Perhaps to most students this was just another normal day, but for Mai it wasn't, because today she had an important task that needed to be done no matter what. To find the detective that was known as Even Rodgers in the present.
Going to sleep tonight, should allow her to wake up the same day ten years into the future, which hopefully meant that only a single night had passed in the future world. Trials took months to get established, at least in the present, so Mai was gambling that after her emotional outburst nothing too bad had happened overnight.
'I'm sorry, Future Mai, you must be really confused once you get chucked into that place, but I promise that I'm going to do my best today to set us free!'
Presently, Mai was on the back of Simon's bike, and although she hadn't realised it, her best friend had unsuccessfully been trying to stir up a conversation the whole way.