The next day.
Around noon, Far Moon's staff led the students to board a series of buses to return to Tokyo from Kanagawa Prefecture.
One bus had already started, emitting exhaust.
Tanaka Hikari, Morioka Makki, and Xingping Chuangzhen, still groggy, were called off the bus by a hotel employee.
As soon as they had steadied themselves on the ground, the bus drove off, leaving Xingping Chuangzhen dumbfounded, "We're done for. How are we going to get back to Tokyo? This place is in the middle of nowhere!"
"Look over there—"
Tanaka Hikari suddenly pointed towards the parking lot.
Morioka Makki and Xingping Chuangzhen looked over to see a commercial van parked about ten meters away, with Dojima Yin standing tall next to the driver's door, waving at them.
As they approached, they heard Dojima Yin say, "We're short on time, get in the car and we'll talk!"
The three of them, still in a daze, got in and shut the door.