Riko was driving like he was trying to escape from the world itself
The wheels scraped against an empty road
And the air entered through the windows in broken waves
On the screen in front of him
The red dot was getting closer slowly
A steady line… like the heartbeat of someone refusing to die
Miyoko was looking through the back window
Her eyes moving nervously
And she said while gripping the edge of the seat
"Another car… it showed up behind us"
I turned quickly
I only saw distant white lights
But something about them… made my stomach tighten
I tried to focus
But my head grew heavy
The sounds around me started to echo… then split
The engine
My breathing
A heartbeat that wasn't mine
Then suddenly
As if someone opened a door in my head with force—
Light
Then an image
A huge truck coming from the left
It hits the car and tilts us toward the barrier
Glass flying
Miyoko's scream
Darkness
The image vanished
But another one appeared right after
A window of a building on the right
A flash
A bullet coming out
Breaking through the back window
Hitting Miyoko's shoulder
It disappeared too
But the third one was not calmer
Riko's hand slipping off the wheel
The car turning
We head toward a concrete pillar
Then—
Impact—
I pulled in a sharp breath
A scream escaped without my decision
"Riko!! Right! Now… right!!"
Riko looked at me fast
"Ginso… what?!"
But his feet reacted on their own
The car turned hard to the right
I felt my body lift from the seat for a second
A truck passed in front of us
Same angle
Same size
Same path I saw seconds earlier
If we didn't turn—
I swallowed
My heart beating too fast
Riko shouted
"What was that?! How… how did you know?!"
I couldn't answer
I was only trying to breathe
My mind still seeing the three images
Repeating every time I blinked
Riko hit the brakes suddenly
The car stopped in an empty industrial area
No one… no cars… only rusty pillars and long shadows
He turned to me
Eyes wide
"Ginso… talk… what exactly did you see?"
I couldn't
But the words came out broken
"I saw… our three endings
Every possibility… was happening
Each one… was real"
I grabbed my head
The headache returned
Stronger
Deeper
Like it was hitting from the inside
Miyoko moved closer
"Ginso… how many possibilities did you see?"
I raised my head slowly
Looked into her eyes
And whispered
"Three…
Three endings…
For the same second"
Miyoko said in a trembling voice
"Ginso… this is not normal
This is not one vision
This is… a collapse"
I didn't understand
Her breathing grew faster
"I have never seen anything like this before… what is happening to you"
The air felt heavy
Riko didn't move
Miyoko fell into silence
As for me—
I felt something inside me break
Something I wouldn't easily get back
I leaned my head on the seat
Trying to steady my breathing
But every possibility I saw…
Came back like a sound hitting the walls of my mind
One
On top of the other
On top of the third
The sounds mixed
The light mixed
Reality itself mixed
My mind felt like someone was tearing it into three directions
I heard Miyoko say something
But her voice grew far
Too far
Like she was speaking from the end of a tunnel
I saw Riko's hand reaching for me
But my vision split
A hand reaching me…
A hand not reaching…
A hand disappearing completely
I couldn't tell which one was real
My heartbeat pounded
The air turned heavy
Too heavy
Then—
Everything went out
The light
The sounds
The shapes
The people
The world
And everything sank into deep darkness
Before consciousness pulled me away
Like I was falling into a bottomless well
My head fell to the side
And I lost consciousness completely