【Japanese Horror】The Digital Priestess — Episode 17: Am I the One Who’s Wrong? | Haunted Kaidan Tales
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The Digital Priestess — Episode 17: Am I the One Who’s Wrong?
As soon as he arrived at school, Kenichi looked for Tanaka.
Just yesterday, he’d felt relieved to see him again.
But now, that didn’t matter anymore.
Back of the classroom. By the window—there he was.
Earbuds in, tapping on his phone.
Just seeing him exist made Kenichi’s chest tighten.
He walked straight over to him.
“Hey, Tanaka… can we talk?”
“Huh? You’re acting weird again or something?”
“No, I’m serious. Please—just listen.”
Kenichi’s words came out fast, on edge.
Ignoring the stares of the classmates around him, he sat down beside Tanaka.
“My mom… she’s gone.”
“…What?”
“She wasn’t there when I woke up. Her LINE, call history, everything’s gone.
Her name’s not in my contacts. No photos. Nothing.
It’s all… completely gone.”
Tanaka’s expression froze.
“Wait… but you’ve always been an only child, right? Just you and your dad?”
Those words stabbed deep.
“No! She was there! She was totally normal until yesterday.
I talked to her. She made breakfast.
I have memories—so many from when I was little—”
“Dude… who are you even talking about?”
Kenichi fell silent.
Tanaka truly believed it.
That Kenichi had no mother from the start.
His face was serious—he wasn’t joking, not even a little.
(…Even Tanaka…)
Even someone who had just recently been “erased” was now seeing a different reality.
“So, uh… what was your mom like?”
Maybe Tanaka had meant it kindly.
But to Kenichi, it felt like a blade.
“…Forget it.”
He stood up, grabbed his bag, and walked off.
As he left, the classroom blurred in his vision—
like he was watching it all from a distance.
(I’m the only one…)
He ran to the bathroom and locked himself in a stall.
Sat down on the toilet lid and covered his face with both hands.
“She’s really been erased…”
Someone who’d always been there.
Now no one remembered her.
No evidence left.
Only Kenichi’s memory remained—
a single exception.
(…This is the price?)
The moment he said “yes,”
he had been reclassified—not as a victim, but as part of the trade.
Tanaka came back.
And his mom disappeared.
No matter how unfair it seemed,
reality didn’t care.
He didn’t even feel like going back to class.
Instead, he headed up to the rooftop.
The sharp wind against his face helped bring him back to reality—just a little.
(…What am I supposed to do?)
No one would believe him.
He had no proof. Nothing left.
But that app—Miko Weather—
it had to know everything.
Kenichi pulled out his phone and turned on the screen.
The icon hadn’t changed: the red torii, the tiny bell.
But he didn’t have the courage to open it.
(…I’m afraid of what it might say.)
Realizing he was scared of that made him want to laugh.
He shoved the phone back in his pocket and whispered to himself:
“…Am I the one losing it?”
That question was starting to feel genuinely terrifying.
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