🌫️ Somewhere Else – Loop #51B-A
He stood in the rain again.Same cracked pavement. Same sound of thunder. Same moment of choice.
Daichi looked down at his hands—shaking.In them, a broken memory drive.Behind him, a younger Kentarō calling his name.
"You either give it to Chronos," a voice repeated in his head,"Or everyone in this line dies."
Every time he made the same mistake.
Every time, Kentarō died.
And the loop reset.
🛌 Present Timeline – Daichi's Room
He jolted awake.
Sweat. Chest tight.A quiet hum pulsed from a glowing mark on his wrist—the Loop Seal, a failsafe punishment branded by Chronos long ago.
He wasn't free yet.Not until he chose something different.
But the loop didn't exist here.This timeline was stable, safe, normal.
Except… he still remembered it all.
🎨 Reika's Apartment – The Confrontation
Reika was sketching Kentarō and Sarah again.She looked up as Daichi entered unannounced.
"Do you remember it too?" he asked.
She nodded slowly."Loop 51. The day you handed Kentarō's location to Chronos."
He clenched his fists.
"I was scared."
"You were human," she replied softly. "But you never forgave yourself."
Daichi sank to the floor, head in his hands.
"I keep reliving it. I keep losing him."
💿 Reika's Offer – A New Path
Reika pulled out a sealed memory shard—her own from Timeline 51, where she'd fought to protect Daichi even after he betrayed them.
"Want to rewrite it together?"
He hesitated. "I thought that world was burned."
Reika smirked. "Only the timeline. Not the moment."
They placed the shard into Sarah's old memory crystal.
The world around them flickered—and suddenly—
🌧️ Back in the Loop – One Last Chance
They were back.
Rain. Cracked ground.Chronos voice echoing.
This time, Daichi turned to Kentarō.He didn't run.He didn't hand over the coordinates.
Instead, he stepped forward, hugged Kentarō tightly, and whispered—
"You die in every version where I choose fear."
Then he dropped the memory drive and crushed it.
Time… held.
✨ The Loop Breaks
The seal on his wrist faded.Reika blinked. They were back in the present—but everything felt lighter.
Daichi stared at his hands.He didn't feel guilt anymore.
"I chose you this time," he whispered.
Reika smiled gently. "That's what redemption looks like."
💡 Final Scene – Daichi's Apartment
Later that night, Daichi found something strange inside his pocket.
A silver pendant—from a timeline he had never lived.
Etched into the back:
"To the boy who chose courage. You mattered in the end."– Sarah (Timeline 48)