"## OP ##" "## ED ##" "SUZUMIYA HARUHI NO SHOUSHITSU" " PART ONE" " START" "Translation by Arr-nii" "There are some places where a line ends with ellipsis but doesn't start with ellipsis in the next line." "They could be separated by commas too." "Please check them. -sm" "SUZUMIYA HARUHI NO SHOUSHITSU" " PART ONE" " END" "Translation by Arr-nii" "SUZUMIYA HARUHI NO SHOUSHITSU" " PART ONE" " END" "Translation by Arr-nii" "SUZUMIYA HARUHI NO SHOUSHITSU" " PART TWO" " START" "Short Story Anthologyome of the books have already English in there so it's pointless to re-add it and it will look overcharged-ish." " Jecht}" "Crime Zero" "Book:" "Hyperion." "SUZUMIYA HARUHI NO SHOUSHITSU" " PART TWO" " END" "Translation by Arr-nii" "SUZUMIYA HARUHI NO SHOUSHITSU" " PART THREE" " START" "Eh?" "SUZUMIYA HARUHI NO SHOUSHITSU" " PART THREE" " END" "Translation by Arr-nii" "Translation by Arr-nii" "SUZUMIYA HARUHI NO SHOUSHITSU" " PART FOUR" " START" "Huh?" "SUZUMIYA HARUHI NO SHOUSHITSU" " PART FOUR" " END" "Translation by Arr-nii" "Translation by Arr-nii" "SUZUMIYA HARUHI NO SHOUSHITSU" " PART FIVE" " START" "Text:" "YUKI.N" "Text:" "YUKI.N This is the emergency escape program." "press another key." "you will be given a chance to correct space-time." "I cannot guarantee success." "I also cannot guarantee that you will return." "it will be erased." "SUZUMIYA HARUHI NO SHOUSHITSU" " PART FIVE" " END" "Translation by Arr-nii" "Translation by Arr-nii" "SUZUMIYA HARUHI NO SHOUSHITSU" " PART SIX" " START" "SUZUMIYA HARUHI NO SHOUSHITSU" " PART SIX" " END" "Translation by Arr-nii" "Translation by Arr-nii" "SUZUMIYA HARUHI NO SHOUSHITSU" " PART SEVEN" " START" "SUZUMIYA HARUHI NO SHOUSHITSU" " PART SEVEN" " END" "Translation by Arr-nii" "SUZUMIYA HARUHI NO SHOUSHITSU" " END ko kf19}tsumo watashi no mune ni" "答..." "The answer is always in my heart." "na\kf22}de darou anata wo eranda watashi desu" "なう　}なたを選んだ私です" "I wonder why..." "I'm the one who chose you." "mou kf18}maranai unmei-sama kara kimerareta kedo" "もうf18}まらない　運命様から決められたけど" "It can no longer be stopped." "Destiny was determined long ago." "I eve ma \kf24}ke ja tsumaranai no" "真ゃf23}まらないの" "Doing what everyone else does is no fun." "You'll 61}right!" "ka\kf39}jiru mama kanjiru koto dake wo suru yo" "感" "Only do the things you can truly experience." "bo\kf22}ken desho desho!" "?" "冒ょf37}しょ!" "?" "right?" "Right?" "HO\kf18}TO ga uso ni kawaru sekai de" "ホ" "We live in a world where truth becomes fiction." "yu kf46}ru kara tsuyoku naru no yo" "夢" "Dreams are what you make strong." "da \kf20}me janai" "誰ゃf62}い" "It isn't for someone else." "isho kf41}kite kudasai 一い" "Please come with me." "do \kf40}de mo jiyuu na watashi wo mite yo ne" "ど" "Watch me be free as a bird." "ahi\kf20}do ni natta kyou no ima ga kiseki" "明" "The moment tomorrow when today turns from present to past is a miracle." "tsu\kf199}u mirai wo" "つ" "Let's take hold of our future." "I eve" "no \kf64}to wa nani?" "wai \kf96}toikakeru na kf71}ranai uso de wa nakatta" "ki\kf134}ru sekai ni mo wai \kf88}basho ga aru so \kf82}shiranai jibun de sae mo" "to kf90}shiki wa to \kf97}musubi" "ne\kf99}su ma kf137}u made wasurenaide" "me \kf70}bi no naka wai \kf113}nokoru no wa ki\kf128}ku soretomo boukyakudarou ka" "ya \kf75}kai ni wa ne kf34}tozurete hi kf55}shita ni kaeru" "ea \kf39}ta mirai o miokuru tobira ne \kf71}natte mo" "wa\kf460}de wasurenaide ki\kf132}ru sekai ni mo wai \kf86}basho ga aru so \kf83}shiranai jibun de sae mo" "oo\kf58}dasu made wa... 望?" "わ" "な \kf134}ではなかった" "消" "わ" "そ \kf159}分でさえも" "閉" "時" "願" "ま \kf39}れないで" "巡" "わ" "記 \kf209}却だろうか" "や" "眠" "ひ \kf55}したに帰る" "選" "願" "忘 \kf38}れないで" "消" "わ" "そ \kf175}分でさえも" "思..." "What is your wish?" "That is what I ask." "I don't need anything; it wasn't a lie. there is a place for me." "who doesn't know that my locked up consciousness bound by time repeating my wish." "don't forget me. what's left for me... or perhaps it's lost." "the world is put to sleep." "returning to their tomorrow." "The gate that sees off the chosen future... don't forget me. there is a place for me." "who doesn't know that until I remember..." "December 16th. it seems as if the Earth would break into even chunks if you were to hit it with an ice pick." "Cold!" "Shut up!" "cold!" "Kyon-kun!" "Wake up!" "Mom says you have to eat breakfast." "Shami!" "Shami~ Shami~ it's breakfast time!" "Cold..." "Cold!" "Rise." "Bow." "Thank you very much!" "Farewell. it cooled down rapidly." "to begin with." "I do hope someone up there didn't confuse his wish for prosperity with a random spell." "I wish those Siberian winds would just take a different route." "There's no real need to come visit us every year like this. but I'm worried about Mother Nature." "and don't really give a damn about it." "Koizumi?" "Hi there." "Committee meeting?" "Yes." "Your face says something's bothering you." "What's the matter?" "Haruhi's been lively since this morning." "Oh?" "right?" "that." "hurry up!" "yes." "Excuse me then." "Sure." "huh..." "Good grief." "Every day's so cold..." "Yeah... so why can't they give us a break for gym class?" "Agreed." "What's with that old man talk?" "look!" "I'm not even wearing a sweater." "but this season is amazing!" "Where does all that energy come from?" "Send some of it my way." "Do you know what today's date is?" "December 16th." "What about it?" "what about it"?" "the day in which your heart shall dance will finally come!" "Don't you guys know about it?" "The end of term ceremony?" "It's true; winter vacation is an event worth waiting for." "Not that!" "There's a far more meaningful event." "think about what the date will be eight days from now." "got it?" "Do that and you'll hit the spot." "I know." "Kyon-kun!" "Good afternoon!" "Tsuruya-san." "Hi there." "Why the gloomy face?" "young man~" "Kyon-kun!" "bye then." "I'll come after I'm done with my stuff." "See ya!" "All right!" "I'd already foreseen that a certain someone was scheming something for next week." "sits right behind me in class." "had been a curse on my everyday life and the universal source of my troubles." "That's right." "Her." "I saw Asahina-san earlier..." "Nagato?" "Sorry for the wait!" "I wasn't waiting." "SOS Brigade" "Does anybody here have plans for Christmas Eve?" "I knew it." "I could tell that without asking." "so I might as well check with you." "What the hell!" "And what if I did?" "Let me ask that first." "right?" "What about Koizumi-kun?" "Do you have a date with your girlfriend or something? my schedule before Christmas is completely open." "I've actually been pondering how I should spend the time." "That was deliberate." "I can smell a liar. since that's really lucky!" "Mikuru-chan?" "Did someone take you out really late at night to see the moment rain turns into snow?" "Were you born in the Showa period or something?" "I don't really have anything" "Late at night?" "Asahina-san?" "Yuki?" "None." "Thought so!" "So fast!" "That being the case..." "SOS Brigade" "Christmas Party ...the motion for an SOS Brigade Christmas party passes unanimously!" "make a note after the party." "I will." "she's just going ahead without us." "I suppose the fact that she bothered asking everyone counts as an improvement." "Um..." "What are we going to do at the party?" "That's what we're going to discuss here!" "so we have a week plus a day till the 24th." "so have a look!" "then you need to start off by developing the atmosphere!" "She's dumping unnecessary stuff in here again... by the way?" "Let's liven up this dreary room!" "didn't you do stuff like this when you were a kid?" "my little sister would get me to help decorate her room every year." "but she still has faith in the Santa legend." "You should learn from your little sister's pure heart." "You can't dream without believing." "even simple wishes won't be granted." "You're putting it on already?" "do as the Romans." "follow the village rules." "so how could we ignore the rules of Christmas?" "There aren't many people who wouldn't want to have their birthday celebrated." "Even Mr. Christ would definitely be happy to see us have fun!" "I wonder who will be cleaning that up... right?" "Figures." "All right!" "that's going to be mirrored." "Oh yeah!" "Mikuru-chan." "Really?" "Ta-da!" "please wait!" "strip! seeing Suzumiya-san having fun like that." "right?" "That's right." "My compatriots and I fear that the most." "the rate at which they appear has plummeted since spring." "So they still appear every now and then?" "Rarely." "while she's sleeping." "she creates closed space unconsciously when she has bad dreams." "she's a menace." "Absolutely not!" "We've been observing Suzumiya-san since before she entered high school but I never would have imagined her being happy and laughing every day like this." "Suzumiya-san's spirit is incomparable to what it was like when she was in middle school." "Is that so?" "Suzumiya-san is obviously changing." "too." "the people around Suzumiya-san are changing too." "and Asahina-san." "And probably Nagato-san as well." "That's a surprise." "little by little?" "You can come in now!" "Ow..." "Hey Kyon!" "Don't peep!" "The glory of the Santa Asahina before me surpassed the real" "Pervert Kyon!" "600 years too early to be peeping at Mikuru-chan's panties!" "right?" "didn't you?" "!" "Like hell it was!" "It was an accident!" "An accident!" "I understand..." "I'm sorry too." "this is quite something." "but nothing more poetic comes to mind." "It suits you very well." "Right?" "right?" "Get a little more confidence in yourself!" "you're the SOS Brigade's exclusive Santa Claus!" "Mikuru-chan?" "Isn't it an honor?" "It's an honor!" "You can stay dressed like that the whole time until the party!" "December 16th passed by." "December the 17th dawned." "huh?" "It really seems like something Suzumiya would do." "You're holding it in the clubroom?" "just make sure the teachers don't find out." "There'll be trouble again otherwise." "Are you coming?" "sorry Kyon but I don't have time on that day to go to some dumb party." "What's with that eerie laugh and smile?" "I have plans for that day. and spend Christmas Eve together at a party in school." "I'm no longer that kind of guy." "Don't tell me..." "It's exactly what you're thinking!" "Christmas Eve." "I really am~ really sorry~" "Who is she?" "A first year in Kouyouen Academy." "and how we'll spend our time together~" "What a bother!" "Kyon!" "and we ended the day putting up decorations in the clubroom." "Pure Student Life" "Pure Student Life" "Pure Student Life" "Pure Student Life" "Pure Student Life" "Pure Student Life" "Pure Student Life" "Pure Student Life" "Pure Student Life" "Pure Student Life" "Pure Student Life but next year we should also have parties for the Buddha and Mohammed's birthdays." "Otherwise it's unfair." "They'd just laugh bitterly at the sight of us unbelievers celebrating for them." "what food should we have?" "Hot pot?" "Sukiyaki?" "Crabs are a no go." "Picking out the meat from the shell is annoying." "Why can't crabs make their shells edible?" "I wonder why they didn't do something about that during the evolutionary process?" "It was with that in mind that they developed shells." "They didn't go through natural selection on the seabed for the sole purpose of being eaten by you." "we're out of decorations." "Then get some more on your way home." "Me?" "You." "it'd be best if we hurry with our reservations." "everything will fill up." "because we're doing it here!" "Eh?" "Here?" "Hot pot?" "We already have all the necessary equipment..." "All that's left are the ingredients." "alcohol is a no go." "I've taken a heartfelt oath not to drink again for the rest of my life." "Hold on a second." "Open flames are prohibited in this building." "It's more fun doing these things in secret!" "I'll just show them my magnificent hot pot. and will make an exception for sure!" "sm} it's perfect!" "get your hands moving!" "Let's liven up the mood with some fantastic decorations!" "We will absolutely make this party a success!" "Now then... right?" "everything that happened up to now really was just the prologue." "starting the very next day." "Kyon?" "which one would you like?" "What do they have there?" "but that's not really relevant." "when from the mountains seemed to turn to ice..." "December 18th. and the day I was plunged into an abyss called horror." "I'll tell you from the start:" "it was no laughing matter." "Kyon-kun!" "Wake up!" "Shami~ Shami~ breakfast~" "Taniguchi." "Kyon?" "What's up?" "Caught a cold?" "Yeah... but my old man made a fuss." "after how lively you were up until yesterday..." "What are you talking about?" "I wasn't feeling well yesterday either." "Weren't you all giddy about your plans for Christmas Eve?" "get better by your date." "a chance like this is never" "Date?" "What are you on about?" "I don't have any plans for Christmas Eve." "the Kouyouen girl?" "Did you get dumped last night?" "Eh?" "what are you talking about?" "I don't know anything about that." "I see." "his plans for a date really did go under." "it must be pretty painful for him to show his face today." "I see..." "Don't let it get you down." "How about coming to the party in our clubroom?" "You can still make it." "Clubroom?" "Party?" "That's news to me." "Is that right... that." "The shock was such that everything I say goes right past him." "I'll play along then." "The eternally grand flow called time will solve everything." "...seems like they didn't ask..." "That's rough..." "I wonder if they went to the doctor... the cold had suddenly spread around Class 1-5." "and hadn't come to class since." "the seat behind me had remained vacant since first period." "I couldn't believe it..." "Did Haruhi also take the day off?" "Was this year's cold really that bad?" "A pathogen that could invade that girl's body..." "One that could bring down even Haruhi." "It's hard to imagine." "I haven't really been able to go swimming." "There hasn't been much other than weight training." "right?" "so I guess I can sit behind you." "Yeah." "huh?" "I've seen plenty of people with it for about a week now." "A week?" "It doesn't look like influenza." "since there are medicines for that these days." "This cold has been going around for a week?" "Lots of people have been taking sick days... didn't you notice?" "I totally didn't." "It's been getting worse since the start of this week." "I want to avoid classes getting canceled." "I bet they'd take away our winter vacation to make up for it." "Taniguchi's also been looking pretty bad lately. he wouldn't let him take the day off." "Kunikida... but I thought Taniguchi started looking bad only today..." "Of course not." "He's been like that ever since the start of the week." "either." "Kyon?" "You're not eating?" "What the hell is this?" "would it?" "As I thought." "My instincts should not be ignored." "It was definitely a premonition." "What I didn't see coming was who the trouble would target. the trouble this time would befall just one person." "I shouldn't need to say it..." "Me." "while the world went on without me." "Good morning!" "Oh?" "Didn't you" "I heard you were taking a day off..." "Sure you aren't pushing yourself too hard?" "Are you okay?" "but..." "I felt much better." "so I figured it'd be all right for me to come this afternoon." "I'll be right back." "I should go." "What's with that weird look?" "Could it be that there's something stuck to my face?" "I'll clean up right now." "I'm only putting my bag down." "okay." "Thanks." "Take your time." "Hey!" "What is it?" "Why are you here?" "What do you mean?" "Something strange with me being here?" "Or do you mean it would be better if my cold had been prolonged?" "I don't care about your cold." "It's not that at all!" "Kyon..." "You're being really weird..." "You've been saying strange things all day." "You should probably" "Kunikida!" "Don't you remember anything when you look at her?" "right?" "She is a person who shouldn't be here!" "What do you mean by "shouldn't be here"?" "She's always been in the same class as us." "It's rude to forget your classmate's face after they took a couple of days off." "I haven't forgotten it." "That face is of the person who" "I get it!" "You must have taken a nap during lunch." "Did you have a bad dream or something?" "How about you go and wash your face?" "I'll lend you a handkerchief." "I don't need it!" "I see..." "I don't know what might come out instead of a handkerchief... tell me what the hell is going on!" "Why did you put your bag down at Haruhi's seat?" "This here is not your seat." "It's Haruhi's!" "Haruhi?" "Who is "Haruhi"?" "Huh?" "Kunikida-kun?" "huh..." "Hey..." "I've never heard of her." "Haruhi is Haruhi..." "You've all forgotten Suzumiya Haruhi?" "How could you possibly forget that person?" "Kyon..." "There's no one like that in our class..." "And this seat has been Asakura-san's since our last switch around." "Are you confusing this with another class?" "That's impossible..." "That's impossible!" "That's... impossible!" "look inside my desk please." "Take out the class register." "sure." "Sakanaka Kasane" "Suzuki Miharu" "Kunikida..." "What?" "Pinch my cheek please." "I'd like to wake up." "You sure?" "hurry!" "Ow!" "right?" "I-I don't..." "I've never heard of her." "Asakura was supposed to have transferred!" "Am I wrong?" "What are you saying?" "She's always been here..." "You must know Haruhi!" "I-I don't... right!" "?" "That's..." "Asakura-san's seat." "What the..." "Stop it!" "Stop it!" "Stop it!" "Let's go to the nurse's office." "It might be the onset of that cold..." "Haruhi's disappeared?" "No one remembers her?" "How is that possible?" "Didn't this world revolve around her?" "The one requiring surveillance on a universal scale..." "Wasn't that her?" "Nagato..." "Nagato!" "Nagato!" "Not here..." "She'd be in the clubroom right now." "Koizumi!" "Where's Class 1-9?" "Where did Class 1-9 go?" "This goes beyond Koizumi..." "Does this mean that an entire class worth of people have vanished?" "What is this?" "What the hell is going on?" "you..." "Class has already started." "Shit! and a person who must be here is not." "then it means the world has." "Who did this?" "was it you?" "Absolutely nothing from afternoon classes sunk in." "I was afraid. but of the fact that Haruhi and Koizumi weren't in this school." "school was over." "Kunikida and Asakura's words of concern had passed right through my pessimism." "I can't even recall how I answered them." "have you decided what to write?" "Not yet..." "I get kind of lost..." "Then how about I think one up for you?" "It's fine..." "I'll figure something out for Mikuru!" "Asahina-san!" "Asahina-san!" "Haruhi's not here!" "And Koizumi's entire classroom is missing! and the whole school's acting odd!" "right?" "right?" "Um..." "I don't know what you mean by "future"..." "P-Please let go... kid!" "It's no good if you just come out of nowhere." "You've gone and scared my Mikuru stiff." "That hurts!" "Tsuruya-san!" "Huh?" "You know me?" "Don't tell me... it can't be... who might you be?" "Have we met somewhere?" "Are you an acquaintance of Mikuru's?" "I don't know this person!" "Uh..." "Um..." "You must've been mistaken... are you all right?" "Asahina-san..." "I'm fine..." "It's all good then." "Saying I've mistaken her for someone else..." "Though you really are popular..." "How could that happen?" "I guess being cute is bothersome..." "I don't know how you put up with it!" "Wait!" "There's a way to find out whether or not this person is the Asahina-san I know!" "Asahina-san!" "Yes?" "There should be a star-shaped mole on your chest around here!" "Could you show it to me?" "Ah!" "Mikuru!" "you can't chase after her this much." "after all." "If you do anything like that again I'll get seriously furious." "Wait up Mikuru!" "It's all over..." "In many ways." "My options are running out..." "I don't know her home phone number." "so I can't look up her number." "I realized I don't know where she is." "There was only one possibility left for me." "the last line of defense." "it'd all be over." "Terminated." "I'm begging you..." "She's here!" "Why is she wearing glasses?" "Why does she have that expression?" "Nagato..." "Yes?" "Tell me..." "Do you know who I am?" "I do." "I know a little bit about you too." "Will you hear me out?" "but a living android created by aliens." "You can use magic-like powers and have saved us before with them." "and the entry into the camel cricket's closed space." "That's the you I know." "Am I wrong?" "Sorry." "Why is she apologizing?" "Why is Nagato saying that?" "I know that you're a student in Class Five." "From what I've seen of you." "I don't know." "This is the first time I've had a conversation with you." "Which means you're not an alien?" "Alien?" "And the name "Suzumiya Haruhi"... do you remember anything about it?" "Nothing." "W-Wait!" "That's impossible." "Hey!" "right!" "?" "Please remember!" "The world has changed between yesterday and today." "Asakura is here in place of Haruhi!" "Who's orchestrated this player substitution?" "the Data Integration Thought Entity?" "so you must know something!" "right?" "What's her plan?" "You should be able to explain it!" "right?" "Stop..." "Sorry." "I didn't mean to attack you." "There was just something I wanted to confirm..." "Dammit..." "It's game over." "it's been pretty successful." "I should commend them." "who is behind this experiment?" "Haruhi?" "The Data Integration Thought Entity?" "Some new invisible enemy of the world?" "Sorry." "This is just a regular Literature clubroom. and I met Nagato for the first time..." "I saw this room." "that's wrong." "This computer's the one thing that feels "off" in this room." "and this isn't the one that Haruhi brought here." "She really isn't the Nagato I know after all." "She wouldn't make that kind of expression." "Nagato..." "Could I use that for a little bit?" "Please wait." "Windows 95 is starting up" "Windows 95 is starting up" "She must be moving or deleting some files." "She must have things she doesn't really want to show to other people." "I understand her feelings." "I myself have picture files of Asahina-san I wouldn't want anyone else seeing." "Here you go." "Sorry for the trouble. nor the collection of Asahina-san pictures I had hidden." "I couldn't access the SOS Brigade website either." "There was no proof anywhere that Haruhi existed here." "m 0 0 l 700 0 700 110 0 110 m 0 0 l 1300 0 1300 110 0 110 m 0 0 l 600 0 600 120 0 120 m 0 0 l 1300 0 1300 120 0 120" "My Computer" "Searching..." "Folder name" "No items match your search." "just like that time Haruhi and I were trapped in closed space... anyway." "Sorry for intruding." "Is that all?" "Yeah." "I couldn't find what I was looking for." "Wait." "If it's okay... please take this." "Club Entry Registration so I'm presenting this registration form." "The most relieving thing... which is a good thing." "I have no doubt I'd have run to find a counselor for help long ago." "Where is she?" "She left me all alone here; where is she living her carefree life?" "Shit." "anyway?" "Kyon-kun!" "Dinner will be ready soon." "Shami!" "nya~ dinn" "What are you doing?" "Do you remember Haruhi?" "or Koizumi?" "right?" "What?" "I don't know them..." "When did this cat start staying here?" "Who brought him here?" "Um..." "You got him last month." "right?" "Shami?" "Give Shami back!" "I have something to discuss with him." "Just between the two of us." "right now." "You're going to talk with Shami?" "Really?" "It's cold!" "Geez!" "Mom!" "Kyon-kun's gone funny in the head." "Shamisen." "I've told you never to speak again." "But it's fine now." "that would be a relief to me." "Shamisen." "Say something." "Anything is fine." "anything you want." "It doesn't have to be something easy to understand." "Please talk!" "Do you understand what I'm saying?" "but able to hear me?" "and your left paw for "no"." "I thought as much." "I understood one thing." "This is not a world where cats can talk." "What would be odd would be for Shamisen to be able to talk in the first place." "this isn't odd at all." "This is actually normal for this world." "Is that really so?" "December 19th." "classes have been shortened." "The cold had spread through the entire school." "so I wanted to take a day off." "I'm not feeling well either." "Morning." "Are you awake today?" "I guess so." "merely having your eyes open doesn't always mean you're awake." "Absorbing what your eyes take in is the first step to getting a grasp on your surroundings." "What do you think?" "Can you do that?" "Asakura." "provided it carries this meaning." " Exhilem}" "Have you ever thought about killing me?" "You really should go to a hospital as soon as possible." "Before it's too late." "bottles." "for example?" "Say there is a very unfortunate person in some place." "he wakes up to a world he doesn't understand." "That wonderful world is a utopia that words cannot describe and no misfortune can befall him anymore." "someone delivered him from Hell to Heaven." "that person wasn't consulted about it." "their identity remaining an absolute mystery." "and no one else ever seems to notice." "should that person consider it a blessing?" "my nerves were influenced by being involved in strange events concerning Haruhi." "But that has nothing to do with the "me" of the present." "no Koizumi; while Nagato and Asahina-san are ordinary humans." "or espers." "cats lack the ability to speak." "It's an exceedingly ordinary world." "Well?" "The previous world where Haruhi existed... or the current world where Haruhi has disappeared?" "Which one should I be happier about?" "Am I... happy?" "through force of habit. and lending an ear to Haruhi's delusions." "I would find it difficult after all this time." "But... today feels different." "Really?" "my girl..." "What do I do with this?" "and spend time with her." "it looks like the Literature Club has no other members." "How many people would she gather?" "sorr" "Mikuru!" "I want the days where I could drink tea prepared by Asahina-san back soon..." "Literature Club" "Come in." "Yo." "Was it all right for me to come?" "I see." "really." "those books... are they all yours?" "Some are left over from before." "I see..." "This is..." "This is borrowed from... the public library." "I see." "have you ever tried writing a novel on your own?" "I just read." "I'd really want to read it." "Would it be sci-fi?" "could it?" "The Fall of Hyperion" "Hyperion" "Endymion" "Joe R. Landsdale" "The Bottoms" "Note:" "The 4 books on the left are volumes of an anthology of short stories based of the Tales of Cthulhu Mythos." "I'll be waiting at 7 pm in the park in front of Kouyouen Station." "I'll be waiting at 7 pm in the park in front of Kouyouen Station." "I'll be waiting at 7 pm in the park in front of Kouyouen Station." "I'll be waiting at 7 pm in the park in front of Kouyouen Station." "I'll be waiting at 7 pm in the park in front of Kouyouen Station." "I'll be waiting at 7 pm in the park in front of Kouyouen Station." "Note:" "Program execution condition:" "Gather the keys." "Deadline:" "Two days." "Were you the one who wrote this?" "Program execution condition:" "Gather the keys." "Deadline:" "Two days." "Did you write this? but I'm not sure." "I don't remember having written that." "I see." "I thought that'd be the case." "It's fine." "It would be troublesome for me if you did." "just talking to myself." "Nagato!" "You've left me a message after all!" "right?" "A hint on how to resolve this situation you've given me... right?" "Program..." "Condition..." "Keys..." "Time limit..." "Two days?" "Today's the 19th." "Can I count that starting from this moment?" "Or is it from yesterday when the world became strange?" "it means the limit is tomorrow." "I need the keys." "But what does it mean by "keys"?" "where then do I take them to exchange for my prize?" "will the world go back to the way it should be?" "key" is just too vague. but something like a "keyword" or a "key person" kind of key." "there are too many possibilities." "Is it an item?" "Is it a phrase?" "Can you carry it?" "Can you not?" "Nagato... key..." "It's no good." "I just don't get it." "Is the Nagato here extremely shy?" "Or isn't she used to being noticed?" "it might not be a bad thing to join the Literature Club and enjoy this world without Haruhi." "right." "I can't give up yet. either." "I'm going home for today." "Okay." "Could it be... you were waiting for me to say that?" "alone with Nagato." "I don't really remember being in this situation." "Nagato..." "Yes?" "Um... do you live on your own?" "Yes." "She's probably wondering "how did he know that?" "I've been to your house many times." "it'd be gibberish to the current you." "why not keep a cat or something?" "Cats are great!" "Every now and then you get the feeling they understand what you've said." "Pets are forbidden." "I see." "Um..." "Will you come?" "Where to?" "My house." "Come in." "Sorry to intrude." "What is it?" "nothing..." "Is she shy?" "Is she timid?" "Is she assertive?" "I don't understand her at all." "The layout of the room's changed a little too. is it all right if I take a look at this room?" "Go ahead." "Excuse me for a moment." "Thank you." "I..." "I have met you before." "Outside of school." "Where?" "Do you remember?" "What?" "The library in May this year." "You... got me a library card." "I think I remember..." "It was the first SOS Brigade mystery search tour." "you would never have moved from in front of the bookshelf." "But this Nagato shouldn't know about that." "Nagato..." "Could you tell me more about it?" "I think it was around the middle of May. had no idea how to get a library card." "since they looked very busy." "I'm bad at talking to strangers... but... someone called out to me." "And he went through the process in my place." "parted ways with him." "That was... you." "I've always regretted not saying what I should have." "I was surprised." "Thank you." "It would have been simple to say "I remember." "there are discrepancies here." "We'd gone to the library to kill time and get away from Haruhi." "Haruhi has completely vanished from your story." "The Nagato I know... where did she go?" "Yes?" "Now's a little..." "I understand." "Wait here." "this TL." "So I vote for keeping it like this. -sm}" "Oh?" "How come you're here?" "Same to you... how come you're here?" "I'm a bit like a volunteer." "It's more of a surprise that you're here." "Did... you make it?" "Yes." "Every now and then I bring some food to Nagato-san like this." "She doesn't eat much when you leave her be." "You two must be good friends." "we do live in the same apartment building." "for what reason are you here?" "Um..." "I was walking home with Nagato..." "I'm thinking about joining the Literature Club... so I wanted to ask her for the details and she let me in." "It's not like I forced my way in." "You?" "In the Literature Club?" "but I can't imagine that at all." "Do you actually read books?" "Or do you write?" "I've been thinking about whether I'll read or write." "Oh?" "You're not going to eat here?" "I'm proud of this dish." "Sorry for having intruded." "I think I'll stay for dinner." "I'm so hungry that I feel like I might die." "I doubt I'll ever get home alive." "somehow I feel like I'd regret it later." "Nagato openly declaring her will is an extremely rare occurrence." "welcome back!" "Food that's eaten together with everyone tastes better." "Right?" "I went out with a classmate to look for clothes." "Nagato-san. but it'd be troublesome to return it if you didn't like it." "how about coming with me to take a look?" "I'll buy another one that's the same." "I'll think about it." "regarding the bath..." "This Asakura seems to be in good terms with Nagato." "It's almost like she's a caring aunt." "is it good?" "Y-Yeah..." "It feels like I've made camp in front of the gates of Hell though... and put it in the fridge." "so until then..." "Hey..." "Is it okay if I go to the clubroom tomorrow as well?" "I don't really have anywhere else I can go." "Hey." "Hey!" "What's the matter?" "I tried to talk to you before but you look like you've just seen an alien or something like that." "An alien wouldn't be unusual." "I saw something far more unbelievable." "Never mind." "what was it?" "do you like Nagato-san?" "How could I dislike her?" "Nagato's the one who saved me from your knife... she's my savior." "I can't say that though." "huh?" "so Nagato-san isn't really your type." "Why do you know what I like?" "I heard it from Kunikida-kun." "right?" "That bastard..." "Spreading rumors irresponsibly like that... you really should think about it seriously." "If you don't..." "I won't forgive you." "Why do you care so much about Nagato?" "Why" you ask... it's something like neighborhood friendship?" "you know?" "Eh\r} ah..." "See you later!" "Yeah." "I wanted to get back home quickly and sleep." "but..." "She could've invaded someone's dreams unconsciously." "Geez... so why don't you appear right now at this vital time?" "can't you listen to my wishes?" "What the hell..." "I... wanted to see Haruhi." "December 20th." "Kyon-kun!" "Good morning!" "I awoke from a dreamless sleep." "It's morning! and I still haven't found the keys." "the world will probably stay like this." "It's also possible that it could get even worse." "Senpai... do you have any plans for Christmas Eve?" "Nagato..." "Yeah..." "I'm going to practice." "Why did you set a deadline?" "were you extremely limited?" "Is that important to you?" "You're..." "Kyon! it's my row's turn today." "Help me learn some of this." "Kunikida." "Actually I'm already going out for a little bit." "Teach this guy about sodium hydroxide." "He wants to know especially about how it gets along with hydrochloric acid." "Isn't that pretty easy?" "they get neutralized." "Which part?" "This part here." "that?" "That's easy." "Well..." "Do the calculation in moles first..." "Kyon..." "Apparently you were making a fuss the day before yesterday." "Weren't you also here the day before yesterday?" "I'd been asleep in the nurse's office since that morning." "too." "What was it?" "Some half-crazed talk about how Asakura should or shouldn't be here?" "I guess." "like someone being replaced by Asakura." "right?" "Did you figure out who that was in the end?" "Never mind that now." "Haruhi?" "you mean Suzumiya Haruhi?" "Taniguchi?" "Yeah." "this too." "you need to think for yourself a little..." "What?" "But I totally don't get it... what did you say?" "Huh?" "This problem." "I don't get" "Before that." "Suzumiya Haruhi?" "She was this crazy girl in East Middle." "we were in the same class." "how come you know" "You damned octopus!" "What?" "Who's the octopus?" "!" "then you're a" "You... you know Haruhi?" "!" "How could I not?" "!" "I couldn't even forget her after 50 years!" "Anyone who went to East Middle would know her." "let go of me!" "What the hell" "Where?" "!" "Where did Haruhi go?" "!" "Will you calm down?" "You're so loud!" "You're like a drum!" "Did you see her somewhere and fall in love at first sight or something?" "Give it up!" "but her personality's a mess!" "Like this one time in the middle school yard where she drew these weird s" "I know that much!" "Idiot!" "where is Suzumiya Haruhi?" "!" "Kouyouen Academy!" "She went to that elite school!" "Kouyouen Academy?" "Was it such a high class school?" "right?" "Kyon!" "That place has been co-ed for ages!" "Y-Yeah!" "It boasts the highest university entrance rates in the prefecture!" "Are you all right?" "You really must still have a fever." "Kyon..." "I'm leaving early." "and typhoid all at the same time." "Taniguchi..." "Thanks!" "Crap..." "I screwed up." "but it's still class time. there's still an hour before the end of the school day." "I guess I could just march in there... but..." "I don't have that much confidence in myself." "I can be prudent when necessary." "That girl... wasn't she from Koizumi's class 1-9?" "but they're attending this school instead?" "there's a good chance I'll see Haruhi." "I'd say the probability is 50-50." "I just have to wait like a scarecrow here." "Oh right... and spends her time happily with other people?" "that makes me feel sick." "Wouldn't that mean that she's finished using me and Asahina-san and Nagato and Koizumi?" "I wouldn't even be a minor character." "I'd become a complete outsider." "I can't be happy with just that." "Give me a break!" "Dammit!" "Who should I pray to?" "What should I believe in?" "Christ?" "Buddha?" "Mohammed?" "Zoroaster?" "Lovecraft?" "I'll do anything." "I'll do anything to take this anxiety away." "There!" "I finally found her..." "Suzumiya Haruhi." "she's with Koizumi!" "they're close enough to walk home together... never mind that." "that's an expression I haven't seen from her in a while." "Her face before entering high school and founding the SOS Brigade..." "Eyes like a warrior without equal." "But... this isn't the time to reminisce." "What the hell... was I always this much of a coward?" "Move!" "Move!" "Hey!" "What?" "What do you want?" "by the way?" "I don't recall ever having been called out with "Hey!" by a guy I don't know before." "please do it somewhere else." "Is this our first meeting for you too?" "So it would seem." "May I ask who you are?" "are you a transfer student?" "but how did you..." "Do you remember an organization called the "Agency"?" "is it?" "Which characters do you write that with?" "Haruhi." "Who told you to address me without honorifics?" "What's wrong with you?" "you're bothering me." "Suzumiya!" "Wait" "Don't even use my family name!" "how do you even know my name?" "that's Suzumiya-san." "right?" "What is she doing?" "Why are you even here?" "Koizumi-kun." "Okay..." "Wai.." "Haruhi!" "You're persistent!" "Suzumiya-san!" "Koizumi-kun." "Okay..." "W-Wait!" "Hey!" "What are you doing?" "Which school do you attend?" "North..." "High?" "I-I'm..." "Shit!" "Wait!" "Haruhi!" "Tell me just one thing!" "Do you remember the Tanabata of three years ago?" "you drew a picture in white lines on the school grounds." "what about it?" "Everyone knows about that." "were you?" "Asahina right?" "And you drew pictographs with him!" "And their meaning was probably..." "I... am here!" "that's enough" "Wait!" "don't struggle!" "Um..." "Suzumiya-san?" "Haru" "Why?" "How come you know that?" "Who could you have heard that fr" "No..." "I've never told anyone about that." "That time..." "North High..." "You!" "What's your name?" "!" "John Smith." "You're that "John" guy?" "Back then... the strange high school student who helped me out..." "Suzumiya-san!" "Someone go call a teacher!" "Are you all right?" "I've found it." "Yes..." "I finally found a clue." "the one person who shares a memory of the past with me..." "I met John Smith twice." "Twice?" "on my way home he called out to me:" "Take care of the John Smith who will overload the world with fun!" "That's... different from what I recall." "but could they have been broken again?" "what a thing to say..." "It's almost as if that John Smith was excessively encouraging her..." "Um... excuse me... if that is all right..." "Sure." "right?" "Yeah." "and members of an "SOS Brigade"?" "That's right. monitor Suzumiya-san along with them." "It's exactly as you say." "excuse me." "it would be an astonishing story." "But even if you ask me to believ right?" "Y-Yeah... the universe almost collapsed?" "Right." "right?" "S-Suzumiya-san..." "Just me?" "It's exactly as you say." "oblivious of that fact." "right?" "Yeah..." "Um..." "That sounds like fun!" "You believe me?" "Suzumiya-san..." "The you from over there didn't believe my story at all." "Then that me really is an idiot." "I will believe you." "After all... right?" "I looked into North High's students. but there wasn't anyone like John." "But that's because you weren't a student at North High yet three years ago!" "What are you laughing at?" "nothing." "why didn't the "you" of this world come to North High?" "There wasn't really a reason." "John would have already graduated... and I never did find him anyway." "my homeroom teacher kept telling me about how Kouyouen Academy had a much better university entrance rate." "I see." "what about you?" "The same as Suzumiya-san." "I merely went somewhere that suited my academic ability." "huh..." "It sounds like fun!" "You're the only one who enjoys it unconditionally though. we can take two interpretations of your explanation for this collapsed situation." "the first interpretation is that you have moved into a parallel world..." "Like this." "And the other possibility is that the world you were in has..." "Thanks. with you alone remaining." "either one leaves us a puzzle." "where did the other "you" go?" "why were you the only person who was left unchanged?" "then you need to find a plan to return to your original world." "you need a way to restore it to its former state." "will vanish." "locating the person responsible for changing the world would be the quickest road to a resolution." "Who could do this but Haruhi?" "It might be the work of some invaders from a parallel world." "They might unexpectedly appear before us." "right?" "I'm only stating the possibilities." "For the time being... we need to look for the "key" that was mentioned in Nagato Yuki-san's message." "I want to go and look at that clubroom!" "I'd like to meet Nagato-san and Asahina-san as well." "then maybe I'll remember something." "John?" "right?" "do you mean me?" "isn't it?" "It's a common name in Western countries." "Who could have made up such a lame nickname as "Kyon" anyway?" "you two." "Let's hurry and go!" "To where?" "obviously!" "I'll go catch a cab." "That behavior is really like her." "I'm relieved by it." "I'm only covering Suzumiya-san's part." "are you close to Haruhi?" "I suppose." "I do like her." "Are you nuts?" "No." "I think she's a charming person." "Where have I heard that line before..." "Suzumiya-san is only interested in my outward characteristics." "She only spoke to me because I was a transfer student." "lately she seems to be getting tired of that." "right?" "she's unknowingly involved me in strange happenings." "I see." "characteristics aside." "that would mean..." "I'm jealous." "You two!" "What are you doing?" "Hurry!" "Let's go." "Y-Yeah... hurry it up!" "Oh crap..." "It's way after school already!" "Even though I told Nagato I'd go to the clubroom..." "Please wait just a little bit longer!" "now what do we do?" "but you'll definitely stand out wearing that." "It'll be troublesome if we're found by a teacher." "That's true..." "I'll explain the plan to you." "Listen closely." "...like that." "That's very "you"." "Are you sure you washed these properly?" "yeah." "where shall we get changed?" "Here's fine." "I can't believe that your legs are this long... be on the lookout." "Okay... hey!" "as I'm wearing a T-shirt underneath." "I see..." "Finished!" "You're not cold?" "Not really." "how about you try a ponytail?" "Why?" "No particular reason." "I don't mind... it's actually quite a hassle to tie one." "I guess." "Is this all right?" "Perfect." "your charm has improved by 36%." "Idiot." "are you all done?" "I suppose..." "You look pretty cold." "I suppose... could you lend me the jersey?" "No." "I'm going to use it to hide our bags." "John... catch!" "we really give the impression that we just came back from running." "huh?" "It is impossible in every way to stop Haruhi once she's come out running." "Fight!" "Fight!" "fight!" "fight!" "and it seems this Koizumi is too." "to think we had to go to these lengths to get inside North High... until three days ago." "isn't it?" 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"This is a message that Nagato left behind for me. but I can't imagine that it wasn't her who set it up." "Doubting her words would mean doubting my own sanity." "what's wrong?" "and you've told us nothing of what is going on here." "What on" "Shut up for a moment." "I'm gathering my thoughts." "I see." "What is it?" "Nothing..." "It's all right." "Nagato." "sorry." "I see." "Nagato..." "I've been here from the start." "there's no point in me joining up." "Because..." "I'm a member of the SOS Brigade above all else." "that means "okay"." "I won't forgive you." "I'm jealous of you." "Is this the Literature clubroom?" "But it doesn't look like I've returned to my original world..." "This is the Literature clubroom I just came from." "None of the SOS Brigade equipment that Haruhi brought in is here." "It's hot..." "Shit..." "It's like midsummer." "When is this?" "My shoes weren't in the shoe rack." "it's clearly midsummer now." "It's like I've flown into a different space-time yet again." "and minute it is right now." "Whether it is the past or the future makes a big difference." "Welcome!" "Nagato." "July 7th Monday" "July 7th" "July 7th" "July 7th" "July 7th" "July 7th" "Monday" "Monday" "Monday" "Monday" "Monday" "July 7th" "The nationwide Tanabata festival." "Today is 7th July of three years ago." "Which means..." "That's right... I time-traveled with Asahina-san and reunited with her adult version." "I helped the middle school first-year Haruhi draw pictographs on the school grounds." "Asahina-san and I went to Nagato's apartment and enlisted her help." "Which would mean... that they are here right now." "Two people who can save me are here!" "we time-traveled here and arrived at about 9 pm. an adult Asahina-san came from the future to give me instructions." "but I can't meet her before we're supposed to meet for the first time." "There they are!" "What an enviable situation for that "me" to be in..." "I'd really like to switch places with "myself" now." "I didn't think there was another "me" here." "it would create contradictions in the timeline." "I'd rather not cause even more disruption to space-time." "Asahina-san?" "Here she comes." "thereafter..." "I knew it!" "enter!" "Everything is as I recall. but that's not what I'm after." "Asahina-san!" "Um..." "I..." "Kyon-kun." "hasn't it?" "I'm glad that we were able to meet up properly." "I wasn't sure that I hadn't made a careless mistake somewhere." "you knew I would once again...." "You knew that I would appear here and now?" "because it's a predetermined occurrence." "the little Asahina-san brought me to the Tanabata of three years ago." "right?" "Yes." "this "you" would not be here." "Um..." "Could it be... the "John Smith" that Haruhi said called out to her on her way home is... definitely." "Kyon-kun." "The current you. you'll decide on your own." "I can only guide you." "What happened to the flow of time?" "It's like it has become tangled and cloudy." "I can't explain it precisely." "Is it classified information?" "that's not it." "I can't explain it in a way you'd understand." "you didn't understand." "I'd only get you confused." "I see." "You'll understand sooner or later." "Nagato did say something similar at some point in time." "How the computers of the future are not like they are today... or something." "That's right." "This era's network-dependent computer systems exist formlessly in our heads." "The TPDD is also like that." "right?" "Time Plane Destroying Device." "Wasn't that classified information?" "the regulations are more relaxed." "I've worked quite hard to get this far." "So what is going on? but from when and why did it change?" "It'd be better if you hear the details from the Nagato-san in this time period." "But I'll tell you just one thing." "on the morning of December 18th." "Which means..." "I didn't come to a parallel world at all." "the world was changed." "That's right." "Well..." "Listen." "This is the normal flow of time." "the world will get changed to this." "the STC data... changes." "It was a massive time-quake that could even be detected from the future." "We need Nagato-san's help to return it to the way it was before." "without you..." "Who was the one who did it?" "I don't think it could be anyone other than Haruhi..." "No." "The culprit is not Suzumiya-san." "But... it's a person you know well." "It's not Haruhi?" "then huh." "Shall we talk for a while?" "Suzumiya-san spun me around so much I didn't know left from right." "She made me wear an assortment of outfits." "Yeah... but all of them are good memories." "Kyon-kun..." "Yes?" "you'll surely look back fondly on these high school days. so much like a dream." "And when you're thinking like that..." "Asahina-san?" "Did you say something?" "It's about time." "Let's go." "To Nagato's apartment?" "right?" "Hey!" "Take care of the John Smith who will overload the world with fun!" "Haruhi the name of John Smith." "Please don't forget... that I was here." "do me a favor." "I still feel a bit awkward around Nagato-san..." "I can understand that." "Nagato?" "It's me." "but I've come from the future again." "The adult Asahina-san is also here." "We need your assistance." "the one who sent me here was you." "Asahina-san and I should be there." "You've stopped time and they're sleeping in the guest room." "I'm going to the familiar room 708." "Anything is possible for Nagato." "even in situations like this." "then it'll be really problematic." "Can we... come in?" "Let's go." "I suppose." "I'm sure it'll be fine." "this is the Nagato I know." "I guess." "adult version." "Understood." "Can I open it and have a look?" "I mean..." "Don't open it." "That room's structure has been frozen in time." "but that's pretty much all for the explanation." "I was sent by the future you to this time." "U-Um..." "I want to normalize this abnormal space-time." "The only one who can restore the altered time plane to its previous state is you." "I'm begging you..." "Great Goddess Nagato!" "That's my wish too!" "Confirming." "Synchronization impossible." "I cannot access the future space-time continuum itself." "She has applied a system protection that selectively neutralizes my requests." "I understand the situation." "Revision is probable. partially changing the composition data of the world." "no powers remain in the resultant Suzumiya Haruhi." "the Data Integration Thought Entity does not exist either." "The person who altered space-time stole Suzumiya Haruhi's powers and used them to alter past memory data between now and around three years and five months into the future on December the 18th." "This occurred over a span of 365 days." "Just a second." "space-time outside of this range remains unchanged?" "is the original you?" "Correct. then you may activate the restoration program." "right?" "I cannot go." "Why?" "I cannot leave them alone." "huh..." "Emergency mode." "what are we supposed to do?" "Harmonizing." "Inject the restoration program into the one responsible." "Isn't there a more gentle method to do it?" "It'd be bad if I did it in the wrong place." "I see." "Yet another weapon... but direct contact with skin is more desirable." "Ain't this a real gun? with the program installed into the needle itself." "Who do I use this on?" "Who might the culprit be?" "Who is the person who altered space-time and changed the world?" "then who?" "which would be to say "That is" and then cut it off." " Arr-nii}" "Seriously?" "Yes." "Is that really true?" "Affirmative." "I will provide the target's space-time coordinates." "Okay." "Thank you." "Understood." "right?" "you will also be affected by changes to space-time." "I will apply the appropriate countermeasures." "Your hand." "A counter-intelligence screen and a protective field have been deployed around your body." "You too." "Uh... okay." "It's been a while since you did this for me." "I've troubled you a lot back then..." "This is the first time for me." "Oh right... my mistake. let's go." "it's the real deal." "Thanks." "It doesn't really matter." "Nagato..." "Are you going to wait in that clubroom?" "I will." "Kyon-kun." "so be careful." "here we go." "We've arrived." "We're at the time and place indicated by Nagato-san." "this is where Haruhi and Koizumi changed their clothes." "A coincidence..." "I think." "It's cold!" "Thank you." "Sorry for the trouble..." "This is a small price to pay." "We forgot to bring our shoes..." "I wonder if Nagato-san will hold on to them for us?" "I think it'll be fine." "I guess so." "It's about time." "4:18 am. but it will change in around five minutes." "Haruhi and Koizumi are still North High students." "knowing nothing." "She's here. the very person Nagato told us about." "We can't just charge in right away." "We have to wait until she changes the world... then inject her with the restoration program." "Amazing!" "Such an immense timequake!" "She has this much power..." "The alteration has been completed." "She has just been born anew." "it's our turn now." "Yo." "It's me." "We meet again." "right?" "Why are you... here?" "how come you're here?" "...A walk." "That's not it." "Nagato." "You've been worn out." "You've been run around at Haruhi's whim... and probably doing secret tasks in places we can't know." "The fatigue must have built up..." "The error data accumulating in my memory space will cause a bug that triggers abnormal behavior." "It is an inevitable phenomenon." "three years from now." "No countermeasures to be taken due to incomprehensible error data." "I understand it." "What was the trigger for the anomalous behavior that Nagato herself cannot understand?" "What was the error data that she's been accumulating?" "It was an easy thing to learn. it would develop patterns like that." "but I do." "And probably even Haruhi... is what we call "emotions"." "so it changed you." "you must have wanted to cry or scream or yell "I don't care anymore!" "you should have." "We should have let you do that." "I am also to blame." "pose like you're about to bounce up!" "O-Okay..." "Like this?" "I had a habit of relying on Nagato." "more!" "Like this?" "hold it!" "I've always thought that I just have to sit down and rely on Nagato to do everything." "What an ass." "I was even more of an idiot than Haruhi." "I don't have the right to blame others." "Nagato... was driven mad to the point where she wanted to change the world." "Bug?" "Error?" "Unlikely." "That's not it at all." "This was Nagato's wish." "Nagato wished for a normal world like this." "but the answer to this question is now obvious." "Why was it that only I was left unchanged?" "The answer is simple." "She entrusted the decision to me." "Is the altered one better?" "Is the original world better?" "I ran away from that." "Dammit..." "What was I thinking?" "What did I think of the incidents and many crazy circumstances Haruhi stirred up?" "This is boring." "Give it a rest!" "Are you an idiot?" "I've had enough of you." "I was a simple guy who got involved in troublesome situations against his will." "A high school student struggling to meet Haruhi's unreasonable demands." "That should have been my stance." "me"." "you!" "I ask myself. and then answer." "Get it?" "So I ask you..." "Didn't you think your extraordinary campus life was fun?" "me." "Think about it." "Well?" "Let's hear it. keeping her from realizing that she is the architect of all this madness." "Didn't you think that was fun?" "Did you think it was too much trouble and wanted to leave the company of this idiot?" "Is that right?" "So basically this is what I think:" "It was completely uninteresting." "It was completely uninteresting." "Is that so?" "Is that how it is?" "and that everything which comes from her is depressing." "So don't you think any of that is interesting at all?" "Don't tell me it's not true." "You know it is. you pressed the Enter key." "The emergency escape program." "The tool that Nagato left behind to fix things." "Ready?" "You answered "yes" to that question." "Right?" "but you rejected it." "Why did you?" "Aren't you always complaining?" "Aren't you always lamenting your own misfortune?" "wouldn't it have been all right to just ignore the emergency escape program? and then Nagato would just be a quiet bookworm." "then blush." "she'd open up bit by bit." "That's the kind of person she might become." "You've abandoned such a peaceful life." "Why so?" "This is the last time." "Answer clearly." "Don't I find being with Haruhi and being dragged into her troubles fun?" "Speak!" "Of course I do!" "Of course it was fun!" "Don't ask me something as stupid as that!" "and he answered it was not then he'd be a real idiot." "30 times more senseless than Haruhi." "you know?" "!" "but we have them all!" "you know?" "And there are even more mystery powers out there too!" "There is no way this couldn't be interesting." "my answer will not change." "Of course." "That's the way it is." "the other one is better." "This world just doesn't suit me." "Nagato." "I like the Nagato I've known up till now more than you." "you look better without glasses." "What are you saying?" "Nagato." "Return it to normal." "Return yourself to normal." "I'll help you out." "You don't have to use that unneeded power to forcefully change things." "It was fine the way it was." "Kyon-kun... it won't help." "This Nagato-san has absolutely no power." "She's just a normal girl." "I'm sorry." "look out!" "I will not allow you to hurt Nagato-san." "What..." "What is this..." "It hurts..." "It hurts!" "It hurts!" "It hurts!" "It hurts!" "It hurts!" "Asakura-san..." "Nagato-san." "I've come..." "I'll destroy anything that threatens you." "That's the reason I am here." "After all that was your wish right?" "It can't be." "There's no way Nagato would wish for this..." "The anomalous Nagato..." "She must have turned the resurrected Asakura into a psychopath." "That's all." "She must be Nagato's shadow..." "Time for the finishing blow." "You must die." "You're troubling Nagato-san." "Does it hurt? because it'll be the last thing you ever feel in this life." "Why... are you..." "Why..." "I feel like I've seen this scene somewhere before." "Crap..." "I'm fading... no!" "Kyon-kun!" "Hang in there!" "I should have known..." "Hang in there!" "Asahina-sans..." "More than one?" "Oh I see." "I am going into delirium." "It's cold." "My blood won't stop..." "Crap." "I'm dying." "but decided not to." "it hurt for me too." "Who is that?" "I don't get him..." "We'll deal with it from here on." "Just sleep now." "Ah... damn it..." "Naga... to..." "I feel like I was just having an extremely fascinating dream." "you're finally awake?" "That was quite a deep sleep." "but it's already evening." "Good thing you've woken up." "I couldn't decide what I should do." "You're looking rather confused..." "Do you know who I am?" "do you know who I am?" "That's a strange thing to say." "Of course I do." "When is this?" "And that's the first thing you ask somebody upon waking up?" "That makes it sound almost like you're aware of your situation." "4 pm." "The 21st..." "Where am I?" "In a general hospital." "This is quite a fancy single room." "so we got you special treatment so the story goes." "...that's totally not true." "Indeed." "I asked the Agency to lend a hand." "You were unconscious for three days." "My superiors harshly reprimanded me for letting this happen on my watch." "I have to make a written apology." "Why am I here?" "Was I really unconscious?" "Don't you remember?" "I suppose you wouldn't." "after all." "no external injuries were found." "No neural dysfunctions were diagnosed too." "What did happen?" "Tell me." "You fell down the stairs at school." "actually." "we all paled." "That incredible sound was as if you'd just died on the spot." "So I fell down the stairs at school on the 18th..." "It was horrible." "and you were brought here unconscious." "That's the first time I've seen Suzumiya-san go white like that." "The one who reached the ambulance was Nagato-san." "You were saved by her calmness." "How did Asahina-san react?" "As you'd imagine." "while calling out your name continuously." "Around what time on the 18th was this?" "During afternoon." "The entire SOS Brigade was about to go shopping." "Shopping?" "You don't even remember that? Christmas Day." "as usual... which was determined by drawn lots." "we were supposed to go out to buy the materials needed for the reindeer costume. you fell down bad as we reached the bottom." "That's a stupid story." "Suzumiya-san said she felt someone was at the top of the stairs." "She thought she'd caught a glimpse of the flutter of a skirt." "only we were left in the clubroom building." "It must have been a phantom girl." "We've been waiting for you to wake up and tell us whether or not you were really pushed." "I don't remember." "So apparently I was pushed by a phantom girl." "I see... at least." "Are you here alone?" "You've been looking around the room for a little while now." "Who specifically are you looking for? so at least there'd be someone by your side when you wake up." "your family has gone back to bring you a change of clothes." "What's with that look?" "I feel a bit jealous of you." "You can call it "envy"." "That's not something you should say to someone in this situation." "but the Chief believed it was her duty to keep watch over the members... for the last three days. me and her." "with that concerned look... we'll save that story for another time." "isn't there something you need to do right away?" "Like scribbling on her sleeping face?" "I didn't think of that." "Shall we give it a try?" "Yo." "damn you!" "tell me and then wake up!" "you know!" "Haruhi." "What?" "Wipe off the drool." "did you?" "but... anything else you wanna say?" "Seems like I made you worry." "I apologize." "then it's fine." "it's the Brigade Chief's duty to worry about her members." "Asahina-san." "How exaggerated..." "He just hit his head and fainted." "I knew very well..." "There's no way this Kyon wouldn't wake up." "after all." "nobody is allowed to skip it." "I won't let you off just because you hit your head or went into a coma." "Do you understand?" "Those three days of unapproved absence will cost you." "a fine!" "And an overdue fee!" "I get it." "How much will this overdue fee cost me?" "Three days of treating all the Brigade members to tea." "And then..." "And then?" "You can dress up as a reindeer for the Christmas party and do a skit." "until we're all laughing." "I'll kick you into a different dimension!" "perform at the kids' party too." "Got it?" "but I couldn't be discharged immediately." "and get them to run some tests on me." "and have now returned home." "I finally got some time to calm down and collect my thoughts." "I wonder what would have happened... and Koizumi would just be mere individuals." "Haruhi would be a slightly odd high school girl." "I've already given my answer." "I believe this world is fun." "risking my nine lives would prove to be a waste.e taken would have gone to waste. }" "Sorry." "but decided not to." "it hurt for me too." "We'll deal with it from here on." "Just sleep now." "That's about right." "Yo." "did you come looking for me?" "right?" "I take all the blame to myself." "right?" "About how you'd recreate the world on December 18th." "Since April this year... the whole time..." "I knew." "why didn't you say anything?" "You could've told me any time." "I would have done something within my power." "I would've deleted those memories from you and still altered the world." "do that." "It was only possible for me to keep as much of your original form intact when December 18th arrived." "didn't you?" "That was enough." "Nagato..." "I'm sorry." "Yuki... ould just mean "snow"?" "masat} {and there came the snow}" "My punishment is currently being discussed." "Discussed by whom?" "The Data Integration Thought Entity." "That I will not develop aberrant behavior for a second time cannot be guaranteed." "my internal errors will continue to accumulate." "That is extremely dangerous." "Tell them they're assholes!" "Pass along this message to your boss:" "listen up just with slightly different literal meaning." " Arr-nii}" "I will bring you back." "but I can at least stir up Haruhi." "I'm holding a trump card for that purpose." "I'd just tell her "I am John Smith." "that's right." "but Haruhi is ludicrously powerful." "holding nothing back." "we'd go on a Nagato-finding journey." "Haruhi would be able to do something about it." "I'd make her do it... and I'd bring Asahina-san and Koizumi into it too." "Nagato is our comrade." "Haruhi wouldn't just leave it at that." "Suzumiya Haruhi is like that. our nuisance of a Brigade Chief." "I don't know how advanced these Data Integration Thought Entity people are." "they are extremely intelligent beings or such." "no matter what." "I want to say to them:" "They should have been able to give this Nagato more character. and went shopping with her friends on her days off." "They were able to create that kind of person." "gloomy girl who shuts herself in a room and just reads books?" "Probably because she wouldn't look like a Lit." "Club member if she weren't like that." "So she wouldn't attract Haruhi's eye?" "Whose idea was that?" "!" "I will recreate the world alongside Haruhi." "but the Data Integration Thought Entity does not." "She could easily create that." "we will get you back." "Tell that to your master." "I will." "Thank you." "it's morning." "Wake up!" "Get... up~" "The following day..." "I was discharged from the hospital." "the morning of the end-of-term ceremony. and Asahina-san and Tsuruya-san recognize me." "The world had gone back to the way it was." "there was still a decision in my hands." "the world won't be finally restored." "But..." "I haven't decided when to do that." "will the time come when I have to settle this once and for all?" "I won't second-guess myself anymore." "I... chose this world." "That's different to Haruhi's usual unconscious gleeful rampages." "I chose to play around like an idiot in this world." "I need to take responsibility until the end." "Serves me right..." "I'm no longer completely on my own." "The time when I thought that just observing was enough is a thing of the past." "actively defending the world." "I'm going to attend the Christmas hot pot party sponsored by Haruhi." "Haruhi and Asahina-san finally went grocery shopping together." "but was let off the hook while I recuperated. it's more likely that she wanted to keep the menu a secret... so she could take the lid off the pot and fill everyone with wonder." "Or something like that." "What'll she start this time? disease-inducing hot pot never before seen in culinary history." "Good grief. so it seems like they've already started cooking." "What is this feeling of satisfaction?" "trouble will ensue." "I have to return to the past once again and restore the world." "But heck." "I've still got time." "but I don't have to do it right now either." "world... right?" "right?" "At least... right?" "There you go!" "Thank you!" "Here." "Let's go!" "Okay!"