When I came back to my senses, I was walking on a road that lacked lights.

Yes...... Huh? Isn't that a little weird?

Wasn't I still backstage on the makeshift stage just now?

Yes, if I'm not mistaken, it should have been Dome who introduced the singer to herself. And then......

And then the memory is disconnected here.

I remember that when I saw the singer, I seemed to have discovered something. But......

I can't find it, I can't find the memory of that time after that. Even if I tried to beat my head hard, I couldn't think of anything.

For a moment, I wanted to say something, but I could only take it back.

Now I am being held by my friends and walking on a slightly dim road.

"Clothes?"

Maybe it was because he had a problem with his memory connection and subconsciously slowed down, and his friend who was originally walking in the front position and led the way turned his head.

What to say? She didn't know what had happened during the time when her memory was disconnected, and she didn't want her friends to know about it now.

"Slowly, a little. It's so dark......"

"It's so dark?"

Originally, it was just a casual reason, but for some reason, my friend frowned and showed a very worried expression.

"Jinyi, can you see it like this?"

Dome stretched out her white palm, which seemed to glow in the darkness, and shook it back and forth in front of her eyes.

“…… See, what's wrong? ”

It is not seen with the eyes, but it is visible. Did you just say something strange?

Harukami pondered it repeatedly, but he didn't find any verbal mistakes. Although it is true that a piece of memory is missing, it is clear that the Dome has not found it. What she is paying attention to now is obviously more about her own eyesight......

Vision?

Quietly moving the "gaze" that is not at your own eyes, you immediately discover the reason.

The road, which I thought was "dark", was actually illuminated by a directional light that was used to turn off the lights for the fireworks festival.

On this road that should be very bright, but he said something like "it's so dark", and it's normal to be worried by the dome.

However, I actually feel that this road is quite dark. Not only is it dim, but there is also a sense of chaos that is not very clear. It's like walking on a moonless mountain road in the middle of the night. Although she does not see objects through her eyes and does not recognize the road, at least in her subjective point of view, the road is indeed very dark.

What are you "seeing"? This question is as puzzling as the memory of the missing place.

"Are you really okay?"

It's a strange thing, but it's more important how to deal with the dome now.

Statements need to be considered. Unless she didn't want to dig deeper, Dome wasn't someone who could fool the past so easily. What's more, her strange behavior today is a bit too much, if she doesn't want to find an excuse, I'm afraid even if she doesn't say it, she will continue to care.

The mind turned around quickly, and almost in a moment the best course of action was thought of.

"It's fine—though I'd love to say so. But you don't believe it anymore, do you? With a slightly wry smile, Harukami said, "You're probably right, my eyes seem to have a problem." ”

That's true. However, the real problem may not be in the eyes.

The best lie is actually the truth, and Harugami has long learned the point of "lying with facts".

"Eyes?"

Qiongno suddenly tensed, and her beautiful face came to a very close distance from Harumami.

Are you looking at your own eyes? However, I have not heard of her knowledge of this, and it should be just out of pure concern. That being the case—

"Not to the point of being out of sight. However, the contrast between light and color seems to be gone, and there is a strange feeling when looking at things, and there are some strange things dangling in front of me. Ah, but don't worry too much, it's still visible just in terms of being visible and invisible. Besides, it's useless to worry anyway. ”

It's all the truth, not even half a lie.

"How can you not be worried!" Qingli's voice also carried a hint of anxiety, "Why didn't you say it earlier?" ”

"I'm sorry, I didn't want to hide it, but this just happened."

"Just now?"

"That's probably when you got here. I didn't mean not to say it, but at the time I wasn't sure if it was my eye problem or if I was a little dizzy. Now that you've said that, I think it's a bit distorted to see something. ”

"Wait a minute, I'll accompany you to the hospital. I have to talk to Misaka-san. Dome opened the bag and wanted to look for her phone, but she hadn't bought it since it broke down a while ago. Excuse me, can you lend me my phone? My phone broke down a while ago. ”

Harugami shook his head.

"No, it's better to wait a while."

"Clothes!"

"That's why I don't want to tell you right away, because you're going to want me to go to the hospital right away." Very rarely, Harukami replied in a rather decisive tone, "Wait a little bit, it won't be fine." I don't want to sweep away my classmates in the early spring, and besides, I want to see the fireworks display myself. ”

"But your eyes ......"

"Rest assured, okay? Dome. Anyway, it won't be a little bit shorter. I promise you to go to the hospital as soon as the fireworks show is over. ”

Dome hesitated.

In terms of eye diseases, it is true that there will be no problems in a little time. But from her point of view, she still hopes that her friend can go to the doctor as soon as possible. Some of this is not for the sake of the patient, but out of the hope that I can know the details of the condition in order to gain peace of mind.

"Come on, if you have to do this, I don't think I'll be able to make it to the end. Therefore, I beg you, don't force me. ”

In Dono's memory, this is a rare situation in which Harugami clearly expresses his insistence. Although the first half of the sentence still seems a little unconfident, at least this is a change.

"You know I'm not going to force you. But promise me two things, if my vision deteriorates, you must go to the hospital immediately. And ......," she held out her left hand to Harukami, "if the vision is distorted, at least hold my hand first." ”

"Huh? Is it necessary? I just have some distortion in color and light, and I don't have a problem with spatial or anything. If only walking......

"I'm going to have to walk a little bit of a staircase, so I'm a little worried."

"Stairs?"

Did Satian say before that you need to take stairs to that location?

"Saten-san didn't go into that much detail, but I know where it is. It used to be often seen from the sky. ”

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Heavenly......

The scenery you see from the sky can be seen by yourself. Even though it was only a moment ago, I could understand why Dome was so happy every time he mentioned the sky.

But the sky she saw was different from her. Maybe I'm looking at the sky instead of the real sky, but at the collection of information called "sky" that everyone misses, and that's where everyone's heart is.

The night is lit up by a man-made glow. The blooming "flowers" are either as bright as fire or as blue as water, but they are only fleeting.

"Oops, it's late."

Although he thought that he would arrive at the appointed time, he had to slow down because he was worried about Harumami, who had problems with his eyesight, and when he finally arrived at the bottom of the platform, it was still beyond the start time of the fireworks display. Fortunately, it's not too late.

Holding his friend's hand, the dome climbed the stairs. The peculiar grayishness of cement is neatly and orderly arranged underfoot, passing by layer by layer.

Then, from underfoot, there was a slight vibration.

It's almost as if it's time for an illusion, very, very faint little vibration.

Dome stopped for a moment.

The world at night is so small for the human senses, so tiny that it is not noticed. What's more, earthquakes are commonplace and not worth worrying about.

However, there was a very unusual feeling about the dome. It's like...... What is happening now, is about to happen. Unfounded, just a gut feeling.

"Jinyi, do you feel it?"

She asked.

All she asked was if she felt a faint tremor. On the other end of the conversation, however, no reply came. For some reason, Harukami just lowered his head and stared straight at the stairs as if he hadn't heard Dono's question.

Gray concrete stairs line the foothills, and the glow of fireworks rises in the sky from time to time.

Suddenly, a premonition increased its weight like a wave. On the other side of the cloudless night sky, a faint light was imperceptibly lit up, and it quickly disappeared against the background of the fireworks.

And this world that everyone sees is not the world in the eyes of Harukami.

At this time, Harukami Jinyi's eyes are a completely different world.

No gray stairs, no bright fireworks. There are only clouds of dense information, covering the earth and covering the sky. There are only layers of strange and ominous fluctuations, which rise and fall with the clouds.

Also, a faint, but incomparably clear, call from across the clouds.

The voice was saying:

"Help Me ......"

Not the first time I've heard it, but it's different from any time.

This is the only time I have been in that state when my will has not been changed. And, the call was heard.

What to do? What to do? Isn't that obvious?

Since the will has not changed, there is no problem with judgment. I'm afraid there won't be such an opportunity in the future, so there can be no more hesitation.

The only time, take your chance.

The quantum parallel operation mechanism is turned on, and the circuit connection is uncertain.

Sinking into the sea of "clouds" of information, the moon sighing and crying in the night sky, and the twilight dream awaits.

In this wonderful state, for the first time, one's abilities are truly "opened". Even she didn't know what that meant.

Something quietly seeped into my mind, and something howled out of my mind. However, none of this matters.

(Now, make it happen, my dream.) Let this uncertain wish melt into the air, even if it doesn't wake up again. ）

The unmeasurable, the immeasurable, the unspeakable bits are like clouds. In the clouds, in the fog, "dreams" bloomed like flowers, covering her world.

(Now, Triply, where the hell are you?) ）

Even if the brain dies from now on, and the body burns out—

(Where?) ）

Blooming, colorless dreams.

In this instant, the whole earth shook violently.