🕳️ Safe Zone – Timeline Drift Zone 44-B
Kentarō followed Yūto's last message to a desolate train tunnel hidden behind a digital billboard. The coordinates led him down rusted steps and into total darkness. Static buzzed faintly in his ears.
"Yūto… you better still be here."
He clutched the fractured memory crystal, its pulse syncing with his heartbeat. The air felt unstable—almost like walking through a dream that could collapse at any moment.
🔦 Inside the Tunnel – 13:44 Standard Reverse Time
The deeper Kentarō went, the stranger things became.
His shadow moved opposite to him.
Signs flickered in languages he didn't know.
Distant voices whispered in his own voice.
He saw remnants of graffiti: "⧗ REMEMBER YOURSELF."And then—A sketch of Yūto, scribbled on the wall… crying. Under it, someone wrote:
"I didn't want to forget them all."
👤 The Encounter
A blue glow appeared ahead.A figure hunched over a pile of broken time devices and shattered memory shards.
"Yūto?"
The figure didn't respond.
Kentarō stepped closer… and froze.
It was Yūto, but not as he remembered.
His eyes glowed faint blue.
His skin flickered with broken fragments, like puzzle pieces falling apart.
He looked up—vacant, empty.
"Kentarō… is that you? Or just another memory?"
🧠 Glitching Dialogue – The Broken Mind
Yūto stood, swaying.
"They took my name… my school… my first kiss… even the girl I liked."
"I tried to hold onto a timeline… but they kept slipping…"
"Chronos called me a Vanishing Point—a soul too unstable to belong anywhere."
"I'm not erased. I'm just… misplaced."
Kentarō stepped closer. "We can fix it. You're still you, Yūto."
But Yūto smiled sadly.
"No. I'm just the echo of someone you used to know."
"I've seen too many versions of myself die to believe I'm real anymore."
⏱️ Yūto's Final Request
Yūto reached into his chest—his fingers dissolving—and pulled out a fragment of a third memory crystal. It flickered orange and blue.
"Take it."
"Don't let Chronos rewrite Sarah too."
"And if you ever find the real me… tell him I was scared, but I loved you all."
Kentarō took the crystal, hands shaking.
Yūto's body began to shimmer—turning into hundreds of flickering, fading versions of himself.Laughing. Crying. Dying. Smiling.
Then nothing.
Just a coat. A sketchbook.And the faint echo of his voice:
"I'm still here… somewhere."
🔁 Meanwhile – Chronos Control Tower
Professor Hoshikawa placed a black mark on the wall labeled "Vanishing Points."
Another one gone.
He sighed. "The deeper they go, the more unstable the echoes become."
Mira appeared beside him. "And yet… they keep choosing to remember."
Hoshikawa narrowed his eyes. "Then perhaps it's time they see what remembering truly costs."
🎈 Final Scene – Back in Kentarō's Room
He opened Yūto's sketchbook.The last page had a drawing of Sarah.
Under it:
"No matter the timeline… he always finds her."
Kentarō whispered, "I'll find you too, Yūto. I swear it."
The third crystal pulsed.
Then projected a glowing word:
"Next Anchor Point: Reika Minazuki"