"Blame me, then."
"So... so many people..." Though it wasn't the first time she had seen such a huge crowd, this time was different. Umi Sonoda had to hand out flyers here as a distributor, and she couldn't help trembling nervously.
"That's exactly why I chose this place. I figured handing these out would help promote the live show, and if you try doing it loudly, you'll get used to it before long, right?"
Umi Sonoda managed to get herself slightly under control, then closed her eyes.
"The customers are all vegetables, the customers are all vegetables, the customers are all vegetables..."
Umi Sonoda's eyes snapped open, and the boundless Fantasy she had just imagined in her mind appeared before her eyes.
Everyone's head had turned into a vegetable.
Seeing this scene, Umi Sonoda looked as if she had suffered a stroke, her legs going weak as she sat down on the ground.
"Is this going to be hard?" Honoka Kosaka asked Minami Kotori.
"No, I'm fine." Minami Kotori looked behind Honoka Kosaka. "But Umi is..."
Honoka Kosaka followed Kotori's gaze and saw Umi Sonoda crouching in front of a capsule toy machine in the shadows.
With a pop, Umi Sonoda opened the capsule. "Ah, looks like I got a rare variety..." she said in a depressed voice.
"Is she always like this..." Senba Gari pointed at Umi Sonoda, who was opening the capsule toy, while looking somewhat speechlessly at Minami Kotori and Honoka Kosaka.
"Ha... haha..." Minami Kotori laughed a little awkwardly.
"Umi!!"
"Ah... Hono... Honoka..." Umi was clearly feeling guilty.
"Sigh... Honoka, I think this might be rushing things a little too much. After all, everyone here is a stranger, so Umi might not be able to adapt. Why don't we switch to a place with more people