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Veil Of Memories

In the heart of Japan Tokyo, a young man named Haruto for his whole life has been cursed to see the true nature of peoples souls. He is tormented by the visions that he can barely keep his stability in the world. His best friend Ian has always been by his side and for some reason he can't have any visions with him. One day, he finally has the energy to go out of his apartment but he is stopped by this vision of a suspicious man, there is an organization dedicated to taking souls for their own devious purposes. Will Haruto and Ian fight this sudden evil?

meiituo · Fantasy
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8 Chs

Whispers Of Your Dirtiest Secrets

From the age of fourteen, Haruto cannot control what goes on in his head. The whispers and visions go on non-stop in his head when he is met with another person. Their demons tell Haruto their true nature. But the visions stop after he has read that person's entire soul and true nature. Around the age of sixteen, his parents split up due to his power of his. His father was having an affair with his secretary, and his mother was pregnant with another man's child. Now, at 21, he spends all his time playing games or studying to be a police officer. 

Ding Dong!

In the middle of Haruto's game, the doorbell went off. He was tempted to open the door, but his body couldn't physically do it.

"Who is it?"

"It's Ian! Open the door. I brought some Donburi and Sukiyaki! My sister made too much, so I came to give some to you!"

Ian is Haruto's only friend, who knows of his unspeakable secret and is the only one not affected by it.

Haruto hesitated a bit, but he opened the door, greeted by Ian's bright smile and a bag of food that smelled fresh. This meant he probably came right away after his sister made the food.

"Thanks."

As Ian entered the front door, he immediately took off his shoes and looked around.

"Ah, you finally cleaned this place, huh? It smells a lot better! I'll come by later today to buy some air freshener, so it'll smell as good as new!"

Ian had a good heart; he genuinely believed that he could change the world by being good. 

"Oh! Haruto, I have something for you!"

Haruto looked around in Ian's direction to see he was pulling something out of his bag.

"It's noise-cancelling headphones! You can even listen to music wirelessly! You can use this to hear the whispers you keep hearing when you go outside. It probably won't help as much, but I want you to be able to go outside comfortably."

Haruto looked at the headphones, and he smiled. 

"Thanks, but I don't know if I can go outside like this. It's still too much."

"Then we'll work on it!"

The next day, with Ian's help, Haruto put on some new clothes from Ian's house. But stepping outside of his apartment was another thing. 

Day by day was the work of building courage. But in the end, all of those weeks were useful. 

In the first week, Haruto reached the lobby of his apartment.

In the second week, Haruto reached the park near his apartment.

By the third week, he could finally reach the supermarket. But the whispers and visions didn't stop. They kept going. He must learn to control this. He can't just rot in his apartment, waiting for others to help him. 

But the trauma of seeing people's true nature lies there profoundly within the core of his body. He cannot escape this power that has manifested inside of him.

But one day, Ian was out of town for the week with this family. Haruto was running out of food from his house, so he had to force himself to get outside to the supermarket. But every single step of the way, there were dark shadows and demons of each person's dark secret telling Haruto what they were about.

Haruto, this person is a slut! They're cheating on their boyfriend and sleeping with random guys because their boyfriend is terrible in bed!

Haruto, look here! This man killed his daughter with his own hands, and he doesn't regret it!

Haruto, I got some dirty gossip for you! This woman is pregnant and doesn't even know who the father is! How about that? What a slut..

Haruto here! Here! Here!

SLAM!

Haruto can't deal with this right now. His goal is to buy what's on the list of food that Ian gave him. He was browsing around, ignoring any demons or spirits trying to talk to him, but the demon he saw wasn't like any other. 

They looked like an angel. Haruto kept staring at the person who was inhabiting this beautiful demon.

But the man caught Haruto staring at him."What do you want? Beat it." 

Haruto turned his head away, but the demon started talking to him.

"Haruto."

Haruto ignored it and just looked at what he needed to buy.

"Haruto, this man's organization will cause the world's end. His organization will do anything to develop this machine that could control lives through their soul. Their goal is to find someone like the power of yours. The longer you ignore this matter, you will be responsible for this world's end."

Now, his attention is caught by this sudden information. End of the world? Are they serious?