I have long loved the genre "Words You Must Never Search (検索してはいけない言葉)", and I was very excited recently when I found the English equivalent "Screamer". Guessing from the word, I thought it was just about jump scare videos, but I am not sure about the exact definition. It seems to have a much broader meaning.
What I was especially happy to see was that there are both kinds of people, an English-speaking person who digs into WYMNS, and a Japanese-speaking person who digs into "Screamer".
On the other hand, the story I want to introduce here has nothing to do with them, and there's no jump scare, it's just my (and ChatGPT's) translation of a Japanese horror story "記録 (The Record)", but I personally want to encourage their activities by introducing such works.
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This is the important record related to the incident.
It is a recording made with an IC recorder.
The voices recorded are mainly those of Hina Kamimura.
She is not only a detective with the Metropolitan Police Department, but also the aunt of Takayo Kamimura, the sole survivor of the IZUMO Corporation plane crash, who was thirteen years old at the time of the accident.
Takayo was long believed to be in a vegetative state due to injuries sustained in the accident, but it was recently confirmed that she has regained full consciousness.
Although she has not fully recovered to the point of being able to engage in conversation, a communication system has been established by attaching electrodes to her molars that emit electronic sounds when her teeth make contact.
For a "yes," she bites her teeth twice, and for a "no," she bites once.
To ensure Takayo's mental stability, only Hina and Takayo were present in the room, and no cameras or other monitoring devices were installed.
The following is the record:
"Hello."
Silence.
"Do you remember me?"
Twice.
"Yes, I am your aunt, Hina. Can we talk a little?"
Twice.
"The sun is out today. Feels nice, doesn't it?"
Twice.
"Do you want to go outside?"
Once.
"Do you want to stay here?"
Twice.
"All right."
"I want to talk about the accident, okay?"
Silence.
"Not okay?"
Slight pause, twice.
"Okay?"
Twice.
"All right. I'll ask you some questions. You were coming back from a trip, right?"
Twice.
"When the plane left the airport, there was nothing unusual, right?"
Twice.
"Were the other passengers normal?"
Twice.
"Did something happen while the plane was flying?"
Four times, continuously.
"Does that mean YES?"
Three times.
"Are you okay? Shall we end this conversation?"
After a while, once.
"Can you continue?"
Twice.
"Okay, please be patient a little longer."
Twice.
"Was the plane shaking before the accident?"
Twice.
"Were you scared?"
After a short while, once.
"Did you think the plane would crash at the time?"
Once.
"You didn't think it was a big deal?"
Twice.
"Did the shaking get worse?"
After a short pause, once.
"Did the shaking last?"
Once.
"That is, ... the shaking stopped at one point?"
Twice.
"And then, the shaking started again?"
Twice.
"After that, it crashed?"
Twice.
"I'm sorry for asking so many painful questions. You must have been scared, right?"
Twice.
"Let's stop here for today. You must be tired."
Once.
"Can you still talk?"
Twice.
"Okay, then, can I ask a little more?"
Twice.
"Besides shaking, was there anything else abnormal?"
After a while, twice.
"So..."
In the middle of Hina Kamimura's words, three times.
"What's wrong?"
Three times.
"Is your jaw tired?"
Five times.
"Are you trembling?"
Four times.
"Are you okay, Takayo?"
Six times, then immediately five times.
"I'll wait for you to calm down."
Three times.
A short break. Even during that time, several times.
"Are you okay now?"
Twice.
"Let's continue from the previous topic. Was there anything abnormal besides shaking?"
Twice.
"Were the engine sounds strange?"
Once.
"Did you hear any explosions or something?"
Once.
"Did you see something from the window?"
Twice.
"Does that mean you saw something hard hit the plane?"
Once.
"Do you think it is not the direct cause of the crash?"
Once.
"Did what you saw from the window cause the crash?"
Once.
"Um..."
Repeatedly in the middle of Hina Kamimura's words. (Number of times unclear)
"Are you okay, Takayo? Are you scared?"
Repeatedly.
"Relax. There's nothing to be afraid of. This is a hospital, you won't fall."
Seven times.
"Calm down."
Five times.
After a while, she recovered.
"Are you okay, Takayo?"
Twice.
"Can we continue?"
Twice.
"What did you see?"
Silence.
"Oh, sorry. Did you see something from there, um, like another plane?"
Once.
"Let me change the question a bit. Was your seat by the window?"
Twice.
"Could you see the wing of the plane from the window?"
Twice.
"Was there something wrong with the wing?"
After a while, twice.
"Was the wing broken?"
After a while, twice.
"So, did that cause the plane to crash?"
Waited a while, but silence.
"The wing was broken, but that didn't cause the crash, right?"
Once.
"So, that caused the crash?"
Twice.
"Do you know why it broke?"
Twice.
"Did something hit it?"
Once.
"Did it break by itself?"
Once.
"Did someone break it?"
Twice.
"Was someone there to break it?"
Twice.
"So..."
While she was asking, repeatedly.
For a while there were no questions, just continuous sounds.
"Are you okay?"
Once, once, once, with intervals.
Waited until she calmed down.
“Was that someone only on the wing?"
Once.
"Were they not alone?"
Twice.
"Were there many?"
Twice.
"Did they break various parts?"
Twice.
"The window was..."
Twice.
"Does that mean they broke in through the window?"
Twice.
"Did they do something terrible to the passengers?"
Twice.
"Did they hurt you?"
Repeatedly.
"Saliva from the wound..."
Repeatedly.
"Did they have fangs?"
Repeatedly.
"Were they slimy?"
Repeatedly.
"Eyes were pitch black, tiny like grapes, densely packed..."
Repeatedly.
"small like children..."
Repeatedly.
"hands, no, feet? lots of them, like crawling around..."
Repeatedly.
"weird noises, like rubbing something..."
Repeatedly.
"crawling out from very small holes and gaps..."
Repeatedly.
"sticking to your body..."
Repeatedly.
"climbing up..."
Repeatedly.
"biting..."
The electronic sound stopped.
"eatin..."
"hurts..."
"help..."
The above is a recording of a conversation between two people.
In the latter part, various sounds such as rubbing, sucking, and dragging were mixed together, but the details remain unclear.
It is also uncertain whether there is a connection between the fact that Kamimura Hina's voice trembled in the latter part and something else.
This recording is being kept by the prefectural police as an important piece of evidence in the case of the double murder of two women at the Sakurami Red Cross Hospital.
The truth behind this incident remains shrouded in mystery.