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In the quiet seaside town of Tsukishima, there is a legend—one that no one dares to prove.

"On the night of the longest dusk, when the sun refuses to set, cross the old wooden bridge at Kageri Lake. A wish will be granted, but something must be left behind."

Sixteen-year-old Renji Asakura is desperate to turn back time. After an accident leaves his younger sister in a coma, he becomes obsessed with the town's legend. When he finally finds the bridge at sunset, it is exactly as the rumors say—suspended in a never-ending twilight.

However, he is not alone. Mikoto Shiranagi, a quiet but sharp-witted transfer student, is also there, carrying her own secrets. The two form a reluctant partnership, discovering that each time they cross the bridge, they can rewrite the past—but only by sacrificing a part of their own future.

As Renji and Mikoto continue using the bridge, their memories start fading, their bodies weaken, and time moves forward without them. Renji must face the ultimate question: How much of yourself are you willing to lose for the people you love?

But the bridge has rules, and breaking them could mean losing everything—forever.

The Bridge of Endless Dusk

The moment Renji's foot touched the bridge, the world around him shifted.

The air grew thick, humming with something unnatural. The cicadas had stopped singing. The trees, once swaying with the summer breeze, now stood frozen. Even the lake's surface, which had reflected the sky just moments ago, became an abyss of swirling darkness.

Renji clenched his fists. No turning back now.

The further he walked, the more distorted reality became. The air shimmered like heat rising off pavement, bending light in ways that made his head spin. He could hear whispers—faint, indistinct, as if carried by a distant wind.

"What are you willing to lose?"

A shiver ran down his spine. The voice wasn't his own. It wasn't Mikoto's either.

Yet, when he glanced back, Mikoto was still standing at the bridge's entrance, watching him with narrowed eyes. She hadn't followed.

"Why aren't you coming?" he called out.

She didn't answer right away. Instead, she slowly lifted the silver pocket watch in her hand and opened it.

The second hand wasn't moving. The watch was frozen in time.

Mikoto finally spoke, her voice steady. "Because I already know what it takes to walk that path."

She shut the watch with a click. "I don't think you're ready."

Before he could reply, a sudden force pulled him forward. His vision blurred, and the bridge beneath his feet vanished.

—Renji was somewhere else.

The world had shifted, but he couldn't tell how.

He stood in the middle of his childhood home, in the small, dimly lit hallway just outside Saya's bedroom.

His breath hitched. This wasn't possible. His house was miles away from Kageri Lake.

He could hear the soft humming from the other side of the door. A melody he hadn't heard in over a year.

Renji's heart pounded. His fingers trembled as he reached for the doorknob. He knew this moment.

It was the last night before the accident.

The night he should have been there for her. The night he could have changed everything.

The bridge… it had brought him back.

Chapter 2: The First Step into Twilight