Chapter 76 - The Summoned Sacrifice
The party had ended without a hitch two days ago.
Ryou was in a daze in front of the radio.
He had really had fun at the party two days ago.
He was able to eat a lot of food for the first time in a while, and the smiles had returned to everyone’s faces.
He regretted bumping into the glass and dropping it though…
Well, it was good no one was hurt.
Rather than that, this here was a big problem.
The correspondence with Truck Brigade that they had been able to do normally was cut off.
Were they annihilated as he thought…?
Or, was just the communication device broken?
If he could, he wanted to meet other people.
At that time, there was a thumping sound behind him.
“Hmm?”
Ryou turned around and saw a white piece of paper fallen to the floor.
“What is this…”
Picking it up and looking at it, he saw “To Ryou” written on it.
“It’s for me, huh.”
He opened it to look at the inside.
“To Ryou. I have something I want to speak to you about. I will be waiting for you on the roof at midnight. Don’t tell anyone and come alone, please.”
(I-is this…?)
The hand that held the paper trembled.
“L-love letter…”
He got excited at the cute rounded handwriting.
Confirming that it was addressed to him, Ryou put the paper in his breast pocket with a smile spreading over his face.
“...Hey, Ryou?”
“Huh? What.”
“Well, it looks like you’re in a good mood.”
“Yeah? Isn’t it like always?”
“...If you say so.”
However, no matter how anyone looked, Ryou was in high spirits.
“...As I thought, you look like you’re happy.”
“It’s nothing like that.”
“Did something good happen?”
“No, not really?”
“Hey, Ryou. There’s a saying that goes ‘good stories have a catch’, right? Don’t dig a pit for yourself after getting excited…”
“As I’m saying, I’m not excited!”
A subtle atmosphere spread out between the two.
“...I’ll go find something to eat.”
Ryou stood up, and Rei started muttering,
“I just thought of it now, but there are times you don’t look at your surroundings. It’s better if you pay more attention.”
“What. …Seriously, you’re annoying.”
“Did you have to say that? Besides, I’m just worried…”
“Shut up. You are somehow really annoying today.”
Ryou exited the room and left Rei behind.
Rei had a foreboding feeling.
The time passed, hour by hour.
The time of executing Ryou was approaching every second…
Clueless, Ryou was waiting on the roof in high spirits, having told no one at all about it as the letter had said.
It was 11:50 pm.
There was no blunder.
When he thrust his hand in his pocket while swaying from side to side, he felt something dry and rough.
“Hm?”
Taking it out, it was the sticker of “Aid Union God Vine”.
The last time he had a fight with Rei, he had put it in his pocket.
“...Maybe he had been a little too harsh. He should apologize.”
The door to the rooftop opened with a click.
Ryou stood up and stared at the person opening it.
“Good evening, Ryou.”
“Yamashita… What did you want to talk about?”
Sakura slowly approached Ryou.
“Before that, let’s talk about the party.”
“The party… about the glass?”
“Yes. The glass broke and everyone made a fuss about it.”
“Uh, I apologize.”
“It’s okay since I didn’t get hurt.”
Sakura was already close enough to Ryou to stick to his side.
“U-uh. Close…”
“Hehehe, do you think I was hurt?”
“Huh?”
“Do you think I was hurt?”
“It looked to me like you were hurt, but only because it looked that way…”
“Hehehehe… Ahahaha.”
“W-why are you laughing?”
“I was hurt. Really. But, it disappeared.”
“What…”
At that moment, Sakura’s hair wrapped around Ryou.
“Ouch… W-what is this…”
“Hehehe. Rather than talking, I had a favor to ask.”
“I-I can’t take it off…”
“Please die.”
While showing a sweet smile, Sakura dropped Ryou from the fence on the rooftop.
After a moment, there was an ominous sound as if something had been crushed flat.
The corners of Sakura’s mouth tugged upwards.