![]() There was no time to stand and talk, though. "I guess they saved us some labour." He laughed his throaty laugh. "They have demolished all the houses for us," he said. Had the sun exploded? His father guessed the real cause immediately. ![]() Shinji couldn't understand what had happened. The city around them had disappeared, reduced to ash and rubble. "My father and I looked at each other, frozen," Shinji says. The raw flesh underneath was a strange yellow colour, like the surface of a sweet cake his mother used to make. "My skin hung off my body in pieces like ragged clothes," he says. Shinji's chest and the right side of his body were completely burned. Although he was 63 years old, Fukuichi was strong - he pulled his son from under the rubble and put out the flames that were licking his body. He became aware of his father's voice calling, coming closer. Shinji was thrown into darkness as he was buried under the house. It was as if a bucket of boiling water had been dumped over my body and scoured my skin." In that instant, I felt a searing pain that spread through my entire body. It was the sound of the universe exploding. I was surrounded by the loudest thunder I had ever heard. It was hurtling directly towards me, a powerful flame that was a remarkable pale yellow, almost the colour of white." It was at least five times bigger and 10 times brighter than the sun. Suddenly I was facing a gigantic fireball.
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