Vol. 1 Ch. 3 Ep. 32: One Truth 2

The Tyrant Emperor's weapon will be difficult to handle, but...Sensei and the Foreclosure Task Force will manage somehow.

Sensei will secure Suou, then rendezvous with us here. Your only job from here on out is to wait quietly.

You must know...things will work out, Takanashi Hoshino.

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You act like you know everything, Head Prefect.

...But you see...

...you think you have all the answers...but there are things in this world that can't be worked out.

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You can't bring the dead back to life.

And you can't undo what's already been done.

The fact that Yume is dead will never change. Ever.

That's...

Why...?

Why did Yume have to die...?

Where did things go wrong? Why did Yume have to meet such a tragic end...?

Why...?

(...Something's off. It's as if she's looking past me...at something not there...)

...What about the notebook?

Notebook...?

Where could it be?

And what did Yume write in there?

Where is this supposed place she left the notebook...?

...?

Will I live the rest of my life, never knowing what she wrote in there?

(There's something wrong with Hoshino.)

Ah! Ah! Just a little more, a little push...!

Sensei is not present. No one can meddle.

We know naught about the absolute truth that is death.

And so, Takanashi Hoshino will never know the truth behind the death of Kuchinashi Yume.

Notebook? It holds no bearing!

Not a single person in this world can comprehend the death of Kuchinashi Yume!

That is the very nature of death!

And you have come closest to it, closer than anyone else in this world. The Great Mystery of Kivotos. The Horus of Dawn! The sun god bound by dawn!

You are the clue to the sixth koan's answer!

Now, show me! What comes of you, of the divine, confronting the mystery of death?

This is my ultimate trophy! I will reap the sweet rewards of my victory!

…But...there is just one thing...I know to be true...

(Yes...there is a truth that only you know of.)

And that truth...must be written in that notebook.

(Yes. The truth you cannot help but to see! The answers you so desperately crave, they must be written there!)

...Takanashi Hoshino? Who are you talking to...?

Forget this student council game! I'm done playing house with you!

If I hadn't gotten angry then...

Look, Hoshino! It's a water bottle you can wear like a backpack! Should I get one?

No... If I had just let her buy that water bottle...

So, here. Take it.

Huh? What is it?

If I hadn't joined the student council then...

W-Wait up! Don't go! Just for a second! I need to tell you something!

H-Huh...?!

If I hadn't reached my hand out towards Yume...

It's a residential petition for environmental improvements in Abydos!

We need everyone to band together, if we're going to demand action from the corporations!

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If I'd just never met Yume to begin with...

Yume...wouldn't have died.

Ah. Hah. That's the truth.

I understand it now.

Yume...

...died because of me.

It was me.

I killed her...

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It is done!

Yes, yes, yes!! Is that right? Is that it?!

The answer to the koan!!

"...!"

Th-This...?

Th-The explosion came from that direction! The sky over there is...?

...!!

What could it be...?

Ugh...

Hey, hey! Overseer! Wakey-wakey! This is hardly the time for a nap!

No wakey. Totally knocked out.

Sensei, this is...

We managed to stop the Train Cannon, so what is it now?

N-No... I don't think that has anything to do with the Train Cannon.

"Hoshino! Hina!"