LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 9: Part 9:Junn
I really look bad...
(I leave the small mirror on top of a dresser next to my bed)
I thought my father and Misaki's reactions were exaggerated but I think they have a good point for reacting that way...cough...cough
Being with a very pale guy whose veins are visible, really, my appearance must cause some discomfort...cough...cough
This cough that won't go away, in addition to these pains I've been feeling in my back and throat that are getting worse with each passing minute.
(I lay down on the bed and look at the ceiling)
I'm going from bad to worse and as time goes by I feel like I'm not going to get better
Am I going to die?...cough...cough
(I've heard that a person receives signals from their body when they're sick, either to communicate if there's a certain progress or a warning that maybe you don't have much time left)
(this feeling...)
Maybe this is a sign?
(brief silence)
(I shake my head)
No...cough...cough
I shouldn't give up...
although from yesterday's talk with my father, I don't know if I should have a little hope...
(remembering yesterday's talk with my father)
(a little after Takuya left)
(my father came into my room, he looked a little distressed and skeptical)
Dad, what's wrong?
Junn, listen to me, the situation is not favorable. I contacted an old comrade who works as a high command in the army.
He told me that this whole situation is due to a very infectious virus whose origin is unknown. He strongly warned me to stay away and not leave the house.
I... told him about your condition... and... he didn't tell me anything favorable...
What did he say to you?....cough....tell me
(my father looks a little tense)
(my father sighs) sigh...uff
You are infected with the virus...he told me that at the moment there is no cure so you just have to hold on and maybe you will recover. But he sees it as very unlikely since there were some cases in the army where soldiers were infected and none of them made it.
We only know at the moment that the virus will affect the blood circulatory system. In addition to a cough accompanied by pain in the back and throat that will get worse with time and after that....
(my father remains silent in regret)
....dad?
(My father seemed very unconvinced and hesitant to mention the following)
Dad...what's going on?...is it something serious?...cough
No, it's just that it may sound unreal to you but...
The virus will continue until it kills its host and after the host dies, it will come back to life and attack every living being in front of it
What?
(It was the first word that came to my mind after hearing the above)
It sounds very unbelievable and at first I myself didn't believe it but my friend told me that part of the information was released to the media. Therefore, it wouldn't take long for the media to make it public and that if all this was unbelievable, he told me to watch the news, that they would announce it there.
I see, Father...
(How can I believe this? I will die, then come back to life and attack anyone I meet?)
Those were the thoughts I had when my father mentioned that...
After giving me some calming and encouraging words, he went down to the living room to watch the news.
After a few hours, it seems that Takuya was successful in bringing Misaki, she entered my room, she seemed worried and when she saw me I could see in her eyes a hint of worry and fear
Behind her came my father with an equally or more worried expression...
Hours later, Misaki was taken by my father to a room that was used by a housemaid when he was a child but that no one occupies now and that would now be the place where Misaki would stay
After Misaki was taken to his new room, my father returned only to confirm what was said before
(he had a pessimistic expression)
sigh...ufff (sigh)
(looking at the ceiling)
the city has fallen in a matter of hours
thousands of people have been infected and have succumbed to the virus...cough...cough
and it seems that the virus continues to spread. If it continues like this, it wouldn't be so crazy to think that everyone could become infected
after all, the city, where it is estimated that there are at least 15 thousand people, fell to the hands of the virus in a matter of hours...cough...cough
I start to think about this whole situation and inevitably I can't stop thinking about something I heard many times before all this happened
"the world is like a game of dominoes and we are the pieces on a long board from which there is no way out"
Don't you believe it, students?!
(murmurs are heard in the class)
-here we go again...
I wonder how long Professor Shiba is going to keep talking about this
shhh...shut up or do you want the professor to have his eye on you...
don't you know that Professor Shiba is a fan of these crazy abstract theories, just be patient with him until the time change...
(whispers and laughter are heard throughout the room)
(now that I think about it, there wasn't a class in which he didn't mention "the chain reaction". It was something that Professor Shiba always loved to talk about)
okay, okay guys
quiet please, I know that many see it as a joke or a talk from a diehard madman but this is something great, I know that for many it may sound simple but let's look at it from this perspective.
Have any of you heard the saying:
"one pays all"
(There are some nods in the room)
Well, guys, what if I told you that we are all tied by an invisible line. There can be thousands of us and we have no idea about the identity of the other person, we are all like a game of dominoes. If one piece is affected or disturbed we will all be affected, maybe some will be affected immediately, while others may take a while to show a change but in the end inevitably everyone will be affected.
This can be applied to many other fields, for example: in scientific proposals such as chain reaction, in mathematics with some topics, also in the field of pathology for example in the spread of diseases, in economics...
(after a long list of sciences and their branches)
when I read it and saw it that way I could not help but marvel
(the professor was blushing and euphoric. The sight was something peculiar)
Professor, I think you should stop reading those articles
WHAT!?...
Don't be upset, professor, but I think it's for your own good, although well, better said, for the good of your social life
(a collective laugh is heard throughout the room)
hmm...ignorant boys
(hehe.... hehe)
(what memories...those were good times)
I hope my classmates and Professor Shiba are well....
(I think about what the professor mentioned Shiba)
If that is true, this whole situation is not so hopeless, after all, no one is safe.
We will all be infected but right now I...
if that happens, if I die... I... I
(it's a bit complicated to think about one's own death, to be honest I feel a bit of fear and anguish maybe because of the inevitable)
sigg...ufff (sigh)
if what I said before is true, I'm more terrified by the idea of coming back to life and attacking a loved one. Especially Misaki, I wouldn't want her to see me as a monster and remember me as such
besides I'm going to die and she won't know how much I loved her...
cough...cough
(I feel anguished)
but what worries me the most is Misaki, she tries to act like an adult but she still maintains that somewhat childish attitude perhaps a product of overprotection due to her father and which almost led her to a lot of problems if it weren't for me but what will happen to her when I'm gone?....what if something happens to her or she's attacked by one of those things?....cough...cough
I can't be calm with the idea that something could happen to Misaki
I could ask my father to protect her or maybe...
knock....knock....knock
(my thoughts are interrupted by a knock on the door)