It feels as if it suddenly appeared in front of me. It attracts me as if I had gravity.
I was having a terrible headache as I reached for a necklace that fell from my chest to the floor. I'm trying to get that necklace in my hand and I'm trying to stop it...... pain as if they were colliding in my head.
Or what is this necklace in the first place? When and where did you get it...... I don't even know sappy how long you've been wearing it.
"Gu!? Ugh... Guh..."
I picked up that necklace with my hands trembling and the feeling of massive sweat gushing out of my body. Then the headache got worse.
A different feeling like Nanica is about to jump out of the depths of her body. My eyes were still nailed to the necklace while I was exposed to so much headache that I was supposed to be stuffy.
What is this? What's happening? What am I...
"... k... lo - agoo!?
Something, the moment the words fell unconsciously from my mouth zero... massive amount of information in my head as if the dam were going to break down... 'Memories I've forgotten so far' poured in like turbulence.
"... what about me? That's right! I'm with Mr. Shiro... here..."
- Kite! Please, give me a reply!!
"Huh!? Clo!?
- Kite! Good... you got it.
To my head that remembered everything, it sounded like... a clo voice that couldn't possibly be misheard. When I replied, Crowe returned a voice like a mixture of impatience and relief.
- Kite. Listen carefully... Kite is in the virtual world that Shiro built. The deadline is 30 days.
"30 days!?
Hearing that explanation, I rush to gaze at the calendar on the wall. Right, was this calendar indicative of a deadline to time limit...... which means it's already 24 hours past the deadline!?
- If you don't get out of there by that deadline, Kite will lose all the memories of the year you spent in this world!
"Become..."
Memories? A year spent in this world...... I mean, since I got caught up in a brave summons, all my memories so far disappear.
Is that the consideration I should pay when I lose......? I feel caught up in something, but I'm behind on that right now. First and foremost, we have to get out of this virtual world.
- I heard from Earth God that in order for Kite to get out of that world... Kite has to go somewhere where you can clearly recognize that world as fake.
"... fake... clearly?
- It's only, I predict... I'm sure that's where Kite's parents relate.
"Huh!?
... is that what you mean? Now I'm finally convinced. This world... is the 'ideal world' for me. A world where mothers and fathers who are supposed to be dead are alive and there are those people who are cro, isys, alice, lilia, zyk, fait...... not exactly someone else, but love them wholeheartedly.
And probably as Cro speculated...... this world is my 'If Mother and Father Lived......' thought...... no, it's made up of wishes in the nucleus.
"... ok! In the meantime, I'll go for a place I can think of."
- Yeah... please, kite. Be sure to go home……………….
"Cro? Cro!?
- Si... to... attached... kite... mmm... stubborn... and...
At the end of the day, I couldn't hear Chro. Perhaps Mr. Shiro noticed and blocked communication between Crowe and me.
Anyway, we don't have time! We have to move now!
I put the necklace back on my neck that was off, and then I rush down the stairs with only the minimum I need in my hand in a big hurry.
Along the way, I was curious to peek into the living room... but neither did my mother, nor my father, who was supposed to be home on holiday today.
While feeling a little uncomfortable about that, I pop out of the house... but shortly afterwards, I had a bad feeling about something and pointed my gaze at the sky.
"... what... this? The sky is... black"
The sky that looked up, not the blue sky... was stained black monochrome as if it had been anointed. But not at night. The surrounding area remains bright during the day and only the sky is blackened.
And that's not all, I said it was a residential area at the end of the year...... I didn't feel any sign of people.
……
Somehow, it's intuitive... but I understood. Until now, this virtual world has been a 'world to keep me from noticing'. But I realized... no, the world changed that.
Yes, it probably... switched to 'The World To Keep Me From Escaping'.
Stage two... superior! I will definitely get you out of here... you will lose your precious memories with the cros!!
Shortly after I clenched my fists and cemented my resolve... the doors of several houses in the residential area opened almost simultaneously.
"Huh?... what?
And from the houses everywhere 'black monochromatic'...... bad way to put it, but as if wearing black full-body tights, people shaped but obviously not human appeared all around, slowly approaching towards me in footsteps.
"Hey!? Whoa!?
Whatever you think, there's no way the weird monsters that come out in this situation are friendly. I immediately turned myself in and started running down the road in a fierce dash.
What are you talking about? What the fuck!? Moving slowly, but the numbers aren't normal...... zombies? Are you a zombie? Obviously if you get caught, it won't be a LOOK thing, will it?!? That keeps coming out of houses everywhere uhhh!?
This is the second trial? Since when have I... been the protagonist of zombie movies?!?