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Dead Hours
Two Customers, One Umbrella · Ch.4
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Inside a quiet convenience store, Kaito stands behind the register looking bored with his hand on his face, while Rin stands near the door looking at her phone, as heavy rain streaks down the front windows, and an umbrella stand with a single transparent umbrella sits near the door.
A man in a suit, soaked with rain, dashes through a glass door and points at an umbrella stand, while a store clerk with messy black hair and a name tag reading "KAITO" stands behind a register with a deadpan expression.
Kaito stands centered in a convenience store, holding a transparent umbrella, with shelves of products to his left, refrigerators to his right, and a rainy street visible through the glass doors behind him.
A woman with wet hair and a trench coat smiles and slides coins across a counter toward a man with messy hair and an apron that says KAITO, who looks at the coins with a deadpan expression.
Kaito stands at the entrance of a convenience store, facing forward with a neutral expression, holding a closed umbrella in his right hand, while the store interior with shelves of products and a rainy night outside are visible behind him.
In two vertical panels, a scruffy, burly man in a wet coat, clenching his fist on a counter, demands an umbrella from a calm Kaito, who offers him a blank form in return.
A man in a wet coat stands at a store counter, holding a small pen awkwardly over a blank piece of paper, with a sweat drop on his brow, looking confused, while Kaito stands behind the register with a calm expression. Kaito says, "In triplicate."
Kaito stands in the middle of a convenience store aisle, holding a folded clear umbrella, with a tired expression on his face.
An elderly woman stands soaked and shivering at a store counter, holding a closed, wet umbrella, while Kaito, a male store clerk, looks down at her with a slightly worried expression.
In two panels, Kaito, a store clerk, reluctantly offers a clear umbrella to a small elderly woman, who then grins slyly as she takes it and walks away, leaving Kaito looking dismayed.
Kaito leans over the counter with his eyes closed and a faint smile, while two Rins stand beside him, each holding a phone, with a convenience store interior and the street outside visible in the background.
Kaito and Rin stand inside a store, both wearing aprons with vertical stripes. Kaito, on the left, has wide, distressed eyes and his mouth is slightly open. Rin, on the right, holds a phone, smirks slightly, and has a pleasant look on her face.
Kaito and Rin are working at a convenience store at night, Rin shows Kaito something on her phone, then Kaito looks distressed, and finally Kaito covers his face with his hands in defeat.
The interior of a convenience store shows the front door area and several aisles of merchandise, with a female clerk in a striped apron holding a phone smiling next to a male clerk in a matching apron who is face down on the counter.
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Inside a quiet convenience store, Kaito stands behind the register looking bored with his hand on his face, while Rin stands near the door looking at her phone, as heavy rain streaks down the front windows, and an umbrella stand with a single transparent umbrella sits near the door.
A man in a suit, soaked with rain, dashes through a glass door and points at an umbrella stand, while a store clerk with messy black hair and a name tag reading "KAITO" stands behind a register with a deadpan expression.
Kaito stands centered in a convenience store, holding a transparent umbrella, with shelves of products to his left, refrigerators to his right, and a rainy street visible through the glass doors behind him.
A woman with wet hair and a trench coat smiles and slides coins across a counter toward a man with messy hair and an apron that says KAITO, who looks at the coins with a deadpan expression.
Kaito stands at the entrance of a convenience store, facing forward with a neutral expression, holding a closed umbrella in his right hand, while the store interior with shelves of products and a rainy night outside are visible behind him.
In two vertical panels, a scruffy, burly man in a wet coat, clenching his fist on a counter, demands an umbrella from a calm Kaito, who offers him a blank form in return.
A man in a wet coat stands at a store counter, holding a small pen awkwardly over a blank piece of paper, with a sweat drop on his brow, looking confused, while Kaito stands behind the register with a calm expression. Kaito says, "In triplicate."
Kaito stands in the middle of a convenience store aisle, holding a folded clear umbrella, with a tired expression on his face.
An elderly woman stands soaked and shivering at a store counter, holding a closed, wet umbrella, while Kaito, a male store clerk, looks down at her with a slightly worried expression.
In two panels, Kaito, a store clerk, reluctantly offers a clear umbrella to a small elderly woman, who then grins slyly as she takes it and walks away, leaving Kaito looking dismayed.
Kaito leans over the counter with his eyes closed and a faint smile, while two Rins stand beside him, each holding a phone, with a convenience store interior and the street outside visible in the background.
Kaito and Rin stand inside a store, both wearing aprons with vertical stripes. Kaito, on the left, has wide, distressed eyes and his mouth is slightly open. Rin, on the right, holds a phone, smirks slightly, and has a pleasant look on her face.
Kaito and Rin are working at a convenience store at night, Rin shows Kaito something on her phone, then Kaito looks distressed, and finally Kaito covers his face with his hands in defeat.
The interior of a convenience store shows the front door area and several aisles of merchandise, with a female clerk in a striped apron holding a phone smiling next to a male clerk in a matching apron who is face down on the counter.

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Rain starts during the dead shift and the store has exactly one cheap clear umbrella left. Across the night, four increasingly desperate customers try to claim it, each attempt ending on the identical dead-eyed beat panel of Kaito holding the umbrella just out of reach. At dawn the rain stops, Kaito finally relaxes, and Rin reveals she quietly sold the umbrella online for a markup.

Page 1

Kaito: RAIN AGAIN.

Page 2

Man: The umbrella Kaito: Three hundred yen.

Page 3

Kaito: KAITO

Page 4

Woman: Four hundred.

Page 5

KAITO

Page 6

Give umbrella. Fill this form.

Page 7

Kaito: In triplicate.

Page 8

Kaito: KAITO

Page 9

No. Rough night, dear.

Page 10

Kaito: Just take it. Elderly Woman: Every time.

Page 11

Kaito: It stopped.

Page 12

Rin: Sold the umbrella. Kaito: We had one.

Page 13

RIN: Online. Markup. Of course you did.

Page 14

RIN: Rain tomorrow. KAITO: No.