This is my will.
I've hidden the notebook in the agreed-upon place.
When needed, it will self-activate and destroy the enemy.
Understood.
And have you mastered the spirit-summoning spell?
I've rehearsed it again and again.
Must I truly go?
It's... It hurts.
Even though my life is in danger,
I don't want to lie to my students and go into hiding.
And the seventh month is almost upon us-
That's why.
You have a higher task before you:
To find Nostradamus's Key and stop it.
The enemy is, most likely, an evil force that seeks to open the gate to Hell.
But we don't know who it is yet.
If attacks like last night's continue...
I'll kill anyone in my way
Then this is the only way.
Must it be now?
I, myself, regret this, but...
I'm not ready for this yet.
At least tell me where I'm going...
The magic will decide that.
Please fulfill your duty!
Longus quoquam!
Where...
Where am I?
Welcome to Sumida District
Sumida Tourism Center
July 19th
Notice:
School closed the 19th-20th, due to witchery. The closing ceremony, on the 21st, proceeds as planned. -The Principal
My papa's...
Yes. He's alive.
I don't know where he is,
but the Vice-Principal sent him away with magic.
My papa's alive...
Then he's still looking for Nostradamus's Key.
And he'll come back here in August.
I can imagine the confused look on his face.
I'll be able to see him.
What will you do?
Are you going?
Y-Yeah. The mission's over...
And my peaceful future awaits the return of its hero.
What's wrong?
Nothing. I was just thinking we'd be better off here
without you screwing up all the time.
I should transfer... No, resign.
I'll give a speech at the closing ceremony.
See you there.
Hello?
Oh, Uchida Fumiaki-kun's mother?
I'm sorry.
Since we last spoke, we've been too busy to call you...
Don't worry about it.
So regarding that appearance...
It will be at the closing ceremonies, on the 21st, two days from now?
Spoon-bending?
Of course.
I'd like to meet to discuss the particulars...
Yes, yes.
Yes. Then I'll see you tomorrow at three.
You invited my mom to the closing ceremonies?
And Bunmei-kun, the spoon-bender.
You wanted to see them, right?
I'm sorry I didn't tell you.
I wanted to surprise you.
Wait a second...
I don't remember that.
If I'd come here when I was a kid, I should remember.
It wouldn't be a surprise at all.
But I've never been here before.
Not even to Matsushiro.
You saw my memories, right?
That's all I remember...
Come to think of it... Back then, the footage suddenly blacked out.
Bunmei! What's wrong?
Stop it...
Stop it!
Don't destroy my...
That's bad manners.
That school seems kind of cool.
Can I go with you tomorrow?
No.
You have your summer homework.
But...
Don't make me repeat myself.
Here you are.
Oh. Hey, Bunmei-kun!
Are you Uchida Fumiaki-kun's mother?
Yes.
I see him on TV all the time!
Um, can I have some chopsticks?
Chopsticks?
Who eats curry with chopsticks?!
In other words, we ourselves have destroyed the world?
That's impossible!
That's not what I'm saying.
So what are you saying?
I'm investigating it right now!
History repeats, huh?
Probably true...
This is #6.
There's something I want to ask you.
Come in.
What's going on, #6?
The closing ceremonies in two days... The day of the prophecy...
Maya invited Uchida Fumiaki here to perform.
In other words, I'm going to see myself when I was a kid.
But I don't remember it at all.
What is this?
So that's it?
Listen well, #6!
Do not, under any circumstances, meet the younger you!
Don't meet the...
Why?
There's a part of Information Science
called the Ramachandran-Fischer Conjecture.
It states that there's a limit to the amount of
information that can be processed in a given space.
When the amount of information passes a certain threshold, it creates a rift in space-time.
What are you talking about?
Explain it better.
Take the "you" that came from the future
as a single set of information.
The feedback of a massive amount of information
from the future affects space-time itself.
The information-processing creates issues with the thermodynamics.
With anyone else, it disappears within normal fluctuations.
But if you meet yourself, the problems get far worse...
Creating a dimensional rift.
Does that mean...
Yes.
You are Nostradamus's Key.
To be precise, not you yourself,
but the act of you meeting yourself in the past.
It was probably the shock that made you lose your memories from this time period.
That's not funny.
I found Nostradamus's Key and...
The future hasn't changed.
We're still being invaded by aliens.
The future hasn't changed?
That's impossible!
Impossible.
I...
Bunmei!
She's Nostradamus's Key!
You were in that picture, too, #6.
That's why it worked.
But don't worry.
Now that we know the cause, we just have to avoid it.
We'll transfer you back immediately.
No, wait...
Let me stay here one more day!
My mom's coming tomorrow.
I want to see her, at least.
There'll still be a day left.
Please!
What do we do, Commander Kumashiro?
That's why I never found it.
There was no Key at the academy.
Disaster in Matsushiro, Nagano?!
I knew this better than anyone.
If there were,
it must've been brought after I left the academy.
That's why I sent in the agent after my funeral.
I never thought that this would, in itself, be the start of everything.
How ironic...
The future hasn't changed...
And meeting your child-self is Nostradamus's Key...
I can't believe it.
Wait!
Then... Then I was the one who-
No!
It's not your fault!
It's not your fault at all.
Bunmei...
I just have to not meet myself when I was a kid.
I got a day's reprieve.
At least I can see my mom.
And it's thanks to you.
Thank you.
But I can't go to the closing ceremony.
Make up something to tell everyone.
There's a way for you to go to the closing ceremony.
July 20th
Cancelled?
What is the meaning of this?
On the phone yesterday, you said we were going ahead as planned!
Things have changed.
Please leave.
Leave...
We came all the way from Tokyo!
All the way out here, to the middle of nowhere...
How dare you treat us this way?!
What do you think my Fumiaki is?
I know all about your creepy little school.
I bet you were just using him to try and put on airs!
Who the hell do you think are?!
Just a teacher here...
Forgive me,
but how do you think of your little Fumiaki?
Just as a goose that lays golden eggs, right?
I'll be speaking with a lawyer,
and you'll be seeing us in court!
Well?
If she's that mad, she'll never come back here.
That was quite a performance.
Now you'll be able to go to the closing ceremonies.
No, not just the closing ceremonies...
If you wanted, you could stay here forever.
No, I have to go back.
And I just realized,
I don't have any good memories of my mom, but I love her.
If I stay here, I'll want to see her again.
I'll want to go to Tokyo.
The risk of seeing myself when I was a kid is too great.
I'm sorry...
All right, then.
There's one last thing I have to say to you.
These are the principal's orders!
We're going home, Fumiaki.
What an awful school...
We should have never come to a place like this.
I'm sorry, Fumiaki.
When we get back to Tokyo, we can go see the planetarium...
Fumiaki?
Fumiaki!
Let's have a toast to Abe-sensei's future!
Cheers!
Abe-sensei Farewell Party
It's a shame, though...
Why are you quitting?
It was my suggestion.
He's not suited to being a teacher,
so why not take another path in life?
You're harsh. You know that?
So this is your last order to me?
What?
Just be thankful you're getting a farewell party.
But she's right. Teaching is a lousy job for you.
That's true.
You're not supposed to back her up there.
I always liked you, though.
Like that one time we fought those
little midget-demon things to save Ami.
When was that?
When you were taking a nap with all those skeletons.
And when you jumped in front of my car
and shouted, "Take me to Maya-chan!"
When was that?
When you were being mind-controlled by
that witch and waving a torch around.
You don't know enough about him, Dad.
Normally, he's just a wuss.
Watch your mouth!
He does whatever anyone tells him.
And yet, he's got this cocky attitude, and he's so irresponsible...
You shouldn't talk so big yourself.
It wasn't so long ago that you were
wetting the bed and going, "Sorry, Daddy!"
How long ago was that?
And you, Maya-chan.
I never knew anyone who loved the occult as much as you,
but when I saw you again, you claimed to hate it!
I'm glad you're back to normal.
Anyway, the point is that people are all different, and they all change.
Right, sensei?
Yeah.
There must've been a time
when you were a little hell-raiser, right?
No, I...
Vega! Altair! Deneb!
It's the summer triangle!
This is where I belong!
I guess I'm saying goodbye to this place, huh?
Wuss, huh?
I really did just go along with things.
Bunmei-kun!
I wonder if I ever did anything on my own.
It's my fault.
It's all my fault.
By now, he must be...
July 21st
I'll be leaving for personal reasons.
It was less than a month,
but I enjoyed the time I spent with you.
Don't be foolish.
Don't just go along with what people say.
And it's wrong to be cocky and irresponsible.
Hey, he just took that from me.
Yeah...
Keep your own two feet on the ground,
and follow your own path.
That's all I have to say.
That speech sucked.
Of course it did.
I wrote it.
You took all that from Ami.
Of course I did.
I don't want them ending up like me.
Do you hate yourself that much?
I don't want to lie to myself anymore.
I... What I love is...
Anyway, bye.
This is #6.
Open the gate-
Wait! Don't go!
You're out of orders.
Don't go.
Please don't go.
Maya...
No...
Did you come here alone?
By yourself?
I see.
That's fine then.
Keep living like that.
Stop it!
Don't destroy my place!
Are you okay?
I'm taking this.
Bunmei, we need to run.
History changes, starting now!
Bunmei!
Maya!
Bunmei!
Maya...
Take care...
Take care of me!
Bunmei!
Bunmei...
We found the Key and destroyed it.
Where am I?
Stand up.
With your own two feet.
Everyone, come outside!
Maya...
Maya
Maya?
Is that you?
What?
What's wrong, Papa?
Did something happen?
Where are you?
Um... I was getting some tea.
I'll head home.
I'm glad.
Fumiaki said he'd be home early today.
We can all have dinner together.
Yeah... Yeah, that'll be nice.
I'll be home right away.
Right away.
Uchida
I'm home.
Welcome back.
Good timing.
Let's all eat.
The End
This program is a work of fiction. Departed spirits, psychic abilities, aliens, UMAs, etc., do not exist.
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