Sorry for the abruptness. Well, take care of yourself.
Yeah.
Its up to you, Masa. If you ever think youd like to do this, let know. The boys will be happy to have you.
Okay.
Call anyti you have any problems. Ill be waiting for you.
After parting ways with Kinoshita, who waved at until I was no longer in view, I went back to my place to have a nap.
Coach huh
I becoming the coach
To be frank, it would be impossible. How could I possible carry the weight of an entire team? As much as it pained to flout the expectations of those pure-eyed middle-schoolers, being , I didnt have the luxury of letting their imagination run wild by getting the wrong ideas right now. I wouldd rather settle the matter at the convenience store than be distracted by sothing else.
Going to another place without clearing things up was Perhaps it would be tantamount to running away.
I had yet to face it. Despite discovering that I was the source of Hyugas death, I still hadnt faced Hyuga, who lingered in this world, appearing and disappearing at random.
Even though I knew that she bore a vendetta against , she might kill if I approached her. Regardless of thatI must make sure that she would be liberated properly.
Not by Takenaka or Hirai. That was my duty, my role.
Today, the night shift was again with the manager. That was the way it was supposed to be but
A phone call was received at the store as I was discussing with Nagase of the evening shift how odd it was that the manager had not arrived despite plenty of ti that had gone by since I had arrived. Apparently, the managers vehicle had gotten a breakdown or such, and he was running slightly late.
He said his tire went flat and noticed it just after he left.
Heh, I didnt know a flat tire could be that easy to notice.
Its incredibly uncomfortable. The steering wheel is difficult to turn, and the car tilts. Oh, thats right, Hakamada, you always ride a motorcycle.
Yeah, I dont get a chance to ride in a car very often.
Right, I dont get flat tires that often, so its probably so kind of mischief. Whether doing it yourself or hiring a contractor, it will be ti-consuming and the manager wont be able to get here anyti soon.
In any case, from this point onward, even if a custor ca, I could deal with them with my own hands. One or two people, it made no difference.
Aside from stocking and ordering, custor service wouldnt be a concern. The manager would probably join in a couple of hours.
Perhaps out of worry because he knew that I had fallen ill the other day, Nagase suggested that he stay until the manager arrived, but I politely declined and asked him to leave at the exact ti.
Then, thirty minutes later
I stretched out widely in front of the counter.
As expected, not a single custor showed up.
If anybody was present, it was a ragged-clothed woman who was once again staring at from against the magazine sections glass wall.
Thanks to Takenaka and Yagura, the woman could neither intrude into the store from the outside nor interfere with the people coming in and out of the store, so nothing would happen to like before.
Seriously, that kind of staring.
Even if I turned my head in the other direction, her gaze only pierced from directly to the side.
Manager, please hurry and arrive; if I werent alone, I wouldnt be so disturbed. Unless I got distracted by your barcode head, her gaze seed to puncture my head.
Phew
I wondered if Takenaka was relaxing at his parents house right now. What were the other two doing now?
Perhaps Hirai was drawing thin books or whatever again. As for Aoyama well, what was he doing in his private life? I couldnt imagine.
Throughout the store, only the classical music that was playing in the late-night zone was replayed. Clouds were thick tonight with no moon. Not even a car passed by on the road. The boundless, seamless darkness created by all kinds of trees in the sea of trees.
Having never been in the convenience store alone until now, I realized now that it was indeed pitch-black here, and that the convenience store stood alone in a place that was overly quiet.
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