We moved a little away from the police, and Grandpa wanted to start saying something, but Mika came up to me and stopped him.
"Minori is your grandfather, right?" And he looks young enough. It's like he's thirty years old. – Mika said this and at the same time looked intently at me, waiting for me to answer something.
— Mika, that's enough. Don't embarrass me or Grandpa. I replied a little coldly, so that she would leave as soon as possible, but she remained standing next to me.
— I heard that you started talking about some cards, I'm also interested, so I'll stand with you.
— How can I tell you... ah, to hell with it, I'll tell you, if that's what you want. There are four main types of cards: "Star", "Moon", "Green Dragon", "Scarlet". Now you are attacked by an enemy with the type "Moon" and he is able to control memory and that is why this "killer mode" wakes up in you. Minori has a "Star" type card that helps her control her speed, the name of this card is "Speed. Protection. The star." Accordingly, protection among the parameters is needed in order not to hurt yourself when running. But the "Star" parameter helps to connect with another person who also has the "Star" card type.
— The last phrase sounded a little ambiguous, Grandfather, ha-ha-ha. I said, deciding to dilute Grandfather's monologue a little.
"Yeah, Minori, you're acting just like Minase. The same silly jokes as hers. – Grandfather suddenly declared, from which I was a little shocked.
— Wait, so you know about Minas? Minase Kotori?
— Why are you so turned on ..., yes, I know about her, she was my friend, though not for a long time at all. She was a good girl, but unfortunately, after what Narito Kei started, she died. Damn the very day we met Narito Kei.
There was a sudden pain in my chest, after which I collapsed on the grass and again fell into Minase's memories.
Now I could clearly see the man who was looking at me. It was a blue-haired guy in a white shirt holding cards in his hands. It was difficult to breathe, I wanted to say something, but it was not possible.
Minasa's body forcefully shouted to Kara: "Look there! He killed everyone!". Karou turned around, but there was no one there. Then Grandpa Akishito came up to us, took Kara away from me and together with his friends began to discuss what happened there. But after mentioning Narito Kei, no one even remembered who he was. Apparently, with his card, he replaced the memory of almost everything. I, or to be more precise, Minase, decided to approach Akishito, but Kei approached him first and quickly said something and left.
Minase went home and then the memories are cut off again.
— Minori! Mi-no-ri... wake up already! Mika shouted, gently slapping me on the cheeks.
I woke up already in the house, on a soft sofa, so I wanted to go back to sleep, but grandpa didn't let me do it.
— To tell the truth, I was surprised that you suffer from the effect of the "Moon" type card, after all, I already have immunity to it, I thought it was passed on to you. What did you see in your dream?
— This is not the first dream. I dream about Minase Kotori's past, this time I was only allowed to see how you met Narito for the last time on the day of graduation.
— Then it's clear, you are the reincarnation of Minase, so you are a little different from all cardholders. You see, if you reincarnated, you interact with the cards a little differently. For example: Our type of star works with you twice as much as the others, but at the same time you get a weakening to the action of other cards against you. Sounds a bit confusing, doesn't it? It is necessary to demonstrate by example. Mika, come here.
Mika approached her grandfather and he handed her a map with the type of moon in her hand, the inscription on which was "Despair"..
— And now it's time to show how to connect with another person of the same type of cards.
Grandpa touched my badge on the bag and instantly disappeared.
— Mi-mi-nori? It's you? - Mika suddenly asked me a question.
"Is there something wrong with me?" Why such a stupid question. And where did Grandpa go?
— What grandfather, what are you doing… Wait a minute, where did I get the card in my hands, did you manage to give it to me?
— You didn't answer my first question! What's wrong with me?!
I started panicking, screaming, not understanding what was going on and where my grandfather had disappeared and what was wrong with me. I rushed to the mirror, quickly wiped it and saw that it wasn't me in the mirror at all. My hair turned red, my clothes were like my grandfather's. And in general, I felt that there was another person sitting in me. So that's what Grandpa called a "Connection."
— It is more correct to say this is the "star effect", I used it earlier and was the leader over the body, but since you have reincarnated, you control the body. In general, in order to demonstrate a weakness for another type of card, ask Mika to use the Despair card.
— Mika, use the card that you have in your hands on me.
She tensed up and the effect of the card passed to me, but not in a particularly strong form. Despair shook me a little. Thoughts began to arise in my head that I was living meaninglessly at all and that I would not be able to save my friends from the "killer regime". But after these thoughts, I decided to touch my card, suddenly the protection effect would work, but, unfortunately, this did not happen, and my grandfather reappeared next to me.
— Eh, Minori… Despair has swallowed you up, which means you are vulnerable. The main thing is that you don't hurt yourself while someone persistent is trying to subordinate all of you to the killer regime.
And ... after just a moment, the phone rang, which was picked up by my grandfather.
— Ho-ho, who is it? Is it really Akishito Akato himself, but it can't be. How do you like the fun I've had again?
— Don't pretend! Grandpa suddenly exclaimed and hit the table with his hand, causing a loud crash.
— Don't pretend what? Didn 't you find out… I'm Narito Kei!
— I know you're not him! That's why I'm telling you to stop pretending to be him. Narito was killed by me personally many years ago in a battle that cost me the life of one of my friends.
— So your friend died in vain! Oh, yeah. There are a few hours left before the "Killer Mode". Beware of Akishito and Minori! And everyone else who hears! Beep beep.
Grandpa fell to his knees and almost cried near the table with the phone.
— W-how so. This man is definitely not Narito Kei, because I definitely killed him thirty-five years ago. At the same time, a girl named Ella, who was a pretty good friend and colleague to me and my grandmother, died. Who was behind the phone then?
— Calm down Grandpa, I'll try to figure it all out. So you won't have to grieve over the death of your friend again.
"He won't have to. – said a man's voice from around the corner of the room.
— Who are you? I said, picking up the gun and pointing it towards the man who was wearing a black tuxedo.
"Hey, hey, calm down, I'm on your side.
— Uyato-san? By what fates, you are already almost eighty years old, and you look so young. Grandpa said, and I stood in a cordon.
Eighty? Yes, he looks about forty years old. Or even less.
— You do understand that I used Nila to move from the past to the future. Anyway, listen here, Minori. Killer mode is one of the most dangerous cards of the "Moon" type. And the owner of this power is clearly not Narito Kei, but only someone who pretends to be him, because I personally saw how the fight between Narito and Akishito took place. It was a brutal fight then. Anyway, I'm handing you this box. It contains several maps that we managed to collect earlier.
Multiple cards? Yes, this box probably weighs how much… Ten kilos?
— Oh, yes, there are stones for weighting, so that no one will steal.
"Oh, come on, Uyato-san! Minori is all crouched down from how heavy this box is.
And then, after a minute of my antics with the box had passed, there was a crack of glass in the kitchen. Running into the kitchen, I saw. While with a piece of broken glass in his hands. Blood was flowing smoothly down my arm and this smell of blood was already causing me bad feelings. Pokey's eyes were mad, and his face was still disfigured from Sarli's beatings.
— Hee-hee. Pokey said and lunged at me. At the same time, my memories end, and I again found myself in some place incomprehensible to me.