Kapitel 228: [228] The Truth, In his eyes.(2)

Everyone...wears a mask.

Everyone... wears a mask.

Everyone... wears a mask.

Those words of his rung in my mind.

A peculiar laughter was heard...I stood still, taking in the sights in front of my eyes.

The street was filled with countless people, some laughing, some drowning in misery, some waiting for a chance, and some just happy while some were depressed.

All...of it was a lie?

'Was everything a lie?'

[It was a lie.]

'Why...is there a blank mask on everyone's face.?'

[Because they all want to hide...]

'No...this isn't real...'

This dull world...that is slowly losing color, it cannot be accurate.

I refuse to believe it...

[Why can't it be?]

His voice...his compelling voice was heard once again...a voice that struck me at the depths of my soul.

[Why can't it be real? A world where people hide their deepest secrets, their secret desires. The 'mask' they put on the outside to protect the weak, pathetic inner self?]