Oh my god! What kind of nuclear development is this?
Is that guy named Furuhara Tsubaki even human?
Kawasaki Toshihiko looked up at the sky, his eyes closed, and tears streamed down his face.
He tried several times but still couldn't pick up the controller from the ground.
His heart was filled with sorrow and grief; the thought of Nagisa being gone left him utterly disheartened.
After dozens of hours of intense play, Kawasaki Toshihiko had truly immersed himself in the game.
And after experiencing so much, he realized even more that Furukawa Nagisa was truly an ideal partner; she was naturally timid and not in good health, yet she always cared for others.
Many times, rather than Okazaki Tomoya protecting and helping her, it was Nagisa who guided Tomoya, transforming him step by step from that rebellious teenager into the gentle, considerate, and family-oriented husband he was now.
It should have been a happy time coming up.
But...
Damn Furuhara Tsubaki!
Damn Maeda Jun!
How could they write such a lovely Nagisa to her death?
How could this not make people sad?
Kawasaki Toshihiko wished he could send razor blades to Furuhara Tsubaki right now, but—
The game wasn't over yet.
...
The screen went white.
After this, Tomoya fell into despair because he had lost Nagisa; his pillar of life was gone.
A sorrowful BGM began to play.
A line of text appeared on the white screen:
He was just living by old habits.
Waking up, going to work, eating, sleeping...
He was merely repeating actions his body had already memorized.
He had been living like this.
Kawasaki Toshihiko could deeply understand this feeling.
Because he, like Tomoya, had also lost Nagisa.
The moment he thought that his lovely wife was no longer in this world, that the companion who had always been by his side, preventing him from being alone, could no longer be seen, Kawasaki Toshihiko's nose tingled with a pang of sadness.
Such days must be incredibly difficult to endure.
Fortunately, I don't have a girlfriend right now.
...
Tomoya continued with high-intensity work, trying to numb himself with constant labor.
Because once he was idle, he couldn't help but miss Nagisa.
As time progressed, his daughter grew day by day, reaching the age to attend kindergarten.
But Tomoya, due to his wife's passing, had simply not invested thought or time into this child.
He merely instinctively cared for Ushio according to the duties of a father, or more accurately, a guardian.
Fortunately, Sanae, Ushio's grandmother, raised her well; although the little girl was very young, she was exceptionally understanding and particularly good at sensing adults' emotions, and she didn't cause Tomoya any trouble, simply doing her own things.
"Tomoya, take some time to travel. Don't keep working so hard; your body won't be able to handle it."
At Sanae's suggestion, Tomoya decided to take his daughter on a trip.
Sanae had even prepared the train tickets, just in case he wouldn't go.
In fact, those around him cared more about him than he did himself.
Even if Nagisa was gone, it didn't matter; Sanae hoped Tomoya could recover soon.
...
Tomoya and his daughter sat on the train, next to a mother and son.
The child was whining to his mother, and Tomoya found it noisy, so he lost his temper and yelled at the mother and son, "Could you please be considerate of those around you?!"
He didn't realize that this action had frightened his daughter, Ushio.
When he came to his senses, Ushio was gone.
Tomoya got up and started searching, finally finding his daughter outside the restroom.
Ushio's eyes were red, clearly having cried.
Tomoya felt a pang of heartache, "Just now, I scared you, didn't I?"
Ushio looked out the window and didn't respond.
Tomoya unhappily called out to her, "Ushio, I'm asking you a question."
His daughter then turned her head, "Huh?"
"I was angry and spoke loudly just now. Did I scare you into crying?"
She shook her head, denying it: "You can't cry."
"Who said that?"
"Sanae."
"Really? She's that strict? I didn't expect that…"
"But… there are places where you can cry."
"Places where you can cry?"
"Yes, the restroom."
That's why she ran into the train restroom, a place she had never entered alone before.
"By the way, do you always cry alone in the restroom?" Okazaki Tomoya finally realized something.
"Yes." Ushio nodded.
"But what if you're outside?"
"Hold it in." Ushio replied.
Tomoya: "But that just feels so heartbreaking."
I really don't understand Aunt Sanae's educational philosophy.
"I think when you feel like crying, you should just cry it out."
After all, when you grow up, there are many times when you want to cry but have to hold it back.
"Yes." Ushio nodded.
Perhaps she was afraid of Tomoya; ever since just now, Ushio had only responded with "Yes."
The one who couldn't cry, clearly, was Tomoya himself.
After getting off the train, Tomoya bought his daughter a toy and let his daughter choose herself. His daughter looked around, seemingly not very satisfied, so Tomoya picked out a robot and asked his daughter what she thought.
His daughter's eyes seemed to sparkle, and she nodded.
"This robot…"
Kawasaki Toshihiko suddenly remembered the earlier plot with the little girl and the robot.
It seemed that the toy robot Tomoya bought for his daughter had the exact same structure as the robot there.
Could his daughter be the little girl from there, and this toy robot be the robot from there?
He mused for a moment, unable to find an answer, so he continued watching.
That evening, his daughter suddenly made a request: "Tell me about Mama."
Tomoya froze for a moment, not agreeing.
Upon seeing this, Kawasaki Toshihiko suddenly felt a lump in his throat, as if he had also taken critical damage, just like Tomoya.
He couldn't help but sniffle, and Nagisa's image popped into his mind, hopelessly.
Then his vision blurred.
Taking a deep breath to suppress his emotions, Kawasaki Toshihiko continued the game.
The first day of the trip wasn't smooth; they couldn't find lodging, and Ushio couldn't go to the zoo she wanted to visit.
Okazaki Tomoya asked his daughter where she wanted to go tomorrow.
Ushio replied, "I want to see flowers."
After much traveling, most of their time was spent on the road.
In short, it was terrible.
A night passed.
In the morning, the weather was unusually hot.
Tomoya took his daughter to a flower field.
His daughter held the robot and ran and played in the flower field, looking exceptionally happy.
Tomoya smiled with relief at the sight.
He leaned against a tree, closing his eyes to rest.
The weather was truly muggy.
During his short nap, when his daughter returned, the robot was gone.
Tomoya helped search, but couldn't find it.
So he said, "Don't look anymore. We'll buy an identical one on the way back."
His daughter shook her head, refusing, and continued to search with her head down.
Tomoya, helpless, sat down nearby and watched his daughter search for the robot.
A gust of wind blew, clouds covered the sun, casting shadows.
In the flower field, the scene suddenly changed, showing a little boy, clearly a young Tomoya.
The young Tomoya also seemed to be searching for something in the flower field.
Behind him, a man approached, but the next second, the perspective returned to Tomoya.
Tomoya suddenly realized that he had been to this place when he was little.
He got up, told his daughter, and went to look around nearby.
In the setting sun, Tomoya walked quickly, and suddenly saw an elderly woman.
The old woman was named Okazaki Shino, Tomoya's grandmother.
His grandmother recounted his father's experience, losing his wife at a young age.
Both work and life were incredibly difficult, but he still raised his child alone.
His wife's death was a huge blow to his father, because he had always worked to protect his family.
But, he did not give up.
Because he said he couldn't fall into despair, because there was still young you.
Tomoya.
Your father, he said he absolutely had to raise you.
At that time, he came here holding your hand all the way to me.
From then on, he began the most diligent period of his life.
It was extremely difficult to balance work and childcare simultaneously.
Therefore, he was fired countless times.
Even so, he never abandoned you, buying you toys and snacks with the little money he had.
To raise you into adulthood, he lost everything on the day you successfully married.
Tomoya.
Do you think your father was an incompetent father?
"No, it's me who…"
Tomoya involuntarily recalled his own experiences, and only then did he understand his father's difficulties, realizing that he was actually a worse person than his father.
Kawasaki Toshihiko's eyes welled up with tears.
All the previous foreshadowing was revealed here, and at the same time, he realized how difficult Okazaki Tomoya's father's life had been.
He took a deep breath, trying his best to hold back, but the subsequent plot, like a terrifying tear gas bomb, completely devastated him:
Tomoya and his grandmother arrived at the flower field.
His daughter, Ushio, still couldn't find the robot.
So Tomoya walked into the flower field.
"You've been looking for it."
"Mm."
"I see."
As he spoke, Tomoya recalled how his father used to squat down to talk to him when he was little, so he also walked over to his daughter and squatted down.
"Ushio, that robot, perhaps it can never be found again. There's nothing we can do about it, so, how about I buy you a new one?"
"That one was unique."
"Weren't there many in the store?"
"That one was picked out by you for me, bought by you for me."
"Huh?"
"It was the first time, Daddy..."
Hearing his daughter's words, Tomoya was stunned.
Many things suddenly became clear.
No wonder his daughter, as a girl, liked the robot he bought so much; no wonder when the robot was gone, his daughter insisted on searching and refused to give up.
He lowered his head, no longer daring to look at his daughter.
"Ushio, you must have been very lonely, right?"
"Mm."
"Were you happy traveling with me?"
"Mm."
"I see."
"..."
"Ushio, can I stay by your side? Although I've always been a terrible father, from now on, I will work hard for you, so, can I stay by your side?"
"Mm."
"Really?"
"I want you to stay with me."
"I see."
"But, today something very important was lost, and it hurts... Daddy, that, I don't have to hold it in anymore, do I? Sanae said the only places where you can cry are the restroom and Daddy's arms."
"Mm, mm."
Tomoya nodded twice in a row.
His daughter quickly stepped forward, threw herself into Tomoya's arms, and burst into tears.
A bomb.
The tear gas bomb exploded instantly.
Kawasaki Toshihiko was utterly devastated.
At this moment, he was in tears.
Waaah, waaah, waaah...
Damn it!
Damn it!
Damn it!
He repeated it three times, cursing, and at the same time, he couldn't help but exclaim—
Furuhara Tsubaki is truly amazing.
Layering the groundwork, and then at the very end throwing out a killer bomb, the tears simply wouldn't stop, okay?
...
On the train back, Tomoya began to tell his daughter about the female protagonist:
"Mom, she always seemed to be crying. When I first met her, she was also unconfident, weak, standing at the bottom of the school slope."
"Then, guess what she said at the bottom of the slope?"
"She closed her eyes and shouted [Anpan]"
"It's a cute habit, right?"
"That was Mom, always so humble. She always bought the leftover anpan that others didn't choose at school."
"And then, anpan later became her way of cheering herself up."
"Aunt Sanae was busy with work then and didn't have time to make her bento, although if she really squeezed the time, it wasn't completely impossible, but Mom politely declined."
"Mom was just that kind of person."
"And... let me think, and... and, Mom..."
As he spoke, tears welled up uncontrollably, and various scenes of memories about the female protagonist flashed by, making Tomoya gradually choke up.
In the memory, Nagisa stretched out her hands and said to Tomoya, "Come lean on me."
Outside the screen, Kawasaki Toshihiko was also choking with sobs.
...
After returning, Tomoya completely changed. First, he found his father and reconciled.
Because he had come to understand how difficult his father's life had been, and he also realized that his father had done all of that for him.
Then, he spent more time with Ushio, hoping to be a competent father.
Although Nagisa was gone, at least Tomoya now had his daughter, he still had his father, and the family was still warm.
As long as he worked hard to manage it, there would always be a day when things got better.
Just as Kawasaki Toshihiko was thinking that everything would be better from now on, and that life had embarked on a new journey.
The plot suddenly took a sharp turn.
One night, when Tomoya woke up, he found that Ushio had wet her pants, and she was stumbling when she walked.
He touched her forehead; the child had a high fever.
He originally thought she would get better soon, but the high fever persisted.
After a doctor examined her, it was discovered that Ushio, like her mother, had a strange illness of persistent high fever of unknown cause.
And it was incurable.
At this, Tomoya completely panicked.
Not only did he panic, but Kawasaki Toshihiko also panicked.
His heart sank.
That feeling...
The hope he had finally gained, like the only star in the sky, was suddenly plucked away by a large hand.
The whole world went dark.
Ushio's high fever persisted, and Tomoya still had to earn money to support the family, so he could only ask Sanae to take care of his daughter. While working desperately, he came back every day to check on his daughter's condition.
Unfortunately, there was no improvement; it only got worse.
By the time winter arrived, it was clear that Ushio could no longer hold on.
"Ushio."
Ushio opened her eyes slightly and looked at Tomoya.
"Hey, Ushio..." Tomoya choked out, "Shall we go on another trip?"
A faint smile bloomed on Ushio's face, but she had no strength to respond to him.
"This time we have a good relationship," Tomoya said, "Let's go again."
"To that far-off place, okay?"
"Mmm..." Ushio nodded.
"That's great," Tomoya picked up her small body and changed her clothes.
Ushio half-squatted, stubbornly saying, "I can walk by myself."
"No, it's okay, Ushio, shall Daddy carry you?"
Ushio shook her head, "I can walk by myself."
"I see."
But where could Ushio walk on her own two feet?
So Tomoya took her hand, and although their steps were slow, they still moved forward.
Tomoya thought: As long as we reach the station, even if she falls asleep, I can take her anywhere she wants to go.
However, just on the way, snow began to fall from the sky.
Snowflakes drifted down, covering the ground with a thin layer.
"Ushio, can you still walk?"
"Mm..." Ushio responded in a weak voice.
But just then, Ushio let go of Tomoya's hand and fell into the snow.
"Ushio!"
The male protagonist quickly knelt down and held her in his arms.
They couldn't go anywhere now.
Ushio closed her eyes, only breathing painfully.
[I can't go on any longer]
[Just holding Ushio, who was burning with fever, curled up]
Tomoya couldn't go anywhere; he could only hold this small, dying life, protecting her from the wind and snow.
[What am I doing?]
Tomoya blamed himself.
[That flower field, it's so far away, completely out of reach]
[Ushio running in the flower field in summer, completely out of reach]
[I thought we could have a trip far surpassing the previous one, because we are father and daughter, we will live together from now on...]
"Daddy. Now... where are we?"
Tomoya cried, "In the train."
"Oh... Daddy." Ushio said in an almost inaudible voice.
"Mm."
"Daddy, I love you the most."
Hearing his daughter's words, Tomoya was already choking with sobs.
"Me too, Daddy feels the same, I love Ushio the most too."
And at this moment, large flakes of snow fell.
This was a scene that could only be seen in a dream.
Time froze at this moment.
The feeling gradually disappeared from his fingertips.
His vision gradually darkened.
...
The screen turned white.
The scene shifted to that winter fantasy, where Tomoya became the robot accompanying the little girl.
It was at this moment that Kawasaki Toshihiko realized that the opening scene of this game was exactly the same as this one.
The girl lying in the snow, her cold hand reaching out.
However, now Tomoya was narrating the fairy tale from the robot's perspective, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't save Ushio's life.
The town disappeared.
The world was covered in white.
In this whiteness, a line of text appeared:
"Daddy"
Then it changed to:
"...Goodbye..."
TRUE END
What?!
Ushio also died?!
Kawasaki Toshihiko completely refused to believe the reality he saw before his eyes.
It must be fake, right?
At this moment, Kawasaki was torn to shreds by the knife.
Ahhh!
Old Thief Furuhara!
I'm going to kill you!
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