I lost my memories from fourty days ago and I can't even remember my own name let alone the things that happened in 12th October, the very day that they say everything in some areas of Tokyo changed. Monsters appear out of nowhere whenever they smell a drop of blood and apperantly those peach black skin colored humans that lost their face and will are called 'outcasts' by the zoners inside this zone.
I saw some of them in the death station a few days ago but Arima Arata saved my life from them, took me to his hideout and even introduced me to his nice companions, Asuka, Rokoro and Toma.
They happened to be friends with Rounin, the one that i first met when i gained my consciousness after a month. But now it's been almost a week that he's gone missing. Arima Arata, the one who they call 'leader' in this small group said Rounin was most likely the one that shot me in the chest that day and made me go in a coma for a month but i couldn't believe since in the short time that i got to spend my time with him, he seemed quite kind and considerate towards me.
Everything is getting too complicated the more i think about it.
Why this happened in Tokyo and not anywhere else?
What was the trigger to it?
And even now, as I'm standing in front of the bathroom's mirror and taking a better look at myself...!
They were right. My hair color is completely gone. It's as white as snow now and not only that, I can clearly see the round shaped mark on my forhead too...Just like how i started to see those strange boxes above their heads as long as i woke up.
Did that weird outcast do something to me and these are the side effects of it?!
I don't know anymore.
Is it right to tell the guys about those strange box that i'm seeing around their bodies!?
But i don't trust them that well yet.
Especially Arima Arata.
Knock Knock.
When I was drawn in my thoughts, someone deseperately knocked the door of the bathroom and made me startle a bit.
“Hey, Taio how long are you going to stay there?! I want to use the toilet too.”
That angry voice that seemed like it lost it's patience behind the bathroom's door belonged to Toma.
“That's right. I'm going to tell them about the dream that i had at least.” My whisper wasn't low enough to not go through Toma's sharp ears so he immaditually responded, “What dream?! Just come out damn it.”
Ugh...This little.
***
Few hours later i told them about the weird dream that i had when i was asleep, Asuka pointed out something that i might've missed.
“Weren't those people your parents?!”
“...”
I'm still not sure, But I'm not gonna lie, for some reason I already considered this possiblity.
“Even if they were, how am i supposed to find them now?!”
Arima slowly came towards me and tried to comfort me by placing his hand on my shoulder and pat me lightly.
Those boxes above their bodies have became so annoyingly distractive and aren't allowing me to focus on their conversations anymore because the numbers in those frames have changed slightly, especially for Rokoro's.
He had his health around 56% the last time i checked but he's at 62% now.
Which means, he's getting better now after what happened?!
Asuka and Toma also gained 2% each on their health part as well.
And about Arima Arata's box...
I still can't see anything more than that weird massege that it says i have no access to this player yet.
“Actually Rounin found an small photo in one of your books that was in your bag.”
Arima just implied that they found something in my bag even though i've been looking inside my stuff and couldn't get any clue this whole time, Which means...
“But that photo is with Rounin now.” and he ended the sentence like this.
They did this on purpose. They didn't want me to gain my memories back so they got rid of the photo that might've been a good trigger to bring my memories from before the zone back.
“Now what am i supposed to do then?”
Unlike video games, I've never been good at playing cards because i'm not good at hiding my feelings behind a mask and all this time i had this doubtful expression written all over my face so Arima might have already guessed what i've been thinking about this situation all along.
“We need to find out what happened to Taio's body first.” Rokoro finally made a sound and broke his silence with a considerate voice.
Yesterday, They told me how i tried to kill Rokoro when some unfamiliar creature was possesing my body so the pattern marks all around his neck right now is the lingering of the magic from that incident.
“Rokoro is right. What if i lose my control and hurt you guys again?!”
Before going after Rounin and my memories, I have to figure my powers out. I promised myself to get stronger and yet the very first day of the training that was supposed to bring my powes out of my body, i got attacked by some strange outcast that even these guys said it was their first time encountering an outcast like that.
Yesterday, They told me how i tried to kill Rokoro when some unfamiliar creature was possesing my body so the pattern marks all around his neck right now is the lingering of the magic from that incident.
“Rokoro is right. What if i lose my control and hurt you guys again?!”
Before going after Rounin and my memories, I have to figure my powers out. I promised myself to get stronger and yet the very first day of the training that was supposed to bring my powes out of my body, i got attacked by some strange outcast that even these guys said it was their first time encountering an outcast like that.
In the middle of our serious conversation, We heard a weak ringing sound coming from the corner of the room.
It was Arima's phone.
He picked up the call and the voice behind the call startled us all.
“Hey, I'm fine, you don't need to listen to-”
His voice was cut mid sentence and another voice was heard right after.
“Hey hey now, we don't need your stupid sacrifice Rounin.”
Arima got furious and let his voice out. “Who the heck are you? Where is Rounin?!”
“Relax, if you want to see him, tomorrow at 6pm, the apartmant no.28, you have to confirm your attendance until tonight. if not, then you have to witness your friend's drawning body in Sumida's river.”
As soon as that stranger said those words he hung up the phone call.
Everyone looked relieved somehow except for one person.
“We need to think about this...we can't just go because of some empty words.” Rokoro preferred to act on the sutuation with a calm attitude but Arima rejected it. “We can't, didn't you hear what he said?! He's gonna drawn Rounin.”
“What do you mean Arata?! He can just build a magic protector wall like all of us do with our mana. that's one thing every zoner is capable of.”
Really?! This simply was news to me. If this is true then why am i not capable of such?!
“Is that river still there though?! I thought locations inside the zone completely changed.” What Rokoro said made me realise why i couldn't quite recognize the buildings and streets that day.
So things in fact did change inside this area, huh...
“Besides, it's too dangerous to just go out of this protector wall yet, we don't know what's awaiting us out there.”
I was in awe, Toma finally spoke logically, how amusing.
At that moment a really heavy atmosphere was felt in the air, because those guys were easily disagreeing with the person they called 'leader'.
“Fine, then i'll go there alone tomorrow.”
“What?! What do you mean Arata, it's too dangerous even for someone as strong as you.” Asuka was obviously worried for her brother but no one seemed to disagree with this matter except for her.
And for me, this was simply a good opportunity to go outside and figure Arima's intentions out. I made up my mind and let my voice out about it.
“Then i'll go with Mr Arima.”
“Hahaha, there's no way.”
Toma made a loud laugh, Asuka and Rokoro also didn't seem like to take what i said that serious.
But i knew Arima had no excuse to turn me down on that offer. “Okay, then it's the two of us.”
Rokoro was annoyed by the decision that came into conclusion so he made his own comment. “You're not like yourself right now Arima, didn't you say Rounin might've been the one that shot Taio?! Now you want to go for his rescue?! Drawning in a mere river isn't even a threat.”
Arima stood up to leave the room and there was this last thing that he said and left everyone in a great shock.
“Zoners are completely defenseless when it comes to water, so he might actually die this way.”
After Arima said those words, he slammed the door and left us speechless.
***
In the apartmant no.28, where they implied Rounin was there as a hostage, there was a big place like a control room full of manitors that were capable of capturing almost every part of the apartmant and the areas around it without missing out a dot and someone inside that room that was keeping a close eye in all the areas covered with those cameras, It was a person with long purple colored hair aka the same one that Rounin saw in the death station.
This guy's name was Egawa Isao. Someone that didn't care about whatever the hell was happenning inside his city. The only things that entertainsed him were, money, power and a person that he was currently working for. Someone that he had never saw his real face but joined his crowd for the trend and by doing so, It was given him some merits that he never thought he'd be able to have. 'Being free' was the biggest opportunity that he always required in a world that was filled with rules and cops. He wanted to have power and freeness to use it however he wanted and he finally found it in the world that everything was turned upside down in his favor.
A guy that worked for Egawa Isao, entered his room,
“Mr Egawa, is this really a good idea?! Can we really catch Arima Arata like this?!”
“Of course not. But that's why Mr Iwata has hired that boy.”
There was a naughty smirk on Isao's lips that made his already freaky expression look even more terrifying than it already was and following those words he added one last thing.
A guy that worked for Egawa Isao, entered his room,
“Mr Egawa, is this really a good idea?! Can we really catch Arima Arata like this?!”
“Of course not. But that's why Mr Iwata has hired that boy.”
There was a naughty smirk on Isao's lips that made his already freaky expression look even more terrifying than it already was and following those words he added one last thing.
“We're gonna kill Arima Arata and finally give freedom to DE-Zone.”
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