Chapter 56

One second, two seconds, three seconds.

There was no reaction at all.

She noticed someone queuing behind her, so she immediately tried again.

The result was still the same; placing the transportation card on the sensor area still had no reaction.

"Could this gate be broken? Why don't you try another one?"

Kitakami Yoru was watching from behind, and seeing Sakurajima Mai try several times without success, he stepped out and kindly reminded her.

Changing to the one on the side, Kitakami Yoru swiped his own card.

"Ding—" a sound.

The sensor area gave a reminder, indicating passage.

Kitakami Yoru walked through the gate right past Sakurajima Mai and glanced at her by the way.

Huh?

Is it her?

Dyed her hair silver-gray.

Kitakami Yoru saw Sakurajima Mai's profile and recognized from her brows that the two had met by chance at a bakery before.

But he felt that he had seen her before that.

"Do I know her?"

Kitakami Yoru couldn't help but slow down his pace, frowning slightly as he recalled.

Sakurajima Mai heard this and also changed to the gate Kitakami Yoru had passed through, placing her transportation card on it.

Still no reaction at all.

"How can this be? Is my card broken?"

Although Sakurajima Mai didn't often use public transportation, her card was always kept well, and it was impossible for it to have no money.

Besides, it would only prompt insufficient balance when exiting the station; now she was entering.

At this time, there were very few people at the station, so Sakurajima Mai changed to another gate and tried again.

"It seems it's really broken; I'll buy a ticket," Sakurajima Mai looked up and sighed, revealing a delicate girl's face.

This beauty didn't lose to Kasumigaoka Utaha at all; it's just that her figure wasn't that erotic.

"Is it you?"

Sakurajima Mai then recognized Kitakami Yoru; his fat build really left a deep impression on her.

"It's me, um..."

"Aside from the time at the bakery, I feel like I've seen you somewhere before," Kitakami Yoru didn't leave because of this.

"Hey, have you recognized me?"

The next second, Sakurajima Mai smiled without any surprise, saying something that made Kitakami Yoru feel baffled.

Then, Kitakami Yoru, who hadn't reacted to this sentence, watched Sakurajima Mai take out a signed photo from her personal bag and hand it to Kitakami Yoru.

Kitakami Yoru: "???"

What is this for?

Kitakami Yoru's question hadn't even left his mouth.

"Take it, my autograph~"

Sakurajima Mai shook the signed photo in her hand.

The photo was her image in a drama.

Kitakami Yoru subconsciously took it, looked at the signed photo, then looked at Sakurajima Mai, his expression strange.

Sakurajima Mai thought Kitakami Yoru was too excited to see her, and couldn't help but feel a faint sense of pleasure.

"Um... excuse me, may I ask who you are?"

Kitakami Yoru suddenly spoke, breaking Sakurajima Mai's pleasure.

"What?"

Sakurajima Mai was slightly stunned, feeling shocked while also feeling displeased and a bit shy.

Not a fan of mine?!

"Sakurajima Mai?"

Kitakami Yoru looked at Sakurajima Mai's reaction, glanced at the signed photo she gave him, and muttered the name on it.

"Right, I am Sakurajima Mai!"

Sakurajima Mai was worthy of being a child star, having debuted since she was young, with outstanding acting skills; she immediately controlled her expression.

Kitakami Yoru racked his brains to recall, his eyes gradually widening: "I remember you now, I've seen the works you've acted in, so you're a star!"

"Hmph hmph."

Sakurajima Mai secretly hummed, finally regaining her face, and walked toward the ticket machine on the side.

"Thank you."

Kitakami Yoru thanked her and remembered this name.

So she's a star?

No wonder he felt Sakurajima Mai looked familiar; it turned out he had seen the TV series she acted in.

However, is this a has-been star?

How come there isn't much discussion about her at school or online, and she isn't famous?

Kitakami Yoru smiled, then put away this autograph and walked to the platform.

On the other side, Sakurajima Mai put a banknote into the ticket machine, but the money was swallowed directly!

"What's going on?"

Sakurajima Mai was dumbfounded, patted the ticket machine, and clicked the buttons on it frantically.

This machine couldn't be broken; someone had just used it to buy a ticket before her.

"No... impossible..."

Sakurajima Mai kept clicking the refresh and reset buttons on the ticket machine, her expression slightly annoyed and irritable.

After trying for a while, having tried all kinds of methods, there was still no reaction.

Sakurajima Mai turned around dejectedly to find the station staff.

For the past month, she had been so unlucky, always having various different small troubles, making her mentally irritable.

Sakurajima Mai, in a bad mood, came to the station service desk and found the staff.

"Hello, my money was swallowed by the ticket machine."

Sakurajima Mai said.

The staff didn't react.

"Hello, my money was swallowed by the ticket machine!"

Sakurajima Mai suddenly became a bit angry and increased her volume.

The staff was looking at the computer working, still without any reaction, not even raising their head.

"Is this your station's service attitude? I'm going to complain about you!"

Sakurajima Mai became angry helplessly, constantly using her shoes to lightly step on the ground to express her anger.

"Tap tap tap~"

The staff typed on the keyboard, making sounds.

Sakurajima Mai suddenly doubted life; was she invisible?

Then, she reached into the small window reluctantly and angrily, and poked the staff's wrist with her finger.

Touching each other, the staff reacted as if they had seen a ghost!

"How come it's like this again?"

Sakurajima Mai saw the other person's expression and locked her brows.

On the other side.

It was about 6:30.

Kitakami Yoru didn't go home but took the train to a commercial plaza in Minato Ward and found Gabriel.

"I didn't come late, did I, Gabriel?" Kitakami Yoru asked.

"No, let's have dinner first, then go shopping," Gabriel wasn't in a hurry either.