Vol 4 Chapter 1 (1/2)

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(Oend of the Great Flood without fail Noah's Flood in the Bible, the legend of the flood of Gilgaend of Manusy, Roy The torrential flood erupting forth in the myths had a destructive i the world Many acade similarities between the floods described in these myths, and that this antic flood that destroyed the world

But ies are not historical records They are uise of stories More importantly, the facts they record are not necessarily real, though ies as being historical records that noted down factual events accurately

Indeed, there is a lack of evidence for - and reat flood; from this we can conclude that a flood of such scale has never occurred on Earth A gigantic flood that destroyed the world would certainly have left behind clear y of the Earth However, a study of these confir has never occurred After innuations, we can prove that the Great Flood never existed

But if the world has never been destroyed by a great flood in the past, then why are there sihout the world? Even culture in areas where it was geographically iends involving the world being destroyed by a flood

How did that come about?

In short, it is because legends are not historical records, but philosophical stories These stories incorporated both the objective impressions and the e the products of the societies of the time As such, they are the product of the universal human consciousness

If the record-like properties of ies ceased to exist, then so would the mysterious qualities of God

God will fall to level of a human with the fall of myth

However, there are still many who mistook huends

Thus, er stories of God, but purely stories of humans

Why did every country preserve the legend of the great flood in theirto our previous query, the answer is very simple if we consider a sireat flood that destroyed the world always at the beginning and prologue of the ends? We can easily find the answer if we follow this train of thought

I believe legends talk about the journey of human life

Whether consciously or unconsciously - we cannot ascertain which - the legends are talking about life

Try to recall how our lives began Let us place aside the ignorant fantasies of inning of the world No matter e are, every one of us had experienced this flood - this flood that destroyed our world ere born

That hen our ave birth

We were originally within the dim, constant, and perfectly safe world inside our mother's body Suddenly, as if soht to the outside The world within our reat flood of erous and ruthless world together with this uncertainty

It is this priends and records concerning the great flood and the consequential destruction of the world Destruction that was not the end of all things, but the beginning of everything This was the ends that start with a flood that wiped out the world

The myths afterwards also parallel the journey of life

All should be able to understand now that ”God”, the absolute existence that is the protagonist of ht with other Gods (in myths of monotheistic faiths, the other Gods are presented as devils of demons) - in other words, other ”me”s, and finally created a peaceful world after numerous defeats

Be it the Bible, Celtic legends, Egyptian legends, Chinese legends, or Ugaritic legends All myths have this commonality: what they tell is not the story of ”God”, but stories of ”me”

In soends, God considered humans failures and denied our existence This was because the author of the myth - ”me” - could not trust other humans and denied their existences

Such authors loomy personalities, who found it difficult to communicate with others If we accept the proposition that ”God” is none other than ”me”, and read the myths with this idea in

I a sidetracked Let us stop there

In conclusion, I hereby refute the ard their fantasies as matters of fact and firmly believe in the down upon the world froh above At the end, the only absolute existence in ”my world” exists in the center of ”my world”, and is none other than ”me” A God that controls miracles, fate, and mysteries does not - can not - exist Myths are only ordinary stories that describe normal human lives I am God, and myths are human lives What follows may seem unnecessary - but if we consider the above conclusion, then we may be able to understand the ”purpose of God” in myths

That means - (Omitted)

-- ”The Unified Structure of God and Me” by Akutagawa shi+rayuki, student of Class 1-D of Kanaryō Prefectural High School

Breaksun Hanseler brothers, but no older siblings There were fifty-five people whom she called 'mother', but only one father

She had no friends, and of course, no lovers

But recently, she obtained an unusual roommate

She dyed her hair

She had been interested in this for a while now Due to her whi if her hair could go back to hoas before she dyed it She also worried that her hair would beco out She worried that the police would be upset at her for having an unusual hair color - therefore, she had never ed to dye her hair at the end

Until now

Since she wanted a change of o of her interest, she finally dyed her hair when she saw a hair salon by chance The hairdresser held up the color palette and asked her what color she would like, and she pointed randomly at a picture due to nervousness and confusion As a result, her hair becareen

She was dumbfounded when she saw her own head in the mirror What is this color? This looks like an alien! - Alien? Nice! Aren't aliens cool? Her mood itched in three mere seconds and she returned home to show off to her roommate

But her rooued and said that the color looked like vegetable juice, the fact that his own hair looked like to

” - Crunch, crunch, crunch crunch”

Her roo on so

No, not like a dog; he veritably was a dog, and these toys had been bought from the pet store anyways

He was a short young man with fiery red hair, and his eyes were sharp like those of a hungry beast And though he had a face as elegant as a girl's, he was not cute at all He was an arrogant and egotistical person

He didn't have a name yet, but he was not too concerned with this Still, it was troubleso a na She finally decided on one after a day of thinking

” Crunchy, crunchy - hmm?”

He took the toy out of his mouth and revealed his cute baby teeth Not only were they cute, the strength of these teeth was also astonishi+ng It would hurt to get bitten by him – the various uneven teeth h of that

Only two people lived in this small apartment, barely a size of four and half tatamis There was almost no furniture in the room due to her poverty, and it looked terrible Indeed, the entirety of her furnishi+ngs consisted of three storage boxes she bought during a sale, and a case that contained the worn guitar she had brought from her home

“Your name –

Breaksun suddenly pointed at the boy, as spacing out, and declared: “You shall be Nikuyama Kajiri!”

“…”

He looked expressionless, like a puppy that was drenched by a water gun There were hardly any changes to his expression, and he was really like a dog Why?

“… Crunch, grind”

She felt like he ignored her

Her red-haired rooain

“Don’t ignore ood name, Kajiri?”

Breaksun tilted her head and looked at hiain and looked at her with soe are both rather weird”

“I’m not Breako! I’m Breaksun Hanselmine!”

Breaksun declared this while puffing out her chest His reaction was not a happy one: “I can’t re name Tch, and what's this 'Kajiri'? And what’s Nikuyama? Meat-Mountain – is that even a human name?!”

“… You’re co a lot… It took rateful people like you! You won’t get toys anymore!”

She suddenly snatched the toy from him, still ith his drool

“Aaaah –”

He i to cry Breaksun returned the toy straight away She was ood at dealing with other people’s negative emotions, and yet his sentiments were so frank and unpolished

While she orrying about this, he chewed the toy in supreet a job today?”

“Not at all I’ve been circling the town since , and no jobs dropped in front of me”

“Are jobs things that will drop onto the road??”

“It’s only a simile I’m a poet”

Breaksun puffed up her chest and praised herself, but he ignored her

“… Tch, that’s not a probleh money to eat It won’t matter if we don’t force ourselves to work”

“Don’t say that The duty to go to work is legislated by the japanese Constitution”

“You even brought out the Constitution You really do like rules, and yet your existence is so outside of all the rules”

She couldn’t understand what he ood

Breaksun couldn’t help but be upset at his naturally emotionless face and stretched her hand towards hi his toy He would probably keep chewing for eternity if she left him alone

“Uuuuu…!” He beca that the toy would be taken away again However, Breaksun casually pulled him up out of the bed

“Let’s go eat Let’s go have dinner”

“You still feel hungry? So strange Judging fros should have disappeared by now”

“I don’t know Who cares Eat, let’s go eat!”

She dragged hi to Kajiri, she seeer, pain, and teh How did that happen?

Who cares Let’s just go eat dinner now

“Aaah –”

Whoever fixed the door did a shoddy job and she seemed to have smacked the door into someone Breaksun was a little shocked and retracted back She was reassured when she saho that person was and smiled

“Good evening, Ring-Bell”

“Ah, good evening, Break-nee”

The girl as greeting theawa Rinne In this apartment complex, where the rent and the environe, Rinne lived next door to Breaksun Rinne was a good girl rare in the current era, and Breaksun liked her a lot

Rinne had a head of pale pink hair, and earing the unifor the keys to her room, as if she just came back from somewhere

“Ring-Bell, did you go to work again today?’

“Ah? Yes, at the post office”

She was a very poor student This was evident fro to work every day On that point, she was much better than Breaksun, who remained unemployed

“Um…”

Breaksun silently prayed for Rinne’s happiness, and discovered Kajiri was standing mutely behind her Breaksun was a bit flustered and spoke with her best expressionless face:

“Oh This is my little lover… Ah, should I say Lover Number One? We are intimate everyday and enjoy ourselves with food and drinks, and he’s definitely not someone weird I picked up from a dark forest!”

Breaksun’s skills in lying were abysmal

“Urk – Ah, well Uh Rinne was confused, she still smiled at Kajiri, who hid behind Breaksun and was as alarawa Rinne A pleasure to meet you”

“…”

This doggie, on the other hand, was very rude He didn’t respond to the girl’s hulared sideways at Rinne as if she was his ene

Yes, he was terrified of strangers

Breaksun was already quite bad at co with others – no, she was very bad at it – but he was exaggeratedly terrible at it This scene was bound to be repeated every time he met someone new, and it really frustrated Breaksun

“Ah, I’ht Kajiri, say hello She’s a good girl and won’t bite or bark, and she won’t get upset and destroy everything around her” Breaksun said all this with seriousness, but Rinne’s expression changed a little Kajiri was rather obedient and nodded towards Rinne, while : “… hello”

“Ordinary people won’t greet others in that way Kajiri is way too shy Ah, I’-Bell”

“Ah – don’t worry about it”

Kajiri looked away fro on his own clothes, as if unable to bear talking with a stranger Why? Of course, Rinne was a rare acquaintance hom Breaksun was able to talk freely Neither of them were upset with his rude behavior, but it wasto have dinner now Right, that girl living with Ring-Bell –”

She re “Ah, Guriko Please say hello to her for oodbye and Rinne s – oh, how do I say it? Well, Break-nee, Kajiri-san, see you later”

“…Guriko?”

Kajiri, for some reason, responded to that name, but Rinne did not notice it and returned to her room Breaksun asked Kajiri curiously as they stood in front of the closed door

“Kajiri, you know Guriko?”

“Mmm – no, I’ve only heard that name before”

He began to becoo quickly It’ll be very crowded in the restaurant otherwise”

“Alright alright” Breaksun replied with a sot so docile all of a sudden

The situation with Usagawa Rinne, the girl living next door, took on an incredible change a feeeks later The two of theinable event

Breaksun had a kind of feeling towards Kajiri that was otism than love

She was happy whenever she ith Kajiri She would feel happy even if they were just conversing normally

She was so up relationshi+ps with other people

If one were to draw one’s relationshi+ps with other hu one by one

Most people were completely oblivious to her when she talks to them

Even if she occasionally et about her the next day

She simply could not become intimate with others Other humans were only passer-bys in Breaksun’s eyes She had missed out on endless rendezvouses; her relationshi+ps broke up one after the other At the end, Breaksun was left all on her own, and there was nothing she could do about it

Her father told her it was the erosion of cause and effect

…

Breaksun didn’t really understand what that meant

“Every shop is so crowded”

There were people queuing up in front of every restaurant in the shopping district Groups of high school students noisily passed by in the middle of the road The quick movement of all these people crushed Breaksun, and she kepta co curly green hair that she just dyed, and she walked forhile tightly holding on to the hand of a red-headed boy – such an appearance would usually attract lots of attention However, incredibly, nobody even looked at Breaksun

As if she was a pebble lying next to the road, no one recognized her

This was a world full of stimuli

Ih all the various stimuli and selects the information it needs The brain would explode if we received all the information at once and processed them all

And Breaksun seemed to be unnecessary information that was automatically expelled from human brains

Breaksun tried to approach a student walking on the road, and she stared at hinored her, and did not appear to see her

Even if Breaksun was holding a knife right now and stabbed hi who the murderer was

“An inborn mechanism to conceal yourself”

“…Huh?”

As soon as she ranted about so, Kajiri would turn his head and look towards her He could recognize her, and so could establish a human relationshi+p with her

Therefore, Breaksun needed hiotism

They walked on together side by side As if they raiths, no one even looked at them

“…This ht not work if we eat in a shop Let’s just buy some food from a convenience store?”

“Mnored by the staff in a restaurant, and we can’t order”

Indeed

Breaksun, transparent to everyone else as she was, faced many obstacles in daily life It had been like this ever since she was very young, and she had gotten used to it froo Kajiri looked towards Breaksun, who bent her body slightly forward, with his astonishi+ngly innocent eyes

His eyes were big and bottomless, as if he was an animal that knew no malice

“Breako, let me remove your erosion of cause and effect”

He touched the sharp crucifix hanging off his neck

“Don’t you want to live an ordinary life? Don’t you want to be an ordinary human? You saved me from that forest, where time had stopped I can fulfill your wishes as compensation”

His irises were of a dark red color, like that of rubies That pair of innocent eyes were completely different from those of other humans, which were mixed with impurities such as senti because of that It was as if his eyes had a cold aura about them

“If there is anything you are displeased with in this world, then I can annihilate it If there is anything you feel to be unjust on this Earth, then I can co is impossible”

“…”

He said all this with a serious face However Breaksun, who looked at hiuely as usual and softly patted his head

“I’m very happy”

Kajiri looked surprised Breaksun muttered to herself casually: “I have Kajiri with me, the food I eat is very delicious, I sleep very well, and I will forget everything unpleasant as soon as I start to sing I aenuinely content”

Breaksun’s face was full of tenderness as she spoke, as if she was educating a young child

“So Kajiri doesn’t need to change the world for me Your life force would be reduced whenever you use your power, no? It doesn’t lorious the world is or how happy it is All that would lose itsif Kajiri started to suffer”

There was a convenience store at the end of the shopping street not far from them

“Please don’t do anything and just stay by ht? My dear God?”

“… I’m not a God!” Kajiri turned his head aside, but a comforted smile surfaced on his face

Breaksun was sitting in the courtyard of a nearby shrine, and her ht at the convenience store

There was no one here and was very spacious and quiet Only the wind listlessly blew the fallen leaves round and round

“Kajiri, you are not going to eat?”

Kajiri was sitting cross-legged on the stone steps and peering curiously at the street below

Despite the age and dilapidation of the shrine and its sood view at the top

Kajiri grinned to show his baby teeth and carelessly looked far into the distance like a cat Upon hearing the question, he looked impatiently at Breaksun, whose cheeks were stuffed full with food: “Seriously, do I have to tell you again? I don’t need such things I can’t feel hunger, temperature, or pain Do you understand that?”

“What about taste?”

“No taste foreven if I do eat”

“Jesus Christ!” Breaksun yelled in English, herto cry because of you Not being able to taste any food – what a cruel and despairing hell that would be!”

“… No, it’s not that bad”

Breaksun sat down next to Kajiri, as spacing out, andto herself: “Mmmm… Munch… So delicious!”

“… Good”

“I want Kajiri to experience the joy of food too!”

A beautiful sunset and a view of the street as if looking at a miniature set made up the scene before thehed

“Right Lete of How Delicious Menchikatsu Is”

“… No thanks”

“Fuuuu – ”

Breaksun took in a deep breath and conored Kajiri’s words The scent of fallen leaves wasthe sunset, and it felt very nice to have that filling her lungs

The happiness that filled her heart and the siht of Kajiri metamorphosed into tunes and lyrics and flew out of her body spontaneously

“Crunchy – ” Herbefore she realized it “Crunch – crunchy – che~” Was it even a song? “Don’t eat me, don’t eat me, don’t eat me~”

“Hold on Breako! You’re singing in the menchikatsu's point of view! You shi+fted your position to that of theto pass on the happiness of eating menchikatsu!”

“…A to die?”

“Co like a menchikatsu! Breako!”

After Kajiri shook her forcibly, Breako finally regained her original sense of self Her consciousness would disappear whenever she i, and she would behave as if she was drunk and could fall to the floor