Side Story 1, Chapter 8: Crimson Scarf
I opened the front door, and found a box. There's also a boomerang chess piece and a message.
[Katasu, please don't be sad. -Kazai]
Kazani wrote this? Why is she relling me not to be sad?
I kinda saw Kazai in some alley here. I picked up the chess piece and the box, then I opened a box.
It was a really big box, I wonder what's inside.
In there, I found an another box and a letter.
[From: Kimazu
To: Katasu
By the time you've read this, I'm already gone. My teacher has injured me so much at my house that I had to run away while bleeding. Luckily my clothes prevents blood from dripping on the road.
I had to leave something for you. Look in the box and you can see what's inside.
In case you want to get revenge, the teacher's na--- -----------]
The page seems to be ripped out. I can't avenge Kimazu at all...
Suddenly, my laptop started.
It's the same program.
[???: The teacher's name is Jokou Namisuwa.]
[Me: Wait, how did you know I was reading the message?]
[???: I secretly assisted you and spied on Kimazu's computer. The rest of the page is still readable.]
I continued to read the letter, while I'm feelinf a bit unhappy.
[Katasu, I'm sorry I had to leave you behind. I'm already dead, and I have no other choice. We can't see each other again. But, it's either that I'm dead or I'm healing. If I'm feeling okay now, I'll go to the souvenir shop.
I never wanted to live, at all, but seeing you makes me happy. It's like we have a bond.
But we haven't met for several years, due to me running away without thinking of the consequences, then I got adopted by some family in Utoko.
Goodbye, possibly, I'll try see you later.]
Kimazu's dead? I hope she isn't, nya...
I'm really sad right now that I don't have any willpower to open the box, but I still opened it anyway.
It's Kimazu's crimson scarf, and a... glowing alarm clock?
And... A book? I don't quite know what this means.
[???: A book, huh.]
[Me: How did you know?]
[???: I always know what you're interacting with.]
[Me: Oh, right. What does this book mean?]
[???: This book suddenly dropped from an another world, and Kimazu collected it.]
Another world? Which one? I'll read it.
All the pages are blank...
[???: Wonder why all the pages are blank?]
[Me: Why?]
[???: All of the text in here has been deleted.]
[Me: Wait, how?]
[???: I'll tell you.]
[Me: Oh, meow!]
[???: That's a cute cat sound. Have you ever known about Erinome?]
[Me: Jupiter's moon, or the roman thing?]
[???: It's a person from another world. A person who saved a world by making paintings.]
[Me: And did they travel to other worlds too?]
[???: Of course, she did travel to other worlds in order to get some magical paintings. Before, the world was colorless.]
[Me: If the world is colorless, why did they want to bring the colors back?]
[???: The colorlessness makes people sad, and she didn't want others to be sad.]
[Me: Cool.]
[???: There are also many people in the "infinite worlds" saving worlds or destroying them right now. Erinome's world has ever since, vanished from existence.]
That's kinda sad that I couldn't read the book and read the story of Erinome's world anymore. I'm not really sad, because I don't know what happened to Kimazu.
I put on the crimson scarf Kimazu gave me. Now everything feels warmer. I've never weared a scarf before! This is some high-quality scarf, it feels really comfortable!
I searched the box, and there's a glowing alarm clock. With a built-in calendar, that's amazing! These are Kimazu's favorite things! I wonder if I could take all of Kimazu's souvenirs. Wait, I noticed something, the letter was folded.
I unfolded the letter, and I found something.
[I'm currently at the 12th bathroom door at the restaurant, if you ever want to see my dead body.]
12th bathroom at the restaurant? That's kinda easy to find. But it's dark outside here
I got outside again, and found Kazai at the alley. But I wanted to go meet Kimazu at the bathroom first...
Anyways, I tried to walk there while using my eyesight to see what's happening. Kazai said the crime rates are increasing, but I don't see any murderers here.