Chapter 9. Memories.
There's darkness all around. Nothing is visible and only a squeaky noise in the ears was heard. The rest of the feelings I didn't seem to experience. And here was a sharp beam of light in my eyes and now, I found myself in a room unknown to me, which was quite large. There was a bouquet of flowers on the table, there was a carpet on the floor… The colors were impossible to distinguish, everything was black and white, cloudy and not clear.
A girl in a maid's uniform came into the room holding a tray of food in her hands.
— Madam, Minasa, are you awake? "What is it?" she asked.
Who is Minasa and why was I named after her? What am I doing here at all, because I was with Rina recently… Precisely! Some sharp object flew into me, most likely a knife.
But looking at my shoulder, where the knife hit, I found nothing…
Having decided to ask the maid where the wound disappeared, I could not do it, instead my mouth seemed to say by itself:
— I have a graduation today, you can take your time. What's for breakfast today?
Apparently I see the story of a certain Minasa, but who is she and why do I see this story?
— Today for breakfast, omelet with rice, your favorite dish, madam.
— Hurrah! Thank you!
My current body ate quickly and she began to get ready for the prom, wearing her expensive clothes, earrings in the form of stars. Rings with butterflies stuffed on them. Pretty not bad, I would also get dressed if the budget allowed.
— Your classmates are waiting for you, they are gathering near sakura in the school yard, so they told me by phone.
My thoughts were as follows: Damn! Don't go there! I think I'm already guessing what's going to happen… It looks like it was the very first "Killer Mode"... wait a minute, where did I even get this name earlier? So that's it! Apparently I am the reincarnation of that very Minasa and these are all my personal memories from a past life.
Minasa looked into her phone and the year 2021 was visible under the clock. Forty years ago... so this is really what I thought.
As soon as she looked at the phone and looked at the time, she received a call from Karu and she told her that she was going from Akishito to school, so she might be a little late. Unfortunately, I didn't feel anything, I still didn't feel anything at that moment, so I couldn't figure out what kind of relationship these two were in, friends or just acquaintances from school.
The school was ours, in the same place where my classmates were, and these were right there… I wanted to shout to them to get out of there faster, but of course I couldn't do it. And so. Someone came on stage with a chainsaw in his hand and cut off the hand of a teacher standing on stage. There was a strong buzz around, everyone was screaming and running, but Minasa's classmates seemed to be unable to move out of fear... All teachers, school staff too… And only a certain guy from the class advanced on this madman and here… This game has begun. He also hit up to 15 people with a pistol. And so, as soon as everything was over and everyone was taken to the police, Minasya was stuck to that sakura tree and then, following the response from Karu, approached her and started a conversation with her:
— Kara! What a horror has just happened here… Real murder before my eyes, what a horror! Minasa was yelling.
At the last moment, I saw some guy holding his card in his hands and looking at me. Unfortunately, he was not completely visible, only a part of his face and his silhouette, which made it clear that he was looking in my direction.
At this point, I have already come out of the coma. As if blinking just once, I moved from the gray mess of memories to the real world, apparently to the hospital. I could tell by the sound of the machine. My shoulder hurt terribly, I tried to see what was there, but Sarli called me and said:
"Minori, don't move, your wound hasn't healed yet. And don't scare me like that anymore! You've been in a coma for a week! During this time, I have already had to restrain several people from the "killer mode*. But it's good that its effect is not as strong as before. It's like it's... weakened? Yes!
"Mr. Sarli, please leave the room, I need to talk to Minori alone.
Sarli hurriedly left the room and we were left alone with the policeman.
— So what did you want to ask?
"Why did you do that?"
This question caught me off guard, did what? Did I do something while I was in a coma?
— I don't know anything and I don't remember what really happened? How did V get wounded in the shoulder at all?
"You actually stabbed yourself, which is why Rina warned you not to stab yourself. But it was too late and after that you fell into a coma.
— Apparently, on that day, the "killer mode" almost passed to me, so I hit myself so as not to harm anyone more.
In fact, these were just my stupid assumptions, which could well turn out not to be true, and then I just, without hesitation, hit myself in the shoulder, and not from a noble goal.
—Okay, I get you, Minori. Okay, that's it. Will I go?
— no! Wait, I need to ask you something.
—So what?" Ask your question quickly, I don't have much time, I need to go on a call. The phone is already tired of these endless calls. Do you understand?
— Can you please find out information about a certain "Minasa Kotori"? It's just that while I was in a coma, I seemed to see how I was in her body at that graduation 40 years ago. I also saw a certain silhouette and part of the face of the man who was standing behind the stage with a map in his hands.
— I'll find out about Minasu, but about a part of a person's face… Can you make a sketch? Or is it not?
— Unfortunately not, but if I saw him in person, I could identify him in principle. His face clearly stood out from the others.
— Okay, let's get well, otherwise it's already quite difficult for your friend Sarli to cope with everyone who obeys the killer regime.
The policeman left, making the sound of handcuffs behind him. Dangling from his belt, they made a ringing sound, not very pleasant. And so, as soon as this ringing stopped, a call came to the phone.
And the content of this call was as follows:
You tried to find out my past, so I decided to show yours. Have you seen everything, Minori? Exactly everything? No, obviously not everything, I know that, because my card stopped working ahead of time, that's why you didn't see everything I wanted to show you.
And now understand that if you continue to dig further, you will regret it very much.