"Am I going to have to hit the ground to wake up this time?" wondered Yano Chiharu, "If I fell like this in reality, I'd surely be dead, wouldn't I? But this is just a dream, this is just a dream, I'll wake up."
But then again,
Every time I have this dream, I fall from a greater height than before.
If I really hit the ground, what would it mean?
Will I never have this dream again?
Or... will I never wake up again?
The thought was a bit terrifying.
Ding-ding—ding-ding—
Just as Yano Chiharu was about to hit the ground, a blurred red light flashed beside her, accompanied by the clear sound of a bell ringing.
"Puhu, puhu!"
Yano also heard the cries of some unknown small beast in her ear.
At the same time.
Atop the rooftop, there was a man with thick eyebrows who was still lying down, laughing, and staring intently downwards; he was enveloped in a crimson light and shredded into pieces...
...
Real world.