As Nao walked to a distance of fifty meters from the Kakudo Middle School she was about to enroll, a shout from behind her stopped her. She stood there and took a deep breath, a wistful smile on her face. Something similar happened many years ago when she was stopped by a blonde boy in a hurry to get to elementary school, and there were some unpleasant episodes about it, but eventually, the blonde boy and his friend became Nao's friend, and the first since she was born, a companion.

The shouting behind her was halted by her stoppage, replaced by the clatter of running on the asphalt, and the rapid breathing of the passer, who did not know whether to run hard or excited. She turned her head slightly, wanting to see the dazzling golden yellow in her memory, but only to see a completely different bright red, beating from far to near like a burning flame.

"Yo, Saotome!" The teenager in a dark blue sports jacket and white sports shorts waved at her, and a big smile bloomed on his face, which was slightly red from running, "Long time no see, traveling to Tokyo?"

"Ah, you!" the look, the hairstyle...... Nao was sure that she had met the young man in front of her, and the moment she saw him, she remembered the agreement she had made half a year ago, but she searched in her mind many times, and still forgot one thing, "...... What's your name?"

"Click!" The young man was stunned for a moment, and then his forehead, which was obedient to the sea, burst out of a crossroads without hesitation, and the expression on his face changed from a look of joy to a gritted teeth similar to resentment, "Xiang Riyue people!!, it's only been half a year, and even I forgot my name!"

"I'm sorry, but I'm really not good at that. Nao didn't have the embarrassed expression that Xiang Ri imagined at all, but nodded to him extremely seriously: "I'll remember it carefully next time, Xiang Ri-kun." ”

"I said you ......"

I wanted to complain when I came to Japan, but I didn't do anything under Nao's mediocre and even somewhat stern face. He looked at Nao, whom he hadn't seen for half a year, wondering why someone who had been such a stinky fart at that time had suddenly become so humble and polite. It seems to be too unfamiliar, or it seems to be angry. But when it comes to being angry, a light flashes in Xiang Sun's brain...... Could it be that she was angry that he hadn't been in contact with her for so long......

His thoughts are basically in line with Nao's current state, but there are some deviations. Nao was indeed angry, but the reason was not because Xiang Hi didn't contact her, but because the moment Nao turned around and saw his red hair, his mood went down. Because the person who made such a familiar, energetic cry was not the one she imagined. Leaving Okinawa suddenly, she didn't give her psychological buffer time at all, so she surrounded Nao with the low air pressure that had been following her for several days, and although this homesickness could not be expressed in front of Aiko and Natsu, she let this sadness unscrupulously hit her when she was alone.

Even if it hurts others.

"What, what's the matter?" Nao heard Xiang Hi say halfway through, looked at the watch on his wrist and asked impatiently, "If it's okay, I'll leave first, otherwise I won't be able to catch the entrance exam." ”

"Ahh......h But then she suddenly woke up, and her big blue-gray eyes stared at her in disbelief: "Entrance exam?!Are you going to school in Tokyo???Is it ......?"

"That's right, I live in Tokyo now...... I'm afraid I'm going to live here in the future. Nao's eyes dimmed for a moment, but he quickly recovered his original state, and owed to Xiang Ri: "The time is coming, so it's rude." After saying that, Nao, who was immersed in nostalgia and sadness, didn't care about Xiangri's face, turned around and walked straight into the gate of Cuphu Middle School.

"Yo, Xiangri, are you hated?" The young man with long black hair and a ponytail combed on the top of his head nodded in the direction of Nao's departure: "That person, she looks quite unkind to you!

“…… Shishito!" Xiang Hi didn't answer his question, but turned around and stared at Shishido, who was half a head taller than him, and his big pretty eyes flashed with determination: "Help, let's suspend today's training for a day!"

"Hey, you were the one who called me to train with me yesterday, why did you suddenly have to pause for another day?" Shishido grabbed the tennis bag that was about to slide off his shoulder, and said to Xiang Sun dissatisfiedly: "I have already told my mother that I will not go back until the evening, where do you let me go for a day?"

"Then wait for me a little while, and we'll go to training when we're done...... I'm in for lunch today!"

"Although you say so......"

"Cheese sandwiches, please!!"

"Cheese ......" Shishido was stunned for a moment, and then coughed a little uncomfortably: "Ah, well, it doesn't matter if you wait for you...... But you're going to tell me what I'm going to do, what's going on. ”

"Great!" Xiang Sun clenched his fists and made a triumphant gesture. He pulled Shishido over his shoulders and dragged him under a tree not far from the school gate, telling him about the incident he had met with Nao half a year ago.

And Nao, who had entered the school gate a few minutes ago, was already sitting in the seat of the classroom. There are three courses in the entrance exam, Chinese, mathematics and society, and the content of these three courses is combined in one exam paper, and the exam time is only one hour. Although it is an exam, this public high school does not measure students' abilities based on grades, as long as students are not particularly poor, they can be enrolled. So the questions on the test paper were very simple, so simple that Nao was enough to doubt the level of knowledge of the middle school students on the island. So when Nao finished the test, there was still half an hour before the stipulated time to submit the paper.

She put down her pen and let out a long breath, holding her chin in her hand and looking out the window.

The middle school is not very large, and although the middle and higher divisions are not very far apart, they are not on the same campus. Such schools can be found everywhere in Tokyo, even in Tokyo's famous Ice Emperor Gakuen. Nao's Kabido Junior High School and Kabido High School are just across the street, and when you look out from the school building, you can see the whole building from the lush cherry tree canopy. Just as she was admiring the completely unfamiliar school scene, something caught her eye at the school gate facing the window.

It was a beating red color, and if you looked closely, you could see that it was a teenager's head. Nao, who has excellent eyesight, recognizes him as a Mukaidake who has just met at the school gate. There was also a black-haired boy next to him, who had just run after Himuri and was ignored by Nao. He leaned at the school gate and did not move, while Xiang Ri beside him walked around as if he had something important, and looked at the school from time to time.

Seeing this, Nao sighed softly. When she left, she already realized that her attitude just now was indeed a bit bad for this teenager. It's not that there is any deviation in her words, it's just that compared to her interaction with Xiang Ri half a year ago, her disguised politeness is both alienation and indifference. Nao couldn't help but smile wryly and rubbed her temples. It seems that leaving Okinawa, leaving Hirakoba and Zhinian has had too much influence on her. Appearing in a way she knows and misses is not Xiangri's fault. It's a bit ugly to casually play tricks and lose your temper with people who don't know about it for your own reasons......

Nao looked at his watch, lowered his head and began to put away the stationery in front of him, and then in the surprised or confused eyes of all the candidates and teachers, he put the test paper upside down on the table, picked up his schoolbag and got up and left the classroom. The moment she stepped out of the classroom, the bell rang to allow her to turn in her papers early. She turned back to the invigilator who had given her a salute, and turned and walked down the wooden hallway. She walked to the shoe cabinet on the first floor to change her shoes, walked out of the school building, and walked towards the two teenagers at the school gate.

"Yo, Yueren!"

It's still a long way away, so Nao took the initiative to say hello, and he called him by his name. This startled Xiangri, who was still pacing in place, not knowing what he was struggling with, and almost stepped on Shishido's snow-white tennis shoes with a mistake. His eyes widened in fright, then he took a deep breath and clenched his fists and leaped in front of Nao.

"Before...... I'm so sorry!!" Xiang Sun yelled and bowed to Nao.

"Huh?" This time Nao was taken aback, she opened her mouth wide and formed an O-shape without any image, looking at Xiang Sun, who bowed to her ninety degrees, and once again felt that sense of familiarity for no reason. But the feeling of irritability did not surface with the sense of familiarity, and there was even an indescribable warmth and relaxation. Nao poked the top of Xiang Ri's head, grinned and sneered, "I said Yueren, your brain is broken, what have you done to be sorry for me?"

"I haven't called you once since the last appointment...... Weren't you angry about this just now?" Mukai heard Nao's teasing tone, straightened up and looked at her and then at Shishido, as if to confirm if he had done something ridiculous.

"I always feel like she's not angry at all......" Shishido forced a smile that was about to overflow into his mouth and poked Xiangsun with his elbow, "Hey, did you make a mistake?"

"Poof......" Looking at Xiangri's confused appearance, Nao finally couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Hey, it's okay to be serious!!" Xiang Ri trembled with shame, pointed at Nao and shouted: "It's hateful, it's hateful! It's rare for me to apologize to Uncle Ri so seriously, and you dare to laugh at me!!"

"It's true, I can't meet this kind of thing a few times a year when I apologize to the sun!" Shishido on the side seemed to be very righteous, but then the words changed their taste: "But a rare apology is a big oolong...... Poof!"

"Damn and hateful Shishito, even you laugh at me!!"

"Okay, okay, stop laughing. Nao stopped laughing, but there was still a smile in her eyes. She looked at Xiang Ri's cheeks, which had become a monkey's buttocks, and teased with her hands: "It's really unlucky to see red after the exam!"

"Isn't your own head red too!!" Xiang Ri thought she was talking about her hair, and jumped up to refute, but his leaping thinking was really excellent, and he instantly thought of another question: "Wait...... Are you really going to stay in Tokyo?

"That's right. ”

"Why don't you go to the Ice Emperor?" Xiang Sun pointed at Shido and said, "You are not familiar with Tokyo, are you?" Shishido and I are both in the Ice Emperor, and we can help you if you come to the Ice Emperor." ”

"Because the karate club of Kakudo Middle School is relatively strong!" Nao waved his hand at him, "The Karate Club of the Ice Emperor can't be skewered at all, if you go to school, you will also find a school with a stronger tennis club, right?"

"That's right...... The Ice Emperor's tennis club is quite strong, and it is one of the best clubs in the Kanto region. Shishido nodded in agreement, "I heard that the men's karate club at Kabito Junior High School has been the champion of the Kanto tournament for several years in a row, and last year it won the national competition. But the women's karate club is not so powerful......"

"Rest assured, this year's women's karate society rushed out of Kanto because of the addition of my Saotome Nao. Nao shook his hair very handsomely, and his bright golden green eyes looked at Xiangri defiantly: "Yueren, don't forget your oath!" 'First defeated Shishido, and then the main selection of the middle school men's tennis club', I remember these words......" Nao suddenly thought of something and paused, and then turned his gaze to the black-haired boy who suddenly provoked an interesting smile: "...... The Shishido you're talking about isn't that ......?"

"That's right, it's me. Ryo Shishido, please advise. Shishido tightened the tennis bag on his shoulder, nodded to Nao, who was about the same height as him, and then glanced at Xiangri and raised his eyebrows: "It turns out that this guy Xiangri has said this kind of thing to you, it's really inferior...... It doesn't matter, this guy wants to defeat me, it's a hundred years early!"

"What are you talking about!" Xiang Ri exploded, "Believe it or not, I'll beat you today!!Use my Uncle Xiang Ri's specialty to come out quickly, fast, and earth-shattering speed tennis!!"

"Until then, don't forget what you promised me. And the last word is the main thing...... Listening to Xianghi's words, Shishido waved his hand weakly, "Even if you play a game, you have to eat first, it's already past 11 o'clock, right? ”

"Ah, it's all this time!!"

After Shishido's words, Mukai realized the importance of time, and his stomach screamed as if he agreed. Nao watched the interaction between the two with a smile, and the scene when Pingguba and Zhinian were arguing came to mind. Living in Tokyo doesn't seem as bad as you think.

While they were making noise, a shrill siren pierced the sky, and a police car with a flashing red light passed the three of them. Nao was about to jokingly say that she bumped into red again, but it was silenced as more and more police cars passed by. There were more than a dozen black or black and white vehicles with police lights on their roofs, marching in a long line towards a building not far away. Seeing this, the three of them did not speak, and the silence was broken until all the vehicles disappeared from view.

"Hey, there seems to be something going on up ahead...... Shishido whispered as he looked in the direction where the police car had disappeared.

"Hey......" Xiang Hi Wenyan stuffed the tennis bag into Shishido's hand, and jumped up with both feet, the vertical distance was a full three feet, "See! The supermarket that turns left at the traffic light in front of you, the police cars are parked at that door!"

"Really high...... It's amazing!" Nao praised unabashedly when he saw his peers jumping so high for the first time.

"Of course, no one jumps higher than me!" Xiang Hi proudly shook his neat short hair, and then squeezed his eyes at Nao and Shishido, "How about it, do you want to go and see?"

"Hey, what about lunch? don't you still have to go to the tennis court to take a seat!"

"Buy a sandwich at the supermarket and eat it!!Let's go, Nao!!"

"Oops, I've been called by my name......"

Nao said this, but there was not the slightest reluctance. She threw her bag over her shoulders and took a step towards Mukai and Shishito, who had been ripped away by him. What she didn't know was that a man with curly black hair and wide sunglasses stepped out of a surveillance car in front of the supermarket - her guardian.