working in a scary shop

bab 38 Mr. Hirai's Secret (8)

"I'll bury it now."

　After that, we spent about an hour cleaning the area around the convenience store.

　It was all over when the sky was faintly white.

　Mr. Hirai gently spoke to the dead cat lying on the concrete.

　I carefully transferred the cat's corpse to the cardboard I brought and wrapped it in newspaper. I handed rubber gloves to Mr. Hirai, who tried to do it with his bare hands without any hesitation.

　Because of the cat's pained expression, Mr. Hirai pulled out the offal stuck in his mouth, which would normally be unpleasant even through gloves.

　Since we can't move it far away with two people, we decided to bury it in the woods near the convenience store.

　As I dug up the soil with a shovel, Mr. Hirai also dug with his hands and managed to create a hole large enough to bury the cat.

"Um... just now, that"

　Before