Chapter 1: Toy Soldiers and Chicken Nuggets
When I was a child, my mother bought me little soldier dolls. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info is the kind of dark green little figure that is only half the height of a pencil, and it is decently made, but the joints cannot be moved, and the packaging says that it is forbidden to use the gadget. But it was the best toy of my childhood. Every day, I fiddle with the puppets of those soldiers, imagining myself as a commander of a five-star general, leading his soldiers to win a vital battle. The sheets became cliffs, the corners of the tables became cliffs, and I wielded these little men over cliffs and cliffs to attack the enemy's fortress. Of course, it was just an empty plastic bottle. However, I played this game over and over again, thinking about tactics even before going to bed. In the dazed time before bed, I heard my soldiers walking with their iron boots clattering, talking in whispers and even saluting me. The sound was so real that I couldn't help but hold my breath.
I believe that my soldiers are good soldiers, they have everything a soldier needs, obedience, loyalty, and courage. Until I woke up in a dream again and saw my mother crouching in front of my toy.
"Mom, what are you doing?"
"Ah, did you wake you up?" said the mother, touching her head apologetically, "the paint of this toy has been wiped off, and I'm trying to re-dye it." What should I do?"
I see, the sound I heard was nothing more than the voice of the little man my mother had been playing with me before. It wasn't the sound of iron boots on the ground, or a whisper, or a salute. My soldiers are just toys, they're not real people, they're just puppets under my control. Later, I discovered that aliens, ghosts, monsters, superpowers, tokusatsu and anime, the heroes who fought against the evil organization did not exist in this world.
No, maybe I found out a long time ago. My soldiers have never won a battle, nor have they ever lost. They didn't even fire at anyone. I, who led the soldiers, was nothing more than marching with them, trimming, marching, trimming. Because even I know very well that there is no enemy for me to fight. I also don't have any guns or gunpowder. When my soldiers fell to the ground, revealing the silvery metal beneath the paint, I knew they were just toys, and I just didn't want to admit it. Because, deep down, I was desperate for those aliens, ghosts, monsters, superpowers, and evil organizations to suddenly appear in front of me.
Compared to the ordinary world I live in, the world depicted in the tokusatsu and anime is more attractive.
I want to live in that kind of world, too!
Come to think of it, I was accidentally drawn into a magic war because of a mage who transferred to school. Although I didn't have the ability, I used my wits to help the righteous side win, how funny it was. Or how exciting is it that I have traveled back in time to ancient times and used my modern thinking and vision to assist the prince born of Ponshi to seize the throne? Or maybe one day I suddenly awakened to a special power, the government and the mysterious organization did everything possible to take me, and the heroine of my fate helped me to save the day again and again, and finally we lived happily ever after—wouldn't it be wonderful?
However, the reality is surprisingly cruel.
In real life, there has never been a transfer student with a magician. In fact, there are very few even transfer students. The last time I met a transfer student, he was also a very shy little fat man, and he said that his hobby was eating pork belly, which caused laughter from his classmates. I asked him if pork belly was synonymous with some kind of magic potion, and he said no, and happily went off playing basketball with the rest of the class. The idea of crossing over was also dispelled by me very early, and the bald history teacher in junior high school had a bad temper. Because of him, I hate history and all the dynasties of the past. I went to the place where the UFO had been noted in the grapevine magazine, and I waited there until the evening, and finally I just had a cold. If you stare at the spoon motionlessly, the spoon will not bend at all, and it will be watched by the rest of the cafeteria with idiotic eyes.
I was amazed at the phenomena that often occur in the physical laws of the world, and I kept laughing at myself, and I don't know when I stopped watching UFO specials or paranormal programs on TV. Because there can't be anything like that...... But then I grew up to the point where I only had a little nostalgia for that aspect of things.
After graduating from junior high school, I graduated from my childhood dream and gradually got used to the ordinariness of this world. Yes, the ordinary is the main theme of my life. One day, like my father and mother, I will marry and have children with a sad and leisurely expression, and then repair my naughty son's toys in the middle of the night. I heard that the flying object carrying the information of the existence of humans has left the solar system, and may be detected by aliens after the death of my grandson's grandson.
I had these nonsensical things in my mind, and I finally became a high school student without any emotion - until I met Haruhi Suzumiya.
After graduating from junior high school, I went crazy for a while. After eating, I went to the nearby game center to play, and when I was thirsty, I drank soda. I came to the prefectural high school with a pencil bag and all kinds of soda bottle caps. At first, I regretted it because the school was located on a very high hill, and I had to climb up and down even in the spring. If you're riding a bike, it's hard to get on a steep slope. But if you go up slowly, it will greatly torture your patience. The thought of having to dread such a ramp every day for the next three years made me feel gloomy. Ten precious minutes in the morning are wasted on a long ramp, and it would be a great pleasure to be able to sleep in. As a result, my heart became even heavier.
In this way, I carried my school bag and joined everyone in the gymnasium for a life-wasting activity called the "Entrance Ceremony". To be honest, the school's rules have long been known through grapevine. There's nothing to look forward to, there's nothing to regret, it's just an ordinary school. I was alone with a bitter gourd face, not at all like everyone else, imagining a new life full of hope and anxiety that was about to begin, and at the same time showing the complex expression unique to a new life. There are a lot of students in the school who have attended the same high school in the same country, and there are a few good friends of mine among them, so I don't have to worry about having no one to accompany me. I followed the students who had to spend a year together even if they didn't want to, into the fifth class of the first grade.
As soon as the young instructor Okabe stepped onto the podium, he introduced himself to us with a bright, cheerful smile that seemed to have been practiced in front of the mirror for almost an hour. He started with the fact that he was a physical education teacher and a consultant of the handball club, and then mentioned that he was active in the handball club in college and performed well in the league and won the league, and in the case of this high school handball club with few members, as long as he joins the club, he is equivalent to an official player, and finally said that handball is actually the most interesting ball game in the world, etc. Just when I thought he would never finish—
"Let's introduce yourself!"
He said this out of nowhere.
Because such developments are common, and I was mentally prepared, I was not surprised.
Stand up one by one on the left-hand side of the row of men and women by seat number, and then report your name, the country you graduated from, and other things (such as your interests or favorite food, etc.). Some of them were slurred, some were pretty good, and some were just telling bad jokes that made the temperature in the classroom drop by several degrees in an instant. Later, it was a stressful time to get closer to my seat!
After fluently speaking the bare minimum lines that had been conceived in my head, I sat back in my seat, surrounded by a sense of liberation that had finally ended. Immediately after, the guy behind me stood up. Ah, I'm sure I'll never forget it for the rest of my life—she said the next thing that caused a great uproar.
"I graduated from Tokoku Junior High School and it was called Suzumiya Haruhi. ”
It's normal so far, but the grammar she uses is really a bit strange - what is called "it's called Suzumiya Haruhi". Is there two of them, or does she have other names?, but it was too much trouble to turn my head to look at her, so I simply looked straight ahead and listened to her continue to introduce herself in a clear voice.
"I have no interest in ordinary humans. If there are gods, time-travelers, people from other worlds, and superpowers among you. Just come to me! ”
After listening to this, I couldn't help but turn my head away.
Her long, straight black hair was wearing a hair ring, her neat face was proudly accepting the gaze of the class at the moment, her big black eyes that looked strong-willed were surrounded by frightening eyelashes, and her pale pink lips were tightly pursed, she was such a girl.
I still remember that Kasuga's fair throat was so dazzling, and she was an out-and-out beauty.
Kasuga slowly walked around the room with very provocative eyes, and finally glared at me for a moment with a wide open mouth, and then sat down without smiling.
Was that a gimmick just now,
I'm sure everyone is full of question marks in their minds at the moment, hesitating how to react, okay?"
As far as the results are concerned, this is neither a gimmick nor any laughs. Because Suzumiya Haruhi is always unsmiling whenever and wherever he is.
She was always very serious.
This is what I said after personal experience, so I can't be wrong.
After the silent goblin flew around the classroom for nearly thirty seconds, the physical education teacher Okabe hesitated to speak.
"Oh, God. Speaking of which, my mother believed in Hachiman Bodhisattva. ”
After that, he named the next classmate, and the once stiff air just now finally returned to normal. I opened my mouth in surprise, and all I could remember was Haruga's slightly raised eyebrows. At that time, I thought to myself that it would be ridiculous that it would be great to use these eyebrows to stain my toy soldiers with paint.
This is how I met Haruhi Suzumiya.
After Haruhi Suzumiya grabbed the hearts of the whole class in an instant, he played a well-behaved high school girl who looked completely harmless at first glance from the next day.
This is the calm before the storm! I feel the meaning of this sentence at this moment.
No, most of the people who will come to this high school are students who originally attended four high schools in the city (people with average grades), and since Dongguo Middle School is also included, there should be people who graduated from the same junior high school as Suzumiya, and they should know what the precursors of this guy's current dormant state are. Unfortunately, I didn't know anyone from East Middle School, so no one in the class could tell me how it was now. A few days after that lively self-introduction, I will never forget that I was stupid enough to speak to Haruhi Suzumiya before the class meeting started in the morning.
The inverted dominoes began to fall, and the murderer who toppled the first domino was myself!
Because,Suzumiya Haruhi can only be regarded as a beautiful girl high school student when he sits in silence in his seat.。 Originally, I wanted to say that sitting in front of her, I could just come to a near water building to get the moon first, but I was too naïve to think like this, come and teach me a lesson about the sudden ghost!
The conversation certainly started from that incident.
"Hey, Hey, ......"
I turned my head casually, a relaxed smile on my face.
"What you said when you first introduced yourself, did you mean it?"
Haruhi Suzumiya crossed her hands over her chest and pursed her mouth as she looked me straight in the eye.
"What do you mean by introducing yourself?"
"It's the ones from another world!"
"Are you from another world?" asked Kasuga with squinted eyes.
Haruhi was more serious than I could have imagined, so why would she ask such a serious question?
“…… Of course not. ”
"Since it's not, then what are you looking for me for?"
“…… Well, what are you not doing......"
I was defeated by Haruhi's cold words and drooping eyes. I wanted to reply, but I couldn't find the right words. I could only whisper sorry, and Kasuga looked away as if she had completely lost interest in me, and began to stare at the blackboard. Fortunately, at this time, the tutor walked in, and when I said hello, my voice was shaking and it was still loud. I realized that there were a few people around me who were looking at me with smiles, and they must have witnessed the whole process of my defeat in front of Kasuga, which was so embarrassing.
During recess, the students chatted together, which was the first step in building a social circle. As soon as Kasuga got out of class, I didn't know where to go, and I sat in my seat blankly. Conversations in nearby seats generally begin with "Speaking ......" followed by "...... It's also the end. For me, who had just been hit, I was in no mood to have that kind of patterned interaction with them. At this moment, Kuniki, who had a good relationship with me in junior high school, came over with a bento, and he was followed by his new tablemate Taniguchi. Taniguchi graduated from Tokoku Junior High School, that is, he was in the same school as Haruhi Suzumiya when he was in junior high school.
Taniguchi moved the chair to the side, opened the lunch box and began to eat. Halfway through his meal, he suddenly spoke.
"Didn't you just talk to Liang Gong?"
I nodded.
"I think she must have said something that you couldn't take it anymore. ”
That's right!
I felt the urge to slap him on the shoulder and shout, but in the end I didn't implement the idea and just gave him a piece of the fried chicken in the bento box. Taniguchi happily put the fried chicken nuggets in his mouth and said as he chewed it.
"If that guy was interested in you, he wouldn't say anything like that. I advise you to give up. Now, you also know that Liang Gong is a weirdo. I've been in the same class as her in junior high school for three years, so I know pretty well. She often does things that are out of the ordinary. I thought she would rein in when she went to high school, but it seems to have intensified. By the way, didn't you listen to her self-introduction?"
"You mean—the otherworldly?"
"That's right. Carefully picking out the fish bones, Kuniki also interjected, "When she was in junior high school, she often said some inexplicable things and did things that made everyone scratch their heads. I remember a time when she saw people and said, 'I'm called Haruhi Suzumiya!'. There is such a thing. ”
"Ah, yes, because it happened after the 'school graffiti incident,' so I remember it pretty clearly. Taniguchi said with a shrug.
"A school graffiti incident?"
"Isn't there a kind of instrument for drawing white lines with lime? Anyway, she used that thing to draw a big, big ancient pattern in the school, and she sneaked into the school in the middle of the night to draw it!"
Perhaps remembering what happened at that time, Taniguchi had a wicked smile on the corner of his mouth.
"It's amazing! When I went to school in the morning, I found that there were huge circles and triangles drawn on the playground. Because I couldn't see what she was drawing up close, I ran to the fourth floor of the school to look at it, but I still couldn't understand what she was drawing. ”
"Ah, I think I've seen that. Isn't there a local news page in the newspaper? And it's a bird's-eye view! It looks like a broken Nazca painting on the ground. ”
Kunikida said. However, I was not impressed at all.
"I've seen it, I've seen it. The title seems to be a mysterious prank pattern on the campus of junior high school. By the way, do you know who is responsible for this idiotic incident......?"
"Could it be her who is the culprit?"
"I said it myself, so I don't think I'm wrong. Of course, it was as if she had been called into the office by the principal, and all the teachers asked her why she was doing that. ”
"Then why the hell did she do that?"
"I don't know. Taniguchi, who replied very dryly, puffed out his cheeks and munched on rice, "She'll just say, I'm called Haruhi Suzumiya." Of course, everyone knows that she is Haruhi Suzumiya. was stunned by the terrible eyes of Liang Gong, and believed that the teacher also took her. Some say she painted it to call UFOs, others say it's a magic circle to summon demons, or she's trying to open a door to another world, etc. Although there are many rumors, if I insist on not telling them, everyone will not be able to understand the truth at all. It remains a mystery until now. ”
My mind came to my mind with a serious expression of Suzumiya drawing white lines alone on campus. She must have taken the rattling line drawer and the mountain of lime bags out of the sports warehouse and hid them beforehand, and maybe she even brought a flashlight! Under the dim light, Haruhi Suzumiya's face was filled with a sense of sadness. However, everything is my own imagination.
Maybe Haruhi Suzumiya really did that kind of thing to summon UFOs, or demons, or even open the door to another world. Maybe she worked hard all night on the playground of the middle school, but nothing appeared, and she ended up discouraged.
"She's really popular with boys, though. Taniguchi chuckled, then patted me on the shoulder, "I understand." ”
"After all, she's good-looking. And the sports are omnipotent, and the grades are good, although people are quite strange, but as long as you keep your mouth shut, it still looks good. ”
"What's the gossip you know again?"
Kunikida, who opened his mouth to ask, had not eaten half of Taniguchi's meal.
"For a while she kept changing boyfriends. As far as I know, the longest relationship was a week, and the shortest was five minutes after a successful confession. And without exception, the reason why those boys were dumped by the cool palace was 'I don't have time to socialize with ordinary people'. ”
I believe Taniguchi also said this sentence to her. After noticing that I was looking at him, Taniguchi looked a little flustered.
"I'm listening to other people, really. I don't know why, as long as someone confesses, she will accept it. Although after the third year of the country, no one wants to have a relationship with Lianggong anymore when everyone knows about it, but I think that after I go to high school, the same situation will definitely happen again. So, I want to warn you before you have strange feelings for her. Don't be delusional! This is the advice I gave you from my classmates who were in her class. ”
Whatever you say, I don't mean that to her anyway.
Taniguchi, who put the finished bento in his school bag, smiled maliciously.
"If I had to choose, I'd think she's good, Asakura Sulfona. ”
Taniguchi pointed with his chin to the group of girls who were now talking and laughing around the table. In the center with a big smile on her face is Asakura Sulfona.
"According to my judgment, she must be ranked among the top three beauties in the first grade. ”
You've seen all the girls in the first grade, and I think that people who have the leisure to do this kind of thing will probably never talk to girls for the rest of their lives.
"I divide girls into grades A to D, and only A-level girls I remember her full name. I only have one high school life in my life, and I must have a good time. ”
"That Asakura is an A-grade. Kunikida asked.
"She's AA. I only have to look at her face to know that her personality must be too good to say. ”
Although Taniguchi's self-righteous statements are not taken seriously, Asakura Sulfona is indeed another beauty that is different from Haruhi Suzumiya.
First of all, she is really a big beauty, and she always exudes a gentle aura like a smile. The second is that her personality seems to be as good as Taniguchi says. Almost no one dared to talk to Lianggong anymore these days, except for Asakura. No matter how bad Liang Gong's tone is, Asakura talks to her disappreciatively, and his enthusiasm is no different from that of the squad leader. The third is that she has a good mind from the answers she gave in class. She always answers the questions asked by the teacher correctly, and in the eyes of the teacher, she should be considered a very rare student. Fourth, she is also very popular with girls. Although the new semester has only been a week old, she has quickly become the center of the girls in her class. She's such an attractive girl who fell from the sky!
I remember one time during recess, Asakura came over to say hello to me. It was very respectful to me, but it certainly didn't sound uncomfortable, and it seemed like it really respected me. Compared to Haruhi who always frowns and says inexplicable things, it's like one in the sky and one in the ground. However, both of these are kaolin flowers for Taniguchi, and there is no possibility of climbing high at all. I watched as Taniguchi took the last piece of fried chicken from my bento box and wished him that in my heart.