Jodie: "..." She had heard that young people were highly competitive and proud. If she thoroughly crushed Jiang Xia in some field, would this outstanding second-year high school student refuse to admit defeat and come challenge her on his own, hoping to win back his pride?
"There's no harm in trying." Jodie was very optimistic. "There's nothing to lose anyway. What if it works?"
Having made up her mind, Jodie followed Jiang Xia for several days and also investigated Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko, roughly figuring out their usual routes.
A plan of uncertain usefulness quietly began.
"This is the place!"
Suzuki Sonoko dragged her two classmates, along with the first-year tagalong behind them, to a Game Arcade some distance away from Teitan High School.
"This place has added loads of new Purikura effects—the most cutting-edge in all of Tokyo!" Suzuki Sonoko led them straight to the machine. "Today, I'm taking a hundred pictures!"
The group crammed into the not-so-spacious Purikura booth. Suzuki Sonoko posed them in all sorts of positions as the shutter clicked away.
Meanwhile, a blonde woman quietly approached the entrance and casually walked into the arcade.
Jodie swept her gaze around and quickly picked out several Game Machines that young boys might enjoy.
She had played arcade games back in the United States. Combined with her own physical abilities, after watching for a while, her old gaming memories began to return, and she rapidly regained the skills of a seasoned player.
While the students were absorbed in taking Purikura photos, Jodie chose a shooting game and played a few rounds. Her scores climbed higher and higher, and her movements were cool and fluid. Before long, a crowd of cheering spectators had gathered around her.
After a while, Suzuki Sonoko emerged happily, holding a thick stack