The so-called bathing and hot spring soaking in Neon actually starts after cleaning your body outside before entering the pool. This explains why Neon people can use bathwater one after another.
In Huaxia, as a southerner, he had never even been to a northern bathhouse, let alone sit in a pool with a bunch of strangers. So, after dinner, Shirakawa Sawahei didn't choose to soak immediately but went back to the room first and calmly pulled out a book to read.
When he figured the group of college tourists were likely done soaking, Shirakawa Sawahei then lazily put down his book, grabbed his towel and toiletries, and headed towards the lodge's distinctive hot spring.
The hot spring was watched over by an elderly woman, who seemed to be dozing in a rocking chair. Shirakawa Sawahei glanced carelessly, noticing her pants legs were so slack they seemed to disappear below the knees.
