s-shidou! Are you alright!"
"............Yeah, I'm fine."
Shidou replied in a low voice, before gritting his teeth, forcefully smashing his fist onto the ground.
"Kurumi......!"
Last month, the clone who was killed by the real Kurumi.
It was a mystery as to why she reappeared in front of Shidou.
Her true intention, is still unknown even till now.
But——the only thing he can understand is.
Even though that Kurumi knew that she would once again be killed by the real Kurumi, she still chose to meet with Shidou.
Just for a few hours of memories, she chose to defy the absolute will of [Herself].
"............!!"
An indescribable feeling surged within him, Shidou once again swung his fist.
"s-shidou......"
Tohka called out his name out of concern.
However, Shidou's head was still in a mess. Many kinds of emotions broiled into a chaotic whirlpool, causing rational thought to be impossible.
At that moment.
"......Shidou. what's that?"
Kotori's voice sounded out to him from behind.
Hearing that, Shidou raised his head slightly——opening his eyes.
At the spot where the Kurumi clone was consumed by the shadows, the interleaving paper containing the photo was left, as well as ——a small strip of paper.
"Tan, zaku......"
Looking at that, Shidou unsteadily stood up, picking up the tanzaku that had fallen to the ground.
After that, he looked at the words written on it.
"............"
Shidou bit down hard, as though attempting to draw blood from his gums. He held the tanzaku in his hand, wordlessly walking down the street.
"Ah......shidou! Where are you going!"
Tohka's voice sounded out from behind him, but Shidou ignored her, tearing a path through the crowd, he continued to walk forward.
Finally, he arrived in front of the tallest bamboo that Kurumi had said earlier, holding the tanzaku in his mouth, he climbed the nearby telephone pole to the building's roof.
His actions quickly attracted the attention of nearby visitors, murmurings started to sound out from the ground.
However Shidou did not take them to heart, he stepped onto the roof, extending his hand to the largest branch on the bamboo.
And then, while maintaining an unnatural position, he hung the tanzaku in his mouth on the very top of the bamboo.
However,