Chapter 21
My Reality is a Romance Game
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Chapter 21
«Would you like to use the Morph Potion?»
Anyway, as I looked at the photo and formed the image of her in my head, I resolved myself to use the ‘Morph Potion’ and clicked on the window .
«Please draw a clear image of the person you would like to transform into in your head . »
Since I had the photo right in my hand, there were no issues . I drew the image of the face in the picture in my head, down to even her garments .
«Please think of the person you would like the masquerade to work on . »
That’s easy . After all, the target and the subject both have the same face .
«Transformation complete . »
Clicking the final window, I slid the photo back in its place in the diary and retreated back . As I was about to exit the room, countless cardboard boxes entered my vision . I didn’t bother opening them last time, thinking it wasn’t important, but now my curiosity was piqued anew .
I wonder what she’s keeping stored here . Her being someone involved in countless crimes till now, considering that makes me think there must be something or another inside these . Since the Morph Potion didn’t even have a time limit, I thought why not, so I tried checking out the topmost box nearby . But there was nothing strange in particular . There were several books crammed in . Moving on, I opened another one . There was a bunch of junk organized in it . Was it all seriously simply her belongings?
But even then, I somehow mustered up my willpower and continued to check on one box after another once I moved away the topmost one . I don’t know whether my patience was high or not, but once I reached the middle box, I discovered a safe . The size of the boxes piled up behind the desk were just as big as the ones used for changed residences . The safe was a fourth of that size . I thought of opening it was sealed shut . No matter how I saw it, it felt like it held some pretty important stuff . When I tried shaking it, the sound of gold… did not greet my ears .
Since the ‘Morph Spray’ is currently in use, I can’t use the ‘Master Key’ . Thinking that I’d take it back later, I kept it atop the desk . Then I thought of directly going back to the bedroom, but I suddenly had a different idea . No matter how bold of a woman she was, if the girl she killed came back to haunt her as a ghost, there’s no way she shouldn’t be afraid . Even if she was an emotionless psychopath, it was a situation where she couldn’t help but be surprised . And now, what if the ghost also wanted to come kill you? Of course, it would be even more effective .
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I headed to the kitchen and searched for a murder weapon . And very quickly, I discover a variety of kitchen knives amongst her cutlery . I grabbed the largest in the collection . And of course, it goes to say that I didn’t really have any intention to kill her . There’s a chance that murder would trigger legal action, so I only intended to scare her .
There’s no way a person who wouldn’t shudder in fright after seeing a ghost standing beside their bed with a large knife in their hands as soon as they open their eyes exists .
Opening the door to her bedroom, I quietly entered . I gave her, who was sleeping in her underwear, cheek a tight slap to wake her up . And immediately after, I deftly made my way near her bed, making the most ominous face could as I held the kitchen knife and stood steady .
“Hmm?”
Having her cheek slapped, her eyes slightly opened . Her face probably stings . I kind of unintentionally ended up mustering all my strength in that after all . As expected, Akemine rubbed her cheek and sat up from her bed with a dubious expression . She rubbed her eyes as she struggled to open them .
“A~ke~mi~ne~”
I slowly called out her real name in order to make her face my way . And accordingly, her face immediately shot towards me .
“Who is it!”
She got startled and shot up from her bed . However, she still seemed to have trouble comprehending that someone was standing right here . I wonder if she can’t discern my face since the lights aren’t on .
“A~ke~mi~ne~”
Calling out to her once again, I quickly moved the curtains away, letting the moonlight rain down on me . Now she should be able to recognize Kimoto’s face before her .
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“Y-Y-Y-You should’ve been dead!”
“A~ke~mi~ne~I~will~kill~you~”
Purposely stretching my words in one continuous pauseless stream, I brandished the knife as an act of threatening her . As the moonlight reflected off its metallic and sharp edge and entered my eyes, even I shuddered from it .
“S-S-Stop fucking around! G-G-Get away from me…!”
Repeatedly flailing arms around in front of her, Akemine ran away from her bed . And just as she was about to leave the room, her legs got caught in between, making her fall .
“A~ke~mi~ne~”
I kept repeating her name again and again to instill more fear . Finally lifting herself back up, she slowly drew back . Her facial expression was just as contorted as you’d expect . A completely unbelievable countenance lay bare before me .
“A dream?”
Trembling in place, she pinched her own cheek . But all she received was pain . Of course, since this wasn’t a dream . After experiencing the stinging sensation of pinching her cheeks on her own, she yelled in agony .
“Get away from me! Just where does a dead bitch like you think you’re in!”
Even as she said so, she continued to slowly draw backwards, unceasingly trembling . And then, as I grasped the knife in my hands, without saying a single word, I broke into a sprint towards her .
“DON’T COME NEAR MEEEEEEE!”
And just like that, Akemine turned around and started running . Flying through her entranceway, she dashed out of her house in her underwear . That’s just how much she was in panic . And of course I pursued her . I intended to scare her to the point of reaching the police . Just her fingerprints alone should be enough for them to reach the conclusion of the female murderer that ran away .
Akemine repeatedly mashed the elevator button . But seeing as to how it was descending from the 21ˢᵗ floor at its own steady pace, she gave up and ran down the stairs . And of course, I continued to run behind her .
“A~ke~mi~ne~”
Lengthening the syllables, I called out her name single-mindedly . As she descended down, she lost her footing at one point and tumbled down . At the end of it, her body was curled up and quivering .
“This is a nightmare! This has to be…”
Saying so, her panties proceeded to become completely drenched . Spurts of urine continued to leak out of her . The floor she had fallen onto had now been flooded… with her filthy piss . Then, from the top of the stairway, I jumped down . Akemine being utterly terrified at that scene, continued to fall down the stairs as she continued to wet herself . The impacts ultimately made her limp . If I really intended to catch her, I easily could have done with at the speed she was trying to escape me, but I kind of wanted to make her fear me more so I ended up taking my sweet time following her around .
Even with the elevator coming down, Akemine ran towards the parking lot . The figure of her running in her underwear was incredibly gruesome . No matter how someone looked at her, they’d think she had gone crazy . Not gonna lie, that kinda made me feel refreshed .
Although she’s the same person who killed me, the terror that lay bare was more than what I anticipated . Soon enough, I also arrived at the parking lot, the trail of urine leading me towards her .
“Don’t come . I’m… I’m not even on drugs… Why… Just why! Why am I able to see a dead person? Why the fuck is this happening!”
However, a completely unexpected scenario unfolded . In order to run away from me, she only faced forward without paying attention to her surroundings, resulting in a parking car running over her . It was barely dawn so the driver couldn’t make out what was in front of him either . Since it entered the parking lot without even stopping, it was travelling at a considerable speed . At the same time as the sound of the brakes being stepped on all of a sudden reverberated throughout the area, Akemine was flung ahead . And finally, after a tumbling a few times, she collapsed, sprawling onto the parking lot floor .
Startled, I ran towards her . Ironically enough, her current state was quite the same as mine before I loaded back . You reap what you sow, was what I thought . In the end, evil deeds will be judged accordingly . However, Akemine struggled up in that same state and continued to stagger away again . All for the sake of going as far away as possible from me who had gotten closer to her .
“Get… Get away from me! Get away — Don’t come near me! You really think a bitch like you is capable of killing the likes of me…? Geho-gehoh!”
Spouting and shouting all that at me, she turned back around again and limped forward, resuming her escape from me once again . What immense willpower! The driver had dashed out for her out of concern, but now he pretended to not even have seen her . Even after leaving through the apartment entrance and reaching the sidewalk, she continued on to cross the road . Thinking it was about time I ended this charade and seriously catch her, I picked up my speed and started running . However, that ended up having adverse effects .
As she screamed at the top of lungs on her own and broke into a sprint to cross the road, as if there was some kind of universal compelling force[1] in action, in these early morning hours, a large truck suddenly appeared and came speeding in and crashed into her . Akemine’s body was blown off straight up into the sky, flying dozens of meters ahead, and finally falling splat onto the ground .
I tried confirming the situation that sprung up . Her body twitched and blood poured out her mouth . And even in that state, she muttered something again .
“Sa… Save me… I… I don’t… want to die…”
“Don’t screw with me . What about the people you’ve killed?”
“Sh-Shud up… N-No… I was wrong…… That’s why, please… Save me… Uuuu…”
Thus saying so, Akemine reached out her arm towards me . However, that arm very quickly lost its strength and languidly dangled . And finally, her body was no longer able to move anymore . Once I tried confirming her breath, she had already died .
Compared to the countless evil deeds she had done, I felt that her end had been all too quick . Moreover, having been run over twice consecutively… that really was quite the compelling force . [2]
However, what was particularly pitiful was that I strangely didn’t think she had died for my sake . Not just me, but who knows how many people that stood in her path had been run over by her . And now she herself also faced the same fate . I can’t call this anything other than retribution . It was exhilarating to chase her around, but all those feelings had suddenly died down . I kind of wanted to personally inflict pain upon her through numerous other evil acts, slowly taking my time in making her regret everything she had done . Man, if she just up and dies so suddenly, then everything is all over, isn’t it?
Translator: Angry Midget