Chapter 30 Section VII

I had such a dream: a pure white space, nothing but white, a space filled with white, the walls and the ground are all white, no... not even the difference between the walls and the ground.In this eerie space, I saw Dr. Kurasaka, who was wearing an apron over his white robe and sunglasses, holding "Today's Cooking" in his hand.I stood face to face with the doctor... "Do you know why there is pure white here?" I have no idea. "It's because of you, Sae." because I? "Because you ate everything." what ate... "Sae is a glutton."

I'm not that fond of food. "It's all swallowed up by you, it's like a big vacuum cleaner." No way, it's not. "So you see, the world has gone blank." No, no! "And then you explode from eating too much." explode? "Have you ever heard of the Grimm's fairy tales? There's a story about a frog that sucked in too much air and broke its stomach... Hey, should it be Hans Christian Andersen?" What is he talking about? "My daughter..." What happened to Chizuru? "Ah... no, it's okay, I just want to show off."

Can't understand. "Okay, then I should go back." Huh? "Again...don't turn into a frog, I mean it." Wait, wait a minute, doctor— woke up.I seem to be still lying on the floor of the restaurant, touching my head, I feel a burst of dull pain, and it is already swollen, really... I am merciless.The room was already very warm because of the heater's efforts to generate heat, so I took off the heavy coat that had absorbed the blood, wiped off the thin sweat that oozed from my face, and sat up suppressing the dizzying headache.I looked at the location where I killed Tazawa just now, and there was only a lot of blood left, and the body was gone. Instead, it was the schoolbag that Kagami-san used to attack me... Kagami-san?

I turned around quickly.Sure enough, classmate Jing was right in front of her. She was sitting in front of the stove, playing with the skull that knocked me out. Every time she turned it, thawed brains would drip out of the hollows in her eye sockets.Shock and astonishment mixed in my mind at the same time, this person... What is it? "Are you wondering what kind of person this person is?" Classmate Jing squinted at me coldly: "That should be the line I want to say, Sae, are you eating human flesh?" Stick your middle finger into your eye socket and throw the skull like a bowling ball. "There's a thick finger in the pot. You can eat meat like Fujiki. It's admirable." The skull hit the wall, and the lower jaw was crooked.

"How...how did you get in?" I restrained my inner confusion and asked her. "Farewell, Skull." "answer me!" "Because the iron gate is not locked." "what……" "It's okay, don't worry." Classmate Jing hugged the white arm exposed outside the sailor suit, probably feeling cold. "I locked it up." I stood up, my body hadn’t recovered from the attack, and I felt the weight on my lower body, but I turned to face Classmate Jing, and looked down at my feet, but unfortunately, I didn’t find a knife or a saw. "Are you looking for this?" Student Jing stood up and opened the kitchen cabinet, where blood-stained dissection tools were randomly piled up. "Saei, you really want to kill me. I'm so touched. It's been a long time since I met such a desperate person."

"Are you going to tell the police?" I caught Jing with my blurred eyes. "It depends." "what's the situation?" "Listen, I want to live a life without contention with the world." Classmate Jing closed the cabinet. "I don't want to cause trouble, I just want to live a peaceful and ordinary life." Then she put her middle finger between her eyebrows, like pushing invisible glasses. "If you want to disturb me, I will call the police." "No... I won't disturb your life..." Jing muttered to himself with a troubled expression, looked at Fujiki's fingers in the pot, and said in a low voice: "That's not what it means, as long as you take action, it will affect me."

"What do you mean?" I said directly, "How can my actions be different from yours..." "Because I can see it." "Can you see it?" "Sand painting——" Classmate Jing kicked the pot over, soup and meat splashed everywhere, and Fujiki's thick and short fingers rolled to my feet. "How do you think I know that this finger belongs to Fujiki?" "Ah." That's right, the pieces of meat in the warehouse are cut up, and Fujiki's head has been disposed of. It is impossible for Jing to know who the owner of this finger is.

"I can see it." "What's the meaning?" "Please don't laugh when you say it, I can see other people's future." Jing said with a serious expression: "That's the so-called prophecy." "what--" "Prophecy, prophecy..." I remembered what Tian Ze said, prophecy...is it a prophecy again?It's ridiculous, how could this outrageous and suspicious thing be real, it's just a fantasy of a girl who loves to dream. Hey, wait, did you forget about your business? The right side of the body means that I can read the memory, which is really ridiculous, and it's not watching cartoons.I admit that it will cause negative and contemptuous gazes from others, but it is the most real feeling for me, but I know that even if I tell others about this strange experience, it will be regarded as nonsense, so I have always kept a low profile.

"Oh? Is that so." After I finished speaking, I took a step back subconsciously. "Prophecy..." My head hurt more and more. "Then, you also predicted that I would kill Fujikibo to eat?" "Well, that's why I know the location of this warehouse." She nodded briefly. "Have I already warned you? About the armor biography." "Did you know? I heard that Fujiki also has the power of prophecy." I wiped the sweat from my forehead, it was red. "What Tazawa said just now." "Oh?" Kagami looked at Fujiki's fingers with an unreadable expression.

"I heard that Fujiki also predicted the existence of this warehouse, and...she seems to know that Shimada will die." "Are you sure that's not bragging?" "You mean Fujiki? Or Tazawa?" "How do I know?" "Listen well... I'm going to investigate these things next." I stared at Jing and announced to her, secretly calculating the distance between each other. "I can verify whether what Tian Ze said is true or not." From the current position to the entrance of the restaurant, it is about three meters away. "Also... I absolutely don't want to deal with the police." But classmate Jing was less than two meters away from me.

"I won't turn myself in, because I didn't do anything wrong." The heavy trauma to the head spread to the lower body, and he couldn't move freely. Although he wouldn't fall down, his speed would definitely slow down. "Yes, I did nothing wrong, eating meat is not a bad thing, I did nothing wrong." "What are you talking about?" Kagami stared at me with an incredulous expression. "Also, Sae, do you want to escape? I'm sorry, but the truth has been revealed." "I don't want to be arrested!" "That's why I said it from the beginning. As long as you don't disturb my life, I won't say it. Anyway, I don't care who you want to eat and how you want to eat it." "I won't disturb you, absolutely not, so let me go..." I begged her with a sad face. Of course, I had thought of the worst outcome before, so I had already confirmed the escape route. "Please... okay?" "Then, please don't pursue Shimada's death any longer." Kagami looked at me coldly, "If you agree, I won't go to the police." After speaking, he took out a Polaroid from his skirt pocket. "There are still five negatives in there." I want to know the truth about Shimada's death, and I understand that this mood is not out of idle curiosity, but because I want to find out the murderer who killed Shimada and question the reason for the murder.This idea is hard to get rid of easily, and it can even be said that it is increasing day by day, but she actually wants me to stop. I have not forgotten that there are reasons for the severity of things, but I cannot accept this condition. "Why?" I stared back at Classmate Jing, my mouth was very dry and uncomfortable: "Why not? I'm going to investigate the cause of Shimada's death. It has nothing to do with you, right? Could it be that...you killed Shimada?" "Is this the method of aggressiveness? Or is it pure association?" Student Jing asked me seriously: "It is impossible for me to kill Shimada, he died on his own initiative." "Self-assessment?" I don't understand the meaning of this sentence. "That's right." Jing pointed the Polaroid at me. “So what worries me is what you guys do after Shimada dies.” She snaps the shutter, the flash blinding, and there are four left. "What do you mean I'll do something?" "I don't know, that's why I said I was worried. Alright, so what do you decide? Do you want to give up on Shimada's affairs? Or become the topic of the news program? The subtitle reads 'The perverted inside story of a cannibal high school girl', Wow—it must be very popular, maybe this photo can be a big seller." After speaking, he shook the Polaroid between his fingers. "Do you want to spread the pictures in the warehouse? No, it should be sold to TV stations to make money." "I understand." I recognized my position: "I will not pursue the matter of Shimada any further." "I'm not lying." A penetrating gaze shot at me. "I know that lies and violence are also a means of negotiation." "No lie." "In case, Sae, you go back on your word—" the camera pointed at me again, and clicked. "The title of Japanese Ogre is about to be born." "I didn't lie." I repeated my statement, but at this moment... Is the sentence I said from my mouth really true?Can I completely abandon the investigation of Shimada's death?I don't know, even I don't know myself.However, it is very difficult to escape the eyes of classmate Jing. With my level, it is impossible to hide it from her. After all, although the truth is unknown...she has the power of prophecy, so I have to obey, at least for now. "OK, I believe you." Mirror-student put the camera back in his pocket, and then his expression suddenly became very gentle: "You, you like Shimada very much, don't you?" "Huh?" I was caught off guard, why did this sentence pop up in this state?And it was said. "Ah, no, that, how come..." Subconsciously turned around: panicked to the extreme. "It's useless to cover up, I've even seen through my brother's sexuality." "Why, why..." The heartbeat was frighteningly fast, and I pressed my chest: "Why you..." "The one I love is killed, and the girl is chasing down the murderer alone—" Jing's tone was joking: "It's really sad and beautiful." "What and what..." "But, there are some things in the world that are better not to know. Ah, that's not right. It should be said that there are some things that don't make sense." "You... know what?" "How is that possible? If I knew, I wouldn't have to go to such trouble, just go directly to defeat the source of the evil." Jing said disdainfully in a dangerous voice: "There are a lot of incidents happening around, but I can't see the core." , The source of all evils must be hiding in that invisible core and manipulating everything." Then she lowered her embraced arms and stroked her slightly wavy black hair. "No, maybe...the invisible core is not hidden, but simply empty." "Uh, classmate Jing—" I pretended to be calm and asked her, "Where's Tian Ze's meat?" "Over there—" she pointed to the door of the restaurant. "Put it all in the refrigerator and freeze it, so eat it with peace of mind." "And what about my severed heart?" "Put it back in its original position." "Thank you."