４．Ｓａｔｕｒｄａｙ Ｍａｒｃｈ ２， ２０１９
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Apart from the 〈Milley〉's video, there is another strange one that seems to have spilled over from a parallel world. Again searching for 'Milley, Silva, fight,' Maruta opened the video that came up.
"Stop it!" A woman's voice like glass being cut. Inside a white-colored room, the blond man silently grabs the woman's hair with one hand and wrestles her to the floor.
The length of the video is even shorter, eight seconds. The man and woman in the video appear to be 〈Silva〉 and 〈Milley〉 respectively, but the quality of the image is too poor to be certain.
Is it someone's prank? Or, as this video shows, if 〈Milley〉 was actually being assaulted by 〈Silva〉 when she testified that she fell down the stairs, she was hiding the fact. If it were simply a lover's quarrel between a young couple, this would not be such a remarkable video. However, as long as the man and woman are dying as a result, they cannot be ignored.
This short video was posted in October 2018, but the specific date and time of this agonizing incident is unknown, as it must surely have been reprinted many times. It is also unclear who took the video and where it originated.
"Hey, Wave your hands!" The sudden sound of 〈Milley〉's voice made Maruta's body tremble.
It's not an empty voice, but a real voice.
Instantly, Maruta had a kind of resignation, wondering if he had finally come to receive radio waves from heaven, hell, or some other world. But, a review of the tablet screen confirmed that this was a misunderstanding. The 'related video' had started by itself due to the auto-play function.
The title is 'Milley's offline gathering with Tokyo Spread before their debut'.
Just in time. Maruta was just about to watch this next. As the video site also shows, this is exactly related the 〈Silva〉 and 〈Milley〉's incidents. At least, it seems that way to Maruta.
"Hey, Wave your hands! People in the back of the hall." When 〈Milley〉 on stage called out into the microphone, people in the back of the crowd responded by cheering, waving their hands, and glowing psylliums.
It is an impressive crowd-pleaser. Every time Maruta watches a video of this kind, he feels a mixture of admiration and dismay, and a talent he would never have.
It is not clear where the event space is located, but the screen is crowded with guests, who must number no less than a thousand. The ratio of men to women was almost 50-50. All of them seemed to be middle and high school students. At least no middle-aged men in tired suits or elderly women who only complain are identified in the video. They react sensitively to the queen's every word, while radiating energy like a violent chemical reaction.
"In the middle." When 〈Milley〉 shouts out, the crowd in the middle booms as well. From then on, "Front rows,","Last, everyone in the hall!", after a well-deserved rousing of her young followers, 〈Milley〉 began to dance like a spinning firework to the fast-paced background music that played without any sign of warning.
It must be music by voice processing software. The singer is a mechanical woman who sings in an unnerving voice, not 〈Milley〉. She dances only in small increments to music, but her movements are based on a mastery that consistently draws the viewers in.
Although, on the day of the event, 〈Milley〉 kept the crowd in stitches from start to finish, the video composition switches to only texts and still images in the middle of the video. As the title suggests, this video was not uploaded so that viewers could admire each other for 〈Milley〉's expressive qualities. The focus is solely on the fact that 'the group' was visiting this event.
Maruta paused the video and stared again at the single image projected. Since this is a picture that he has looked at many times before, along with other case-related data, he never feels tired of looking at it again. The image shows the members of 〈Tokyo Spread〉 in the front row along the fence that separates the stage from the audience, which is always seen in concert halls.
From the front are the red-haired 〈Captain〉, the afro-haired 〈Shaggy〉, the hulking 〈Kirvy〉, and the diminutive 〈Mont Blanc〉 behind the three of them. Another person who calls himself 〈Number 4〉 is a member of the 〈Tokyo Spread〉, but his appearance is not captured here.
All four, without exception, are holding chemically glowing sticks, their excess of energy held back by the fence, their glowing faces turned toward the stage as if they were children who had been given a long-sought-after toy for the first time.
Proceeding with the video, Maruta once again organizes the matters related to the case in his brain. Then, alone in the back of brain, he mumbled to himself, feeling the residue of the stimulation, akin to ecstasy from a revelation, when he first learned of these connections.
Yes, they are the 'male acquaintances' who were closest to 〈Silva〉 when he was killed.
In the video, the faces of each member of 〈Tokyo Spread〉 are surrounded by an irregular circle, as if drawn by mouse-dragging. The next brief sentences appear and disappear through a fade effect.
"Tokyo Spread, the most promising video-creators of the moment."
"Their first look before their video debut."
"This excited look in front of Milley, whom they adore."
"Thinking that even these mischievous boys had this side to them,"
"it's kind of smiling."
Stopping the video there, Maruta looks at the description column at the bottom of the playback screen. The video itself has a posting date of July 2018, but just below that, it can be found in the description, 'At the Milley's solo offsite meeting UMORE-sponsored, in April 2017.'
Once Maruta minimized the video site. He traced the sequence of events that he saw as involved in the case that had been constructed in his mind, in chronological order, which is a process that has been repeated many times since the 〈Silva〉's incident occurred.
First, in April 2017, the guys from 〈Tokyo Spread〉 showed up at an off-site meeting of 〈Milley〉.
Next, in May 2017, 〈Milley〉 was injured. Perhaps 〈Silva〉 had assaulted her?
A month later, she succumbed to an abdominal injury.
And in August 2018, 〈Silva〉 died in the mountain of Yamanashi Prefecture.
Here is an email. Could it be from Kira?
"Stop it!" A woman's voice like glass being cut. Inside a white-colored room, the blond man silently grabs the woman's hair with one hand and wrestles her to the floor.
The length of the video is even shorter, eight seconds. The man and woman in the video appear to be 〈Silva〉 and 〈Milley〉 respectively, but the quality of the image is too poor to be certain.
Is it someone's prank? Or, as this video shows, if 〈Milley〉 was actually being assaulted by 〈Silva〉 when she testified that she fell down the stairs, she was hiding the fact. If it were simply a lover's quarrel between a young couple, this would not be such a remarkable video. However, as long as the man and woman are dying as a result, they cannot be ignored.
This short video was posted in October 2018, but the specific date and time of this agonizing incident is unknown, as it must surely have been reprinted many times. It is also unclear who took the video and where it originated.
"Hey, Wave your hands!" The sudden sound of 〈Milley〉's voice made Maruta's body tremble.
It's not an empty voice, but a real voice.
Instantly, Maruta had a kind of resignation, wondering if he had finally come to receive radio waves from heaven, hell, or some other world. But, a review of the tablet screen confirmed that this was a misunderstanding. The 'related video' had started by itself due to the auto-play function.
The title is 'Milley's offline gathering with Tokyo Spread before their debut'.
Just in time. Maruta was just about to watch this next. As the video site also shows, this is exactly related the 〈Silva〉 and 〈Milley〉's incidents. At least, it seems that way to Maruta.
"Hey, Wave your hands! People in the back of the hall." When 〈Milley〉 on stage called out into the microphone, people in the back of the crowd responded by cheering, waving their hands, and glowing psylliums.
It is an impressive crowd-pleaser. Every time Maruta watches a video of this kind, he feels a mixture of admiration and dismay, and a talent he would never have.
It is not clear where the event space is located, but the screen is crowded with guests, who must number no less than a thousand. The ratio of men to women was almost 50-50. All of them seemed to be middle and high school students. At least no middle-aged men in tired suits or elderly women who only complain are identified in the video. They react sensitively to the queen's every word, while radiating energy like a violent chemical reaction.
"In the middle." When 〈Milley〉 shouts out, the crowd in the middle booms as well. From then on, "Front rows,","Last, everyone in the hall!", after a well-deserved rousing of her young followers, 〈Milley〉 began to dance like a spinning firework to the fast-paced background music that played without any sign of warning.
It must be music by voice processing software. The singer is a mechanical woman who sings in an unnerving voice, not 〈Milley〉. She dances only in small increments to music, but her movements are based on a mastery that consistently draws the viewers in.
Although, on the day of the event, 〈Milley〉 kept the crowd in stitches from start to finish, the video composition switches to only texts and still images in the middle of the video. As the title suggests, this video was not uploaded so that viewers could admire each other for 〈Milley〉's expressive qualities. The focus is solely on the fact that 'the group' was visiting this event.
Maruta paused the video and stared again at the single image projected. Since this is a picture that he has looked at many times before, along with other case-related data, he never feels tired of looking at it again. The image shows the members of 〈Tokyo Spread〉 in the front row along the fence that separates the stage from the audience, which is always seen in concert halls.
From the front are the red-haired 〈Captain〉, the afro-haired 〈Shaggy〉, the hulking 〈Kirvy〉, and the diminutive 〈Mont Blanc〉 behind the three of them. Another person who calls himself 〈Number 4〉 is a member of the 〈Tokyo Spread〉, but his appearance is not captured here.
All four, without exception, are holding chemically glowing sticks, their excess of energy held back by the fence, their glowing faces turned toward the stage as if they were children who had been given a long-sought-after toy for the first time.
Proceeding with the video, Maruta once again organizes the matters related to the case in his brain. Then, alone in the back of brain, he mumbled to himself, feeling the residue of the stimulation, akin to ecstasy from a revelation, when he first learned of these connections.
Yes, they are the 'male acquaintances' who were closest to 〈Silva〉 when he was killed.
In the video, the faces of each member of 〈Tokyo Spread〉 are surrounded by an irregular circle, as if drawn by mouse-dragging. The next brief sentences appear and disappear through a fade effect.
"Tokyo Spread, the most promising video-creators of the moment."
"Their first look before their video debut."
"This excited look in front of Milley, whom they adore."
"Thinking that even these mischievous boys had this side to them,"
"it's kind of smiling."
Stopping the video there, Maruta looks at the description column at the bottom of the playback screen. The video itself has a posting date of July 2018, but just below that, it can be found in the description, 'At the Milley's solo offsite meeting UMORE-sponsored, in April 2017.'
Once Maruta minimized the video site. He traced the sequence of events that he saw as involved in the case that had been constructed in his mind, in chronological order, which is a process that has been repeated many times since the 〈Silva〉's incident occurred.
First, in April 2017, the guys from 〈Tokyo Spread〉 showed up at an off-site meeting of 〈Milley〉.
Next, in May 2017, 〈Milley〉 was injured. Perhaps 〈Silva〉 had assaulted her?
A month later, she succumbed to an abdominal injury.
And in August 2018, 〈Silva〉 died in the mountain of Yamanashi Prefecture.
Here is an email. Could it be from Kira?
