Log 4 : Wake up,you're not alone.

 

"Damn it!" I gritted through my teeth.

Today I decided to take a day off to clean my apartment.

...

Books were on the floor.

Trash everywhere, this looked like a mess.

I was frustrated and kept mumbling insults.

Once almost everything was in order but the trash, I took it outside and laid on my bed.

Sigh.

I took my phone and scrolled down.

An hour.

Two hours.

Three hours passed and I decided to dreadfully go to sleep. I was about to close my eyes when:

Beep

Oku_56

«I think I got a new series to bingewatch»

I clicked on the notification expecting to see footage of myself.

When:

"Who is this?"

A guy in a shirt and pyjama pants on his bed, looking shaky and stressed.

Red hair and tall, his phone in his hands.

PK14 replied to Oku_56

«Who are you?»

Nothing appeared on the screen but at least I know that I'm not the only one.

The replies were flooded with comments, much more than when it was my turn. It's either a trap or a piece of hope but in any of these cases: someone is in danger.

Knock knock knock.

A heavy knocking hit my door. I opened the door to witness PK14's user terrified.

What?

"Quick, let me in!"

He pushed the door. I didn't have any choice. I closed the door and was about to talk when I heard another knock.

Red hair (PK14) put his hands on my mouth whispering "Shh."

A familiar raspy voice came through the door.

"Come on Shikari, I know you're here."

I pushed him behind the door, putting on my costume quickly.

"H-hello, the previous owner isn't here anymore, can I help? You seem to be lost, my name isn't Shikari."

«Gosuto_raita01»?

He seemed embarrassed.

"Oh, I'm sorry young man, I'm searching for a tall red-haired man named Shikari, did you see him?"

A drop of sweat formed on my forehead before I straightened.

"Yes, I saw him passing by my window, I think he is in the opposite direction from the road."

Gosuto thanked me and left.

I waited 2-3 minutes checking if he left, then quickly removed everything and turned back to see Shikari (supposedly PK14) smiling nervously behind the door.

"Now, who are you?"

"I'm Shikari, listen I know I..."

"And?"

"Well they're searching for me because I owe them something... I saw you before. Shido, right?"

"How do you know me?"

"Well..." He got as red as his hair.

"I watched you through Oku's cameras on the thread and I thought about maybe helping you. I think I already helped you."

"What?"

"The note on the bed was mine. You missed a camera but don't worry, I taped it too. I love how smart you are."

"Thanks, I mean, I guess? And what tells me you are not a mole?"

"Well... I didn't tell him you were Shido, right?"

"Uh, just sit here." I pointed toward the mattress.

I pulled out from under the mattress an old laptop.

[Note.txt]

«Raiku's notes:

Favourite anime: TFDG

Age: Student? +16

Username and name: Oku_56

Raiku

Sketch: (brown hair, glasses, short)

Hobbies: technology

____

Gosuto_raita01

Name: unknown

Face: (black hair, short, wrinkled)

Age: 30-40

Username: Gosuto_raita01

Appearance in neighborhood

___»

I quickly added:

«PK14

Age: my age? (17-19)

Username: PK14

Name: Shikari

Appearance in neighborhood»

"What are you doing?" he said, a weird look in his eyes and a snarky smile.

"Why are you looking at me like this?"

"You are interesting."

"And why should I tell you?"

"Why would I ask the question?"

His finger pressing the screen under the file's name :

"The file is named Note.txt and contains information about usernames related to the forum. You are searching for information about them, right?"

I stood there, impressed.

"Wow, a quick mind."

"I'm just using common sense."

"And why would you knock at my door?"

"Because you are the most trustworthy person in the neighborhood, or maybe the smartest."

"I'm not that smart."

"Well, at least it's not everyday that I see someone cosplaying as a handsome guy calling themselves Ryo... right? To... escape something or someone."

I looked at him perplexedly before saying with sarcasm:

"I don't know what you are talking about, was it that obvious?"

"I don't think so, I just think I have a quick mind like you said."

"And what is your goal at the end?"

"To be honest, I found the thread and thought it would be cool to join their circle, and ended up trying to tell the police. They didn't trust me and obviously they didn't like it. My goal is just to... I don't know, I don't have a goal. And you?"

"I found this thread and ended up witnessing one of their murders. I'm not sure why they want me gone but I think my main goal is to end this."

"Well, consider me a part of your team now."

"And how can you be useful?"

"I know a bit about technology too and... I have nothing to lose, yet. Isn't that the most powerful thing?"

"Deal, but stop with that look."