"I said, my name is Seven Nights. ”

So said it.

The title of a good person sounds really a bit of a pain, after all, in these days, good people are very unmarketable, and bad people are in charge.

I looked at it.

Didn't find any chairs here.

I didn't bother to look for it, so I sat down directly on the edge of the bed and looked at the little girl.

And I saw what she had in her hand again.

"What is this?"

"Friends. ”

"Friends?"

"Well, friend. ”

Nodding.

Actually, it's a pendant, the kind with a photo.

Open it and hand it to Nanaya.

Seven Nights glanced at it.

"Huh?"

The photo shows a little girl.

It's nothing, there are more little girls in the world, and there is nothing to care about under normal circumstances.

The problem is that seven nights have seen.

And not so long ago, around noon, to be exact.

The little girl who lay there, waiting to be awakened.

"This is your friend?"

"Hmm. ”

Take back the necklace and nod.

It was at the orphanage, and she and she were friends, but then they separated, and now she doesn't know where they are.

Seven Nights knows.

I always feel that a series of things seem to be a little too coincidental.

Is this a mysterious force from the East? Or is it a conspiracy of some salted fish?

"Na, good man. ”

"Huh?"

"Can you help me find her?"

The little girl looked at the seven nights.

It was a look of anticipation and a hint of pleading.

It's hard to refuse.

Nanaya seems to want to refuse, but it doesn't seem to want to refuse.

Just get in front of the little girl.

"Call me brother, Brother Seven Nights. ”

“？”

The little girl tilted her head, her face full of doubt.

"If you call, will you help me?"

"It's not directly related to whether you call or not, anyway, I just want to hear you call. ”

“？”

Don't understand.

Harukami didn't understand the meaning of Seven Nights at all.

Nanaya didn't seem to want to explain.

Stand up, face the sunset outside the window, and stretch.

"What a peaceful day!"

After saying that, disappear.

Leaving behind the spring clothes, he looked at the empty place in a daze.

……

on the street.

It was getting late, but Qiye was in no hurry to go back.

Holding an ice cream and eating it while walking, it was cold and felt very good.

"It seems like a lot of things, ...... last few days"

Thinking about something.

Or maybe it's because of thinking, so I don't pay much attention to the surrounding environment, and I bump into a person with a "bang".

"Ahh

"Huh, early spring?"

I lowered my head and saw the girl who fell to the ground.

Early spring ornamentation.

"Huh? ”

The girl was also a little stunned.

Nanaya reached out and pulled her up.

The little girl patted her skirt and bit the ice cream on her hand on the seventh night.

"It's almost night, why are you still wandering around outside?"

"I'm getting ready to go back. ”

"Really?"

Nanaya nodded thoughtfully.

Before, in MAR's research institute, I sensed the aura that belonged to several girls, and it was obvious that they had just returned from there.

But look at the expression of the early spring ornament......

"Quarrelsome?"

"Huh?"

"Eh, just look at your expression, not only with a sad face, but also like a resentful woman in the boudoir. ”

"The resentful woman in the boudoir?"

"Nothing, don't care. ”

Nanaya shook his head.

Looking at this street, the early spring ornament is coming......

"Are you really going back to the dorm?"

"Hi. ”

"This isn't the direction you should go back to your dorm. ”

"Huh?"

"It's really ......"

Shake your head.

Reach out and place it on the little girl's shoulder.

Then, disappear.

……

Dormitory.

The student dormitory at Sagawa Junior High School is incomparable to Tokiwadai.

Night falls.

After the sun sets, it gets dark very quickly.

The street lights outside have already been lit, and the lights are also lit in people's rooms, and at night, most people choose to stay in their own homes and dormitories.

Humans seem to be inherently inherently ill-suited to the dark.

Hatsuharu sat on the edge of the bed, her head down, looking at her intertwined fingers.

Seven nights sit on a chair.

"So what's going on?"

“……”

"It's not good to be silent, if you can't solve it yourself, then speak up, maybe I can help you, teacher. ”

"Really?"

"Of course. ”

Seven nights patted his chest.

There is nothing to help, it is just up to him whether he is willing to help or not.

However, he is not surnamed Ray, nor is he a Virgin, so under normal circumstances, he is naturally not nosy.

He didn't think that Hatsuharu would be in much trouble, so he would speak.

But this time, it wasn't a simple hassle.

"It's because of my new friend, Kini Harumami. ”

"The little girl?"

"Huh? Nanaya-sensei knows Harumami-san?"

"Recognize. ”

Nodding.

Without further ado, just ask.

"So what's going on?"

"It's because of the mess and openness......"

Hatsuharu replied.

To be precise, it was because of the chaos that took place at the fireworks festival at that time, and it happened today.

She and Hatsuharu went to swim in the lake, but it happened in a chaotic manner, causing a large number of injuries, but fortunately no one died.

Twice, it happened next to Harukami.

And if you really want to say it, when the spring was still in the 19th school district, the 19th school district was also a high-incidence area of chaos and openness.

She transferred to another school, and the chaos and openness were frequent in the seventh school district.

So Shirai Kuroko suspects that the messy opening is related to Harugami Jinyi.

Hatsuharu doesn't think it's because of Harukami, because it's her friend.

And the results of the examination in MAR showed that it was not because of Harugami.

Then Shirai Kuroko suspected Harugami Jinyi's friend again, thinking about conducting a related investigation.

And then there was a quarrel.

Of course, if you really want to say it, it's not a quarrel, it's like an awkward fight.

"So, isn't Shirai-san's excessive?"

Hatsuharu Kaori seems to be a little indignant.

Seven nights did not speak.

Biting his nails, looking at the early spring ornament.

He didn't think there was anything excessive about Shirai Kuroko, after all, he was a member of the Discipline Commission, and there were some things that had to be done.

Not to mention anything else, if it had been carried out according to the so-called "plot" of the original book, Mikoto Misaka would have destroyed those institutes.

For such a thing, Shirai Kuroko will not hesitate to arrest her.

Because this is the job of the Discipline Commissioner.

However, after arresting Mikoto Misaka, it is estimated that she will not hesitate to destroy those research institutes, because that is what Mikoto Misaka wants to destroy.

That's not to mention for now.

"It's early spring. ”

"Hi. ”

"Remember, don't have a cold war with your friend because of a little thing, or you will really lose this friend after a long time. ”

“……”

Hatsuharu Ori lowered his head and was silent without speaking.

Seven nights stood up.

Walk up to her, lean down, and look at her.

Hatsuharu raised his head and looked at her.

"Seven Nights Sensei ......"

"I've seen it, two people who were originally friends got angry because they were joking, they didn't speak, and after a period of cold war, they gradually became estranged, and they were never friends again...... So children, it's really ignorant. ”

"But, it's not a joke......"

"I know. ”

Nanaya stretched out his hand and touched the girl's head.

"I know, not because of a joke, but because Kuroko is suspicious of that little girl and her friend, but her suspicions are not unfounded, and, since they are friends, don't you still know Kuroko's character?"

“……”

"Don't worry, I'll help you with this. ”

Seven nights, with a smile on his face.

but he sighed in his heart.

I'm going to be nosy again!