Book 15: Chapter 2: Simple, Single-Minded Silence, Part 1
“It looks like this is where we part ways, Senpai. At least for now.”
Once we had both earned a one-point Arrival Bonus for crossing the boundary into area E3, Nanase finally broke the ice.
“How do you plan on joining up with Amasawa and Hōsen?”
The GPS Search was an excellent tool for finding out where other people were located, but it was hardly cut out for facilitating a get-together.
That was a job far more suited to a tool capable of direct interpersonal communication, such as a walkie-talkie.
“I can’t imagine that I’d cross paths with them by aimlessly wandering around the island, but it’s not like I can waste a bunch of points searching for them either. With that being the case, I’ll start out by using the point I just got and try my best to chase after their GPS signals. If I can’t find them after that, I guess I’ll just travel to the next designated area.”
This meant that she was probably going with a minimalist approach, searching for Amasawa and Hōsen during whatever downtime she had between areas.
I thought about asking her to share Amasawa’s location with me before she left, but since she hadn’t even started with the search yet, I decided to simply let it slide.
“I think it’ll take a first-year student like me to poke around and find out what other first-years are up to. If I catch wind that something bad is going down, I’ll come running and let you know, Ayanokōji-senpai.”