Ghost of the Past

Shido invites her to a near family restaurant.

Since the ticket he booked will start at 11, they decided to eat before they watch the movie.

"Here's your order."

The waiter said with a smile.

Kurumi ordered spaghetti and Shido ordered fries and burger.

"Thanks for the food!"

Both of them clapped their hands and start to eat.

…

In an unknown place.

4 people are looking at a planet from outer space while riding a spaceship.

"Hey Yu, is this place?"

"Yeah. We can use this to lure the Ialda."

"Tch! That Jinwoo! For him to get possessed by her."

"Don't be like that, Zhigang. He once saved the world— no, the universe. Now it's time to pay him back."

"Hae-In, just because your his wife, you're gonna pass that the fact he killed many people."

"But that's because he got possessed!"

"He is a murderer."

"STOP!"

*Boom!

Yu made a loud sound using his staff to interrupt their argument.

This made them back down and fell silent.

"Let's stop this argument. Sooyoung, how is your predictive plagiarism? Did we get her?"

"Stop saying my story! About that, we could. Still, don't take my words 100% since it's only a calculation."

"We know, so how many days she will arrive based on your estimate?"

"3 to 4 days. It is enough to set a trap."

"Good. Then I will leave the rest to our crew. You two just be alert."

"Hmm? Will you go somewhere?"

"Yeah. I need to meet him again."

"It's Ao, right?"

"Yeah."

"We understood."

They look at each other and nod.

"Okay then—"

Suddenly, he disappeared without any trace.

…

After they eat, Kurumi and Shido look around the plaza until the time has come.

Movie theater.

Arriving here, Shido give his ticket and they go in.

For the sake of their date, Shido decided to not choose a romantic movie, instead, he picks a fictional movie about a stray cat who falls into a walled city populated by robots, machines, and mutant bacteria, and sets out to return to the surface with the help of a drone companion, B-12.

While the movie is ongoing, he can see that she enjoys it.

The different expressions have been drawn on her face every time something happened to the stray cat.

In the end, the movie has a good ending.

"What a beautiful story!"

Kurumi couldn't help but praise it.

She also said that this is the first time that she watch a movie like this.

"Thank you for inviting me, Shido-san."

"You're welcome. I'm happy that you enjoy watching the movie."

In the middle of the plaza, Shido is thinking about where they will go next but Kurumi coincidentally said what he is thinking.

"Where should we go next?"

Shido couldn't decide since going to the lingerie store right now is kind of early.

"How about we go look around? If we saw something interesting then we choose that place."

"Since it's you then, let's go!"

Shido couldn't help but think that this version of Kurumi is very cheerful and childish, unlike the Kurumi from his memory.

It seems that this Kurumi might be in her early days of hunting before she knows that she didn't kill monsters but instead… humans.

If that is the case, then he will gladly accompany her for the rest of the day.

"Huh?"

While they are walking around, Shido spots a familiar person across the street.

This person is impossible to exist in this world that's why his expression right now is like he saw a ghost.

"Marika."

He muttered.

Tachibana Marika.

Hip-length orange hair and fair-skinned girl.

He couldn't mistake her, she is really that Marika.

He was about to call her when suddenly a bus passed and she disappeared.