Day 7: 5: 20 P.M
Osaka Streets: ??? Building
Time before the Night Rage: 40 minutes left
Melee: Naginata, Brass Knuckles, Kukri, Wakizashi, Kitchen Cleaver(Repaired and Enhanced)
Gun: AR15(Scope and Suppressor attached), Colt 45, Beretta M9 Pistol
9mm ammunition: 19 boxes
5.56 ammunition: 16 boxes
.45 colt ammunition: 20 bullet
Grenades: 14 pieces
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(Kyosei's View)
The mysterious door is also locked but no door can't be opened by my lock picking skills. With my trusty lock pick on hand, I inserted it to then keyhole and twist it and turned it for a whole. It took me a while to open it due to the fact that it is already getting rusty.
Click clack
The door rattled before it opens. It was clear that it has never been opened for how many years due to the dust that fell on the hinges and the rust that seemed to fall down on door knob. What is more, the door knob fell as it turned out to be broken.
'This door is visibly very rickety due to the old age. It can be said that it has never been opened for how many years but I am not an expert. Maybe it has something else why it turned it to be like this.'
I entered the room and realized that this place contains newspaper clippings and a few papers that seemed to be from a book or a report torn away from the pages. There are even photos of a few people marked with names with doctor and sir on their very first name. There were also a pin used to connect a yarn together to connect it over the big map of the whole world. There are at least 12 pins being pinned on the map: Japan, America, China, Philippines, Australia, Europe, Malaysia, Spain, France, Egypt, Mexico, and Antarctica.
I feel curious about it so I pulled out my phone to snap a photo and send it to Nanami for safekeeping. After sending the map, a few seconds later, the music in my headphones and once again, Nanami's voice can be heard in it.
"Kyosei, what is this map? What's with these marked places with?" Nanami asked.
"I don't know either. I stumbled upon a secret room after checking the convenience store," I said while scanning the place and flipping the papers around the desk.
"A secret room? Is there any kind of things peculiar about this place?"
"I am not sure, but I will be snapping photos later and send it to you later if I found something interesting," I said and continued to flip on the papers.
"Okay, continue your raid there. The sky is getting darker as we speak. Its almost night time," Nanami said and the call stopped.
I resumed on checking the papers. Most of them are containing different scientific terms which I barely understand. There are some terms like "genetic cloning" and "gene extraction" where I have trouble understanding. The papers are also dated and I discovered that their dates just happened last year. It was clear that it was a recent experiment. I checked on other papers and saw a paper stating the discovery of a certain virus that might be cultivated for mankind. I don't understand much on what it was about and decided to skim a few more.
But I did not expect to see a sudden discovery.
"This discovery is very beneficial and we will conduct an award to our beloved scientists Kazuya Ichinose and Yumi Ichinose. They will be forever remembered by the science community."
All of a sudden, my head hurts and a few memories came rushing back. I clutched my head and gritted my teeth.
"Mom... dad..."
I muttered those words without realizing it.
I remember now. 10 years ago... my mother and father, Kazuya and Yumi Ichinose died due to a car crash where only I was the survivor. Due to the trauma that I received in my head, I lost most of my memories regarding about my parents, as they only appear on my memory flashbacks as silhouettes especially during the hospitalization of my sister.
I remember now... I had an amnesia after that accident. It was a Dissociative Amnesia(1) type which is the Repressed Memory(2). After the accident, I literally forgot what my mother and father's looks, mannerisms, voice and their very existence. According to the doctor, I have been under trauma and injury on the head. No wonder Miyuki gifted me with a beanie, it was for the sake of covering the scar in my head after the accident.
Tears fall in my eyes as I recall all my memories flashing back in my mind. I was wrong about my mother and father abandoning me... They have never abandoned me at all... I touched my cheeks, wet due to the tears flowing... Its been so long since I have cried like this. Who would have thought that I would remember them.
But the memories I recalled are limited. My past is still very blurry and I can't seem to recall some things that my mother and father had told me. I tried recalling but I only get a severe headache again. Therefore I did not try doing again, however, I did not stop skimming the papers. Later on, I saw a letter on the very bottom of the pile of papers. I opened it up and saw a long letter and a photo. I didn't look at the photo yet and check the letter first. It has a note of "open this if you received news about our death"
"Dear Srgt. Matsubara,
If you are reading this letter, then that means me and my wife has disappeared from the world. I know that I am so paranoid this past few months after the discovery of Virus Galea has been taken by the other head scientists. That is why, I have given this letter to you in advance. This letter will serve as a precaution and something that I need to warn you on.
After the experimentation of the Virus Galea and submitting the result, it was immediately taken over by the head scientists. However, we found out that the Virus Galea that we have given to the head scientists are something that might bring disaster to humanity. We extracted a bit of genes on the virus and performed genetic cloning on it so that we can give it to the head scientists. The only problem is that the "clone" of the virus is not meant to be distributed to humans. It only has a 2% chance that the human injected by the "clone" virus will still remain their human sense. The original virus is safe to human body but it cannot be replicated. The original virus consists of two original body, I have distributed one of them to an infant girl named Eve. I hope you find her and take her away from the grasp of the other scientists. The second one is in my possession and whatever I plan to do this, I am not sure. This thing is not something a human can handle.
Since you are reading this, our plan to escape Japan ultimately failed. If my son, Kyosei survived the assault, please support him in secret. Don't let him know that someone is supporting him. I want him to live a normal life, independent and can live on his own. I hope this last will of mine will be achieved, no matter what happens. Also, please find Eve. She will be something that might shake the world if someone discovered her existence. As my friend, I leave the money to you and the fate of my son remains to your hands...
Your Dear Friend and Cousin,
Kazuya Ichinose.
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Footnotes:
1. Dissociative Amnesia results from a psychological cause as opposed to direct damage to the brain caused by head injury, physical trauma or disease, which is known as organic amnesia. Dissociative amnesia can include: Repressed Memory, Dissociative Fugue and Posthynoptic Amnesia.
2. Repressed Memory is the inability to recall information, usually about stressful or traumatic events in persons' lives, such as a violent attack or disaster. The memory is stored in long-term memory, but access to it is impaired because of psychological defense mechanisms. Persons retain the capacity to learn new information and there may be some later partial or complete recovery of memory. Formerly known as "Psychogenic Amnesia".
1/5 chaps
The first mention to Kyosei's parents. Is there some deeper meaning behind it?
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