Meshitaki Onna ni Yakuza no Ai wa Omosugiru

24. Mary-san at ultra high speeds

 

I returned to the apartment, organized and checked the additional work President sent just before, and heaved a deep―― A ve～ry deep sigh.

 

As expected, maybe making a debt with President was a mistake.

What is with this amount of work. Does President want to kill me?

 

With hollow eyes, I stared at the pot of tonjiru.

A nice fragrance of miso wafted from it.

 

I’ll think about it after eating rice and tonjiru.

Rather, if I don’t move my hands before thinking about it, it won’t end until the deadline.

Well, I should have enough time if I shave off some sleeping time to eat.

……Why did I go out earlier. If I continued working diligently, it would’ve been a little easier on me……

 

While sighing, I turned off the burner for the pot and turned my eyes towards the rice cooker.

The rice will be done in just a little bit.

Well, for the time being, I’ll return to work until then.

 

「Ahー, work is a bother……」

 

While grumbling I turned towards the PC, but at that moment, my cell phone received a text message.

 

「Hm?」

 

Somehow, it feels like a familiar situation.

He won’t send me off on another outrageous business trip, will he……

But, wait. This time I feel like I’m experiencing an even worse chill?

 

My spine shivered sensitively out of my control as I looked at my phone, but there was no record of the sender’s name.

Meaning, it was an address that wasn’t registered in my cell phone.

 

If it was just that it’d be fine, but the displayed email address was strange.

What kind of feeling was the address『[email protected]～』1 made with, oi.

Your resignation towards humanity is showing.

 

The title was blank.

It was rare via cell phone, but maybe it was some sort of junk mail.

 

Thinking so, when I looked at the contents, I froze.

 

『I’m Mary-san, I’m at Tokyo Station right now…』

 

――Yes?

 

 

I went a little blank.

Eh, this is that, isn’t it. The urban legend or ghost story that was popular a long while back. It was a bizarre story where they’d call repeatedly, and whenever they did, Mary-san would get closer each time. 2

But wasn’t this in fashion quite a long time ago?

Why, in this day and age?

 

It gave off a feeling of an ominous mail, like the ones where if you didn’t send it to five people, you’d get cursed.

Thinking so, I looked at the contents again, but other than the single sentence, there was nothing else written.

 

What is this, a prank maybe?

 

While tilting my head, I put the cell phone aside and turned towards the PC again, but at that moment, I was alerted to a second text.

I sure am getting a lot of texts today, while thinking that, when I looked at it my nerve was plucked.

 

『I’m Mary-san, I’m at Haneda Airport now…』

 

So fast!!

You were just at Tokyo Station, Mary-san!!

Within these 30 seconds, just how far have you traveled!?

 

Furthermore, the Mary-sans these days use public transportation, huh.

I thought she was something more ghost-like, but she’s unexpectedly pragmatic.

While I was thinking such a thing, my phone rang again. Of course, it was a text alert.

 

『I’m Mary-san, now, I’m inside the plane』

 

I had a vague inkling, Mary-san.

Since you were at Haneda Airport, if you weren’t able to ride a plane, I’d conversely be surprised.

 

While thinking so, another new text came.

Somehow it’s gotten fun.

I’ve never really gotten any prank texts like this before, but if they’re this outrageous it’s fairly amusing.

Where will you go next, Mary-san?

 

I who thought that, in the next moment, was frozen stiff.

 

『I’m Mary-san, now I’m at Kochi Airport…』

 

…………Yes??

 

Translated, it means something along the lines of “It’s best to give up on humanity.” Which is why I didn’t fiddle with it for the english equivalent. =_= As Nanao explains, it’s an urban legend/ghost story of a cursed(?) doll. Basically, the discarded doll calls up her owner at their new residence, and with each call received, Mary-san tells them her current location, which gets closer and closer to the new home. Don’t want to make the footnote too long so you can read a version of the story here. No jumpstarts or anything, I’m not a meanie. Although the movie poster does have a creepy ghost in it but can’t help that. I don’t wanna look at scary ghost story sites either!!!! >.>