After driving for about forty minutes, the bus entered the service area and stopped in the open parking lot.

"Everyone--"

Kanoko Hasumi, who was sitting in the front row, stood up and reminded:

"Those who want to go to the restroom should go now, and those who need to buy things for their families can also go. We will stop here for half an hour."

"""Yes~~~!""

The students responded one after another and filed off the bus in order.

Kato Yusuke and Eri Riri also walked down.

Although the air blowing in the face is not as fresh as in the mountains, it is still comfortable.

Thick cumulonimbus clouds float in the blue sky, like whales swimming in the deep sea.

In addition to the Toyosaki Academy bus, there are also some private cars parked in the parking lot.

The crowd of students walked in twos and threes towards the facilities in the service area, instantly bringing vitality and vitality to the place.

"Oh, we're here, we're here~! Do you want to go shopping for souvenirs together? Kato-san, and Sawamura-san."

Himekawa Yoshiko, who got out of the car first, waved and shouted not far away, and the other members of Kato's team also stood beside her.

"How about it? Do you want to go together? Eri-ri." Kato Yusuke asked to the side.

Yinglili nodded lightly at first, and then said a little embarrassedly: "But I want to go to the bathroom first."

"Then let's go there first. Maybe there are others who want to go."

"Um."

The two of them walked up together.

After discussion, the girls decided to go to the bathroom first, while the boys went to the store first, so the two parties split up.

When I walked into a store where the air conditioning was fully turned on, the cold air suddenly hit my face, causing goosebumps to rise on my neck.

"Wow! It's so cold."

Yamaguchi shivered uncontrollably, and then asked: "What do you two want to buy?"

Takei put his hands behind his head, thought for a while and said, "Like soy sauce or something?"

"It's so perfunctory. Is it necessary to go all the way to Chiba to buy that kind of thing? It's so unlucky for your family, please apologize to them!"

"Why!?"

"After all, it is a specialty product. You should at least choose something that is not easy to buy in Tokyo. And Kato, what about you? Have you decided what to buy?"

Kato Yusuke shook his head, replied that he should take a look before talking, and then walked deeper into the store.

The shelves neatly arranged vertically and horizontally are stocked with a dazzling array of products, with a wide variety of products.

From exquisite small items such as key chains, to various peripherals of Chiba Prefecture's mascot "Chiba-kun (チーバくん)", to snacks, food, fruits, etc., they basically have everything.

Speaking of Chiba-kun, he is a rampaging red rabid dog with his tongue sticking out. His appearance is said to be designed based on the map of Chiba Prefecture.

Anyway, since he came here, Kato Yusuke bought two Chiba-kun key chains.

After that, he bought wet pancakes, glutinous rice cakes filled with peanuts, and a pear gift box that was not a specialty of Chiba.

The last pear gift box confused him a little.

After asking the store owner, I found out that Chiba Prefecture is the top producer of pears in Japan.

‘It seems that it can be classified as a specialty product.’ He thought with some uncertainty and added the gift box to the shopping basket.

Since most products have the "locally limited" logo printed on them, it saves a lot of time in selecting.

I just picked and chose, and ended up buying a lot of things.

After paying the bill, Yusuke Kato looked at a corner of the store and saw the Mangkhut brothers taking photos around the Chiba-kun sculpture in the store, making cheerful laughter from time to time.

When he saw this, he didn't bother him. He just left the store with the things he bought, planning to go back to the bus to put them away first.

After walking out of the store, the service area seemed to become more lively.

Not only were there a lot more people walking around, but there were also a few more buses in the parking lot.

Judging from the young and unfamiliar faces around, it seemed that some school's extracurricular activities were stopping here.

Kato Yusuke casually looked around. He didn't know when there was a queue at the restroom in the distance, but he didn't see Eiri and Megumi.

His eyes followed the gathering crowd and turned to the other side, stopping for a moment at a shop selling food.

On a small blackboard placed in front of the store to attract customers, the words "Delicious Butter Potatoes!" are written in conspicuous fonts, which is quite eye-catching.

There are also many customers lined up in front of the store, among whom you can see girls from our school.

Sayu quite liked eating this, he suddenly thought inadvertently.

The image of two people taking a late-night bus together and eating various delicacies in the service area flashed through my mind.

A little nostalgia and loneliness emerge from the bottom of my heart at the same time, as if telling me that I can no longer go back to yesterday.

Kato Yusuke shuffled towards the bus and decided to buy a butter potato after putting his things away.
Chapter completed!