🌐 Timeline Access: Unknown
Memory Anchor Reached: Reika Minazuki
Kentarō's body jolted forward as he was pulled into the new world line.
Unlike the last, this one felt eerily perfect.
No anomalies.No flickering signs.No reversed clocks.
Just… stillness.
A fully functional timeline.
But it didn't feel right.
🏫 University Grounds – 8:12 AM
Kentarō stood across the street from his own university.
The building looked the same. The cafeteria. The old vending machines. Even the crack in the basketball court was there.
But he noticed something horrifying:
No one recognized him.
Not even his professors.
Not even the barista who always miswrote his name as "Kenta."
He was invisible.
👁️ Sarah Appears – But She's Different
Then he saw her.
Sarah.
But not the girl he loved.
This version wore Chronos black—her crystal necklace absent, her hair shorter and pinned. She spoke formally. No spark in her voice.
She walked beside another boy, laughing softly.
"Wait… she replaced me?"
Kentarō tried to approach her—but time glitched, rewinding him 3 seconds each time he crossed a certain radius around her.
This world had no version of him.
And it didn't want one.
🔍 Searching for Clues – Reika's Notebook
He slipped into the library and searched through school records.
There was no "Kentarō Minami."
Not in admissions. Not in class photos. Not in emergency contacts.
But there was a note tucked inside Reika Minazuki's journal:
"Sarah isn't right. She talks about timelines in her sleep.""She doesn't remember… but I do.""I met someone named Kentarō… but he never existed here.""Why do I dream of him dying in my arms?"
"Why does that hurt more than real memories?"
🪟 Reika's Room – Nightfall
Kentarō found her apartment window open.
She was sketching something under dim light—a boy standing in front of a shattered Ferris wheel.
It was him.
He entered slowly. She didn't scream.
"I knew you were real," she whispered.
Tears welled up in her eyes."I prayed you'd come back. Even if just in this dream."
Kentarō took her hand.
"This isn't a dream. I was erased."
Reika's voice trembled. "I think I'm next. I remember too much. And Chronos doesn't like that."
🕯️ The Plan
Together, they made a plan.
Reika would help Kentarō reach Sarah.
They would trigger a memory reaction using the third crystal.
If it worked, Sarah's suppressed memories would flood back.
But there was one catch:
"If this timeline fully accepts you," Reika said, "someone else will vanish."
"This world can't handle an extra soul."
Kentarō looked at her.
"And if you're the one who fades?"
She smiled. "Then at least I'll fade remembering you."
💔 Final Scene – The Last Look
That night, Reika and Kentarō stood at the university rooftop.
She gave him a piece of paper—another sketch.Sarah and Kentarō. Holding hands. Crying. Alive.
"This is how I remember you."
She leaned in.
"If I disappear… promise you'll remember me in the next one."
He nodded. "Always."
Then she kissed him.
As the memory crystal pulsed in his hand…
The sky cracked again.