Last Sunday, Junpei Yoshino had gone to the movie theater to watch a film he had been looking forward to for ages.
But three familiar figures had occupied the seats ahead of him, off to one side.
They were three classmates who had bullied him ever since he enrolled. They were also responsible for the cigarette burns scarred into his forehead.
So he could only cover them with his hair, unwilling to tell anyone.
Who could do anything about something like this?
The three were incredibly loud during the movie, leaving Junpei Yoshino too unsettled to enjoy it. Then a young man walked over, patted their shoulders, and said something.
All three were arrogant, and Junpei Yoshino worried a fight would break out. Then he really would have no chance of watching the movie.
Yet the three boys actually fell silent, sitting completely motionless.
The young man left the theater.
In the dim light reflected from the screen, Junpei Yoshino looked at the three nearby figures. Something strange seemed to have sprouted from their heads.
He got up in disbelief to take a look, only to discover that the three boys who bullied him had become hideous monsters. And... all of them were dead.
Had that young man done this? Had he turned them into this almost without a sound?
A thought grew wildly in Junpei Yoshino's mind. If he could do the same, would people stop bullying him?
Driven by that feverish thought, Junpei Yoshino caught up with the young man. In a gloomy alley, he looked at the man with the stitched face, his voice trembling slightly.
"Those three... were you the one who made them like that?"
Mahito seemed to have heard something interesting. He was a little surprised that the boy in front of him could