Because the incident came too suddenly, and there was little contact with the "big children" in the whole class, for a while, no one spoke on either the early quarter side or our side, and the two sides looked at each other, and from time to time they looked at the riverbank of more than 100 meters - Mr. Kawakami's body was being watched by two adults.

The silence lasted for a while, and both Umino and ours were a little embarrassed. At this time, the yarn on the side tugged at my sleeve, and the early season winked at me, as if seeking advice.

"I'm Shiraishi Orizu, and these are my friends. This is Shiraishi Jing and Liuzhisha...... This is Watanabe's early season, and Aonuma is ......"

Faced with this situation, I had to give a general introduction to everyone, and then stepped forward and looked at the boy named Umino: "Can I ask a few questions?" ”

"So you all know each other."

Umino sighed, then nodded: "It's okay, please just ask." ”

"So first of all, can we continue to participate in the festival today? And will our parents be notified to come? ”

Instead of asking questions related to what had just happened, I asked two questions that were related to the seriousness of the matter. The best case scenario is to wait for a while and after the members of the ethics committee come over and speak, you can leave. Again, hypnosis is performed to forget the relevant memories.

Worst of all, not being able to attend the festival, notifying your parents, hypnosis, and even counseling – not only will you miss the festival, but other unforeseen situations may happen.

"I'm sorry, but since we've never encountered anything like this, it's unclear what the Ethics Committee will decide."

Haiye thought silently for a few seconds, glanced at the direction where the corpse was parked, and then showed a hearty smile like a comfort: "But I think the problem is not that serious, and it should be okay to continue to participate in the festival, after all, that uncle just fell ill suddenly, and it has nothing to do with us." ”

The sudden onset of illness was an excuse left by Mr. Taniguchi just now, to cover up the facts and perfunctory the child.

"That's right."

I sighed inwardly, and from the look in his eyes, which was so calm that it was almost dull, and he could not even find any uneasiness, it was evident that he had not thought much of it, and believed exactly what Mr. Taniguchi had said.

When I was about to move on to the next question, Mamura, who had been keeping his head down and silent, suddenly spoke: "That person...... Dead? ”

This is undoubtedly the question that the children present now want to know, but dare not ask rashly. Death is a distant and vague concept in children's minds, and unformed cognitions make it possible for them to have no fear of death or even more likely to have an extreme fear of death, forming a serious polarizing contrast.

Just like this polarization, the performance of the children present also forms a strong contrast. Maria Hatsuki and Akizuki just looked a little scared, Asahina looked a little excited, Aonuma instantly seemed to be thinking about something, and Inaba Ryoshi looked ignorant, as if he was frightened.

A few of us didn't say anything about the real village, and Rina hugged her arms uneasily, as if the thick cotton clothes on her body could not block the breath of ice and snow; Mika looked up at the sky in a trance, a picture of distraction; Sa, on the other hand, bit her lip and lowered her head in disappointment—they had a more intuitive experience and fear of death.

I guess what they're thinking, because they've been hypnotized, they've forgotten about their hearts, and that's the only thing left to do is the one who died. The memory of their best friends playing together during the day, only to be told to disappear forever the next day, and even being warned by adults not to continue with their existing relationships, is enough to impress them with the concept of death - but why is it that the memory of the death of only the person has not been erased?

I have never found an answer to this question, just as I have not yet found the burial place of the dead children, who seem to have completely disappeared from this town, and even their relatives will be relocated to other villages, as if to decipher the psychological suggestion to separate them from their original environment and prevent the children associated with them from being seen by the neighborhood.

Not only did I not find the graves of the deceased children, but I also did not know where their parents were, and even though I had met a few times at this festival, it was clear from their unsquinting and serious expressions that it was not a wise choice to talk to them. Not only do I worry about the observers who may exist, but I also need to worry about the fact that even as "victims" of the loss of a child, they are actually alternative accomplices and perpetrators – not to mention what should I say to them?

I don't know why the people in power in the town treat all the children so harshly, but as the parents who are supposed to cherish their children the most choose to follow the arrangement and start another life, then I have no reason to stir up their anger or comfort them - all I can do is to take the children whose lives I have interfered with need help, and make up for my guilt for using them.

That's all I can do.

My thoughts drifted a little for a while, and I fell silent, and the five people of Haiye looked like they didn't know what to say, and the atmosphere dropped to freezing point, until Inaba Liang spoke out to break the dullness: "Adults have magic powers, they won't die so easily, I think I just fainted." ”

"But he couldn't move when he was in the water."

Zaoji couldn't help but retort, and Asahina Satoru also echoed: "Yes, I saw that his chest didn't move." ”

"But ......"

"It doesn't matter what this kind of thing is, anyway, you just stay here quietly, wait for the adults of the ethics committee to come, you just don't talk nonsense."

Inaba was about to speak, but was interrupted impatiently by a boy named Koiya, who paced a few steps forward and turned back to beckon to the four of Umino: "You guys, don't pay attention to them, let's find a place to sit and rest." ”

"You go and rest first, and I'll talk to them a few more words."

Umino smiled and waved his hand, Koi Ya snorted softly, walked to the bank of the river, pulled over a few stones with his magic force, and chiseled them flat, and stacked them together as stools to sit on. Looking at his appearance, Mika's delicate eyebrows suddenly stood up, and she immediately wanted to have a seizure.

"I'm sorry, because my grandfather passed away some time ago, so my brother has always been in a bad mood, and today I encountered this kind of thing again......"

As the elder brother, Koi Yu quickly apologized, and with a sincere smile on his face, Mika, who was not angry and angry, calmed down, and instead showed a sympathetic look: "Please don't be too sad, cheer up." ”

"Thank you, then if you have anything to say, you can talk to Umino, I'll go and accompany my brother."

Koi bowed his head apologetically, and walked away. Umino's other two companions looked at each other, looked at Umino in embarrassment, and then went over to the two brothers, leaving Umino and us where they were. Only then did he sigh tiredly and smiled bitterly at us: "I'm sorry, in fact, we don't have a good relationship, and we had a quarrel a few days ago." ”

"Huh...... It's complicated. ”

Akizuki Maria carelessly arranges her hair, her red hair is darker than the gauze, and of course it is more eye-catching.

"If the relationship is so bad, why do you want to come to the festival together?"

Early season looked at the Koi brothers and them, and then looked at Umino. She seemed to quickly realize the inappropriateness of what she said, and quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, I'm just a little curious. ”

"I guess it's only recently become bad."

Aonuma answered instantly, and he had a determined expression on his face: "Except for the Koi brothers, the other two people will look at Umino from time to time. And the Koi brothers are the same, they actually trust you very much, but there are some contradictions between you. ”

His words seemed a bit unexpected, and I was surprised by them, just now my attention was on them, and I didn't pay close attention to their strange appearance. Now that I think about it, I should have made the same judgment as Aonuma.

……

Busy with work, I owe more than three chapters, and I hope you will forgive me.