Withithat said, Iigot my face near to it too and utilized the light to illuminate it. Due to the darkness, I hadnt noticed it until now, but as Yakumo had ntioned, wild letters were engraved there that looked like they might have been carved with a carving knife orisothing.
[Marchi7, 2010
NishikawaiToshio
Kawachi
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UematsuTranslator:MadHatter
You all shall be cursed to death.]
Hie
Rightiaway at the realization that it was a curse, I movediaway from the spot vigorously and fell on my buttocks.
Whatithe hell is this
It wasiweirdit wasnt likeiany ordinary thing. The shapeiof the letters andithe content conveyed aisense of appalling madness. This was not graffiti
Shiveringiand trembling, I found sothing evenimore horrendous there.
A largeinumber of cigarette buttsiand soiled coffeeicans were scattered across the groundinear the base of the moss-covered tree. Onlyiat this spot, bizarrely
Hereihere. This was I knew it. I was right. The aning was that, right
I anwasnt I right?
Nobody would deliberately co here to drink coffee and smoke cigarettes, right?
[Ill curse you to death.]I was prepared for that, but it was too vivid.
Whatever transpired to them before their deaths, they carved such words in such a place. They must have been harboring an extraordinary resentnt.
No way It couldnt be that a rope with a looped poke on it was fastened to a nearby branch or sothing around there
I am, ah
I would get out of here at once. When I thought that
Not bad.
a low voice from right above brought my feet to a halt.
I am, ah not bad, I am not bad, ah
An anguished mans moaning voice was descending from above my head. He spoke in what seed like a faint, muffled voice, yet I could make it out perfectly in my ears.
Itsall their fault I am not to be blad for anything
It wasnt curiosity that I turned around. This was the sa phenonon as being tapped on the shoulder and turning around. I looked at him unconsciously and my mouth naturally opened.
What initially flashed into my vision was a pair of feet, one in a leather shoe and the other in a sock only
Slacks with gray vertical lines, a shabby suit
They are the ones who frad and screwed everything up
My eyes slowly rose.
Regret I will absolutely make them Unforgivable
The crumpled shirt reflected up to the white neck. Then, like a doll without joints, the neck was unnaturally snapped. His skin had an eerie color that could not be described as human.
He cast out his limbs in line with gravity while maintaining a visage that could not be characterized as living. The man, who was suspended by his neck from a tie fastened to a branch, engulfed my entire beingmy senses, my thoughts, everything.
Both of his eyes were wide open and his mouth was half open. His spectacles were wedged between his ears and slanted diagonally, and his nose was dripping a dark liquid.
Nothing more could be conveyed by words. Only those who have witnessed this could recognize it.
This wasnt a human being. This was no longer a human face.
A corpse
At the sa ti my brain was hamring out that answer, the man hanging in midair from a branch moved his mouth and muttered, I will kill
Ah, ah, ah.
Aaaaaaah, aaaaaaah
My legs went limp, and I couldnt feel that I could stand up. The curse was etched on the tree by this man.
Trapped by the sensation that my heart was being seized and dragged out, I repeatedly drew in ragged breaths like I was hyperventilating.
Directly above was a suspended man, swaying slightly under the weight of his body.
I had never witnessed anything like this, not even in horror movies. ThisThis kind of thing. It wasnt a feeling of fear or anything like that; it was beyond terror, and I couldnt think of anything else.
Agagagaga.
Those incoherent words that erupted from my mouth by themselves would eventually be replaced by screaming. The back of my head jerked.
Not good, my consciousness was going to fly away.
Sonny! Pull yourself together!!
Yakumo brought back to consciousness as my consciousness was about to fly away again. His words jarred back to reality, and I twisted my neck with all the strength I could muster, shifting my vision away dramatically. Even now, I was on the edge of screaming but I restrained myself desperately.
Dont think any more about it!
At his unreasonable insistence, my mouth clenched and I vehently shook my head. As if there was a huge Japanese drum inside my body, my heart was rumbling and I felt like it was going to burst out of my chest.
Listen. The power of the talisman has kept him from noticing you yet. But if you scream, hell undoubtedly notice.
Ugh
Run by the count of three.
I gritted my teeth and nodded at the excessively composed Yakumo.
One, two
Before he could even say three, I was off running.
The mans moaning voice that emitted like a muffled scream was perpetually haunting my ears, and I couldnt shrug off my fear as the mans tragic expression seared itself into my brain. I struggled to use my legs, which were as unsteady as a newborn fawns, and ran as if I were going to tumble down.
I fled from that spot, bumping into the trees over and over again. Running in the darkness, I crouched down on the ground when I couldnt run any longer.
If I made it this far, I was sure I would be fine.
With that thought in mind, I cast my face down to the groundonly to be confronted with a floral pouch and a light pink compact lying right in front of .
Gyahhh!?
Under my right hand was a stick of lipstick. And many more A folding brush with hair and other things that were evidently left behind by soone else.
On top of that, this oneit was still new.
One that was not heavily soiled. Perhaps it was a few days old.
Ugh.
Holding my head with a tearful voice, I suppressed the nausea. The things left behind on the ground suggested the last act of the suicidal person. Imagining it subconsciously was repulsive.
Perspiration dripped from my shoulders as I breathed heavily. Yakumo looked down at anxiously, but in contrast to , he was neither breathing erratically nor breaking out in perspiration.
Are you okay, Sonny?
Of course not
Yeah, Im sorry.
A transparent palm was held out in front of but it was imdiately retracted.
Oops I forgot.
He may have been trying to offer a hand but I couldnt touch him in his astral form.
I can hardly do anything in such a state Damn.
Yakumos face was distorted in frustration, his impatience apparent.
In spite of traveling a considerable distance over the course of more than an hour, I was unable to make out anything in the sea of trees that spread out beyond my field of vision. As the hour of the Ox deepened, my sixth sense was responding to it, and faint moans could be heard from all over the place, which was pushing my restless heart to the edge.
Ugh coughoe.
The impact of what I had seen earlier, and the uncertainty that grew as I went on, finally forced to puke on the spot.
Hey!
Hah, I think its going to appear in my dreams at
Anything like that was a first for . I had seen plenty of things in the past that I found repulsive. That was nothing, though, in comparison to what I had caught sight of earlier. It was the worst thing I had ever witnessed.
That man died there and kept on hanging himself until then. Never was he liberated, nor did he die in peace.
It was exactly as Takenaka and Aya said.
For those who died here, no salvation existed
This was the negative circle of the sea of trees with no salvation. Not only that man, but many others who perished in such a miserable way were here. How many more tis would I have to see them?
Sonny, this is no good. You need to take a break.
Its fine, we dont have ti for that.
Yeah but
Dont be so self-conscious when you are the one who brought here. Like I said, its useless but you know, Im the type of person who has a hard ti abandoning a decision once Ive set my mind to it. Co on, lets move on
Why do you insist on exerting yourself so hard? You must feel sick already. Normally, people would cry and try to run away.
Yeah. Theidiscomfort is too much.
Then why?
Dont get wrong, Im not doing it for you, Im doing it for .
A small laugh broke out.
I dont like the aftertaste. I want to be relieved of everything and I dont like it when things are in disarray. Like specters, I dont like people who are half in belief and half in doubt about such things. I need it to be black and white. I want to live a refreshing life, thats why Im doing this
Right, I was always self-centered. I hated crookedness, and I was a pain to deal with. Though I was extrely proficient at drawing animosity.
Even so, I refused to live a life of regret.
Onlyirecently did I finally realize that I had been living my life by sticking to such unbendable pride and hurting many people. Perhaps it was because I went through such egotism that I hurt Hyuga which led to an outco like that.
This ti, nobody would get hurt, right?
Again, I was only doing this for myself, but I didnt want to suffer the regret and terrible aftertaste of that ti. I was doing it for myself but it was fine since no one else was hurt.
Dont worry, it will heal in ti.
When I insisted that, Yakumo seed to understand reluctantly and stopped saying anything after that.
The nausea thatiwas threatening to rise up inside was once again smothered by the mineral water in my bag, and I clutched the talisman in my pocket with sweaty hands to compose myself.
Are you okay with this?
The silent walk was unbearable, and after a few monts, I was the one who initiated the conversation.
Your complexionididnt change a bit after seeing that.
Yeah
Youre the sa kind as the people who can see specters, and yet youre different.
Furthermore, I wasiolder than you. Was it due to your condition that you didnt feel any fear?
No, I dont lack emotion. I am only accustod to it. I have been to a lot of places and observed all sorts of things. Youre a guy whos been seeing these things for less than a month, arent you?
Oh, he got it right
Did I hit the mark?
Anyone would have fainted if they saw that, no matter if it has been six months or a year.
Hmm, well, thats for sure.
The fact that he could see that and not be perturbed by it made wonder how many terrific evil spirits he had encountered in his life.
I have been able to see for more than a decade now, and Im not astonished by what I see now.
More than a decade!?
If I trace my family ancestry back to its beginnings, it was, I believe, a branch of the Yin-Yang sect. But for so reason, I was born with a strong bloodline from that family, even though the bloodline eventually fell extinct and was utterly forgotten.
With a troubled look on his face, Yakumo recounted his past.
Wasnt it hard for you sinceiyou were such a child?
Of courseiit was hard. Oneiday, out of the blue, I started seeing old n with holes in their stomachs and won with no legs, and I had a hard ti coming to terms with the fact that my reality was so distinct from everyone elses. People called a liar, and my parentsithought I was nuts and brought to a psychiatrist. Nobody believed That made those days a lot more unbearable
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