At the end of the morning vignette, the rest of the day seemed unpretentious and boring.

After the last class in the afternoon, Kazuma stood up while packing up his textbooks.

Jinguji Tamamo reached out and took the book he was about to put in his bag and put it in his bag.

"You're going to investigate, it's better to travel light. Also, this is water, this is a small snack made by our family, and we must pay tribute to the arrogant princess in order to persuade her to help. ”

Jinguji Yuzao said and smiled slightly: "Our family is professional in terms of tribute. ”

He Ma glanced at the things that were stuffed directly into his schoolbag, and then looked at the Eye Palace Temple, and said with a smile: "Why don't you just come along." ”

"No, I'm going to continue reading at the New Strange Talk Research Society today." Jinguji Tamamo said very resolutely, "I like to complete my plan step by step, and today's progress is very tight. ”

Kazuma: "Actually, you just like Lovecraft's work, right?" ”

Jinguji Yuzao smiled slightly, put the last book on the table into his schoolbag and stood up: "Then, let's act separately." By the way, is it okay to bring a monthly pass? Or are you planning to borrow my car? ”

Kazuma: "Your car...... Is it the one that looks high-end and luxurious today, or is it ......"

"It's a van, this is more suitable for investigation, right?"

"Then I'll take the bus, anyway, I can take a monthly pass this month."

Jinguji nodded: "Okay, then I'll go." ”

It seems that she is in a hurry to read a book.

She also specially held the English version of Lovecraft's work to be returned.

He Ma Mu sent Jingu Temple away, and at this time, the handsome guy from the same classroom came over and put his hand on Kazuma's shoulder: "What, something happened in your emotional life?" I know that it is normal for high school couples to break up in college, after all, the environment has changed, and everyone's horizons have expanded all of a sudden, and they have found a better ......."

Kazuma: "Who are you?" ”

The handsome guy in the pool was stunned: "Huh? You...... Don't know who I am? ”

"Why do I have to know?"

"It's too much, although the university doesn't pay much attention to classes, but at least most of the classes in the first semester are taken together, and the compulsory courses in each semester after that are almost taken together, and when writing the graduation thesis, you have to set up a discussion group, isn't it basic to know each other?

"You see, everyone knows you Kiryu and Ma."

Kazuma looked at the handsome guy in Ikeba, and first made sure that he had an entry, and it turned out that even in a school like Todai, where the elite of all Japan is concentrated, the entry is rare.

After confirming that there was no entry, He Ma looked at this handsome guy's expression with a little more disgust: You have no entry and you are not a beautiful girl, what is the use of asking you, women's clothing?

So he said, "Everyone knows me because I am a hero of Osaka, a slasher of Bombardier, a parkour master, a gravedigger of the Tsuda group, a Korean Pole Buster, Kalixi of the Prairie, Kiryu and Ma." ”

Kazuma seems to have read a string of words, but as long as the momentum is strong enough, no one will find out that something strange is mixed in the name of the dish.

Kazuma looked at the handsome guy and said, "What about you, do you have anything worth remembering your exploits?" ”

The handsome guy looked embarrassed, but he still said recklessly: "I'm Fujita Jin, a pickle girl expert." ”

When He Ma heard that the other party was a pickle girl, he was happy first: "Oh, it's actually a pickle girl, disrespectful and disrespectful." ”

The opposite side pretended not to understand the yin and yang weirdness of the horse, and said: "It's okay, it's okay, don't you know each other." By the way, since you don't have a companion today, why don't you come and join us! I made an appointment with the girls from Musashino Art University......"

"I'm sorry, I made an appointment today." And the horse interrupted each other.

"But didn't you leave you behind?"

"Because I didn't ask her out." Kazuma laughed.

Fujita's expression froze.

Actually, Kazuma didn't make an appointment with Kitagawa Saori, but is about to leave for an appointment now, but Fujita doesn't know this.

Fujita squeezed out a smile: "Awesome, Kiryu-san, worthy of being a man who can go to the Zhou Fang Chun." ”

"Wherever, aren't you also a man who can work with Akira Kurosawa?"

And the horse said.

The starring role of Akira Kurosawa's famous work "Zisanshiro" is called Susumu Fujita.

At this time, Kazuma didn't know how to write Fujita's name, because the characteristic of kanji in Japanese is that there are many homophones, and if you only know the pronunciation, you can write a lot of kanji combinations that are not related to the wind, horses, and cows.

But it is precisely because of this characteristic of the Japanese language that homophones are full of sweat in Japanese.

Chinese you have to play homophonic terriers and think about it, Japanese don't have to think about it at all, because there are too many.

So at this time, he was talking about it as a homonym.

Unexpectedly, this hit Fujita Jin's pain point: "Don't mention it, my father is a fan of Fujita-san, so he gave me such a name, and when I was bullied in junior high school, they gave me the nickname Kato Daisa." ”

The most famous role of "Fujita-san" in Fujitaguchi was in 1944, when Japan was at the end of the **** road, in order to boost national morale, he starred in the movie "Kato Hayabusa Combat Team" The protagonist Kato Keno Kato.

This movie was remade after the war called "Ah! Army Air Corps", and "Ah! Navy is the same series.

By the way, after the war, this Fujita Jin also participated in "Ultraman Seven", playing the commander of the Earth Defense Force.

He Ma didn't expect that he would dig up the black history of this handsome guy being bullied in junior high school, so he happily poured salt on his wounds: "You will still be bullied?" Obviously it looks like the flirtatious handsome guy who will become the center of the class. ”

"This is the result of my 'high school debut'." Fujita waved his hand.

Hema was surprised: Is it really useful to make a high school debut?

He looked at the top of Fujita Susuru's head again, there were indeed no entries, and judging by his age, it didn't look like he could master the stunt of Suzuki's butler who could brush entries for himself at any time.

It seems that not everyone who has ever fought bullying will have an entry.

If you think about it carefully, Chiyoko has also been bullied, and there are no entries.

Kazuma lost interest in Fujita Susumu and waved his hand and said, "Come on Fujita-san, try to cooperate with Akira Kurosawa as soon as possible." ”

With that, he walked out of the classroom.

**

Kazuma was going to take a bus with a commuter pass to the vicinity of the place where the song was sold in Kitagawa Shaxu, but after thinking about it, it was still early in the dark, and it would not take much time to walk around.

So he and the horse went out of the red gate and walked slowly along the street.

When passing by a game center, Kazuma suddenly saw two people wearing the uniforms of Bei Ge High School.

Until graduating in March this year, Hema was wearing this school uniform, so it was natural to focus on the two of them.

Then he actually recognized the two men.

It's the same Shun Higashiide who ran for student president with Rinana Nichina before, and the girl Shimato Mana who has always been by his side.

"What, in the end, I still achieved a positive result." He Ma said to himself, but he suddenly remembered one thing: Beige's High School is not close to Wenjing District, and now at most it has just finished school in the afternoon, how did these two come over?

He Ma took out his pocket, took out his student ID card and monthly pass, and only reacted after looking at it: It's been a year, and Hema will subconsciously take out his mobile phone if he wants to confirm the time.

There is no mobile phone, no watch, and no girl who can grab her wrist to look at the watch by her side, and the horse can only find the clock everywhere.

Later, he thought about it, forget it, if the two of them really skipped school and went shopping, they would have to ask themselves.

Hema is confident that his "seniors" are still very oppressive to the juniors of Beigao, and they should not dare to lie to Hema.

And Ma swaggered into the game hall.

In this era, the game hall is the ultimate fashion trend, and the opening of this one in Wenjing District is aimed at college students, a group that pursues electronic trends.

But for Kazuma, the current arcade games are a bit too pediatric.

The most popular game now is Cosmic Invaders, which was the SFC version of the game that Ma played on the Little Overlord learning machine when he was a child, and everyone called it "Little Bee" at the time.

I almost played Cyberpunk 2077's Wama before the crossing, and when I saw the simple picture of "Little Bee", I didn't feel any waves in my heart, and I even wanted to laugh a little.

But for the people of this era, this thing is as magical as it is, and it can't be stopped at all.

Japanese arcades use 100 yen coins directly to insert coins, unlike Kazuma who went to the arcade hall to play 97 when he was a child, and he had to spend money to buy coins first.

When arcade games were at their peak, there was even a shortage of 100 yen coins in Japan, and many supermarkets didn't even have enough coins for change.

Of course, in addition to the upstart "Little Bee", Pachinko is another big money-eater in the game hall, but Pachinko has to exchange the money for steel balls first, and then use steel balls to play, which is one more procedure than Little Bee.

I don't know if it's because of this, but at this time, there are several times more people playing "Little Bee" in the arcade than playing pachinko.

But the batch of playing pachinko is obviously an old gambling dog, and everyone directly buys a basket of steel balls and puts them at their feet, and plays them one by one.

In addition, the people who play "Little Bee" are all college students, and the age distribution of those who play pachinko is much wider, and Kazuma even saw a few poles.

Kazuma kind of wants to try to see if those poles recognize themselves, and test their popularity in the poles.

But in the end, he suppressed the urge to be naughty and went to find his two juniors.

Soon, Hema was in the innermost part of the "Little Bee" area, and found Shun Toide, who was sitting in front of the machine and playing a game boredly.

Shimato Mana sat beside him and watched him play games, occasionally glancing at the side of Toide's face with a worried expression.

It seems that there is something wrong with the boy's mind.

So he and the horse went forward.

Shimato Mana saw Kazuma first, and the girl immediately showed an expression of seeing a savior, and it looked like tears were about to burst out of her eyes.

Kazuma said to the girl with a mouth shape, "Leave it to me." ”

Then he got behind Higashi and patted him on the shoulder.

Dong Deshun said impatiently: "I didn't bring a lot of money, and I couldn't buy a few steel balls!" ”

It looks like he's been robbed in this shop.

And Ma said, "Guess who I am?" ”

Dong Deshun was excited, and then stood up suddenly, regardless of the game, and turned to look at Kazuma: "Senior? ”

"You still know that I'm your senior? Come and sit down at the coffee shop next door, you should have something to tell me, right? ”

It doesn't matter if he has anything to say, the seniors say yes, that is, there is.

Dong Izushun hesitated for a second and nodded: "Okay, I see." ”

He Ma patted him on the shoulder: "Then why are you still stunned, let's go." ”

With that, he turned around and headed for the door of the game hall.

Toide hurriedly took the schoolbag from Shimato Mana and kept up with Kazuma.

Shimato Mana followed closely behind him.

He Ma walked two steps, and met Kitagawa Shauri, who was also wearing a sailor suit and carrying a guitar and a bamboo knife.

"Huh? Don't you play? I saw you walk in, and I thought I'd laugh at you for beating you up. Kitagawa Shaxuli said.

Kazuma: "If I spend my money on this, my sister will kill me if she finds out." ”

"Ah, yes, yes, I don't know how to pull this kind of trouble of the poor. I'm going to have some fun, I'm going to come in...... What are you doing? ”

and pulled the hand of Beichuan Shaxu: "You come too!" ”

"Let it go, I'll beat you!"

"If you can beat it, give it a try."

And the horse heard a staggering voice.

"If I could draw a knife, I would have cut it down!" "But there are too many people here, and it's not good to hurt others." ”

"Yes, yes, it's good for you to come."

In fact, Kazuma just didn't want to let this guy go, so he didn't have to go to her after solving the problem of his juniors.

In this way, he dragged the horse to Beichuan Shaxuli, and led the two juniors out of the game hall to the café next to it.

As soon as he sat down, Kazuma said to the clerk who had come to order, "Four glasses of the cheapest soda." ”

"Wait a minute! Saving money doesn't do that way, does it? Beichuan Shaxuli shouted, "Forget it, I'll treat you, four cups of Blue Mountain coffee." Give this lady another mousse cake. Well, I'm going to go to the sundae. ”

Hema looked at Beichuan Shaxuli seriously: "It's not that I'm boasting, I can't afford to give you all the money in my wallet." ”

"Let's just say I'm in for a treat." Sauri Kitagawa waved at the waiter, then looked at Shun Toide and Masina, who were sitting side by side at the other side of the table.

"You're a student at Peking High School, right? How high? ”

"Senior year of high school." Shimato Mana saw that Higashiide Shun didn't want to answer, so he whispered.

"That's it, that's the senior. So what's going on, is it a lack of money for an abortion? "Kitagawa Shaxuli is amazing.

Although Kazuma also thinks that it may be a problem in this regard, he will not ask such a straight ball.

He Ma's eyes swept to Shaxu, and the latter spread his hands: "I play music, I've seen a lot of this kind of thing." ”

"I think you should start by apologizing to the people who play music all over the world." He Ma said, "Even among the people who play music, there are noble people who don't mess with the relationship between men and women, and don't **!" ”

"Do you mean Chopin, Beethoven, them?" Kitagawa Shaxuri asked.

"I said me!"

Kiryu and Ma are still musicians in the setting.

"What?" Kitagawa Shaxuli was shocked, "Don't you actually have it?" ”

He Ma was about to refute, but Beichuan Shaxuli said again: "If you think about it, I don't have it either." Let me apologize to the musicians I have never met. ”

Kazuma felt that he had lost if he complained, so he turned his gaze to the two who were confused by the sudden interaction between Kazuma and Kitagawa Shauri.

"Dongwai, what the hell is the problem, let's hear it. I don't think you're one of those people who skip class to go out to the arcade. ”

Toideshun's expression became gloomy.

"I, at the beginning of the semester......" He looked up at Kazuma, then immediately looked down at the table, and was about to continue, when the waiter brought coffee and snacks, so Higashi Shun fell silent again.

Waiting for the waiter to leave, he continued: "At the beginning of this semester, I heard the new head teacher talk about your class last year, just like following the example of the seniors and initiating a 'see you next year' activity. ”

And the horse nodded: "Then?" ”

"However, my initiative was ridiculed, and several guys who had conflicts with me before took the lead in saying that I had a problem."

Beichuan Shaxu: "So the bullying started, it's so boring, it turns out that there will be this kind of drama in the third year of high school?" ”

Shimato Mana suddenly said in a loud voice: "No, it's not bullying!" I mean, it's not because of bullying that Toide's classmates are so depressed. After all...... He has been bullied all the time, and he has never stopped. ”

Kazuma: "You're the one who can run for the president of the student council, and you're going to be bullied?" ”

Kazuma remembers Chiyoko said that the best way to deal with bullying is to socialize and fight it with social power.

People who are highly social are less likely to be targeted for bullying.

In Kazuma's opinion, Toide Shun is a person with good social skills.

Dong Deshun said: "I don't know if it was bullying before, but more than half of the classmates in the class did not deal with me. So I don't care if I just get laughed at by them. ”

Kazuma: "Then you say this, which means that other things have something to do with this, right?" ”

"I'm ......" Toideshun became depressed, "I'm ...... It's not very clear, but I always feel that all these unfortunate things are all in one place. I'm sorry, but I didn't organize my thoughts, and when I saw my senior, I suddenly wanted to say everything......"

"Blessings and disasters do not go alone." And Ma said, "Go ahead and tell me all about your recent bad luck." ”

Higashi Shun: "I'...... Let's talk about the most serious one. My mother ran away from home suddenly, and my father called the police, but the police also said that there was nothing they could do, because my mother left a note before leaving, and took away daily necessities. ”

And Ma thought to himself, how do I seem to have seen this plot? Isn't this the pre-plot where Amao became bad back then?

Toide continued: "Actually, I was aware that my mother was having an affair, and recently she has obviously started to wear makeup again, and every day she is like a young fashion girl, and she also adds new makeup and dresses. I also once thought about reminding my mother that my father had been working very hard for the family, so that she would not let down my father.

"However, before I could implement my plan, my mother ran away from home. The note that was left was written 'I'm sorry I became someone else's girlfriend'. ”

At this moment, Kazuma remembered the famous song "I Became Someone Else's Girlfriend (別の人の彼女になったよ)".

He resisted the urge to hum.

Dong Deshun continued: "After Mom left, Dad was depressed, and he didn't work anymore, and he got drunk all day long. Then one night, it seems, he went to listen to an underground band. The next day I was in his room and saw a lot of posters of that band. ”

And the horse frowned.

Higashi Shun: "That band is called the UB band. Since then, my dad has been in a bad situation, talking all day about what the god of music will redeem everyone, and the class will be completely gone, and the company will call and ask, and he will howl fiercely at the company.

"He bought a lot of merchandise from that band and then went to see URB live every day. I secretly hid my passbook and seal to prevent him from spending money, but he beat me up and forced me to take them out. ”

In Japan, a seal is a very important item, and you need a seal to sign for everything, and you also need to go to the bank to withdraw money.

In those days, there were no ATMs, and you had to go to the counter to withdraw money.

Kazuma: "And then you started to give up on yourself?" ”

Toide Shun sighed: "Yes." Recently, though, something changed, and my dad started playing the songs of that URB band at home, and from then on, I always had nightmares at night......"

"Nightmares?" And the horse asked, "What kind?" ”

"That's it...... The God of Music...... Nightmares like that. Higashi Shun said.