Chapter 72
[Indelible Darkness]
I was given a meal and drink . Immediately after that, I fell asleep, and that’s how I welcome my 4th night since I came to this city .
“You didn’t return . ”
Yoiyami-san sat down on a chair and said .
There is no lamp in this room . There is only a candle fire .
“…Yes . ”
It was a long silence . The candle fire sways greatly once in a while .
The light barely illuminates each of our faces .
“Why do people live?”
I look at Yoiyami-san who muttered so .
“……”
“There is no definite answer to this difficult question . It’s an eternal proposition . ”
Is that so?
It’s not difficult . At least I can answer immediately if asked by Yoiyami-san .
I don’t want to die, so I live .
“I’ll train you . ”
That being said, I seriously looked at Yoiyami-san .
“…Is that ok?”
I couldn’t reply right away, but I said so . The words from yesterday still stuck in my heart .
“It would be troublesome if you die in front of the room after all . ”
I didn’t think of dying . Perhaps Yoiyami-san also understand it, but it was he himself who yield to me who didn’t return even after receiving those words .
…No, let’s correct it . Didn’t return is a faulty expression .
Strictly speaking, I couldn’t go home .
Receiving Yoiyami-san’s point, I was strucked to the core and temporarily lost my spirit . That was all, but it seems Yoiyami-san was misunderstanding it . It seems he misunderstood and yield .
Or perhaps it’s not a misunderstanding, but he decided to accept me after understanding my feelings .
Anyway, I was the one who broke first, and honestly, I’m not glad with it .
However, regardless of that, I would like to receive training from Yoiyami-san .
Regardless of the process, the result was all right because in this way, I managed to get Yoiyami-san to train me .
“However, if I decide that you have no hope in these 5 days, I’ll have you go back . Alright?” said Yoiyami-san .
It seems that I have to make him admit that I have a hope in these 5 days .
“I understand . ” I replied, and Yoiyami-san stood up . I look up at him .
“Then, follow me . ”
I also stand up .
It seems we’re starting now . To be honest, I’m not in the mood for training right now .
I want to have a conversation with Yoiyami-san . I want to listen to various stories and think upon it .
But I kept silent and followed after Yoiyami-san .
Leaving the room, Yoiyami-san opened the door of the next room .
I looked inside from behind him, but it was pitch black and I couldn’t see anything .
There is no sign of people . It’s natural . No one lives in this apartment except for Yoiyami-san .
“Shion . ” Yoiyami-san turned toward me and said .
“Yes . ”
“Think slowly . About your weaknesses . About your enemies . ” That said, Yoiyami-san grabbed my collar and threw me into the room .
I dropped on my butt at the entrance . On the other side of the door, Yoiyami-san looked down at me .
“What you need to train is your heart . ”
*bang* the door was closed, and I was closed in the dark .
I didn’t really understand what Yoiyami-san wanted to do, so I stood up at once and…
There was no doorknob .
I reach out my hand, and go straight to the front . But I can’t even touch the door .
Looking back, there was a window in the room .
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A faint light was leaking from there . However, the light was eventually swallowed by ‘black’, and I was enveloped in complete darkness .
What does it mean?
I reach out my hand again . I can’t touch the doorknob . I took a step forward, but for some reason I couldn’t proceed forward .
It felt like a was being pushed back .
What is this…
When I notice, I can’t even hear a sound from the other side of the door .
No, there is no sound in the room too .
“Ah . ” I can hear my own voice .
What is this? What the hell is going on?
I was…locked up?
I take a deep breath once .
The fact that I couldn’t touch the doorknob was probably due to Yoiyami-san’s ability .
Yoiyami-san locked me in this room .
Is it okay to think so?
But for what?
Didn’t he say it? To think .
In other words, this can be considered as training . Something to make me stronger .
But is thinking, a training?
Can I become stronger by doing that? In such an empty pitch-black room .
While wondering about that, I took off my shoes and proceeded to the back of the room .
However, I stumbled upon something and fell .
I don’t know what I stumbled upon, but now that I’ve fallen, I can’t even tell which direction the door was .
Complete darkness . With nothing that can be seen .
No matter how long I waited, my eyes never got used to it .
I look around again .
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I’m surrounded by darkness .
I felt suffocated .
I can hardly hear any sound . And my field of view is all black . My view is the same whether I open or close my eyes .
How long has it passed since then?
Few minutes? A few hours?
I don’t know, but it probably hasn’t been that long .
I didn’t think that darkness was this scary .
I was full of desire to get out of this room right now .
I tried to kick the wall, but my kick did not reach the wall, and the full-powered Soundshoot that I released was useless .
This space is sealed by Yoiyami-san’s ability, and it is impossible to escape from the inside .
And there is neither light nor food nor drink .
What should I do?
What should I do to get out of here? How long will I be trapped here?
Remembering Yoiyami-san’s words, I try to put it into words,
“Think slowly . About your weaknesses . About your enemies . ”
He also said this,
“What you need to train is your heart . ”
What did he mean?
Even Tameiki-san can give a better explanation y’know .
I wouldn’t know what to do if you only told me that much .
This situation is one where I can’t even see a little ahead . He really is a really bleak person .
However, I have hope .
5 days . If I can endure for 5 days, I’ll be released from this darkness . In other words, this darkness is not infinite .
I had enough . I lost my purpose . This kind of training is useless .
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I want to go home .
I want to go home… In the first place, why do I have to think like this?
Why do I have to be strong?
Most people in this world can live without becoming stronger . They can live without improving their skills to kill people .
I should have been on that side, but now I’m placed in such an incomprehensible situation .
Now, after such a long time? Is it something inevitable? Did I think about it many times? Did I start complaining again?
I just wanted to live normally . I didn’t need ability, nor this circumstance of Anonymous, nor Roll, nor Tameiki-san, nor everyone…
“I didn’t need them!!”
I know that I was being eroded .
My heart is, in the darkness . Even though I knew, I screamed .
“I didn’t need them all!”
Is this my true feelings? I don’t know, this situation is one where I can’t see anything and I can’t hear any sound . As my heart was filled with anxiety and darkness, I felt that they would be gone when I spoke out .
Only my voice . My sound clears the darkness . But at the same time, it rots me .
“It’s enough right! I understand! Please get me out of here!”
As Yoiyami-san says .
I don’t know my true feelings . I don’t know what I want to do . Whether I really want to cling to my daily life, or whether I want to interact with people . I don’t understand .
Then I should choose the best choice .
Leave Anonymous and lives quietly somewhere, as Yoiyami-san taught . That’s enough .
Perhaps that’s what he wants me to think about .
This space is probably to remind me that it’s meaningless to be strong .
Is this the answer?
He also lied about wanting to train me . He just wanted to torment me like this . He just wanted show me reality .
“Get me out! Get me out of here!” I called out . I release full-powered Soundshoot in all directions .
“You damn bastard! Do you hear me!? Get me out of here, Yoiyami!!”
I kept screaming .
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