Chapter 37
...How much time has passed?
Ryosaku woke up with half of his face and left arm on the ground near the school gate where he had fallen.
Grains of schoolyard sand stuck in my face and the back of my left hand hurt...
He brushed them off and slowly turned his still aching head to look around.
...However, there was no one else in the schoolyard except Ryosaku.
Not only that, but there was no sign of anyone inside the school building.
(...What on earth does this mean?)
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After collapsing, Ryosaku could definitely hear the voices of his classmates and his new homeroom teacher running towards him, worrying about him.
...Even the sound of an ambulance siren can be heard in the distance.
However... there was a complete emptiness around him.
He can't feel anyone's presence in this place.
Even though Ryosaku was attacked by an indescribable anxiety, he wanted to get out of this eerie situation surrounding him as soon as possible.
Then, unsteady, he left the school gate and wandered down his usual route to school.
What Ryosaku saw there was...the "back view" of that nostalgic girl.
