...
It was rumbling.
I kept feeling the rumbling for several seconds.
...
Ah!
HARUKI KISHIMOTO: "Ah!"
My eyes open wide.
And what do they meet?
A cabin.
A dark cabin.
A dark cabin with barely any lights, so I can't even see what's going on.
!!!
My head immersed itself in a sharp pain.
HARUKI KISHIMOTO: "Gh..."
"God damn it..."
"Mmh..."
I grab my head and squeeze it.
HARUKI KISHIMOTO: "F-Fuuuuckk............"
Turns out it was just my vision.
The cabin was lit perfectly normally.
HARUKI KISHIMOTO: "Where the... Where am I...?!"
This... place...
What am I doing here...?
Why am in a place like-
???: "AH!"
I jumped at the sound of the guy screaming.
???: "What is... Where am I?!"
He frantically looked around.
Then suddenly, he made direct eye contact with me.
???: "You... Do you... Who are you?!"
HARUKI KISHIMOTO: "I'm quite literally in the same boat as you, dude... I don't know what the fuck's happening!"
[DING]
[ "Contestant #1 has awoken." ]
[DING]
[ "Contestant #30 has awoken." ]
...
???: "Con...testant...?!"
HARUKI KISHIMOTO: "This is so fucking strange..."
???: "Where the hell are we?!"
HARUKI KISHIMOTO: "How the hell should I know?! I already said I didn't know what any of this was!"
???: "Whatever... I just... I don't know how I got here..."
HARUKI KISHIMOTO: "Me neither... I haven't a clue as well."
???: "W-Well... shouldn't we try and find out?!"
!!!
HARUKI KISHIMOTO: "W-Wait...! I wanna know these... contestant numbers-"
!!!
...
???: "There's... something on your shirt."
HARUKI KISHIMOTO: "Huh?"
I look down at my chest, and surely enough...
...there was some kind of... tag.
HARUKI KISHIMOTO: "What is this...?"
The guy crawls over to me... and gets close.
???: "Hmmmmm............"
...
???: "Haruki... Kishimoto..."
"Contestant number 1..."
HARUKI KISHIMOTO: "O-Oh...?"
???: "Mine should be here, too..."
He sits up in a position where I could read it.
HARUKI KISHIMOTO: "Your name is..."
!!!
"Renjiro Kato?"
RENJIRO KATO: "Mhm..."
HARUKI KISHIMOTO: "It also says you're... contestant number 30..."
RENJIRO KATO: "Ah. I... figured as much."
...
HARUKI KISHIMOTO: "If there are thirty contestants... does... does that mean there are other people here...?"
RENJIRO KATO: "Hm... It could be possible..."
HARUKI KISHIMOTO: "Then... w-we should go-"
RENJIRO KATO: "You're cute."
!!!
HARUKI KISHIMOTO: "Pardon...?"
RENJIRO KATO: "Are we going or not?"
HARUKI KISHIMOTO: "Y-Yeah, sure..."
The hell was that about...?
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THE MISSED SPIRITS
Mystery / ThrillerOn a remote, mysterious island, 30 strangers wake up in pairs in rustic cabins, not knowing how they got there. They introduce themselves to each other and have a good time getting to know one another while still questioning the situation they are i...
