2025.20.SEP | Northeast-Southwest. Sandbox. Trending | Short-Short

"Take a look at this."
Hokuto thrust his smartphone forward.
On the screen, Northeast-Southwest—a news site with a name that jumbled up all the directions—was topping the Trending rankings.

"What is this, exclusively for people with no sense of direction?" Kaito burst out laughing.

"And besides, it's listed under the Sandbox category."
Hokuto shook with laughter.

"News treated like a test site, huh?"
Kaito grinned along with him.

When they opened the article—
"Starting tomorrow, directions will be swapped. East is West, North is South, trending upwards!"

"...No, don't trend upwards!"

The two of them retorted in unison, and the moment they put the smartphone down, the sunset outside the window—
For some reason, despite it being the West, it began to rise from the true East.
"...This isn't something to laugh about."

"Yeah, is this the punchline to a sandbox test play?"
A slight chill ran down both of their spines.

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