On the way back, Hideki Saito and Makoto Goto saw a lot of small whirlwinds blowing, and although it was autumn by this time, there were a few of them.

"Recently, there have been more whirlpools in these rivers......

Hideki Saito stopped and looked at the small river on the side of the road, the gurgling water flowing through it, and there were many small whirlpools in it.

"Really...... Goto Makoto also stopped and looked at it carefully, and said, "Could it be ...... Is this also the effect of the whirlpool? ”

"I don't know......" Hideki Saito shook his head slightly, but he turned his gaze to a whirlwind blowing from the corner of the street, and said, "However, it seems that even the wind has been spinning lately, which is a whirlwind......"

After that, neither of them spoke again, so they returned to Goto Makoto's house in silence.

As soon as the two entered the door, they heard a thunderous roar.

"Where's my stuff?! Why did you throw all my stuff away?! ”

Then, there was the sound of falling objects.

The sound came from the living room, and Goto Makoto and Saito Hideki hurriedly rushed over, only to find that in the living room, Goto Makoto's parents were facing loudly and smashing some vases and teacups.

"Uncle, what's wrong?! Something to say! ”

Hideki Saito saw that Kusuke Goto was about to wave and hit someone, and hurriedly stopped him. Fortunately, Goto Makoto's younger brother is still playing outside, so it's a little less troublesome.

And Goto Makoto's mother shouted, "Husband! It's time for you to wake up! If you don't throw those things away, you won't work! ”

"Whew...... Call...... Whew......"

Goto Kusuke was so angry that he couldn't do it, but he couldn't have a seizure when he was stopped by Saito Hideki, and after a while, he calmed down angrily.

Seeing this, Goto Makoto also said: "Dad, you have been addicted to these things all this time, and you don't even care about work, and it's time to give up these hobbies." ”

Unexpectedly, Kusuke Goto said, "Hmph! Just throw it away, it's okay! ”

With that, he turned and walked away, leaving the living room.

But when he reached the door of the parlor, he suddenly turned around, pointed his finger at the people, and exclaimed, "But even without those things, the whirlpool still exists!" Recently, I discovered that whirlpools can be made on their own! You remember it for me! Vortex can be expressed by one's own body! ”

"For example...... This way! ”

With that, he widened his eyes and opened his eyelids to the limit, exposing almost the entire eyeball.

Looking at the bloodshot eyes, everyone didn't understand what he wanted to do, but then ...... Something horrible has happened!

I saw that in Kusuke Goto's eyes, his left and right eyeballs began to rotate in a counterclockwise and clockwise direction respectively!

One left and one right, the two eyeballs start to rotate in their sockets like toys, and they are getting faster and faster! Flexible doesn't look like a human at all!

"Haha...... Hahaha......"

As if sensing that his eyeballs could create a whirlpool, Kusuke Goto actually let out a hearty laugh.

It's just that this laughter is accompanied by the movement of his eyeballs, which is so terrifying in the eyes of everyone!

Since that day, Goto Makoto's father really doesn't seem to be indulging in the whirlpool collection anymore, but his mental and physical state seems to be deteriorating, which makes Goto Makoto and her mother very anxious.

One day a few days later, Hideki Saito came home from school and found his father studying something in the living room.

"Dad, what are you studying?"

Hideki Saito also walked into the living room out of curiosity, his father was originally a university professor, but since he got married, he gave up academic research and became a good man who took care of his family, which can be regarded as a model of sacrificing his career for the sake of his family. Usually, his hobby is more reading, no matter what kind of book he has.

"Oh, Hideki, you're back." Hideki Saito's father waved at him, and Hideki Saito sat down in front of him with some curiosity.

Immediately after, his father picked up what he was playing with and handed it to Hideki Saito.

Hideki Saito took it and looked at it, only to find that it was a plate full of swirl patterns.

This couldn't help but make Saito Hideki's face change, he had recently felt scared of the whirlpool pattern, this plate was full of whirlpool patterns, how could this make him feel good?

But his father didn't think so, and said to him with a smile: "Hideki, this plate was given to me by your Uncle Yusuke today, what do you think?" ”

"Dad......" Hideki Saito's face was ugly, what his future father-in-law gave his father, how could he be embarrassed to tell the truth? Is it true that he hates this plate? When you see the swirl pattern on this, you can't wait to smash this plate to pieces?

His father didn't notice the ugliness on Hideki Saito's face, but smiled to himself and said, "Recently, I heard that he has always been obsessed with whirlpool patterns, always collecting all kinds of things with whirlpool patterns, and he doesn't even have the heart to do work. I didn't expect him to make a plate for me today, oh no, this is what he did the other day. Ha ha...... I look at this plate, and the more I look at it, the more I like it......"

Hearing his father say this, Saito Hideki was suddenly shocked and hurriedly asked, "Dad, how can you like this kind of thing?!" ”

"Huh?" His father was stunned by his question, and said, "Well, although I didn't like this kind of thing too much before, it may make you feel unacceptable all of a sudden." But I always have the freedom to change hobbies, right? Look, Hideki, don't you think the swirl pattern burned out of here is beautiful? Mr. Yusuke said that the swirl pattern on it was not added by himself, but appeared naturally during the firing process, which is simply amazing! It can be said to be a masterpiece of God! ”

With that, he snatched the plate back from Hideki Saito, and then looked at the swirl pattern on the plate with an intoxicated expression.

"Ah...... How did I not realize it before? The pattern of this whirlpool is so wonderful...... It's so addictive......"

Looking at the intoxicated expression on his father's face, Saito Hideki's heart was cold......

His father...... Are you going to be swallowed up by the whirlpool?!

That night, Hideki Saito stayed up all night writing a paper on the history of the town of Goto, which he had been collating over the past few months, and emailed it to one of his father's college classmates, a professor at the University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences.

The professor and his father are small, and they have a very good relationship, and for Saito Hideki, there is no difference between him and his own uncle.

Hideki Saito's original intention was to use the power of this professor to thoroughly unearth the mystery of the history of Goto Town. Unexpectedly, because of this paper, he finally won a guaranteed admission place at the University of Tokyo. However, this was already an insignificant matter for him at that time.

(End of chapter)