"Just like that, Dubian Che turned around and boarded the Central Line.

Arriving at Tokyo Station, he booked a ticket for the next Shinkansen to Atami.

The train departed at 10:10. With some time to spare, he initially planned to sit and read a book, but it takes an hour to reach Atami. If he started reading now, he would have nothing to pass the time on the train, so after some thought, he decided to roam around the station.

'Hey, bro, wanna hang out?'

'Handsome, want to go on a trip to Kamakura? It's full of girls.'

'Hello, I'm the Madam from a Ginza Cowherd club. Do you have any plans for a part-time job?'

Passing a supermarket, Dubian Che bought a mask.

Even so, women walking towards him would unconsciously glance at him, though the approaches were fewer—there are many who look good with masks on, but the probability of them turning unattractive once taken off is also quite high.

With his mask properly on and hands in the pockets of his red and black baseball jacket—a preference of Jiutiao Mei—he headed to a station kiosk.

The first thing he saw was a rack of erotic magazines marked 'On Sale Today,' featuring various women in colorful lingerie, none with less than ample bosoms.

Dubian Che bought a 'Weekly Bunshun' magazine and sat on a bench to wait for his train.

The headline featured a popular male voice actor and a popular female singer voice actor hugging on a street late at night.

The composition of the photo was quite exquisite; roses of May, delicate street lamps, dim yellow lights, and the two hugging under those lights.

Could it really be just a photo session?

Dubian Che took a few glances. The male voice actor's back was to the camera, his face unclear, but the female voice actor looked very familiar.

Heartbroken, it ends here, alas.

Turning pages, he found a report on how to pamper one's girlfriend, promptly leaving that female voice actor back on the streets of that night in May.

'When a girl says "how cute," reply with "Yeah, but my girlfriend is even cuter."'

Dubian Che memorized this line, planning to continue reading when the station announcement called for passengers to board.

Sitting by the window after boarding the train, he took out his book.

When the service cart came by, he bought a coffee.

He took off his mask momentarily to sip his coffee, and the two masked women sitting opposite glanced at him, but they didn't approach.

While sipping his coffee, Dubian Che looked out the window.

Unsure of their precise location, the sea was to his left and Mount Fuji was visible on the right.

The train sped toward Izu, in early June before the rainy season, under warm, sunny skies that made the sea shimmer.

What kind of expression would Xiaoquan Aonai have by then?

Should he aimlessly search for her in the small city of Atami, or should he quietly let her know in advance?

The warm coffee, the weight of the book on his lap, the sea, Mount Fuji, the speeding train—Dubian Che savored the comforts of life.

After drinking a third of his coffee, he gathered his thoughts and placed the cup by the window.

Before burying his head in his book again, he glanced at the two women opposite, who had been 'exchanging glances from the start.'

Taking a look and then returning to his book... wait a second.

"Excuse me for interrupting, but may I take a photo with you?" he asked.

The two female passengers looked at each other and nodded at Dubian Che: "Sure."

Dubian Che took out his phone, positioned the car window, the coffee cup, and the Izu sea in the background, and snapped a photo with them.

"Thank you very much!"

"Don't mention it!"

The two seemed to want to say more, but Dubian Che had already lowered his head to play with his phone.

[Mr. Kunimi's Fan Group]—it was originally a gaming group, and the group name had been changed many times.

'Photo.jpg' (Dubian Che)

'?' (Ichiki Aoi)

'!!!!' (Kunii Shuichi)

'What is this?' (Kunii Shuichi)

'What is this?' (Dubian Che)

'?' (Ichiki Aoi)

'It's Takahashi Rie and Ueda Reina!!!' (Kunii Shuichi)

'Where are you? Wait for me, I'm coming now!' (Kunii Shuichi)

'Are you not training? What about Koshien?' (Dubian Che)

'Where are you? Tell me quick!' (Kunii Shuichi)

'On the Shinkansen to Izu' (Dubian Che)

'Damn! Recently I listened to both of them on a radio show, they said they were making an outdoor CD in Izu! And you, this guy, happened to meet them, sat together, and even took a photo! Ah!!' (Kunii Shuichi)

'Who are Takahashi Rie and Ueda Reina?' (Ichiki Aoi)

'Takahashi Rie is Huihui in "A Blessing to This Wonderful World!", Emilia in "Re: Life in a Different World from Zero", Takagi in "Teasing Master Takagi-san"!' (Kunii Shuichi)

'Ueda Reina is Shinjou Akane in "SSSS.GRIDMAN", Hoshino Miko in "Angel's 3Piece!"' (Kunii Shuichi)

'Uh—Dubian, who are these people? Actors?' (Ichiki Aoi)

'Voice actors' (Dubian Che)

'Ohhh, got it. (actually not really)' (Ichiki Aoi)

'What did I miss?!' (Saito Huijie)

'Dubian, ask them if they'd be willing to do voice work for my world's number one beautiful girl game!' (Saito Huijie)

'I remember Dubian's light novels have a lot of dirty lines?! Grab this chance! Use your charms!' (Kunii Shuichi)

'What? Dubian writes light novels? Want to see, want to see! I'll recommend it to my classmates, Wind Instrument Club, and family!' (Ichiki Aoi)

'My phone's dying, bye' (Dubian Che)

He picked up the paper cup placed by the window and took a sip of coffee.

Suddenly, the ocean disappeared as the train entered a dark tunnel, then saw the deep blue sea again after passing through it, repeating several times.

Arriving at Izu Station, Emilia and Shinjou Akane waved at Dubian Che before disappearing into the crowd.

After a while, as the train disappeared, the platform became desolate once more, with pigeons settling on the brown tracks."

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