Dead Hours — The Correct Change, Page 2
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Scene: The overpaid coin sits alone on the counter in a harsh pool of convenience-store light, framed by Kaito's hands like evidence in a crime scene. Visible bubble text, in reading order: Kaito: "One yen." Story function: Escalates the tiny mistake into a melodramatic quest object.
Image description
A dramatic close-up isolates the single coin under fluorescent light between Kaito's hands, turning spare change into an object of absurd importance.
About this chapter
A customer overpays by one yen and leaves before Kaito can return it. Unable to let the imbalance go, Kaito spirals across the whole shift trying to resolve a single yen coin, while Rin documents his descent like a true-crime narrator. When the customer returns at dawn for something that actually matters, Kaito must choose between being correct and being kind.