[Yu Narumi, a former student, was admitted to Tokyo Key Mikagehama High School with excellent results in the top 100 in the country!] ]

I don't know how long such a banner has been hanging in front of the gate of the only junior high school in Imabetsu Town.

It is more conspicuous than the faded three-dimensional characters of the school name.

On the morning of the second day after sweeping the tomb, the protagonist described in the banner and the beautiful girl around him who seemed to have fallen to the ground walked into the campus in a graceful manner.

"Narumi Mulberry is one of the top 100 in the country."

"It's not as high as Yayoi-san, right?"

"Better than me, I'm more than three hundred."

Although the layout of the campus is very simple, the area is not small, and all kinds of venues are complete.

In front of the school building behind the small flower bed, in front of the door on the first floor, there is a bulletin board with various report card leaflets.

In a rather conspicuous position, there is a graduation photo of him.

The boy in the photo looks like he hasn't slept for three days and three nights, lazy, and has no positive energy.

If it weren't for his outstanding appearance, most people would probably not be able to afford such a graduation photo...... Not to mention associating him with the outstanding students who made the town's junior high school famous.

"Before taking this photo, was Ming Hai-san in a hurry to save for tuition part-time?" Yayoi Aki stared at the photo for a long time, and finally said such a comment.

“…… Almost. ”

I didn't have any contact with me before, and even the neighbors who were disgusted by the other party when I walked on the road received gifts, which is probably similar to a part-time job.

I still feel a little sigh when I think about it, but I was admitted to a key high school in Tokyo, and the people and atmosphere around me are ...... It was like a different world line overnight.

Some parents brought their children who snatched his comic books to apologize; The principal of the elementary school, who had never given him preferential treatment, came to refund the tuition......

The attic window that was smashed by the football was also replaced with a new one by the parents of the initiator.

"It's amazing, Narumi-san."

The girl's tone couldn't tell whether she was mocking or praising him sincerely.

But the look of laughing at his graduation photo is 100% real.

"When you come back this time, do you want to take a new picture? In the future, if Narumi-san becomes the No. 1 chef in Tokyo, such a junior high school graduation photo will become a black history. ”

“…… Forget it. ”

Teenagers and girls are chatting as they leave the school building and take a walk around the campus.

The school in Imabetsu has a holiday a few days earlier than in Tokyo.

But there are still scattered students on campus.

There are girls who come to take care of the flowers and plants in the flower beds, there are boys who run to the playground to play ball, and there are intermittent sounds of music in the music classroom.

For the children of Imabetsu Town, the school during the holidays is also a good place for entertainment.

After all, there are no playgrounds, no arcades, and there are very few entertainment facilities for children.

"It's more lively than before."

Narumi Yu listened to the little star who played a little hard in the music classroom, and sighed sincerely.

In the past, if I wanted to play a standard basketball game, I had to get all three grades together.

And now on the playground, not only are two teams playing against each other, but there are also five or six boys and girls standing next to them.

It's so much stronger than it was a year ago.

"Let's go."

There is a picture of him on the bulletin board, and this group of juniors and sisters may be able to recognize who he is at a glance.

In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, and in order not to disturb them playing, the two left the school.

On the way to the house of the junior high school teacher Narumi Yu, the people in the town who recognized him all smiled and greeted them with kindness.

Narumi was indifferent.

Yayoi Akizao used the wave gesture that he had been practicing for a while, and returned two or three salutes, but he felt troublesome, so he ignored them.

"Narumi-san is really popular......"

"I was admitted to a key high school in Tokyo, and it was only a matter of time before I went to Todai, and in their opinion, they may have only been out of the town once in a few years,"

"I've gone from being an orphan to a handsome guy in Tokyo who has returned to visit my hometown, and I've even brought back a beautiful girl girlfriend from Tokyo."

"Isn't it normal to be popular?"

“…… Who's your girlfriend? The girl's voice grew cold, just right to cool him down as he walked under the clear sky.

"I mean, in their opinion...... I was wrong! ”

“……”

Yayoi Aki stopped talking in the morning.

After wandering around the junior high school campus for a while, it was already past ten o'clock in the morning, and the air gradually warmed up and became muggy.

With no beautiful girl to talk to him again, Narumi couldn't help but recall where the town would sell popsicles, ice cream, or cold drinks and other things to relieve the heat.

If you really can't do it, ice water will do.

"You~You, you're back? Long time no see. ”

"Oh."

From time to time, the owner of the grain shop who gave him flour and rice greeted him heartily.

He waved in response, pausing in his steps.

"The one next to you, is it your girlfriend?"

"Classmate, come and play."

"Oh~! We don't have much fun here, and we don't have any specialties...... If you have to say it, the boys around the girl are barely a specialty of Imabetsu Town.,If you play.,You can go to the mountains and the sea to have a look.,The scenery is still good.。 ”

“…… Thank you. ”

"You're welcome, you're welcome."

After walking away, Yayoi Autumn turned back early and retracted his gaze from a distance at the grain store.

"Isn't this the same, there are also people who have always been good to Narumi-san?"

"Well, how could it not be...... If it hadn't been, I would have dropped out of school a long time ago, and I wouldn't have cohabited with a beautiful girl like Yayoi-san. ”

“……”

The truth of the real world lies in this.

When he was a child, he was far from being as popular with everyone as he is now.

Not everyone is very kind.

The kindness of many people will only come after you gain power.

Perhaps their kindness at this time is also sincere.

But it was too late.

The overflowing water is useless, and the charcoal in the snow is far better than the icing on the cake.

Kindness is accepted, but the person who can be treated by him with the same gentleness is always the one who sends charcoal in the snow when he is lonely.

After all, he also lives in this real world.

You have to learn from the world, don't you?

"It's funny that they're jealous and envious, but they smile and treat each other kindly, isn't it......"

“……”

……

visited the junior high school teacher, and like the other people who greeted him, they all thought that Yayoi Akihaya was his girlfriend.

In the end, I got the "No matter how good the relationship is, some things must be done after you are eighteen years old!" Exhortation.

And the corners of the mouth of the girl who already had a certain resistance to this rumor couldn't help but curl.

I want to kiss it. ’

This is the only thought left in Narumi Yu, who gave up on himself after leaving the junior high school teacher's house.

Yayoi Aki felt his obscene gaze and walked quickly in front of him, leaving him with a back.

With his hands clasped in front of his chest, the back of his white neck is covered by his long hair that falls smoothly, and there is no flesh foam left for the male high school student who aspires to become a beast.

'Beasts don't have to be carnivores. ’

He comforted himself with such excuses, pale and powerless.

The train from Imabetsu to Hokkaido departs at 11 p.m.

It's a bad time, and when I arrive at the station, the sky is estimated to be still bright.

But it was also convenient for him to meet with the people arranged by a pine nut.

Although he boasted about Haikou in front of the underworld lady, in fact, he had never touched such a thing as a gun, and most of the time he would have to trouble the other party to take him to a deserted forest to practice for a day or two.

At least practice to the point where you can barely shoot people.

When converted to a system skill level, level 2 is almost sufficient.

The name of the gangster organization arranged by a pine nut is Kan 40,000, which sounds a little more down-to-earth than the Jinchuan group......

It seems that at the beginning of its creation, it was a small gang controlled by a family.

After eating salt-grilled fish at noon and going back to the inn for a brief rest, Narumi accompanied Yayoi Aki to climb a small hill near Imabetsu Town.

Standing in a place with a good view, you can just take in the panoramic view of the town and the coastline.

Narumi took a few photos and thanked the owner of the food store from the bottom of his heart.

Eat the rice balls that you brought up the mountain, take a sip of water, spread the rice in your mouth in the water, chew it briefly, and swallow it into your stomach.

After climbing the mountain for nearly two hours, the tasteless rice balls became delicious.

Narumi finished his rice ball in two or three bites, and looked at the piece in Yayoi Akizao's hand.

"It's not fair!" He shouted.

Why is there plum bread in the rice ball in the girl's hand, but his is solid?

"What's wrong?"

Yayoi Aki had bitten half of the plum off and looked at him suspiciously.

"It's okay......"

"Narumi Mulberry is not full? I still have it here. ”

"I want to eat!"

Yayoi Akizao took out another rice ball with plums and broke it in half for him.

Most of it was deliberate, and to give him that half, there was no plum either.

“…… Thank you. ”

What else could he say?

Some are good to eat.

The rice grains of the rice balls, because of the plums, also have a little sweetness, at least better than his two.

Wait for the sun to go down.

Turning his gaze away from the already darkening sea, he turned back to the rolling hills in the distance.

The setting sun turns the scene in three colors.

The closest to the sun is the color of begonia, and the ten kinds of brocade spread outward, and the mountains and forests under the sunset are covered with a layer of clouds and mist similar to purple.

In "Nai River", Yayoi Aki described the same scenery and used "twilight purple" to describe it.

Now it seems quite appropriate.

"It's time to go down."

"Hmm."

I went to the hotel to pick up my luggage, and when I walked to the station, it was about time for the train to leave.

After returning to the hotel, Yayoi Aki changed another piece of clothing in the morning.

From a dress to a white short-sleeved skirt with brown-red striped checks, to a position about two inches above the knee.

Under the short skirt, there is also a pair of safety pants that are slightly shorter than the skirt, which pours a basin of cold water on the excited perverted male high school student.

"Won't it be hot? Yayoi-san wears it like this. ”

"The temperature here is cooler than in Tokyo, and when you get to Naie Town, you might have to change into long sleeves, and it's not hot."

But the real reason why the girl changed into this outfit is easy to guess.

Short skirts and shorts are more convenient for movement, or escape, than dresses.

Even the smooth black hair, which is usually in a natural drooping state, is tied into a neat ponytail at this time.

Despite how determined she behaved on the surface, the girl herself knew that her trip back to Naie Town would not be as she said, "just go home and see." "That's safe.

The two of them pulled their suitcases and walked down the street where there was a street lamp every long distance.

About 200 meters in front of them, there were also two people with luggage, standing under the street lamp, seemingly choosing a different mode of transportation than him.

As he got closer, Narumi saw that it were two boys who were slightly younger than him, and one of them looked away when he saw them.

The other boy's expression also became a little unnatural.

"Oh."

He thought it was funny, and the 11 o'clock departure, which was still early, stopped to say hello to them.

“…… I've seen you. ”

The slightly more determined boy replied,

"It's the guy posted on the bulletin board in the junior high school, right?"

"Well, I'm Narumi Yu, get to know me?"

“…… Crow. The boy hesitated, and said in a somewhat awkward tone, "This is Kafka next to him." ”

"Lots of advice."

......" The boy didn't seem to be good at dealing with being accosted suddenly, and he was thinking about it while finding a topic, "Mr. Narumi looks better than in the photo." ”

"I'm only a year or two older than you, so I can't use the word 'sir' anyway, do I?"

“…… I'm sorry. ”

Yayoi Akizao stood quietly next to Narumi Yu, not speaking, and didn't seem to be listening to their conversation, looking at the night sky in a daze.

"So, what are you doing?"

"Wait for the night bus." Kafka interjected.

"Hey......" the boy called the crow reminded him not to talk too much.

"So, where are you going? We're going to flee to Hokkaido, it's summer, it's cooler there. "In terms of the ability to make small talk, if there is a competition, Narumi is confident that he can at least win a silver prize.

"We're going to Shikoku."

After observing the words and feelings, he successfully won the trust of the two boys in front of him, and Kafka heard that they were also "on the run", and his eyes lit up.

"It should be warm there, and you don't need to wear warm clothes like cotton clothes in winter."

"Probably when it's really cold, you still have to wear it." Drawing lessons from the Tohoku-Hokkaido incident, Yu Narumi, who had been studying geography well, warned them, "Even the southernmost island is still far from the really warm equator, and cold is inevitable." ”

"Hmm...... We'll talk about that then...... There's always a way. ”

"There's always a way [when the time] comes." The boy named Raven repeated the first two words with an accent.

"Naruto, Narumi senior, don't pay attention to him, he's always ...... like this"

"It's okay......"

The boy named Crow didn't defend himself, but quietly looked up at Narumi Yu and changed the topic to chat,

"Mr. Narumi, what do you think is fate?"

"Fate?"

"Hmm." The boy named Raven nodded.

What kind of problem is this?

Narumi thought about it for a moment and turned his head to look at Yayoi Akiza, "Yayoi-san, what is your fate?" ”

“…… I'm looking at the stars right now. ”

The girl replied coldly.

"Look," Narumi turned around and shrugged his shoulders at the boy called the crow, "That's fate—I asked the person next to me a question that didn't make sense, and I refused to answer. ”

"Fate doesn't care what you want, it only makes you look for answers from what he gives you at will."