Chapter 35 Final Chapter June 8 (Tuesday) 0:00 midnight

The window of Nobuaki's room was opened.Moonlight with a strange red light shone in.The curtains were blown up by the breeze, swaying and fluttering with the wind. Nobuaki's mother, with hot rice, miso soup, and fish stew on his desk. Her eyes moved to Sannan's small table.The desk drawer was opened a crack, as if something had been placed there. Open the drawer, and inside is a notebook with "For Mother" written on the cover. Nobuaki's mother opened the notebook. "I think, I may never be able to return to this home..." When she saw the first line, she closed the notebook.

"Mom believes that you will come back. No matter what time, Mom will wait for you to come back, Nobuaki." After his mother stepped out of Nobuaki's room, the wind blowing in from the window flipped the pages of the notebook open. ——I think I will never be able to return to this home, so I leave this letter. Just now, I suddenly remembered what my mother told me before. 'What parents can leave to their children is not money and material things.What parents can leave to their children is "education and heart". ' Since I cannot ask you in person, I have no choice but to write it in a letter.

What kind of education did I grow up in? Mom... I'm sorry.I'm really sorry. Please forgive my son's unfilial piety. For what purpose do we live?And why do you have to live? Here's what I think - to live is to realize dreams and hopes, to experience joy. Even the little things in everyday life.Live every day happily, pursue your dreams, work hard for tomorrow, and weave memories with friends. Friends...you can't live a happy life without friends.If you don't have friends, you won't be happy even if your dreams come true. They are the ones who share their joy with themselves.

Friends are indispensable partners in life.Perhaps, everyone needs memories... "To live" is to complete a story called memories, which is a story with oneself as the protagonist and the content is "proof of living". The characters in the story are friends, parents, boyfriends, girlfriends, and everyone I've known in my life. This story must be written slowly over a lifetime, and it is really a huge project when you think about it. No novel, play, or movie can surpass it. Continue the love with those who love each other and give birth to the next generation.In the future, they will continue to create new stories and weave their thoughts into memories.

When I was young, the thought of death was terrifying, and I couldn't even sleep because of it at night.But at that time, I didn't know what I was afraid of. When I was a little older and experienced the fear of death, I finally understood. Because everything will be destroyed. If you die, you will feel nothing, and it will be impossible to see your friends again in the future. If you die, the dreams, hopes, and future you once embraced will be wiped out in an instant, so you will feel afraid. That is indeed an unbearable fear, because there is still nostalgia for this world. Maybe, my thoughts are stupid and simple, right?But I really think so.

Naoya's dream in the future is to be a firefighter who saves lives. He used to tell me so happily. Chiemi loves children, so her dream is to be a kindergarten nanny. She also told me excitedly that she wanted to bring dreams to children. As for me?My dream is... to end the game of kings. What year, month, and day will it be when the game of kings ends?What kind of expression will I have at that moment? Is it laughing?Or cry?Maybe crying and laughing? I want to share this joy with everyone, and I want to chew on the happy feeling with my classmates who died. How nice it is to sit around a table filled with sumptuous dishes, juices and cakes, wear cocked hats, and then fire off the cannons together to celebrate!

Next, the living students will start a game of kings and experience the real horror of the game of kings. When the time comes, what will everyone think?What kind of humanity will be exposed? Although I know that I may die tomorrow...but even so, I still hope to live until the last moment.
In the dark kitchen, the TV screen suddenly turned on.The bright light from the screen turned the room into a bluish white.Suddenly, a warning sound came out from the TV, and then a marquee subtitle appeared on the screen.