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Hopefullyinothingiwilliarise
Itiwasianiearnestiwish. Myispirits wereiboosted when I wasienvelopediin the hot, humid airiof midsumr. Iimustnt let my feelings getithe better of , as Iihad learnedifrom Takenaka before: theiweaker yourifeelings beca, the more likely those things would approach you.
In fact, I shouldibeiprepared to take on anything andieverything Despite thinking like that, thereiwas a limit to what I could do.
With only one electric light every few dozen ters, I went around the corner that I had done many tis before, feeling forlorn.
Toitheiright of myivision, I spotted a whiteiguardrail reinforced with steeliplates. Before arrivingiat that convenience store, I rembered thatithere had been a motorcycle accident
AsiIirecalled, the manager inford ithat the person who fell off theibike had died.
Apparently, accidentsiinvolving people falling off their bikes were a constant occurrence at that location. I didnt even wantito ponder why, but a couple of those accidents were bound to happen yeariafter year.
Consequently, aibrandinew steel plate was installed eachiti. This was evidence that accidents wereiso frequent that the guardrail could not be fixed in a tilyimanner.
AlthoughiIipassed the curve in a split second, a chilliseized , so I made a turn at theispot. Sohow, I hadia feeling I was going to catch sight of sothingistrange.
[Hyuugaiis]
Kinoshitas words resurfaced in myimind.
Goodigrief He certainly hadigoodiintuition.
AsiI rode my bike, I found myself smiling bitterly, even if it wasicreepy.
HyuugaiAoi
Thatina rang a familiar bell.
That na hadnt co up in a longiti. It had been a long ti since soone had uttered that na toi. Itiwas a na I didnt want toihear.
Sealedisowhereiin my mory, I banished it to the corner of myibrain. Theina that I had erased from myimind
Whatever it was that prompted to do so was unknown toi, but it had been dredged out from the depths of myimory and thrust in frontiof .
Itiwas right after I began perceiving strange things. All this ti, I had forgotten aboutiit.
No, Iihadibeen feigning oblivion. I had made myself into convincing myself that I had forgotten.
Whyinow? Iishould have discarded that photograph.
Iishould refrain from dwelling on this matter. Itiwas alreadyiover.
Thatipersoniand I had an unstable relationship to begin with. Besides, I didnt really care about them.
Right
Whatiwas the senseiin thinking about soone you didnt really care about anymore? I forcefully settled my faltering feelings and focused my attention onidriving.
Thanksitoithe lack of pedestrian traffic and cars, my bike was moving along the night road at a brisk pace. Iniless than five minutes, I would be at the convenience shop as I was moving ratheriswiftly.
Iisquinted my eyes and lookeditoward the tunnels exit about halfway through.
Whatiwasithat?
Sothingiwas aroundithe exit of the tunnel. Beyond the dark orange fluorescent light of the tunnel, theiroad was faintly illuminated by the moonlight.
There,isothing, sothingiwas
An objectiI couldnt quite make out was there.
Atithis rate, I might run itiover, so I slowed my bike down gradually. While sticking my neck outiin front of , Iilooked closely atiit.
What!?
Iifigurediitiout.
Aboutia ter or so before exiting theitunnel, I realized what it was and stoppedimy bike near the exit.
A cat
Lyingion the road was aicat.
However, itiwas no ordinaryicat.
It was aired lump lying carelessly. An ominousired body fluid glistening under theimoonlight
Withiitsilimbs cast aside, the cats abdon was concaveiand ripped open like a pogranate, exposing itsilong, pink intestines, which wereistained with red-black blood and protruded and wereidispersed all over the place. Fecesiand pieces of flesh drenched in it leaked from the anus, and a gut-like massiprotruded from the gaping mouth.
It was aisight so devastating that made iwant toiscowl.
Howiawful It was run over
Theicrystalline lens, resembling a marble, stared into the voidiand remained stationary. The small, reddishibody with white in so places suggested that itihad originally been a white cat.
Judgingifrom the fresh coloriof the splattered guts, this cat was probably run overionly recentlyperhapsia few hours ago, or possibly even minutesiago.
This was not theifirst ti I had observed a cat being struckilike this. Eveniif it wasnt theifirst ti, it wasistill shocking and not a pretty sight toibehold.
Who on earth couldihave brought thisiupon
Nah-oh.
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