Snow fell from the sky, and the ground was blanketed in white.
The whole world... was wrapped in a layer of silver.
In the chilly weather, people bustled to and fro. Even the cold could not dampen their enthusiasm.
On the street.
A lovely young couple walked past.
The boy had blond hair.
The girl had pink hair.
The blond boy looked reserved, his expression rather serious.
The pink-haired girl was a little airheaded and looked rather dazed.
"I'm home."
The pink-haired girl stopped and glanced at her house.
From outside, it looked pitch-black inside, without a single light.
Because... she was the only person living there.
"..."
The blond boy stopped too. He thought for a moment, then finally... voiced what he had been preparing to say, speaking rather slowly.
"Um... Sakura."
"Hmm?"
The short-haired Sakura turned toward him.
"What is it, Menma?"
Menma and Sakura.
That meant this was the Limited Tsukuyomi World, not the other world... where Hyuga Sho lived.
"Would you like to... walk around together a little longer...?"
Menma gazed at Sakura's face as he spoke.
"..."
Sakura did not answer right away.
Snow drifted down from the sky and settled on the ground.
"Sure."
A moment later, she broke into a broad smile.
She looked vacant, as though her brain could not quite keep up.
Limited Tsukuyomi... was a mirror version of another world.
Everything in it was reversed.
Naruko in the other world was an idiot.
Menma in this world, however, was an elite.
And Kamui, whose intelligence was off the charts in the other world... had become a dim-witted fool as Sakura in this mirror world.
But no matter what Sakura became.
Menma would still love her.
He loved... her just as she was.
And so.
Menma reached out and took Sakura's