"Smack......!"

I was so tired that I collapsed on the bed as soon as I entered the room.

The brain is in disarray, as if ants have built a nest in it.

There's a lot going on today.

Leaves me in a mess......

I've been having a bad memory lately, but now my brain is almost overloaded.

Younger sister... Yuyi, what the hell was she doing in the refrigerator just now...

I don't know.

It's just that the guy in the twilight just said a word, why did he suddenly feel a wave of tiredness welling up in his body, as if he had stayed up for three days and three nights, and I felt a gasp from my chest to my spleen hovering in my body, making people feel uncomfortable.

My eyes were already closed, and I couldn't hear anything clearly.

There was darkness in front of me......

……

I don't know how long it took......

"Tick Tick ——!"

It seems to be the sound of raindrops.

I finally opened my eyes and looked around.

Pitch Black –

Incomparable pitch black –

It's like a black hole that doesn't reflect light—

I couldn't see anything at all.

It was as if it had been swallowed up by an abyss.

I tried hard to open my eyes to feel more light, but it was in vain.

The air was viscous, and I could hear the faint sound of rain ahead, but I couldn't see anything.

I seemed to be walking in the deep mountains and old forests covered with cobwebs.

I wanted to get out of this uncomfortable situation, but I didn't know where to go.

I can only cautiously, step by step, and try to move forward.

Every step of the way, I walked in horror.

The sound of stepping on gravel is like the feeling of tens of thousands of ants wriggling under their feet, which is extremely terrifying.

Creeps.

There seems to be something on the ground

The sound of the rain in front of me is getting louder, is it an exit?

I don't know how long it took me.

Suddenly, the sound of the rain expanded indefinitely, as if I had been teleported from the depths into the rainy wilderness in an instant, rather than slowly walking towards the exit here.

My body was immediately wet, because of the need to go to work, I had already cut the long hair I had in college into a refined short hair, but I still had a feeling that my hair was wet and pressed against my face, and I obviously didn't have such long hair anymore.

I reached out and touched my forehead, just like I used to make a motion to pull the hair from my forehead when I was wet in the rain.

Uncontrollably, I immediately withdrew my hand.

The spinal cord is the first to respond to the human nerves.

It's like if your hand accidentally touches a fire, it will involuntarily withdraw immediately, and then feel the pain of the burn.

But what I feel now is not the pain of being burned by the flames.

It was an unusually cold touch, just touching it, it was like holding ice that had not thawed for tens of thousands of years, and it was obviously attached to my forehead, but when my hand touched it, it made my hand feel like frostbite for a moment.

It's cold!

What is it?!

At this time, the tattoo on my left wrist suddenly glowed.

In such a dark place, my eyes were stung by the light that appeared without warning—

In front of me turned into a gray forest with rain.

This place is a little familiar......

At this time, "my long hair" lying on my forehead fell in front of me.

After a brief adjustment to the light, I was able to see the thing as it was.

This is.

My heart was beating violently. Can't help but breathe heavily.

Crimson blood clots, because under the oxidation of the air, the blood slowly coagulates and darkens in color, and becomes such a blood clot.

I froze, my eyes facing up, and the light on my wrist became brighter on this dark rainy night because my heart began to beat violently.

It was not rain, it was blood, bright red, crimson, blood all over the sky.

Suffocated, but the heart was beating violently.

I trembled, but I couldn't close my eyes.

Let this rain of blood pour down on my body, down my face, into my slightly open mouth.

Is blood salty or sweet?

I never knew the answer to this question before, and the only chance I could get my hands on blood was the duck blood I ordered at a hot pot restaurant.

I'll never order those dishes again.

Blood, not sweet, nor salty.

Blood is bitter.

I couldn't breathe.

The light on his wrist began to flicker, dimming and then brightening.

I don't know how long it has been... I suffocated for a long time, I don't know how long it took.

I became very weak, my body trembled more violently, and my chest was almost unable to suppress the speed of my heartbeat.

Vomit –

I got to my knees and retched. Accompanied by a violent cough.

It was a terrible feeling, but I was able to continue breathing.

I'm in a terrible state right now.

I don't want to—

I don't want to stay here any longer!

What the hell is going on......

"Humph! It's just such a small scene, and you are embarrassed to be like this. A familiar voice rang in my ears.

I looked up and saw that it was a girl who looked very much like my sister.

This guy... Who's here?

"Hmm——!"

By the time I could react, I was on my knees, drenched in the rain, with the rain at the corners of my mouth and eyes, and a mixture of blood.

With one hand on the ground and one hand on my neck, I was just kneeling on the ground retching.

That's how embarrassed me is.

On the other hand, the guy in front of me, who looked like my sister, was standing tall in front of me.

A strange sense of familiarity came from the bottom of my heart.

This guy is now wearing a gorgeous costume, whether it is a kimono or a hanfu, with black and red embroidery, and it seems to be tattooed with goldfish and waves.

And she was now holding out her hand to the sky with her back to me, and suddenly there was a looming wall above her head, blocking the rain of blood.

In the next second, an unusually comfortable feeling was transmitted, and all the filth on my body, including the surrounding ground, was scattered like splinters.

It was as if it had become a separate space, and the rain no longer fell in this area.

Undoubtedly, this is thanks to this young lady who looks just like my sister.

She was looking at me coldly, her face as cold as a snowflake in a frosty winter, this child, although she looked alike, I knew that she was not my sister.

“… Thank you ......."

I slowly stood up with a look of embarrassment and said.

"Oh, you're reacting?" She turned.

"React...... What the? ”

I couldn't understand what she was saying.

"Here is your dream, you woke up in a dream. And so it came into your dream. She said, "Do you understand that?"

"I... Did I wake up in a dream? ……”

"Yes, woke up. Ordinary dreamers are in their own deep subconscious state, as participants or bystanders of dreams. Those dreams are dreams of sleep, and in the dream realm of sleep dreams, one cannot dominate the dream. ”

"Even if you do something in your dreams that you couldn't do before, like being the protagonist of a dream and leading the development of the story in the dream, it's also a dream of sleep. Everything is a plot that has been arranged in a sleep. And you, now wake up in a dream. In other words, you are now a real dream participant, or a bystander. ”

"Now, I'm in my own dream?" I asked as if I didn't understand.

Not...... Right!

I remember, this... Girl, it's my afternoon......

Suddenly, I felt a headache and some memories ran through my mind.

In the afternoon, after walking a long way for work, I entered a remote building and met Mr. Toshinari Kamiya and his daughter.

to be entrusted by him with a bracelet that he originally thought was a work-twilight.

And after returning home, a girl who looked like his sister appeared after wearing it on his hand out of curiosity.

There is also the mysterious delivery man who suddenly disappeared.

The pieces of meat that appeared in the refrigerator, and the younger sister who went into the kitchen with a sack.

One scene after another, like a slide, walked in front of my eyes.

……

Hmm-

Now, I am reminded of the situation in the real world outside of this dream world.

It's strange to realize in a dream that you're dreaming...... Scold.

However, it seems that the afternoon was not a dream.

Because, this guy has reappeared, this time in my dream.

It's incredible that I've been able to realize these things so clearly in my dreams, like never before before.

"Yes, it's your dream." She raised her hand expressionlessly.

As I remember, this woman was a mind-reading guy.

It seems that she is affirming my idea.

And the next moment, she snapped her fingers.

In an instant, the sky in the entire dream world suddenly lit up, and it was no longer pitch black.

I looked up and saw a strange scene in the sky:

The rain was no longer the color of blood, but became normal rain, although it did not become smaller in the slightest, but because of the protective wall above my head, I was not wet again, but the filthy and muddy blood on the ground was melted by the rain and slowly faded.

"This ......"

"This is our ability as the one who can manipulate the dream world, and now this dream world is dominated by me."

The cold voice echoed in my ears.

"Wait, isn't this my dream?"

"yes, what's wrong?"

"Then why are you in charge?"

"Because since you touched Twilight in the afternoon, I've been your host."

"What?"

“……”

Hearing such a nonsensical answer, I thought she was joking, but looking at her serious expression, she didn't seem to be joking at all.

……

I don't know what to say.

She didn't answer me either.

I remembered the blood-red room I had just recalled when I got home in the afternoon.

That strange sight.

I felt like my brain couldn't turn.

Maybe it's something that isn't hard to understand at all, it's that I'm too stupid.

Why does this girl look like my sister, and who is she?

"Glass."

She spoke at this point, her tone still cold.

Not......

I suddenly realized that the girl in front of me had the ability to read minds, which meant that she could hear my questions perfectly.

……

Speechless, what the hell is this supernatural phenomenon in front of me now?

But... In my dreams, I should feel better.

Damn, why am I here alone to talk about stand-up comedy?

Bored......

At this time, my eyes were attracted by a figure lying on the ground not far away.

Is that......

Someone who seems to have seen it somewhere!

I swallowed a mouthful of saliva and looked at the girl beside me.

This girl who claims to be my host, whose name is Ruri.

At this point, she stood beside me on tiptoe.

No, she seemed to be suspended in the air, her feet hanging down naturally.

"Let's go check it out." She said with a blank face.

We slowly approached the man who had fallen to the ground.

One-step...... Two-step ......

I could see him, the uniform, and the brown cap that had fallen to the side.

He seems to be the one who brought me a takeaway pizza tonight.

The man who suddenly disappeared.

My breathing became rapid again.

Fortunately, the feeling of warmth that emanated from the girl next to me did not feel as scared as before.

It was a miserable death.

His face seemed to be smiling strangely, and the corner of his mouth on the left side of the mouth was cracked, all the way to the root of the ear, the wound had not yet coagulated, and there were still blood beads coming out little by little. The eyes are white, and the pupils are not visible.

With a strange smile, he lay on his back slightly to the right under the wilderness of the forest.

But this does not seem to be a unique wound.

What's even more terrifying is the huge wound that starts from his neck and continues to his right waist, and you can vaguely see that his clothes are neatly torn, as if they were cut by a sharp knife. The original blue uniform is now half red, half black, and a little blue.

There seems to be a gurgling sound of blood.

"He's dead." I say.

"Dead." She said.

"On this rainy day." I say.

"On this rainy day." She said.

……

……

"It will be...... Who did this to you? I said.

Then I realized something, it was something that had happened in my dream, and although everything seemed real, I had never seen anything like it. But this is what happened in my dreams, because this wilderness, this rain of blood, and the suddenly brightening sky, and the girl beside me, everything that appeared in front of my eyes was so unreal.

Perhaps, it was just a dream.

That's not true.

She didn't speak.

Standing in the rain in the wilderness of the forest, the night that was originally dark as if it was about to swallow everything was turned white by the light scattered by the girl beside me, the glass.

Unable to make a sound, the corpse that fell to the ground, as if it wanted to cry something, said its last goodbye to this world with the sound of raindrops hitting its body.

I looked into the distance, where the light had not traveled, probably the same as the all-engulfing darkness.

The rain is still falling.

At this moment, the black mark in my hand suddenly shone brightly.

"This, is it ......?"

I turned my head and tried to ask Ruri.

But Ruri ignored me.

And the light shining on the black mark on my hand grew brighter and brighter, and I had to close my eyes.

The sound of the rain was lost in my ears, and all sound was gone.

The light enveloped the whole world.