No one spoke, except for Arakawa, who was constantly shaking the folding fan in his hand, and the metal ball floating behind him, it was as if there were no other living people in the library on this level.

"This classmate, since you don't come out, don't blame me for not warning you in advance. ”

Arakawa sighed slightly, put away the folding fan in his hand, and the two water masses that were originally floating in the air behind him and constantly rotating immediately moved, instantly enveloping the small cabinet in front of him, and at the same time, a large amount of clear water also continued to seep into the cabinet along the gaps in various parts of the cabinet.

I don't know if the students hiding in the cabinet were unresponsive, or how, even after Arakawa adopted this more gentle measure, there was still no sound in the iron cabinet, and it was not until about half a minute later that the people inside realized that they were about to be flooded.

"What... Water. ”

With a slightly panicked voice, the boy hiding in the iron cabinet came back to his senses, but Arakawa didn't embarrass the student, and when the other party just wanted to hit the iron cabinet hard, he directly withdrew his water ball.

"Wow... ”

Since the iron cabinet was not locked, and Arakawa did not reinforce this thing, the boy not only easily hit the iron door, but also fell directly at Arakawa's feet before he even braked the car.

"Uh-huh... ”

The boy looked up, still smiling, constantly examining his Arakawa, and after a few seconds of slight froze, he slowly got up from the ground.

At the same time bow slightly.

"Hello Arakawa-sensei. ”

"Hello. ”

Arakawa nodded, turned the fan back on in his hand, and with his movements, small droplets began to appear on the boy's body that had been soaked in water, and after a while, the boy's clothes became dry again.

Seeing this scene, the boy stood a little cramped, not knowing what kind of medicine this senior teacher had bought in the gourd of the senior teacher who had not participated in the school celebration reward many years ago.

"You don't have to worry, I'm not here for a bounty or anything like that, I really just want to know something, and you happen to be nearby, and I'm afraid that you will act like running away and affect the conversation between us, so I'm a little tougher. ”

Probably seeing the boy's uneasiness, Arakawa shook the folding fan, and the water mass behind him immediately turned, and automatically moved two chairs from the reading area not far away, and placed them next to the iron cabinet.

"Sit. ”

"That... So what do you want to know about Mr. Arakawa? ”

Seeing that Arakawa was so easy to talk to, and he deliberately moved a chair to himself, and most importantly, the other party didn't seem to have any intention of destroying the defensive magic behind him.

Is it really just a matter of asking questions?

The boy couldn't help but think so, and after tentatively sitting down, he also trusted Arakawa a little more.

"Then I'll just go straight to the point. ”

Arakawa smiled and shook the folding fan and sat down on the chair opposite the boy, while at the same time, Vanilla, who controlled the levitating iron ball, turned on the video function that came with the iron ball.

"Have you come into contact with any strangers lately, or have you ever picked up anything strange?"

"Stranger? strange thing?"

The boy was stunned and scratched his head in confusion.

"Strangers don't ... I don't have a particularly big circle of friends, but when it comes to strange things... ”

In the middle of his sentence, the boy suddenly clapped his hands, as if he had suddenly remembered something, and at the same time lifted his shirt slightly, and removed a dark red crystal from his belt, which was tied to a key chain.

"I can be called strange.,And strange things.,This should be the only thing.,But,Teacher, why are you asking this.。。 ”

"This is... ”

Arakawa took the red crystal, and at the same time put it in front of his eyes, carefully examining it, and Vanilla also recorded the "interrogation" process in front of him.

"This is what I found at the stall in the school stadium last night, when a junior was setting up a stall, the stall is more specific... It's a small stall similar to buying groceries. ”

As if embarrassed, the boy scratched his cheek slightly.

"If you want to say something strange, I probably bought this thing directly without asking at the time, and I don't usually have the habit of buying small things, and after I bought it, I have been wearing it for some reason, obviously not something unusual. ”

"Hey... That's a bit strange to hear you say that. ”

Arakawa nodded slightly.

"Do you remember the name of the guy who sold you this trinket in the first place, or what it looked like?"

"I don't know that guy, look... Didn't remember either. ”

The boy looked up slightly, thinking for a moment, but he couldn't dig out more information from his mind.

"If you can, teacher, you can also ask the others, there were a lot of people gathered next to the stall at that time, and many people bought this, so there should be people who know him. ”

"So ... I really need to ask if I have a chance. ”

Arakawa nodded slightly, but the water mass suspended behind him suddenly moved, wrapping the dark red crystal in his hand violently.

At the same time, he looked at the boy in front of him.

"But this classmate, I have one more thing to do with this trinket, if this thing is not particularly important, can I take it with me?"

"Take away? This is absolutely not ... Forehead. ”

As soon as the boy heard Arakawa say this, he subconsciously wanted to refuse, but before he finished speaking, he seemed to realize something, frowned a little suspiciously, muttered slightly for a few seconds, and then spoke.

"It's not impossible, it's really not something important. ”

"That's really thank you very much, as for the compensation related to this jewelry, there will definitely be a statement after the end of the academy anniversary, please don't rush until then. ”

Bowing slightly to the boy in front of him, Arakawa waved the folding fan in his hand, and as the boy stood up, he put the two chairs back in place.

"Then that's all my questions, if you don't need my help with anything else, please continue to enjoy the school's celebrations. ”

"This thing ... What's so strange?"

Seeing that the boy was getting farther and farther away, gradually disappearing at the end of the corridor, Vanilla also controlled the levitating iron ball and flew to Arakawa's ear.

"Well, that's a really interesting thing. ”

Arakawa removes the red spirit from the water mass and unplugs the keychain attached to the tail at the same time, revealing it to Vanilla.

"This thing is supposed to be part of some kind of biological body, and it's in a dormant period right now, so I'm not sure what kind of effect it will trigger when it's active, but more importantly, you should have listened to the students just now. ”

"Hmmm... This thing should have been sold a lot. ”

Vanilla paused slightly, and then her heart sank.

With a thumb-sized flying machine resembling a small rocket popping out on either side of the metal ball, Vanilla looked at Arakawa again.

"Then may I ask this thing, can I take it back to the laboratory for testing, of course, the rest of the samples will be recovered from the students as much as possible. ”

For the specific detection of unknown substances, Arakawa certainly knew who was more professional, and he naturally agreed.

"Of course, and the smell of "water" has been noted, this thing is of little use to me. ”

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"When did you come to teach at this school, what subjects do you teach?How old are you?Is there anyone at home?What is the atmosphere like at the college?How is life?Where do you live now?Apartment or home?"

Taking the teacher-only elevator in the library, Alice stared at the dwindling number of floors above her head, while listening to the chattering "acquaintance" next to her keep asking about her parents' shortcomings.

"It's annoying... ”