I did not reach home
I was about halfway there
when the phone vibrated in my hand again
I did not need to look for long
the name alone made my steps slow down
Miyuko
I answered
my heart faster than my voice
"Ginsu"
she said it in a low tone
but it was not calm
it was that tone that means something has slipped out of control
she told me to change my route
to come immediately
she did not explain
and did not wait for a reply
the call ended
and I felt that the day refused to end
when I entered
Riko was already there
screens filled the place
cold lights
constant movement
as if the room never sleeps
I stopped near the door
watching the scene
feeling a strange weight
as if I had stepped into something bigger than me
once again
Riko raised his head
looked at me directly
he did not ask
but his look was enough
"the message"
he said calmly
then added
"the one you wrote… he approached me"
"yeah… yes it was Arian the new student"
I said it
while I still felt the coldness of the handshake
and Arian's gaze
the one I could not explain
Riko held his jaw
then returned to the screen
as if he expected this
or feared it
Miyuko was standing in front of one fixed screen
as if she was holding a thread
that if she let go
everything would collapse
she pointed at the screen
without looking at me
ordinary news
a dull headline
formal language
a meeting
coordination
a committee
things people pass by
without stopping
but something in my chest
was not at ease
the dates
the names
the repetition
I started connecting them slowly
not with my ability
but with my exhausted mind
and I felt the shock
slip in quietly
when I realized that this
was not an isolated event
this is a pattern
Riko was speaking
but his voice felt distant
as if coming from behind glass
three countries
same day
same company
and the same faces
they disappear after that
I did not need a vision
nor a flash
I knew
this is not a normal movement
nor a temporary preparation
this is preparation
something being built
slowly
with confidence
I felt a weight in my chest
because for the first time
I do not see
I do not feel
I do not anticipate
I only hear it
as it approaches
Miyuko said something about ranks
about a closed meeting
about people who do not appear
unless the decision has already been made
I did not look at her
I was staring at the screen
as if looking away
would make me lose balance
I suddenly understood
why she called me
because now
I have no ability
and no interference
just a human
seeing the picture as it is
and that
was terrifying
Riko said the time is over
I did not need to ask which time
I had felt it since
Arian approached me
and said my name
I looked at the screens
and felt that all this news
all these meetings
all these movements
were revolving around one point
a point the organization
does not want to lose
and I realized
with terrifying calm
that the organization
will not wait until I regain my ability
and that the meeting between the highest ranks of the organization and a group of high ranks in both political and military fields
was a silent declaration
of something
that had already begun