Chapter 1 (Lead The Way)

(TOKYO NOVEMBER 28)

That day it was raining heavily, a student named Uminoke was walking home from campus using her blue umbrella. She is just an ordinary girl who has her own life with her older sister, Kachi. She stopped and looked up at the sky.

"The smell of the rain today is very different." She remembered looking at the sky and feeling something strange. She looked to the west where the sky was dark blue. In the south the sky was gray with lots of clouds.

"(Why are their colors different, it's not like this)" She thought.

She then turned back to continue. But she looked up again towards the roof of a large building. There was a man who was relaxing in the corner of the balcony on the roof of the building. The man could only be seen behind her.

"(What is he doing there, isn't he getting wet?)" Uminoke thought confusedly. Because her cell phone rang. Uminoke must return to continue playing. Kachi was waiting for her to come home. Kachi is her older sister.

"I'm back"

"Welcome, how is your school?" Kachi said with a dear face.

"Yes, as usual, by the way, sister, do you feel that the rain this time smells different?"

"...Yeah it smells like dirty blood. Hng... Maybe it's just global warming."

"But I also read in the news, this rain causes serious illness for those who really get wet"

"That's normal, maybe a fever, go change your clothes quickly. Let's eat together."

"Okay, I'll take a shower first" Replied Uminoke who walked to the bathroom, she soaked in warm water in the bath while thinking about something.

"(This rain makes me feel uncomfortable when showering, and again... I'm still thinking about the guy from earlier, he looks like someone tall but I don't know yet because I didn't see him standing)"

After that Uminoke went into the room and changed clothes. Then walked to the dining table.

"Uminoke, I have a little work out of town maybe I'll be gone for a whole week. Can you take care of yourself?"

Kachi is an Assistant Director in a company, this time she had to accompany her boss out of town and leave Uminoke.

"Yes, I can. You don't need to worry. This is something I've gotten used to since Mom and Dad left."

After Uminoke said that. Kachi started to make a sad face. "(Uminoke...Your face looks normal talking about Mom and Dad...I'm sorry...Uminoke)"

The next morning it was time for Kachi to go to town.

"Umin, I'll go first... Gosh, why hasn't the rain stopped since yesterday?" Kachi said while looking disappointedly at the sky which continued to be cloudy.

"Are you really going to go, outside the rain hasn't stopped since yesterday and it looks like it smells polluted?"

"Yeah, I know, but what are you going to eat later, what about your school?"

"It seems like it was closed because the lecturer wasn't there."

"Then study at home, you want to be a doctor, right, if I'm sick you can take care of me" Kachi stroked Uminoke's head quickly.

"What the heck, I already want to be a doctor, the university has accepted me."

"Haha then I'll go" Kachi turned around. But Uminoke seemed to be holding back something. "S-Sister" She called. Then Kachi turned her head. Uminoke immediately hugged her. "Go home quickly"

"...Yes, I promise" Kachi stroked her hair. Then she walked to the station using an umbrella.

For the next week Uminoke lives alone without her older sister.

Time passes Uminoke is seen sitting alone on the sofa looking at the television that is on. She listened to the weather news. "The rain is not expected to stop until the weekend due to global warming. NASA will research this further," said the news.

"(It's really scary, but I really don't believe it at all)" Uminoke was silent, bored looking at the television.

Then Uminoke went to the kitchen and opened a shelf. She became confused. "...Where are the eggs, they seem to be running out. I'll buy them." She took an umbrella and walked out into the not-so-heavy rain.

Everyone seems to be continuing to work in the office even though the weather is bad. "(They really don't have any rest when it's raining like this, that's why there are so many sick now, they are more concerned with their work, what if the world ends, surely they won't be able to walk like this again)" Uminoke continued to look at the people passing by. Until she stopped because in front of her there was a person whose face she couldn't see because it was covered by an umbrella.

The person lifted his umbrella and saw a tall man with a black cat on his shoulder.

"Yo, you again," said the man with a look that looked like he was thirsty for blood. With slightly droopy eyes and dark blue undercut hair, he wears a black coat like someone who works as a personal bodyguard.

"... Have we met?" Uminoke looked confused.

"Hm... We've never met. But you found me first." The man responded with a fake smile. Uminoke became increasingly suspicious, but she was surprised to realize that the man was the man she had seen on the balcony of a building. "(W... What... How could... Did he really see me at that time, but... At that time he was facing away from me)" Uminoke stiffened then she saw a silver pendant necklace that the man was wearing That. "(That pendant... I think I've seen it before, let me remember... Oh, I forgot)" she broke out in cold sweat looking at the man's aura.

"My name is Line and you must be Uminoke" She stared.

"...(How does he know my name?!)" Uminoke thought in surprise.

"Don't be surprised, I'm someone you just met."

"Wa...Wait, I didn't want any problems beforehand, you misunderstood...We've never met before."

"We've met before, do you really not remember me?"

"(Wa...wait...The word meet in the sentence means we have met and met face to face...But I only saw him yesterday)" Uminoke fell silent, confused. It's like She's being played by the man.

"So I just want to tell you something" The man named Line approached and whispered.

"In the next 7 days this world will be a world of the dead, when the rain stops at the weekend you will see something that will make you scream in fear," said Line. Uminoke was carried away by the flow of Line's whispers. Suddenly someone grabbed Her shoulder from behind. She turned around in surprise.

"Excuse me girl, you are blocking people's way," said the person who tapped her shoulder.

Uminoke looked forward again. But Line was no longer there and Uminoke panicked and confused.

"(Wh... What... What happened?! Where is he, was that just my feeling... His words were like a whisper)" she became stunned, confused and a little curious about the man.

The next day, Uminoke is seen working on a book in his campus class. Outside, it looked like it was still raining.

"(Haiz... How long will this end... Also... Why does he keep coming into my mind)" she fell silent remembering the man named Line yesterday. "(If you think about it, he's handsome, but why does he look like an assassin, or ex-military, or something... Why can he say we've met before... For a moment I was really afraid of being terrorized by him)" she clenched his fists in annoyance.

Then some of his friends came. "Hey Umin, do you think there's something strange about this rain? I can't hang my clothes to dry, it's really annoying," said her friend who was complaining.

"Em.. Maybe I feel that way too. ... Em.. Do you believe that this rain will make us die?" Uminoke stared. Then her friend fell silent.

".. Pfttt... Hahah.. Where rain can kill" They laughed in disbelief.

Uminoke felt confused. "(Why don't they believe it... But it's true... Don't worry, that guy just lied to me)"

Until the seventh day, Uminoke woke up from her morning sleep. "Hng.., hoamm.." She yawned to collect her soul. Then she fell silent because she didn't hear the slightest sound of rain. She came out of the house and was pleasantly surprised because the 7 days of rain had stopped. However, the plants around were all dead and the streets felt deserted.

"... This is so strange, isn't it very quiet" He was still looking around confusedly.

Suddenly there was a man staggering far in front of her. The man lowered his head.

Uminoke remained silent, then decided to slowly approach him.

"... Um... excuse me sir, are you okay?" Uminoke tried to get closer but she was shocked and stiffened when he saw the man's face which was covered in blood. The person growled softly and was about to attack her slowly. Because he was afraid, Uminoke screamed. "P...Help"

Hearing Uminoke's screams, the man immediately roared loudly and was about to bite her. Uminoke immediately ran into his house and closed the door.

The strange man kept trying to open the door by banging on it, and strangely he was like a madman without any sense who banged his head on the door until Uminoke's door was covered in his blood. Uminoke could only hold the door with her body while closing her eyes in fear and covering her mouth with her hands.

Not long after. The strange man's voice could no longer be heard. Uminoke tried to look from the window. What she saw was that the man was gone, leaving blood on the door.

Uminoke sighed, but suddenly the man appeared and showed himself outside the window.

"Ah...!!!!" Uminoke was shocked and backed away slowly with a cry. The man kept trying to break the glass and the glass was almost cracked. "(Someone please help me, I don't want to die here.... I beg someone)" Now Uminoke's life is threatened.

But suddenly the man's head was pierced by a knife from behind him, causing him to fall. Because of the knife's penetration, the window glass broke. Luckily the man died bleeding. The knife was pulled back by someone who turned out to be Line, a man who met Uminoke on a rainy day. He was seen staring coldly at the knife he was shaking to clean it of blood. Uminoke was frightened, not knowing what was happening as she was shaking all over her face.

"Hey, didn't I tell you?" Line stood in front of her with a rougher voice.

Then Uminoke looked up and looked at him.

"... Y... You" She stood up and looked confused.

"Didn't I tell you, this world will be destroyed?"

Uminoke, who heard that, felt furious and immediately slapped Line. This made this man stiff with his cheeks covered in Uminoke's hand marks.