Free Web NovelChapter 487: BCL Chapter 483 Taki: A bottle of medicine for my regret, please!
"Tomori, are you alright?"
Taki quickly went forward, her voice full of worry:
"Are you feeling unwell?"
"Hoo... hoo..."
Tomori lay on her back, breathing rapidly. Her originally clear and bright eyes now had no focus at all. Facing Taki’s questions, her mind felt hazy, and she could barely hear her voice clearly.
"Is Tomori sick?"
Taki was confused, thinking Tomori had suddenly had an acute attack. She nervously got up:
"I’ll go call Kitahara-kun over!"
The long-haired, legally Lolita had slowly developed a reliance on Kitahara. Now, when she encountered a problem, her first thought was Kitahara.
"Don’t, don’t go..."
Tomori was breathing heavily, tears welling up:
"I, I’m fine..."
"How can you be fine looking like this?!"
Taki bit her lower lip, unable to relax:
"If you’re feeling unwell, say so. Don’t try to bear it alone. Safety first!"
"It’s... that bracelet..."
Tomori was still breathing rapidly, speaking intermittently, her eyes misty and unfocused, as if her consciousness had been greatly impacted and she hadn’t recovered yet.
"Eh, the bracelet?"
Taki looked surprisingly at the black bracelet discarded nearby.
After taking off the bracelet just now, Tomori had immediately returned to normal, so she did suspect that the anomaly might be related to the bracelet... But it looked like a very ordinary bracelet, didn’t it?
"What happened when you put on the bracelet?" Taki asked curiously, "Tomori was so scary just now."
"..."
Tomori’s small face was flushed crimson and hot. Hearing this, her gaze immediately drifted, and her lips slightly parted and closed, unable to utter a single word.
She couldn’t say it.
There was no way she could possibly say such a thing, right?
And even if she wanted to say it, there were no precise words to describe that feeling...
"I, I’m going to the bathroom..."
Tomori shamefully threw off the covers, choosing to escape. Although the Five Senses Sharing only lasted for less than a minute, it still caused terrible after-effects... such as needing to go to the bathroom to change her underwear no matter what.
However, when she got out of bed, Tomori’s legs went weak, and she almost couldn’t stand steady.
"Tomori?"
Taki looked over worriedly.
"I, I’m fine..."
Tomori took a light breath, her right hand tightly covering her chest. Her gaze fell on the band bracelet on the pillow, and she shyly warned:
"Taki, you absolutely must not wear that bracelet...!"
Watching Tomori leave the room, Taki quietly breathed a sigh of relief:
"It seems Tomori is really fine now..."
At the same time.
The girl’s curiosity surged uncontrollably.
"Tomori said not to wear this bracelet... Why?"
"The situation just now was indeed related to the bracelet, wasn’t it?"
"And why didn’t Tomori just explain it clearly?"
"..."
Taki knelt on the bed, carefully examining the band bracelet against the light. No matter how she looked at it, it was a very ordinary bracelet, with no special features at all.
"So... if I put on the bracelet, I’ll know what happened to Tomori just now?"
Taki’s heart quietly sped up.
"Should I try it?"
Although Tomori had specifically warned her before leaving, it was clear that Tomori was not skilled in psychology.
How do you make a human press a button that looks dangerous?
The method is simple.
Just stick a piece of paper next to the button that says, "Do not press this button," and it will work.
Humans are incredibly curious creatures, and girls’ curiosity is especially strong. And what Tomori just said, ’Don’t wear the bracelet,’ had the same effect as ’Don’t press this button.’
If she hadn’t said anything, Taki might have remained sufficiently cautious and wary, but at this moment, Taki’s curiosity had far surpassed her wariness...
"Oh no, I can’t resist... I really want to know what happens when I put on the bracelet, ahhh!"
"I’ll quietly wear it for a bit, then immediately take it off."
"Tomori wasn’t prepared, that’s why her reaction was so strong. If I concentrate beforehand, there definitely won’t be any problems, right?"
"..."
As time passed, her curiosity not only didn’t decrease but grew stronger and stronger. Taki finally couldn’t resist. She found various reasons to convince herself, then took a deep breath and carefully put the band bracelet on her wrist.1
[Item: Band Bracelet]
[Current Status: Optimized]
[New Entry: Fated Twins. When you and another person wear the bracelet together, you will share five senses, achieving 100% empathy.]
[New Entry: Soul Swap. Under certain special circumstances, you can experience the wonderful phenomenon of Soul Swap.]
[Note: The effect of Soul Swap is limited to the same gender.]
"I don’t feel anything at all..."
In the first second after putting on the band bracelet, Taki, feeling nothing, was inexplicably disappointed.1
The second second.
The entry attributes activated, and visual sharing came online first.
"Huh?"
Taki was surprised to find that she inexplicably had an extra pair of eyes, and the feeling was quite peculiar.
"That’s strange... My eyes feel so blurry, like I’ve been crying?"
"Is this Onsen Village?"
"Why am I seeing Mutsumi-chan?"
A series of questions flooded Taki’s mind.
Three seconds later.
The remaining four senses of the five-sense sharing came online simultaneously.
"One Hundred Percent Empathy" officially activated.
"Wait, I think I heard Soyo crying..."
Taki suddenly felt as if she had two bodies, but just as the novelty emerged, her soul trembled under a terrifying impact.
"Mmm... Mmm...!"
A low hum, both shy and bewildered, instantly sounded, as if to dye the entire room pink.
"What is this, what is this, what is this...?!"
Taki anxiously raised her hand to cover her lips, completely stunned.
"What on earth happened?!"
Taki felt her ability to think being rapidly Stripping, her soul seemingly adrift in a small boat, with turbulent waves beneath her. An indescribable soul shock was quickly eroding her will.
"No... No wonder Tomori was so strange just now... Mmm..."
Taki tried hard to cover her lips, but a light, trembling hum still overflowed through her fingers.
She couldn’t cover it.
She simply couldn’t cover it.
Although she still didn’t understand what was happening, Taki already had a bad premonition and frantically tried to remove the bracelet.
It was just a very ordinary movement, yet Taki found her fingers trembling uncontrollably, unable to steady them.
With great difficulty, Taki finally touched the bracelet, but then her eyes snapped open, and she began to tremble uncontrollably:
"H-how could this be...?"
She had thought the previous experience was a raging storm, but at this very moment, Taki realized how naive she had been... The previous turbulence was merely a small ripple; now was the true raging storm.
"Mmm...!!!"
The raging storm swept over, and Taki felt as if her soul was being dragged to the bottom of the sea by an invisible hand, then carried forward by an underwater current. Her consciousness blurred, and she naturally failed to remove the bracelet.
"D-damn it...!"
Taki gritted her teeth, trying to keep her mind clear.
"How could I possibly give up like this?!"
"Hang in there... This strange bracelet, I must take it off no matter what!"
Unfortunately, the trembling of her soul affected her body. Although Taki’s fingers touched the band bracelet, her movements were shaky, and she couldn’t pull it off in one go, only able to tug it down little by little.
After a long struggle, just as she was about to escape her misery, Taki found the extra body suddenly moved. Before she could react, she saw a full-length mirror appear before ’herself’ through blurry, tear-filled eyes.
Then...
"Buzz!"
After seeing the reflection in the mirror clearly, Taki felt her head buzz with a roar, finally understanding why her soul was trembling so terrifyingly.
"Soyo and Kitahara are... are... are... are... are...!"
Upon knowing the truth, Taki’s sense of shame exploded instantly.3
For Taki, this was a completely new world, one she had never imagined, not even in her dreams.
A few days ago, they went to the river to pick pebbles, accidentally got their clothes wet, and then went to the Onsen Village for a bath. During that time, her soul resonated with Tomori, and she ultimately experienced mutual service. In Taki’s view, that was already the most shameful thing in the world.4
However, at this very moment, Taki realized that the previous experience was merely child’s play.
If before was mistakenly entering the Akina Pass race track, then now was boarding a high-speed interstellar train, completely beyond Taki’s limits.
Whoosh—
White steam billowed from the top of Taki’s head.
Although usually serious and seemingly difficult to get along with, Taki was, after all, only a 16-year-old girl. Suddenly embarking on a high-speed interstellar train, the girl’s sense of shame naturally exploded instantly.
Thump.
Taki’s body softly collapsed onto the pillow.
Her consciousness gradually cleared, and Taki frantically tried to remove the bracelet, but found her right hand accidentally pressed beneath her body. What was worse, in her state of soul trembling, all her strength seemed to have been drained, and she couldn’t pull out the arm pressed beneath her...
"D-damn it... Stop it quickly!"
Taki’s eyes were watery. To avoid being too embarrassed, she could only open her mouth and bite the pillow.
Realizing she might not be able to save herself, Taki could only frantically pray in her heart:5
"Tomori... Save, save, save me!!!"
"..."
At the same time.
In the bathroom.
Tomori was unaware of everything happening in the room and was still continuously washing her face with cold water. Because the sharing time was too short, she wasn’t clear about the specific situation, but Tomori had vaguely guessed the truth.
After resting for a while, and once she had thoroughly cooled down, Tomori left the bathroom and returned to the room.
"Taki, I’m back."
Tomori said softly.
"..."
The room was silent, with no response.
"Eh, Taki is already asleep?"
Tomori tilted her head slightly, a hint of confusion flashing in her eyes, feeling something was amiss.
Although she had returned a bit late, Taki shouldn’t have gone to sleep alone ahead of time, right?
Tomori softly slowed her steps and walked to the bed, a look of surprise quickly appearing on her small face:
"Eh, Taki’s face is so red..."
Two seconds later.
Tomori’s eyes widened nervously, her gaze falling on Taki’s wrist, discovering another blind spot:
"Taki... actually put on the bracelet?!"
Recalling her previous terrifying experience, Tomori immediately became anxious:
"How long has Taki been wearing it?"
"Why hasn’t she taken it off?"
"Could it be...?"
Tomori nervously stepped forward and reached out to touch her, only to find Taki’s body was soaking wet, her entire nightgown drenched in sweat, and a precarious teardrop still hung from her slender eyelashes.
Anxious guesses immediately flooded her mind:
"Taki isn’t asleep... she passed out, didn’t she?!"
Tomori nervously looked around, thinking of a solution. Fortunately, at this moment, Taki suddenly opened her eyes, her gaze bewildered as she looked around.
"Taki, you’re awake?"
Tomori quickly sat on the bed and asked about the situation with concern.
"Eh?" Taki’s tone was bewildered, "How is Tomori here...? Wait, what did you just call me?"
"Taki?" Tomori reached out her small hand in confusion, "Why do you look so strange?"
"..."
Taki nervously sat up. She saw a small mirror on the nightstand, quickly picked it up, and after clearly seeing the face in the mirror, her eyes widened in disbelief:
"I’ve become Taki?!"
At the same time.
In the Onsen Village.
Watching Soyo’s expression constantly change after waking from her slumber—bewildered, panicked, ashamed, at a loss... Kitahara knew that Soul Swap had been triggered again, but he didn’t know who it was.
So Kitahara knew when to stop, and together with a satisfied Mutsumi and Soyo, he left the Onsen Village.
Next, the four girls quietly met in the guest room.
"Soyo?"
"Taki..."
"How did you get into my body?"
"I don’t know... It should be because of the bracelet."
"Mutsumi-chan, what exactly happened?"
"..."
The girls spoke over each other, quickly piecing together the truth.
To figure everything out, Mutsumi, at the strong insistence of Soyo and Taki, immediately took out her phone and silently sent a message to Ryo.
Fortunately, Ryo was a night owl and wasn’t asleep at this hour. She quickly told Soyo and Taki the truth, which was like a bolt from the blue.
Soyo: "What? Soul Swap?!"
Mutsumi: "Only by doing ’that kind of thing’ can the souls be swapped back?"
Taki: "Impossible! Even if I die, even if I jump from a building, I won’t agree to that kind of thing!"
Tomori: "...Why does Ryo-senpai know so much?"
"..."
The chat ended.
The four girls looked at each other in the room.
"Taki, do you want to switch bodies back?"
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"Absolutely not!"
Having accidentally embarked on a high-speed interstellar train and experienced an incredible, wondrous cosmic journey, Taki’s sense of shame was still in an explosive state, and she immediately rejected Soyo’s suggestion.
"Unless it’s the end of the world, I will absolutely not agree to such a terrible thing!"
"I’m sorry..."
At the same time, two apologies sounded together.
First was Mutsumi:
"I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have lost the bracelet."
Following with an apology was Tomori:
"I’m sorry, if only I had told Taki the truth..."
