Sayaka and Kawahara exchanged a glance. Though neither understood, they still nodded.
"Anyway, I'll help."
"Me too."
"Then I'll be counting on you."
Su Yang entered the school with them.
Mitsuha's seat was beside Sayaka's, right next to hers.
Kawahara, meanwhile, was in the class next door.
"Um..." Sayaka set down her schoolbag. "Mitsuha, is there really the soul of a handsome Tokyo guy inside you right now?"
"What... is Tokyo like?"
So you were actually pretty interested after all.
Sayaka was Mitsuha's genuine best friend in the Original work and trusted her deeply.
At the same time, she had a crush on Kawahara.
She wore her hair in two braids and could only be considered average-looking, but she was a kind and enthusiastic girl.
Still, no matter what kind of girl she was, she would be interested in the outside world and in prosperity.
That was only human nature. Many people stuck in the countryside desperately wanted to go to the big cities, while those in the cities wanted to return to the countryside and live peaceful, simple lives.
"Tokyo..."
Su Yang thought for a moment. Not wanting this innocent girl to get deceived, he said, "It's an extremely prosperous place."
"But it's also a very scary place."
"There are lots of things that cost money."
"Renting a thirty-square-meter apartment costs eighty thousand yen a month."
"And it might not even have a bathroom."
"H-How can it be that outrageous...?"
Sayaka was immediately frightened. "I was thinking that maybe, in the future, I could take an exam and leave this place..."
"But out there..."
"Wouldn't life be incredibly exhausting?"
That was true for ordinary people.
It was different for the rich.
"So yeah, it's tough, and the trains are packed with people," Su Yang said. "Everyone gets squeezed together,