The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya Page #12

That was more than enough.

Nagato...

I'm sorry.

Yuki...

My punishment is being deliberated.

Deliberated by whom?

The Integrated Data Sentient Entity.

There is no guarantee that I will not develop anomalous behavior again in the future.

As long as I continue to exist here, errors within me will continue to accumulate.

It is a dangerous possibility.

Tell them that's bullshit!

Pass along this message to your boss:

If you ever disappear or go away, know this

I will let all hell break loose.

I will do anything it takes to bring you back.

I don't have any powers myself, but I sure as hell can stir up Haruhi.

That's why I've been keeping a trump card.

All I'd need to do is tell her, "I am John Smith."

That's right.

I have about as much power as a sponge, but Haruhi is stupidly powerful.

If Nagato ever disappears, I will reveal everything to Haruhi and make her believe me.

After that, we would embark on a quest to bring Nagato back.

Even if the Integrated Data Sentient Entity hides her somewhere, Haruhi would be able to do something.

I would force her to, and I would drag Asahina-san and Koizumi into it as well.

Nagato is our companion.

If any of our members went missing, Haruhi wouldn't take it lying down.

That's the kind of person Suzumiya Haruhi is.

Selfish and egotistical and inconsiderate,

our nuisance of a brigade chief.

I have no idea how advanced these Integrated Data Sentient Entity guys are.

They're probably ridiculously intelligent beings.

They can probably do all sorts of amazingly powerful tricks.

And that's why I want to make it clear to them.

It should have been easy for them to give Nagato more character.

Before she became a crazy killer, Asakura was popular in class, cheerful, sociable,

and even went shopping with friends on days off.

They clearly could create that kind of character.

So why did they program Nagato to be a gloomy, lonely girl who shuts herself in a room and just reads books?

Was it because she had to look like a Literature Club member?

So she wouldn't stand out to Haruhi?

Who the hell came up with that?

If they have any complaints, I will take Haruhi and recreate the world completely.

We'll make a world where you're here, but the Integrated Data Sentient Entity doesn't exist.

It would be a piece of cake for Haruhi.

We will get you back, even if we have to recreate the universe from scratch.

Tell that to your boss.

I will tell them.

Thank you.

It's morning Kyon-kun, wake up!

Wake up!

The following day.

I was discharged from hospital, and now it's December 24th,

the morning of the end of term closing ceremony.

Kouyouen Private Academy had returned to being an all-girl's school,

Taniguchi was back to his cold-free self,

and Asahina-san and Tsuruya-san know who I am again.

The world had returned to the way it was.

Nevertheless, I still have the choice to keep this world or not.

If I don't go back to the past one more time along with Nagato and Asahina-san, the world won't be restored.

It's just that I haven't decided when to do that.

Will I have to clean up this whole mess sooner or later?

I'm not going to second-guess myself anymore.

I chose this world.

My choice was different from Haruhi's usual subconscious rampaging.

I made this decision of my own free will, to continue running around this world like an idiot.

That being the case, I need to take responsibility to the end.

Serves me right...

I suppose that puts me right in the middle of everything now.

My time as an observing bystander is completely in the past now.

I now stand alongside the other elites of the SOS Brigade as a protector of the world.

Now, I'm going to attend the Christmas hot pot party that Haruhi organized.

Haruhi and Asahina-san were in charge of buying the ingredients.

I was supposed to have been the pack mule, but I was allowed a reprieve while I recuperated.

Rather than any consideration on Haruhi's part,

it's more likely that she wanted to keep the menu secret until the last minute, then uncover the pot and surprise everyone.

Or some plan like that.

What's going to happen this time?

It's Haruhi, so rather than any surprise,

she's probably more interested in creating some experimental hot pot never before seen in culinary history.

Good grief.

There's a spicy fragrance coming from the clubroom,

so I guess they've already started cooking.

I wonder what this sense of satisfaction I'm feeling is.

Before long, I'll have to go dive into trouble again.

I have to return to the past again and restore the world.

Oh well.

There's still time.

I can't leave it for too long, but I don't have to do it right this instant either.

Hey, world...

You can wait a little longer, right?

You're okay staying on standby for a bit before I go restore you, right?

At least...

it won't be too late if I try some of Haruhi's special hot pot first, right?

nozomu koto ha nani? watashi ga toikakeru

"What do you want?" I asked you

nani mo iranai uso de wa nakatta

"I don't need anything," you did not lie

kieru sekai ni mo watashi no basho ga aru

In this vanishing world, there is a place for me

sore wo shiranai jibun de sae mo

One for myself, though I might not know

tojikumeta ishiki wa toki wo musubi

A trapped consciousness, idle in time

negai wo kurikaesu mata au made

Repeating a simple wish: Until we meet again

wasurenaide

Don't forget

meguru hibi no naka watashi ni nokoru no wa

In these days flashing by, what is left for me?

kioku sore tomo boukyaku darou ka

Memories, or is it oblivion?

yagate sekai ni wa nemuri ga otozurete

In the end, the world falls to sleep

hitori hitori no ashita ni kaeru

Returning, each to each's own tomorrow

erabreta mirai wo miokuru tobira

From this door, watching the future you chose

negai ga kanattemo wasurenaide

Even if the wish comes true, don't forget

wasurenaide

Don't forget

kieru sekai ni mo watashi no basho ga aru

In this vanishing world, there is a place for me

sore wo shiranai jibun de sae mo

One for myself, though I might not know

omoidasu made wa

Until you remember...

There you go!

Thank you!

Let's go!

Okay!

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