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"You won't die that easily," the man's voice said from behind him. Like he had been reading Ushikawa's mind. "You just lost consciousness for a moment. Though you were right on the edge of it."
It was a voice he had never heard before. Neutral, utterly devoid of expression. Not too high or low, neither too hard nor too soft. The kind of voice that announces airplane departures or stock market reports.