Supernatural/Anime Crossover: Where Did My Romantic Comedy Go?

Compared to the inevitable death, disappearance at least leaves a glimmer of hope.

I should have known better than to act like a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur).

Standing in front of the factory gate, Gokou Ruri felt very regretful.

But what's done is done, and there's no use in regretting it now.

Ever since she entered the wire mesh area, she had a feeling.

That thing became even more active!

creak!

She didn't need to push.

The iron gate slowly opened inward.

Years of exposure to wind and sun have caused the axle to rust.

The entire iron gate was vibrating, and thin flakes of paint kept falling off.

It's like snowflakes fluttering down.

The door stopped when the gap widened to an angle just wide enough for her to squeeze through.

She glanced inside.

pitch black.

A bottomless, pitch-black darkness.

The moonlight seemed to be swallowed up when it reached the doorway.

The factory was beckoning to her.

He invited her to come in personally.

Ruri Gokou swallowed hard.

Despite having prepared herself, she was still afraid at this moment.

No matter how powerful you are in your imagination, it is still just an illusion.

She was ultimately just an ordinary first-year high school girl.

A shadow appeared at her feet.

It has a round head and a pair of ears.

He suddenly turned around.

I took two steps back, my back pressed against the cold iron door.

Under the dim moonlight.

A small bear doll, about half the height of a person, was standing there.

Her original appearance should have been quite cute.

The reason I say this is because Ruri Gokou knows about this doll.

It was very popular five years ago. She was in fifth grade then and saw it in a shop window.

Unfortunately, her family didn't have the money, so even though she really liked it, she didn't ask her family for money to buy it.

I just sewed one by hand when I got home.

But the teddy bear in front of her was completely different from the one she had dreamed of having.

The two black glass beads that were originally used as eyes are gone.

Instead, there were two jet-black buttons.

The mouth area has been replaced with a zipper.

A huge wound runs right through the center of the teddy bear, piercing it from head to tail.

It was just haphazardly sewn together with red thread in a cross pattern.

In addition, there were fine stitches sewn all over her body.

It resembles some kind of eerie pattern.

Chilling.

Ruri Gokou's breathing almost stopped.

The case of a corpse hidden in a doll!

A girl who was dismembered!

The body was cut into pieces and sewn into her favorite doll.

The murder was only exposed when the doll was put into the cutting machine at the waste treatment plant and completely shattered, with human remains scattered all over the ground.

The case details she had specifically collected for writing a light novel were now flowing into her mind like a stream.

Under her tense gaze, the little bear tilted its head to the side.

The zipper bent, as if it were smiling.

What is it laughing at?

The thought flashed through my mind, and then a tremendous terror surged from the depths of my heart.

My hands and feet were ice cold.

Before her brain could give the order, her body had already started to act on its own.

Without the slightest hesitation, she went straight through the iron gate.

We entered the waste treatment plant.

The figure disappeared into the darkness.

The teddy bear stretched out its short arms and scratched its head.

He looked quite troubled.

Head down.

I followed Ruri Gokou inside.

Deng!

The door closed again.

Only a small crack was left open, waiting for the next visitor.

huh... huh...

My lungs feel like they're on fire.

My legs felt incredibly weak.

However, Ruri Gokou dared not stop her steps in the slightest.

The waste treatment workshop is square in shape.

A row of small windows were opened near the dome.

Moonlight shone through, allowing her to barely make out the internal structure.

The white walls are mottled and peeling.

A few weeds stubbornly sprouted from the gaps between the iron plates.

Iron chains hung down from the top ventilation duct.

It looks like a series of hanging ropes.

The air was very murky, and you could smell mold with every breath.

Apart from that, the entire factory was completely empty.

Only bare concrete pillars stood there.

Indistinctly visible.

Everything useful was taken away when the decision to discard it was made.

Whether it's a hydraulic press or a cutting machine, these industrial behemoths are extremely valuable.

Investors cannot simply leave it to gather dust here.

Ruri Gokou even saw several dilapidated blue tents.

It's likely that homeless people used to scavenge here.

As for where these people went?

She didn't want to think about it too deeply.

Just then, a corpse suddenly slipped from her sight and fell at her feet.

She was startled and immediately stopped in her tracks.

It was only then that she realized she had unknowingly arrived at the deepest part of the waste treatment plant.

Before us was a massive incinerator.

The furnace walls were covered with black marks from being scorched by the flames.

My stomach is churning.

Ruri Gokou braced herself on her knees with both hands, panting heavily.

My vision is blurry, my brain is lacking oxygen, and I feel dizzy and lightheaded.

It seems that thing wasn't following me?

I turned my head to look.

There was nothing behind me.

The chilling feeling that had been lingering around her disappeared as well.

The entire factory was eerily quiet.

She was the only living creature.

"call……"

I breathed a sigh of relief.

Although I had already prepared myself mentally.

But when something truly eerie appears before us, who wouldn't be afraid?

Ruri Gokou didn't know why the other person hadn't followed, but as long as they weren't bothering her, that was fine.

Look down at the ground.

A tattered red cloth lay at his feet.

You can barely make out the shape of the dress.

This is the thing that fell down earlier.

It must have been left by a homeless person.

Thinking about it, I didn't reach out and pick it up.

Because there were large black stains on it, which were probably engine oil or something similar.

So what should we do now?

Ruri Gokou was somewhat confused.

She came here because she felt it was the final deadline.

She had imagined many scenarios, but the one she never expected was that the other party would actually let her go at this moment.

That's very awkward now.

Should she go home now, or wait here for the other person to come looking for her?