Reborn In Tokyo After Picking Up Sayu Who Ran Away From Home

   Chapter 459 Both sides of Chiba Prefecture

   On the other side, Tokyo Disneyland.

   "—I'm sorry, I borrowed it!"

   Yuko Masaka took a freshly-baked frankfurter and ran through the crowd taking photos with various cartoon characters, running somewhere.

   It was only a dozen meters away, but it took more than double the time due to the crowded crowd.

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

   Nearly black brown hair was draped softly in front of his shoulders, and his appearance was between cute and beautiful. His slender and plump figure was uneven, and a pair of slender and fair legs stretched out from under the pleated skirt and dignified together.

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

   Masaka Yuko trotted over with a jumping pace.

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

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

   "Thank you~ Also, hard work."

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

"…hug?"

   "Ah~ah~ Because of you Sayu-chan."

"I?"

   "—It's so cute~!"

   "Hey~~~ You're here again, but I think Yuko is cute too?"

"I'm very cute?"

   "Hmm~ very cute, different from the one who was only cute in the past, now Yuko is a girl who everyone will find cute~!"

   Sayu put his hands on his thighs and smiled at his friend beside him.

   Yuko Masaka was also wearing Asahi's uniform.

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

The long black hair that has been permed with a curling iron is draped in front of his shoulders, and the eyes with cosmetic contact lenses look very attractive. The eyelashes that have been brushed with mascara are long and curled, and the moderate makeup is good enough to cover up the freckles on his face. , the whole person looks quite beautiful.

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

   "Ahh~ don't say it anymore, don't say it anymore!" Yuko Masaka scratched her face shyly.

   "Besides, it's thanks to Sayu-chan that I can look like this and show people in this image. Thank you~~you are my best friend!"

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

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

  Compared to her, Sayu beside her is the type with natural beauty, 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 line of the nose is graceful, and the underside is dotted with a soft rosy lip.

   The most important thing is the kind of self-confidence and restrained gentle aura on his body, as if no matter how big the difficulty is, he can't beat the other party, and he has a taste of washing away the lead.

   Can a girl like this really be my friend?

  —Occasionally, Yuko Masaka will be troubled by this, but she is deeply proud of having such a best friend.

   In the end, he threw away his troubles in a smile, leaving only his 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, carry people like her who cannot move forward alone on their backs, and carry the hopes of others on their backs.

   Usually, people refer to this type of person as…

"hero…"

   Masaka Yuko murmured unconsciously.

   "—Eh? What did you say? Yuko."

   Sayu, who took a bite of the frankfurter, looked at him in confusion, chewing the bread and ketchup in small bites, his cheeks 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 friends in front of her would definitely be shy and angry.

   After all, the other party is such a lovely person~~

   She took a mouthful of sausage with "Ahhh~", her gaze turned down naturally, and landed on the girl's legs.

   A book with a very strange cover came into view

  —"Numano (Nagumo Ryunosuke.

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

   "...Eh? That's true, but is there anything strange...?"

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

   "Hey, that's not the case. I just thought that reading a book would be less boring when I was in line or waiting."

   "Seriously." Yuko Masaka said slightly depressed.

   "The place we're coming from is Disney! That Tokyo Disneyland! You're so weird~ Sayu-chan!"

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

   "Don't, don't, don't, don't! You can't do it! It's just like the devil's pressure to read the college entrance examination questions when you go out to play. You will make everyone nervous together... Please don't!"

   "I'm just doing my own thing. You're 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 influence? Such a perfect Sayu-chan's behavior will automatically affect the people around you."

   Her tone was very ordinary, with both concern for friends and kind reminders.

  Because she once stood on the edge, Yuko Masaka knew one thing very well.

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

  People will subconsciously cater to those people, like it would be a mistake not to share their emotions with them empathetically, and be condemned by monsters called "collectives" for that.

   This happens every day, even every school.

   For the former her, and those students with the same duty as her, this is 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?"

  Shayou shook his head lightly when he heard the words, and said with a smile: "I got it right but I didn't answer it completely, it's a shadow."

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

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

   "But I'm very interested in Sayu-chan. For example, why do you like this book, can you tell me~~~?"

   "I can't say I like it or dislike it, just take a look at it, I didn't think too much."

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

   "Nothing, just the shadow will copy everything, then kill the original and replace the original to continue living."

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

   "If you don't do this, the shadow won't be able to survive for a long time or something."

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

   Yuko Masaka felt a chill, instinctively clasped her arms, and spoke with trembling fear.

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

   "Now that I think about it, it would be terrifying 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!"

   Sayu nodded lightly, pursed his lips slightly, and imagined such a scene, and an eerie feeling came up.

   It's like the original self was replaced by someone, and the clone who stayed... No, if something like that happened, could that person still be called a clone...?

"and then?"

   "Huh, what then?"

   "The story of this book, haven't you read it yet?"

   "Well, not yet, because I've been studying recently."

   "Is that so... So far Sayu-chan has read the part, what kind of story does this book tell, can you tell me?"

   "What to say... Basically, the protagonist's girl is paranoid, 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."

   "So it is, but the so-called paranoia is just a misunderstanding of the protagonist by the outside world. The real truth is actually the other way around."

   Sayu hummed in affirmation, opened the first page of the novel, and showed Yuko Masaka the opening sentence.

   - "In the summer of my second year of high school, I was killed by myself. (Lusen Hikuru

   Yuko Masaka frowned and read it silently several times.

   followed by—

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

   she cried out in astonishment.

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

   Sayu giggled and explained, as if he thought it was very funny.

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

   "Ah, are you just venting your anger, Junzi? 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 reading it~"

"is that so…?"

   Masaka Yuko tilted her head suspiciously, thought for a while and said, "Then when you finish reading this book, lend me a look too?"

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

  The topic of novels ends here.

   While eating the food they bought, they studied the map on the pamphlet they received from the entrance when they entered the park, and discussed what they would do next.

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

   Tourists with churros and popcorn in their hands laugh and talk beside the fountain. Couples who are dating are snuggling up intimately, and everyone's faces are filled with shining 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 a roller coaster~~~~~!" Himekawa Yoshiko suggested this, while Sayu squeezed his chin and opened his mouth.

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

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

   "Um... what should I do - wait, don't pull people away suddenly!"

   "Because—who is Sayu-chan, you dragged along~~~~~!"

  The cool wind blew past, and the light skirt swayed in the wind.

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

  The energetic laughter spread out, blending with the chatter and laughter 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 falls low, and the bright moon hangs high.

   The stars twinkled in the sky, like countless silver beads, densely inlaid on the dark black flannel, sprinkled with dreamlike starlight, slightly illuminating the mountains and forests at night.

   Amidst the sound of snoring, silence flows in the middle of the night.

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

   Quietly opened the metal door in front of him, and immediately saw a quiet and open rooftop.

   is located in the corner of the rooftop, with a small table and two folding chairs.

   The not-so-big kettle vibrated "gumbling", making a light noise on the alcohol lamp.

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

   Kato Yusuke walked over with his feet raised, naturally sat down on the empty chair side by side, and asked:

   "Why don't you rest so late? Xiao Jianai."

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

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

   "Maria-sensei in the same room has been on the phone with her boyfriend, which makes me sleepy, so I will try to call you out and enjoy the moon together."

   "Any temporary intentions?"

   "No~ the fact is that I specially borrowed these equipment from Nakamura-sensei, and prepared them here in advance. If you don't come or fall asleep, I'll be very depressed, isn't it okay?"

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

"And yours?"

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

   Kato Yusuke unconsciously raised the corners of his mouth, 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 doubtful gaze, the woman in the fleece lowered her head, brought her face to the cup in his hand, opened her lips slightly, and took a clumsy sip of black tea.

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

  …

   (end of this chapter)