23:57

29th Incident: Grasp 把持

Note: Wow! I'm back again. It's been a long while! Long update ito katumbas ng dalawang chapter! (Kaya 'wag kayo mag comment ng "bitin". 'Wag kayong ano diyan. ) Lol. After all the revelations I wrote in earlier chapters, I really felt free and part of me felt fulfilled. Do you guys know how excited and ecstatic I was in writing them and revealing them already? lol However, I wanted to reveal them on the right moment. I guess I am happy with that. We are on the 29th chapter and I still have lots of things to reveal! I am very glad that some of your guesses were right. That means that the readers are interacting well with the story. May 23:57 artwork din akong ilalabas after this. Para sa inyo. (Na miss ko kayo.) Check me out on Instagram: raykosen and also my Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/raykosen

And now, let's proceed to chapter 29...

Matinding kabog ng dibdib lang ang naririnig ko. Kaya pala hindi nagsasalita si mama tungkol sa 23:57 curse ay dahil nanganganib rin pala siya. Kapag nalaman ng mga ito na siya ang survivor, hindi ko lang alam kung anong pwedeng mangyari.

"How did you know that? Is there any other way to end the curse?" tanong ko. Hindi pa rin ako makapaniwala sa sinabing iyon ni Risa sa akin. At isang paraan ko na rin iyon para maiba ang atensyon ng mga kasama ko palayo sa file case.

"I don't know if there are other ways. According to my research, The religious group is the one who made the rule that they must all die together. If anyone will ever survive, then an unending curse will happen." Sagot ni Risa sa akin.

"Where did you get that information?" tanong ko.

"I have been hacking computers and all the information that I have gathered were from these two people." Sabay na ipinakita ni Risa ang smartphone niya na may detalye ng isang chat conversation ng dalawang tao. At nagulat ako nang mabasa ko ang mga pangalan nila. Si Shibata-san at si Tetsu-san.

So all this time, alam nilang dalawa ang way para makakawala sa sumpa. Pero bakit sa akin ipinasa ni Tetsu-san ang file case? Dahil ban a nalaman niyang mom ko ang survivor? Is he trying to inform me first before my mom gets killed?

And Shibata-san knew all these. Why did he keep it a secret?

Humanda ka sa akin pag nagkita tayo.

"We need to know more about the religious group then." Mamiya suggested. Tahimik lang kaming tatlo ni Rio at Ayako. Nagtitinginan sa isa't isa sa mga nangyayari. Kung noon ay ako ang paranoid na may mga nagtitinginan sa harap ko. Ngayon ay kami na mismo ang gumagawa nito.

"That is correct." Confirmation ni Risa.

"D-do you know the identity of the one who survived the group suicide four years ago?" I asked while stuttering.

"The thing is, I have no idea who that person is."sagot ulit ni Risa sa akin. "I tried so hard to hack some data but I was not successful."

Yes! I can still hide the identity of my mother. I was really hopeful until...

"Can you show us the contents of the file case, Yuya?" tanong ni Police Inspector Ueda sa akin. "All the information we need are inside it I believe."

No. Sh*t! Wala na akong choice. Kung ipapakita ko ito, malalaman nila na si mama ang naka survive sa suicide case. Itakbo ko na lang kaya ito? No. Mas lalala lang ang sitwasyon ngayon. For sure, obvious na magiging suspicious na ako. Ito rin ang disadvantage kapag may kasama kang pulis.

"That's correct... But I will show you the contents of the filecase later." Palusot ko na lang. Ginawan ko ng paraan na maantala panamantala habang bumubwelo pa ako at nagiiisip ng paraan para mawala ang attention nila sa file case. I have to delay this. I don't know on what will happen if they found out.