"Mm," Oreki said. "I might be able to leave this place now."
Oh.
Is that so?
Leave.
What did you mean by that? Leaving this area, this city, or something else entirely?
Rio Futaba came out after paying at the bookstore and looked at Oreki.
"..." Oreki.
"What's wrong with you?" Futaba said.
"Your clothes are really unfashionable," Oreki said, setting his gaze on her.
Although Futaba had been in the bookstore, what she wore was not the school uniform, but her own casual clothes.
Generally speaking, girls' casual clothes were quite cute.
And on that point, Oreki had already seen plenty of it at High School of Advanced Education.
But Futaba truly was someone different.
She did not dress herself up at all, and even deliberately made herself look a little unfashionable. But her unfashionableness was not like Sakura's, who did it because she did not want to attract attention. Futaba's unfashionableness was more like she directly hoped her presence would be very low.
And Oreki knew.
Perhaps it was because the other party's figure was too good.
Ichinose was the largest girl he had ever seen, but Futaba might surpass—no, she definitely surpassed Ichinose.
This was a very sad thing. Kikyou Kushida had always been dissatisfied and felt that while people did have limits, she must have an advantage others could not compare with, so she believed her affinity was maxed out. But she was quickly defeated by Ichinose., And Oreki had also thought Ichinose was the largest, but now, unfortunately.
Perhaps Futaba was the one in first place.
"I have no personal requirements when it comes to clothing or appearance," Futaba said unfashionably.
She looked like she wanted for nothing.
In truth, that was not the case.
Because after she split apart in the original work, Youyuye