The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya Page #4

Actually, I know a bit about you too.

Will you hear me out?

You're not a human, but an organic android created by aliens.

You can use magic-like powers that have saved us many times.

Like the home run bat, and the entry into the cave cricket closed space.

That's the you that I know.

Am I wrong?

Sorry.

Why is she apologizing?

Why is she saying that?

I know that you're a student in class 5.

I see you every now and then.

But I don't know any more than that.

This is the first time I've talked with you here.

Which means you're not an alien?

Alien?

And does the name Suzumiya Haruhi mean anything at all to you?

No.

W-Wait!

That's not possible!

Come on!

You must remember repeating summer vacation 15,000 times!

Please remember!

The world changed between yesterday and today.

Instead of Haruhi, Asakura is here!

Who's responsible for this player substitution?

Was it the Integrated Data Sentient Entity?

Asakura's been resurrected, so you must know something!

She's the same as you, right?

What's she plotting?

You should be able to explain!

That's the way it's always been!

Stop...

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to attack you.

I just wanted to confirm something...

Damn it...

It's game over.

If this is some psychological attack, it's a resounding success.

Very commendable.

So, who's behind this?

Haruhi?

The Integrated Data Sentient Entity?

Some new enemy of the world we've never encountered?

Sorry.

This is just a Literature clubroom.

It looks just like it did that day in May when Haruhi dragged me in here and we met Nagato for the first time.

No, that's wrong.

That computer's the one thing in the room that looks suspicious.

It isn't the same one that Haruhi stole from the computer club.

She really isn't the Nagato I know after all.

The one I know wouldn't make that expression.

Nagato...

Would you mind if I used that for a bit?

One moment.

She must be moving or deleting some files.

I'm sure she has things she doesn't want others to see.

I know how she feels.

I myself have an Asahina-san picture folder I wouldn't want anyone else to see.

Go ahead.

Sorry for the trouble.

I couldn't find any files related to the SOS Brigade,

nor the folder of Asahina-san pictures I had hidden.

I couldn't access the SOS Brigade website either.

There was no proof here that Haruhi existed.

I was looking for a message from Nagato to appear, just like that time Haruhi and I were trapped in closed space.

That's what I hoped, anyway.

Sorry for intruding.

Was that all?

Yeah.

I couldn't find what I was looking for.

Wait!

Please take this, if you'd like.

Club Registration Form

I'm glad I've already suffered through numerous absurd incidents, at least.

If I hadn't, I have no doubt I'd be running to a counselor for help right now.

Where on earth is she?

Where is that idiot living out her life without care?

Damn it.

Why do I have to look for her, anyway?

Welcome back, Kyon-kun!

Dinner's going to be ready soon.

Dinner time, Shami!

Dinner, dinner, dinner~

Dinner, dinn

What are you doing?

Do you remember Haruhi?

Or Asahina-san, or Nagato, or Koizumi?

We played baseball, went to an island, and made a movie together, right?

What?

I don't know them...

When did we start keeping this cat?

Who brought him here?

Um...

You took him in last month.

You got him from a friend who moved abroad, right?

Right, Shami?

Give Shami back!

I have something to discuss with him.

Alone.

Go outside for a while, right now.

You're going to talk with Shami? Really?

It's cold!

Booo!

Mom!

Kyon-kun's head has gone funny!

Now then, Shamisen.

I told you before to never speak again.

But I'm taking that back now.

Rather, if you would talk to me now, I would be very relieved.

So talk, Shamisen.

Anything is fine.

Philosophy or natural science, anything you want.

It can even be a hard topic.

Please talk!

Do you understand what I'm saying?

Are you unable to talk, but able to understand me?

If that's the case, put out your right paw for yes and your left paw for no.

I thought as much.

I've come to realize one thing.

This is not a world where cats can talk.

Rather, it's weird for Shamisen to be talking in the first place.

So really, this isn't weird.

This world is actually the normal one.

Is that really the case?

December 19th.

Starting today, class time is shortened.

The cold had spread throughout the entire school.

Morning.

Are you awake today?

I guess.

But you know, just having your eyes open doesn't necessarily mean you're awake.

Absorbing what your eyes take in is the first step to understanding your surroundings.

How is that going?

Do you have a grasp of your surroundings?

Asakura.

I don't know if you're playing dumb or what, but I'll ask again.

Didn't you try to kill me?

Maybe you really should go to a hospital.

Before it's too late.

Noncombustible

Can bin

How about we put it this way.

Let's say there is a very unfortunate person somewhere.

But he wakes up one day to a world that has completely changed.

Let's say the world has turned into an indescribable utopia,

and he encounters absolutely no misfortune anymore.

In the space of one night, someone whisked him away from hell and brought him to heaven.

However, this person did not wish for that to happen.

He was taken by someone he doesn't know, whose identity remains a mystery.

He doesn't know who did it or why, and no one ever figures it out, either.

In this case, should this person be happy?

Until now, I've had my nerves rattled constantly by Haruhi dragging me into bizarre incidents.

But all that has nothing to do with the current me anymore.

In this world there is no Haruhi and no Koizumi, and Nagato and Asahina-san are ordinary humans.

There are no aliens, time travelers, or ESP.

On top of that, cats can't speak.

It's a perfectly normal world.

What do you think?

Should I be happier in the world before with Haruhi, or the one without her?

Am I happy right now?

After school, I walked towards the Literature clubroom out of habit.

Every day after class, I'd normally head to the SOS Brigade,

drink tea served by Asahina-san, play games with Koizumi,

all while listening to Haruhi spouting nonsense.

Even if you want to call that a bad habit, I find it hard to stop after all this time.

But the atmosphere today is a bit different.

What do I do with this?

Nagato probably gave this to me yesterday in the hopes that I would join the Literature Club.

Even in this world, it seems the Literature Club doesn't have any other members.

Is she just trying to get new members?

Sorr

Mikuru!

I wish the days where I could drink tea served by Asahina-san would hurry back.

Come in.

Was it alright for me to come?

I see.

Even though I'm here now, I don't actually know what I'll do next.

Are those books all yours?

Some of them were left here from before.

I see...

This is...

This is borrowed.

From the public library.

I see.

Hey, have you ever tried writing your own book?

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