173 – Heartbreaking Guest
“…… “
Yurika couldn’t say anything for a long, long time.
She stiffened as if under a petrification spell and looked at her body covered with a white cloth without the slightest change in her face.
―… Don’t look at the face. Everything was torn up.
“…… “
Thanks to Choi Si-woo for telling me, I didn’t see anything more than this.
This alone was enough to shock her.
Slowly, she reaches out her trembling hand.
Her hand was aimed at her abdomen, which had surgery marks on it.
The sensation of flesh hardened by rigor mortis passes through her fingertips.
A chemical smell assails her nose, perhaps from a preservative or some unknown chemical.
“…… “They said she was a witch.”
Yurika muttered without realizing that it was an answer she would never return.
“You are vicious. You’re cruel. “It’s so covered in dirt that even your washing machine can’t wash it anymore.”
It is such a terrible being.
The most scary being is a witch.
She tortures herself so much that she is always a vengeful spirit strangling her and wanting her to die.
“… Why are you acting like this? Why… why… “I couldn’t protect it.”
We will go together.
We will die together.
At least you shouldn’t blow yourself up and leave no trace.
Why is that… To a guy who doesn’t even have her face… Are you saying that our precious, beloved children are being taken away?
Tears are flowing down Yurika’s eyes.
Feeling sorry for her future self.
A lump of distorted emotions, along with sadness and anger, boils over like a runaway.
“Huh, huh…” “
Her heart felt like it was going to explode.
Even more than No Face’s cruel actions, the witch who was robbed of her children was in vain. She took herself and me.
She couldn’t forgive.
At that moment, I turned around when I felt her grab my shoulder.
Choi Si-woo, who had gotten her clothes from somewhere, covered her with a blanket.
“…… “
He didn’t say anything.
He didn’t even mention ‘It’s okay’, which he often said.
Instead, he slowly hugged me.
Instead, he looked at me quietly.
That alone makes Yurika… She was able to get her mind together again.
“… Thank you.”
“… No.”
Choi Si-woo pulled out the chair that seemed to be in the best condition and carefully made Yurika sit down.
He lowers her body and grabs one of her soft hands.
He touches her cold, bloodless hands and gives them warmth.
“… “I’m waiting here.”
“Well, I’ll go too.”
She shakes her head.
Your eyes send a silent message telling you to rest.
“…… Thank you.”
“Yes. “I’ll call you when I find out something.”
* * *
Patter-
Old drawers and small drawers fall over easily.
I didn’t care at all and started rummaging around with rough hands.
‘There must be one.’
The story of an omen that was not clearly recorded in the journal.
It was a time when I was searching like a mouse with an intuition that was almost certain.
“…… Wait for a sec.”
I slowly got up and looked at the tall bookshelf that had been in front of me from the beginning.
It’s just a bookshelf with a few random books on it.
That’s why I was most suspicious.
‘…… No way.’
I rummage through the shelves of the bookshelf, thinking about what might happen.
Kugugu―
Then, surprisingly, the bookshelf begins to rotate along with the sound of a small device moving.
Soon, what was revealed was the space beyond the back.
Inside it, a training room and additional laboratory tables, presumed to have been used to teach children, are revealed.
▶Wow! Master, how did you know?
It’s a classic trick that appears in mystery novels.
I don’t think we know much about detective stories like this because they aren’t common in this world.
‘… Anyway, let’s go in.’
*
I quickly looked around.
The first thing that struck me was the two broken test tubes that appeared to be from an incubator.
I knew it instinctively.
My children were born here.
It was also possible to see from all the weapons and traces in the training hall that No-Face personally taught swordsmanship.
‘…… ‘
I tried to shake off the dirty feeling and placed what I found on the table.
It was presumed to be a journal, and the color had faded due to age.
One sheet. One sheet.
I read the content quickly and accurately.
I couldn’t possibly interpret the first chapter, then the second chapter, and even the third chapter.
It was full of scribbles that made it unclear whether this could be called writing in the first place.
The scribbles became more readable the further I went, and thanks to this, I realized once again that No Face has the ability to learn.
「K-1 and K-2 learn quickly.」
First sentence.
I noticed that the word referring to that was my children.
「Excellent and high-quality soul. A soul taken as a condemner. Fill it up. I put it in.”
「The change in the test subject is dramatic.」
An awkward piece of writing that continues in short sentences.
After a few more sentences, I started to become more proficient.
「K-1 had excellent natural physical strength. A talent as if the god of the sword had descended. “He is a child who inherited the blood of the man who was the only one to hurt him.”
「On the other hand, K-2 had similar natural talent, but his weak mentality became an obstacle. Therefore, even though he was skilled in fighting, he did not teach it.”
I quickly turned the next page.
「It was meaningless. The test subject could not provide an answer. Could not understand.”
「The final moment of death. “I didn’t tell you about the smile of the female who was looking at me with a smile.”
「Why can I smile? Why can you be so determined? I don’t understand. I can not understand. Children fail. Therefore, it was decided to operate only for the purposes of the original design. “It will be meaningful if you find it, and it doesn’t matter to me if you die in vain.”
“… You bastard… “
I suppressed the rising anger and read the last sentence.
「It was recorded in a book. Irreverence. It is said that the person who committed it will have a hole in his chest. “It may be a metaphorical expression, but I want to know the heart of it.”
「I want to know. Affections, relationships, family, lovers, couples, children, ‘that’ that penetrates all of them.”
Boom!
Choi Si-woo, who had read the whole thing, shattered the desk with the paper.
▶… Master.
‘… Are you okay.’
I finally regained my senses and investigated the remaining records further.
* * *
“…… “
Yurika read the recorded records in silence and then quietly put them down.
She did not show No Face’s personal diary to her. It doesn’t mean anything and will only hurt you.
Rurg-
Tears flow endlessly from Yurika’s eyes.
“… Well then… The two children… “
“Probably a homunculus.”
. A technique commonly known as artificial life created using the Philosopher’s Stone.
Usually it is made based on a man’s semen or the blood of a specific person.
No Face This crazy bastard succeeded in creating numerous spirits as an energy source with the power of the number one condemner of evil.
The target was, of course, the two children who were miscarried in Yurika’s womb.
Therefore, all of the children appeared as if they had grown up in ancient times over time.
Even though it was said to be a fetus, its shape remained the same.
“… “Hmm.”
“…… “
I patted her shoulder as she cried incessantly.
“… Sorry.”
“… “Why are you apologizing?”
“I-I was such a fool…” I was robbed like a fool… “
“… It’s not your fault.”
Tears flow down Choi Si-woo’s eyes.
The emotions she had been trying so hard to suppress were stimulated by Yurika, and she ended up not being able to hold them back.
The two people held each other for a very short period of time and burst into tears.
*
After completing the investigation, I went out.
It was decided that Yurika’s body would be returned and cremated in the .
‘…… I feel uncomfortable.’
It’s good to learn about children, but in fact, there was one more purpose here.
Dream…… No, it was a no-face figure covered in skin that I clearly saw.
If that was really the body of my colleagues covered over, the bodies should have been here too.
‘…… ‘Is it hidden?’
It may be so.
I’m not sure beyond the basement.
I felt a sense of déjà vu, as if there was something unseen.
Choi Si-woo first decided to promise the following.
Cut out the And plant it deeply into the ground as if taking root.
▶Master. There is a record of the coordinates you mentioned.
K’s words come at good timing.
‘… ‘What happened?’
▶… It’s connected. However, as far as the exact location…
‘… ‘Can I use it?’
▶It seems difficult. Even if the coordinates are possible, opening and maneuvering seems to be No Face’s power. I think we’ll have to take some other means to get there.
‘… Okay.’
Additional bad news has arrived.
Coordinate numbers written on the back of the journal.
As a result of entrusting the analysis to Kay, it is said that it leads to the second world we are in now.
In other words, No Face definitely has the power to cross parallel worlds.
And… I could guess that they were definitely looking for me.
“… What should we do now?”
Yurika’s voice breaks through my thoughts.
“There is a transmission device not far from here.”
“You are talking about the original headquarters. But there… “They would all be dead already.”
I guess so.
There is no way those who remained could survive until now.
But right now, I couldn’t think of anything else to do.
“… First, let’s find a way to go back. At least we can find some food left… ?”
I couldn’t speak.
Chin―
Along with this sound, I heard footsteps that were now familiar for the third time.
“…… “
“Krrr…… “
A hesitant boy.
And the girl who glared at her as if asking why she was alive.
‘Ha… ‘
I sighed deeply.
Damn.
I haven’t even been able to put my mind in order yet.
So quickly, heartbreaking customers arrived.
