After being sent off by my sister, I walked out of the apartment hall in a good mood.

The breeze outside is just right.

I thought it was a bright day.

Leave for work at the company.

However, there are not many steps to be taken:

"So, so, so, so..."

"Are you telling the truth?"

"Really, I heard that it's in the second middle school..."

"Shhh......h

"No, how could it be... It's terrifying! ”

The second middle school is the middle school that my sister attends.

On the way from the town to the station, I heard this conversation from a middle school girl passing by on the side of the road.

The conversation was a bit curious, but I didn't really care about it because I was a junior high school student.

After all, I'm also from my school days, and I'm not unaware of the fact that most of the conversations between students when I was a student were bluffs.

What I care about now is...

I looked at the black mark on my hand, it didn't look special in the sunlight.

It seems to be a erasable print tattoo that students play.

However, this imprint... It turned out to be a black bracelet on the hand, which I remember.

And the original black bracelet is an item that the company needs to hand in.

But, however, now... But it has become a black mark.

In any case, it's a troublesome thing.

On the way, I tried many times to wake up the guy who was hiding inside Twilight, the girl named Ruri.

But, sure enough, every time it was the same as when I got up in the morning, it didn't help.

Twilight didn't respond at all.

What the hell is going on?

Without Twilight, that is, the black bracelet -

How should I explain when I go to the company?

I thought so sadly...

Before you know it, you have arrived at the station.

I hastily bought breakfast flatbreads, fritters, pancakes, and fruits at the breakfast stall outside the station, and then went to the ticket acceptance machine in the lobby to take off the ticket, and waited for the train while eating breakfast.

At this time, it can be clearly seen that most of the people who get on the bus are people who commute to the city like me.

Generally speaking, this kind of point, six or seven o'clock, is really too early, so everyone generally does not have the energy to make up for sleep in their seats.

But for some reason, it's a bit abnormal today, and it seems that a lot of people are whispering.

One by one, they looked at their phones, as if something big had happened.

"Haven't you heard?"

"What did you hear?"

"There's a big monster in S City."

"Monsters? What monsters? ”

"Supposedly, it's a giant penguin!"

"Penguins? Don't get me wrong, why are there penguins here, but here is the lower reaches of the Yangtze River? ”

"I don't know,...... And what's even more terrifying... That penguin eats people! ”

"Cannibalism, what the hell? …”

Strange words kept coming to my ears.

"Rumor has it that a man died yesterday in the back of the town's No. 2 Middle School."

"I heard that, it looks like the police fenced it off at the back of the No. 2 Middle School early this morning."

"It's said to be a courier with a cap."

"How so? Was there a killing in town? ”

"Why hasn't there been a news report yet, is it because the top is pressing."

“……”

I don't know what to say about this.

What kind of big monster penguin, that kind of thing, where is the urban legend?

How is it possible that in a place like S City, there will be penguins walking?

If it's an aquarium, it's still possible.

I remember that when I went to the aquarium with my sister when I was a child, I don't remember if I saw penguins at that time, but my sister liked the dolphins in the aquarium very much at that time.

Wait a minute...... Wrong.

Why?

I had a headache in my brain.

Clearly... Last night, there was no sister in the family's photo album.

But why?

Do I have this memory in my mind now?

"Hahaha, brother, look, dolphins are so cute."

"yes."

In front of me was a scene of my lovely younger sister when she was a child, with a black double ponytail, when I was a middle school student and she was still in kindergarten.

Not......

Shake your head and don't think about it.

The person next to him was still talking about the rumors of the man-eating penguin.

It seems that everyone is very fond of this news.

But if there really are such penguins that eat people... You should kill it, it's a monster that harms people, after all.

However, at least for now, it should be largely just street rumors......

At this time, I finally waited for the rail car to find my window position, and it only took 10 minutes to get to the city.

However, as soon as I sat down, I received a text message.

The other party is an unknown mobile phone account:

Mr. Yuki, your lovely sister is in my hands right now, haha.

"What?"

I saw a text message like this and hurriedly called.

But no one answered.

Opposite Display...... Is it an empty number?

Then hit my sister's phone.

No one is connected......

"Passengers, please be careful, this train is about to depart, please be prepared."

The carriage, which occupies less than half of the seats, makes such a boring announcement.

Cold air conditioning began to emit cold air from the inside of the cabin.

The atmosphere of the whole carriage has become quiet from the noise at the beginning.

I couldn't calm down for a while.

Just info......

What does that mean?

Who sent it?

Why, my sister's phone can't get through?

After thinking about it for 1 second, I decided to get out of the car and go home.

But now, since I was in the window position, I had to quickly whisper to the uncle next to me:

"Uncle, let me go, I have something urgent to get off."

"Oh, it's you, Yugi-kun, the little brother who is missing his sister!"

"You... Why do I know my name? ”

Looking at him again, I was speechless.

This uncle, who looks like an artist, is dressed in simple clothes, but he has long flowing hair and a pair of tall glasses, which can be reflected from the lenses, and you can clearly see that his beard was pasted with glass glue!

What is this strange man talking about?

"Don't be afraid, Z-kun, your sister is safe."

“…… You, how do you know about me...? ”

"Because you're all experimenting in this town, it's a control experiment."

"What? …… What are you talking about? ”

I couldn't hear what he was saying, and I was about to speak, but:

"Wait, there's it!"

And at this moment, suddenly a group of people in police uniforms ran in and surrounded this side.

The frightened voice of the flight attendant came to my ears:

"What's going on?!"

At the same time, nearby passengers were also in a commotion.

"Don't be nervous, we are the Anle Town Police Brigade, and we are now dealing with a case."

A police officer was communicating with the conductor and showing his ID to the conductor to temporarily stop the train.

In addition, several of the policemen walked up to the uncle next to me, and one of them grabbed him by the shoulders with one hand:

"I caught you, Lian Zijie, please go back to the police station with us to cooperate in the investigation."

"Huh?"

I'm a little speechless at the moment, what is this?

The uncle in front of me laughed a few times with a mocking look on his face, and looked at the two men behind him who couldn't see their faces clearly, wearing police uniforms, and I sat next to him, and I could clearly see his sneer.

Full of disdain, and some other feelings, but I can't see it clearly now.

At this time, the passengers around him didn't dare to say a word at this time, but only dared to eat melons with peace of mind.

Only a few gossips were heard:

"What's going on? How did the police get to the train and arrest someone? “

"Could it be that man... Something to do with last night's murder? ”

"Is it true... Is there a murder in Anle Town? ……”

"That guy, that's - murderer!"

At this moment, suddenly a woman stood up from the last seat of the carriage and shouted.

In this cold air-conditioned carriage, people can't help but drop a drop of sweat on their foreheads.

"Nonsense, you shut up ...... me!"

The uncle, surnamed Lian, seemed to want to say something, but was quickly stopped by the police.

The men in police uniforms hurriedly pulled him out of his seat, and then carried him out of the carriage while warning: "Please cooperate in the investigation!" Don't make a fuss here, thank you, Mr. Lian. ”

At this point, I saw something left on his seat.

A short metal digital artifact.