"Ha—huh, thank goodness, I'm back."
On the single bed in the low-rent apartment, Kamiyagawa jolted upright as his consciousness returned.
Back to reality, the first thing he did was check his left arm.
It was fine.
There weren't any maggots wriggling inside his body.
Then there was the emotional and mental aspect.
When black maggots had invaded his body in the Inner World, Kamiyagawa felt his brain uncontrollably filled with violent, murderous, greedy thoughts, along with possessiveness to the point of being unable to think.
And now back to reality, that negative, degenerative emotion still lingered somewhat.
But it was just a little bit, no longer influencing his thoughts.
Sitting on the bed, he adjusted his emotions, and that remaining bit of negative emotion finally began to dissipate slowly.
"It seems those maggots couldn't follow my return to reality, but their influence on thought and emotion could be brought back."