D-Genesis: Volume 4 [Parts 1 to 7] by KONO Tsuranori

Author:KONO Tsuranori
Language: eng
Format: epub

Minato City

Takatsugu Himuro stared with dead-fish eyes at his vibrating cell phone. Even after its tenth repetition, it wouldn’t stop.

“Damn it...” he muttered under his breath.

At last he picked up the phone. Even then, he held it for a good three seconds before finally accepting the call. There was no point in putting this off. If he did, that woman would only appear in front of him again. Remembering his nightmarish hospital encounter, he shuddered.

“Hello.” The voice on the other end of the line spoke with a disarmingly cheerful disposition. “Doing well?”

“Damn it, leave me alone,” Himuro pleaded.

“Leave you alone? And here I thought I’d bring you a little business!”

“Please, leave me alone...” Himuro repeated.

“Ah, well! If you don’t want to hear it... I’d recommend at least hearing me out though. Is there somewhere we could meet?”

“P-Please...”

“Well then, how about your place?”

Himuro lifted his head up with a jolt and scanned the corners of his room. Nothing. He was safe.

“Well then?” the voice repeated.

Shoulders slumped in defeat, Himuro gave the name of a café near his studio.

***

The meeting spot was to be a small, retro-styled café next to Himuro’s workplace. Despite being New Year’s Eve, the café was brimming with happy patrons, talking excitedly with another, enjoying each other’s company and piping hot beverages. A row of antique cups lined the wall behind the counter, further contributing to the pleasant atmosphere.

Himuro walked in. An older gentleman, unmistakably the café’s proprietor, called his name.

“Himuro! Been a long time.”

“Yeah, well, I’ve been busy. You know how it is.”

In more carefree times Himuro had once been something of a regular. However, the indoor smoking bans that had come just as surely as the revolutions of the Earth, as well as the sapping of his own free time, had brought his visits further and further apart.

“Still though, this is a sight. Didn’t expect to see you here on a date.”

A date?

A sinking feeling came over Himuro. He felt some kind of presence by his left arm, and whipped around to look.

Standing next to him, with a grin, was the monster who had submerged him into the lowest depths of terror during their brief encounter at the hospital.

“Hullo!” Miyoshi smiled.

“Wh-Why? Wh-Wha...” Himuro’s tongue floundered around in his mouth, searching for words it couldn’t form.

“Oh? The counter not to your liking? We have some booths open in back, for a little more privacy,” the proprietor offered.

“That’d be perfect.” Miyoshi tilted her head. “We’ll take a booth seat please.”

“Well then, take your pick.”

Miyoshi nodded, pushing the frozen Himuro along.

Situated in their booth, Himuro, who had looked for all the world like a marine creature tossed out of the water, regained his composure, leaning forward and speaking without hesitation.

“So, this request of yours—what’d you want? You finally come to claim my soul?”

“Your soul? I wouldn’t dream of it. Do you see me peeling hard-boiled eggs by rolling them around on the table?”

“Sure. If it’d get me away from you, I’d even perform a ritual to change my appearance.”

They

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