วันนี้ก็ยังเป็นนอร์มีไม่ได้ — 第二章 午饭的正确吃法

Chapter 2: The Correct Way to Eat Lunch

According to Rika, the correct way to eat lunch included: look up, talk, share your food, and do not photograph your bento with professional lighting.

Yota did his best to comply. On the third day, he shared his fried chicken with her and received a “Normie progress noted.” On the fourth day, he habitually opened his phone to shoot the color coordination, and she snatched it away in one grab.

“Look.” Rika flipped the album toward him—it was full of figures she had photographed herself. The lighting was professional. The backdrop cloth was pale pink.

A crack opened in Yota’s worldview. “You…”

“I am a normie.” She drew the phone back against her chest. “Normies can have hobbies too. The difference is, I don’t dispose of a body on the rooftop.”

“That wasn’t disposing of a body.”

“Under the supervisor’s regulations, it is.”