CH 1

It was almost as though I was having a hallucination where sound had disappeared from the world.

My memories were vague, but the scene I could remember was all too clear.

It was fragmented, like a flashback.

—It was almost, like a toy.

That’s the first thought I had.

That was because, I hadn’t yet taken in the reality around me.

No, to put it simply, it’s possible that I just couldn’t understand the reality of the situation.

It was the first time I’d seen a human corpse.

I possessed the knowledge that a corpse, or an unconscious person, would look simply like an inanimate object.

Yet, in reality, it wasn’t as simple as that.

Perhaps because it was in a strange state in which it looked like a detailed wax model.

“….This…can’t be…”

The first thing on the floor was a hand.

The part was grotesque and bright red blood trickling down, but maybe because blood circulation had stopped, nearing the fingertips it was turning pale, like clay.

Possibly because of that, I had for some reason thought that it was a toy, and then thought that it was a glove.

Well, I suppose in hindsight it was quite an idiotic thought, but that was truly the feeling I got from it, so it can’t be helped.

And then, the number unrealistic pieces increased even more.

The next thing that caught my eye was, a ragged corpse of a human’s lower body.

From the feet to the knees, and the knees to the upper joint of the thighs.

Each foot had been dissected into two.

When I saw the part from the feet to the knees, I realised immediately that it was legs, but with the thighs, when they’ve been cut off separately, for a moment I couldn’t understand what in the world they were.

Both legs were neatly left wearing the school uniform pants and shoes, and had been separated.

And beyond that, was…