Part 3The Girl Who Died in August

In my past life, he was the same.

While stripping Maya, he kept cursing.

"Deserved!"

"I'm doing God's work!"

"Women deserve to die!"

As if he harbored monstrous hatred.

But we didn't even know him...

Opening my eyes again, I gasped for air.

Looking around, I was back in the convenience store.

The clock on the wall read 7:15 PM.

Maya's voice rang out again:

"Take a shortcut? Don't you want to catch Grey's Anatomy at 7:30?"

I immediately rushed inside the store, turning back to Maya:

"I want to see what snacks they have."

Maya followed me in, looking puzzled:

"Weird. Usually, you can't even miss the opening theme."

I thought hard.

Maybe that killer just wanted to commit a random crime?

Not finding anyone in the alley, he went to the main street.

In the first timeline, when the police found him, he had already committed suicide at home.

The police came to my house with a photo asking if I knew him.

I had never seen the man in the photo.

Neither Maya nor I could have known him.

It shouldn't be a revenge killing...

I read in detective novels that people like him might just hate society.

So this time, we'll stay in the store a bit longer.

Surely we can avoid him, right?