Reborn in Tokyo after picking up Sayu who ran away from home

Chapter 459 Both Sides of Chiba County
On the other side, Tokyo Disneyland.

"—Excuse me, excuse me!"

Holding a freshly baked frankfurter, Yuko Masaka shuttled through the crowd taking photos with various cartoon characters and ran towards somewhere.

It was only a dozen meters away, but it was affected by the crowds, so it took more than double the time.

Coming to the bench near the fountain, a girl in a suit and school uniform was sitting on it.

Her brown hair, which was close to black, hung softly in front of her shoulders, her appearance was between cute and beautiful, her slim and plump figure was uneven, and a pair of slender, white legs protruded from under the pleated skirt, and they were put together dignifiedly.

She was holding a book in her hand, and she was quietly flipping through the contents at the moment, exuding a quiet and elegant temperament.

Yuko Masaka trotted over with joyful steps.

"I've been waiting for a long time~~~ Sayu-chan, here you go, Frankfurter sausage~"

"Welcome back, Yuko." Sayu looked up from the book, with a bright smile on her face.

"Thank you~ Also, you've worked hard."

"Well, if you really want to thank me, can you give me a hug?"

"……hug?"

"Ah~ah~ because of Sayu-chan."

"I?"

"——It's so cute~!!"

"Hey~~~ You are here again, but I think Yuko is also cute?"

"I'm very cute?"

"Hmm~ very cute, unlike before, when only I was the only one who thought it was cute, Yuko is now a girl who everyone thinks is cute~!"

Sayu put her hands on her lap and looked at her friend with a smile.

Masaka Yuko was also wearing Asahi Taka's uniform.

The upper body is a white shirt and a dark blue suit jacket with a bow at the neckline, and the lower body is a gray plaid skirt.

The long black hair permed with a curling iron is draped over the shoulders, the eyes with colored contact lenses look very energetic, the eyelashes that have been brushed with mascara are long and curled, and the moderate makeup can well cover up the freckles on the face , the whole person looks quite beautiful.

"Well, it's really cute~" She nodded slightly and repeated it again.

"Ah~ stop talking, stop talking!" Yuko Masaka scratched her face shyly.

"Besides, I can look like this and show people with this image, thanks to Sayu-chan who suggested that I change my look. Thank you~~~You are my best friend!"

She stated this with sincere words, with joy and gratitude from the heart on her face.

Although she was very happy to be praised, Masaka Yuko actually knew that her foundation was not very good, and she relied more on makeup to set off.

Compared to her, Sayu next to her is the naturally beautiful type, not only very cute, but also very handsome.

The fair skin is particularly delicate without makeup, a pair of amber eyes are crystal clear and bright, the nose has a beautiful line, and there is a soft red lip dotted underneath.

The most important thing is the confident and introverted gentle aura on his body, as if no matter how difficult the difficulty is, he can't trouble the other party, and there is a smell of washing away the lead.

Can such a girl really be my friend?

——Masaka Yuko occasionally feels troubled by this, but is deeply proud of having such a best friend.

In the end, the troubles were thrown away with a smile, leaving only longing and respect.

After all, the girl in front of her is the one and only princess in the world who changed and saved her life.

The other party is really very, very gentle, and will lend a helping hand to those who encounter difficulties, and will carry people like her who cannot go forward alone on their backs, and carry the hopes of others on their backs.

Generally speaking, people will refer to this type of person as...

"hero……"

Yuko Masaka murmured unconsciously.

"—Huh? Did you say something, Yuko."

Sayu, who took a bite of the frankfurter, looked at it in bewilderment, chewing the food wrapped in bread and ketchup in small bites, her cheek puffed out cutely.

"Huh? Ah, um~ nothing."

Masaka Yuko giggled, and decided to keep these words in her heart, otherwise if she really said it, the friend in front of her would be shy and angry.

After all, the other party is such a lovely person~~
She ate a mouthful of the sausage with an "ahh~", her eyes naturally turned down and landed on the girl's legs.

A book with a very strange cover comes into view

——"Number Man (Nayun Ryunosuke)".

"Ah~~~! You brought this book again! Sayu-chan."

"...Huh? Even so, is there anything strange...?"

"Wow, do you mean how much you like that novel? You even brought it for a hike...is it that interesting?"

"Hey, that's not the case. I just think it's not so boring to read a book while queuing or waiting."

"Honestly." Masaka Yuko said a little depressed.

"Obviously the place we came from is Disney! That Tokyo Disneyland! You are so weird ~ Sayu-chan!"

"Then, would you feel better if I changed to Red Book?"

"Don't, don't, don't, don't, don't! It's impossible! Reading college exam questions while you're out to play, it's a devil-like pressure, and you'll make everyone nervous... Please don't!"

"I'm just doing my own thing. You're really exaggerating. Besides..."

Sayu looked around casually and said, "I don't mean to disturb others either."

"Well, I know you don't have that awareness yourself."

Yuko Masaka took another bite of the sausage and continued talking.

"But you have to be conscious of your own influence? The behavior of such a perfect Sayu-chan will automatically affect the people around you."

Her tone was very ordinary, including concern for her friends and kind reminders.

Just because he had stood at the very edge, Yuko Masaka knew one thing very well.

That is, no matter whether the central characters in those classes are conscious or not, their words and deeds, who they like or hate, even if they are just a little thing or emotion that is forgotten in a blink of an eye, will have a huge impact on the class.

People subconsciously pander to those people, as if it's a mistake not to empathize with them, and get condemned for it by the monster called The Collective.

This happens every day, even in every school.

For the former her and those students who had the same duty as her, this was really an unbearable disaster.

Yuko Masaka stopped at this thought, and before the awkward atmosphere spread, she quickly changed the subject.

"By the way, I remember Sayu-chan's book, is it about shadows or reincarnation?"

Sayu shook her head slightly when she heard the words, and said with a smile: "The answer is correct but not completely correct, it is a shadow."

"That's right, Shadow Shadow, I remembered! Hehe~ So what was said later."

"Aren't you not interested? There's no need to talk about this specifically, right?"

"But I'm super interested in Sayu-chan, for example, why you like this book, can you tell me~~~?"

"I can't say whether I like it or not. I just looked at it casually. I didn't think too much about it."

"About the shadow you mentioned last time, I remember that it has the same appearance and memory as my original self. What happened afterwards?"

"It's nothing, the shadow will copy everything, then kill the original body and replace the original person to continue living."

"Hate, what? Why would they do that?"

"It seems that if you don't do this, the shadow will not be able to survive for a long time."

"It's scary, it's almost like a monster."

Masaka Yuko suddenly felt a chill, instinctively crossed his arms, and said tremblingly.

"Actually, I used to fantasize that it would be great if there was a clone who could go to school for me, help with part-time jobs, and do things I don't want to do."

"Thinking about it now, if this clone would come and kill me in order to take away my life, and it would not be discovered after taking it away, it would be terrible!"

Sayu nodded slightly, pursed her lips slightly, and imagined such a scene, and a feeling of eerieness surged up.

It's like the original self was replaced by someone, and the clone who stayed... No, if that kind of thing really happened, can that person still be called a clone...?
"and then?"

"Hey, what then?"

"The story of this book, haven't you finished reading it?"

"Well, not yet, because I have been studying recently."

"That's it... Then tell me what kind of story this book tells up to the part that Sayu-chan has read so far?"

"What I want to say... Basically, the protagonist's girl has delusions, thinking that her family and friends have been replaced by fakes that look exactly the same, so she tries to solve the mystery and reveal the process of secrets."

"So that's the case, but the so-called paranoia is just a misunderstanding of the protagonist from the outside world. The real fact is actually the opposite."

Sayu hummed in affirmation, turned to the first page of the novel, and showed Yuko Masaka the preface.

——"In the summer of the second year of junior high school, I was killed by myself. (Sagimori Hitsuru)"

Yuko Masaka frowned and read it silently several times.

Immediately after—

"—Huh? Does this mean that even the protagonist was replaced from the beginning!?!?"

She cried out in astonishment.

"Ahaha, actually I didn't quite understand it when I saw it for the first time, but I found out later that it wasn't true. This place is a deliberate suspense."

Sayu giggled and explained, as if she found it very interesting.

"What, this author is deliberately teasing people, it's really boring!"

"Ah, are you just venting your anger, Yuzi? In fact, this book has a lot of amazing foreshadowing and delicate psychological descriptions, and the successive revelations are also worthy of praise. You will know after you actually read it~"

"is that so……?"

Masaka Yuko tilted his head in doubt, thought for a while and said, "Then when you finish reading this book, you can also lend me a read?"

"Well, um~ if you're interested, of course it's fine."

The topic of novels ends here.

While eating the food they bought, the two studied the map on the brochure they received from the entrance when they entered the park, and discussed the items they would like to play next.

At the nearby amusement facilities, a roller coaster rushed out of the crater.Slowly, the screams of the people sitting on it also came over.

Tourists with churros and popcorn in their hands laughed and talked by the fountain, couples on a date cuddled up intimately, and everyone's face was filled with sparkling expressions.

Even on such a weekday, the number of tourists in the park is not small.

"—Let's go, Sayu-chan! Let's go on the roller coaster~~~~!" Yuko Masaka suggested, and Sayu squeezed her chin and opened her mouth.

"Yes, yes, but I want to drink something first, do I want to buy a cup of milk tea?"

"Hey~~~ I'll buy it after I finish playing, let's go play first!"

"Well...what should I do—wait a minute, don't drag people away suddenly!"

"Because—who is Sayu-chan, you're procrastinating~~~~!"

The cool wind blows, and the light skirt sways in the wind.

The two girls held hands and happily ran towards the end of the roller coaster line.

Energetic laughter filled the air, mingled with the chatting and laughing of the crowd, and the screams of tourists, full of jubilant atmosphere and taste...

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Before you know it, Venus blooms in the sky.

The night is low and the moon is high.

The sky is full of stars twinkling, like countless silver beads, densely inlaid on the dark black flannelette, sprinkled with dreamy starlight, slightly illuminating the night forest.

Amidst the snoring, silence also flowed in the middle of the night.

Without disturbing anyone, Kato Yusuke came to the management building alone.

Quietly open the metal door in front of you, and then you will see a quiet and open rooftop.

Located in a corner of the roof, there is a small table and two folding chairs.

The not-so-big kettle vibrated with a "gurgling" sound on the alcohol lamp.

Kanoko Hasumi, who was sitting on a chair, took out a black tea bag and started making tea.

Kato Yusuke raised his foot and walked over, naturally sat down on the empty chairs side by side, and asked:
"Why don't you rest so late? Xiao Jianai."

The time now is eleven o'clock in the evening.

Half an hour ago, he received a message on Line that the other party invited him here for an unknown reason.

"The teacher Maria in the same room has been on the phone with her boyfriend, which made me sleepy, so I tried to ask you to come out and watch the moon together."

"Is it a temporary idea?"

"No~ The fact is that I borrowed these equipment from Mr. Nakamura on purpose, and prepared them here in advance. If you don't come or fall asleep, I will be very depressed. Isn't that okay?"

Kanoko Hasumi said while pouring a cup of tea from the thermos cup and handing it over.

"And yours?"

"You drink first, and I'll drink after you finish."

Kato Yusuke raised the corner of his mouth unconsciously, reached out to take the tea, took a sip, and then returned the cup again, but the other party refused to take it.

Under his puzzled gaze, the woman in the blanket lowered her head, leaned her face towards the cup in his hand, opened her lips slightly, and sipped the black tea clumsily.

He raised his brows slightly, and couldn't help but feel a little amused, but he still tilted the cup slightly in cooperation, so that the tea could better enter the other party's mouth.

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(End of this chapter)