Kokoro Connect 6

8/11/2019 Kokoro Connect 6

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father a eared in it. And the =dream> was slo y and wasn=..... I see. The ossibility is reasonably ossible. -ecause you weresaying a female high school studentand inside a train together.>

%ertainly, I did not think that the erson who may have been relatedto that case was in Yamaboshi (igh &chool. -ut there are a lot ofareas which overla with the area of activity, certainly it=&trange!>=The girl with a menacing look shouted =It


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A tall girl with semi'long hair. &he wore thick make u around hereyes and a image of a erson with an intense ersonality can be felt.(owever now, from a distant we saw her and recogni5e her. &he wasmaking an intense gla5ed eye e7 ression.=Yeah, that face. .....I=Are we going to try talk to her!>

=I want to do that but, If she is com letely not related then it will bedifficult.....>Anyways, they returned to the class room and they will work out a

lan later.=Taichi and Yui, are somewhat together often recently huh!>As they entered the classroom, "agase said.%almly, with a tone not heavy and not light. &he didnTaichi could found a to ic with some credibility.=Ah.....I see. Then there$or now they got through this situation, but "agase still doubtingcontinued to turn her sights in our direction.Taichi, while thinking about the relationshi of that girl which seemsto be related and Aoki :iriyama saw, somehow I can


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Putting the two together, it guided to only one conclusion.=AokiTaichi nodded to :iriyama3 It was such a coincidence that we saw that dream, maybe it#s fate!3=That is, you two....... have noticed that, am I right......!>?ike rustling leaves, a chill cre t u the back.Turns around.=......L(eartseedM.>I didnWith both hands making a fist, :iriyama asked.="o, no :iriyama'san...... I only was walking normally.....!>=What do you want!> this time, Taichi asked.=....Ahhh.....ummmm. Ahh.....it


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=Are we being forced.....to dance on to of your alm! ;id youantici ate this movement!>=.....Ahhh. even if you move that way for me, it would be good.....I wasthinking but. .....Well, whichever way is fine......>It was a vague answer. I=Is it alright to end it..... :iriyama'san! -ut, you will become unableto hel Aoki'san....... 8ven though it seems that you can finally beable to hel him....am I right!>:iriyama swallowed a breath. &he reflected on it and lookeddownwards.What, the remark 4ust now. ;oes L(eartseedM know! Taichi


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with the meaning of buying and selling..... erha s, werenAoki forcefully assed the ball to Taichi.Taichi acce ted the ball. This ball, he thinks that he was given thestress, even if it is a little, Aoki carried. &toring it inside yourself isnot good.

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=;o you know why Aoki is away today, Inaba!>:iriyama asked Inaba, who is in the same class as him.=(e has business at home, that?istening to the answer, :iriyama occurring. It was quieter than usual.the = henomenon> occurring. It was quieterthan usual.There were no discussions about =;ream Perce tion>. Inaba from thebeginning, without allowing for a rebuttal and asked, =Ignore the

henomena ok! There . After that talk,even if they try to mention it, Inaba said =;on =&hutu > and with no e7ce tions did not allow for a discussion.That is why, Taichi and :iriyama decided to call "agase out when theclub activities are over and make a lan.=Well, Today I have something to do so> Taichi said that and stood ufirst.=&omething to do......what is it!>Taichi was asked by Inaba.=&ome that I must do myself .....>=That is why, what is it......well, ok.>&he was strongly ressing for answers, and in the middle, Inabachanged her direction and did not ask anything more. -ut, shecontinues s eaking.=......&omehow, us two can=yeah.....>(e is disobeying Inabaand she was su osed to lead her to here.Taichi saw her and "agase bitterly laughed saying =Ahh, as I thought,itit


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=There While a ologi5ing, Taichi handed a 4uice can to"agase. And then to :iriyama as well.They tried to sit on the bench but it was a little dirty so they talkedwhile still standing.="agase, taking action based on what you know from =;ream

erce tion>, what do you think about that! -efore, you were in achairman'like osition, and I didn Taichi was the first to start the conversation. If we vow tobe cautious, then even if we use the ower, it would be ok, assertedby :iriyama and Taichi. 8ven if something ha ens, we shouldnAfter "agase said with a calm tone, she looked over her shoulder.=I, can, you will need to be equally

re ared.>They s lit u with "agase who is going to a different direction. Taichiand :iriyama walked together tothe train station. :iriyama wassilent and had a look of thinking about something. Taichi also withoutmaking a noise was engrossed in thought. "agase


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su osed to be not good. (owever, because of that, not solving aroblem of reality , it doesn1ne7 ectedly, :iriyama said. It was voice full of determination.

=......I think itCustice. To a mere high school student, that word is e7tremely seriousand :iriyama said it.=The eo le we can rotect, we must rotect. We must correct themistakes. If we overlook it......we will be same as the villain.>I have thought about it this much often, but :iriyama was verystraight forward and carried a heart overflowing with a sense of

4ustice. I will not make :iriyamaTaichi mostly unconsciously said.(owever, at the moment he said it, he instantly assured it wassomething correct. "o doubt about it. Absolutely.:iiriyama is not the only one.......climbing on, because I will also.1ntil now, all the aths we have chosen, wasn


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=YouThe moment Taichi heard that, Taichi felt the fragments of danger. If

ersonal feelings gave an influence to :iriyamaWith a frightened e7 ression, the girl tries to esca e and backed away.=Please wait> said :iriyama and she grabbed her arm and the girlsto ed there.It doesn


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of the issue and Taichi let lose the words that were decided inadvance. At that moment, the girl was com letely etrified.=Ah.....eh.....ah......>Without making a voice u right, after becoming stiff, she let out a bigsigh. It looked like she was unable to even breathe.=(ah....hah.... What are you even talking about!>

&he="o way>This time, the girl re lied without a ause. -ut her face, wastwitching very fast.&tanding beside her, :iriyama followed with a hit. =.....It="o waayyyy6>The girl was enraged and grabbed at :iriyama. -eing taken bysur rise, :iriyama was des erately grabbed by the shoulder. &he

ushed into her.="ot ossible6 "o way6 That there were no guys from the school6After.....an argument.....with .....another assenger.....only.....>Agitated and her face with blood rushing to her head, became ale. Itseems like she reali5ed what she said herself.seems like she reali5ed what she said herself.=Ahh....Why.....&uddenly.....Why......."ow.....>Trembling, the girl whis ered. And then, '''''she ran away.=Ah> while :iriyama was in the middle of saying, the girl ran awayfrom this lace. /an.Taichi saw the girl losing control and became scared. That time, westill didn


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The girl suddenly sto ed moving. (er rough breathing continued.That. Inother words, she is regretting it. Instead of treating her as a criminaland if I a roach her from that as ect. Taichi says.=&en ai.....you


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what you thought you want to do.>I think that is not a lie but the truth. That


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The girl who told us that her hobby was information collection andinformation analysis is my girlfriend.information analysis is my girlfriend.Inaba, is not a girl that naVve!=.....Yo, Taichi and Yui.>Thinking that his heart has sto ed, Inaba, a eared in the class D'-Inaba made a dreadful laugh.3You guys used =;ream Perce tion>...... and solved Aoki


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3..... et it! You guys!3?ooking like she was deliberately telling us, like as if it was slowlysoaking in, Inaba said those words.?ike scratching, the blame was ushed on to us.3-ut, that is63/aising his voice, he sur rised himself. 1ne7 ectedly, the first to

raise his voice was himself.3Aoki#s father was innocent and accused of a crime so he was fired.-ecause Aoki.....33I am not talking about thaaaatttt663Inaba hit the table and roared.It was like a feeling of aralysis and couldn#t make the body move.3$or the sake of hel ing a guy who you know among friends, whatever ha ens to the other go doesn#t matter6! There#s no way forthat6 y advice of ignoring and you fucking took action63:iriyama e7 lains with a tearful voice.3Wait, wait Inaba. .....I#ll a ologi5e for being quiet and taking aciton,sorry. -ut I want you to understand, that what we did was not bad.....it#s because It was a crime. &omething like crime has nothing to dowith.......our circumstance..... It#s not like where laying someone#sblame on someone else.33There#s nothing to do with where there was evil or good you stinkingkids6 Cust generally, what is good and what is bad6!3:iriyama#s good fight was utterly defeated with one roar.-ut Taichi was unable to remain silent.3-ut, but it was a crime6! A crime is bad, it#s been decided by thelaw633Those are rules which are decided by humans so they are in a rangewhere they can follow themselves.633Then33-ut we are a de arture from the rules of normal eo le6 ;on#t makeme say that you forgot63We#re humans with ower who have de arted from the rules.That#s the ath to take for not normal humans.&ob, sob, and the sniffle echoed.3......I am, right.3:iriyama asserted.:iriyama asserted.3That#s because a erson in trouble, Aoki#s father...... and then alsoAoki...... I can hel them.3:iriyama looked at Aoki. 8ven though from the side, it is understoodthat she is relying on her receiving affirmation.-eing looked at with those eyes from the erson he loves, Aoki madean agoni5ing face. 3..... That sort thing was not needed3%ut off and from away.:iriyama seeing like she wants to say 3 I can#t believe it3, she became

ale.3If you end u doing that, you become having to have to oke intosomeone else#s unfortunate roblem. If it#s 4ust me, it becomesunfair63


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31n.....unfair, I don#t get what you mean63A com lete change, a tinge of red is visible on :iriyama#s cheek.3Is correcting something mistaken bad6! -ecause I, have greatlyreceived Aoki#s hel 6 I was thinking I could return the favour6 I wasclear'headed about this..... I was also able to re ly and can reach aconclusion6! Are you saying that#s wrong6!3

3Yui...... from what I did for you, you want to do something for me6!/eturning a favour you said6! Those kinds of thing.......that kind ofres onsibility. ...... that sym athy.....sto that for me63Trembling all over, Aoki bit his li s.I don#t understand. Why is Aoki so stubborn about only that! "o, is ithis side where even if whatever ha ens, he will absolutely not yield!8ven if Taichi and :iriyama are rebelling against Inaba, he wouldn#tyield on that.3Why are you......6 You are ha y.....6 You must be ha y.......it#s odd.3:iriyama looked downwards and rubbed her eyes.In a tone calmer than before, Inaba says.3......There are things you must do. 8ven if you think it#s absurd, evenif you feel it#s ruthless, even if you regret at the level of swallowingyour tears, you can only acce t this truth.33We overlook a crime even! We leave eo le who are misfortunatealone even!3Taichi asked. Is this self'sacrificing! "o, it#s different. As erson, I amsaying that this is something correct.3 I think that using the 3 ower3 for the ur ose of our own benefitsand desires, this is absolutely wrong. -ut, blindly acce ting, 3We arenot allowed to move3 rule, doing this for someone, saving otherswon#t be ''''33Are you a damn rotagonist!3$illed with scorn, Inaba said only one line.$illed with scorn, Inaba said only one line.3-ecause of someone like you, a 3story3 that shouldn#t have began,have begun.33What do....you want to say!33I#m saying you have become com letely like a rotagonist of anadventure story. et it! The meaning! It is like even thoughmisgovernment is im osed widely and if nobody moves then it will bestable, because someone must do something or other and comes outand take action, they are asking for war. You


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Inaba said =&elfless $reak>.&he said, from the beginning she was like =that> and couldn


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2n her way home by herself, Inaba (imeko raised her voice withoutthought.-am, she kicked the tele hone ole with the inside of her shoe.It is easy to understand that it looks stu id. I am venting my rage.2 osing Yui and Taichi. 2 osing. Taichi. Taichi. Taichi.......=......I get, that. (e is a kind guy......A good guy...... I also understand

that his feelings are to wanting to do that.>-ut, I


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3Is that so!3 and %hihiro left a breath and the started s eaking.=Well, I think we shouldn


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3What#s u with you Inaba! Are you lanning to use your logic toforce &hino'chan to become your ally!33You guys are trying to remove us as an obstacle too. You got a

roblem with that!3Without even being direct, it was an detestable attack.3I won#t fight against you guys who are not ositive about this!3

3I will fight against you. That#s because I think I#m correct.33 e too, yeah..... -ecause I...3y own determination has been decided, I#m going to stand my

ground. -ecause3Those words...... Take them all back, Inaba.33tsk.....You......63Inaba#s eyes were wavering around. They were made wavering. Taichiwas bewildered.3&to this arguing. It#s good to have a constructive debate. (ow manytimes are you going to make me be the neutral arty! I think I feellike changing my name to =/eferee "agase>.3Taichi thought over "agase#s hardshi and sto ed the conversationthere.Cust then, Taichi noticed a sense of discomfort. This lace has a badatmos here, as the mood maker not taking u s ace and always

4oking around, Aoki didn#t do anything."ow the %ultural /esearch %lub could not maintain the a earancethey had until now.EFEFEAfter announcing clearly in front of Inaba and the others that theywill use the 3 ower3, Taichi and :iriyama became more involved inusing 3;ream Perce tion3 to hel others.To solve eo le#s worries, they lent a hand. Anything someone wantedto do, they hel ed them achieve it. 2f course, it was within the rangeof not being thought as strange. This is ossibly due to ho ing formore or wanting to see more visions com ared to before, the numberof times 3;ream Perce tion3 has activated has increased from a fewtimes a day to around + times a day. This a eared to be ha eningwith :iriyama as well. 8ven occurring while slee ing without wakingu . 2n average, it has been occurring once every hour. HWhen I tryasking "agase, she said it#s occurring seven or eight times a day.As a result, thanks to this, the amount of things that can be done hasincreased. 0ery big 3dreams3 were im ossible of course, but smallreasonable =dreams> that want to begranted, we can do it somehowwell enough. /ather than the erson them self work hard to fulfilltheir 3dream3, there was a lot of times if they 4ust gave them a handthen it will be fulfilled. That is why ending u giving a light ush fromthe back, if only it was only a little, Taichi and :iriyama#s role wouldbe finished.Among them, one thing stood out at random, love counseling duty.They saw grand =dreams> like 3I want to make an a earance in the2lym ic in the future3 or =dreams> that were within hand#s reach like3I want the test to over quickly.3 but dreams related to love were seen


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most often randomly.(igh school students in the middle of their youth all have one thing inmind, how it can#t be any more stressful. In the school, the ersonsomeone likes was seen once or twice. When it becomes that, then itwill become inevitable to notice it.In the school there is something that we notice once a day that has

about almost everyone in the school. If that becomes a 3dream3, it willa ear in front of Taichi and others. And if we see the 3dream3, thenthere is something we can do.Taichi and :iriyama o erates by if a cou ling with mutual feelings isseen, then they will give them a ush in the back. HIf we know theaffection from one side, for Taichi and :iriyama to notice, it willbecome easier to catch the affection from the other side.-ecause of mutual feelings, a go sign is shown but if ob4ectivelylooking at it, that is3;on


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3......I get it. Thanks, Yaegashi6 If you say I can do it then I feel likedoing it6 You#re really the issionary of ?ove63(ang in there, said Taichi as he sees him off.$rom other erson#s atterns of the counseling, because it isunderstood that the girl has feelings for him Haccording to :iriyama#s3;ream Perce tion3 Taichi clearly told him.

Taichi also stood u and left the classroom.3 You look like you#ve been doing well recently, Yaegashi'kun3It#s coldly becoming a trans arent darkness. The tem erature in thearea has changed. This kind of delusion.The class room#s remaining three erson grou left the room andbecame Taichi and, '''''$u4ishima aiko only.The two faced each other. The silhouettes from the area faded away,the feeling $u4ishima#s intense


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letting out a voice and she did not move.And then in no time.=(ey, Yaegashi'kun! %an you read the minds of other eo le!>$u4ishima"early, she gra5ed it.$u4ishima aiko S


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=8h!>=Yaegashi'kun doesn=.....Wait. ItI refuse to com ly. (owever I can


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you!>etting straight to the oint, said $u4ishima and started to say her reface.

=Yaegashi Taichi, you aren in

your hands.>=.....I have something I want to say but I acce t the first half. Andthen, how did you is thinking about a strange = ower>!>2nce again ointing it out and $u4ishima frowned.=.....$rankly, even I think that I am saying something weird. -ut it isstrange. ...../ecently, it is also like that but since e7actly last yeararound this time or so. &ometimes, the eo le from the %ultural/esearch %lub including Yaegashi'kun were acting strange.>(ow! With eyes suggesting as if saying that, Taichi couldn. And then noticing thatit is an =abnormal event>, if I rethink about it, I become unable tothink that something has ha ened.>With a total of si7 times, they were induced henomenon. And Taichiand the %ultural /esearch %lub has always been within the areas ofisolation to talk and thought that we were successfully at kee ing itamong themselves. -ut even if they are in an isolated community,without denying it, Taichi and the others were not witnessed atdecisive situations.Arriving at the correct answer, is not a miracle.=I e7 ected that, Yaegashi'kun, arenAs I thought, there are arts that are also mistaken. The cold sweatrunning down my back can be felt.=What are you all doing!>$u4ishima a roached one ste closer. Taichi took a ste back.$inally, Taichi took a ste back. (is leg bum ed into the table. Thechance to esca e was lost.(e was cornered.=What are you all, doing!> $u4ishima


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own behavior was reckless.=.....Well, you won&aid $u4ishima and she moved away from Taichi.=-ut, it&uddenly, she e7tended her arm and decided on a ose. $u4ishimawas seriously fooling around and declaring war on Taichi.EFEFE

oing against Inaba. (aving war declared on by $u4ishima. -ut, evenso, no, that is why Taichi has decided with that day to take actionsusing =;ream Perce tion>If he sto s here, surely he has a feeling that he will become acce tingthat he =doesn.The ath that he believes is correct himself, even if there is anobstacle, must be carried out, he thought.Taichi talked to :iriyama about the incident with $u4ishimaimmediately the ne7t day. :iriyama was worried saying, =Is it alright Iwonder....>, but $u4ishima


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%urrently the a earance of the conservation with Inaba is in nothingbut only the clubroom.=That


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=Ahh.>=Presently, you don=......8ven if I donInaba o ened her eyes a little. ?ooking sur rised as if saying that


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e7 ected, I couldn$lustered, Taichi sat back in his seat. /ight ne7t to the cafG is a bigchain old book store. Those shelves are unusually tall and taking theworks at the to requires a foot ste . Probably, &etouchi is in thatstore now and without a edestal she is in trouble. That wasune7 ectedly a =;ream Perce tion> that ha ened close to Taichi......


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=(ey, Taichi.>(uh, said Taichi and connected with a focus on Inaba&tartled, he trembled.=.......;oes that mean you will go hel in that! (m h, this bullshit

bastard.>bastard.>&howing her un leasant feelings, Inaba oured oison on Taichi.&ince when, was Inaba like this. After starting dating her, racticallydidnInaba confirmed the bill on to of the table beginning re arations togo home.=If there is a difference in the ways of thinking, whether to date ornot is a different story!>Their eyes did not meet. Inaba"ot driven by violent emotions but calmly, Inaba only asked thequestion.The un leasant silence heaved between the two. Isn


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for the bill toady. I invited you out.>Taichi said. Inaba made a broad smile and shook her head.=It="o, well, it


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=.....huh!>yself and L(eartseedM!

="o, hey..... wherever you look, it wonWhen I was told An e7istence that humans don%heering! The ur ose of his actions, I com letely donTaichi was yelled at and sto ed in the locker. Taichi looked back.=2hh, is it :imura!>A first year male student Taichi gave consulted with about romancebefore.=Well9, what ha ened before, really Thank You very much. Thanksto that, things are going alright.>=That=Yes, itThe L(eartseed


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hurdles. That hurdle is for some reason or another hung down by themood around.Particularly the second years, if one receives an authori5ation fromTaichi and :iriyama Hes ecially Taichi , it will be a success for sure.That sort of su erstition became a rumor. That became the strong

ush from the back in order to cross that hurdle.

=Ah, Yaegashi'kun! It seems that this kid likes this other kid so givesome advice to them9> sort of thing. (e only talked to this girl fromanother class for about only two or three times and in the hallway shesuddenly there was a request settlement.1ntil now, he has received various eo le sort of things can be said with confidence and in a way ofgiving an evasive answer.=Yeah, I will have a eace of mind for this school tri = ah6 You were lanning on something like that! Well, will ha en tothe single me!>=Well, I=This is bad9. Will I make it on time9! Ah, in that time, I


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After an e7change they were used to, :iriyama had a dark face andwas silent.=Is something the matter!>=.....We have made something here into a big thing. Is it alright, Iwonder.>/ecently between those two, that to ic has occasionally surfaced.

=Whoever someone likes or something like that is rivate, and we areeeking into that. ......It


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=2ur individual club activities< activity time, hasn=%onfused>

=Well, 4ust great, the Tennis club=Yeah, yeah, and!>=Yaegashi'san6 As a erson who will hel , lease 4oin the fight6>=Why! I=Why! I8ven though their school year was different, they came for lovecounseling, but couldn=Well, really sorry, Taichi'san. This guy wouldn=Wait, 1wa, (ey6! ;on=You two, don=Ah.....&o, sorry %hihiro'kun6 Well, medium thing....I wonder! It=......It=(uh.....That=;on=Perha s I should say, 8n4ou4i is also here!> Taichi asked.=Ye,....., Yes6 %hihiro and :imura were talking about to go or not to goto Taichi with a favour. ..... And then I should also follow6>=-ut the truth!> asked %hihiro.=I can


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sake! You also gave me memories of, ama5ingly great words.>=.....;id that ever ha en!>:oko .4 gTaichi tilted his head to the side in confusion but :imura has back'uand gathered strength.=&ee see6 8n4ou4i'san said it6 The eo le from the Tennis club

artici ating are ractically the first years9.>

=(ow about the second and third years!>=There are a few second years and they don=....and, I. Well, as I thought, I don=Well9......That is true. To be honest, the enemy'san recommended it.=This rotagonist character Yaegashi'kun will not refuse> that ersonsaid.>=What is with that recommendation......Perha s, the rotagonistcomment, or......unless I>=Waaahhhhh6!>&uddenly a someone whis ered into Taichi=(uh......;id it turn out to that sort of thing.....!>(is chest sur risingly grew colder. (e changed the surroundings andgave a bad influence to the world......=&orry, I was only on ur osely trying to say that now. The truth, yes.I only want to have a direct confrontation with you.>&he ushed her glasses u , $u4ishima made a small laugh broadlygrinning.=I.....>Taichi was evasive and evaded her ga5e.:imura said =I beg you> and ut his hands together raying. (is eyesmet with 8n4ou4i


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best6>After :imura, who was running away noisily, announcing =yes6> thatto everyone, and greeting everyone, he returned to the classroomwith 8n4ou4i and %hihiro.=Perha s I should say, you have returned as my enemy, Yaegashi'kun.>=It=(ehehe. ?et='''&ay, that. Is it ok if I also 4oin this fight!>Taichi looked over behind towards the a earance of a daredevil

rovoking tone.In his sights, Inaba (imeko was there. &ince when and from wherewas she listening to!=.....Inaba.>Taichi got it. Inaba, who was always beside for him, does not have anyintention of being Taichi


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now!-ut, I don%hihiro was already holding in his hands a %; with a lead that Taichidid not know. "ot sure whether it=Ah, Taichi'san. It$eeling that he is being humble, %hihiro said.=2h, what is it!>=Why.....did you listen to :imuraIt seems like itIf you were asked a favour then you would listen no matter what!>=.....There$or some reason or another, the air became tense and un leasant.The 4a55 music flowing in the store which was not at the level thatraised his attention before, further stirred u his nervousness.=Taichi'san, you=Taichi'san, you

ore than com lementing him, it was cold and sim le. It seemed likestating a fact.-ecause of that, he couldn=You


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%ertainly it was a bad to ic about forgetting the %ulutral /esearch%lub for a few days and going on but, how much he is forgetting howhe forgot, the feelings of anger did not arise.=Inaba'san..... that sort of thing done to her as well.>It was a story about commanding Inaba and forcing her to take offher clothes.

Ahhh.....certainly there was that. That sort of thing done to his ownim ortant girlfriend did made him angry.Angry, but.=It %hihiro darkly distorted one side of hischeek and sneered.That meaning behind that e7 ression hidden to Taichi was notunderstood.%hihiro ste ed out of Taichi cheerful laugh, :urihara said.=.....:urihara also know about it!>87hausted, Taichi whis ered.=That>=Ah, they stirred it u too much.....>A com laint was added as if it was a variety show from somewhere.=Well, I think the debate is being noticed too much though. 2riginallyit was a roblem of one club activity!>It is as :urihara says, it is only a debate and it shouldn


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the one certain kill move to hold back Taichi using the henomenonand taking action.As I thought, Inaba (imeko is not someone you should turn into anenemy against.The day of the debate. The location was the student council with each and everyone from the student council e7ecutivesand Inaba (imeko making si7 eo le sitting there. 2n the south side,the neutral observer seats are the members of the student council,the news a er club, and then there was the male teacher and alsothe advisor for the Tennis club who is im osing the review and oneteacher who is in charge of the student council.8ven though it was heard that it will be fairly casual, but there was aheavier atmos here than he thought.=With that, letA student council member took u the role as a secretary and softlys oke. As she said, if the debate finishes, the discussion will be uttogether and the eo le in charged will be re orted to and a decisionwill be made once again.(owever not even a tiny amount of weak emotions can be seen fromthe two eo le who are taking u ositions on the o osite side.They were full of feelings to crushingly defeat.$irstly, both sides will e7change their assertions to each other andafter that they will enter a free debate.If one was to try to begin, then it would be Inaba, I think it doesn=%easing club activities, it won=That is why, that is, your side8ven if Taichi or :imura says something, Inaba and $u4ishima willunleash in a ra id succession of counterarguments. 8ven if thediscussion is based on dealing unishment, why is it a review! 8ven if


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they move to that said question, the offense from those two would notbe sto ed.=Is anything violated in e7tending the club activities! When I=2riginally, shouldn=2riginally, shouldn

=$rom a eriod of time, I heard that their grades have obviously gonedown.>2n the way, did Inaba and $u4ishima forced the Tennis club advisor toagree with them! The advisor, who decided to im ose the reviewwhich he was originally su osed to be resent, inter4ected into theconversation.=You guys< grade undoubtedly did go done. ;on


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relation to im roving the grades of the students.....> was on it. Theguidance councilor broadly grinned and laughed. (e drank his sake.They continued their atchy conversation. =I was able to im ose thereview on the entire tennis club> =Aiming to making it constant......>=If we can e7 and it to other clubs> =Allotting club activity time forreview, the ro ortions entering university will go u .....> The

guidance councilor laughed to the words of the teacher. They dranktheir sake.$rom =;ream Perce tion> Taichi returned to focus on reality.What ever the circumstance may be, that. The time was e7tremelygood that it was scary. A coincidence! "o, a necessity! A necessityguided by fate!>It was nearing the end of the debate, Inaba is entering a solo

erformance of the summary. 8ach and every one sitting in theneutral seat, and also each and everyone in the =Against cutting down

ractice time and review session faction> were com letely listeningattentively.=If everyone is living for the resent and living for only themselves,then it is ossible to only artici ate in club activities I think. -ut

eo le are not like that. -ecause there is a future and we must earnmoney. There is a day when we return the su ort from our arentsbecause there will be a day where we have to take res onsibility forsomeone else.>Inaba with a trium hant e7 ression looked towards Taichi. It was nota big deal, said her eyes.=In order for that, we have a duty to study. The school also has a dutyto let everyone stu''''== ay I have a minute!>Taichi stood u . 8veryone, with face looking they were hit bysomething une7 ected, looked at Taichi.=The truth is......I was unsure of whether.....I should say this.>(is body, his feverish head was drifting. &omewhat, like inside adream.=.....What is it Taichi. %utting in to eo le2f course Inaba is feeling angry. -ut he ignores her and continues. Itis for the victory. $or the future, for everyone.=&ensei>=&ensei>Taichi turned towards the tennis club advisor.=......What!>=About the review for the tennis club, something like ublic morals ore7cess ractice time,.....were those the only reason that you thoughtthat you should do that!>With a wavering voice, Taichi said.=What do are you talking about!>=........$rom the beginning of thinking that you want to im ose areview, is it because you were finding a reason that was 4ust right soyou can carry that lan out!>=What are you.....talking about!>The teacher


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with that the guess from the disconnected images changed withconfidence.=......What are you lanning with, the guidance councilor!>=I, I donTaichi got to the core of the teacher who was trying to lay innocent.=WerenThe teacher =Ahh, that erson is like that....> =That, you said!> =Youdon


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set her sights on Taichi.=It was a s lendid victory, congratulations. Thanks to you, I alsodidn=%ould it be that you really can read eo le=That is why.>=%onsidering that my strategy was not read......$or some reason oranother it is a ower that has limits! Yeah, the sensei"ow that you mention it, I can only agree to that.=;on'''Yaegashi'kun. I will have your head.$u4ishima threw a signature hrase, that a renowned detective forsure would not say, and laughed with a broad grin.EFEFE


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=(ahhh9999>The class re resentative of class D'-, &etouchi :aoru, made a largesigh in the classroom. %ounting the number of a ers left on thedesk, she sighed again. This time she took another sheet of a er andga5ed at it and grabbed her short'cut hair.Taichi noticed it and talks to her.

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baseball club, and Watase &hingo from the soccer club, lus Taichi,the five of them, basically became the grou for the school tri .=You=What.....6 It is the number one o ular style that comes to mind6

;on=Well, well, calm down. What are you two arguing about!>Taichi entered as the mediator.=...... -eing mediated by Yaegashi who is a guy o ular with the girls.>=.....&ome what feel like we lost and I become wanting to cry.>&one and iyagami said. Well, one thing or another, they got alongwell with each other.=This time Whis ered iyagami.=Teach me Yaegashi, your secret trick. What am I saying, I sound likea contractor for a love consultation.>With a fooling around a earance, &one said. iyagami also got onboard with that.=2h, yeah that= iyagami really likes trends......that Ss not it. It"ow wanting to continue the rest, Taichi forcefully changed the ace.=The career lanning survey9! Well, it


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=As I thought, can Yaegashi introduce me I wonder9> =You and anama5ing beauty got together. Inaba'san is a beautiful girl.>

iyagami and &one, while laughing, flattered Taichi.This em tiness in his heart, this hollowness, he thinks that those twofor sure don to Taichi, and raise him saying =Thanks toyou.> And, at that time, he could hear a girl=(ee, hee6 &orry &etouchi's9an6 I was busy and forgot96>The homeroom teacher, otou, seemed to have forgotten to contactthe class.=(ey, as e7 ected, &etouchi is scary.>Taichi res onded to what &one said.=......If o'san was the erson you are talking to, then generallyanyone would become feeling like that!EFEFE=Taichi, do you have a little time!>2n that day after school, after the short club activity has finished, aninvitation came from Aoki.=.....Yui too.>= .....,me too!>There has been a feeling that even not being cons icuous, :iriyamaand Aoki has been avoiding each other since the time they had anargument about intervening with Aoki


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&ealing his foolishly laughing face, Aoki was emotionless and wastwitching his eyebrows.=As you e7 ected, he didnAoki with Inaba were trying to start on Aoki=You two, you see, trying to intervene in everyone now, trying to make

eo le date each other, how is it! Is it fun!>=$un, you said, what the!>=Yeah, that=2f course, I feel that =I want someone to become ha y and I wantto su ort that>. That is absolutely not self'assertive and we did notforcefully do anything in the end.>That is wonderful, something we should be doing, Taichi thought.=Well, that is very good I think though.>&ee, didn


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=1nnecessary! What are, what do you mean! Isn="ot really, we will have it all under control, It wonIn the lace of the s eechless :iriyama Taichi answered.

=You wonAoki attacked. (e blamed Taichi and :iriyama.=It, it isn= ood or bad, it is not something we are allowed to decide.>As if warning them, Aoki said.=999What, what6! A lecture6! If you were lanning on that, sto it6!>:iriyama lost her atience and yelled.=A lecture! %arefully think about it, what I said.>=What6! I did think it6>="ot about eo le around you, about yourself. Are you saying thatyou have carefully thought about it!>=I, I did think about it'''XThe furious :iriyama was startled and made a sudden sto .=Your own roblem!>=.....I have thought about my own future, and that.....and that.>=.....I have thought about my own future,and that.....and that.>While whis ering, :iriyama looked at her feet. And then raised herface u and watched Aoki. Again looked downwards.=......You.....About you also.....>:iriyama weakly dro ed those words.=/eally.....enough.....enough.....I thought. 8ven so, you ended u in aserious roblem. The henomenon occurred...... I don=That8ven seeing :iriyama holding her tongue, This time Taichi also didnIn the end, he closed with a 4oke like the usual Aoki.&eeing the usual Aoki, they really feel that this is not the usual Aoki.$eeling that, Taichi was sur rised. :iriyama is robably feeling thatas well.=Well, I have somewhere to sto by for a little.>=(ey.....(ey6>Aoki, who was trying to leave, was sto ed by :iriyama


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Aoki looked over his shoulder. %alling him to sto , it looked :iriyamahas decided to say something. :iriyama, while being flustered andeager, says.=1mmm.....that.....yeah6 ;o you still like me........what wait wait6 Thatcame out wrong6 That didn

&eeing that :iriyama, Aoki said one word.=I like you>In one moment, :iriyama cheeks were dyed with a bright red.-ut Aoki adds to that.=That


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Watase asked &one. &one carried a large -oston bag and on his backa back ack.=I brought manga. If there is a chance, I will have a discussion onmanga with you.>&one smiled broadly and Watase hit the bag with his hand.=2hh, isn,-y the way, beside them, tra ed in a refuge from the ga5es, Ishikawastiffly scratched his cheek.Taichi looked at :iriyama


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=8ven....."akayama! I really want to hurry as much as I can as well. Iwill get on this strange ?ove -oom trend6>Watase tightly clenched his fist.And, "agase, who didn

Turning their back to the others, "agase asked.=What is!>=It is getting close to the eak of the ?ove -oom and isn=.....Well, I guess.>It was as "agase said. 1 until the day before, swarms of eo lesaying, =I want to take art in the consultation.> =It has also ha ened to "agase. And then it was the timing.=.....Was it a guy from class A!>Taichi asked and "agase with a scowl face nodded.While her head was lowered after nodding, "agase for a briefmoment did not move. And then after she raised her head and says.=In this case, the circumstance is that we know someone requireshel . 8ven I, it looks like it was the same with Taichi.>


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(idden by her long hair, he couldn. 8ven "agase, knew

someone else=Ah, Yaegashi'kun6 %ould you come here for abit6!>And, as he came out of the washroom, a girl from a different classcalled him. Probably &etouchi=That sort of circumstance is not good I wonder...... Perha s I should


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ask, aren so I became liking him.>A light way of saying it. -ut, Taichi thought that it was certain that akind of truth has been revealed.-ecause she was told =I like you> then she =likes him>. That is

erha s the train of thought about the correct feelings as a humanbeing. (owever, if one tries to think about the morality of that logic,then that erson would be u55led, a evil cycle.=.....I will robably understand to a certain degree if you give time tome about the com atibility roblem. -ut, how much time it will take, IdonTaichi gave an understandable answer on the s ot. =That will betroubling. iving a res onse before the school tri , the erson whowas confessed to was told that, that erson will have ho es. -ecauseof that, huh! &o, which one should I turn to!>There was a feeling that the girl has mistaken Taichi for a fortuneteller.=In the end, should the ersons themselves decided.....>=That is why if I could decided, then I would have decided. I couldn=-ut, only yourself can decided which one......>Which one ! That means a sudden question about the a earance ofthe correct romance. (owever hasn, then you have feelings for theother. -ecoming liking the other.=1mmm.....Yaegashi'kun!>=8h, ah. y bad.>Taichi entered his own world. (e tries to change over but it did notgo well.Ahhh, what


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=(ey, Yaegashi'kun!>Taichi couldn:urihara was ama5ed at the e7cited "agase.="ah, it will be awkward if I don


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reached their eak of e7citement.I wonder if Inaba and Aoki from the different class is the same, Taichithought by chance.=I thought about it when we arrived on the lane but as I thought, theair is cold right!>"akayama said and immediately "agase got into the conversation

and fooled around.=A cold breath6 $uuuuuuu9996>=2h,2hh6 Iori let out a breath that is for sure 5ero degrees6!>Anyways, it looked fun.=Wow9Wide9. (ow many soccer fields! ?ike this, how many Tokyo;omes can fit here!>=If you donWatase and the boys were in a good mood.="o no, saying =Yahooo6> is e7tremely childish. /ight, Yaegashi!>=Your =how many Tokyo ;omes> is about the same.>=It was only understanding the basics. ....And, isn=(uh.....is that so!>Patching things over while laughing, Taichi actually felt that.At the air ort before de arting this morning, the girl he took u theconsultation with. (e was worried that whether the answer was, tooeasy.was certainly thinking of getting along akihara. That is why hesuggested something like that. -ut, saying why, he doesnThat was also une7 ected. Taichi has a matter where he iswithholding the answer where he was consulted on. (e would

robably be contacted by some eo le.=There is but.....>=(ey Yaegashi>Watase grabbed Taichi&aid Watase and Taichi with a ush his head faced u wards.In front of his eyes was a dee blue sky s reading out. If there, the gradation from the different shadings, cannot be ut intowords. (ere and there, there are round mochis stuck close togetherstretched across. The attractiveness from those clouds comes to mind.= rass fields6>The thinly brown colour started to change into a green car et but itwas on the level where the land continues to the ends. It was s readall over across the surface and it wavered in the wind. The lain,which continued to the end of the world, makes one think of wantingto run across the lace where you can go.=$orest6>If one changed their sights to the left side, the beautiful white bark ofthe trees and the yellow leaves swaying were crowded together. The


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trees were a little thin and there was not overbearing atmos heregiven off from the dee forest. It looks like being wra ed by a kindand carefree erson.=And then the air6 Yes, dee breath6>=And then the air6 Yes, dee breath6>The clean and clear air drove all of the waste accumulating inside thebody out...... It felt good......

=......Isn=.....Yeah, I also thought of it after saying it. It looks like there areranches nearby.>While Watase was saying, well, missing the conclusion and I=&hut u .>&omehow, isn


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and her getting bored with each other.>1 till there is an awkward, situation robably. %ertainly, Taichicouldn


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8veryone being ha y and there won=Are you going to use my name!>=2f course right! If not, the effect will weaken6 8ven so, you won&aying that, the boy left.=.....Taking care of Inaba, huh!>/eally, I think that if I neglect my girlfriend then what are we doingfor a long time.EFEFEThe ne7t morning, the class had an e7 erience in agriculture and inthe afternoon, they had a horse back riding e7 erience and alivestock farm e7 erience. 8veryone individually artici ated in theirchoice for their educational e7 erience.The agricultural e7 erience was finished and in the afternoon,Taichi, said &one as he foolsaround.The route was from the hill to the riverside. They started from the

lace they carried the gum boat to. 2ne grou had si7 eo le H) oneinstructor . Taichi and the others carried a gum boat which is a si5ewhere seven eo le can sit in two rows. While walking, in thebeginning, Watase and iyagami said, =&omehow, this feels like ane7 loration6>="o,it="o,e7 loration6>=87 edition6>. They had an argument about something that Taichi didnot care a bit. HIn the end, Taichi suggested =adventure> and anagreement was established. Was that ok! .


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2nce again, they received warnings and instructions from theinstructor and confirmed their shouts and actions. At last they headedout. They got on the gum boat and floated on to of the river. Therewas a feeling of the waves hitting from meeting the river


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$u4ishima aiko s lashed a violent amount of water in ointing &one.= ood bye6> as she said that, $u4ishima riding her boat left.=Wha.....What is with that kidBs with that way of cutting the riverThe instructor was struck with admiration. That was some otential.

=$u4ishima'san..... As I e7 ected, is an e7tremely interesting kid6 &owonderful6>=That is quite the sensibility of Watase, who is connected with thatwonderfully.>, whis ered Taichi.=%ough, cough....., I should ask, what is with that amount of water6! Ithought it was falling from the boat6 If I drown what will you do forme6>=It=;o you want to say that because I have fat that I will float6! $or sureif I breath out all of the air in my lungs I will sink6>=You won =Ah>:iriyama was riding the boat that Taichi and the others were 4ustabout to try s lashing at. &uddenly, their eyes met.(e fro5e a little and then laughed at :iriyama=1gh6!>.....The amount of water :iriyama lifted was something else......The amount of water :iriyama liftedwas something else.Taichi com leted the course. While feeling the good sensation ofe7haustion, he went down and stood on land. (e returned to thegathering s ot and after finished changing, there were still a littletime before leaving with the bus.=(ey, let =I thought we agreed to adventure

4ust now6!>&aying things like elementary school kids, Watase, iyagami and theothers took a walk.Taichi was also with them as they started the walk. &uddenly, henoticed :iriyama was there.:iriyama was a little off the ath and was standing on the side of acliff about three meters high. -elow that became a rocky area. -esidethere were lants growing densely but the wind blowing from thefront side seemed to feel good. $or some reason or other, Taichi wentcloser.:iriyama had a towel tucked in her hair. Ta 'ta as if she was gentlyta ing, wi ed her hair=?ook', my hair got wet'. .....how should I ut it, Taichi, are youalright! &orry, it was really fun, so I robably went overboard.>=1ndoubtedly, I terribly was the victim but..... It


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In the end, he said it like a 4oke. :iriyama was on ur osely roud ofgoing with the flow with that.=(mmhmm. -eing able to hit Taichi, if iy was me, I would should howto dodge it.>:iriyama showed a calm smile. 1ntil now, seeing :iriyama with acalm e7 ression seemed to have been driven away by =;ream

Perce tion> so it had a feeling that it has been a long time.-ut, it was short lived and in the ne7t moment, a shadow fell on thatsmile. :iriyama made sure in front of her sight and a girl li 'syncedtrying to convey =I leave it entirely with you> was there.:iriyama said leave it to me and raised her hand. (owever, here7 ression became de ressing.=.....8ven so, you laughed huh! As the ?ove aster, and with theconsultation 4ob.>8ven though Taichi was not on the level of o ular, he was called thatby one art of :iriyama.=8ven eo le came to ask me about lans for tomorrow, so Taichi aswell robably!>Tomorrow=Perha s, you robably gave an okay, was it Taichi! -ecause I wastold that, I also said =Why not!> but..... "o, it was hard to say it.>=If they stick to the time we are meeting, it robably will be alrightafter. WhatAfter being de ended on by the boy from before, Taichi was askedabout the same thing by numerous eo le.=&eem to want to do it, you said..... ......Well, it can(ah, :iriyama let out a sigh. Was letting out a sigh now because:iriyama gave u on something!=We are reoccu ied with other eo le


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understand. I know.'''Ahh, but if I com are with Inaba with here7 ression to Taichi.=......That is why, I


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her face. That is for enduring to show her e7 ression on her face.=You..... no, you guys, that=Wait, wait at minute, Inaba6! I don(e was s at at.=What I heard 4ust now.....you think that......even I won&omehow the scene was disguised as calm. -ut the tone of her voicewas of her tearing u .=(ave you..... seriously looking at me..... seriously.>&eriously looking. I intended to kee that in mind. It was because thetime I was with "agase, I couldn(er mouth o ened trying to s it out the last word was closed at that

lace inches before.&he sniffled once, and let out a big sigh to calm her down.And then Inaba=ItAfter cutting of his words, Inaba with a small voice added =-ut theobligation, that could be said, isnInaba was kind, and then from somewhere her she smiled looking sad.=2n the school tri as well, you are robably going to be taking ulove consultation. You have abandoned the things about yourself, thethings about me.>=I robably..... will take them but. I don=Taichi, you are..... doing your best.>=Taichi, you are..... doing your best.>:iriyama nervously gave her su ort to Taichi.Inaba made a calm face as if she noticed it. It can be seen that she iscool but in reality the calm attitude of Inaba whose emotions were


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intense, made Taichi worried.=I want to rotect you though. -ut, You won=I.....everyone '''==That is choosing everything, but the reality of that is that you havechosen nothing. 8s ecially in your case.>

%hoosing everything is like choosing nothing at all.-eing called by her friends from class, Inaba left the area withoutsaying anything.EFEFEThat day, their accommodation facility was a hot s ring inn. & endingtaking a bath and having dinner, it became time to go to bed. Taichiand the * other boys were in the same room and they s read thefutons on the tatami which made their slee ing re arationscom leted.SWell, I wonWatase while still e7cited said.=You have that look for ever since morning..... You retain your energywell.....> whis ered &one.=That


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&itting across from him was Watase who is still energetic. This guy,when will he become tired!=>1mmm..... it seems like glass craftwork.>=Ahh', there was that. I, will be going to the mountains. Trekking.>=I see.>=(ey, hey, you s irit is so low. /eturn to your condition before todayWhen it is the &a oro free time, the lan is to ignore the grou s./emembering that, Taichi became de ressed.And then it came, evening.8ach grou s lit and it became &a oro free time.The time set out was from * m until Z R+ m. In that time, each grouwill be taking care of their dinner. The general idea is that the grouactivities will be easier to start when it is only five boys and five girleach in the grou .=I ho e you will kee in mind the recautions and don$rom the teacher directing it to everyone, he gave a brief warningand then they were dismissed.=-oys with boys. irls with girls. Yeah, yeah, sounds good huh! (eyyou guys, even if you made a mistake, guys and girls 4oining togetherand we will go sightseeing with a five vs five mi7er kind ofatmos here. I envy that.....that immoralaction will not be forgiven asyour homeroom teacher.>

otou /yuu5ens serve as the homeroom teacher of class'- andtowards the students, and said that sort of thing out loud.=.....What ha ened, sensei!>/e resenting the class, the class re resentative, &etouchi, asked.=2h, ohhh, &etouchi6 Weill you listen to me story6! The truth is themi7er from before was horrible ''''>=As I thought, I=The re4ection was quick6!>8ven if it was because of the sense of duty as the classre resentative, annoying things are annoying it seems.Taichi, as well as Watase, Ishikawa, &one, and iyagami, de artedtogether.The weather was clear skies. 2ne can say it is the ideal weather foran outing. It became night and it was a little cold. Cust In case, onemore 4acket was ut in his bag.=.....(ow should I ut it, from before. What ha ened to your lansfor today!>Watase sto ed and asked Taichi.= e! I decided to be with you guys.....>=(ey, hey Yaegashi. Today you can ignore the grou to have free time.What was the talk about the girl you want to go with go with her!>=It


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morning, the lace they chose were different so he was not blessedwith a chance too directly meetAnd, iyagami turned his target to Ishikawa.=-y the way, Ishikawa as well6 You didn=That guy over there, you see, is it ok for me to borrow him for fiveminutes only!>The voice of Inaba with a thirst for blood cut off Taichi to the


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Inaba who was looking at someone in a com letely angry way.Taichi was grabbed by the collar and was brought to an alley.=Wait, a second....huh!>Isn


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unha y, really!>=If everyone can wander around with the erson they like .....>=As a result of that, even if there eo le who can>="o......thatTaichi was at a loss of words. At the same time, :iriyama tried to say

something but made her mouth mumble and also didnWith a sadistic smile, Inaba looked down at Taichi and Yui.=Well then, I:iriyama with a greatly er le7ed look as if asking, what should wedo, looked u at Taichi.&to them, and make them follow rules.;on today. Through that, it was a=dream> about wanting to make memories with the erson they like.>At the moment Taichi o ened his mouth, Inaba


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=That.....>=Yui, is what youAoki asked. -y doing that, it looked like :iriyama was encouraged tolook for something by herself. That =something> is.

=That....umm...>Taichi hel ed :iriyama who was having trouble with a res onse.=(avenThat is why, we are using the =;ream Perce tion>.=That was what we decided at that time, but now.....I feel that it:iriyama was wavering. In that case, Taichi decided to say the mostim ortant thing.=It=YouInaba said in a low voice.=I didn=(ey.....> after whis ering, Inaba took a dee breath and e7haled allat once.=That decision..... is your, is both of your intention there6! Are you

re ared6! Are you decisive6! In the beginning there robably was6-ut how about now6!>

y own intention, re aredness, and decisiveness.I, who have those, chose the ath which I should continue. That iswhy I am su ose to go against Inaba.=&ay it6 Try saying it6!>That intention '''.=-ut making someone ha y is not mistaken.>Is this, =intention>! Is that what itThere were no shades of blame. That was a voice of clinging on to.Inababeg of you.>8ven if I


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reason but.....>=In that case miso ramen6>=&hoyuu ramen6>=&ushi.>=(ey, hey, isnWatase ointed out and every agreed.

=Well, decide for us Yaegashi> urged iyagami.=ThatTaichi while walking on the street with the restaurants was troubled.There are eo le who want to eat ramen. And there are also eo lewho want to eat sushi. $or me, whichever one is good. I want tores ond to both desires. What is the basis for the decision! If it =(urry u 6> iyagami and &one individually said.=Ah>=(mm, did you see something!>Watase asked and Taichi nodded. And then instantly, then he ointedto a certain sign.=(uh, what what. /amen, &ushi, enghis :han, sou curry.....8verything that adds u is a restaurant for (okkaido cuisine. Yeah, itcame huh6 Perha s, we should have chose her from the beginning6>It will be great if there is an answer that can make everyone ha ylike this in anything.The free e7 loring time was over and the gathering location was a

arking lot where the buses to the hotel arked. 2n their waytowards there, he met classmates gathered at a ark.=You guys aren=Ahh, one of the guys who left the grou , didn


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2f course, the teachers went to search around nearby. There, theyfound the members who s lit u from their grou waiting. The eo lewho acted as they liked were instantly discovered.=(ow did things end u like this you guys6>2ne male teacher was o enly angry at the students. (owever, eventhough he is angry at each and every one, did he notice that it

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I will do my best for everyone so that they can continue doing whatthey were doing.-ut the situation now is obviously, a failure. ....Ahh, I failed.Taichi got u from his seat.=(ey, Yaegashi!>=.....Washroom.>

&aying that, he got off from the bus and on his way he also toldotou, who met him, that =Washroom.>As he said, Taichi headed to the rest area where the toilet was andthen when his body entered the shadow of a building where he couldnot be seen from the bus ''' he ran.At once, he must gain control of the situation. After running away, insome way he tried looking for them and turned his head around. The

lace where they were seen came to his ears but will they be therenow! 8ven though the hone numbers of those two.... were notknown, he tried to gain it through other friends.''' %hi.....The sun has com letely set. Taichi and the others as Yamaboshi (ighstudents were in unfamiliar lands. It is ossible to get lost in astrange lace.&uddenly, why am I doubting myself that I have been influencingsomeone u until now. 2f course, it was because I was given =;reamPerce tion> from =(eartseed>.-ut, if it was me from before, what would I have done. If it was mefrom more than one year ago, after obtaining this ower, would I havebeen able to take the sort of action like =in order to save someone, inorder to make someone ha y>!'''Tai.....The nature of self'sacrificing is the nature for someone else, it wasthere since a long time ago. -ut that was not straying from reality,before being ointed out by Inaba, it was not ointed u by anyoneelse.-ut, in this one year, I have changed. I have matured. In that oneyear, =save> have been said many times. &uch thing, saving. 1 untilnow it was word ractically not used in living in a normal life.

y own nature is strongly, strongly coming out.That kind of human nature in me is the basis of my way of life. Is thatsuch a mistake!

aking his way to the bust sto , Taichi checked the timetable. Theservice was not a lot. Isn


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While still being hugged by Inaba, she breathed heavily over and overagain. 8ach time, he felt with his entire body Inaba


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=I..... itInaba enraged o ened her eyes.=We weren


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-ut, Inaba once again raised her voice..In the cold outdoor air of the night, a heat that was seething fromInaba or@ it


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=Is it .....not good! WonInaba slowly said.=I.....was changed by you.>=You changed.....!>8ven if on the surface, one has changed, one


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Instantly, he laced his hand in his ocket. "oticing that, Inaba closedher mouth.It was a hone call. -eing confused, Inaba suggested =Answer it>.==(ey, Yaegashi. Where are you now! You=(uh....., ah.>

= As I e7 ect, I thought if it was you, you wouldn=.....What, is that right!>At first, he was relieved. That=...... I understand.....>Taichi turned off his hone and Inaba was using her hone.=I 4ust got a bus from friends 4ust now. And, the bus is going to leave.>Perha s, if I think about it carefully, there was a talk about the bus

lanning to leave. Those damn teachers, ro erly dealing with this,said Inaba cursing them.$or that tem orary moment, the two were able to agree on somethingand both calmed their worked u emotions.$rom that lace, they got rid of the heated atmos here. /ight now, hewas thankful for the cold air of the vast land.$or the time being, a ro7imately from the beginning they didn


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1 until now, even though their heart, their body are closer to thananyone else, why could they create this sort of distance! (e could notchase after her. (e did not feel like chasing after her.(e became alone. ?eft behind.(e has invited the worse ossible situation, someone was in4ured, andthen Inaba, the erson who absolutely acknowledge him, abandoned

him.There is nothing in addition, there is nothing anymore, it was misery.(as he been knocked off finally more than now!='''Yaegashi'kun.>Why.Why.Why did she a ear, here!If one were to think about it, Inaba also, many time as well, a earingin strange situations OAh, that right.This is what they said about being hostile.With Inaba (imeko, as well as $u4ishima aiko./ight ne7t to the sidewalk weeds were growing on a gentle slo e.&caling the slo e, trees were grown lining the street. $rom there,$u4ishimaInaba chasing Taichi, and right behind her, $u4ishima was followingthem.=.....-ut, sorry. It looked like quite a com licated conversation. 1ntil Ihad a feeling it was something I shouldn


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The fight against Inaba. The fight against $u4ishima. If it&colded severely, Taichi and :iriyama e7cused themselves from theteacherIn the middle of the lecture, :iriyama was sniffling and wi ing hertears for the entire time.=Are you alright.....:iriyama!>=yeah....yeah.....sob.>=(ey, wait6>In the elevator hall, a girl who was waiting for the two with anim osing stance called them.=&ob.....umm!>:iriyama tilted her head in confusion. :iriyama does not seem toknow her. -ut Taichi does. This kid, he talked to her on the day theyde arted for the school tri . The girl came consulting him about herboy friend now is "aka4ima and akihara who came confessing anew,which one should she go with.=What


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and entered to sto them.While the girl clicked her tongue, she let go of Taichi. &he shouted=Ah6 What"ot knowing the meaning, Taichi was u55led. (e also doesn&omehow, he must e7 lain=-ecause of that.....you yourself, =wanted to do that> and desired itand because it seemed like that.....>=(uh! What are you saying! I do not understand what you mean. ....Ionly did according to your advice. Then, my current boyfriend said,=&o you wanted to test whether or not I really like you, you wereconfessed to. -ecause akihara doesn In short, this is, what.=Thanks to that, my boyfriend broke u with me6 (e said =I sus ecteda little but sure enough you moved on to another huh! If you don;id I fail! ;id I misread the =;ream Perce tion>!;id I use =;ream Perce tion> and cause eo le misfortune!The girl herself desired to do that herself. -ecause that is the ersonshe truly likes, that was what I should do I thought. Ahh,.....but ofcourse, the information inside there was no means to know.=-ut that.....your boyfriend...... wasn:iriyama said.=Well, it is certain that he is the worst6 Testing, heThe ti of the s ear of anger was all directed at Taichi. It really seemslike that boyfriend, Taichi, and everyone involved was bad. -ut, in theend, the one who triggered all this, was Taichi. If Taichi didn -eing verbally abused and only abused, the girl thinkingthat further more would have noeffect and said =That andleft.Taichi colla sed at that s ot.It sim ly cannot be but, as it remains, he couldn


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at a shar angle.:iriyama dee ly sat down on the seat to the back, faced Taichi andsays.=1mmm.....Taichi, are you alright! The talk 4ust now, frankly, I thinkthat girl was half wrong! I think she was really selfish.>=-ut.....she wasn

=That.....that might be true.>=I seriously.....misread the =;ream Perce tion....and made anawkward misunderstanding. /oughly s eaking, it was an im ossibleto give an answer.....Why did I....> =;on:iriyama trembled a little and tightly gri ed her clothes.=We.....given answer to a lot of eo le who consulted with us but.....And, were they all com letely correct!>=8h!>=/eally, all correct! .....At that moment, even if it is correct, will italways be correct! $rom the start, we know how it will turn out afterthat for everyone. -ut, now!>We com letely don, he wouldn=.....You:iriyama was showing tears.=YouIt was a rare announcement.=Yes, with that said......sob......,I


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awareness of it.....>Words of reflection were flowing one after another.We are reflecting. /eally reflecting. We reflect.=......If we have had levelheadedly done it. If we had more clearlythought about it, we wouldnThose were words of the what if world.

=(aving intention, being re ared, having determination....that kindof thing! We did it, so didnI cannot think that we had 5ero of that. I do not want to think we had5ero.=It wasnThen, a decision full of intention, re aredness, and determination,what is it!=It would have been better if we didn=That is wrong6 ......tsk.>Taichi suddenly raised his voice and sur rised himself.=What, what=What, what="othin.....my bad.>(e instinctively re4ected it. Anyways, he hated to admit it. (ereflected. /eflecting. ;oes not want to admit it. Probably, if he deniesit '''' there would be nothing remaining.>=ItTaichi was thrown into disorder.=yeah, yeah. -uy if we do it, we must do it more ro erly, that iscertain.....right!>$or Taichi to deny strongly, :iriyama robed for a question to ask.=Ah, ah.>=.....-y the way, listen Taichi.>$or a moment, her words were cut off and looking like she wasmaking u her mind, :iriyama said.=$rom now on..... are you going to take action using =;reamPerce tion>!>$rom now on, I will also use =;ream Perce tion.> If I use it, what willha en! There is a ossibility that I will be able to contribute tosomeone.=I don$rightening. $rightening. It is frightening. -ut until now I havesomehow managed to hold out, but I can deceive, I don being smashed u .That was the fatal blow. I


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were utterly told by Aoki and Inaba.>-ecause Taichi was told various things from Aoki and also Inaba. -uthe did not lend an ear and stuck with his own ath he was thinking.And then what I reached for was a dead end. Above all, I can%asually, es ecially without any articular meaning, Taichi whis ered,and.=.....huh!>$or some reason, :iriyama made a face that looked like she was

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one should I even begin on! "o, before that '''.=$or Aoki.....I can Taichi was not there so soon after they talked

ersonally but Taichi was retty much relieved to that conversation.It was good that he was not hated.It was good that he was not hated.(e didn


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consideration and also suggested to slee early.Taichi went to bed.(e decided to quickly slee . -ut, was it alright for him to slee ! (ethought was there something to do! The cloudiness of his thoughtsmet the illow he was used to and he was not able to fall aslee .(is halfway slumber continued.

Time assed,It was the day where the ath he believed in was com letely denied.The ath he believed in. $rom now on the ath he should moveforward on.An obscured uneasiness attacked Taichi. %ome to think of it, it wasclose by for a long time. (e was followed around y this uneasiness.(e tried to remember since when did it started. If talking about itrecently, it was recent. If talking about along time ago, then I waseven since a longer time ago. -ut this manifestation was when thecareer survey were handed '''''.

A girl from a different class. The girl is com laining. (owever thereis no one in front of her. =It would be better if you did not e7ist>. Itwas a scene more faint that usual. In a dream! A dream where yousee when slee ing! =If you did not e7ist then I wouldn.The girl blamed. &he was blamed someone. The erson who she wasblaming was in his head. It floated u . That face, was one he is usedto seeing '''' his own face. Yaegashi Taichi. (is head was di55y. The imagein his brain one by one were changed and then disa eared, the voicehe heard also disa eared. It seemed like that the dream he had andthe dream the other erson was seeing while slee ing were mi7edtogether.(is head became hot. (e s aced out. (e wants to cool off.In his athletic clothing with a haoriJDK as a 4acket, Taichi left his room.(e walked through the hallway which was dyed orange by the lightbulb. 2nly his footste s echoed in the hallway where no one wasthere.Wanting to blame Taichi. Wanting to hate Taichi. It would be better ifTaichi didn with a desire for that.It was a =dream> with a desire for that.

ore than seriously desiring it, because it was when she wasslee ing, what he saw was robably a =dream>. 8ven so she wasdee ly unconsciously thinking about it.To Taichi, he was more serious about this than the kind of desire thatwas seen in =;ream Perce tion> u until now.Ahh, and then. Thinking back, even making contact with other eo le,he could not be told!&aying, disa ear.;isa ear. ake one


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If it was within the boundaries of something that can be done, if itdoesn


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=Yeah, yeah. To make that kiddream>.....>=Well, as one would e7 ect, that isn >.....>=..........Yeah, that

After saying that, "agase stuck her tongue and with a =Tehee>laughed.=......I won=I"agase while still squatting 4um ed back from Taichi and at that s otshe kneeled on the ground.=-ut, if it


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:ind but without only kindness, she ointed out the thing she shouldoint out.

=(mmmm9 your face looks like you want me to listen to your story!-ig sister Iori'san will listen to you.>Taichi laughed at "agase who said it like a 4oke.(e will bit by bit talk about what he talked about with :iriyama from

before and about his own thoughts.The thing he ersisted with. And with that he failed. -ut there wascorrectness in himself, he thought. The better ne7t time could notbegin.8mbarrassment or something like that was absolutely not felt at all.=.....I made a mistake with my ath and relied on = ower>. .... I didn=What is it!>"agase ut her inde7 finger in front of her mouth and e7actly sto edher movements.The quiet night. The ending late night. The air which was about to becleared of ain with a burst fro5e over him. And then '''=(ey Taichi, are you really that ty e of erson!>"agase said.=......huh, you said!>Taichi could not gras the meaning e7actly.=-ecause itAhhh, itIt


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=(ey, I noticed. This, this was what Taichi said to me one year ago!>.....I remembered. "agase who was saying that she was actingvarious ersonas, that was only 4ust because she e7 resses herselfmore that other eo le and in the end, everything was "agaseherself. That was what I told her.=$rom that start, I have changed.>

"agase has changed .....Then, how about me!=/e eating the same thing, what kind of result will it have!>Taichi ushes out a wavering voice to "agase who whis eredseemingly dee ly moved.=I.....certainly that.....I was under the im ression..... robably. -ut I......why..... was I serious aboutit......!>(e could not ut it into words smoothly. It was what he wanted to say.It was something he wanted her to know. After, he only can take oneste forward. -ut why is it, that he cannot!&omething seemed com letely broken. It was because it seemed likesomething was com letely broken.=.....1 until now, what have I been doing.....>If everything was under the im ression then he was com letelymaking a fool out of himself. $or how long was he working himself ufor nothing!=Well, in reality, Taichi is ama5ing I think. "o matter who, you willsave '''==It=You were acting, youThat was "agase=Why are you being a natural idiot here!6 "o that=.....destroy!>=That&aying that, "agase got closer. &he stood directly in front of Taichi.=-ring out everything that you have inside yourself, and, ile it u .>"agase said as if she was steadily rousing things u .=-ring it out! Pile it u !>=It


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=.....What the, my ears......what on earth are you trying to ......6>Taichi who was frowning and com laining said to "agase.=Yes, inside of Taichi, =8verything that is Taichi> has been com letelydestroyed6>=;estroyed......huh!>=;estroyed......huh!>=Isn=.....?ook! Wait. If everything is destroyed, then nothing will beremaining then......>=There is.>"agase confidently addressed.=8verything was destroyed. Inside yourself, there is somethingremaining. You can feel that.>The strong unwavering eyes attracted Taichi and he breathed in.=Absolutely. After, you can rely on that to move forward.>Taichi could not make a sound in res onse to "agase


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made to think suddenly.And then, I noticed that there was nothing inside me and wassur rised. "ot intending to make everyone around me wait, I tried toquickly decide. I also, continued down my own ath that I think iscorrect.8ven if it 4ust is my own roblem, in the situation where I did not look

straight at it and was flustered and did not become the level where itcan influence the lives of someone else. And so forth using =;reamPerce tion>, I was already gone.-ut, there was no =me>, I did not want to acce t something like that.That is why, once I have decided the ath to use =;ream Perce tion>,I could not abandon it in the middle. -ecause I, who normally wouldnot have decided that, has decided it, no matter what, I wanted tokee that decision.If not, I thought that there was no =me> would be e7 osed.That felt really shameful.The thing that that me can do was to hel someone ''' es ecially tosave someone.That to =losethe negative>. (owever the case for from a =5ero> to a = ositive>!That was not something I could do.$or the direction I move forward, is infinite. Within that choice, whichone to choose! That is something only I can decide. If there is no=me>, then I cannot decide.Wanting to hel . Wanting to do something. Wanting to do it well. Thatis what not able to see the directionality is.8ven des ite that, was my luck good! -ecause I left the result half'finished so that made me convince that I was correct.I relied on to it./ight now one way or another, I am deceiving myself. I really feel thatI am nothing and could not change.%hange is where something needs to be discarded and something isborn.That courage which was =discarded> was not there.In order for something to be gained, one more that =discarded>courage.1 until now, the things I have accumulated, u until now the aths Iwent along on. They were nothing im ortant, the habits, I have heldfast on that.fast on that.I was a selfless freak for myself. I noticed that during that time with=Personality 87change>.-ut, that was the so called nature I have and that was the only reasonso my thinking sto ed there. I could not make sure if there was onemore reason.I have discovered that now. In order to fill in my em tiness, I hel

eo le, I can hel someone so that I will try to find the value ofmyself. That is me. With great difficulty, I recogni5e it.I reali5e that even though I myself was this close, it was this difficultto understand it.


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'''Why did I until now, for one moment, in one go able to think aboutthings! &uddenly thinking about the doubt, it will instantly occur tomy mind.It has been com letely ointed out by eo le around me. $ore7am le, $u4ishima. And above all, Inaba (imeko.The answer was already ractically hinted at . I was told =change>

and =because you can do it> by Inaba. (owever, the result was, I wasincom etent and only came to me now ''''="agase> Taichi said to her.=(mm, what=I understand various things....after a long time.>/ight now, the things he was thinking, the things he believes, hetalked about it with "agase.Already it was late in the night and it was at a good oint to confirmwhether he was causing a roblem for her. -ut she said, =;onWith that, for once a ause was added.=That right really belongs to Aoki or Inaba I wonder.....>That. While thinkingabout that, Taichi whis ered.=yeah, those two are ama5ing but..... The truth is I think that there isno difference! If the brakes lost their effects like Taichi, then theyknew that, so they didn=.....Is that so, I wonder. 8ither way, I shouldn. -eing told that was absurdly hilariousand Taichi without thinking burst into laughter.=(aha, itif it.=That seems like com letely Iori'san


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cheerfully."ot even afraid of =;ream Perce tion>, not even losing her head overit, "agase showed that decision.=You have really seriously thought about it huh! .....Ama5ing, "agase.>=Thanks to that, it took time until this though6>8ven so she=-ecause there


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&ometimes, that is 4ust like the stars lying on to of each other sothey are rising to the night sky.&tretching his hand u wards and s reading it out. The stars werestored in the middle of his hand , and he tightly held it within.=Ah, that


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everyone and following u on the eo le he gave advice to. (is aththat he has decided from now on was that.-ut, before that, there was a matter that he absolutely must settle./unning away as he is defeated, he cannot begin afresh.-ut conversely, he can begin if he faces his defeat, he thought.;efeat and fight. 1ntil now, above all else he felt that is cutting into

his own heart. 8ven if he finishes acce ting his own faults andcleanses his heart, the failure he has commited in reality, the mistakehe has e7 osed, will continue toremain in that s ot as horrible.(e has decided. -ut there was himself where he is still hesitating andcouldn


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like that.>Taichi entered the battle into a discussion meeting. %hihiro wasaccom anying :imura, who came to ask for hel . It was %hihiro$rom before.....when are you talking about!>=ummm, that

=That%hihiro used to laugh scornfully. 2nly saying nothing but things thatwere off the oint.=>Ahh, sorry. well...... I have changed dramatically since that time.>>=......changed huh!>%ertainly after the henomenon with the a earance of that fake,%hihiro said =thanks to the &tu%&, I was able to change.> &imilarly,8n4ou4i also said it.%hange. That=>I could change. If you try it, it>Whether or not you face it head on is a roblem in your mind.=>(ow should I ut it, am I the one lecturing Taichi'san! Teaching yousomething you already knew is a good thing.>>=Already knew, you said..... ItThe whining that he should be saying to a kouhai early in the morningwas not cheerful. -ut, if noticed, he s oke.=.....defeated, is that right! Well, are you telling me that! I am alsothe worst erson who was defeated as well. And that, I was defeatedby Taichi'san as well.>="o, I1ntil an answer, there was only silence.=> otten over......it isn=8ven so..... you were defeated so you fight, isn&till it was a moment where it looked like he was still thinking a little,choosing his words.=>In my case, I thought that I was defeated so I must directly fight.-ut thinking about it now, that timeif I could say something, then Iwanted to say, =I was defeated so I can only fight now.>.>>''';efeated so I can only fight now.Ahh, so that remains.2nly now.


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/eally, only now.8ven to what e7tent it is shameful, even to what e7tent it is ainful,even so, I can fight only now.=>......If you can do that early, it would be to some e7tent more

referable, I at long last think but it>

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2h, said Taichi and he lied in wait. In the direction of the receiver,there were sounds of ad4usting one;o your best, Taichi......sen ai6>>=......(aha, do your best, huh!>Anytime, he himself has given to 8n4ou4i this =do your best>, it was atan im ortant scene. When was that! The image he has is a scene on

to of the roof, but his memories was murky and couldn1mmm..... my level of =do your best> could not be of any hel andinstead has caused trouble for.....>>="o, it8n4ou4i with a re ly =Yes6> switched with %hihiro.=The re ly to the kid who wants to consult with me is, wait a little bitlonger. ......-ecause I robablycan give a ro er answer.>Im licitly, it was full of meaning. Taichi said it. (e changed so hewanted to convey that.=Yes, I understand. .....I$rom the sound of %hihiro=Taichi as well, your red eyes.>The two ointed out to each other and the both of them laughed.A cool white shirt with beige short ants ut together with a muleJ K:iriyama looked cute but at the same time looking mature.=&o, what=1m, hey listen....that.....>:iriyama


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things to Aoki.>:iriyama had her face become red and cast her eyes downwards.=%onfession, I can witness it!>=%onfession, I can witness it!>%ouldn


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and Ishikawa 4oined with a number of other boys have decided beforehand to go sightseeing together.&omewhere, the townsca e which gave off a nostalgic atmos here,had beautiful harmony between the historical buildings and the artsthat were develo ed afterwards. &eeing the brick buildings andwestern stone building made one end u feeling like they are visiting

a eastern 8uro ean country. -ut, the essence of a Ca anese style wasthere and obviously had an atmos here different from normal cities.3&ay, Ishikawa, you#re not going around town with your girlfriend!3&one asked.3At the end, for only a little.33Absolutely, at that time, show me your girl friend. And, Yaegashi,what are you going to do!3 iyagami asked him.3Actually..... I must go already.3That


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(uff uff huff uff, and ad4usted her breathing, :iriyama =All right>and nodded.-etter than :iriyama, but Aoki was obviously ne

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