Related for Megillah 37:8
ואמר רבא בן כפר שהלך לעיר בין כך ובין כך קורא עמהן מאי טעמא האי כבני העיר בעי למקרי ורבנן הוא דאקילו על הכפרים כדי שיספקו מים ומזון לאחיהם שבכרכין הני מילי כי איתיה בדוכתיה אבל כי איתיה בעיר כבני עיר בעי למקרי
Rava also said: A villager who has gone to a town reads with the rest in any case. What is the reason? He should read at the same time as the townspeople — and it is the Rabbis who made a concession to the villagers so that they might supply food and drink to their brothers in the large cities. Now this applies only so long as they are in their own place, but when they are in the town, they must read like the townspeople.
Tosefta Megillah
The obligation of the Megillah [is to read it] from the beginning until the end, the words of Rabbi Meir. Rabbi Yehuda says, from [the words] "A Jewish man" (Esther 2:5). Rabbi Yosei says, from [the words], "After these events" (Esther 3:1). Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar, from "That night" (Esther 6:1). But all agree that [regardless of the point at which one started], the obligation is to complete [the Megillah] until the very end.
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