One day apart feels like three years.
This phrase perfectly captures the mood and setting.
Since the last meeting at the Shiyao Shrine, only a few months have passed, but for the man and woman walking side by side at this moment, it feels like several years, even decades have gone by.
It is not only the two of them; perhaps the entire Japanese nation shares this feeling. In just a few months' time, the financial market soared like a fighter jet taking off, only to plummet vertically, as if the tank had run dry…
It may not have completely hit the ground yet, but the fierce centrifugal force has already left countless people shattered, torn apart.
Outside Yasukuni Shrine.
Apart from a sign prohibiting urination and defecation anywhere, there was a new notice board.
It read, "Venue under maintenance, temporarily closed."
