Ishiki's heart skipped a beat.
He gulped hard and took an involuntary step back. His heart had not yet calmed from the nightmare's residual terror. It still hammered against his ribs with percussion, like a desperate creature trying to escape.
'What is this fool saying? How could that be possible?'
He forced himself to look directly at the young girl and asked in a strained voice. "You... don't know? What does that mean?"
She clearly stated that two people were missing. So they knew, that individuals were absent yet, they don't know who is missing?
'Huh? That's so... confusing.'
It was, contradictory and paradoxical in its saying.
The young girl was silent for a long time and then finally broke her silence. "Don't waste time here, let's go to the meeting."
Ishiki nodded and donned his worn-out shoes. The two of them navigated through the muddy ground, careful not to slip on wet earth that sucked at footsteps like it wanted to drag them down into something beneath.
