
Chapter 21's
✓Out of the Forest and Truth
"I'm free ... I'm free ..." (Mari)
I survived.
I survived and came out of the woods.
According to the map, there were still 15 km before I reached the nearest place with many people.
The name of the location was already not the Eastern Demon Land. Now it was the northern plains of the Rafeed Ward on the Ringpill Continent.
I staggered, and climbed a slightly higher hill.
When I looked back, the overgrown forest I had lived until now.No, most of it ran, spreading before my eyes.
"I'm out .. I'm safe ..." (Mari)
Tears naturally came out of my eyes.
It's not over yet. My life in this parallel world has just begun. That'sthat's all.
But I managed to live.
I can start.
It starts from here.
[Pin Pon Pan! It's time to announce the ratings for the total selected viewers!].
A voice suddenly resounded in my head.
The same sound when I get that shining flower and when I learn to make Undead.
Total Audience Rating... Is there anything like that?
[Congratulations, Chosen Number 1,000, Kurose Hikaru, you shine as number 1 in the First Total Audience Rank! As a reward for winning, you have been awarded 3 Points!].
Even if I'm told I'm number 1, I can only think 'numbers'.
I had the adventure of life or death for 10 days.
I don't know what the other Chosen Ones did, but I'm sure that I had the most difficult moments.
[And! From here, you can get messages from viewers on Earth! The mailbox has been added to the Status Board, so please confirm.]
I thought I would have an incredible number of messages since there were a billion viewers, but it seemed like the Gods chose one that had 'strong emotions', so it didn't seem like that much.
If used correctly, I can learn about the circumstances on Earth.
When I opened the Status Board, I found 3 Points increased.
If only it had come a little faster... I do think so, but I'm still alive here.
I saw objects like fortresses far away on the horizon.
Nothing resembled a monster, and the wind was comfortable.
“Hm…? Book in ... wait, eeeh?" (Mari)
It was in the mailbox, but the next moment I thought that.the letters began to flow with the sound of ponponponpon, and the number increased to several hundred in an instant.
The gods should filter it, however, since that sends a lot, perhaps the filtered number also comes a lot.
Let's see, what message am I receiving?
—I'm still having nightmares right now.
—I feel the achievement. I have survived 370km of despair.
—I am number 1 in total number of viewers. Everyone cheered for me.
—That's.
- I believe…
I opened the first letter.
Peaceful view of the light green plains that stretch as far as the eye can see.
Blue sky and soft sunshine.
Warm and dry wind.
In the relaxed atmosphere of this parallel world, what appeared was a reality I could not imagine.
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—I can't even breathe.
All the letters hurled insults upon me.
Everyone was expecting my death.
I can't quite understand what's going on here.
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“Nanami...death..?” (Mari)
Nanami was my childhood friend who grew up together like a sibling, not my girlfriend, but that's not what matters here.
Right now, what I can gather from the opened message is…
Nanami is dead.
And for some reason, I was treated as the one who killed him.
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All the messages were filled with anger at me.
The hammer of justice goes to the vile killer they can't get.
I can't understand anything.
I think there will at least be some people supporting me.
I thought there would be some who would watch in amusement, but at least I believed that they would be happy because I managed to survive.
“Nanami...deceased…? Like that…? He didn't come to this world...? Uncle...and aunt...died too...?” (Mari)
I murmured this to anyone with my disbelief.
I thought that just like how I lived here despite dying, Nanami would also live here in this world.
That's what I thought.
That's what I want.
In this parallel world where I know no one, my only goal is to reunite with Nanami.
The reason why uncles and aunts did not show up that day was because they were killed as well?
…But I just found out from the message.
I finally understood…
It should have been immediately transmitted that Nanami did not come to this world.
Something that can be found as soon as they enter the house or call the police.
Nanami's body and her parents were there.
Only my shoes were left at the entrance.
Did the real culprit get away? He must have arranged it in such a way as to direct the murder on me.
“Kah..!” (Mari)
My stomach contents churned.
Exposed by direct hostility, knowing that Nanami and her parents are dead; those two realities are enough to shock me as a whole.
I couldn't even stay standing, and ended up falling in place.
I can't even breathe properly.
I actually.
Nanami is dead.
I saw the lifeless Nanami anyway.
I can't do anything but believe.
By believing that Nanami has come here, I managed to maintain the desire to get out of the forest.
I am too busy with my current situation.
If I wasn't facing forward, I wouldn't be able to move my legs.
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<< Your twin brother seems very smart. Well, they don't have a future anymore.>>
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“Why.... What's wrong with that…?! What's going on here ?! ” (Hikaru)
My tears did not stop.
I was so desperate to stay alive, I couldn't even stop to think about what was happening on Earth.
But...what else can I do?!
I was suddenly thrown into this world!
I was killed too!
I was here alive because of good fortune, or maybe bad luck.
I'm not here because I want to…!
There's a lot I want to say.
But those words didn't come out of my mouth.
My emotions overflowed, and they were overwritten by different emotions.
“I, kill Nanami…? There's no way I'm doing that…! He was my childhood friend…! He has been with me since the day I was born. Why should I kill him…! Nanami and I were killed! I have no intention of coming here! ” (Hikaru)
By the time I noticed, I was already screaming for who.
“I went there to give my last farewell to Nanami…! When I did.I was stabbed by an unknown student from the same class! Nanami was already killed by the time I got there.!” (Mari)
That's a useless explanation.
There is a part of me that understands this.
I've seen flaming on the internet many times.
There are two methods to stop the flame. Stop the fuel. What I am doing right now is basically like lighting a fire nonstop.
Most likely it will only increase.
“...My family..My family has nothing to do with this…! What did my family do...!?” (Mari)
In the end, the Otherworldly transfer that dragged me into this world had nothing to do with me.
My family, the Nanami family; it destroyed both households.
The message continues to rise.
Is there also a message from my parents and sisters in it?
I didn't have the courage to open it.
"Damn ..." (Mari)
I wanted to disappear.
But I can't die here.
No matter how much hatred I faced, the fact that I survived the 370 km of despair did not allow me to choose death.
[Announcement from the Gods. It seems like there are some Chosen ones who have yet to realize the item storage place that you brought to a parallel world. Please tap the Item Carried on the Status Board and remove it. Things that have not been removed will be deleted, so please remember.]
Additional announcements from the Gods.
Now that they mention it, you can bring the item to a parallel world.
Mine was a sudden transfer, so I prepared nothing. Of course, it should be empty.
However, I still open that option .. most likely because I have feelings ...
When I tapped on the Brought Items on the Status Board, one album appeared and fell coldly to the ground.
“…..Uh..?” (Mari)
Pastel color photo albums.
What Nanami held in her chest until the end …
The last one I touched…
I grabbed it with trembling fingers and opened the front cover.
“Nanami... idiot... What are you planning to do by bringing something like this into a parallel world...?” (Mari)
A picture of me and him marching with our parents when we were in Elementary School.
The photo of me falling from the pool in Distiny Land.
The photo of my sisters and Nanami falling asleep after being tired of playing games.
A photo we took as we lined up in our uniforms at our high school admission ceremony.
The photo we took jokingly as we talked through the window.
A photo of a borrowing competition where the borrowed item requested from him is a 'childhood friend'.
The photo when my parents went to check on him after hearing he passed the high school entrance exam.
The photos made Nanami smile.
The pictures made me smile too.
“Guh... Damn..” (Hikaru).
By looking at these photos, the reality becomes more and more real.
Could everything that happened on Earth be a lie?
By being in a parallel world, a completely different world, I inevitably think that way.
But the fact that the album Nanami was in the hands of was here meant that Nanami was dead.
—Ahaha.
—Kuusukusu.
Someone laughed at me who was drowning in tears.
Curious gaze.
Laugh at me, tell me to stop crying fake, stop pretending to be sad.
Laugh, tell me that I killed them.
Laughing at me, a mediocre school student who has no one special trait.
Nanami in the photo smiled.
I was in the picture smiling too.
—Ahaha.
—Kyakkyakky.
The laughter that was directed at me came from somewhere far away.
The laughter directed at me resounded right in my ear.
—I must be broken at this time.
I began to feel the stares in the light places.
The gaze was filled with hostility.
“[Fog... Darkness.].” (Mari)
1 billion real-time viewers.
1 billion people are directing hostility against me on Earth.
They waited with anticipation, waiting for me when I messed up.
When I fell to the ground miserably and died like a dog…
I cut that look with darkness.
In this deep darkness, that gaze would not arrive.
I closed the Status Board and started walking.
I don't feel like going to the fort.
I want to sink deep into the darkness.
Let us live in a place where no eye reaches.
So that no one else gets hurt.