That's...

[Everything he knew was already being upturned, and now there's even more realities than whatever he and Maruki are dealing with... How can there even be multiple Tokyos? It's like the wildest manga plot he's ever seen.

But even so.

Believe, he thinks, a gentle reminder.]

If I'm honest, it's a little hard to wrap my mind around. [Such a candid thing from him-] But keeping an open mind won't be hard. It wouldn't be fair to stop believing in the impossible now.

[Whoever they are... they deserve a chance.

There's one thing Akira can't help but notice, though. Piercing eyes stare at the side of Maruki's head.

He never answered Akira's question.

It isn't enough to form distrust; not quite. It is enough to make him think. He could have indirect ways of speaking. He could know that Akira's friends mean more to him than the world itself, and to be trapped here away from them would be agony. Or... there could be something that Maruki doesn't want him to know.

It's too early to jump to conclusions. He needs to get more information, even if it's in the most indirect way possible.]

How many types of Tokyo do you think you've encountered so far?