Chapter 211 Obu Shinshi (Part 1️⃣)
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
(Doll’s POV)
”Well then… I’m going to enter this boy’s dream now…”
I place my hand on the boy’s forehead and look at the dwarf girls standing at the entrance of the room.
”Don’t enter this room until I say it’s okay, got it?”
”You’re not going to do anything terrible to Hiro, right?”
The short-haired dwarf girl glares at me. No, the other 2 are glaring too.
”I have no grudges against this boy, just gratitude. So don’t worry. I’ll make sure to bring him back safely.”
Maybe they believed my words, as the dwarf girls nodded and closed the door.
”Alright… I’m going to take a peek inside you. ──Seriously, don’t make those good girls worry. …I’ll wake you up soon.”
I pressed my lips against the boy’s to sync our consciousness…
* * *
(So… this is…)
Since I was investigating the boy’s deep subconscious, I realized that what I was seeing now was the ‘world of a past life.’
However──
(Is this──not a dream?)
On a night road, light flows past at an incredible speed at the edge of my vision.
In front of me, the road is illuminated. It seems like someone is racing on a 2-wheeled iron horse (motorcycle).
(Is this… someone’s consciousness from ‘this world’ syncing with the boy’s consciousness?)
”What happened, Hiroya… just wait──I’m coming to see you now.”
The man who is ‘syncing with the boy’s consciousness’ mutters.
When I check this man’s memories──he’s the father?
It seems he just faced the bodies of his son ‘Hiroya’ and his superior ‘Kazumi’ at a facility called a hospital.
(What does he mean by ‘I’m coming to see you now’?)
I decided to sync deeply with this man’s consciousness, reaching the same level as the boy’s.
* * *
(Hiroya’s Father’s POV)
(At the very least, I want to hear his last words…!)
I’m rushing to the accident scene on my trusty partner ‘YAMAHA-VMAX’ from my younger days.
* * *
My name is Obu Shinshi. I’m the head of the former zaibatsu, the Obu family.
My son Hiroya was in an accident with his boss, Ms. Miura Kazumi──and he died. I confirmed the body with my own eyes.
But I have a ‘power.’ I can see spirits and talk to them.
When I was younger, I hated my home and had no intention of becoming the head of the family, so I used this power to go on all sorts of reckless adventures.
There’s a book called ‘Al-Azif,’ said to be written by a mad Arab. I once faced off against an unknown entity referred to as the Old Ones with my friends.
My wife, who is also Hiroya’s mother, Megumi, was one of those adventure companions.
She said that I was an otherworldly being tasked with ‘helping heroes in various dimensional worlds.’
”When this world’s adventure is over, I’ll finally be free from my duty. So──let’s get married.”
It was a ridiculous story, but… I believed her. There were plenty of events that made it worth believing, and I had fought in such ‘ridiculous worlds’ myself.
When Hiroya was born, and when he was in elementary school… she received another mission.
”I have to work just one more time…”
I still vividly remember the sight of Megumi holding Hiroya with a sad expression.
”I’m going to another world. I won’t be able to come back…”
Please take care of Hiroya. With those words, she left.
──That precious Hiroya…
(Megumi… I’m sorry. I couldn’t keep my promise…)
As I sped down the highway, I cried for the first time since parting with Megumi, even inside my full-face helmet.
* * *
The accident scene had already been cleaned up, and it was very quiet.
(…This is strange)
Neither Hiroya nor Ms. Kazumi were ‘here.’
In cases of instant death from such accidents, the souls are supposed to wander the scene. So, family or acquaintances need to visit and say,
”──Let’s go home together.”
They need to take the soul back. Then, within the 49 days, they say goodbye to the physical world and return to the cycle of reincarnation.
However, the souls of the two were not here. They no longer existed in this world.
(Could it be…)
A ‘ridiculous’ thought crossed my mind.
”Meg… maybe they went to your world…”
* * *
Then there was a bit of a stir at Hiroya’s funeral.
”Kazumi was cheating with this Obu Hiroya guy, right? Didn’t uncle and aunt know about it?”
A man was confronting Ms. Kazumi’s parents. I rushed over to the couple I had met a few times.
”Mr. Miura, what happened?”
”Th-this is Mr. Obu! …Because our Kazumi was… running around with Mr. Hiroya…”
Ms. Kazumi’s father bowed his head with tears in his eyes. I think his name was Mr. Miura Tsuyoshi… I remembered having helped with a few business deals as a thank you for Ms. Kazumi taking care of Hiroya.
”Please, lift your head. Ms. Kazumi did nothing wrong. On the contrary, thank you for taking care of our Hiroya, who is lacking in many ways…”
Since both parents were bowing their heads, I tried to speak up to get them to lift their heads.
”So, who is this?”
”Are you Hiroya’s father? I’m Kazumi’s husband. Your Hiroya led my Kazumi astray…”
”Yoshiyuki! Enough already!”
”Oh, so you’re Ms. Kazumi’s husband. …I’ve heard plenty of complaints about you from Ms. Kazumi through Hiroya.”
His expression turned irritated as he stepped closer.
”I’m going to demand compensation. You’re rich, right? You’ll take responsibility for your son’s mess, won’t you?”
”Oh, right. I have something I personally looked into…”
I called my secretary and received a brown envelope.
”This is it… Mr. Miura, here you go.”
Ms. Kazumi’s parents’ expressions froze as they took the envelope from me, and then they began to tremble with anger.
”Yoshiyuki… what is this!”
Ms. Kazumi’s father thrust the documents and ‘photos’ at Ms. Kazumi’s husband.
”──!”
”Explain this. The investigation report says it was before the marriage. …You had a woman before marrying Kazumi!”
Kazumi’s husband, Yoshiyuki, steps back and points at me, shouting.
”It’s a fake! That’s a bunch of lies!”
”…It’s evidence that holds up in court. If you want, I can call the woman involved right now. I’ve already taken her testimony.”
”Yoshiyuki… let’s talk at home.”
Kazumi’s parents politely bow to me and take the downcast Yoshiyuki back with them.
(I couldn’t really act like a father… I hope this is enough to let it go…)
If my investigation had been a little faster… Hiroya could have ended up with Kazumi, whom he liked.
(Hiroya, over there… make sure to get along with Kazumi, okay──)
* * *
(I see. That kid’s consciousness is synced with the ‘previous life father’ after he died.)
To bring him back, I need to somehow make contact with the kid’s consciousness inside the father.
(First, I need to connect with this handsome old man…)
I manifested in this world──
This was about Hiroya… no, Hiroya’s father.
Hiroya’s father, Obu Shinshi, worked as an ‘explorer’ in a cosmic horror world when he was younger. You know, the kind of place like Miskatonic University or Arkham or Necronomicon. I mean, it’s a miracle he kept his sanity intact.
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Edited by Kanaa-senpai.
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