In the private room, drinks were exchanged as the mood warmed up, and they started discussing how to live in the future.
Since they ended up joining the Aum Truth Sect, it indicates that they were basically marginalized people who were disillusioned with life. To suddenly ask them to reinvigorate and live well, even if they have the will, the conditions of reality don't allow it.
Someone said they found a dishwashing job, another said they plan to work at a convenience store temporarily, and yet another mentioned they plan to return to the countryside to fish... Most of them can't find jobs, and without a fixed residence in Japan, even for manual labor, employers won't hire them.
The brief liveliness of the gathering was like drinking poison to quench thirst, pulling everyone back to reality, and the atmosphere suddenly became heavy.
