DR2 CH3 P2

Super High-school Level Update #67

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    Third Island Theme
   
   Here we are on Island 3. Random tumbleweeds come rolling around from time to time. This time, we’re doing the loop going right.
   
   
   
   
   
   First stop!
   
   
   
   
   
   It’s a hospital reception, but…
   
    This place feels like something out of a horror movie… I really wouldn’t want to be hospitalized here…
   
   
   
    …Hinata-saaaaan!
    Whoa!
   
   
   
    Ah, I frightened you… I’m sorry…
    But don’t worry! You’d be fine even if you got so frightened you had a heart attack! This is a hospital!
    I think if I had a heart attack, I’d worry no matter where I was…
   
   
   
    There’s something… strange… about this hospital…
    There aren’t any doctors or nurses or patients around. There’s no one here at all…
    Yeah, so it seems…
   
   Shit… So this island’s deserted too. What the hell’s going on here?
   
   
   
    Ah, but the medical equipment’s all here. I have to check it to see if it’s usable, though…
   
   
   
    Hawawa… You’re about to tell me to go check it out right now, right?!
    O…Okay…! I’ll be done in no time so don’t worry about me!
   
   
   
   Tsumiki ran off excitedly but awkwardly into a dark corridor.
   
    She said I shouldn’t worry, but I’m not so sure…
   
   
   
   There’s someone else here.
   
   
   
    …………
   
   
   
    Hmhmhm… Who would have thought my past would return to haunt me in a place such as this…
    And yet… It looks just like the place I had the “mark of demon-quelling” carved into my body…
    The… mark of what?
   
   
   
    …I have said too much. You would do well to… put it out of your mind.
   
   So, he brings it up unprovoked, and then tells me to forget about it. Okay.
   
   
   
   
   
   There’s a sheet of paper stuck to the notice board. It looks like an announcement from the hospital…
   
   But… there’s no one on this island. So who’s this notice for?
   
   There’s a notice here, but it’s not interesting, so you didn’t read it.
   
   
   
   
   
   Beyond this door… I’ll probably find the patient and examination rooms. I should leave them to Tsumiki, though.
   
   Hinata refuses to go further into the hospital right now, so all we can do is continue our island exploration.
   
   
   
   
   
   Ah, the place on everyone’s minds.
   
   
   
   
   
   A run-down building covered in garish neon lights. It’s… pretty shady-looking.
   
   
   
   There’s not much outside we can look at (the usual camera and monitor excepted), so let’s head straight in.
   
   
   
    I can’t be sure there’s nothing dangerous inside… I’d better be careful.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
    Yaaaaaaahoooooooo!!
    Whoa!!
    Yaaaaaaaaaaahooooooooooo!!
    Why the hell are you yelling?! You almost gave me a heart attack!
   
   
   
    The overwhelming reality is that Ibuki can’t help yelling right now!
   
   
   
    This here’s a music club, after all!
    Yeah… so it seems.
   
   
   
    We have a music club! Who wouldn’t get excited?!
    We have a music club! Who wouldn’t get excited?!
   
   
   
    Huh? Did Ibuki say that twice?
    Huh? Did Ibuki say that twice?
    Are you sure you’re alright? I think all the excitement’s getting to you.
   
   
   
    Ibuki’s totally fine!
    Ibuki’s totally fine!
   
   
   
    Twice again?!
    Twice again?!
   
   …That’s a “no” then.
   
   
   
    Now that we have a music club, it’s time for Ibuki to pitch in!
   
   
   
    And on that note, let’s get the good times rolling!
   
   
   
    Yaaaahoooooooo!! Ibuki’s going to show you what fun really is!
    Like, y’know that feeling when you’ve been out all night enjoying your precious youth and you walk victoriously past the masses on their way to another boring workday?!
   
   I… have no idea.
   
    …Well, if you’re so excited about this place, you should be the one investigating it.
   
   
   
    Ibuki can’t wait to sink her teeth into it! …Care for another bite?
   
   …I’m too tired for this. I should just go explore somewhere else.
   
   
   
   
   
    This is incredible, Hinata-san! This is one of those famous discotheques!
    …What?
   
   
   
    You know, a place where hip youngsters don bodycon dresses and feathered folding-fans and dance the go-go and the lambada!
    …………
   
   …What?
   
   
   
   As opposed to the hospital, Hinata is willing to explore the club even though he just told Ibuki to do it.
   
   
   
   There’s a stage here…
   
   I was never really much of a performer, though.
   
   
   
   
   
   Some kind of a control panel…
   
   Looks like it’s for controlling the lights.
   
   
   
   
   
   The signs on the door say “staff only”. This is probably some sort of a storage area…
   
    I should probably look inside.
   
   
   
   
   
   Drums, guitars, and other instruments line the walls.
   There’s also lights, curtains, rolls of wallpaper… even cans of paint.
   
   …Nothing of much use to us, though.
   
   Nothing may be of much use, but there are quite a few things to look at in this room.
   
   
   
   
   
   There are all sorts of musical instruments here…
   
   I’ve seen guitars and drums before, of course, but most of this other stuff is new to me…
   
   
   
   
   
   Carpets and wallpaper sheets… There are even cans of paint.
   
   I guess these things are essential for setting up the stage.
   
   
   
   
   
   There’s a pile of stickers here. The club’s logo printed on them.
   
   Looks like they printed way too many… There’s something melancholic about it.
   
   
   
   
   
   A standing mirror large enough to reflect my entire body. Artists probably use it to check their wardrobe.
   
   Yeah, a mirror this big is a necessity in a place like this.
   
   
   
   
   
   There are two stepladders leaning on the wall.
   
   They probably come in handy for setting up the stage… and maybe for recording shows on film.
   
   …And that’s it. On with the island!
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
    It’s a cheap hotel with a parking lot attached…
    This kind of place is what they call a “motel” in America, right?
   
   I’ve seen them in movies but this is the first time I’ve seen one in real life.
   
   
   
    Wow, this sure is a shabby hotel! It’s filthy here!
    This must be just like big bro Hinata’s house!
    …I’m pretty sure you’ve never been to my house.
   
   
   
    Oh, you were here! Your presence is so weak I didn’t even notice!
    …………
   
   
   
    Still, it really is filthy here, isn’t it? A perfect place to house some cheap labor.
    …That’s going a little too far.
   
   
   
    But we have to search this place, right? There might be a clue inside!
    If you think so, why are you standing here? Go and look inside.
   
   
   
    Someone as uneducated as you probably doesn’t know it, but there’s a saying that goes “fools rush in where angels fear to tread”.
    …What of it?
   
   
   
    I asked big sis Owari to check it out. She hardly even needed persuading!
    She’s really coming in handy, isn’t she? That kind of an idiot is pretty rare - I have to take good care of her.
   
   I…I’m not sure why, but somehow it’s fascinating to see just how manipulative she can be…
   
   
   
   Can we look inside?
   
   
   
   All the rooms look the same… They’re probably the same inside too.
   
   I bet they’re all dark and damp… just like you see in American crime movies…
   
    …I think I’ll stick to my cottage.
   
   Nope.
   
   
   
   There’s also a car here.
   
   
   
   A rusty, crumbling car has been left in the parking lot. It doesn’t look like it’s going anywhere anytime soon.
   
   Next location!
   
   
   
   
   
   …Which we’ll explore next time.
   

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