As a bookstore, its collection had been fairly well preserved. It was obvious that the people here had been evacuated in a hurry, so many things had never even been unsealed and were still wrapped in plastic. Fang Zheng led the girls into the bookstore and began browsing through the books.
"X, what is that room for?"
Clutching Fang Zheng's arm, Mirai curiously pointed inside. There was another room deeper within the bookstore, its entrance covered by a thick curtain with the number 18 printed on it.
"Oh, that..."
Seeing the curtain, Fang Zheng revealed a meaningful smile.
"That means anyone under eighteen is forbidden from entering."
"Why?!"
Mirai was immediately displeased by Fang Zheng's answer, while he simply chuckled.
"You'll understand if you go in and take a look. There's nobody here anyway, right?"
That was curiosity for you—the more you stopped her, the more she wanted to go in. After hearing Fang Zheng's words, Mirai turned and walked into the room. A moment later, a series of clattering crashes suddenly came from inside. Kokoro and Ichigo, waiting outside, jumped in fright. Before they could check what had happened, Mirai rushed out, her face as red as a monkey's ass.
"W-what was that?!"
Trembling, Mirai pointed toward the inner room and screamed her question at Fang Zheng, who merely shrugged.
"That's why anyone under eighteen isn't allowed in. Understand now?"
"D-did people in the past really look at that kind of thing?!"
"Hehe."
"Pervert! Shameless!"
"...?"
Seeing Mirai looking so ashamed she wanted to die, Kokoro and Ichigo exchanged curious glances before slipping behind the curtain into the room.
Then, a moment later... accompanied by a flurry of banging and crashing, they ran back out with flushed faces as though they were being chased by a tyrannosaurus rex.
"That