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The Digital Priestess — Episode 36: I’m Done Running
Kenichi stared at the choices floating before him.
Restore everything
Postpone your decision
He’d seen them countless times now.
He could probably recite the wording with his eyes closed.
(If I pick “Postpone”… I get to survive.
At least, for now.)
But he knew.
Deep down, he understood.
Every time he delayed the choice, someone else had taken his place.
Tanaka.
His mom.
Yuto.
And probably more—people he no longer even remembered.
(If I choose “Restore everything,” I’ll disappear.
But maybe… the others will come back.)
His fingertips trembled.
“…Is that really the right thing to do?”
The shrine maiden didn’t answer.
She only stood, watching.
(…You never answer, do you.)
She didn’t tell him what to do.
She never offered comfort.
All she ever said was:
“Please make your selection.”
Kenichi laughed bitterly.
“What kind of system is this…?”
No judgment.
No justice.
Just a mechanism that “corrects.”
And what’s worse—
it made him the one to decide.
He clenched his fists.
“…Every time I ran from this choice, someone else was taken instead.”
He whispered the words aloud.
“I kept thinking I had more time…
That I could figure it out later…”
The images came rushing back.
Tanaka laughing beside him.
His mom’s gentle voice calling his name.
And someone else—
That last person’s face remained blurred.
But somehow… it felt warm. Familiar.
(…If I disappear, and someone else gets to live…
maybe that’s not so bad.)
He took a breath.
Looked at the two options again.
The same choices.
But something felt different this time.
His hand no longer trembled.
His voice no longer wavered.
“…I’m done running.”
He raised his hand—
and reached out.
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The Digital Priestess is an original Japanese horror story about a mysterious app that starts off as a weather forecast — but soon, things go very wrong.
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