Kokoro Connect Volume 9: Asu Random Part 1 by Sadanatsu Anda

Author:Sadanatsu Anda [Anda, Sadanatsu]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2020-06-02T00:00:00+00:00

The next hour was spent pretending to listen to their teacher, and after that, it was break time. Kurihara had arrived a bit late for first period; once the bell rang at the end of class, she jumped to her feet and made a beeline for the restroom.

“Oh, Yukina... I just want to help you,” Kiriyama whimpered in a watery voice as she watched her best friend walk out of the classroom.

“The restroom’s probably the safest place for them,” Taichi commented. He wasn’t about to try to stop them, of course.

Instead, the three of them—Taichi, Kiriyama, and Nagase—decided to check on the other four members of the track group. During each break period between classes, they walked down the hall and peeked in on the other second-year classrooms.

In the first room they visited, one of the track girls was lying facedown on her desk. In the next room, another girl was in the exact same position, while a third was conspicuously absent. At least, it felt conspicuous to them—or was that only because they were paying extra attention?

In a way, they were doing exactly what the «Heartseeds» hated most—catching on, asking questions, putting two and two together—and Taichi was worried their actions could trigger an emergency shutdown.

As he watched the track girls, however, another thought occurred to him: “Man... It’s crazy to think we survived this same nightmare for a full month.”

“Eventually you do get used to it, y’know,” Nagase replied.

“Or are we just, like, really weird?” Kiriyama asked.

“Maybe that’s why you-know-who kept saying we were so interesting... Is that why we went through so many...?” Taichi mused.

Lastly, they finished their rounds by paying a visit to Oosawa Misaki’s class. Unlike the rest of her group, she was talking to her friends like nothing was wrong. Hell, she was even smiling.

The three members of the CRC stood in a circle outside the room, pretending to “chat” as they spied on her.

“Damn, Misaki-chan’s totally owning it. I mean, she is affected, right?” Nagase whispered.

“Misaki-chan’s the type who can do anything she puts her mind to. She’s, like, really level-headed,” Kiriyama explained proudly.

“Yeah, she seems like she has the most composure out of all of them. Maybe she’s the ‘pillar of support’ for her group. You know, the way Inaba is for us,” Taichi remarked.

When the CRC experienced their first phenomenon, it was Inaba who remained calm and analyzed the data available to them. In a way, that was what kept them all sane. Perhaps it was Oosawa, then, who was keeping this group together at school.

“Hang in there, track team,” Kiriyama whispered, clasping her hands at chest level as if in prayer.

“At this point, I guess all we can really do is pray, or... Wait a minute.” Nagase stopped short.

Taichi followed her gaze back to Oosawa. Where only moments ago she was smiling, now her expression was blank.

Uh-oh.

Sure enough, a split-second later, Oosawa bolted for the door. Stumbling out into the hallway, she spotted the CRC and staggered backwards with a shriek.

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