Editing Internet Shrine Maiden Tsugumi-chan:Volume1 Chapter1 (section)

===Part 2===

It was only May, but the temperature was well above 30 degrees.

But that was just what happened when you were at sea more than 500 kilometers south of Tokyo. The massive terminal station platform was supposedly an air-conditioned indoor space, but he already felt the heat when getting off the linear motor train with phone in hand.

“We have arrived at New Sea City’s Terminal Float Station, the final stop on the Greater Tokyo Area South Islands Line. We appreciate your business. Please confirm you have all of your baggage before disembarking.”

He was a young man with silky blond hair and a tasteful deep chocolate brown suit.

He worked as a detective.

He carried no luggage…but that description was misleading.

Two suitcases were tracking his location and following him on their own. Like baby ducks.

As soon as he passed through the ticket gate, a thick heat crashed into him.

The blazing sun and the salty sea breeze.

The vivid green he saw was a row of giant palm trees lining the street and a well-maintained lawn. The city resembled a tropical golf course with plenty of fine white sand. The high-tech buildings lined up to the left and right and the large street brightly reflected the sun, making the entire scene dazzlingly white. As if to say it was all new and pristine.

(It feels like home.)

Hard to believe this too was part of the Greater Tokyo Area on paper. The detective checked his phone with its folding screen. It was May 13, the temperature was 35 degrees, and the weather was again sunny on the fan-shaped collection of megafloats that acted as a testing ground for new drones, self-driving cars, and more. The pet dog out on a walk barking at a disk-shaped lawnmower robot was just one more charming part of the scene.

It was midsummer year round in this metropolis. Which meant it was stuck in the season most suited for ghosts and the dead.

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