"Attention Everyone, We will soon continue our biggest project. Which is connected to the lives also. The people who were trapped in it."
Hiroto then looked at one machine that was activated, and it was a woman wearing the gear.
"What is our fault that caused this kind of tragedy to happen? Maybe we're just too addicted to creating something. I should've been waiting for him. Because of my fault, someone became a victim."
Hiroto the. Continue to work on the machine. He just worried that the only way for everyone to save that person is by ending the Quantum World. But Quantum World doesn't take any form yet due to its imperfections.
"We don't know about this person. About this girl. We just randomly invited her to this and were willing to give her something. But the things don't go well."
"Codename: Hana"
"The Roses of Hope"
"What kind of person she is. We are still unable to see anything. But we will be able to see it tomorrow. Sorry, Hikari. But we need you to do this."
- The District-20:13
Hikari was riding his bike on his way home. And all this time he was thinking about what was going to happen.
He arrived at his home and looked at his 24-hour format clock.
"20:15"
When Hikari looked at that number, it just reminded him of the year 2015.
Hikari smiled in happiness, but the feelings of losing something kept pushing inside of him.
"It was a year of beginnings and a year of losing. Everything is dead to me. Just right after I keep losing those things, beginning from 2013 to 2015."
Hikari looked at the night sky and said.
"Yeah, maybe even until now, I'm a crybaby, don't I?"
Hikari then steps in the house, locking the door, and gets into his room.
Hikari was longing alone, and he began to think of a lot of things.
"Nothing can be replaced. Those memories. Nothing can be changed. Except myself. But even so, why did it need to end like this? But even if I cried and cried. Over time. Nothing will change."
Hikari begins to smile by himself.
"So I'm going to take my step ahead by myself, right? That is what everyone wanted to see, right?"
Hikari then lay down on the bed, and he began to sleep as he began to regret everything. But a little that he knows, it's nothing. Nothing can be changed anymore.
Hikari's eyes slowly close, and he finally falls into a deep sleep.
Hikari then woke up again, and he realized that he was somewhere else.
"Is this Quantum Memory?"
Hikari walked ahead, and he then saw a garden with a table in the middle of it.
The garden is filled with the red roses and also a pink-like flower. He wasn't sure what that flower was, and he then went near the garden.
As he did so, suddenly he saw a girl with red hair there. She seems to look very lonely and regretful. Hikari could feel it.
He then made a step forward as he saw no one else was around. But looking more at that girl, just give a little dilemma about something. Hikari continued to approach the girl, and the girl could hear his footsteps as he stepped on the flowers.
The girl turned around and asked.
"Who's there?"
Hikari looked at that girl, whose hair is pink and her eyes are red and pink. Hikari was so shocked by it. However, the more shocking things about it are. Just how the heck did that girl appear in the anime visual? Hikari then looked at his body, and he also saw a difference in his own body. Leaving him in silence.
"This visual... Is this that new Quantum Memory...? The one that I and Hirumi... No way someone else could enter this."
That girl then looked at Hikari in annoyance and said.
"You saw a beautiful girl in front of you, yet you don't want to greet her?"
Hikari couldn't believe that their talk would begin with something like that. He then stared at the girl and said.
"Doesn't matter who you are. Why are you here?"
That girl then crossed her arms and refused to tell Hikari who she is. She then tells Hikari that maybe it was him who should introduce himself first, but Hikari then replied that usually the girl will say "Ladies first" and he was so sure that she would say that.
They both then get into a little fight, and that girl then gives up and tells Hikari his name.
Both of them fell to the ground, and that girl was on Hikari's top.
"My name is Hana. Is that enough?"
As Hikari heard that name, he quickly remembered something. Hikari then holds Hana's hand and asks.
"Are you... involved in those Chinese attacks before?"
Hana then looked at Hikari in a weird way at his sudden words. But Hana doesn't remember anything related to that, and she then asks Hikari, "Chinese attack?" Hikari then steps forward to her and holds her.
"Did you even know where you are now?"
When Hana heard that, she just stayed silent and looked down. Hikari could feel something about it, and he then was so sure that Hana didn't know about where she was now.
Hikari then goes to Hana and asks, "Are you a human? Or are you just a creature that's supposed to live here as an administrator or something?" Hana then shook her head and shook it again. She then wanted to say something, but she was unable to. So Hikari gets closer to her and tries to hold her hand to encourage her. But when Hikari gets closer, suddenly Hana hugs him, which leaves him in a blush.
"I don't know; I don't understand what this is. I was too afraid that I thought I was dead in here all alone. I don't understand what kind of thing this is. Just let me die already so that a lot of things will never happen. I can't hold it anymore. I want to-"
Hikari then hugs her tighter and says,
"I understand it. How do you feel? What you're thinking and everything. Because this place is a place where I and someone that dear to me belong. To see you're here. I'm sure that there's something that you will need to do here. I promise that we will all return to the place where we all belong."
Hana looked at Hikari with her teary eyes and said that she was too afraid and couldn't wait any longer. She said that she wished for the things to be different. Instead of just living there alone, she was hoping that there would be a world where she was able to restart everything over again and fix everything. So the chaos won't happen.
Hikari then nods his head and tries to push Hana a bit, but as he tries to, Hana makes her hugs tighter, which makes Hikari blush even more. He could feel Hana's body making contact with him, which makes him want to resist her hugs more. But as he was struggling with that, he then saw Hana was looking at him smugly even with those teary eyes.
Hikari then asks Hana, "Y-you! Are you trying to tease me!?" Hana then giggled and told Hikari that it was so funny to see him like that, and she just didn't want to let him go so she could see more of it.
She then finally let Hikari go and asked Hikari if he really could make her return to where she belonged. Hikari wasn't sure if he could do it or not. But if these things are connected as he thought they were, then maybe he can do it.
Hana was so happy as she heard that, and she then told Hikari about how she would be there.
"Actually, I don't know how I am here. But I was just supposed to test out a mechanic from a certain company. That when I tested it out, I suddenly got stuck in here. I'm not sure why that is, but I can't get out of here."
Hikari was just unbelievable when he heard that, and he then asked Hana if she knew a guy named Hiroto. When Hikari mentioned that name, Hana quickly nodded. She tells Hikari that Hiroto is her friend. Not really a friend but maybe just a co-worker. He is the reason why Hana got stuck in there.
Hikari nods his head, understanding the situation there. Hikari then explains the things to Hana.
"You're currently in Quantum World."
"It was a world that had been created by combining a thousand and even a million data from the network. Creating another world where we all can even live in here. But even if you're here, if anything happens to your physical body on the other side, you will still get affected by it. But since you're working with Hiroto, I'm sure that your body is in good condition."
"Originally, this world has been created as a space of data or a network that stores a lot of data in it. Similar to things in quantum memory. However, that thing is only limited to me and someone important. Quantum Memory just has been created by simply connecting to the server or to my memories so that I can remember them all."
"However, this Quantum World is different. I'm not really sure what it is. But if you're here. I'm sure that we will meet. That I will save you."
Hana became glad as she heard that she could get out of there. She then asks Hikari if he was able to save her; then why doesn't he try it now? Because Hana is just right next to him. Which makes it easier for him to do so.
However, Hikari shook his head and replied.
"Sorry, but I can't. Because Quantum Memory is controlled by someone else, plus your body was somewhere else. If only I were there, then I'm sure that I could do something. But since it was not here. I'm really not capable of doing anything."
Hana then understood it, and she didn't comment anything about it. Since it was not Hikari that caused her to be there. So she then just smiled and told Hikari that it was okay. But she just wants Hikari to keep his promise on saving her. She will wait for Hikari to keep his promise with her.
Hikari then nods his head and tells Hana that he promises that he will surely save her.
Hana then smiled and looked at Hikari with a smile.
"I really wish that I would meet you sooner. So at least I was able to ease my worry here. I'm not sure what this is and why I am asking this. But if you don't mind, can you tell me what love is?"
Hearing that just leaves Hikari in shock. He feels like something like this has happened before. Just to answer that, it makes him have a flashback of a lot of things in his life. Of course, He knows what love is. Thanks to everyone that he met before. For him, love is something that is hard for him to understand. But now that he understands it, he wants to share the meaning of love with everyone that is dear to him. He was a bit shy to tell Hana about it. But just to encourage her, Hikari then says.
"Love is understanding each other. To care about each other. To feel the warmth of each other. To reach that kind of love, it will need a lot of struggle from both sides. That's why they will need to understand each other. So they will understand each other's pain, good or bad. and to care is to heal that pain from each other. When one side is hurt, then another side will help. It's the same for both sides. so that the love will be balanced. The warmth from each other can be created by that. making both sides suitable with each other. To love is to understand them so that you can care about them and give them the warmth that can make them happy. For me, that is what love is."
As Hikari said that, Hana then smirked at her and asked, "So the hugs that I do before, do they mean a warmth of love?" and again, Hikari blushes and denies it by saying, "T-that's not a love! But that's a shyness!" Hana just chuckles as she hears that, and she then tells Hikari that she was really hoping that she would someday understand each other. Because she wanted it.
Hana then smiled, and she picked up the red roses that she collected, and she showed them to Hikari. "Does it look good? I have been betting on it for a while now." Looking at that, it just gives Hikari a dilemma, and he then begins to get a bit teary, and Hikari then nods and says, "Yeah, it looks good."
Hikari then picks one of the flowers and puts it in Hana's hair, making it like a pin, and says, "It really suits you, don't you think?" Hana then holds the flower and asks, "Is that so? I never thought of doing this before." Hikari just smiled and nodded. He tells Hana how beautiful it is, and he thinks that maybe Hana should just leave it there.
Hana nods and says that it will be okay if it looks good on her. She then asks Hikari if he needs one to put it on his hair too. Hikari then quickly rejected it and said that he would not do that.
Hana then laughs about it and tells Hikari that it is alright. She then looked at the flowers and said, "Then maybe one day we should grow these flowers if we meet again." Hikari nods, and he then offers a fist bump to Hana.
Hana then does a fist bump with him, and suddenly, something happens there.