June 22, Japan time 12:15 PM, Shinjuku Ward.
The dark green JR train whipped the raindrops aside and stopped at the platform of Shinjuku Station. Ke Mingye and the others got off the train and after a short walk arrived on the streets of Kabukicho.
It was a rainy day, dull and melancholy, but this city that never sleeps was still brilliantly lit, overflowing with light.
In the downpour, the endless stream of people, holding umbrellas, shuttled between malls, izakayas, and maid cafes. The dazzling electronic billboards were hung densely in the air, spreading a hazy neon halo through the rain curtain.
A girl dressed like a cat girl stood outside the maid cafe, holding a sign written in Japanese and shouting slogans to the passersby.
"Do maids actually solicit customers on the street?" Orange Peel raised an eyebrow.
"This is Japan, you know?" Qing Meng said.
"It seems that Japan is the same in any parallel world," Fan Quan said.
"It's a bit too much from the second dimension."
