Xia Pingzhou opened his eyes, still seeing the floor of the express train's carriage, yet it no longer swayed as before. The train had stopped, and the sounds of it moving were gone. Instead, there was an announcement reminding passengers to take their belongings.
He turned his head to see the kimono-clad girl beside him staring at him intently, motionless.
Looking around again, he saw that all the passengers on the express train had already disembarked. The carriage was empty, with only him still asleep on the train, unable to be awakened—he had been engrossed in trading from the perspective of Machine No. 3.
"Kitty, what's wrong?" Ayase Origami asked.
"Nothing... just a bit sleepy." Xia Pingzhou said while getting up, yawning lightly, and retrieving his suitcase from the overhead luggage compartment.
He picked up the suitcase and disembarked the train with Ayase Origami, stepping into the night of Hokkaido City. The glow of the Sapporo Radio Tower cast down on them.
