Though body-swapping sounded wildly unscientific, compared to erasing a person from existence itself—even from their origin—what was a mere body swap?
If Yukinoshita and the others had initially been only somewhat wary of [Puberty Syndrome], it was because body-swapping, while mysterious, at least allowed them to clear their names...
But Mai Sakurajima's experience...
That was erasing someone at the root. Even condemned criminals might have people mourn them after death, but being erased from the root, making the entire world forget that person ever existed—this...
That was already on the level of causality, wasn't it?
"Is that exaggerated?" However, the second young lady's confusion only earned her a response from Sogo Doma: "But that's the truth. If it weren't for Umaru..."
Yes, every good thing had been done by Umaru.
"For example, no one could see or touch the coffee cup she picked up..."
"A vanished coffee cup? A person appearing out of nowhere..."
"A vanished coffee cup?" What kind of urban legend was that? But thinking about it carefully, it must have referred to Mai Sakurajima picking up a coffee cup at Sogo Doma's behest.
"..."
"No one noticed at all?" Existence always left traces. Sogo Doma, who believed in reasoning people into submission, explained that he had ordered two cups of coffee, yet when the waitress brought them over, she saw only one cup.
It might not have sounded like a big deal, but the more one knew, the more one understood what fear was.
Yukino Yukinoshita knew a great deal, and so did Utaha Kasumigaoka. Thus, they understood the terror lurking behind it—the meme!
"H-How is that possible..." Though meme weapons did not yet exist in reality, whether in reality, anime fandom, or even in theory, everything clearly told Yukinoshita that memes were not something people of