001 Mortal June

So, you still don't accept the conditions, do you? Is it? ”

Listening to the shrill sirens of the police cars outside, and the diplomatic delayed replies from the police, the girl let out a somewhat self-muffled sigh. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Unlike the noisy feeling of being in a circle outside, the inside of the house is much quieter and much more oppressive at the same time.

In the classroom, large and small chairs were removed and scattered around them, and more than a dozen children lay in the vacant space, their hands and feet tied, and some people sobbed intermittently.

They're all familiar faces.

The village is relatively small, and the school has only one classroom, although it is a different grade, but everyone attends classes together.

Except for the girl herself, everyone was wet, and the pungent smell of gasoline permeated the entire classroom, and because the smell was so strong, several young children could no longer bear to pass out.

With her back against the overturned table, the little girl with yellow hair, Sha Duzi, looked left and right uneasily, and the little girl with long blue hair next to her, Rika, looked at this side with a complicated look.

Meiyin, whose face was covered with blood, knelt not far away in a trance, and Keiichi squatted beside her to support her, carefully treating the wound.

It's ironic that he used to be best friends, but now he exists as a hostage.

The left hand couldn't help but start grabbing the neck that was already covered with band-aids, and the blood that flowed out soaked the whole band-aid red, lost its stickiness and fell off, and the collar was also dyed red by the blood that flowed down, and it felt very uncomfortable to stick to the neck.

Yet it still feels itchy.

It feels like something is buried deep in the neck, and you can't reach it without tearing the whole neck completely.

Blood-colored maggots poured out of the wounds, wriggling and swinging, some of which were crushed by scratchy fingers on their necks and turned into a mass of minced meat, and more fell to the ground and fluttered, stretching and twisting their bodies and crawling around.

It's disgusting, I want to throw up.

Maybe my body is full of this kind of thing, and my skin is full of wriggling bugs, which is why I feel so uncomfortable, right?

The firewood knife held in his right hand lightly touched the floor, and with the slight shaking of his arm and the friction sound of the floor, the blood stains on the previous split of Hojo Tetsuhei's head were finally washed away, but when he tortured Meiyin, he was stained with new blood.

It's really irritating.

"Reina, don't do this, stop......"

Keikai, who had helped Meiyin take care of his wounds, came over, his voice a little hoarse, and made a request.

He looked hesitant to come closer, but he didn't dare to act.

After all, the knife had already been raised, and the reflected cold light made Keiichi have to squint his eyes.

As I said before, one more step will kill you.

"Ah, it looks like the time has come."

Putting down the wood knife, leaning against the wall behind her with her body relaxed, Reina muttered to herself.

Obviously, they have said that they have set a time bomb and a deadline in the negotiations with the police, and it is obvious that they are not serious about their delay.

"Boom !!"

The red flames were like demons opening their claws, and all the people who were drenched in gasoline instantly turned into fireballs, and the thick gasoline in the air caused an explosion, and the small school was torn apart and turned into wreckage in the fierce firelight.

The intense light of the fire deprived the vision, and before that, Reina saw everyone being ignited almost at the same time, like a blooming flower, which was very beautiful.

The strong impact pressed Reina against the wall, unable to breathe, the whole person was crushed, and the scorching temperature brought incomparably sharp pain, as if she felt her eyeballs melt, and her hands and feet turned into charcoal, but it finally covered the itchy feeling on her neck.

The pain continued to expand indefinitely, penetrating deep into the soul, and then, at some point, it was as if all ties had been severed, and nothing could be felt......

"Hah! Call...... Whew......"

Sitting up from the bed violently, Reina was covered in cold sweat and panting.

Sunlight shines through the small windows, softens through the curtains, and prints on the light blue walls, giving the room a calming atmosphere.

The room is not large, like a simple version of a one-room hotel, with only a bed and a few simple seating furniture, and a bathroom.

Getting up and drinking a glass of water, Reina, who had gradually calmed down, sat back down on the side of the bed.

Closing her eyes, taking a deep breath, and sorting out this memory from the "nightmare", Reina reaffirmed her current situation.

Now, the time is April 28, 1983, and the location is ...... This is a psychiatric hospital.

Reina Ryunomiya, who was born in Hinamizawa and later moved to Ibaraki with her parents, had a happy family, but about two months ago, her good life suddenly collapsed.

Her mother had an affair and decided to divorce her father, and then she tried to take Reina away with her many times, and when she saw her father being hit and collapsed, Reina felt heartache and anger, and smashed everything she left behind after rejecting her mother.

But it didn't end there.

After that, Reina's spirit became more and more unstable, becoming sensitive and impulsive, and more than a month ago, because of a conflict with classmates at school, he smashed all the classroom glass with a bat, and beat two male classmates to cause serious injuries, although a settlement was finally reached, but Reina was imprisoned in a mental hospital.

In other words, I have been locked up for more than a month.

Leaning back lazily, he lay down on the bed again, brushed his scattered brown hair with his hands, and his blue eyes quietly looked at the light blue ceiling, and he couldn't help but start thinking back to the continuous "nightmares" of these nights.

These so-called "nightmares" are not so much dreams as memories, a memory acquired every night.

Every memory begins on August 25, 1971, when Reina was three years old, and ends someday in June 1984, not interrupted, but ended.

Because in these memories, Reina did not live that June once.

For more than a month in the psychiatric hospital, every night, I got memories of Reina from the age of three to the end of her death at the age of fifteen.

Most of the memories of each time are similar, although there are some subtle differences, but in general they are the same as Reina's own experience, including the part that has been locked up in a mental hospital until now.

As for the future, in all my memories, I will return to Hinamizawa with my father to live, stabilize my spirit, and live for a year.

Then came June, which was full of countless variables, different each time, but inevitably ended in death.

Most commonly, they were gassed along with other residents, chased by a group of unidentified people, or killed by a friend who had become abnormal......

Of course, there are also people like last night's "dream", and it is Reina herself who becomes abnormal.

"What the hell is going on with that anomaly? It seems to be the same when I was at school......"

Reina, who was frowning and thinking about this question, suddenly noticed a strange panel appear in front of her.