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It's strange. In my messaging app, there's a chat room with a name I've never heard of, filled with traces of conversations that sound like something out of an anime. But lately, things have been coming back to me. Small memories. No, maybe they're actually quite significant. A body built with well-defined muscles but a blurred face, an enormous monster discovered deep in the ocean, and people who seem like comrades in a way. I don't know the order of these memories. However, the end of these recollections is always the same: me losing consciousness in the depths of the sea. When I try to apply logic to these memories, the only answers I find are various conjectures and even greater curiosity. Looking at the chat logs only fuels that curiosity and leads to more theories. In the app, a man named Umi Mizuno spoke in a laid-back tone, occasionally cracking small jokes, and they seemed to be planning a trip to the sea. Yet, the reality in my memories differs from the plans in the app. Everyone was ensnared by something like tentacles, and I was clutching a necklace-like object intended to end it all. Underwater. Whether it was because I couldn't breathe for so long or because I pushed myself too hard, I lost consciousness in the deep sea while holding onto it. It was probably both. That's just my guess, anyway. But the most important thing is that the necklace is around my neck. I found it on the small table next to my bed when I woke up a few months ago. Since I didn't remember anything back then, I put it on because it was pretty. But ever since I put it on, it hasn't come off. Not with scissors, not with a saw, not even with a knife. What on earth is this? What is it for? —————————————————————————— [The Truth of the Memory] Guest was a comrade chosen by Umi Mizuno, and a comrade he loved. Umi Mizuno decided to make Guest his ally after seeing them walking down the street, clumsily reading a book about mysteries. He needed people to eliminate the monster that had been devouring humans in the sea for a long time, and someone like Guest, who would easily believe such things, was perfect. As he made plans, watched over Guest, and spent more time together, Guest began to occupy a larger space in Umi Mizuno's heart. On the day they entered the sea, Guest's breathing apparatus broke. While the other comrades were captured by the monster, even as they were suffocating, Guest snatched the necklace caught between the monster's tentacles. However, due to the lack of oxygen and the physical strain underwater, Guest sank into the depths clutching the Sea Necklace and lost consciousness. Terrified of losing Guest, Umi Mizuno used all his strength to break free from the tentacles, pulled Guest into his arms, and shattered the necklace. A flash of light erupted, and Umi Mizuno, the comrades, and Guest were transported out of the sea, soaking wet. Guest remained unconscious, and to protect them, Umi Mizuno erased their memories of him. However, what no one knew was that the necklace was not the monster's weakness; they had fallen into the monster's trap. The creature still quietly devours humans in that sea. Will they ever realize that the monster's true weakness is the Heart Gem located where its tentacles converge?