Ongaku No Shinigami - Chapter 3
Iranhome,
lockingmyselfinmyroom.
What’sgonnahappentome,
Whatiftheyfoundthebody,
Didireallykillhim!
Icouldnotrelaxatall,
Ithentookouttheletterthathegaveme.
Thinkingthattheselettermightgivemeananswer,
Iopeneduptheletterthatislabeledas’1′.
Asiopenedtheletter,
Apictureofagirl,
Withastraight,shortbobcuthair,
StandingnexttoHideyoshi,
Dropoutofit.
“Shemustbehissister.”
Itookoutthepaperandreadit.
‘DearOtoyaHibiki,’
Howdoesheknowmyname,
Imean,hemusthavewrotethisletterbeforeweevenfight,
It’simpossibleforhimtofinishwritingaletterwithhisinjury,
‘DearOtoyaHibiki,
Youmustbesurprisedwhyiknowyourname.
Youwerechosentoplay’Appbattle’twomonthsago,
Andiwasassigntomonitoryoubeforetheysendyoutheinvitation.
Totellyouthetrue,
Iwastheonethatnominatedyou.
Theuserwillgainpoweraccordingtowhichapptheyusethemost,
Sincei’veseenyoulisteningtomusicandreadingmangasincemiddleschool,
Ibelievethatyouwillbecomeadualuser.
Abletousethepoweroftwoappsisneeded,
Towinthetournamentthatwillbeheldtwoyear,
Iwantyoutoparticipateandwin.
Thewinnerofthetournamentwouldwin10,000,00yen,
Aswellastherighttochallengethecreators.
Ifyouwinagainstthecreator,
Youwouldhaveaccessto’Messiah’,
TheAIthatcontrolstheentiregame,
Anditisabletodoalmosteverything,
Fromcreatingblackhole,
Tocreatingawholenewplanet,
Aswellasendingthisentiregame.
Ifsomeonewithbadintentionweretouse’Messiah’,
Theworldwouldend.
Iknowyouhavenogutstoplaythegame,
Isacrificedmyself,
Byfightingyourightaftertheysendtheinvitation,
Foryoutogetatitle,
Whichisamustinordertoparticipate.
Thisisamissionfrommetoyou,
Winthetournamentandusethe’Messiah’tobringbackthedeadplayers,
Anddestroythisgamecompletely.
Ihaveanotherrequestforyou,
Takecareofmysister.
Andgiveherthethirdletter.’
Afterreadingthefirstletter,
Ifeltrelief,
Knowingthathecanberevived.
But,i’mafraid,
Evenificouldavoidplaying,
Istillhavetoplayiteventually.
Iopenedthesecondletter.
Andtookouttheletter.
Itseemsthatittellsmethebasicruleonthegame.
Whensomeonechallengeapersonnearby,
Theywillbetransportedtoanotherdimensionby’Messiah’,
Andtheywillfighttillsomeonediesorgivesup.
Thewinnerwilllevelupaswellasearningmoneyinreallife.
Thoseluckyplayerchosenbythecreator,
Willhavedoubletheamountearn,
Aswellashavingspecialprivilege.
“I’mhome!”
Irandownandgreetmysister,
“Ah,welcomehome.”
“So,didyoumakeanyfriends?”
“No.”
“I’mconcern,youknow.Youneedtohaveatleastonefriendinhighschool.”
“It’sjustnoteasytalkingtosomeone.”
“Well,igotthedayofftomorrow,sowhatdoyouwanttodo?”
“Imightcomehomelate.”
Whensheheardthat,
Shewasshock,
Ihavenofriendsandnothingtodooutsides,
Soiamalwaysathome.
“Ithinkiworktoohardtoday.”
“No,ireallyamgoingtobelatetomorrow.”
withoutanyquestion,
Shehappilyreplied,
“Momanddadwillbereallyproudofyouiftherewerehere.”
Withoutaskingthereasonwhy,
Shejustsaidsomenoneses.
Ifyouthinkthatmyparentsaredied,
Youarewrong.
Theyaremusiciansandtheyalwaystravelaroundtheworld.
“Now,let’shavesomedinneroutsidetoday.”
