Suicide Island 26

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tl by molokidan

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Chapter 26 - Ryou

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1: The fishing that day went well.
2: But
3: everyone seemed really strained.
4: Ryou and some others are trying to leave the island.
5: Silent unrest and dissatisfaction has enveloped the rest of us.

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1: Right now, Ryou is the leader we need.
2: I couldn't imagine we'd have the food and security we have now without his leadership.
3: What...should I do?
4: What should I do--...
5: Talks that day were heavy.
6: I think--

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1: we should just get everything out in the open here.
2: About those who are going to leave...and those who are going to stay.
3(2b): Yeah. We'll have to decide how to divide up the work. Let's just see a show of hands.
4: Yeah.
5: Wait a moment.
6: Are you REALLY going through with this?
7: You remember the words that were on that sign, don't you? If the surrounding waters were to be invaded...
8: "we cannot guarantee your lives." In other words--

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1: Doesn't that mean you'll be killed?
2: Ha...hahaha, no way...
3: Don't you think that's a bit extreme...?
4: No, it's possible.
5(2b); If knowledge of this island was made public, it would be bad for the "nation." And if this is something that must absolutely not be revealed to the public--
6: then they will do EVERYTHING in their power to keep it from doing so.

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1: ...I couldn't care less...about the government.
2: I'm leaving this island, no matter what.
3: But I won't force anyone else to.
4: No one is responsible for anyone else.
5: Decide your own actions by your own judgment.
6: Even if they get killed as a result?
7: Yeah.
8: I don't think that'll happen, though.
9: Well then, let's see a show of hands.

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1: Those who are going--
2: Surprisingly, not many hands were raised.
3: I thought you'd come, though.
4: You even helped out building the raft.
5: I just thought it'd do well to learn a bit
6: for later.
7: Besides, I can't go back there.

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1: The reason I committed suicide...
2: is an economic one.
3(2b): Although...you can understand a little just by looking at our "friends."
4: The comparatively, normal...healthy-looking people most likely tried to off themselves for those kind of reasons, I bet?
5: But for me, I have no "burdens" here.
6: I get it...people really do have a lot of reasons.

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1: But to think you'd want to return so badly...
2: What's waiting for you over there?
3: Nothing...really.
4: I just want to decide where I die on my own.
5: I wonder what'll happen.
6: The water keeps getting colder and colder...
7: Yeah...
8: I can't...rely on Ryou or other people anymore.

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1: I'm going back into the mountains.
2: Ehhhh!!?
3: But you just got back!! So suddenly...?
4: Not just yet...but
5: we need food...before the real cold comes.
6: And we won't be able to rely on Ryou-kun anymore.
7: We need to keep going on our own...
8: Sei...

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1: Partly due to Tomo stopping me,
2: I decided to wait to go back into the mountains until Ryou departed.
3: Ryou--...
4: Will you really be able to...safely leave this island...?

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1: I should go ask him when he's going to leave.
2: If it's going to be a week or so, I'd like to go to the mountains during that time...
3: Ah...Sei!
4: Ryou? I think he's still at the raft...
5: He's been working on it until really late these days.
6: Working on it until this late, all by himself?

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1: Ry...
2: ...ry...
3: it...wait!
4: I'll be back soon...OK? Wait...
5: Wait for me...Eri...!!
6: E...ri...?
7: Who is it?!

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1: ...Sei...
2: U-u-umm, er, the i-island...Ryou-kun...umm
3: I-I was w-wondering when you'd be...leaving.
4: I-I want to go back to the mountains soon...so...
5: Umm...
6: You overheard me...
7: Ahhh, no..uh, I...
8: Ah, fine, fine.
9: I don't care anymore...
10: Sorry...

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1: Sei, did you
2: have a girlfriend?
3: Oh...
4: I...
5: did...over there.

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1: Well...it was nothing special.
2(2b): We were a normal couple...normal...
3: But
4: We were always together.

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1: We were both lonely people.
2: Meeting on the street at night
3: Always together.
4: When I was in middle school, my mother remarried...you know, you hear this kinda story all the time.
5: I didn't get along very well with her new husband, so I rarely went to school, and often just wandered around town.
6: She...Eri was in the same kind of situation.
7: We really were a lot alike.

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1: Eri hated being alone, and always came with me everywhere.
2: But the one who really wanted that
3: might have been me...
4: We both got part-time jobs and then rolled into some cheap apartment...
5: It sounds weird, though.
6: But then we finally...were able to relax.
7: We never had money, and things were always so tough, we never really had any amazing times worth mentioning.
8: It was commonplace...but
9: the hollow feeling from when I wandered around alone...
10: was gone.
11: I think we lived together for 3 years...
12: And then...
13: And...then...

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1: I think that's when it happened...dammit! I've recalled it so much, yet I always forget.
2: I had a little extra money for once, so we decided to go out to a restaurant...
3: She was always late at getting ready.
4: Saying the helmet didn't fit right, or that her hair was messed up, or something.
5: Yeah...the usual.
6: It was really...such a normal night...
7: We headed out onto the highway from the road...turning right onto a wide road
8: and then instantly.

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1: What went wrong?
2: My luck?
3: The fact that I had her ride on my bike?
4: The driver who fell asleep?
5: The helmet that didn't fit right?
6: The fact that we both met?
7: And then?
8: And then what?
9: We both
10: became alone again.

[Chapter 26 - END]