Chapter 9 Part 3 Daily Scenes of the Hiroshima Embankment

A piece of sand.A pack of "Peace" cigarettes.A fat plant lay like a spider on the sand. she Some new plants burst out from under the sand... Four "lifeless" college students were chatting by the river. river. tidal. A daily view of the reconstructed Hiroshima Embankment. she ... The four college students are brothers and sisters, waiting for a legendary death together. The estuary of the Ota River is triangular in shape, and the seven branches of the estuary are sometimes dry and sometimes swollen at the usual time; The water is sometimes gray and sometimes clear.At this time, the tide was slowly rising in the seven branches of the Ota River's triangular estuary, and people no longer walked along the muddy banks to watch the rising tide.

The recitative voice-over stops. The streets of Hiroshima are still streets.There are bridges. Covered channel. street. outskirts.train track. outskirts. Ordinary general scenery. she ...I met you. I remember you. who are you? You killed me. you are so kind to me. How could I doubt that this city was born for love? How could I doubt that you were born for my body? You hit my mark.What a wonderful thing.you make me happy. Suddenly, how slow. How gentle. You can't possibly understand. You killed me. you are so kind to me. You killed me. you are so kind to me. I have time.

I beg you. devour me. deformed me till I was ugly. why don't you In this city, on a night so like any other, why don't you? I beg you…… Suddenly, a very gentle woman's face appeared on the screen, and this face stretched out towards the man's face. she Your skin is so wonderful. The man let out a groan of happiness. she you…… The Japanese man's face followed the woman's on the screen amidst ecstatic laughter, and he laughed beyond description.He turned around. he I, yes, you will see me clearly. Two naked bodies appear.The same woman's voice sounded out, very low, but this time there was no exaggerated accent like reciting.

she Are you fully Japanese, or not quite Japanese? he I am a Japanese through and through. he You have green eyes.Yeah? she Oh, I think... yes... I think my eyes are green. He watches her.whispered: he You seem to be a thousand women in one... she That's because you don't know me.That's why. he Maybe not quite. she It doesn't displease me to gather a thousand women in one body for you. She kissed his shoulder and rested her head in the hollow of his shoulder.Her head was turned sideways to the open window, sideways to Hiroshima, sideways to the night.A man is walking down the street, coughing (he is not visible on the screen, only the sound is heard).She stood up.

she Listen...it's four o'clock... he What's the matter? she I don't know who this person is.He passes here at four o'clock every morning, and he coughs. silence.They looked at each other. she You, you were here, in Hiroshima... He laughed, as if laughing at her childishness. he No...of course not.