《Cartilage Of Life》 Cartilage Of Life Chapter 1: The Change ¡°Eh uhm¡­hm¡± Consciousness started coming back to me but a headache came upon me out of no where I slowly open my eyes ¡°Huh¡­.?¡± I slowly rise from the bed ¡°Where¡­..is this?¡± Around me were walls with objects that were deprived of color and of proper form, a lamp with no details, a teddy bear with no eyes or fur, a simple room ¡°Uh¡­hmmm?¡± I slowly turn around and saw Aria laying on his side, I gently shake him in an attempt to wake him up ¡°Aria¡­Aria¡­ wake up¡­¡± ¡°hmmm¡­?¡± Aria breath¡¯s out a heavy breath then turns his body around to face me ¡°What is it Yutou?...eh?¡± Aria seems to have noticed the atmosphere that surrounded us, his eyes half open looked around ¡°Yutou where are we?...¡± I take another look but I can¡¯t seem to give him an answer that will satisfy our curiosity ¡°I don¡¯t know¡± Aria ruffled and tried to stand up but fell back to the bed ¡°What are you doing Aria?¡± Aria breath¡¯s heavily and starts crying, his eyes stared down on to his right hand ¡°W-what happened to me?!¡± His eyes looked at where his right hand use to be. Wrapped in bandages with no signs of blood Aria¡¯s hand was cleanly cut from his body He looked up at me ¡°Ah?!¡± Aria was taken back by something that he saw, his breath suddenly started cutting quickly breathing but his body was unable to keep up, hands trembling he pointed with his detached hand at my chest While looking at him I move my hand towards my chest, in a circular motion i felt everything that was on my chest, fingers touching something strange on the left side of my chestStolen from its original source, this story is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. A sticky almost soft like texture was felt on my fingers the closet I can relate this to is the texture of freshly cut meat I moved my hands in front of my sight only to be greeted by the sight of a red liquid that I very well know of ¡°Blood¡­¡± On the left side of my chest was my heart ripped open with no skin or organs covering it, it was up for display and my body was it¡¯s pillar ¡°Ah¡­Ah¡­Ahhhhh!!!¡± Realizing what I am looking at I panicked causing me to fall off the bed and onto the cold floor Both of us terrified by each other¡¯s appearance tried to back away from each other, Aria still unable to believe the space where his hand once was continued to look at it What is going on? Where are we? What happened to us? My back leaning on what seems to be a wall I contemplated these questions to my self while watching my movement to make sure that my heart doesn¡¯t get damaged or touched by anything *Knock Knock* From the other side of the door I heard a knock *Knock Knock* It continued to knock this time stronger than before *Knock Knock* It¡¯s knock became stronger as if whoever was knocking had enough of waiting, moving to the side of my brother was the main priority for me right now so I moved off to his side, still terrified by me he tried to move away from me but in an unknown place his instinct told him to cling to me *Knock!* With another knock the door fell down on the floor, dust rose from the floor up to the air, within the cloud of dust was somebody no it¡¯s not somebody ¡°Come Eat¡± A thing that had a human like body was standing in front of us blocking whatever light that tried to come through It wore a white hood with a blue and green logo on the right side of it¡¯s chest, the thing wore long black stockings and brown school show but it¡¯s face was unclear either that or her face was unidentifiable in the first place ¡°COME EAT!¡± The thing commanded us with another shout, shivering with fear my judgment became clouded with fear {Should we go for it and run away? We don¡¯t know where we are even I¡¯m not even sure whether this place is above ground or underground what to do what to do what to do what to do!} The thing started walking towards us while shouting to us ¡° EAT EAT EAT EAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!¡± Eat? What do you mean by eat? Does it want to eat us? What does it want from us? The thing reached out it¡¯s hand for me and then quickly grabbed me by my hand ¡°EAT!!¡± The thing lifted me from my hand and swung it¡¯s arm off to the side throwing me away from my brother and the room, my body slam¡¯s into the door that was facing the room we came from Soon after my brother was also thrown out of the room, his body struck mine ¡°Auh!¡± Aria let out a moan of pain as he rolled off from my body on to the red carpet I moved my hands towards Aria checking on him to see if he was ok or not ¡°Aria! Aria!! Are you okay!!?¡± Aria replied with a cough The thing comes out of the room slowly, it puts long arms on our arm and pulls on it, his hands were both soaked in blood, now that the thing is in a well lit room I could see that his neck is also covered in blood, his face was as dark as coal yet he didn¡¯t have any features on it No eyes, No lips, no mouth no ears, it only had hair and a voice, a voice? No to call it a voice would be the wrong choice of words, it¡¯s voice sounded like the angry roar¡¯s of a thunder storm, it was deep and very vivid The thing continued dragging us in this place that seems to be a hallway, a red carpet that extended all the way to the end of the hall, both sides of this hall had white doors on it, the doors never stopped, each door had a nameplate on it Yamato, Kurotsu, Meyako and so on ¡°EAT HERE!¡± The Thing lead us to a white double door, we opened it and inside of it was¡­ A cafeteria? Chapter 2: Welcome New Patient Beyond this door was a small grey cafeteria, people sitting together or alone, food being taken or played around with Seriously what is this place ¡°EAT!¡± The thing pulled us forward, then left the room ¡°Yutou¡­.¡± Next to me was Aria trembling with fear, tears started welling up in his eyes, he couldn¡¯t hold it back anymore and started leaking out some of his cries The people in the cafeteria who were stopped and looked towards us, dead silent everybody was just observing us ¡°Ho~ a new patient¡± A female approached us from the side, placing her right hand on her chin she stared at us from top to bottom ¡°Ho ho you two look like you are fresh from The Stairs¡± ¡°Stairs?¡± I said From the time we were in that room leading up to our arrive her in the cafeteria we didn¡¯t see any stairs ¡°Wow you guys seem to be clueless-¡° She extended her hand trying to touched Aria, I swung my right hand at her extended hand deflecting it from Aria ¡°Hey come down buddy we are all friends here! Look¡± The female points towards the people who were sitting down watching us two like some kind of freak show ¡°Now now calm down let¡¯s see¡­. Ah! My name is Alicia¡± Alicia is she a foreigner perhaps? Are we outside of Japan? No it can¡¯t be ¡°Hey!¡± I sprung up startled by her ¡°Hey you! Why aren¡¯t you telling me your name!¡± She starts to pout and throw her hands down in a angry yet cute like manner ¡°Hahaha Alicia-Chan is so cute when she is mad¡± said a boy from the first table to the leftIf you encounter this story on Amazon, note that it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. ¡°Booo Marco stay away from my business these are my friends!¡± ¡°Friends? Alicia-Chan it seems they are scared of you more than anything~¡± ¡°Well they don¡¯t know me yet! When they do they will be comfortable around me and maybe even fall in love with me~¡± She places both of her hands on her cheek and wiggles to the side, what is this? How can these people be so calm better yet how can these people sit around here and just eat food like nothing out of the ordinary is happening ¡°So?¡± The lady named Alicia pointed her finger towards us ¡°You two who are you?!¡± Right now it¡¯s just me and my brother, we have no information whatsoever regarding this place and or who these people are, Alicia seems nice and will be easy to talk to, I can gain some information from her and use it to escape this hell hole ¡°Yutou¡­.and he¡¯s my brother¡­.Aria¡± Alicia looks at my brother by titling her head off to the side and standing up with her tippy toes ¡°Hi Hi Aria-kun!¡± My brother hides behind my back ¡°Ahhhhh so cute!! I wish I had a brother like him say say Yutou can I borrow Aria-kun for tonight?!¡± ¡°N-¡° I was going to say no but somehow I got this feeling that it would be a waste to not allow him to go over, Aria and I can plan a strategy that will allow him to get in and gain information I looked at Aria hoping he would get my intentions He nodded ¡°Y-you can¡­¡± ¡°Yay! Hehe thank you thank you Yu-chan you and I are best bets friends now fufu now Aria-kun after dinner you will go with me to my room ok?¡± My brother stepped out of my back and went in front of me ¡°Y-y-yes!¡± Alicia claps both of her hands and smiles at us, looking at Marco with her green eyes she showed an expression of wicked intentions ¡°See Yu-chan is a better friend than you already Marco~¡± ¡°My my we are all friends here aren¡¯t we! Now come on Yutou-kun let¡¯s get you some food I¡¯m certain that you and your brother are starving¡± Macro points his whole arm towards the cafeteria counter inviting us to eat our food for today I held my brother¡¯s left hand tightly and headed towards the counter ignoring eye contact with anyone and everyone in this crowd ¡°EAT WHAT!?¡± The thing appeared in front of us again this time in an apron ¡°Don¡¯t worry about the Guiders Yutou-kun they are here to guide you¡± Marco started laughing and the crowd of people laughed alongside them, in a way I felt some kind of hostility from his laughter Maybe there wasn¡¯t any of those feelings after all I am paranoid at the moment and I must stay paranoid to insure the survival of Arian and I ¡°FOOD HERE!¡± The Guider dropped a plate of food on the counter, bits and pieces of it scattered on the counter, the plate contained food that we were familiar with ¡°FOOD EAT!¡± We took the food and slowly walked away, we stood five steps away from the Guider examining the surroundings trying to find a place we can eat I looked at Aria and used my eyes to point towards the place I have suggested for us to sit in After arriving to our seat Aria slowly started eating from his food ¡°Hungry?¡± I said He nodded ¡°Are you doing well?¡± I asked He nodded ¡°Is there anything else you can say?¡± I asked another question ¡°How¡­.¡± ¡°What do you mean?¡± ¡°Alicia-san you want me to get information from her right?¡± ¡°Yes¡± ¡°How and why? I¡¯m socially awkward and above all I¡¯m scared of her¡­..¡± I placed Aria in a situation is he isn¡¯t comfortable in, can¡¯t blame him for being on edge not only is he going to talk to a stranger, he also has the weight of our survival on his shoulder ¡°Go along with her, if things get out of hand I¡¯ll bust the door open¡­¡± He nodded ¡°I trust you big brother¡­¡± ¡°And I will keep you safe I promise¡± Chapter 3: Alicia鈥檚 Room *Aria¡¯s POV* Brother and I were eating our food on the far left corner of the cafeteria, it was hard for me to eat with one hand nonetheless this isn¡¯t the time for me to be weak or to be a coward After this meal I will be separated from big brother to do a mission which he has entrusted on to me, but how will I go about on getting information from her? Alicia-san seems very scary even though she was cheerful when we first met her I had a feeling she was a scary wicked woman I glanced at big brother who was slowly eating his food, how could he be so calm I wonder? I wish I was calm like him maybe one day when I grow up I¡¯ll be like him With every bite that I take the time towards our departure gets closer, it¡¯s hard to think about something to convince her to tell me stuff I¡¯ll just have to go along with what she says and if worst comes to worst big brother will come and save me just like when he saved me from those bullies in kindergarten! Big brother lowered his spoon to the side of his plate, looking at me he casted a gentle smile my way ¡°It will be okay Aria trust me¡­¡± I nodded there¡¯s nothing else for me to say Up until now I¡¯ve been trying to control my breathing this hand of mine is it the result of this breathing? I don¡¯t know and I shouldn¡¯t think of useless things for now On my right shoulder I felt a gentle touch ¡°Ari-a-chan~¡±If you spot this tale on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. Big brother looks up towards the voice behind me, he looks back down at me ¡°What is this what is this? Is this some kind of mental telepathy between brothers~?¡± I stood up from the chair ever so gently and turn around ¡°Alicia-san¡­..Please take care of me¡± Alicia-san smiles and grab¡¯s both of my cheeks ¡°I-will Ahhhh! Yutou, Aria is so cute fufu Japanese people are so cute!¡± She turns me around and hugs me from my back ¡°Hehe can I keep him please please~¡± Brother flashed her a wry smile and a small awkward chuckle ¡°Haha I need my brother he is the most precious thing to me¡± Alicia smiled and said ¡°Ho¡± My heart skipped a beat, what is this feeling I can¡¯t explain it ¡°Alright Yutou-kun I¡¯ll be going with Aria-chan now bye bye!¡± Alicia-san takes my hand and pulls me alongside her while she walks in a cheerful tip toe like manner I look back at my brother but she was walking too fast, all I saw was someone who had their arm around my brother¡¯s shoulder ¡°So what do you think of my room Aria-chan¡± When we entered her room I was surprised to be welcomed by such colors and furniture, her room was huge, she had stuffed todays and pink-ish red items all around her room ¡°Hmmm? Oh you don¡¯t know well every Patient in here has a room specially built for them, each room reflects the person¡¯s personality and desires be it twisted or profound, say Aria-chan how does your room look like?¡± ¡°i-i-ts b-b-black and s-s-s-simple!¡± ¡°Black and simple? Eh! Do you and your brother have a dull personality come on that¡¯s not fun!¡± I laughed awkwardly ¡°So Aria-chan what do you do for fun? I have a lot of toys here for you to play~¡± ¡°i-i-I like t-t-to d-d-draw!¡± Alicia-chan moves towards her bed and grabs from paper from the bed side table ¡°Aria-chan here is something I don¡¯t want you to tell your brother, in every cabinet or bed side table is something similar to a magic hat so if you want something just imagine it and it will be created here that simple¡± I was amazed by what she told me but I couldn¡¯t let her get to me either I have to focus on what my brother told me to do ¡°Alicia-san-¡° ¡°No¡± ¡°Eh!¡± ¡°I¡¯m not Alicia-SAN I am Alicia-Nee sa¡± ¡°b-b-b-b-ut¡± ¡°Say it~ I won¡¯t reply to you~¡± ¡°A-a-a-alicia¡­¡­Nee san¡­.¡± Alicia-san holds her own waist wrapping herself around with her own body, she lets out a small deep sigh ¡°I like it~¡± I was taken back by Alicia-san¡¯s reaction that I stood there silent for a few minutes until she decided to break the silence ¡°So what did you want to ask Aria-chan?¡± Ok now is my chance I have to ask her ¡°Where are we?¡± ¡°Ah that question well it¡¯s a simple question with a simple answer you and I and your brother are dea-¡° Chapter 4: Marco鈥檚 Room *Yutou¡¯s Pov* Aria went off with Alicia I hope that he will be able to get answers from her ¡°Yo Yutou-kun¡± To my right a familiar voice was heard, it was Macro ¡°Hmmm so your brother went to Alicia to her room, hahaha even I didn¡¯t go to her room yet well it¡¯s just bad luck¡± He laughed a little and then looked at me ¡°Now since the youngsters are out for the night why don¡¯t we the guys go for a hangout?¡± Hangout? But I have to watch Aria to make sure he doesn¡¯t get into any trouble but this could be a good chance to ask questions even Aria wouldn¡¯t think of ¡°If you are worried about your brother don¡¯t worry Alicia will take care of him on top of that Alicia¡¯s room is right in front of mine¡± ¡°¡­.i¡¯ll take you up on that¡­offer¡± He smiled and looked behind him ¡°Hey guys I¡¯ll be gone for tonight ok?!¡± ¡°Ok!¡± They all collectively responded ¡°Now let me lead the way¡± ¡°T-this is¡­¡± ¡°Right I forgot you don¡¯t know anything right? Basically every room is a visual representation of the person¡¯s true personality, he can¡¯t and won¡¯t be able to change the room¡¯s appearance so if you are a piece of shit then the room will shape itself to suit that piece of shit side of you¡± Unlike Alicia, Marco seems to be more straight forward than most, his pale white skin and his all black suit and tie gives him a professional look and an intimidating feel ¡°Marco-san, where are we?¡± ¡°Hmm?¡± ¡°I mean where is this place?¡± ¡°Nowhere-¡± I guess he too doesn¡¯t know where we are ¡°And everywhere¡± ¡°Eh?¡±A case of theft: this story is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation. ¡°Yutou-kun do you know a word whose meaning seems to have drifted away in the passage of time? Purgatory or how we Patients like to called it The Purgatoric Hospital Of The Dead in other words you are dead Yutou-kun¡± The air around Marco changed, the room around us that looked so grand luxurious started shredding unravelling walls that seem to be made out of human organs, the roof started dripping blood, falling falling one by one on to us in the room, this blood somehow makes Marco look even more sinister ¡°Yutou-kun~~~~¡± His voice as if calling for someone from the other side, a voice tone so deformed and demented that his throat seems like it would explode with every word ¡°Yutou-kun~~~~ Do you know who the Guiders are~~~~~They are people who failed the Death Festa~ you know when you die here you don¡¯t just die but you become hollow, a slave~~~~¡± Trembling, shaking all of it my body expressed all forms of fear, ice cold sweat running from my forehead to the floor as if running away from the fate it will endure, I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move I can¡¯t move My heart skipping every beat it can possibly can, my breath cutting short And then a deep roaring voice resonated through the air ¡°LET THE DEATH FESTA FOR PATCH 108 BEGIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!¡± Macro looked up to the roof pulling out his tongue, a drop of blood fell onto it, he savored the taste by licking his lips all over ¡°Finally Yutou-kun thank you for dying haha because of you I can finally have some fun and continue what I love to do kill¡± Macro dashed forward towards me grabbing me by the neck slamming me into the door which caused the door to break in half, he lift¡¯s me from my neck and throw me over to the door in front of his room ¡°ed¡± I came into the room crashing in, the dust that accumulated from the floor rose up covering the scenery in front of me ¡°My my why did you have to ruin my fun Marco?¡± ¡°You¡¯re not done with the little shit yet?¡± ¡°Little shit?! He is a sweet ball of innocence, Aria-chan and I were having fun until you came in with¡­ eh is that Yutou-kun?¡± Alicia looks at me who was coughing blood on the floor ¡°why would you do such a thing?!¡± ¡°the death festa started sis!¡± ¡°Death¡­.festa¡­.¡± My eyes vaguely able to see what was going on but the feeling that this atmosphere gave me was unshakable, the presence of Alicia rose to enormous levels ¡°Oh dear brother of mine come here and give your little sister a kiss¡± Marco approaches Alicia, locking lips the two used their tongue and everything while kissing, he was touching her boobs, thighs everything he was kissing her as if he was eating her The two of them break away from the kiss leaving a trail of saliva between them, Alicia lick¡¯s her lips, she pulls her tongue out which made Marco kiss her again this time using his tongue, her kissing diverged from his lips to his neck and in that moment something happened ¡°AHHHHHH!!!!!!¡± Alicia bit Marco¡¯s neck removing a hug chuck of his neck, Marco let out a cry of pain and a glare of hatred towards his sister Alicia ¡°You bitch!¡± ¡°Ho~ did you really think I would let you live! Who do you think you are?!¡± ¡°I should have turned you into a Guider when we first got here!¡± Marco dashed towards Alicia pinning her to a wall, his hands tightly gripped both of her arms, a grip so strong that her skin started to cave in and bleed like a river ¡°Can you do it?! Can you kill your only family!¡± Chapter 5: The Siblings Of Guillotine Alicia was pinned on the wall by her brother Marco on the other hand Aria was standing still unable to move, completely frozen in place his eyes fixated onto the fight Damn it! Why did things turn out like this! ¡°Family?! Bitch the family you gave me was a family of troubles!¡± Alicia head-butt¡¯s Marco in the head, surprised by the attack he falls back for a second giving Alicia some room to move and to attack, Alicia then bite¡¯s off Marco¡¯s eyes ¡°AHHH FUCK!¡± While Marco suffers Alicia was chewing on his eye with a smile on her face ¡°I told you that you should have become a cannibal like me instead of being a stupid serial murderer¡± Alicia spit¡¯s his half chewed eye ball towards me, a half iris that resembled the color blue cover with blood, the insides of the eye I could see it all ¡°Well you taste just as bad as your tastes are in victims¡± Marco observing the situation moves towards the bed side table ¡°heh let¡¯s see what this game gives me¡± he said He opens the drawer and put¡¯s his hand inside of it, out comes a full spiked gauntlet made out of metal, the gauntlet already covered in blood made it look more fitting for himLove this story? Find the genuine version on the author''s preferred platform and support their work! ¡°Oh isn¡¯t that just unfair brother~ I don¡¯t have a weapon~¡± ¡°Like hell I¡¯d care!¡± Marco strikes the floor causing the floor to shake even though the strike seems powerful the floor didn¡¯t break or crumble instead it trembled causing Alicia to lose balance and fall With the speed of a predator looking at its prey he closed in on her and punched her across the room sending her to the other side, Marco runs over to the other room After a moment of silence Alicia¡¯s body is slammed is thrown back into her own room, Marco slowly approach¡¯s Alicia¡¯s who¡¯s body looks like a puppet who lost its strings He grabs her by her hair and drags her on the floor and then swing¡¯s her down on to the floor Marco looks at his sister while heavily breathing Marco goes down to his knees and sits on top of his sister One punch ¡°You-¡° Punch ¡°Fucking-¡° Punch which resulted in blood splattering onto his face ¡°Piece¡± Punch ¡°Of-¡° ¡°Shit!!!!!!¡± Marco bites her neck and raise¡¯s his head up high gulping a chuck of her neck Alicia¡­..her face was no longer existent she didn¡¯t resemble Guiders in the slightest no she looked like nothing, her features all gone, the punches mutated her face into something fictional, a sight like this can never ever be seen in the real world¡­. Still on top of her Marco was heavily breathing while sobbing muttering the name of his fallen sister who he has killed ¡°Alicia¡­..Sister¡­¡­I¡¯m sorry¡­..wake up¡­.¡± Marco was shaking the corpse known only to him as his sister ¡°Sis we were just playing come on¡­.¡± He holds her head using both of his hands, smiling with all of his might he tried to wake her up ¡°Sis¡­¡­SIS!!!!!!!!!!!!¡± Marco screamed as hard as he can as breathless as he may be he screamed with every ounce of his breath ¡°There¡¯s no place for the weak¡± said a voice Marco looked behind him towards the door, there stood a man with casual clothing and a beanie ¡°I hate scums like you¡± The man pointed his gun at Marco¡¯s head and *Bang* Marco fell on top of his sister, silence fell upon him at once and the second world that he lived in starts to fade away from him Chapter 6: Bullet The gun man sigh¡¯s ¡°are you two okay?¡± Aria who was frozen in his place fell down to his knees and started crying, I managed to get myself together and stood up ¡°yeah thanks for helping us¡­¡± He opens up the chamber of his revolver, he flicks it causing it spin around quickly then he put¡¯s it back in ¡°6 more bullets¡­Help? You¡¯re welcome but I think your friend there needs help¡± I rush over to Aria ¡°Aria! Aria can you hear me!¡± Aria looked at me with tears uncontrollably dripping from his eyes, he didn¡¯t nod nor speak a word ¡°Take em to your room that should help him recover, the environment around it will contribute some years into his brain so he can process those events just now but the Death Festa started so I¡¯d recommend you get yourself a weapon at the very least¡± I carried Aria gently and placed him on my back, supporting his weight using my two hands holding up his legs, after all of what just happened I¡¯m exhausted and I wonder if I can continue walking evenThis tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. I opened the door to our room with one hand barely managing to keep him from falling, I placed him on the bed wrapping a blanket around his whole body ¡°I¡¯m sorry Aria¡­.i couldn¡¯t protect you¡­¡± Aria was shivering like crazy but he managed to muster in a few words ¡°I¡­.want to go home¡­.¡± ¡°I do too buddy¡± I caress his hair steadily feeling whatever warm that was left in this cold desolate place Aria is weak no he beyond weak, he is easily manipulated and easily hurt, his emotions tale a toll on him and sometimes cloud his judgment to the point of panicking, he isn¡¯t the type to fight nor is he the type to bear the pain of any of this I trusted Aria I expected too much of him didn¡¯t i? I¡¯ve always done that to him I always used the excuse of ¡°I¡¯m doing this for his own good¡± or ¡°So he can grow as a person¡± in truth I pushed him so that he doesn¡¯t end up like me but I pushed him too hard I threw him off the edge now look at what this had resulted Aria I¡¯m so sorry that you had to see all that at such a young age¡­ I¡¯m sorry *knock knock* I quickly moved into a fighting stance ¡°Don¡¯t be alarmed kid it¡¯s me, I¡¯m just here to tell you to get some rest, tomorrow will be the official beginning of the Death Festa, Two down five more to go in our case it¡¯s four more since your problem seems like he can¡¯t even move anymore¡± I kept fearing about this Death Festa ever since Marco confronted me about it, seems like it is so kind of survival game Game huh? So we are nothing but today and entertainment aren¡¯t we? ¡°Since you two didn¡¯t get the chance to get enough information about this place then I would highly advise you to check whatever shortage compartment you have in their, inside you¡¯ll find a weapon for the both of you and a misally little flyer that contains all the rules and regul bullshit so read it cause you will need it tomorrow¡± From the door I heard footsteps growing smaller and smaller I hurried over to the cabinet in the room and found three items A big spiked shield (Aria) A dull sharp-less sword (Yutou) And the flyer Chapter 6.5: Death Festa Invitation Hello young purgatory dwellers today is a special day for those people who have been chosen to participate in the Death Festa, Patch 108 will be taking the playing field this time with highly qualified players Martin is a American gun slinger from west Texas he was born half American and half Australian but got interested in more advanced shooting and participated in the war of 1996 unfortunately he died due to his comrades trading his life for their freedom Marco & Alicia the first group of this year¡¯s festa are two talented and skilled killers, started their life as orphans Marco got fed up with the way the orphanage treated them and decided to lead an all out revolution against the people of the orphanage the revolt of the inhabitants and the authority resulted in a blood bath, with nothing to eat both of them succumbed to the sin known as cannibalism in order to survive, their recent achievements would be large group genocides and homicides, known as the Night Eaters these two are sure to winSupport the creativity of authors by visiting the original site for this novel and more. Bobby The brain dead hammer oriented dumb ass who loves smashing things to nothingness seriously that¡¯s all Yutou & Alicia the second group in this year¡¯s festa they are an interesting bunch and without a doubt a duo bound to @#$%^&*()_)(*&^%$#@#$%^&*()(*&^%$#@#$%^&*()(*&^%$#@#$%^&*()(*&^%$#$%^&* Well we wish them good luck in the festa Ayame The master swordswomen who fought against the south eastern empire during the 14th century, figure of history gracing us this year in the festa finally being able to receive her judgment An interesting twisted cast of people are present this year in the festa m¡¯I right well with every competition there are rules to follow so here are some rules for you all to take into account when fighting THE FIGHT WILL NEVER END UNTIL YOU ARE KILLED OR EVERYBODY IS KILLED And that¡¯s the only rule good luck everybody! Chapter 7: Death Festa ¡°uhmmm¡­..¡± *knock knock* ¡°It¡¯s time to go kid¡± Awaken by Martin¡¯s voice I stood up from the floor and picked up my sword, I looked at Aria one last time before leaving ¡°I promise you I¡¯ll be back Aria¡± ¡°Good morning I see that everybody made their way to The Garden Of Eden I¡¯m glad nobody got lost alright before the start of the festa I would like to relay some announcements Marco and Alicia have been eliminated and will not participate anymore in the battle if you have any questions regarding the rules ask these two Marco and Alicia¡± ¡°FIGHT KILL¡± ¡°EAT DESTROY¡± ¡°Hahaha that¡¯s the spirit you two I told you that you both will fit in nicely as guiders¡± Those who die within this world become hollow mindless creatures also known as Guiders, as much as I feel sorry for them becoming this I kind of feel like they deserve what they got for what they have done to my brother ¡°Now the death festa shall begin good luck everybody¡± The slide down monitor slid up to the sky from the middle of the garden, finishing it¡¯s announcement the participants scattered like wild fire I was left in the middle confused and clueless to the situation ¡°Too weak¡± said a feminine voice She swung her sword horizontally towards me, I moved my hands slightly upwards to block her attack luckily I was able to block it and thanks to the dullness of the sword the force got distributed around the sword more evenly than it would with sharp edges This lady with a sword is Ayame, her sword crimson red just as red as her eyes, she¡¯s wearing a purple yukata and wooden sandalsUnauthorized reproduction: this story has been taken without approval. Report sightings. ¡°I seem to have made a miscalculation¡± she said She jumps in the air and spins horizontally using her spin to attack me, I dodged it by moving off to the left Her legs quick to adjust to the change of her center of gravity dashed with one leg towards my direction, filled with determination to kill me she swing¡¯s her sword in a irregular movement *Bang* A bullet caused both of us to separate from each other Ayame looked over at the direction of the bullet ¡°This is none of your business old man¡± ¡°Heh young lady I have all the business in the world to be here, Ol¡¯Hammer boy got too arrogant with his hammer, he thought he was thor or something, he was swinging that thing more than a bull would swing when it sees a Mexican¡± ¡°Jokes at a time like this truly old man you are one strong enemy¡± ¡°Woah there being called an enemy by a beautiful lady like you, what did I deserve in my old life to receive such praise¡± ¡°That is nothing far less from the truth in that case let me be the Grim Reaper to your pitiful life!¡± Ayame throws her sword towards Martin, jumping up high enough he dodged the bullet like sword that destroyed the tree in a matter of seconds *Bang Bang Bang* Up in the air Martin shot three bullets at her and stopped, Ayame ran through the bullets and picked up her sword Martin who landed on his feet clicks his tongue at her ¡°Tch 2 more bullets¡± Ayame smiled at him ¡°This is the end of your life old man¡± Martin raise¡¯s his hand ¡°you got me¡± Ayame walks towards Martin bearing her sword on her left hand ¡°But aren¡¯t you curious?¡± Martin asked Ayame stopped in front of him ¡°Of what?¡± Martin looks up to his right hand at his gun ¡°If I¡¯m correct you¡¯re a young lady from the 14th century right? You¡¯ve never seen a gun right? You can take it and have a look before killing me¡± He throws his gun onto the floor Ayame picks it up ¡°Yes I have been intrigued by these machines named Guns although I wonder how they work an-¡° *Bang* Ayame fell down on the floor instantly Headshot ¡°They were right old people are dumb fuckers¡± He picks up the gun from Ayame¡¯s corpse ¡°Now then where was i? ah yea you you¡­..You¡­..Yutou right?¡± He points the gun towards me and then flips it rendering the barrel to be pointed at him ¡°You see I was promised to be reincarnated if I helped you win this game, frankly speaking killing you and winning the prize is much of bargain for me just in case you didn¡¯t know the prize for winning the first time is your memories and for winning again in the next Patch then it would be your reincarnation, upon arrival I was told to help you in order for me to be born again so¡± He throws the gun at me, barely managing to catch it I hold it trembling with fear I pointed it at him ¡°Don¡¯t worry kid I¡¯ll do what I did to that Princess it¡¯s one of my tricks so just-¡° *Bang* The gun shot itself¡­.. ¡°Take care¡­¡± Martin cough¡¯s blood before falling on the floor, his body pouring the blood welled up inside of him, he died smiling¡­¡­ Chapter 8: Aria Limping my way to our room I opened the door to see Aria holding his shield ¡°B-big brother!¡± Aria ran to crying, throwing away his shield he hugged me as tight as he trembling hands can ¡°I¡¯m home¡­well not really but you get what I mean¡± ¡°Geez don¡¯t joke around like that!, i-I was worried¡­¡± Aria cried into my chest while hugging me tightlyStolen novel; please report. A TV slid down from the ceiling of the room ¡°Congratulation Yutou and Aria you have survived your first Death Festa we hope your participation next year too as for your prize you will find it in your shortage compartment! Bye bye¡± The TV slid back up and disappeared, Aria looked at me with his eyes filled with tears ¡°Who was that?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know but at least we get to have our memories back¡± ¡°memories?¡± ¡°Apparently some of our memories have been taken away from us probably how we died?¡± I¡¯m scared but I have to put up a strong front for him, I reach out for the compartment and found two crystals Blue (Yutou) Navel Blue (Aria) We gripped the crystals and a strong surge of memories came flashing back to us ¡°¡­¡­I-i-I¡¯m¡­..¡± ¡°hah¡­.haha¡­HAHAHAHAH!!!!!!¡± Chapter 8.5: Death Festa Flyer Hello young purgatory dwellers today is a special day for those people who have been chosen to participate in the Death Festa, Patch 108 will be taking the playing field this time with highly qualified players Martin is a American gun slinger from west Texas he was born half American and half Australian but got interested in more advanced shooting and participated in the war of 1996 unfortunately he died due to his comrades trading his life for their freedom Marco & Alicia the first group of this year¡¯s festa are two talented and skilled killers, started their life as orphans Marco got fed up with the way the orphanage treated them and decided to lead an all out revolution against the people of the orphanage the revolt of the inhabitants and the authority resulted in a blood bath, with nothing to eat both of them succumbed to the sin known as cannibalism in order to survive, their recent achievements would be large group genocides and homicides, known as the Night Eaters these two are sure to win Bobby The brain dead hammer oriented dumb ass who loves smashing things to nothingness seriously that¡¯s all Yutou & Alicia the second group in this year¡¯s festa they are an interesting bunch and without a doubt a duo bound to meet their doom in this year¡¯s festa, Mr.Yutou expect¡¯s his old self to surpass the him of today after all Mr.Yutou was the one who built the Death Festa game and the Purgatoric Hospital, Mr.Yutou expects things to go as planned so that the Death Festa may continue to play out AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAINAGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAINThis story is posted elsewhere by the author. Help them out by reading the authentic version. I Hope you enjoyed my dear Aria¡­.. Author鈥檚 Notes Hellow It¡¯s me again Gloomy sensei so this story is fucked up and also the second Shorka that i wrote, this one was done quickly and smoothly and I have to say these things that I have written are probably tame compared to what I will write in the future Hopefully you have enjoyed this one and I hope that you didn¡¯t puke or just skim through the story cause I know I would ok I don¡¯t know if I wouldThis narrative has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. If you see it on Amazon, please report it. The cover art is not mine as always its from pixiv but it was a Japanese name and I forgot to copy the name so I am very very sorry Alicia: Don¡¯t make me eat you out Ooooh very kinky I mean DO NOT I STILL HAVEN¡¯T WRITTEN A NOVEL THAT I CAN CALL THE BEST Ahem Anyway thank you for reading and supporting this Shorka and bye bye see you in the next Shorka~~~ -Gloomy Sensei (Needs Therapist)