"Do you really want to know?"

"Hmm."

"Eh~"

Raising his eyebrows, Hiratsuka said slowly:

"Maybe the real reason will be quite different from what you imagined."

"It's okay."

"Really? Then I'll say it, for a simple reason. ”

After a pause, Hiratsuka showed a quiet smile at Yono.

"Because I thought it would be fun to do that."

“...... That's it? ”

Yang Nai was a little surprised, this was indeed a little different from what she originally thought, no, it was too much of a notice!

"Or else?"

Hiratsuka shrugged her shoulders slightly casually.

"Do you think I'm going to get involved in children's play?"

“......”

Yono didn't speak, because that's exactly what she had thought before.

In her opinion, there are only two kinds of people in the world, one is the "ordinary person" who has that special quality, and the other is the "air" who does not have that special quality.

Obviously, Shizune Hiratsuka is the former.

At that time, she only wanted to see interesting things, but rather, she could only accommodate interesting existences in her eyes.

She had already codenamed the ABCD in her class, and while she was independent of the class in a distorted way, she was already doomed to no longer be able to touch everything in the class with her own hands.

Even if she needs to meddle in something, she will inevitably have to borrow someone else's hand.

So when Hiratsuka recommended her to be the class president, her first reaction was-

This guy isn't here to find fault, is he?

Although the "misunderstanding" was solved in the end, she did form a special friendship with Hiratsuka Shizune as the head teacher, but this incident, until the end, Yono did not understand the other party's intentions.

As for the election of the squad leader, it has long been out of Yangnai's consideration, although she is not the squad leader, but she has "captive" a squad leader.

She prefers to prepare the script behind the scenes rather than standing on the stage herself, and a good scriptwriter will not write herself into the story.

Later, as time passed, she forgot about it, and it wasn't until today that Hiratsuka Jing explained that she realized that she seemed to be thinking too much.

It's just that this matter is not big or small, and it doesn't seem to be small, but no matter how you think about it, it shouldn't be brought up at such a time, right?

The sudden change in the atmosphere in the room, this brief silence made Yono a little distracted, but she quickly reacted and did not indulge too much in the warmth of the past.

The smile gradually converged, although Yono didn't speak, but Hiratsuka Jing already understood what she meant, but she had no intention of solving Yono's doubts.

"Let's talk about something else, I think you might be interested."

“...... Never mind. ”

You can never wake up a person who is pretending to be asleep, and since Hiratsuka has no intention of answering, then there is no need for Yang Nai to ask.

"It doesn't seem that there are so many things I'll be interested in, as a reference, let's say, Xiaojing."

"Hey."

Glancing meaningfully at Yono, Hiratsuka said:

"Do you want to know, Yono, why I noticed you so quickly when we first met."

“...... Why? ”

"Because it's very similar, really similar, I saw Luo Tianshu's little ghost when he was very young, so I'm surprised."

Looking at Yono with that inescapable gaze, Hiratsuka said word by word:

"You and him, if nothing else, at least in terms of personality, are exactly the same."

“......”

Gurgle.

Hiratsuka's words made Yono's whole body tense, and the speed of his heartbeat suddenly increased.

"By the way, Yono, I asked you just now, about fatalism, although as a teacher, I shouldn't easily express such thoughts to students, but I should still tell you that I believe in fatalism."

Hiratsuka's eyes didn't fluctuate for a moment, and her gaze crossed to Yono and looked at the birdcage in the corner of the wall where she couldn't hear the birdsong.

"From the perspective of probability, the so-called fate, that is, the chance that is smaller, but I don't think so, an accident, that is accidental, but the plural accident, I think, only the fate that covers the miracle can be explained, right?"

Hiratsuka's gaze turned and fell on Yono again.

"In that little ghost's life, there will be someone who will appear and change the trajectory of his journey, which is an accident, but if the name of 'someone' is definitely written as 'Yang under the snow', it is not an accident, but fate, right?"

“......”

Yang is silent.

"The first time I noticed you was just a fluke, and even if you surprised me enough, I didn't think about this connection so soon, but because of the incident."

Speaking of this, Hiratsuka's face showed a rare depressed expression.

"After being well 'entertained' by you, coupled with those strange words you said at the time, the fire of curiosity in my heart, which was already about to be consumed, was ignited by you again."

“......”

"Hey, I'll do everything, don't look at me like that."

Yono's gloomy gaze suddenly made Hiratsuka silent for a while. She explains:

"I'm different from someone, it's not my hobby to investigate other people's privacy, I'm just going to confirm one thing."

“...... Seven years ago, was the person in charge of receiving Rakujun in Chiba? ”

"Correct."

Hiratsuka nodded.

"What you said at the time was so strange that even though I already had my own guesses, I went to confirm the past in order to prove its authenticity."

Although Yang Nai doesn't seem qualified to say anything in this regard, she still feels that the feeling of being secretly investigated like this is really feeling-

Very unpleasant.

"And then, is there a conclusion?"

"Of course, thanks to you, many things that made me feel strange have been answered."

"For example?"

"Like the reason why we're sitting here talking now."

As he spoke, the clouds obscured the path of the sunlight, and in the suddenly darkened room, a discordant chill suddenly made Yang Nai a little inexplicably uncomfortable.

In a world where everything has become bleak, only Hiratsuka's eyes are like magnificent gems, exuding strange colors.

"I won't make the same mistake a second time, last time I underestimated your importance, this time it's different, that little ghost's only turning point is your existence, so, I'll be here with you well, so you can't go anywhere."

“...... It's terrifying, Xiao Jing, why did you take me so seriously? Is it just because of me and Luo Jun's childhood sweethearts? ”

"Childhood sweetheart? Haha, there's a limit to joking, Yangnai. ”

Hiratsuka's words were full of sarcasm.

"You're very similar to that little ghost, very similar, but when I say similar, I don't mean how good your imitation skills are, but in another sense of similarity, you know?"

“......”

Hiratsuka's calm tone was like a curse that locked his throat, making Yono suddenly seem a little out of breath.

"There is only one reason to guard against you, because you are fundamentally different from those 'friends' of his, Yang Nai, you are not his friend, nor his lover, nor his subordinates, you are his own 'self', 'another him', it is him, it is Luo Tianshu's unique and only shadow in this world!"