As for where the photo was thrown in the album, I can't remember at all.

It was also when they left that time that they declined Takiichi's request to see them off. They followed the information on the tour guide board and found the location of the "Tokaido Shinkansen Ticket Sales Point."

Following the eye-catching guidance signs, I found the familiar ticket vending machine in the hall with countless pillars.

Since coming back that time, every time he recalled this incident, Sakura would often hold up her face, her beautiful eyes filled with freshness and brightness.

It's really like the dramatic content in a movie, where people living in two different areas, the city and the countryside, encounter a strange environment for the first time.

Even if you follow the guide signs on the electronic screen, you will walk to the agreed place little by little.

Nako and Sakura passed through the automatic ticket gate, and they each wrote down the bulletin board with the bus location written down. Later, due to lack of experience, they had to squeeze into the back of the carriage.

Unexpectedly, that day, the train traveling between Tokyo and Kyoto Prefecture was so crowded with people from all kinds of professions that it was impossible to find a seat.

The two lonely girls were helpless, sometimes observing the beautiful scenery outside the window, and sometimes flipping through the magazines provided in the car.

In the past, the agent used a special car to pick us up. This was the first time we were relying on each other alone, which was slightly different from usual times.

Especially, every time the tram arrives at an unknown platform, and the voice of the destination station is never heard, the uneasiness of just moving forward becomes more and more intense, to the point of torturing the body.

At that time, the scorching summer sun dyed the occasional houses and fields above the railway tracks outside the window a dazzling golden color.

Separated by a layer of glass, the buildings and fields in the distance, a unique rural scene, stand eye-catching side by side under the blazing sun.

The only thought that remains in my mind is... They should be getting closer to Takiichi's position now, right?

Compared with these past rural scenery, the clear white clouds passing by in the western sky, and the light shining through the clouds, left a profound warmth on my face.

Those things, compared to now, seem to have a familiar feeling.

But... no matter what, it still makes Nako consciously remember it.

"Then what do you do during this period? When you go out, do you bring rice balls?"

Sakura's voice came from the receiver, as if it was not Takichi who had rushed to meet him during this long distance, but her.

"Oudou-san and Kasan are not at home. They left money for me. I will buy it at the convenience store at the station later."

After glancing at the time on the ticket, Nako lowered the baseball cap on his head. At less than 1.5 meters tall, he looked like a middle school student returning home from school.

Yoyogi Station was crowded with people going home.

Perhaps it was because we had just experienced a thunderstorm, and there were all kinds of water beaches and footprints combined with the soil everywhere on the ground.

Before it was completely evaporated by the temperature in the air, it was quickly imprinted with new marks.

I bought two portions of rice balls and milk at a convenience store to satisfy my hunger, and the remaining money was saved for emergencies.

On the seats where passengers were waiting, the girl and the orange cat each enjoyed their own delicious food.

"Dear passengers, please note that the Yoyogi-Kyoto train on the Tokaido Yoyogi Line will arrive at the station fifteen minutes late due to heavy rain on the road. We apologize for the inconvenience caused to passengers who are catching the train."

As the voice announcement resounded throughout the hall, both Nako and Taki stopped what they were saying.

At this moment, I suddenly felt that what I told Sakura to arrive early was not only fulfilled, but also extended.

Although I have been there many times, I never thought that the tram would be delayed this time.

In that case, when to arrive at Sanshan Kimura will become an unsolvable mystery.

For a moment, uneasiness surged into his heart, and the phone's still green battery became the only stability that could comfort Nako.

Fifteen minutes later, the delayed train arrived at the platform on time.

Holding the handrail with one hand, feeling the ground under his feet shrinking a little bit, Nako finally let out a sigh of relief on his face.

Now I just look forward to it and don’t be late again.

On his mobile phone, he searched for the number of stations and times he had saved a long time ago. Although Nako had read it dozens of times, he still confirmed it again.

Taking the Nozomi train, Takiichi had taken it before, and even purchased a free seat, which cost 12,710 yen. Even the seat under the buttocks was exactly the same.

Starting from Tokyo, it passes through Shinagawa, Shin-Yokohama, Odenon, Atami, Mishima, Shin-Fuji, Shizuoka, Kawa, Hamamatsu, Aibashi, Mikawa Anjo, Nagoya, Gifu Hashima, and Yonehara 14 stations.

Finally, get off at Kyoto Station, one stop before Shin-Osaka Station.

After the winding route, I had unknowingly exited Shin-Yokohama Station. As I continued to leave from here, the buildings and eye-catching high-rise buildings in the scenery gradually became less and less.

Except for the snowy winter, I have experienced the transition between sunny and cloudy days on this car.

"Mishima Station has arrived...Mishima Station...has arrived."

When passing Mishima Station on the way, in order to give way to other high-speed trains and to take care of those passengers who wanted to change, a familiar yet unfamiliar voice announcement slowly sounded in the car.

"Passengers going in other directions, please go to the opposite platform."

In the originally crowded carriage, one-third of the passengers chose to get off here and went to the opposite platform because of this announcement.

The passengers around him picked up their belongings in an orderly manner and slowly stepped out of the carriage.

Until it was confirmed that no one was leaving, Nako stood on tiptoes and poked his finger on the button next to the free door.

"Chi~"

As the door closed, the gas spurted out hit Nako's face, and he just closed his eyes subconsciously.

When he opened it again, the figures of those leaving the station gradually disappeared from his eyes.

Among them, you can vaguely see a lot of people getting off the bus and hugging each other with people coming to pick them up.

It is enviable and also feels beautiful.

Taking her eyes away from that scene, the distance between the stations and the waiting time every time she stopped at the transfer station infinitely made the distance between her and Takichi seem to be incredibly delayed.

The time the train stopped, the intervals that could be counted on the lips, was torturing my nerves little by little.

If you stop at this stop without stopping, you will be able to endure less of the torment of the passage of time.

"It hasn't even been an hour, so slow."

Taking out his cell phone and looking at the time, the orange cat in the backpack fell asleep again.

The unchanging scenery outside the window, the slowly passing time at the moment, and the two rice balls in my stomach seemed to have completed my mission.

The time passed by the second hand and the countless stations passed during this period. Every time he stopped at any time, Nako would always raise his head and pay attention to the route map above his head.

The Kyoto Line platform is on the far left side of the route map, from Tokyo on the far right to Kyoto on the far left. The girl went through Taki's limp body from her backpack and fumbled for the small leather bag based on her memory.

Open the seals on the front and back covers of the middle link, and there are many group photos fixed at a certain moment inside.

Here, all the beautiful moments with Takiichi and Sakura are recorded.

Or witnessing the setting sun on a hillside, or chasing a farm dog that you accidentally see in the fields.
Chapter completed!