When the young brown-haired man heard Jiang Xia's suggestion, he froze for a moment, then scratched his head awkwardly. "Uh... do you also think my room is too messy?"
"The room is fine." Jiang Xia gave his assessment as politely as possible, then thoroughly explained the reasonableness of his actions. "Eleven isn't that late for me, and I don't need to stay up all night playing Mahjong like you do—after watching the Preview Tape, I can just go home and get a normal night's rest."
"That's true!" The young brown-haired man slapped his palm, realizing he had fallen into a mental blind spot. He laughed. "Too bad there isn't much fun around here, but you can check out the comics at the Convenience Store. There aren't many people in this area, so that shop has lots of popular magazines that are usually hard to find."
As they were chatting, a voice suddenly came from the sofa behind them. "I worked all day today. I really worked hard!—And those people staying up late to work overtime, keep it up too."
The children froze and turned toward the sofa—the back of it faced them, and the clerk was sitting with his back to them, talking to the air by himself.
Goosebumps immediately spread all over Yoshida Ayumi. "H-he's talking to someone?!"
"He's filming himself with a Video Camera," Jiang Xia said. Because of their height, the children could only see the back of the sofa, not the Camera in his hand.
Hearing their discussion, Center-Parted Hair Staff smiled. "It's a video Diary—some people like to keep diaries in writing, some like taking pictures, but Furumura prefers using videos like this to record his life."
As he spoke, he checked his watch and sighed. "I need to head back to the Phenomenon Institute