Who is the Other Host?

POV: Ikeda Akihiko

"GODDAMN IT!"

I punched the ground with my clenched fist and teeth. My muscles are quivering as I growl. I only have one task, to protect her, but that person can't be me.

Since Saori left, I've been on the ground kneeling and bowing as I scream. Minutes after, I just lost the energy to scream anymore.

Not so long ago, I just realized that I'm just holding back anyone. I'm not doing anything essential at all. I'm dead weight. It's better if I didn't exist here… that I didn't know anyone.

I should have just isolated myself again, like what I did this past year after the issue with my dad. If I did that, I would never become a burden anymore.

It hurts… it feels dull inside me. I can't even breathe air the same way again, knowing that I'm the reason why everyone failed.