One-way traffic

After hearing this, all the shop assistants couldn't help but look at Accelerator with surprise.

But the first one didn't care about this at all.

After finishing the last few bites of spicy fried chicken, he went to the cashier.

"No need for change."

He casually tossed out a few banknotes and threw them in front of Tachibana Taki, who was standing at the cashier.

"The rest is all your tip, haha... It doesn't matter, it's all your money anyway."

"…ah!!"

After being observed at such close range, Taki Tachibana finally realized it completely.

"You...! Aren't you the person I ran into this morning?!"

"Eh…?"

"Um, Taki... do you know this customer?"

It seems to be unfolding in an increasingly intense manner.

Whether it was Okudera or the other waiters, they all stared at them with expressions that could only be described as shock.

Even Taki Tachibana himself had no idea what was going on.

"I'll be waiting for you at the door to get off work. There are about ten minutes left, so hurry up and finish up those boring chores and take off that ridiculous uniform as soon as possible."

"Wait... what is this ridiculous uniform talking about?!"

Upon hearing this, the other waiters seemed somewhat displeased.

But before they could even complain, Accelerator simply glanced at them, and that alone was enough to put immense pressure on all of them, making them all too afraid to move.

The first person simply left the shop.

Only the entire store remained, with everyone completely unaware of what was happening.

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"Um, sorry to have kept you waiting..."

"You're so slow! You're more of a woman than a man!"

It should have only taken ten minutes, but Accelerator actually waited here for about twenty minutes.

Taki Tachibana came out of the shop after that.

'What do you mean by "more effeminate than a woman"? She's a girl, after all…'

"Of course I know you have a woman's soul inside you, and that's what makes you even more disgusting, damn it."

“…Huh?”

Taki Tachibana blinked.

"You, you just...did I blurt out my innermost thoughts...?"

“I directly manipulated your mental vector and read your thoughts. There’s nothing to be surprised about. The more amazing things are yet to come.”

wow-

And just like that, he grabbed Tachibana Taki's shoulder with his hand.

Completely disregarding the other party's opinion.

Accelerator casually tore a rift in the space in front of him with his left hand, and instantly flew into it with Taki Tachibana.

Bang——! !

In less than a second, they arrived at the entrance of another building.

Unlike the space jump I did in the morning, where I stayed in that space tunnel for so long, the whole process only lasted less than a second.

It's like real teleportation.

All of this can be easily accomplished by simply manipulating spatial vectors with two fingers.

"Are we at my house...?"

"Idiot, didn't I take you through it once during the day?"

flutter--

He didn't have time for further words and pushed Tachibana Taki forward.

His body slammed into the iron gate in front of him instantly.

"Whoa-!"

"...Is it Taki?"

Click. The door opened, and the bespectacled man standing before them was Taki Tachibana's father.

Strangely, while Taki Tachibana was present in his eyes, there was absolutely no trace of Accelerator.

It was as if they were completely ignoring the other person.

"You're coming home later and later, kid. Didn't you say you'd be back by eight o'clock?"

"Eh? Well, well, it's probably because something happened while I was working..."

"Sigh... never mind, tell me later."

His father stepped aside, and the two of them went into the room.

"Um, why is this man... my father? Why doesn't he care about your affairs?"

"Because from his perspective, he simply cannot see my existence."

"Eh?"

"This isn't something you should be worrying about, kid."

"Taki, what are you talking to yourself about over there...?"

Because he was talking to Accelerator, the father, who was supposed to be taking a bath, came to the living room.

Of course, even so, we still didn't see Accelerator pass through.

Or perhaps they were completely unaware of the other party's presence.

Just how incredibly precise must one's mental vector manipulation skills be to achieve this effect?

Not long after, the two entered Taki Tachibana's bedroom together.

then.

The moment the door closed, the atmosphere around us began to change.

"listen."

Taki Tachibana sat directly on the floor, while Accelerator leaned against the wall with his arms crossed and said calmly.

"This is not a dream, this is reality. You have indeed swapped bodies with this man named Tachibana Taki, and in his place, his soul has now entered your body."

“…Huh?”

"I don't care whether you can digest it or not, I won't wait for you in terms of progress."

"Wait, wait a minute—!!"

Even so, Taki Tachibana still fiddled with her hands in disbelief.

"This isn't a dream. My body has actually been taken over by a boy named Tachibana Taki... Is that right?!"

"That's right, that's exactly it."

"But, if that's the case, then why is that—"

"Don't ask me, because I have no idea what happened either."

This is the truth; even Accelerator doesn't know the reason why the two switched bodies.

However, he knew a great deal of information that neither of them knew.

For example.

"It seems that because of the relationship between the two of you swapping bodies, I will also be constantly moving between the two areas."

"what?"

“One of you was three years ago, and the other is three years from now.”

"Three years...after?"

"That is, three years after the comet called Tiamat approached Earth."

Comet… Now that you mention it, Mitsuha Miyamizu inside Taki Tachibana understands.

However, Accelerator did not explain the situation regarding Itomori Town in this timeline.

Because if she were to tell the other party right now, Mitsuha would probably go crazy on the spot.

'I need to figure out all the details first.'

In order to find the right path back to his original world, he must make all the right choices.

"First of all, the time you exchanged bodies happened during the period when the comet was approaching."

"Wait...wait a minute! Even if you tell me to keep up with you, I simply can't think that fast..."

"Then let's just leave it like this."

Swah——

Before Taki could retaliate, he had already pointed a finger at the other's head.

"I don't need to say it; you can understand it intuitively."

For an instant.

A massive flood of memories poured directly into Taki Tachibana's mind.

Hmm—?!

This is content that has been edited and modified by Accelerator.

Basically, he told Taki Tachibana about the body swap, Accelerator's swap, and what exactly happened on Mitsuha Miyamizu's side.

Just knowing this kind of information.

Taki Tachibana—no, Mitsuha Miyamizu's pupils trembled.

"What, what a joke...!! Did I really do that?!"

"Huh? What kind of thing?"

Suddenly, Mitsuha Miyamizu's words puzzled Accelerator.

Strange, shouldn't the memories I implanted into the other person not have anything particularly scary about them?

The destruction of Itomori Town and the fact that she actually died three years later were not included in the story. If that's the case, then why...?

"That boy...that boy actually—!!"

Bang bang——!

She suddenly stood up and stomped her feet.

"How dare they touch my body... touch my chest like that! I absolutely cannot forgive them!!"

"..."

I thought it was a big deal, but it turns out to be such a trivial matter.

Accelerator twitched his lips, intending to continue explaining.

however.

The next instant, Taki Tachibana's eyes trembled and then closed.

"Hello…!"

Then came the situation that followed.

Accelerator had basically guessed it.