I, Who Acquired the Ability to Read Memories, Am Being Swallowed by Darkness - While I Should Be Protecting Beautiful Girls, I Am Being Drawn into Darkness Each Time I Use My Power, Yet for Some Reason, My Harem of Beautiful Girls Keeps Growing - Chapter 57: To Misaki’s House

Chapter 57: To Misaki’s House

“Misaki…!”

A flash of lightning streaks through my mind.

“Everyone! We’re going to Misaki’s place!”

Onizuka, wiping blood from his face, and Ryoko and Reiko, still shedding tears.

The three’s expressions tighten in an instant.

“Now that Yamashita’s down…”

Reiko’s voice trembles.

“The control should be broken…”

“Hurry!”

Ryoko shouts.

“I’ve got… a bad feeling.”

After parting with Onizuka at the amusement park, the three of us race through the midnight residential streets.

When the grand Sakurai family mansion comes into view, a light glows in Misaki’s second-floor room.

“Ah!”

Reiko’s scream.

Misaki’s shadow at the window.

“Misaki!”

My voice tears through the night.

The window opens.

Misaki, in her school uniform, gazes down with vacant eyes.

“Why… did this happen…”

Her murmured voice reaches us.

“What… was done to me…”

Freed from control, all her memories have come flooding back.

Memories of being manipulated by Yamashita, hurting those she loves.

The humiliation of having her will stripped away.

All of it, crashing over her at once.

“Misaki! Stop!”

Ryoko cries out.

“We’re here for you!”

“I… can’t anymore…”

At that moment.

Misaki’s body leans forward.

“Misakiii!”

Reiko’s scream.

A split-second decision.

I brace myself against the ground.

My 120kg body becomes the most dependable landing spot in the world.

“Ryuuji-kun!”

Ryoko’s voice.

Misaki falls, cutting through the air.

Bathed in moonlight, she looks like an angel with wings.

“No matter what…!”

I spread my arms wide.

“I’ll catch you!”

Thud.

My beloved girlfriend’s body lands in my arms.

The impact forces me to my knees, but I catch her firmly.

“U… uwaaaa!”

Misaki, conscious, breaks down sobbing like a child.

“It’s okay now.”

I hold her tightly.

“I won’t let anyone take you away.”

Ryoko and Reiko rush over.

In the embrace of the three of us, Misaki’s sobs melt into the night sky.

Misaki’s room feels different from its usual cleanliness, heavy with a stifling atmosphere.

Scattered uniforms, disheveled bedsheets.

Everything seems to reflect the turmoil in her heart.

“Misaki”

I call out to her softly.

The moonlight streaming through the window illuminates her fragile profile.

Ryoko and Reiko are downstairs, waiting to explain things to her parents.

In this room, it’s just me and Misaki.

“The phone… let me see it.”

I gently extend my hand.

“No!”

Misaki clutches the device desperately.

“Don’t look… please…”

Her voice trembles.

Tears spill from her downcast face once more.

“I don’t want anyone to know…”

“Not those memories…”

Her pale fingers grip the phone tightly.

Her knuckles turn white from the strain.

“Misaki.”

I slowly kneel before her.

“I’ll take it all.”

“Huh…?”

“Every memory.”

“Every piece of your past.”

“I’ll take it all.”

In the moonlight, Misaki’s eyes waver.

“Because if I don’t,”

“You won’t be saved, Misaki.”

“Ryuuji… kun.”

It’s been a while since I heard her call me that.

“Trust me.”

I gently extend my hand.

“Share your pain with me.”

The moment I touch the phone, everything becomes clear.

Unimaginable scenes flood into my mind.