Two Worlds, Starting with Kaguya of Penglai Mountain

[Ha~ He lets out a breath that isn't his own.]

Suppress the emotions surging in your chest.

The woman moving through that crowded throng was so pure and beautiful, so incredibly delicious.

The woman and I were complete strangers.

Therefore, I must try to follow her scent as naturally as possible, while maintaining a sufficient distance so as not to be discovered by her.

The woman entered the apartment building, glancing back at her surroundings before going inside. She took the elevator, which stopped on the third floor.

I entered the elevator in a way that didn't attract anyone's attention.

I've arrived on the third floor.

The third-floor corridor was deserted; it was a golden opportunity.

I stand before a door.

Accompanied by tense music, the enormous skyscraper on the screen did not attract Kaguya Houraisan's attention.

Her attention is now focused on the game's protagonist.

Music, art, words, and the click of your own finger combine to create a wonderful sense of immersion.

Princess Moon was completely absorbed in the story, experiencing emotions that were not her own.

This is the place.

Why are we so sure?

[For a wild animal, remembering the scent of its prey is the most basic skill.]

Glasses are such a hassle, I guess I should just take them off...

[I saw a line, a black line. Not only that, but as far as the eye could see, besides the menacing black line, there were countless black dots.]

[Completely unaware of what I'm doing]

What am I going to do to that woman next?

【not understand】

[Plop——]

My heart pounded again as I rang the doorbell.

"Here it comes—"

A sound came from inside the door, and the door opened slightly. Instantly—

I slipped into the room through the slightly ajar door.

"Huh—" the woman made a sound.

No, it's about to make a sound.

Because she will never be able to utter that sound again.

The moment I entered the room, there was a click.

Is it the sound of a door opening, a sound emanating from inside the brain, or the sound of an alarm bell ending?

[If neither of those are the case, then what is it?]

[A "thread" that pierces through a woman's body in an instant.]

[Thrust, cut, pierce—all done in one fluid motion.]

Cut it cleanly.

Kill it completely.

There are seventeen lines on the body in total.

[The head, back of the head, right eye to lip, right wrist, right arm, right ring finger, left elbow, left thumb, ribs to heart, two lines from stomach to abdomen, left arm, left thigh, left calf, and left toes are all severed.]

[The instant they brushed past each other, honestly, it didn't even take a second.]

[Dismember her into seventeen pieces.]

The background music at the peak abruptly ended with the thud of a heavy object hitting the ground.

The characters in the game seemed to instantly detach themselves from their killer personas.

Like a hot-blooded youth, the adrenaline that stimulated his body to act finally subsided.

The scene before Kaguya Houraisan was still the body parts soaked in blood, cut into pieces by Seventeen.

【"Eh~"】

[I heard a stupid, idiotic voice coming from my own mouth.]

[I feel dizzy and lightheaded. What are those things scattered in front of my eyes?]

The marble floor was covered in red liquid, which had spread out as if a bucket of water had been poured over it.

The severed limb was perfectly clean; no internal organs had spilled out, only bright red blood eroding the ground like waves.

[It's unbelievable. A woman torn to pieces suddenly appeared in the empty room, and there I am, standing there dumbfounded.]

"What—is going on?"

Are people still asking what happened?

【"die--"】

[Nonsense, how could someone who's become like that still be alive?]

【"Why?"】

[It's no use asking why now. Just now, Tohno Shiki's hand tore a complete stranger to pieces in an instant.]

"Did I kill him?"

Is there anything wrong with that? Of course it is.

No, something must be wrong.

I have absolutely no reason to do such a thing.

The bathtub-like floor was covered in crimson blood. It was sticky, and the texture of the red blood plasma clung to your toes.

The girl's bright red blood plasma, like kerosene, clung to her feet and the floor, forming sticky, viscous streaks.

【——，——】

No, no, no, no, no, no…

It wasn't me.

Yes, you did it.

【no】

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes...

The bloody scene begins to sway, with seventeen pieces of a corpse soaking in blood, signifying the tragedy that has already occurred.

【1. This must be a terrible dream】

【2. No, I am indeed in reality.】

At this point in the game, two options appear for Kaguya Houraisan to choose from.

So the Moon Princess on the game cover died just like that.

Kaguya Houraisan stared at the sudden unfolding before her.

Based on the common knowledge she learned about this world during her travels, the world the protagonist lives in should be a fairly peaceful world where people rarely die.

And now they're doing this to her.

Perhaps it is precisely because of peace that such stories can be born.

After all, killers really do exist in this world.

To be honest, Kaguya Houraisan was no stranger to the concept of murderers and had heard of it.

Some monsters, born from human malice, possess this instinct to kill humans.

The man in the story was a gentle and kind young man just a moment ago, but when the string of reason was completely snapped, and the will in his blood took control of his body.

He would no longer be himself.

Kaguya Houraisan remembered that Kazuya Kurokawa had told her that this was a love story, so were these two the main characters in the love story?

So how will things develop from here?

Looking at the blood-soaked scene on the screen, Kaguya Houraisan pondered for a moment and clicked on the self-deceptive option.

【1. This must be a terrible dream】

She enjoys watching people on the ground struggling and deceiving themselves in the vortex of their own emotions; isn't that proof that a person truly exists?

Chapter Ten Kaguya: You still say you haven't confessed to me?

Vomiting, mania, self-denial.

The male protagonist, Tono Shiki, who is no longer controlled by his bloodline, seems to have returned to his harmless self.

He transformed from a beast back into a human, and the rules and morals of society reappeared within him.

He knelt on the crimson ground, vomiting incessantly.

He vomited out of fear, out of the smell of blood, and even more so because of the crimes he had committed.

The throat felt burning due to excessive gagging.

He collapsed limply into a pool of blood, his clothes stained crimson.

Tono Shiki, who was known as a nice guy at school, couldn't understand how all of this had just happened.

He had no reason to do such a thing.

It has no sense of reality at all; it's like a vague fantasy that comes after a headache.

In the end, how could he possibly tear a person to pieces so easily with just a small knife?

That's something that would take a whole day to do even with a saw.

Yes, everything before my eyes is a dream, no...

That's the one I killed!

I clearly remember that at the time, all I wanted to do was get that woman...

A series of denials and affirmations, with denial and affirmation constantly battling within oneself.

Kaguya Houraisan: "The mentality of a coward, these words were written by Kurokawa and Miyako, projecting your own feelings onto the characters."

My finger taps the screen, watching the text jump around.

Compared to the tense chase just now, Kaguya Houraisan no longer felt much of a sensation.

Remorse after murder; reflection on one's actions after murder.

He's seen far too many things like this in this era.

All of this is not surprising.

At the end of this part of the story, a boy named Tono Shiki collapses on the ground.

When he woke up again, he found himself back home.

When asked, the maid in the house only told her that she had been found on a park bench.

He was reportedly resting when he was discovered.

Wouldn't that make everything just like a dream?

No, it really was all a dream.

After all, if it really happened, why wouldn't there be any blood on the clothes?

The screen went dark, and the protagonist, finally relaxing, fell into a deep sleep.