(Upon entering the room, the atmosphere was gloomy and silent. Mr. Yamada was sleeping on the sofa, and on a table next to him was a bottle of liquor and a picture frame in which Mr. Yamada could be seen with a child who was probably Junn, but younger.)
What happened here?
(Misaki remained silent for a few seconds before answering.)
...At dusk, after you left, Junn began to weaken even more, and he turned into one of those things while Uncle Takurou and I were taking care of him. Uncle Takurou tried to reason with him, but in the end, he had to finish him off...
(Misaki's voice broke at the last moment and she began to cry)
(Looking at her closely, I could see that her eyes were slightly swollen and red)
Hic... hic... sob... why does this have to happen... hic... sob... sob
It's okay, it must have been difficult... right?
(I proceeded to hug Misaki, who was still crying)
(...)
(After comforting Misaki for a few minutes, I went to Junn's room, as Misaki had told me that his body was there if I wanted to go see him)
(Upon entering the room, I find his body lying on his bed with a sheet over it)
(As I approach and remove the top part of the sheet, I find his face looking very pale, accompanied by dark veins that can be seen through the
(With Misaki's help, we settled Mr. Yamada on a mat next to the bed where Junn's mother was sleeping.)
(After settling Mr. Yamada, I looked at Junn's mother and tried to remember everything I knew about her from the game.)
(...)
(In the game, Junn's mother ends up dying from the virus, as she is one of the first people to contract it due to her profession and also because she has a slightly weak constitution. Furthermore, later in the game, we learn that the first people infected had contracted one of the early stages of the virus, which was contagious but not as lethal, resembling a cold. However, when the first death from this virus occurred, that's when this whole catastrophic situation began, as it was later revealed that the virus becomes highly lethal, killing its host and turning them into a kind of wild animal that attacks anyone it encounters...)
(In fact, something curious that is mentioned in the game is that the first people to be infected were the elderly and people with weak health, who were very susceptible to infection and were the first to become zombies when they succumbed to the virus, which was called "pale rage"...)
She's beautiful, don't you think?
Huh?
(I am pulled out of my thoughts by Misaki)
Well, I said that because you couldn't stop looking at her for a long time.
Oh, well, she really is, but to be honest, it's the first time I've seen her.
Oh, really?.... Well, let me give you a brief introduction about her...
Well, she's my aunt Noriko. She's a very sweet person with a good heart. But as you can see, she's not well right now, and it's because of her weak physical condition...
(I could hear Misaki's voice start to break a little as she finished speaking.)
I see...
(After taking Mr. Yamada to his bedroom, we went to the living room and I talked with Misaki about things from the past, most of which were about her academic life and anecdotes in which Junn was mostly involved. This conversation lasted almost the entire day and we stopped when we saw that it was getting a little late, so we decided to postpone it).
(Now we were heading to our respective rooms.)
Are you sure we shouldn't wake Mr. Yamada up to eat?
Yes, I think it's best for him to sleep since he spent all night drinking yesterday...
Besides, as I understand it, he's a former military man, so skipping a meal for one day won't really affect him much.
I see...
Well, good night and thanks for today. It really helped me clear my head a little...
Don't worry, it was fun talking to you too. See you tomorrow.
(After saying good night, we both went to our respective rooms.)
(The room was just as I had left it the last time I spent the night here.)
(I simply lay down, closed my eyes, and waited for my body to succumb completely to sleep.)
(A lot of things happened today that I don't want to think too much about...)
(After a few minutes, the darkness that accompanies you when you close your eyes and give way to sleep gradually brightened, but only slightly, and after a few seconds, I could make out a table and a pair of elegant chairs that seemed to be made of translucent black glass. On the table was a tea set, and sitting at the other end of the table was the same figure in the black suit and mask that I had seen in a previous dream...)
Nyreus?
(The dark figure picks up the porcelain teapot and elegantly pours what appears to be tea into a cup.)
Please sit down, we have a lot to talk about, Takuya.