許願酒池的鈕扣 The Button and the Wish-granting Wine Pond
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第十二話
木樂感覺愧疚得說：「啊，原來是這樣，我很抱歉之前擅自以為不坦承是心懷鬼胎。那你有發現什麼嗎？」
春馬答：「其實在找到Ｋ之前，我看到一群鍵鬼在攻擊街上使用手機的人，我跟上去看了一下發現他們的網頁都在同一個論壇文章，正在謾罵攻擊那個被公審身材的人。就連那個人發了文說自己被公審很難受的話，也被大家攻擊，那個被攻擊的人正是媽媽說過的朋友。」
木樂說：「啊，難道這些公審別人的人沒有其他事可做了嗎？我真的很遺憾聽到這些故事。也許就是潤同說的那樣吧！我們的生活確實被科技改變了，但我們身為人類仍是一成不變，經常在不了解他人情況下擅自揣測和腦補，差在有沒有說出來。或許，我應該面對這些我討厭的人、社會和對科技的厭惡感，了解並尋找和平相處的距離。」
春馬突然接著說：「啊真的很抱歉，本來想說找對你有幫助的外星團隊加入旅途，沒想到居然是侵略者。」
木樂馬上說：「沒事啦，不過⋯⋯話說如果外星人真的行動了，你也有可能消失嗎？」
春馬說：「或許如果你不再能夠穿梭兩處，歷史可能就不會改變。」
木樂緊接附和：「除非他們找到另一個也可以穿梭兩處的人。」
兩人沉默一會，春馬說：「願尊重、溝通和理解常在。」說完即丟了一顆身上的鈕扣到許願池。
Episode 12
Leigh felt sorry for misunderstanding Haruma and said, “I am sorry that I thought not confessing was not honest. Did you find something?”
Haruma said, “Actually, before running into K and Hawn, I found lots of Keymons around a group of teenagers. Then, I approached them, and looked at what they were reading on their devices. They were writing comments and bullying someone on the internet. The post was from my mom’s friend, and he wrote about the miserable feeling about people laughing at his appearance and his body.”
Leigh said, “Oh, don’t they have other things to do? I am sorry for that. Maybe Renton is right. Our lifestyle and culture keep changing, but humanity doesn’t. We have lots of assumptions or guesses about others, but we sometimes do not figure out the truth. Then, if we say it wrong, that might attack someone. Well, maybe I should do that, too. I mean to understand the people, society, tech, and find the proper way to be with them.”
Haruma said, “Ah, I’m also sorry for finding an invader to help you. I thought they were kind.”
Leigh said, “Never mind. What if the invader starts to attack the earth? Will you disappear?”
Haruma replied, “Perhaps history won’t change if you don’t come to Alpha’ again at all.” Leigh said, “Until there is someone like me.”
There is silence after the conversation. “May respect, communication, and understanding always be in the hearts,” said Haruma. Haruma threw his yellow button into the wish-granting wine pond.
