Chapter 22: Tomosaka-sensei's Memories

"Hello, are you Mr. Tomosaka, the original homeroom teacher of Tomomi Yano, we need to check with you for some situations, can we delay you for a few minutes?"

Shuichi Hayashi and the Kuwajima Police Department found Sosuke Tomosaka-sensei, who lived there, in an apartment in Suginami Ward. When they knocked on the door, a middle-aged man in his thirties opened the door, and a young boy of about four or five years old appeared.

The Kuwashima Police Department took out his police account and showed it to Tomosaka-sensei, and Lin Shuichi stood behind him, silently observing the other party.

"Ou Tousan, it's the police uncle who is here!"

The little boy who poked his head out looked up at the Kuwajima Police Department and Lin Xiuyi. Then he said to his father with some excitement.

"You go play by yourself for a while, Dad has something to talk to the two police uncles, let's go!"

As he spoke, Tomosaka patted his son on the top of his head and sent him aside, before letting Lin Shuichi and the Kuwajima Police Department in.

"Mr. Tomosaka, you don't seem surprised that we came to you!Can you ask you why?" Lin Xiuyi saw that Tomosaka's reaction was a little wrong, so he immediately asked the other party.

"I won't tell you two that Principal Morimura informed me in advance!" Mr. Tomosaka smiled helplessly, and then let Lin Shuichi and the Kuwashima Police Department into the living room.

Said to be the living room, in fact, it can be regarded as a dining room, the area of this apartment is not large, about 15 pings, the kitchen and the living room are connected together, in addition to two rooms separated by sliding doors, it seems that it should be a bedroom!

Hearing the other party's answer, Lin Xiuyi and the Mulberry Island Police Department couldn't help but glance at each other. It is really lawless that this principal Morimura dares to interfere with the investigation of the police in order to protect the reputation of the school.

"Where does Mr. Tomosaka work now?" The Kuwashima Police Department saw the situation at Mr. Tomosaka's home, and couldn't help but feel more indifferent and asked about Tomosaka's work. After all, Sosuke Tomosaka was dismissed from school because of Tomomi Yano, and there is no guarantee that he will not hate and kill people because of this.

"Ahh Whether it is the principal or the teacher, as long as it arouses the dissatisfaction of the PTA, the only end is to be dismissed.

"To be honest, I haven't felt the sense of accomplishment of being an educator anywhere, but now working as a tutor in a cram school is more suitable for me, and I can educate my students in my own way without the PTA's guidance. The main thing is that most of the children who come to the cram school are really there to study......"

Mr. Tomosaka said as he boiled water to make tea for Lin Shuichi and the Kuwajima Police Department. Lin Xiuyi and Kuwajima also hurriedly took out their business cards and handed them to each other.

"Eh, both gentlemen are police officers?" Tomosaka took the business cards of Lin Shuichi and Kuwajima, and suddenly felt a little strange, he thought that this young brother in his twenties was a subordinate of the Kuwajima Police Department.

"Hey, the Kuwashima Police Department is my senior, and this case is still in charge of the Kuwashima Police Department!" said Lin Xiuyi to Mr. Tomosaka.

"By the way, I haven't asked for advice yet, why did you leave Morimura Junior High School, Mr. Tomosaka?" the Kuwashima Police Department opened the notebook, picked up the pen and wrote down his question, and then looked at Mr. Tomosaka, waiting for the other party's answer.

"I'm not afraid of your jokes, I'm actually defeated by my own students, I'm really ashamed!" Tomosaka-sensei's tone suddenly fell lonely, he lowered his head and let out a long sigh.

"I don't understand, Tomosaka-sensei, what do you mean......" Lin Xiuyi asked curiously.

"Because I intervened in the bullying incident between students, I defended Yano-san, so I also became the object of hatred of the students, and they began to secretly boycott my class, I was really devastated, and even had the intention of giving up the profession of teacher at one time, in fact, I would never have thought that even teachers could become victims of school bullying incidents......"

Mr. Tomosaka's words were very uncomfortable for Lin Shuichi and the Kuwashima Police Department. Who would have thought that the school bullying at Morimura Middle School had reached the point where even teachers were not spared.

"Forget it, it's all in the past!" Perhaps sensing that the atmosphere in the room was a little oppressive, Mr. Tomosaka casually diverted the topic.

"By the way, Mr. Tomosaka, there is a question that I have always been a little confused about, what kind of children will become victims of school bullying?" Lin Xiuyi saw that Mr. Tomosaka didn't want to continue to talk about his own affairs, so he simply changed his way and continued to ask about campus bullying.

"Actually, there is really no certain pattern, in short, if someone becomes the object of everyone's collective hatred, then his life at school must be very difficult, I have a personal experience. However, although there is no specific goal, there are always such groups of people who are easy to be the target of bullying, such as a good-looking girl like Tomomi Yano......"

"Who else will be bullied by the whole class?" the Kuwajima Police Department was also interested in this question, so he began to ask as well.

"In private schools like Morimura Junior High School, girls from poor backgrounds are most likely to be discriminated against, and boys from well-off but cowardly backgrounds are also unpopular. In addition, if parents are ostracized in the PTA, the child will also become the target of bullying by classmates. There are also those students who have poor academic performance and are introverted, as well as those children who have special skills in some aspects, may become the object of bullying and hatred......"

Shuichi Hayashi and the Kuwashima Police Department have written down the characteristics of these students who are easily bullied, because it is likely that there are friends of Tomomi Yano. If they are all bullied people, then there is a good chance that children who have the same experience will become friends. Starting from this aspect, it may be possible to find out Tomomi Yano's interpersonal network.

Lin Shuichi and the Kuwajima Police Department only came to understand the situation this time, so questions such as where Mr. Tomosaka was at the time of the crime are not suitable for asking directly at the door for the first time. No, Lin Xiuyi still asked other questions.

"By the way, Tomosaka-sensei, after you left the school, did you still have any contact with Tomomi Yano?"

"That's not true, but speaking of which, the suggestion of becoming a teacher in a cram school was told to me by Yano-san, and I was still a little touched to say it, Yano, a child, was able to come and see me off in the end, but unfortunately it was the last time I met her......"