Chapter 418
Chapter 418. [Re:Life]
The final song of this live was about to begin.
My heartbeat felt unbearably loud, pounding in my chest.
"This song was named in honor of this event finally becoming a reality on its second attempt. Please, listen..."
"Re:Live"
Then, with a trembling voice, I announced the song's title.
The stage darkened, and the music began to play.
From here on out, it was all improv.
I could sense the staff scrambling behind the scenes.
They were working hard to overlay my image onto the live feeds of the other VTubers singing in real time....It’s fine. I practiced so much.
Angu Ogu, Ah-nee, Ilyena...
With their help, we checked everything over and over.
"...tsu"
But... why?
I couldn’t shake this overwhelming anxiety.
If I failed here, the world would plunge back into chaos.
Such doubts flickered through my mind.
Would my voice truly reach everyone?
Could I really save the world?
Before I knew it, I was alone on the pitch-black stage. A sudden illusion made it feel like the ground was crumbling beneath me.
《--It's okay!》 "--It's okay!" <--It's okay!>
I thought I heard voices from somewhere.
No—that wasn’t it. They reached my ears clearly.
Startled, I turned around.
The stage was suddenly bathed in light......
—"Everyone" was there.
Angu Ogu, Ah-nee, Ilyena...
Every VTuber I’d ever collaborated with—all of them were standing on the same stage.
"—!"
Their voices resonated through the audience, through the viewers.
It felt like their singing was pushing me forward.
It was strange.
Even though I’d been so afraid, my voice now flowed effortlessly.
—Iroha-chan, you’re not alone.
Those words she’d once said replayed in my mind.
Right... I’m not alone anymore.
Because I made it back here!
At the same time, a thought struck me.
This song... the theme of this live, 『Re:Live』. It signified a "second performance"—a reenactment.
But couldn’t it also be interpreted... like this?
As...
"Reincarnation."
I was reborn into this world as Iroha.
And I survived—"returned alive"—from that Amazon.
This song felt like it was singing my story.
And then... I realized.
This sight before me...
This was the view I’d always wanted to see.
The "regret" I couldn’t let go of, even in death in my past life... was now coming true.
Yes, that’s why...!
I can’t let this dream end.
Tomorrow, the day after... I want these days to last forever!
Reach... reach, reach, reach...!
Reach them...! My words, my feelings...!
Everyone’s voices overlapped.
Like the song we sang during that incident, the lyrics were written in multiple languages.
And now... they were all singing it in their own tongues.
At first, I sang in my native language—Japanese.
But I could feel it gradually changing.
Ah, this sensation...
《..! Here it comes, that thing again! Hey, turn up the volume on Translation Girl Iroha! Yeah... that’s it! Send this voice out to the world, to everyone!》
I thought I heard a staff member’s voice from somewhere.
My words reached everyone more clearly, stretching farther.
I could tell I was entering some kind of trance.
Just like during that incident... no, even stronger.
Was it because I understood the most "primordial" language used by the tribe deep in the Amazon?
I felt like I could do it now.
I willingly dove deeper.
Or maybe... it was the opposite—like my consciousness was "floating" away from this place...
Past life, life before that...... life before that before that before that before that......
Relive.
My mind "reexperienced" countless lives from the distant past.
And when I opened my mouth again, the language that spilled out was the same as back then.
Lingua franca—
The "world’s common tongue."
My words reached everyone. Everyone understood.
My heart... was getting through.
—I could hear their voices.
"This is amazing... No doubt, it’s just like last time."
【I shouldn’t know these words, yet somehow... they feel familiar...】
<...Why can we understand her words?>
【Why won’t these tears stop flowing?】
《Ah, Lord... She’s like an angel. No—wrong. Not just that. Right now, she’s...》
《—becoming a "true angel"......!》
It wasn’t just the comment section.
I could hear the voices of people watching this live at home, in theaters, everywhere.
I understood their struggles.
I understood their sorrow.
I understood their pain.
I understood their hopes.
Just as my voice and feelings reached them...
Their "heart’s voices" reached me, too.
My life as Iroha was about to end.
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