23:57

20th Incident: Transition 遷移

Note: Chapter 20~! Wow! Thank you guys for your support! Been working with an extension manga of 23:57. The one I've been talking about on my earlier posts. (Kakasimula ko lang kahapon.) Kasabay pa ng iba kong manga projects. Pero dahil magiging busy ako next week, sinubukan kong makatapos ng isang chapter. Thinking back, binago talaga ng 23:57 ang mga plano ko ngayong taon. Lumawak ang kwentong ito nang biglaan. Which only proves that often times, your plan isn't what's going to happen sometimes and you have to go for a ride and enjoy everything. Though, I still don't want to be comfortable with my current situation. After all, I am not the kind of person who is comfortable of being comfortable. I always value productivity as it makes me feel alive. By the way, I have something to talk about. Comments like, "when will we get our answers?" is not fair on the side of the writers. Because, as someone who writes the story, I want to present the answers to you on the right moment, right chapter, right scenarios, and right timing. Rushing will make the story's taste horrible (if you know what I mean). I know this is partly a horror story but I don't want it to have a horrible quality. It's like cooking and baking, you have to wait for the right time in order to have a delicious output. Patience is very crucial in this relationship. If I serve all the answers to you right now, it will spoil the taste of the story. Demands like, "Update na please!" is like choking me to spit everything out. What happens when you're being choked? You cannot breathe. So whenever you do this, you kill my motivation. So let's have a wonderful relationship together. I hope that makes sense.

And now, let's proceed to Chapter 20...

Aghk!

Hindi ako makahinga. Mahigpit at malamig kamay ang humahawak sa leeg ko. Sinubukan kong ibuka ang bibig ko para makakuha ng hangin pero halos Maputol na ang leeg ko dahil sa payat na daliring tumutusok sa lalamunan ko. Hindi na maramdaman ng mga paa ko ang sahig. Wala na nga yata akong tinatapakan.

Hindi ko naman siya makita dahil nakatingala na ako sa tindi ng sakal na nararamdaman ko. Hindi na ako makahinga at kinapa ko na ang mukha niya. Hawak hawak ko pa pala ang bracelet na bigay ni Rio sa akin.

Nang dumikit ito sa mukha niya, humiyaw siya. At bigla na lang na bumagsak ako sa sahig kasabay ang pagbagsak ng katawan sa tapat ng mukha ko. Si Ayako ito.

She was possessed.

I don't know on how Ayame was able to enter the room with ofuda and salt but I figured out that the bracelet is already a powerful tool. Isinuot ko ang isa at isinuot kay Ayako ang isa pa.

Walang kaalam-alam si Ayako sa buong pangyayari dahil wala pa rin siyang malay nang buhatin ko siya pabalik sa kwarto.

Hinawakan ko ang kamay niya. Mula sa point of view ko, nakita ko ang bracelets na suot naming dalawa.

These gifts saved us.

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Kinabukasan, kinuha ko ang baon kong damit at pants sa bag ko. Ito na ang huli kong damit dahil nasa lumang kwarto ko ang mga damit ko. I think hindi rin naman ako papapasukin kasi, crime scene pa rin naman ang kwarto ko hanggang ngayon. Matapos naming makapaghanda at makapagbihis ni Ayako ay agad na kaming dumiretso sa Shibuya Station at tumuloy sa ShibuyaHospital. Suot ko ang blue coat ko at red turle neck naman ang suot ni Ayako. I told her not to remove the bracelet as it serves as her protection against Ayame. I also showed mine who is pretty much the same as hers. Somehow, we finally felt like a couple. Not until when he have another load. This pink haired guy with striking gold pants and bright green coat. I am totally okay with this young man's taste in clothing. I think it's cool pero masyadong striking at hindi ako sanay sa mga tingin ng mga taong nakapaligid sa amin. Unlike him, he's pretty much used to all of these attention. Actually, he's like the person who like being showered with stares.