Hypnosis Microphone: Red Division Unfolded Story

IX: Fall

artwork: aeiyrra42 (Instagram) a.k.a my own drawing

Reiko dumbstruck to see Ichiro is the last one standing on the stage, while his brothers already laid on the floor.

However, not long after that, Ichiro cough blood as he fell on his knees before whole his body fell down on the stage.

"...call..."

Eiji looks at Reiko, puzzled. "What?"

Reiko turns her head, "GO CALL THE PARAMEDIC!!!" hysteric her. She run out, leaving the room. Eiji went up to the intercom to order pediatric for rush them to hospital.

He leaned to the chair as he deep sigh. His pair of violet eyes gazed at the screen as seen the medical staffs rushes to the stage with their equipment to bring the participants to hospital.

"Her terrified face just now....."

".....it's the first time I see it"

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"Take this!!" He kicks the ball to the goal. But, the keeper failed to catch the ball and its goal. His team cheers over the goals, including his little brother on the opponent team, but end up scolded by his teammates.

"Jiro!! Ichiro in the opponent team!!" scolded one of the boys.

"Yeah! Don't you cheer for his goal!" support another boy. Jiro apologized as he about to cry scolded by them.

"Hey, hey, don't scold Jiro!" back up Ichiro. "He knows I'm strong, that's why he cheers for me!" reply Ichiro, boast his chest.

But instead, awed by his words, the kids get even mad and start nagging and scolding Ichiro.

Saburo; as the keeper of Ichiro team just watch they are quarrel in the middle of the field. Then, his eyes drawn to a figure that walks at the side of the field. His eyes sparkle as he realized the identity.

Leave his position, he runs towards the person. "Nee-channn" called Saburo, run towards the girl that standing at the side of the field.

"Uwahh Saburo!! Protect the goal!!" His teammates called him out, but he ignored their calls instead.

"Nee-chann!!" He hugged the girl's legs. "Hey, Saburo, why did you leave your position?" asked the girl. Saburo let go her legs as she bows down her body.

"Isn't you are the goalkeeper? You should protect your goal from opponent" said her, take out her handkerchief from her pocket and wipes away Saburo's snorts and drolls.

Second later, Ichiro and Jiro come to approach the girl and Saburo. "Hey, Saburo! Don't suddenly run away!" said Ichiro. Saburo shakes his head. "I don't want to play anymore," said a 4 years old Saburo.

"Eeh, you can't be like that! We have not enough people!!" said 8 years old Ichiro. Saburo about to cry when Ichiro raise his voices to him.

When Ichiro about to drag Saburo, but he was stopped by the girl.

"Well, well, lose one teammate won't changes anything much, Ichiro. Plus, isn't you are leading now?" ask her, try to deal with Ichiro without force Saburo with him.

Ichiro silent a while then gave up to plead Saburo continue the game, plus, Saburo doesn't really understand the rules. "Fine..."

"Reiko-neechan" she smiles.

Then, Ichiro runs back to the field, Jiro followed Ichiro to resumes the game as one of Ichiro teammates become the keeper, replaced Saburo.

And expected, Ichiro teams won the game.

All four of them went back home together, as they about to reach their house, suddenly, someone called out Reiko's name.

The 12 years old girl turn her head when her name called; her brothers too. They see a woman; their mother's coworker approaches them while panting.

"Y-your mom..."

"...she is in the hospital!!!"

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Slowly, he opens his eyes, to see the white ceiling above his head. He not familiar with the place. He blinks before look around, on his right side is the window. He can see the opposite buildings from the window.

He turns his head to his left side to see his brother, Jiro laid down on the next bed. While next to Jiro's bed and closer to the ward's door, also his brother, Saburo laid on it. It's only three on them in this ward.

His eyes stuck to a figure of a woman, that tied her long black hair into a ponytail and there is a mole in between of her brows, he just realized it.

She crosses her arms close to her chest and her right leg cross on top her left. She sits next to Saburo's bed, dozing while sitting on the chair. He knows that woman.

He moved a bit as the bed making a creak sounds, snapped the woman from her doze. She lifts up her face, and their eyes met up.

Ichiro smile awkwardly, "Hye" greet him. Suddenly, she gets up from her seat, leaving them to look for the doctor to do a checkup.

Not long after that, both Jiro and Saburo also awake from their unconsciousness.

"All of them looks fine, no trauma injury and looks like their mental state is stable" comment the doctor. Reiko sigh in relief.

She returns back to their ward, as she saw all of them eat the food with appetites, act like normal as there's nothing happened. While, in facts, they just vomit blood a few hours ago.

She smiles. "At least it's worth it, the suffers from the experiments" monologue Reiko. She closes the ward door at her back.

"How do you feel?" ask Reiko.

"Great!" replied Jiro.

"What's the doc said?" ask Saburo.

"Doctor said you guys are fine, nothing bad, you can discharge soon," said Reiko. "But you need a couple days to rest" continue Reiko.

"Then, the result?"

"Eh?"

Ichiro glance at Reiko, "The battle's result..."

"O-oh, that....since every one of you fell down, so, the result will be in the hand of votes..." said Reiko.

"M-means, the result isn't released today?" asked Jiro. Reiko shakes her head. "Unfortunately, yes. Plus, considering the participants' conditions due to battle, it's might took a month before the final battle"

Saburo frowns, "Participants conditions?"

She nodded, "It's not only your group, the others division also suffers the same impact, most of them hospitalized" reply Reiko. All of them drop silent. The room suddenly turns into the gloomy atmosphere.

"Then, are you going to wait till the result out?" Jiro and Saburo look at Ichiro, puzzled.

"...before revealed yourself?"

"The daughter of Yamada Household..."

"Kurusu Reiko....no..."

"Your real name was..."

"Yamada Reiko"