`"Have you heard a story about a ghost appearing after lessons?"\

`"I haven't, so tell me"\

`Me and my friend always chat while breaks, and one time he decided to tell me about the ghost.\

`I don't believe in such nonsense, so I was a bit sceptical.\

`"The ghost seems to be counting people"\

`"What? Counting people, that's it?"\

`"Seems like this is the case"\

`And this was the point where the story lost it's credibility...\

`"It's just some boring ghost, what is so scary about it?"\

`"Once it finishes counting, you better be on the run already"\

`Why should I?\

`"Something scary will happen if it finishes counting"\

`And again, a boring ghost story cliche.\

`"If you don't know what happens after that, then how do you know that something scary will follow?"\

`"Is it 10? Or 9? Anyway, try not to wait until it counts down to 9"\

`"What a weirdo of a ghost..."\

`"My friend's acquaintance was brave enough to wait just until the ghost finished counting, but even then he ran away from it in the end"\

`Then where is this "friend's acquaintance" now?\

`"Just be careful"\

`"Alright"\

`He stopped talking then walked away toward his desk.\

`I wonder whether the others will tell me exactly the same story when it comes to it.\

`I felt sleepy, but the lesson started immediately after I thought about getting a nap.\

stop

bg black,18

bg black,10,2000

bg"hito_kyou_yoru.jpg",10,1000

`... And now it's time to go home.\

`I had some things to do after school, so it became dark right after I had finished them.\

`Unfortunately, everyone had gone home already.\

`I felt a chill running down my spine for a moment.\

`Oh, some boys are still playing soccer in the yard.\

`Where does their energy even come from?\

`I think I will play some football too.\

bg"hito_rouka.jpg",16

bg"hito_genkan.jpg",16

bg"hito_gura.jpg",16

`I go through a long passageway to get to a changing room, then change my shoes and enter the schoolyard.\

`They are still playing football, what a vigor.\

`And then, the sound...\

`Yes, I think I heard something...\

wave "A5_12365.WAV"

`"Hitooooriiiii"\

`What a strange sound.\

`What?\

`Come to think of it, wasn't it more like a voice than some strange sound?\

"Futaaaari"\

`After hearing it again, I looked around.\

"Sanniiiiii"\

`I don't see anyone around here who would be able to make these sounds.\

"Yoniiii"\

`But the voice continued nevertheless.\

`Oh, I know, someone is playing hide-and-seek, right? I'm gonna turn around quickly and expose the owner of the voice!\

mp3 "odoroki.mp3"

ld c,":a;hito_kazoe.jpg",18

`"Goniiii"\

stop

`W-what.\

`A strange woman was standing there, her hair unkempt and being rustled by the wind.\

`I unintentionally moved back from her.\

`Huh? I suddenly came to realize that it wasn't until I turned back that she appeared here...\

`Is she a maniac or some pervert?\

`One of the boys looks in our direction with an axiety in his eyes...\

`...but continues to play football nevertheless.\

`Normally, they should be interested in such a strange person, but this time they completely disregarded her presence.\

`It feels unpleasant, and eerily so...\

wave "A5_11359.WAV"


`How can you not see this woman?\

`Alright...\

`The woman continues with her counting.\

`And now I recall that ghost story which I was told earlier during the break.\

`But now it doesn't really matter whether that story is true or not.\

`"Nananiiii"\

`Should I run away right now, and will this person chase after me?\

`What should I do? Call teachers, perhaps?\

`But this woman is standing right in front of me, staring intensely. Will I even be able to escape in such circumstances?\

`In case this is not really a ghost, maybe the boys will notice her?\

`What should I do, when exactly should I do it?\

`Of course, inbetween one of her counting mumbles...\

lsp 0,":a/2,0,3;hito_hati.jpg",100,10
lsp 1,":a/2,0,3;hito_kyuu.jpg",20,140
lsp 2,":a/2,0,3;hito_zyuu.jpg",180,130

print 10
spbtn 0,1
spbtn 1,2
spbtn 2,3

*else101

btnwait %13

if %13=0  goto *else101
if %13=-1 goto *else101
if %13=1  goto *hati
if %13=2  goto *kyuu
if %13=3  goto *zyuu














*hati
csp -1
print 10
`"Waachiinyiiii"\

wave "RunA@11.wav"

bg"hito_mon.jpg",15

`Once I heard it, I ran away in a matter of seconds.\

wave "RunA@11.wav"

bg"hito_douro.jpg",15

`I have to call for help, even if she is on my tail!\

`Damn, it indeed sucks when someone is chasing after you. God, somebody help me already!\

wave "RunA@11.wav"

bg"hito_oo.jpg",15


`"Haaaa~~, haaaa~~"\

wave "A5_14445.WAV"

`I ended up on an empty main street.\

`That woman wasn't to be seen anymore for the time being.\

`Haaa... Haaa... How scary it is...\

`Such psychos are definitely much more horrifying when you meet them face to face.\

`I have to tell about this incident to a teacher.\

`I made my way back home while still thinking about all of it.\

stop
mp3 "fwaon1.mp3"

`"Kyutsuuuuniiiiiii"\

`WHAT?\

`As soon as I started walking, that voice appeared again!\

`There is nobody around to panickily look around in a search of a strange voice.\

`Thus, there is no one to muster such a voice in the first place.\

`Hmm.\

`It's different now.\

bgm "f15.mp3"

`There is nobody here on the main street!\

bg"hito_douro.jpg",15

wave "RunA@11.wav"

`"IYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"\

`I think I ran away so hard that I left some footprints deep inside an asphalt.\

`I didn't even care that I could drop something out of my bag because of how fast I ran.\

`As far as I remember, there should be a police station nearby...\

`Gotta run there as fast as I can.\

`After this hell of a marathon I finally found it...\

stop

bg black,10,500

`... and the voice disappeared\

`In the end, the police officer saw me out to my house.\

bg black,10,500
bg black,10,1000

wave "A5_14445.WAV"

bg"hito_tokai.jpg",10,700

`Several years passed.\

`I have entered a university in another town.\

`I don't think I will hear about that psycho ever again.\

`But... who was she?\

`Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if I had heard the end of the countdown.\

`I don't even know...\

`Because...

wave "A5_14432.WAV"

bg"hito_tokai_aka.jpg",18

`I hear it...\

`I still hear it...\

`She is right behind me... the owner of the voice... is still counting down...\

`I've been hearing it since that incident at school.\

`Have I gone insane?\

`How long until "something scary" will happen?\

`Huh? Tell me!\

`TELL ME.\

`Oh God is this scary...\

`Help me... please.\

mov %210,0

bg"hito_end_1a.jpg",10,1500
bg"hito_end_1b.jpg",10,1500
bg"hito_end_1b.jpg",10,1000

goto *g_taitoru


*kyuu
csp -1
print 10


waveloop "A5_13406.WAV"

`I could't move, my legs were frozen to a ground.\

`My body was shaking, I was scared shitless, I felt I could fall down on the ground because of my weakness.\

`"Kyutsuuuuniiiiiii"\

`The woman was coming closer to me as she counted up to 9.\

`"Hiiiiiii"\

`I couldn't move anymore, and she came as close as possible to me.\

`Looking down on me, she laughed.\

`"Please! Don't kill me!"\

`She didn't so much as pay attention to my desperate outcry.\

`"One is not enough..."\

`"NO! NO!"\

`"I will have to increase..."\

`I shut my eyes and tried to withstand an assailing feel of dread upon me.\

bg black,10,500

`Not enough of what, what will you have to increase?\

`I don't get it.\

`Damn, can't even run away because I'm paralyzed by fear.\

`Huh?\

stop

`Nothing has happened for a while.\

`I opened my eyes but saw no one.\

bg"hito_gura.jpg",10,1500

`Not even the boys who played football, only a ball was left there on a field.\

`A totally empty yard...\

`What happened?\

`I went back home, without so much as a clue as to what happened back there.\

bg black,10,500
bg black,10,500
bg black,10,500

bg"hito_kyou.jpg",10,1000

`Next morning I was eager to tell about that incident to my friend, and when I came to classroom a student which I couldn't recognize was there in a centre of a room.\

`A transfer student perhaps?\

`"Who is it?"\

`My friend was perplexed by the question, and replied confusingly.\

`"Oh, what is this, one of your new jokes?"\

`You have known each other since when, a childhood?\

`He thought it was a joke. Did I really forget everything about this student?\

`"Oh, then this a student from another class, isn't he?"\

`"What are you saying? You two have been in the same class, always playing together!"\

`So he said.\

`But I didn't seem to recall it.\

`"How rude of you, we were always close friends"\

`Even that student-at-issue seemed to be confused by my behaviour.\

`But I can't recall any memories related to him, neither what his name is, nor how we used to play together!\

`"Do you really not remember? Are you sufferning from amnesia?"\

`You can't say this is amnesia when I have forgotten only one person!\

`I doesn't even feel like amnesia at all. It's more like there is simply one more person in my life.\

`Feeling that the number of persons in my life was increased...\

`That incident!\

`I was struck with an idea.\

`Something that happened yesterday...\

`Hmm, yesterday...\

`Let me see, after school, after school...\

`Oh, I met that strange woman who counted people, and then she said...\

`She said... "One is not enough, have to increase".\

mp3 "obake.mp3"

`Of course...\

`Of course!\

`"What is the matter?"\

`Classmates worriedly came closer to me.\

`"Of course, so that is how it is..."\

`To increase because there are not enough persons!\

`And that "new" student...\

wave "A5_12365.WAV"

`... and that unknown student laughed as soon as I realised it...\

mov %210,1


bg"hito_end_2a.jpg",10,1500
bg"hito_end_2b.jpg",10,1500
bg"hito_end_2b.jpg",10,1000

goto *g_taitoru

*zyuu
csp -1
print 10
if %210=1  goto *by
if %210=0  goto *dare


*by
waveloop "A5_13406.WAV"

`"Waachiinyiiii"\

`The woman began to laugh.\

`Will it be dangerous for me now that she counted this far?\

`I guess I'll definitely be in danger if I don't run away NOW.\

`It doesn't matter whether this woman is ghost or not, she is dangerous nevertheless.\

`Alright, I think I will slowly advance to the exit doors with backward steps while still looking at her face.\

`"Kyutsuuuuniiiiiii"\

`She is still counting...\

`Is she counting a number of people?\

`I don't really want to know it.\

`The woman raised a hand once she counted nine times.\

`She slowly grasped her palm in a tight fist.\

`I couldn't stand it anymore, and I ran as fast as possible.\

`And then...\

stop

ld c,":a;hito_kazoe0.jpg",18

`"Juuniiiiii"\

`She said that name and pointed right at me, laughing all the while.\

`Am I... the tenth one?\

`The woman then stopped laughing despite having something akin to a fit while pointing out at me not even a minute ago.\

`And then...\

mp3 "fwaon1.mp3"

`"You are the one..."\

`She said this much.\

waveloop "A5_14432.WAV"

`I was paralyzed as soon as I heard it.\

`I couldn't move either.\

`She continued moving toward me as I stayed there.\

`But I couldn't move a muscle.\

`One step after another...\

`She came as close as only possible, saying only one thing...\

`"I finally have enough, and I will take them with me"\

`Everything went dark around me as soon as those words came out of her mouth.\

bg black,10,500

mov %210,0

bg"hito_end_3a.jpg",10,1500
bg"hito_end_3b.jpg",10,1500
bg"hito_end_3b.jpg",10,1000

goto *g_taitoru

*dare
waveloop "A5_13406.WAV"
`"Waachiinyiiii"\

`She continues to count.\

`I'm completely at a loss here, paralyzed, unable to think straight...\

bg black,10,500

`Can I possibly pass her?\

`To reach the schoolbuilding, to call for help there... I wonder whether I'm up to this task.\

`Behind me is the exit.\

`Or I could run in direction of main street, seeking for help of passers-by...\

`Those boys...\

`I doubt they can help me since the woman seems to appear invisible to them.\

`But... What if I shout out loudly?\

`Yet again, they won't notice her even then.\

`Am I hallucinating?\

`Oh, then they will mock me for being insane, great.\

`Better avoid it, that's for sure.\

`What should I do?\

`The hell should I do?\

`AAAAAAAAAAAAAARGHHHHHHhh\

bg"hito_gura.jpg",10,1000

ld c,":a;hito_kazoe.jpg",18

`Before I realised it, the woman appeared to be extremely close to me.\

stop

mp3 "himei.mp3"

`AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA\

`I try to push myself into retreating, mustering what little strength I had while being under incessant gaze of this psycho.\

`What is it? Is she raising her hand?\

`I already prepared for the worst.\

`Having finally straightened her arm, she says...\

ld c,":a;hito_kazoe0.jpg",18

`"Juuuuniiiii"\

`Pointing her slender finger at me...\

`N-no\

`She seems to be confused with something...\

wave "A5_11359.WAV"

`"Too... many"\

`Too many?\

`Too many of what?\

`What's going on?\

`If she speaks about people, then, well, there are 11 people here including her, so I wouldn't call it "too many".\

`"Too... many... so I have to..."\

`She is constantly muttering that there are "too many".\

`She is undoubtedly insane.\

`I've made my mind up - I'LL RUN\

stop

`"Ah, I get it now."\

`She said that out of blue as soon as I contemplated my escape plan.\

mp3 "obake.mp3"

`"Are... you... the abundant one?"

`"W-what?"

`I don't understand...\

`Abundant one? I guess she meant that in terms of age, but am I really that old?

`"You know who you are, don't you?"

`What a... mundane question.

`Like we have been chit-chatting all this time.

`"I don't really know what I should tell you..."\

"My name, my class, perhaps my best friend's name?"\

`She asked me this very question again, and again...\

`What a person, I don't like her.\

`"You may not answer it to me now, but at least try to answer this question to yourself"\

`I'm at a loss of words...\

`My friend... Even him...\

`Suddenly... Can't remember his name...\

`How he looks like...\

`Why. Can't. I. Remember. Him?.\

`And my class... I can't recall it, not even a single figment of my memory seems to be related with the class. \

`Was there a class to begin with?\

`I don't remember...\

`I have to get a grip on myself! Everything is alright!\

`It's just because I'm tired and stressed that my memories are confused!\

`It's okay while I can recall my... own... name... but...\

waveloop "A5_14432.WAV"

`I C A N N O T R E M E M B E R I T ! ! !\

`W-why... W-why can't I recall my own name?\

`This can't be true!\

`Then how would you explain the fact that I don't remember ANYTHING that happened with me up until this moment anymore?\

`Everything is lost...\

`"So you are the additional one, since there weren't enough back then..."\

`It's her again.\

`Can't run anymore.\

`I'm at a loss here.\

`I don't even know who I am, so how am I supposed to know what to do?\

`"There are enough of them now, so I'll go and take them with me"\