because the entire apartment was aging.

For a moment, he ​​was frightened by the outside temperature, but quickly he pushed forward with no hesitation. Passing through the narrow corridor, he went down the stairs with heavy breathing.

Feeling it, Raizou couldn’t help but ​​miss his youth…

It wasn’t like this when I was in my twenties.

With a sound far from rhythmic, the rest was three steps. 

Raizou, who tried to step further, called out for something wrong with his body.

“Uhhh, Arrghh? Ahhh, Aahhhhhhh!!”

It came abruptly. Raizou held his chest down with the intense pain that came without warning. He couldn’t endure the pain and so he couldn’t help but roll down.

He grabbed the wall or something and tried to stand up, but he couldn’t stand the burning pain in his chest and the sensation of pressure on his body, so he fell to the ground.

It hurts, it hurts, it hurts… hurts. 

Raizou was choking. In addition to dizziness, the field of vision was distorted, and the cold sweat didn’t stop coming from his forehead. He couldn’t breathe properly, and his limbs couldn’t be moved, so he had no choice but… just to look up to the sky.

He was now out of the house with his hair soiled with dust, and his half-opened mouth smeared with saliva. He ​​reached out for help, but only this day, somehow, there were no people around.

The edge of the field of vision shimmered, and the field of vision slowly darkened and narrowed. 

He didn’t know what happened to his body, but one thing he could understand was… that he would die as it was.

I don’t want to die. I still, want to live.

Raizou ​​slowly raised his right hand while his physical freedom was being lost one after another.

His hands were trembling like a fawn who had just been born. It was a ridiculous sight, but he ​​couldn’t even afford to laugh.

Then, he ​​vaguely remembered the weather forecast that said he should take measures against heat and be careful about heatstroke.

The annoying cicada sounds that he hated so much… he couldn’t hear it. All that could be heard were irregular breathing sounds and weakening heartbeats.

Perhaps due to the darkening vision, he ​​saw hallucinations. The ground where he was fallen, was dyed black and swirled. Countless shadows of midgets came out from inside.

The shadows surrounded him ​​and tried to drag him into the hole. It was like a scene that might appear in some bizarre travel journals.

Oh, it’s really a hallucination…… at last, it’s finally over.

Although it was faint, Raizou heard someone happily calling his name, but in a short moment, he could no longer hear it, and his consciousness was completely lost.

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