The Empty Box and Zeroth Maria, Vol. 2 by Eiji Mikage

Author:Eiji Mikage [Mikage, Eiji]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Yen On
Published: 2018-02-20T00:00:00+00:00

May 3 (Sunday), 8:45 AM

I’m in front of Kazuki Hoshino’s house.

“This is a really twisted idea you came up with,” I say.

“How so? An idea like this is nothing if it means helping you. Besides, you’re the one who actually has to see it through.” He’s so matter-of-fact.

“Do you really think Underwear Girl will cooperate? Aw, I hope she does, for her sake.”

“Well, let’s pray that everything goes smoothly,” says Ryu Miyazaki. It’s like he’s trying to show everyone that he’s totally uninvested in what’s about to happen.

No—maybe it really doesn’t mean anything to him at all.

Maybe nothing matters to him, now that what’s done is done. I don’t have any proof, so it’s just a hunch.

“Okay, I’ll be back in a bit.”

“Right.” I open the front door without ringing the bell, as I should. “I’m home.” I go up the stairs.

Ruka Hoshino is asleep in her underwear as usual.

May 3 (Sunday), 10:06 AM

Miyazaki is holding a phone to my ear.

“N-noooooooo!!”

I can hear someone screaming through the phone. I recognize the voice right away. I hear it every day.

“Roo…!!”

“Why are you doing this?! Stop it, Kazu!!”

“Ah—!”

What… What did they do?! What did they use my body to do to her?!

“See? This is what happens when you don’t do as you’re told.”

“But Roo has nothing to do with any of this! She’s not involved, so why would you—?!”

“Probably because we knew hurting someone innocent would be especially painful,” Miyazaki replies.

I lunge for him…but I fail miserably and end up toppling over.

I forgot that they have me bound hand and foot. Without a hint of a reaction, Miyazaki plants his foot on top of me where I lie in a miserable heap on the floor, and he puts the phone to my ear again.

“Listen to the rest. That way you can find out exactly how things went down.”

“Ungh…”

I can’t very well plug my ears, so I clamp my eyes shut instead, even though doing so doesn’t help at all.

I hear more voices from the phone.

“Gotchaaaaa!”

“Huh…?”

“Why did you want me to say all that, Kazu? I’m kinda worried about you.”

I look up at Miyazaki, stunned.

What the hell is this? A joke…?

Miyazaki removes his foot. Still focused on his blank face, I get up off the floor.

“Why are you acting so relieved, Hoshino?”

“What?”

“Those were recordings made using the phone’s voice-memo function, not real-time audio. What if I played the last recording first and the first recording last?”

“N-no!”

“I’m kidding.”

“Ugh…”

It’s pitiful how easily they can toy with me.

“Sheesh… What’re you going back and forth like that for? What you should be worried about isn’t whether your sister has been hurt or not. No, the issue is that Ruka Hoshino isn’t even the tiniest bit on guard against ‘Yuhei Ishihara.’ It would be so easy to do just about anything to her.”

With that said, Miyazaki stomps on me again, this time grinding his heel into me.

“‘Yuhei Ishihara’ will soon become Kazuki Hoshino in actuality. Can you imagine how much of a nuisance it’ll be to have an older sister? Especially sharing a bedroom with her.

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