Iiwashedimyiface harshly, splashing it with cold water. While Iididnt have a particularly awful complexion when Iipeered in the bathroom mirror, my countenance was appalling.
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Howimany tis did I seeisothing like that? The white arm oniNishimura. Then thereiwas the woman in the corner of the store who had nothing from theistomach down. The maniwho was being dragged by the shin of the store staff girl Recalling itievoked an urgeiin toithrow up.
Recently itiwas really a recent developnt that I beganito see strange things frequently.
It all kicked offiwith a part-ti job at a convenience store that Iistarted for the hourly wage.
Even though I had been warned that the jobiwas notorious, I continued toigo through it unflinchingly, and consequently, whether it be a dormantiaptitude or a sixth sense, I unwillingly developed the ability toisee non-human, invisible entities.
Initially, distinguishing between them was difficult, and it was only mildly noticeableiwhen I passed by them or caught flickers of their presenceiin my vision, yet lately theinumber of tis I perceived such beings hadibeen on the rise, and evenithe beings I had detected variediin their levels of perception: so could beimistaken for living people, whileiothers appeared to be in the sa state as when theyidied. So of themiappeared with only parts of their body, such asilegs, arms,iand necks, rather than the full body, which was extrely disconcerting toi given that I wasinot accustod to the sight of these things.
In the past, sooneisaid that they wanted to see spectersior get supernatural powers, but franklyispeaking, it was not a good thing, it was truly not a positiveithing.
Twoidaysiago, I found out that sothing had been living in the back of theiceiling of the run-down apartnt I resided in. The first ti it happened, I originallyisuspected it was a rodent or sothing similar, but right when Iibeca able to visually see such things, the entityiwas manifested. Nothing had happened until thenibut after coming to see the strangeithing, noises began to emanate from the ceiling in the middle of theinight.
Itisoundedilike sothing was rolling around. ew
Theiprospectiof what in the world was rolling around in the middleiof the night threw into aicreepy phase, so Iichose not to pry too deeply into theimatter. Nothing hadiever occurred in the houseiI had been living in until this day so Iiwould rather believe that it wasisothing more harmless than that thing in thaticonvenience store.
Fromithenion, every once in a while, I wouldisee an old man looking at ithrough the window.
Myiapartnt was two storiesihigh. For theiold man to lookiout the window andisee my room would be outiof the question. The only way heicould do that would be if he was as tallias a telephone pole or climbing theiwall and hanging from the window ledge. But that would never beiconceivable.
Theioldiman would makeieye contact with ifor a few seconds before disappearing. He wasiprobably one of those kinds too.
Forisoireason, while Iiwas having a cupiof noodles, watchingiTV, getting up in the morning, or coming back from the bathroom, I feltihis gaze on . When Iipeered out the window, aistrange old man was watching with onlyia quarter of his face protruding from the windowisill. Our eyes lockediwith each other briefly, and then he swiftly hid his face andivanished.
Atifirst, I wasiso spooked that it made jumpiup and down, though I was still fairly freakediout by it. Even so, I triedinot to dwell on it tooimuch, since heididnt seem to do anything to . If thingsiturned too dismal, I could simplyiclose the curtains and all would be well.
Andiso my dailyilife had gone through a drasticichange after working part-ti at that convenienceistore.
Masa. Not shared on aggregator websites
Whoa!? Not shared on lightnovelreader.
Kinoshitaiwas standing right behind iin the mirror when I looked up iniresponse to his call.
Howilong had heibeen here? I hadnt even heard aisound.
Well, you were spacingiout, you know.
I-Is that so? Translator: MadHatter
You spendiall your ti in the bathroom. Even if youiare pooping, its taking a long ti. I was justiwondering what was going on.
N-Nothing, I wasijust washing my face. Lets go back. few
I see I an, are you okay? sedf
Yeah? fwes
Iireturned a blunt reply and lookediup at Kinoshita, who stared at and made aiserious face. Amongithe four of us, Kinoshita, who was normally the one toismile carelessly, unexpectedly beca grave.
Isiititrue? 4325ftd
What? ferhjrys
Aboutiwhat you said earlier.
Aboutithe thing you said to usiearlier.
Myieyes widened at his words instead of my mouth.
So its true afteriall. fwehb
Why, you grea4
I canitell, you know. t4wAt
Kinoshitaishrugged his shoulders.
I thoughtiit was a joke at first, too. But whenever you tell a lie, you scratch your head unconsciously and thenibite your back teeth a few tis.
EveniIiwas not conscious of that habit of mine. Of allithe guys in our unbreakable relationship, Kinoshita was the most perceptive and subtle.
But you didnt do that today, and youiwere acting really weird, staring at nothing all the ti, sotis making a really weird face.
Did I makeisuch a face? rgya
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Youibelievei dont you? t4ea
I alreadyiknow youre not lying, Masa. fr
I wasitapped lightly on the shoulder and I kind of lostimy strength. Thatiwas aismall sense of relief.
Myispirit had suffered significantly overithe past few days due toithe strange power Iihad acquired. Anxiety was accumulating within like mud, weighingi down, and Iiwanted to deal with it. Deepidown inside, even though Iiwas ashad of it, I wanted to share this feeling withianyone I could, because Iididnt want to carry it alone. Theinext thing I knew, I was spilling it all out to Kinoshita, who wasibefore .
Withoutihesitation, from the beginning to the end. Allithe mind-boggling, whacked-out incidents that I had experienced. I shared them withiKinoshita.
Kinoshitaiseed taken aback, but heikept throwing in interjections to makeithe conversation go smoothly, allowing toifully explain howiover the past few weeks, I hadidiscovered that invisible entitieswhich I hadinever before believed to existreally did exist, that myicommon sense hadibeen overturned, and that I had developed a strange ability.
Thatiwasitough. fewaf
Afteriall of that, Kinoshita remarked to , seeming genuinely worried for . It wasnt a lookiof suspicion; he was genuinely trying to believe , even if he didnt fully buy into what I had experienced.
Youiquit that convenience store, didnt you?
At hisiwords, I shook my head to the side.
Seriously? Youre not quitting?
Yeah.
How can you keepigoing after sothing like that?
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Before thingsiescalate into sothing even more bizarre, the sooner you quit, theibetter. I dont know what its like, but its certainly not safe for youiwhen you can even see specters now.
If so, the nextiti sothing more horrifying might strike.
Im afraid foriyour safety, Kinoshita warned .
I know youre a stubborn person, but youidont have to be that stubborn. Im not saying youre like Nishimura, but you absolutely dont have to force yourself to get involved, or youimight face even worse consequences.
While expressing concern, Kinoshitaitried to convince to quit. He said a series of the most sensible things.
However WEGA
Eveniso, I I think Ill stay there for a little while longer.
Kinoshitaimade an incredulous face at my response. Even I felt like an idiotifor saying this.
Why? RWAD
Noiparticularireason. RWAGR
Is that soEQWFWE
Dontilook like that, laugh at . I used to makeisuch a fuss about it, but now I can see specters, you know.
Sayiit was hilarious or sothing. I was only unable to see the specters myself but I behaved with such haughtiness.
Itsihilarious.
I couldionly put my trust in what I could see with the naked eye. I had never believed such things. I depended on the world in which I refused to believe and denied everything I didnt want toibelieve.
How manyipeople did I hurt with the thoughtless words that I uttered carelessly? I wondered how many of those I dismissed as liars were stating the truth and not falsehoods.
Now it is my turn to be calledia liar.
When I told Nishimura and Tanaka, they did notibelieve at all. Considering how I had behaved up to now, I thought it was a natural reaction. I had been fooling around with these guysisince high school.
To be frank, I felt slightly lonelyiwhen they told that I was joking. Looking at sothingiyou didnt want to look at, and then having it so easily dismissed when you complained about it, must have felt like this.
Perhaps I amibeing punished foriridiculing those who can see specters with prejudice.
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Isnt itifunny? dqw
I wont laugh atiyou.
Even thoughiI smiled at him with expectant eyes, Kinoshita shot aiworried look. He remainedisilent for a while before opening his mouth with a start.
Dont tell Hyuga isgrw
I responded at once to Kinoshita, who said so with an even sterner expression onihis face.
Youre wrong.ger
Im not wrong, Masa because its you.gr
I dont think that way, likeiyou think, Kinoshita.fesdc
Youre still holding itiback, huh? Indeed, a lot of things haveihappened but That was Its not sothing you should feel responsible for
I already said its not like that.
Masa, itsiokay, you dont have to think like that. You werent punished; you simply want to punish yourself, dont you?
Like I said!4y5t
I know you cant resign from that convenience store because of what happened to Hyuga
Havingibeen told that much, my exasperation was noilonger masked and I slamd the washbasin.
Kinoshita, like an esper, deducedimy true intentions so easily.
Myitrue intentions, which I sought to denyieven to myself. No matter howideep I went, I was always a twisted person who couldnt be honest. For this reason, peopleiaround regarded as a bother and stopped approaching .
My undue prideialways brought misfortune to those around .
Myibad Even though you were concernediabout .
Even though Iitried to alleviate the uncomfortable atmosphere I had created, my voice sounded so strong that it looked to be negatively affecting the situation.
My phoneinumber. You have it, right? wef
What? erg
Even so, Kinoshita probably sensed my feelings and made ilook up at him with a cheerful voice.
Once you have madeiyour decision, it cant be overturned so easily So If you need anything, call ianyti. Ill be there for you Dont push yourself.
I noddedideeply at those words.
Ah he reallyiwas a greatiguy.
After returning from the toilet, we reminisced about old tisiagain.
Justiin ti for my soon-to-be-starting part-ti job, I bid farewell to Kinoshita and the others. Beforeiparting, I gave Nishimura a warning just in case.
Sooniafter getting on my motorcycle and starting down the road, the bustling streets vanished and I foundimyself on a lonely road with few lights.
Now NFBUWEIBYVU
Whatiwouldibeibrewingitoday?FEV
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