ps: Thank you for the reward from the maple under the autumn night, I finally got home after taking the train for more than 20 hours, and from today, the update will be resumed~~)

"Ah~~"

Suddenly, the screams of the little girls came, making the group of high school students who had been idle for a long time ready to step forward one by one with bright eyes, but before everyone could act, a golden figure had already rushed over.

"Is there something going on here?"

Hayama played his role as a 'gentle big brother' and asked the frightened little girls in as gentle a tone as possible.

Maybe it's because I still have an impression of Hayama, the 'reliable big brother' who spoke on behalf of the volunteers, one of the slightly more daring little girls said with a look of horror as she pointed to the swaying grass in front of her

"There, there's a snake!!"

Seeing that the children were so scared, Hayama stepped forward and picked up the grass and looked at it.

I thought it was something terrible, but it turned out that it was just a small cyan snake lying under the small bushes.

"Ah~, it's okay," he said, and then added, "It's just a little green snake."

Seeing that the little girls still looked scared and didn't dare to approach, Ye Shan smiled helplessly, picked up a branch next to him, forked the snake's tail, and threw it into the distance despite the pain of the little green snake's twisting body. The frightened little snake hissed and quickly fled.

Throwing away the branch in his hand, Hayama turned to the group of little girls and said, "You don't have to be afraid, the snake has been driven away by me."

"Wow~~"

"Big brother, that's amazing!"

"How dare you really touch it? ”

The little girls expressed their amazement in their own words, and in the eyes of them, who had not experienced any hardship, those who dared to fight the ferocious beast (little snake?) were undoubtedly very remarkable.

"This is neither a poisonous snake nor a bite, so you don't have to be afraid at all. ”

"Even if it's not a poisonous snake, I don't want to get close!"

"Na~" The little girls echoed and smiled at each other.

I have to say that these little girls are quite lively and energetic, and they are already at an age when they know how to dress up, and they are not timid when chatting with Da Xianchong at the top of the food chain like Ye Shan. I feel that after they enter the middle school, they will become the central figures of the whole school year.

To put it simply, it is the reality of the future.

Later, Miura, Tobe and others were not willing to be lonely to join in, from the initial admiration, then into the fashion, sports, junior high school and other topics, chatting, and later said that they would look for the checkpoint around here. The exchange between a group of ready-to-charge and 'ready' ready-to-charge is simply a stinging in the ears.

Of course, Yuji, Xuexia and the other four still didn't make any moves, like a group of quarantined people.

"Okay, we're only here to help a little, but we'll keep it a secret from the rest of the class!"

Hayama was talking about helping them find checkpoints, and although it was a little unfair to help them with the experience of high school students, there were not so many rules for the cross-country competition held at school, and as soon as he said this, the elementary school students immediately agreed with great spirit.

Having a common secret is one of the skills to get along well with others, and Hayama, who can skillfully use the skills, can't help but make Hikiya a little admired.

But that's ......

This group of elementary school students are cheerful and lively, and they don't seem to be the type to worry about, but there is one thing that makes him quite concerned.

Among the five little girls, there was one little girl who was two steps behind everyone. It seems that he is only less than a meter away from his companions, but it seems to be clearly separated by an invisible high wall, which is incompatible with the lively atmosphere of the small group.

It was a little girl with healthy and slender limbs, straight black hair and a slight purple, and compared with other children, she had a little more adult atmosphere. The clothes on her body are also very feminine, and she looks particularly elegant among the crowd.

Honestly, she's really very cute and easy to catch. But the others didn't seem to care about the off-team. Most of the squads were five people in groups, divided into two loose groups at most, but this one was different, and the little girl who was left out alone looked like she had completely ignored it.

- No, they all know. The other four looked back at her from time to time, and secretly laughed at the girl in voices that only each other could hear.

"There is really no shortage of this kind of thing. ”

With a sigh of emotion, Hiqigu couldn't help but look in the direction of the sound, but found that not only Yuuji, but also the boy he didn't know under the snow also looked at that place.

Indeed, you can't even notice the anomalous atmosphere like that.

The little girl had a digital camera around her neck, occasionally fiddling with her idle little hands, but she had no intention of picking up the camera to take pictures.

In fact, there is nowhere to take pictures, the location of the camping is not a famous scenic spot, and the simple scenery has no record value, the little girl's mother will give her a digital camera worth tens of thousands of yen, and she must have thought that her children will make some good memories in this forest camp with their friends, but she does not know that this expectation has become a burden for her daughter.

Leaving at the back of the line with no one to chat, she could only rely on repeatedly fiddling with the camera around her neck, pretending to watch the scenery around her to relieve her loneliness.

“......”

Sigh softly under the snow.

Just as stand-ins are attracted to each other, the Lone Ranger is more sensitive to the presence of other Lone Rangers. Seeing the little girl under the snow, I probably remembered my previous situation.

"If you can overcome your inferiority, human beings will no longer be human," Guima lifted his glasses and said with a blank face, "And that child has neither the ability nor the courage to try to break the rules, so this situation can be said to be her own choice." ”

"Although this is the case, can't you say it differently Guima?" Looking at the snow with a not very good face, Yuji couldn't help but persuade with a wry smile.

"Since people have made their choices, they must be responsible for their own choices. Guima continued with some impersonal feelings.

"However, that girl may not be at fault" Xue Xia finally couldn't help but interject, maybe it was thinking of her former self, and her cold expression couldn't help but be mixed with a hint of anger, "Is it her fault to be excluded and jealous by others?

“...... That's right, being ostracized by others and not knowing how to cater to the group is where she fails.

If it were me, if I determined the strategy route and script, and then designed the lines, there would be as many ways to integrate into a collective, not to mention the Itai guy, no one would be better than him in the ability to integrate and eliminate barriers......"

Eh, what are you doing with me?, facing Guima's gaze and the surprised expression under the snow, Yuji shrank his neck a little uncomfortably.

"That's the way it is, there are so many options but she doesn't try...... Of course, this choice is very wise, three-dimensional, after all, it is just a scumbag. ”

"What are you...... Are you fooling me?" clearly said that it was the wrong choice, and finally denied it, Xuexia glared at Guima angrily, but Guima didn't pay attention to her anymore and picked up the PFP in his hand again.

"Okay, Yukino, it's Guima's fault to speak straightforwardly, but he doesn't actually have any malicious intent. Seeing the increasingly cold expression under the snow, Yuji hurriedly stepped forward and persuaded him.

"Humph!"

The girl threw him the back of the head very unappreciatively.

Gotcha, bumped into the muzzle of the gun, Yuji thought with a headache. When will it be the end of the day? Not to mention reconciliation, it is difficult to even have a normal conversation, do you want to ...... What about turning that mode on again?

Startled by the idea that suddenly came to him, Yuji quickly shook his head and wanted to put the thought away just now.

Forget it, it's like that again...... Not what I expected.

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The argument between the two just now was actually a word, and it was all listened to by Biqigu. But he didn't speak, not because he agreed or disdained the idea of the two, but because it was unnecessary.

Everyone has to face one or two moments of loneliness in their life – or more accurately, they have to learn to live with loneliness. Always be with others, and there are always people around you who are called strange.

There are some things that can only be learned and felt in solitude.

If you can learn something when you're with friends, you can learn something when you don't have friends. That's what Biqigu thinks.

Speaking of which, isn't this exactly in line with the highest level of Taoism's practice of 'ruling by doing nothing', and I am really amazing to be able to reach this realm. Bikiya was a little narcissistic for a while, and then noticed something else.

What made him a little concerned was Yuuji's performance just now.

At first, he obviously minded the little girl very much—otherwise he wouldn't have said that kind of thing, but after that, he remained silent, no longer expressed his opinion, and what was even more strange was the expression on his face, which seemed to have some empathetic sadness and some nostalgia, which really made him scratch his head.

He can understand sadness, but he really doesn't understand when he misses him.

What do you think?

Just when Biqigu pinched his chin and thought,

"Did you find the checkpoint?"

Hayama took the initiative to speak to the girl.

“...... Not yet. ”

The little girl smiled as if she was struggling, and Hayama smiled back.

"Well, let's look for it together. What's your name?"

"Tsurumi ...... Study in the United States. ”

"I'm Hayato Hayama, please advise. Let's go see if it's hidden there, shall we?"

Hayama said as he nudged Rumi's back and brought her back to the team as if nothing had happened.

"See, that guy just guided the little girl like that, and naturally asked the other party's name!" said Bi Qigu with a dumbfounded expression. This made Guimu Guima next to him speechless for a while. How long has it been since you've been in a relationship, this fish-eyed fellow!

Already has a volunteer position, plus the status of an elder, is it difficult to talk to a little girl? It's not to belittle Hayama - in fact, he and Elusie can come here thanks to Hayama's acquaintance, but if it's so simple that a conversation is also powerful, then what is it that he used to unconditionally attack those soul-possessed girls? Not to mention anything else, what is Itai's god-like acting skills next to him that even he is amazed by?

"No, it's amazing, Guima. Yuji agreed with a serious face, "If you go to be Lolita, you will definitely have a lot of potential." ”

Everyone was embarrassed, and among them, under the snow, he stabbed Yuji with a very contemptuous look.

However, she immediately changed to a serious expression. Said in a categorical tone.

"That's not a good idea, though. ”

"It's not very good, but at least he did it, didn't he? It's too others, but it's not okay, Yukino!" Yuji squinted his eyes slightly and looked at Yuki, although he was a little concerned about the relationship between her and Hayama, but to be honest, Yuji didn't have much ill feeling towards Hayama Hayato, although he was a current person, but I have to say that he was indeed a good person, otherwise he wouldn't have caused such trouble. It's not too much for others to avoid it.

"However, the kindness of the half-hangers will not help!" said Yukino under the snow, in a cold and resolute tone.

The expression was not so much a rational and confident inference as a conclusion based on the reality of what I had experienced. Because Yuji saw it in his eyes under the snow, it was something called Fury.

But then she changed her words and said with a chuckle, "But that's right, if you go, it's not strange to scare the children away, and from this point of view, Hayama-kun is not without merit." ”

......

"Hehe, it seems that you have been underestimated all along. ”

"In that case......"