Episode 6 (Part 2)

A Sense of Wrongness (2) — “Reality Begins to Crack”

From Discomfort to Certainty

The discomfort was no longer just a feeling.
It was becoming certainty.

Then, an email arrived.

“I have already sent the money.”

The amount was enormous—far beyond what anyone would normally transfer.
However, no matter how long I waited, nothing appeared in my bank account.

The Excuse

Then, another message came.

“The transfer failed.”

They said the reason was an issue with international remittance.

The Next Demand

And what they demanded next was—

a “fee” of several million yen, far beyond any normal sense of cost.

At that moment, I finally understood.

The Endless Cycle

Everything up to now had followed the same pattern:

Pay. It doesn’t end. Then, pay again.

The same cycle, repeating endlessly.

And I realized:

“This will never end.”

The Struggle to Stop

If I didn’t stop here, I would truly lose everything.

But even with that realization, I couldn’t move right away.

Because I desperately wanted to get back the money I had already paid.
That feeling wouldn’t disappear.

I couldn’t give up.

Not yet.

End of Episode 6 – Part 2

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