Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei (When They Cry: Rei)

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei

Presented by Kurou Underground Translations

Presented by Kurou Underground Translations

Presented by Kurou Underground Translations

Dice Killing Chapter Two

58th year of Showa, June!?

Everything...

Everything is wrong.

In this world, there's no Irie, no Takano.

And also...

Maebara Keiichi is gone!

But above all else,

Oyashiro-sama's curse didn't take place?

Not only did I go back to the start, but it's a completely different world this time.

This place...

Where exactly am I?

Since Takano didn't make her appearance, the Irie Clinic was never founded.

Since the Hinamizawa syndrome research never happened...

My parents never died.

My mother was one who couldn't calm down,

and was made out to be quite the hysterical type.

To continue their research,

their motivations to silence her were obvious.

After all,

no matter how many times I restarted and tried to warn them,

they never listened.

And so, I had given up on them being here

after the 56th year of Showa.

However, in this world,

in the 58th year of Showa, my parents...

are here.

Hanyuu? What are you doing?

Hurry up and show yourself!

Hanyuu...?

Hanyuu? Hanyuu, are you there?

Where are you, Hanyuu?

Answer me!

Rika... Rika!

Where are you?

Hanyuu, can you hear me? It's me, Rika!

I'm right here!

Rika, Rika!

Don't worry, I can hear your voice.

But... the world you're in. I can't enter it!

What are you saying? Hurry up and take me away from this world!

Rika, please listen to me.

For some reason, I can't enter the world you are in.

To think that something like this could happen!

I didn't ask for such pathetic excuses. Hurry up and do something!

Please, help me!

I can't, Rika. The world you're in possesses a certain resistance against me.

If you don't do something about it, I'm completely powerless.

What do you mean, "resistance against a god"?

Such a thing can't exist, can it?

I'm not sure why,

but something from the world of the Gods is sealed away in your world.

To explain it,

it's as if the key to a chest you want to open has been locked inside it.

The key to the... key?

The world you're in right now has a fragmented piece from our world.

Just like a jigsaw puzzle,

we have to put that fragment back together before I can go to your neighboring world.

Then, unless I do something about that fragment in my world,

or in other words the jigsaw piece,

the surrounding pieces can't be visited?

That's right.

And because of that, I can't go to your world or help make it right.

In that case, I just have to do something about that fragment, right?

Where is that fragment? And what exactly am I supposed to do with it?

I have no idea!

Huh? How am I supposed to find something that you don't know anything about?

This fragment,

does it have a warm sparkling feel to it like this ball?

P... probably.

But it's beyond my imagination to think of what form it could have taken by now.

To search for something that you don't even know the appearance of... this is bad.

Well, if and when I do find it, what am I supposed to do with it?

I suppose that means you don't know that either?

And to add to this, I'm stuck in this world where I don't know left from right?

This power that I used to get us into this situation

was something that I had sworn to never use again.

Wait, then you're saying that you used this power that you shouldn't have used... to save me?

Yes, because there was nothing else that I could do.

You were hit by that truck.

It was bad luck.

You ended up right under the truck's tire.

Under the tire?

Your body... it was... you had completely lost your head.

So I was beheaded from that crash with the truck, huh?

After that, everybody prayed for this to be nothing but a dream,

and despaired and cried nonstop.

So in other words, when you get right down to it,

"You reap what you sow," huh?

Anyways, to get back to my world, I first have to get you here. Correct?

Yes, you're right.

I also want to go back to our old world together with Rika!

That's right.

We'll return to that world that we struggled to create for over a hundred years.

Rika!

I'll return. I'll go back.

I will definitely make sure that I get back to our old world!

No matter how difficult it will be,

I'll definitely return!

Perhaps...

In this world without Hanyuu, if I die, that means it's "The End" right?

That's right. In your world, my power can't reach you.

So Rika... please be careful.

I understand.

On my side, your voice is growing fainter and fainter.

I'm using the leftover power from the Furude shrine...

But it's draining away fast.

I see.

So it's like the battery of a transceiver, huh?

In that case, let's not waste the remaining energy.

Okay.

Don't worry. I'll definitely find that fragment and return to that fun-filled world.

And that's why you should work hard too.

If you find a hint of any kind, make sure to tell me.

Mi-chan's looks so delicious.

You want to try it too, then?

In that case, I'll trade it with this, okay?

What? Hey wait, wait!

Is that so?

You've been staring at me forever now! If you have a problem, say it out loud!

I-I don't have any problem with you-

Let it go, Satoko. Your eyes just met by coincidence.

It's no coincidence!

She's been staring at me for a looong time. It's creeping me out!

I'm sorry... I'll stop staring from now on.

Hmph.

Because of you, I couldn't even enjoy the taste of this cream croquette!

Have you found anything out yet?

By getting rid of the fragment from your world,

you can most likely send the fragment from your world to mine.

Getting rid of it... In other words, you mean to destroy it?

Yes, thats right.

I see.

Umm... Rika? The fragment isn't necessarily a thing.

There's a chance that it might even have possessed a person.

And if it is a person, what am I supposed to do? You can't mean...!

To get rid of a person...

means that they have to pass away.

Then that means that...

if the fragment has entered a person, then I'll have to...

Such a gloomy conversation. But now that I know this,

I can't help but think that the worst case is most likely.

We can only hope that that isn't so...

But no matter what we wish it could be, we first have to find the fragment, right?

But assuming it was a person, it would take on the form of someone close to Oyashiro-sama, correct?

Yes, that's most likely the case.

Then, what are the chances that the fragment is within me?

None.

If you were the fragment, then this conversation we are having would be impossible.

Then that means the next most likely would be either the Furude shrine master, my father,

or my mother...

And if that's the case, then I just have to massacre them both, huh?

If there's another method, then of course I'd prefer to try that first.

But since there isn't another way, I won't hesitate in what I have to do.

I'll pray that the fragment isn't a person then...

Pray, eh? Then I'll do so too.

Continue your search, and if you find any more hints, please contact me.

I understand.

These documents...

Perhaps... there might be some...

Thanks for always making my meals. Nipaa~

What's this all of a sudden? I'm your mother, after all.

What is it? Do you need a favor?

I can't feel anything. It seems the fragment isn't in my mother.

I just want to show my everyday gratitude!

Oh, is that so?

What are you reading all by yourself for?

What the heck is this? This doesn't make any sense at all.

Here!

Pass!

Come and get it!

Over here Rika, here, here!

What's wrong, Rika?

Satoko, shut your mouth for a second.

Since you had the same face as my best friend, I endured it for awhile.

But I'm just about fed up with that arrogant voice of yours.

The next time you decide to bully me, I won't listen to any of your excuses.

So with that in mind...

Nice to meet you.

That should do it.

Okay, you two. Make up and apologize to each other.

If you don't apologize, we'll just keep standing here forever.

Hojo.

I'm sorry for hitting you.

See? Furude apologized, so you apologize too, Hojo.

Sorry for teasing you.

Don't ever fight like that again, okay?

Okay.

Rika, let me see your hand for a second.

What's this? It's injured, isn't it. Here, take a seat.

Well then, let's go back to the classroom, Hojo.

Furude, after you finish treating your hand, make sure to come back right away.

I suppose everyone gets lonely after school ends. You too, right?

To have a good friend suddenly transfer out of your school.

That feeling of loneliness, I know that feeling very well.