Emi turned, trembling. “I thought you died. After Yuki… you just vanished.”
“Why now?” Emi whispered.
Emi’s breath fogged the screen. She hit . Searching for- hikari ninomiya in-All Categorie...
The cursor blinked on the cracked screen of the library’s public terminal. It was 11:47 PM, seventeen minutes before the system would automatically purge the day’s search history. Emi turned, trembling