NOVEL WEB Chapter 18.2: A World Without Exit II
“Hah―”
What?
“Huh, hah…. what?”
Hang on… a second.
This guy, just now.
Me… dying…
He said I died…
“What do you mean?”
“Exactly the meaning of the word. Your motorcycle accident took your life at that time… and it was a tragic end that everyone wanted to avert their eyes from.”
Even as he spoke nonchalantly, the doctor remained smiling throughout.
“You didn’t even have time to feel the pain because it was an immediate death.”
The doctor’s eyes widened to an unsettling level, his mouth hanging open, revealing his white teeth, and he described it vividly as though having witnessed it firsthand.
“N-No way…”
I shook my head and denied it with a wavering voice.
“That’s a lie… a lie… y-you’re wrong… I-I am…”
How could I believe it? Irrespective of how real the pain felt, such a thing, such a thing couldn’t be…
“I’m not dead… I’m not dead…!!”
“Are you! Are you surprised!?” The doctor broke into a broad smile, and a bunch of familiar faces streamed into the gloomy hospital room, carrying obnoxious placards that read, “Great success!” with a peal of laughter… It was such a nasty trick. How much blissful I would have felt if I had been told the story.
“I know it’s incredibly unbelievable, but you have to face it.”
“Lies, it’s a lie…”
“It’s all true, Hakamada.”
“It’s a lie! No way! I don’t believe it!”
I kept spewing the same nonsensical words, so much so that I felt like a fool.
The doctor nevertheless only laughed and said, “This is troubling,” but contrary to that, his face was not troubled at all, in fact, his expression became distorted.
This was a nightmare… The nightmare was still persisting. I desperately reminded myself that I had to wake up. This kind of thing, of course it must be a nightmare.
“You can’t wake up.”
“Ugh…”
“All of this is reality, because you feel the pain, don’t you? The pain of dying… That’s the proof of it all. That this is the reality that you will never wake up from. Welcome, Hakamada. You are now a member of our side. As someone who perished in the sea of trees, you will remain in this closed space for all eternity, along with the torment of your last moments.”
“Stop it… don’t say that…”
Even though I wanted to cover my ears, I couldn’t move my arms. The pain was so overwhelming that even if I tried to move it, it would hurt like hell. This, this pain, this was the… pain… I experienced during my last moments.
“Oh, yeah, I have one piece of good news. I figured you’d be uncomfortable being alone, so I’ve assigned you to a room with someone else. Don’t worry… they died the same way you did, so you should be on the same wavelength.”
“What…―Ah…”
I… I had assumed that no more terrors would befall me. That there could be no greater terror than that.
“Uhh… uhh, uah, ah―!!”
Standing behind the smiling doctor was a woman in a sailor suit, her entire body drenched in red blood, facedown.
Hyuga―
Her half-open mouth promptly formed a crescent shape, and blood dripped from the tips of her drooping bangs and landed on the floor.
“She will be with you for a long time to come, now you won’t be lonely… Yeah, that’s good, isn’t it… Hakamada…”
Saying in a low, thick voice, the doctor’s face contorted like clay.
“Congratulations. With this… you and her… are the same.”
The terror was still raging―
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