It felt just like a dream.
In the dream, she experienced the bustling life of Inazuma City as a young man named Tachibana Taki.
Going to an Inazuma City school for the first time, visiting a tea house for the first time, working part-time at a high-end izakaya for the first time.
She even built a good relationship with Tachibana Taki's senior, Miss Okudera...
Meanwhile, Tachibana Taki, in the identity of Miyamizu Mitsuha, delivered mouth-chewed sake to the mountain. The two gradually discovered that they had exchanged souls!
The two interacted with each other, even leaving the word "Idiot" on each other's faces with a brush.
Just like that, in a strange manner, they almost brute-forced their way into each other's lives.
Fang Qiu wrote these plot points with great warmth and relaxation. Although they were simple daily occurrences, Fang Qiu used the reason that the two could not adapt to a stranger's body to make the plot very interesting.
During this period, some crowd-pleasing scenes also occurred.
For instance, when Tachibana Taki's soul was in Miyamizu Mitsuha's body, he subconsciously groped Miyamizu Mitsuha's chest. When changing clothes, he saw Miyamizu Mitsuha's entire body naked.
Miyamizu Mitsuha also did some strange things to Tachibana Taki's body.
Although Fang Qiu wrote this part of the plot very mildly, it couldn't help but remind Bai Qing of the content in that book she read yesterday.
As soon as she thought of the content in yesterday's book, her pretty face couldn't help but flush red.
One of the female editors who happened to look over saw her appearance and couldn't help but pull the female editor next to her, starting to whisper.
"Look quickly, Ah Qing is blushing."
"I saw her reading Fang Qiu's novel just now, right?"
"Could it be that Fang Qiu wrote something strange? To make Ah Qing blush like that? Now I'm a little curious."
"I remember during our last meal, Fang Qiu seemed to guarantee a grand reunion ending, right?"
"That's right."
"Then how about we go ask Ah Qing for the manuscript to take a look later?"
Several editors whispered while looking at Bai Qing.
Bai Qing had no idea she was being stared at. She shook her head, shaking the narration of Junior Sister, Go Easy, Senior Sister Hurts out of her mind.
"Phew."
Bai Qing exhaled gently.
Read the book properly, don't think about that messy stuff.
After patting her own cheeks, Bai Qing continued reading.
It had to be said, Fang Qiu's writing prowess was astonishing.
Amidst the daily life, Tachibana Taki's feelings also quietly changed, influenced by the situation.
This point was also pointed out by Senior Okudera after Tachibana Taki's failed date with her.
"You liked me a little before, didn't you? But now you like someone else, right?"
After Senior Okudera left, Tachibana Taki took out his memo pad.
It was written on it:
"The town's astrologer said two days ago that a meteor would fly past tonight. By the time the date ends, you should be able to see it, right?"
Tachibana Taki looked up at the sky.
Twilight had faded, and the night was gradually approaching.
"That guy, what is she saying..."
Tachibana Taki looked up at the sky; there was absolutely no sign of a meteor descending.
For some reason, seeing this, Bai Qing's mood became somewhat heavy.
A bit suppressed.
Yet on Miyamizu Mitsuha's side, the meteor was truly flying in the air, dragging a brilliant tail of flame.
The meteor had descended.
"?"
This made Bai Qing freeze for a moment.
Fang Qiu had spent a lot of ink on the meteor, so why was there a situation where it existed on one side but not the other?
Thus, the perspective returned to Tachibana Taki.
Next was a monologue by Tachibana Taki.
"I originally thought I would tell her about the failed date the next time we swapped bodies, but, for some reason, I never swapped bodies with Mitsuha again."
Along with his inner monologue, Tachibana Taki began to collect information about the town in his memories from everywhere.
Finally, the location was confirmed.
Thus, he planned to go find Miyamizu Mitsuha.
Accompanying him were his good friend and Senior Okudera.
Only, when they thoroughly found the small town where Miyamizu Mitsuha was located, they learned that the town had already been destroyed under the impact of the meteor.
When Tachibana Taki ran all the way to Itomori Town, that quiet and peaceful town had already turned into ruins.
"?"
Seeing Miyamizu Mitsuha and her family appear on the list of victims recorded in the library, Bai Qing couldn't help but freeze in place.
The manuscript in her hand fell onto the desk with a snap.
Miyamizu Mitsuha, she died?
And she died so abruptly?
What exactly is going on?
Putting aside that Fang Qiu had promised her a grand reunion ending, even if Fang Qiu broke the agreement to torture the readers, with her standard, she wouldn't write it this abruptly.
Writing it this way would only make people feel empty and baffled.
It was completely different from the sadness felt in the same genre's Your Lie in April.
Moreover, there was still so much manuscript left; surely she wouldn't switch female leads halfway through writing Miyamizu Mitsuha, right?
She let out a long breath and patiently continued reading.
After learning that Miyamizu Mitsuha had actually died under the meteor three years ago, Tachibana Taki fell into self-doubt.
He suspected that having those dreams, remembering the scenery there, and knowing Miyamizu Mitsuha were all because he had read the news reports at the time.
All of this was his fantasy.
Reading up to here, Bai Qing was even more confused. What did Fang Qiu want to write?
Puzzled, she continued reading.
In the manuscript, it was written that while reviewing materials regarding Itomori Town, Senior Okudera noticed the braided cord on Tachibana Taki's wrist.
And she raised a question.
Tachibana Taki couldn't help but freeze.
Who gave him this cord?
He suddenly realized that this red cord was exactly the same as the cord Miyamizu Mitsuha used to tie her hair.
Through the significance of the red cord, he recalled the memory of placing the mouth-chewed sake on the mountain for preservation while in Miyamizu Mitsuha's identity.
Thus, after leaving a note, he rushed all the way toward that place.
Above the horizon, faint thunder turned into thunder filling the sky, with lightning raging.
Torrential rain poured down as Tachibana Taki struggled to travel through the mountains.
When he saw the place where the mouth-chewed sake was stored, he confirmed it. That was real. That was not a dream.
He went all the way into the cave.
Looking at the bottles of mouth-chewed sake that already bore the sedimentation of time, Tachibana Taki also confirmed that the one he swapped bodies with when the comet arrived was Miyamizu Mitsuha from three years ago.
The timelines were staggered?
Thus, he drank Miyamizu Mitsuha's mouth-chewed sake and prayed to the gods, hoping time could flow backward.
"So that's how it is."
Bai Qing's eyes brightened slightly. No wonder there was so much foreshadowing earlier.
She had already begun to look forward to Tachibana Taki returning to the past to save the town and save the person he liked.
Then, a happy, grand reunion ending.
Just as she thought Tachibana Taki was about to return to the past after drinking the mouth-chewed sake, nothing happened.
"Eh?"
Bai Qing couldn't help but freeze.
What is the situation?
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