One-way traffic

It's as if it never existed in the first place.

It left only a knot that I couldn't come to my senses for a long time.

Just now, what exactly happened...?

She couldn't understand, and she never would.

What exactly happened here?

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Even immense power is meaningless to Accelerator in his current state.

What's the reason?

Was it because some strange reason gave birth to an even more powerful force within him?

It's definitely not a monotonous and boring development.

…or rather,

Accelerator's power did not increase in the slightest.

That's right.

He simply did what he was best at.

The number one in Academy City is never something that can be created out of thin air.

boom----

Before my eyes, time and space intersect and unfold.

He stepped out of that area on his own and arrived directly in the normal world.

then.

What stage is the world we are currently in?

pat.

Within a timeframe that no one could perceive.

An Accelerator landed in the city before them without warning.

Snowflakes were falling from the sky.

Judging solely from the time frame, it is undoubtedly winter right now.

So, what about a more specific timeframe?

Even without looking at his phone, he can instantly determine the exact time simply by observing the time axis vector.

2021 years.

Accelerator turned his gaze to the billboard and saw the words "Eight years after the comet disaster" written on it.

…Eight years.

So much time has passed since that period.

But for the first person, it was all just a blink of an eye.

People of all kinds walked along the street, all wearing warm clothes such as cotton or fleece because of the snow.

Logically speaking, Accelerator's short-sleeved clothing should obviously attract all sorts of surprised stares.

But this never happened.

He not only avoided being watched by others, but he also reduced his own sense of existence.

correct.

His ability to manipulate the direction of energy has reached an absurd level.

By simply opening your phone and connecting to the world's network, you can learn about everything.

Eight years before the comet disaster.

At that time, Comet Tiamat crashed down on a small mountain village called Itomori. Once it hit the ground, the debris alone would be enough to kill everyone in the town.

…but that didn’t happen.

It is said that, coincidentally, people seemed to have carried out emergency evacuation work on that day.

The reasons why the mayor initiated the evacuation, and why everyone at the time miraculously survived, remain unknown to this day.

just.

—According to another report, it seems that on that day, all the residents of Itomori Town claimed to have seen an incredible sight.

They claimed to have seen a dragon.

And, to stop the dragon from crashing into the ground, a winged god blasted the dragon and the comet into the sky.

Naturally, these things were then regarded as pure absurdity, and scientists concluded that they were just optical phenomena caused by the glow of a comet falling, which ultimately simulated the dragon-head-like appearance.

No one could possibly know what exactly happened in the skies above Itomori on that day.

"Everyone survived, right?"

After confirming these words on the website, Accelerator stopped reading.

He turned off his phone. He had no idea what the specific situation would be like in this city eight years from now.

even so.

He continued walking slowly in a certain direction.

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"Hey, isn't your suit a bit ill-fitting?"

"That's not true at all! This was changed into properly after Mitsuha confirmed it!"

"Eh... so, could it be that you lack charisma?"

"You guys...please say something nice about me!"

In a coffee shop, three people sat down around a table.

"So what if you two! Even though I didn't get a job at any company today, I still went to at least ten!"

"Two companies have contacted me."

"I have eight."

"...What an annoying guy. Oh well, it doesn't matter how things turn out."

With a deep sigh, Taki Tachibana really had no idea how to find a company to apply for a job next.

hum-

Just then, his phone rang.

"Is it that guy?"

"Your girlfriend, whom you care about so much, is calling. Aren't you going to answer?"

"Stop rambling! Oh, right... although I haven't been hired by the company yet, I have something precious that neither of you guys have yet!"

"...You're getting more and more annoying, Taki."

The two, who had been like friends since high school, complained briefly before continuing to sit there and drink their coffee.

"Go answer the phone quickly, but I reckon she's probably already waiting for you at the door."

"I know, you two are really something, you're more anxious than I am."

And so, Taki took the phone, spoke to the person on the other end, and then left the coffee shop.

On the street not far away.

A black-haired figure dressed in a gorgeous dress slowly walked over from a distance.

"…I am coming."

Taki smiled simply, and the person opposite him also showed a happy expression upon seeing him.

“Taki…”

"I'm sorry, Mitsuha, but I still haven't found a suitable company to apply to... um..."

"It's okay, we can talk about that later."

The two spoke gently to each other as they walked together to the other end of the street.

That's good.

In a corner unnoticed by anyone, that person... calmly observed everything.

Then, without a word, he disappeared into the distance.

"…Huh?"

In that moment.

Mitsuha, who had planned to go shopping with Taki, suddenly froze on the spot.

"What's wrong?"

"No, it's just..."

She looked into the distance with slight surprise.

Total feeling.

"I have a feeling... that someone we haven't seen for many years, someone very important to us, was just here..."

"Who...is it?"

Even Long showed a somewhat surprised expression.

They racked their brains, trying to come up with a name for each other.

"Name... what was that person's name again?"

Chapter 724 Weathering With You

No more dragon gods will ever come to this world again.

Whether it's justice or evil, everything is ultimately done for one's own purposes, even so-called natural disasters. Perhaps the same principle applies to them.

But from now on, this kind of thing will never happen again.

Everything has changed.

Someone from another world, someone who shouldn't exist here.

One-way is standing in nothingness.

It wasn't a void created by the girl named Jie, but rather a void that he entered directly through his own power and consciousness, a void unique to this world.

Then, simply by using his mind to manipulate the mental vectors, he caused a series of images to appear in the space in front of him.

There is Yotsuba Miyamizu, who has grown up and is enjoying her high school life in Tokyo, eating ramen.

There are also couples like Teshiga and Sayaka, who are enjoying life together in the city called Tokyo.

There's also Miyamizu Ichiyo and Miyamizu Toshiki, who have barely reached a reconciliation with their son-in-law and are now trying to move back in together for a further reconciliation.

And Mitsuha and Taki, who are now living a completely happy life.

The lives, histories, experiences... everything that belongs to them up to this point is presented to Accelerator like a movie.

He observes every aspect of people's lives in this world.

They also observed what the future would have been like if Accelerator hadn't intervened.

…The comet still fell, but Taki relied on his own power to reach the vicinity of the divine body, drank the kuchikamizake (a type of sake made by chewing rice), and exchanged bodies with Mitsuha again. The two followed their inner guidance to the mountaintop, explained their missions to each other, and then parted ways at the summit. Subsequently, Mitsuha successfully persuaded her father to let everyone leave Itomori Town, and everyone survived.

But after that, the two of them lost their memories, and even in the years that followed, they still couldn't recall them.

He saw it all.

Whether it's something that has already happened, something that is happening now, or something that will happen in the future.

For him, it's all just a period of time.