"Yamashita-kun, why are you carrying so many things. Ikuta is not a wilderness, and there will be a shortage of water? Shirakawa Kaede felt a little inexplicable when he saw Daiji Yamashita constantly stuffing mineral water and snacks into his backpack.

Yamashita Daiji paused, "Shirakawa-kun, believe me." These will definitely be useful. After speaking, he continued to bury his head in sorting out his treasure bag.

When it comes to going to the Ikuta campus, of course, Daiji Yamashita is the most familiar with it. His Faculty of Science and Engineering is located in Ikuta, and he makes three or four trips a week.

Since Shirakawa Kaede is going to visit Professor Kikuchi at the Ikuta campus, Daiji Yamashita is the best guide.

The two took the JR line from Ota Ward and headed straight for Ikuta in the northwest. The two places are more than 20 kilometers apart, and it takes about forty or fifty minutes by subway.

It's August, and the sun in Tokyo is still unbeatable in its light and heat, and Kaede Shirakawa and Daiji Yamashita travel lightly with short sleeves.

Standing out of Ikuta, the unprepared Shirakawa Kaede was stunned by the sight in front of him.

Looking around, there was an empty space all around. Except for the dusty railway road and a lonely locked convenience store in the station, there is no one around.

Shirakawa Kaede turned his head and looked at Yamashita Taiji suspiciously, "Are we in the wrong place?" ”

Hearing this, Yamashita Daiji looked injured. He glanced at Shirakawa Kaede with considerable taste, just the prosperity of your Hequan campus.

"Ahem... However, the environment is very good and the air is fresh. "The sky is as blue as a wash, and Shirakawa Kaede can even see the white clouds with tail flakes moving slowly.

Hell, the clouds in Ota are all gray. Alas, the spoiled is no longer pure.

"Let's go, it's coming soon." After that, Yamashita Daiji put on his backpack and led the way.

Ikuta is located on the border between Kanagawa and Tokyo, in the countryside.

It is a good call, the air is fresh, and life is quiet.

You can enter the glitz of Tokyo, and retreat can be deep in the mountains and elegant.

In fact, it can be summed up in two words, the countryside.

Meiji University's Ikuta Campus is located on a small hill here, and it is a real hillside.

The gate of the school is not as big as the gate of Shirakawa Kaede High School, and it is unpretentious. It is hard for first-time visitors to imagine that this is the gate of the famous Meiji School.

And follow the path that winds up the hillside in front of you, and you can reach the teaching area.

"So, isn't there an elevator here?" Shirakawa Kaede stood at the foot of the mountain and looked at the top of the mountain in a daze.

Yamashita tightened the shoulder straps of his backpack, "Yes, yes, but it was stopped for maintenance during the summer vacation." ”

"So..."Shirakawa Kaede looked at Daiji Yamashita with a longing gaze, expecting to hear the spare elevator or something from his mouth.

"So let's go, Shirakawa-kun!" After saying that, Daiji Yamashita began to climb the mountain along the path.

Shirakawa Kaede sighed and reluctantly followed. The sun is scorching, and you have to climb the mountain, it's simple.

Is this really the Meiji University Student Tian Campus, and are you sure it's not a place of exile?

No wonder there is such a legend on campus:

Paradise politics and economics, façade merchants, and business are often forgotten

Prison jurisprudence, joyful essays, and intelligence exchange are many goddesses

How is Ikuta Campus? Too far away from the big farm~

At this moment, Shirakawa Kaede couldn't agree with this assessment. After climbing for more than ten minutes, he and Daiji Yamashita leaned on the railing on the side of the road, each unscrewed a bottle of mineral water, and looked up to be a wild drink.

"Ha~", exhaling happily, Shirakawa Kaede put down the empty mineral water bottle, raised his arm and wiped the sweat on his forehead.

"Yamashita-kun, is there any water left?"

Yamashita Daiji's chest kept rising and falling, and he nodded listlessly. Because of his slightly fat figure, his physical strength is even more unbearable than that of Shirakawa Kaede.

Or is this guy far-sighted and seems to have a lot of experience, Shirakawa Kaede sighed in his heart.

"It's almost there" Daiji Yamashita, who was panting, looked up at the mountain, and the teaching building was already within reach.

"Okay" Shirakawa Kaede cheered up, and the two set off again.

Five minutes later, the two men who arrived at their destination stood in the empty campus and gasped for breath.

Ikuta Campus, how to say it, is a piece of green.

On both sides of the school there are large fields of farmland and crops, and Shirakawa Kaede even saw a pond for fish farming and a vegetable greenhouse.

These are all experimental fields opened up by the College of Agriculture, and in them, Shirakawa Kaede seems to have arrived at Moore Manor.

"The Faculty of Science and Engineering is over there," Daiji Yamashita pointed to the right.

Shirakawa Kaede turned his head to see that several very modern teaching buildings were very conspicuous in the green.

This is a bit of a science and engineering department, and the two of them took a break and went straight to the science and engineering department.

Because Daiji Yamashita was there, according to Professor Yamada's address, the two quickly came to a three-story building.

There should be an access control installed at the entrance, and Shirakawa Kaede pushed it without pushing. On the tight gate, he found a nameplate "Kikuchi Laboratory".

The two glanced at each other, unconsciously tidied up their clothes, and changed into serious expressions. Only then did I find the doorbell in an inconspicuous place.

"Moxie Moxi?" But after a few seconds, a sound came from a pocket speaker.

"Hello, excuse me, I'm Kaede Shirakawa. I was a student of Professor Yamada and came to visit Professor Kikuchi. "Shirakawa Kaede reported to the door.

"Hay, please wait." As soon as he finished speaking, there was a click at the door.

Shirakawa Kaede and Daiji Yamashita turned their heads, and the door that had just been closed had opened automatically. The two of them cautiously entered the interior, the first time they came to this kind of scientific research laboratory, for fear of touching something.

What greeted you was a long hallway, flanked by closed rooms. Under the bright lights, the entire laboratory looks spotless.

At this time, one of the rooms opened, and a young man in a white coat walked out, "Is it Shirakawa-kun?" ”

"Hay, please take care of me." Shirakawa Kaede bowed slightly.

"Hui Yamazaki, please advise" A young man named Yamazaki seems to be a student of Professor Kikuchi and works as an assistant in the laboratory.

Daiji Yamashita, who came with Shirakawa Kaede, also greeted each other at this moment. Although they belong to the same faculty of science and engineering, the two are not the same department and do not know each other.

"Senior Yamazaki, Professor Kikuchi..."

Before Shirakawa Kaede finished speaking, a professor in his fifties and sixties, with gray hair and a somewhat serious look, also walked out of the room just now.

"Kikuchi-sensei" Hui Yamazaki was the first to bow down and say hello.

Seeing this, Shirakawa Kaede and Yamashita Daiji also followed.

Professor Kikuchi nodded expressionlessly, he glanced at Shirakawa Kaede and them, "Let's talk to my office." With that, he turned and walked towards the end of the hallway.

Hui Yamazaki immediately followed, and took the white coat that Professor Kikuchi had taken off with great eyes.

At his signal, Shirakawa Kaede and Yamashita Daiji also followed them upstairs.

As you pass through the hallway, you can clearly see through the window that the students in the lab are busy in front of the equipment.

Although the summer vacation has begun, for some instructors, there is no such thing as rest, and experiments come first.