Well, This Is Energy-Efficient

"Actually, I was just a little half-asleep today. I'm still not that awake," Oreki said casually.

He noticed the two of them staring at his hair.

"How about I leave it down over my shoulders today?" Oreki said.

In truth, even knowing this was only a model, he still felt strange tying the model's hair, so he hadn't done it.

"It has this..." Kawahara cut in. "It has this very ladylike feel."

"Is that so? Then I'll keep it like this..."

That wouldn't do.

This look seemed like it could attract Kawahara.

Oreki thought that, then tied his hair into a single ponytail.

Because even though he was only controlling a model, and Oreki was also very popular and often liked by girls, being liked by boys was still, sure enough, far too strange.

So he immediately snuffed out that impossible little spark with his own hands.

The country road was a little wide, but to Oreki it felt somewhat novel, so he followed his two companions forward.

"Please vote for me in this mayoral election."

"I want to make improvements to this land, as well as to our finances..."

"Our Itomori Town can develop as well..."

As they passed an open lot, they could see some people gathered around an election campaign vehicle.

Though it was called an election campaign vehicle, it looked just like one of those roadside roof-repair trucks back in China. A little shabby.

But this was the countryside, so there was nothing much to say about it.

However, Oreki also noticed something a little odd. Along the way, he, Kawahara, and Sayaka had seen some students, but among those few people, he hadn't seen anyone... holding a phone.

It was as if phones were something very far away.

That was a little backward.

One had