Sakurada Reset (Sagrada Reset)

Good morning, Eri Oka.

It sure is a nice morning, huh?

Hey there, Senpai.

It's a crappy morning.

Your middle school is in the opposite direction, you know.

Where are you headed right now?

Nowhere, really.

Villains don't show up to class.

I believe villains also don't help civil servants.

You're going over to help Urachi-san, right?

It's none of your concern.

Eri Oka, I want you to be on my side.

You just don't get it, do you?

What I want is to see you lose.

Do you know Urachi-san's objective?

It doesn't matter to me, if it means I'll win.

Urachi-san is trying to get rid of all of the abilities from Sakurada.

Masamune Urachi's objective is for everyone to forget about abilities and to make this an ordinary town.

I want to prevent that.

I want to protect the abilities in Sakurada, so...

I beg of you.

Wha-?

Please help me out, Eri Oka.

Juu-nen mae suki datta hiraku koto no nai shousetsu

Kore ga "jibun-rashisa" to kakkotsuke kazatte wa

Karimono no ijin-tachi no kotoba o

Marude jibun no mono no you ni

Tokuige ni hanasu hito o azawarau

Demo tana ni ageta "jibun-rashisa" mo

Onaji you na mono na no wa

Hontou wa kizuiteta

Kokoro o ima reset shite

Boku o tebanasu no wa boku da

Mune ni tsuyoku iikikaseta

Ushiroyubi sasaretemo mae dake o mukeru yo na?

Sekai ga nokoshite kita ashiato o

Tadoru yori kizamu hou ga ii

Jibun ga shinjita michi nara

Mayowazu ni yukeru yo na?

Daijoubu

What's with you?

You think I'll lend you a hand if you bow to me?!

Of course.

You WILL help me.

Why?

It's obvious. Because that's your objective.

Eri Oka, you said you wanted to beat me, right?

You said you wanted to demonstrate my weakness.

Of course, I do!

That's why-

That's why you'll help me.

Listen, I used the reset ability.

So what?

I was completely driven into a corner by you and Urachi-san, you know.

Once I was clearly beaten, I escaped with a reset.

And now, I've come to see you.

You get it, right, Eri Oka?

What I'm saying is, I give up, so please help me.

What the hell?

I've never seen anyone proudly give up!

Come on, Eri Oka. Help me.

You totally beat me.

You're doing all this for something, right?

Did you think that by acting the way you did two years ago, I'd work with you, Senpai?

This was me sincerely giving up.

It's the most genuine concession of defeat.

I still think what I did to you two years ago was wrong.

I-

But this is the only time I'll accept defeat.

I'll admit that I was strong two years ago, just as you insist.

So? What do you want to make me do, Senpai?

Sorry to keep you waiting.

Well, let's begin.

Begin what, exactly?

The meeting to decide on Sakurada's future.

Yeah, it really is different.

Before the reset, a car accident should've occurred at 9:30 AM today, due to the first ability incident.

Is this a failure?

Yeah, it is. What did that boy do?

Eri Oka didn't show up at our rendezvous point, either.

That also didn't happen before the reset.

What in Heaven's name does Asai-kun want to do?

Doesn't he want to keep the abilities in Sakurada?

Of course, he does.

But HOW will he do that?

If he isn't incredibly foolish, he should understand that it's impossible for him to keep being a thorn in my side.

I don't think he is foolish.

Then, there's one possibility.

If he isn't foolish, then he must be brilliant.

I'm sure he found some way to beat me...

Some way.

That is all.

Any questions?

Ukawa-san, I just want to speak with Urachi-san, that's all.

I want to have a heart-to-heart talk with him so that we can say goodbye with a handshake at the end.

I'm not looking for a fight.

It's just a discussion and an exchange of opinions.

I know that you're a fair and level-headed champion of justice.

So, since you know everything, there's nothing I can do, if you say you'll stay on Urachi-san's side.

But Urachi-san is trying to decide on everything without any chance of talking it out with him.

So, Ukawa-san, please watch me.

I'm confident I can be what you consider just.

Please closely observe whether my confidence is right or wrong.

Hey.

It's been a while, Urachi-san.

A while?

Didn't we see each other yesterday or even two days ago?

But I used the reset ability since then.

The last time we met was last month.

Why did you use the reset ability?

It's obvious.

It's because something I didn't like happened.

Really? What kind of thing?

For instance, a car accident happened before the reset, and abilities disappeared from Sakurada.

That's why you used the reset ability and prevented it from happening.

The cause of the car accident was one girl accidentally using her ability.

Urachi-san, do you know what kind of ability she used?

Nope.

Isn't it written in your organizer?

The ability she used was one where no one could face her way.

As a result, the driver, unable to see in front of him, caused a car accident.

It's very much a shy person's ability.

The girl fell down.

A pavement tile was cracked, so she lost her balance.

I'm sure she used her ability because she was embarrassed of falling in front of people.

I see.

That means if the girl hadn't fallen down, there wouldn't have been an accident.

Yes.

This morning, I moved a flower planter.

I put it on top of the cracked tile she was going to trip on.

Asai-kun, do you understand what you did?

I prevented an unfortunate accident from happening.

That's an amazing thing you did. But you're smart, so you'd know this.

If a problem that wipes out all of the abilities from Sakurada occurred,

you should have reported that to the Bureau before a reset.

That's certainly true.

However, you erased the Bureau's decision with a reset.

That's against the rules.

It's a crime you can't evade.

That's what I should be saying, Urachi-san.

You deliberately caused the problem, and you prompted the Bureau to make the wrong decision.

That is against the rules and a crime you can't evade.

That's just speculation.

What if there is objective evidence?

I'd like to hear it.

There's a girl named Sumire Soma.

She died two years ago, but was reborn this summer.

And?

She is a precognitive ability user.

I see. You're not nice.

Precognition was said to be the most outstanding ability in Sakurada.

There is a girl who possesses an ability equal to it.

That's news that even you mustn't conceal.

But you kept it secret.

If the Witch handed her position off to a Second Witch, it would be difficult to embroil the Bureau.

There's no proof for that, either.

I was able to prove it just now, because I told you.

If you're going to conceal Soma from the Bureau,

then that is a crime that has objective evidence and that you can't evade.

Urachi-san, could we meet up and talk?

I'm fine with meeting up, but what will we be talking about?

I'm sure we have some misunderstandings about each other.

Let's dispel those misunderstandings.

I see.

Then, let's meet up in one hour.

That soon?

Do you have any issues with that?

That means he won't give me any time to prepare.

I want to see you tonight or tomorrow. Is that in any way possible?

No can do.

I'm a busy man.

There won't be an opportunity for a while, if you can't meet up.

I understand.

Let's meet in one hour, at 11 AM.

I'll call Sakuin-san back with the location.

Sure. That's fine.

I look forward to seeing you.

I'm going to meet with Urachi-san.

It doesn't seem like we'll settle things just by meeting up and having a pleasant chat.

And we can't even save in nine hours.

Haruki, I really don't know what to do.

Could you help me out?