To Kamiya, it seemed like Kanazawa and the others had spent only about ten minutes in Lampless Soba that evening.
But from Kanazawa's perspective, they had actually been inside for several hours.
"So, if you really spent a week or even a month of real time in Lampless Soba, would you come out like the other parties involved?"
"Probably. If it's for a long time, I'm not sure if I could resist the influence of that power."
"What about now? You ate the soba in Lampless Soba, you might already be a bit influenced by that power."
"Uh..."
"However, as a disciple of Buddhism, you are supposed to undertake practices to cast aside material desires. And as an ordained disciple of Honganji, maybe it's a good thing to be influenced a bit, since you never had such an opportunity before?"
Because he had become familiar with Kanazawa, Kamiya could now joke with him without being disrespectful.
"Don't say that. Despite what it looks like, I do practice regularly."
"Ah, my apologies."