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VOLUME 3 - THE LIGHT BEYOND THE DARKNESS prologue

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It was a quiet night

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Ozawa Keiko was driving

The dark forest road turned and twisted with trees on both sides but not even one lah it was the shortest route home, she always tried not to take it since it was spooky

However, today was different She had to return home as quickly as she could to share the news

Keiko put her hand on her belly Though there was no bump no life dwelled within this belly

This happiness she had never tasted before was far ined

Her husband Kazuhiro would probably cry

When Keiko glanced forward, a tree by the road shook with a rustle, and a dark shadow jumped out onto the road

A person –

Keiko automatically stepped on the brakes

The car stopped suddenly with an ear-splitting screech froh it had been an auto

– It’s fine

Keiko said that to herself, opened the door with a shaking hand and stepped out She saw that sohts

There was a wo face down about five metres from the car

‘Are you OK?’

Keiko rushed over

’Please hang in there’

Keiko put her arms around the woman as facedown and helped her up

Her skin was incredibly pale The bridge of her nose was pencil-straight The woly beautiful

The he was torn, and her shirt was also s shoes Her bare feet were covered with dirt, and they were grazed all over

She ran on a mountain road in her bare feet?

Why –

’Are you OK?’

Though Keiko had some doubts, she spoke to the woman once more

The woman twisted her body in a way that looked painful andyou to a hospital immediately’

The wo to Keiko’s words Though she was beautiful, she didn’t feel alive Her eyes looked like they belonged to a doll

’… Save …’

The woman’s lips moved

– That man?

’What happened?’

At Keiko’s questions, the wo on to Keiko

’Thatin as she spoke with a hoarse voice

’That man?’

’I have to run, I have to run, I have to run…

The wo over and over

’Calhtly

’I have to run… Thatand suddenly fainted

Rustle

Keiko looked in front at the sound of a shaking tree

A hts

He wore a black suit and dark sunglasses, even though he was on a ht

Gooseflesh rose all over Keiko’s skin

This wo away froht She felt that instinctually

It’s dangerous I have to run –

Though Keiko thought that, she couldn’t aze

Sweat ran down her brow

– The true nature of the human soul is darkness

When the man said that lazily, the corners of his lips turned up