While Fukuura Reiji and his two companions were worried, or rather terrified, about the dark figure in the middle of the road, the rest of the people in the campervan recovered from the sudden braking.

"What happened?" Genta asked, sitting in the spot where Tendo Haruka and the others had been sitting, his hands resting on the sofa.

"I don't know either." Mitsuhiko shook his head, equally puzzled by what had just happened.

"Maybe it hit something?" Conan turned his head and looked out the car window, and then he saw the dark figure in the middle of the road.

What is that?

Conan frowned as he gazed at the dark figure in the distance.

However, because there was a considerable distance between the campervan and the shadowy figure, Conan couldn't see it clearly and naturally didn't know what the shadowy figure was.

Anyway, it's not a small thing.

Beside him, Guangyou also turned his gaze to the window, his eyes slightly narrowed as he looked at the dark figure in the middle of the road and said softly.

"It seems it was a false alarm."

Although the shadowy shape was not clearly visible, its size suggested it could not be a person.

"Are you alright?" Ai looked at Kousuke, her gaze sweeping over his back, a hint of worry showing in her beautiful ice-blue eyes.

"Don't worry, I'm fine." Kōyū looked away, turned back to Ai, smiled, and said.

Just then, Takuto Iigo and Haruka Tendo returned to the carriage. The former took a flashlight from a drawer and then opened the door.

It seems they want to get out of the car to see what that dark figure is.

Before getting off the bus, as if to bolster his courage, Iihe Takuto took a breath and calmed himself down before stepping off.

The night wind carried a slight chill, and coupled with his unease, Iihe Takuto felt goosebumps rise on his exposed skin as soon as he got out of the car.

He turned on the flashlight, and a beam of light appeared from it. After taking another breath, Iihe Takuto took a step and slowly walked towards the dark figure.

"Could it be...?" Takuto Iihe muttered to himself as he slowly walked up to the shadowy figure. With the help of his flashlight, he finally saw the figure clearly.

Upon seeing the full form of the shadowy figure, the ominous premonition that had been lingering in Fanhe Tuo's heart since earlier vanished.

"Phew..." Iihe Takuto breathed a sigh of relief, then chuckled self-deprecatingly, "What is it? It's just a wooden fence."

Only now did he realize that his forehead was covered in cold sweat.

Seeing that it was just a wooden fence, not what he had thought, Iihe Takuto quickly stepped forward, bent down, and picked up the wooden fence.

Then, he turned back and waved the wooden fence in his hand toward the campervan, shouting, "It's just a wooden fence."

"I see, that really gave me a fright." Fukuura Reiji breathed a sigh of relief and said thankfully, "I thought it was Taimi."

"It looks like it rotted before it fell from above," Iiji Takuto said, looking up and shining his flashlight upwards.

Under the lights, the gap in the upper fence became visible to everyone.

"Let's hurry up and get to that place." Fukuura Reiji glanced at the gap in the fence above and then looked away, calling out loudly to Iiji Takuto.

"Otherwise we won't be able to see the fireworks!"

"Okay." Iiji Takuto replied and turned back to the campervan.

After confirming, Reiji Fukuura restarted the campervan, and the atmosphere inside the vehicle returned to normal.

After driving uphill for a few more minutes, the campervan slowly came to a stop at the top of the mountain.

As soon as the car came to a stop, Ayumi and the other two got out of the car with great anticipation, ran to the fence, and raised their heads to look at the night sky.

The others followed behind Ayumi and the other two to the fence.

"They're quite beautiful." Guangyou looked up at the colorful fireworks blooming in the starry sky, a faint smile appearing on his face.

"Hmm." Ai nodded in agreement as she looked at the fireworks. "They were quite beautiful, but it's a pity they only lasted for a few seconds."

“A few seconds is enough,” Guangyou smiled and said. “Nothing lasts forever, not even the planet we stand on will perish one day.”

"Five billion years to go." Ai looked up at the fireworks in the night sky, and after saying this, a memory suddenly surfaced in her mind.

...

The boy held the girl in his arms and whispered in her ear:

"Do you think that's possible? If you weren't attractive, how could I possibly have the ridiculous idea of ​​wanting to hold you until this planet naturally dies?"

"Then you'll have to live until then. This planet probably still has five billion years before it dies out," the girl replied, suppressing the upward curve of her lips and speaking in a slightly flat tone.

...

"Heh~"

Recalling what happened back then, Ai's lips curled into a faint smile.

When Ai said, "There are still five billion years left," Kōyū paused for a moment, and then that memory surfaced in his mind.

That's why, after waking up from his memories, Kwangyu immediately turned his head and looked at the female protagonist in that memory.

Brilliant fireworks bloomed like flowers in the star-studded night sky, illuminating a small patch of the night and also illuminating Ai's cheeks.

Against the backdrop of the fireworks, the girl's smile became even brighter.

The fireworks, which should have been the main attraction, were relegated to a supporting role in Guangyou's mind at this moment.

“This ‘beautiful scenery’ is truly intoxicating…” Guangyou said softly, looking at the smile.

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