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xiv. "when everything was right"

"Maybe it's time for a quick break," Yuzuriha sweats as the scientist was on the brink of collapsing. She then looked around to see you were all in a spot near a cliff. "This seems like a good place for one."

"Yeah, it gives us more time for Senku to explain the details!" Taiju excitedly turns to the heaving Senku. "Not that I would understand any of it though! But once we get to Hakone, then we'll be able to make gunpowder, right?"

"That's quite a long walk. It'll take us a day or two if we include rest hours."

"Y/n, if it comes down to it, we'll carry Yuzuriha and Senku on our backs!"

"I agree with you, Taiju."

"Guys, I think we're able to walk all the way through." Yuzuriha sweats as she watches you two agree simultaneously.

"Only endurance-filled people like the two of you are able to run two marathons at once." Senku finally got up, pulling out a wooden sextant.

"What's that?"

"A sextant." You answer on behalf of Senku. "So you still made one?"

"Yeah, but it's total shit with its accuracy. And with the axial tilt having changed, it'll take a while for me to get used to it..." You hear Senku sigh. "It's been 35,980 seconds since the sun rose today..."

"He really spit out something amazing!" You and Taiju laugh at Yuzuriha's reaction, you forgot this would be the first time she had first seen Senku's counting abilities. Taiju started to explain to her how Senku counted to a hundred billion seconds, and Yuzuriha expectedly reacted like how a normal person would. That meaning, she couldn't quite comprehend how Senku was capable of pulling it off.

"We're around Kamakura, if only there was a landmark or something. Then I'd have an accurate read on our current latitude and longitude." With the swing of his hand, the wooden sextant returned back to Senku's bag.

"There should be at least a landmark around here!" Taiju started to look around, relying on his eyesight to see anything.

"Landmarks, huh?" You wonder for a while. You and your family didn't really get to explore a lot of Japan together, the last family trip you remember is probably the funeral of your late grandfather (it wasn't even a family trip, it was just the last event that you remember going to as a complete family).

You look at Yuzuriha, who started to run towards the trees. "Yuzuriha?!"

The three of you followed her, far ahead was an open field, completely derived from any trees and grass. You run past the new variant of cherry blossoms, and eventually you enter the small field to see the Great Buddha of Kamakura that you kept seeing from images online.

"Heh, I know exactly where we are." You start to blur out Senku's words before turning to Yuzuriha as tears fall from her eyes.

"Yuzuriha?!" Taiju panicked at the sight of the crying girl. You didn't waste time to bring out a piece of clean fabric from one of the bags you were carrying and wiped the girl's tears. "Did someone make you cry? Was it me?!"

"N-No, it's not that! I'm not crying—well I am but," You laugh at Yuzuriha's fluttering, confusing both herself and Taiju. "Thank you, Y/n." The girl sniffed.

"You're welcome, I understand how stirring it is." The girl smiles at your assurance, taking the piece of cloth from your hands as she wiped her own tears. "But at least we're all together, you know?"

"Yeah," Yuzuriha nods, her mouth forming a smile once again. "I just woke up and everything that had happened doesn't feel real at all," She looks back at the statue. "But seeing the Great Buddha still standing, it made me realize that this was Japan."