"Miyoko… who is that man you know?"
My eyes were locked on her face waiting for even the smallest sign of honesty
But her expression stayed still… too calm
"That man… he's nothing more than a famous criminal from the old districts"
she said quietly without lifting her eyes
Famous?
The word echoed in my head like an alarm
"If he's so famous… why have I never heard of him?"
She didn't answer
Her lips tightened as if she regretted saying it
Before I could speak again—
WEEOO— WEEOO— WEEOO—
Police sirens
Loud
Close
Sharp
I looked toward the street—
and everything inside me screamed:
No… not now… not the vision…
But the sound grew louder, until police cars stopped right in front of the hospital
My breathing stumbled
The world froze
"This can't be… it can't be…"
I whispered without realizing
Then I ran
I didn't think
I didn't look back
My body moved on its own
"Genso! Wait!"
Riko shouted behind me
And further back—
"Genso! Stop!!" Miyoko's voice broke the air
But my legs wouldn't stop
The sirens shook the sky blue lights flashing everywhere
And when I reached the hospital gate—
I froze
Yellow police tape
Officers holding radios
Nurses crying
The main entrance completely blocked
Riko reached me breathless:
"Genso… what's happening?"
I didn't answer
I stepped toward an officer near the entrance
"Sir, please… what happened here?"
He gave me a quick annoyed look
"This area is closed.. Step back kid"
"Please… just tell me"
My voice trembled
He sighed then said:
"There's been a murder On the fourth floor"
My heart dropped
The fourth floor
The same hallway
The same white floor
"When… when did this happen?"
I asked in a broken whisper
He checked a small notepad
"Just a few minutes ago"
A few minutes
Exactly… not a long time after my vision
I stepped back
Riko grabbed my shoulder:
"Genso… was this what you saw?"
I didn't look at him
I stared at the hospital
Miyoko arrived seconds later her face pale
"Genso… are you okay?"
I turned to her—
anger fear and confusion mixed inside me
"You said he was just a criminal…
but I saw him before the murder happened"
She took a small step back
Not from fear of me—
but fear of what my words meant
I stared into her eyes:
"Miyoko…
you know him, don't you?
You really know him…"
Before she could respond—
A red emergency light turned on above the fourth floor
Doctors ran out of the stairwell shouting:
"We found something else! Hurry!"
Another scream echoed inside the building
My body turned cold
It wasn't just a murder
There was…
something else
I stared at that red light—
and without thinking ran again
"Genso!"
Riko screamed
"Stop!"
Miyoko called after me
But I rushed past the police tape dodging an officer's hand
Someone yelled:
"Hey!! Get back here!!"
But my mind drowned everything out:
I need to see it myself
I flew up the stairs—
Second floor—
Third—
Fourth—
The floor of the vision
The blood
The man with the black bag
I reached the hallway
It was identical
Terrifyingly identical
A flickering light above
Nurses escaping
Two officers standing near a wide-open door
One officer stepped forward:
"Kid! Don't go in th—"
But I pushed past him, entering the room
Dark
Cold like a grave
The sharp smell of metal in the air
Then I saw it
Blood
Not only on the floor—
but on the wall
I stepped closer
One step
Another
Until the letters became clear
Written in dark red…
slanted…
as if someone wrote them quickly before disappearing
"Spectra"
My entire body froze
My breath stopped
Spectra?
A word I'd never heard…
Why here?
Why in blood?
My hands shook uncontrollably
"What… does this mean…?"
I whispered
I felt someone behind me
I turned—
Miyoko was standing in the doorway
Her face pale
Her eyes wide
She wasn't shocked
She wasn't confused
She looked like someone facing a ghost from her past
Riko appeared behind her, breathless:
"What… what does that mean? Who wrote that?"
Miyoko didn't answer
She stared at the word—
in a way only someone who recognized it would
No surprise
No denial
Just fear
Deep fear
Fear of the name
Fear of the past
I felt the same fear crawl through me
I stepped closer to her, my voice weak:
"Miyoko…
what does that name mean…?"
She raised her head slowly
Her eyes met mine
And the silence that followed…
was more terrifying than any answer