Arriving at the train station and waiting for a while, the first-year students boarded the Shinkansen.

The aisle, which is not very spacious, is lined with double rows of sleepers, and with this in mind, the carriages are not divided according to classes, but the four classes are divided into boys' and girls' compartments.

But it was not yet night, and it was naturally impossible for the teenagers and girls who were excited by the long journey to stay in their carriages.

The location chosen by Li Wu was a lower bunk, with the Mizushima Wing above him and the opposite side of the terraya Mahiro and Uehara Masaki.

He was standing on the edge of the bed and opening his backpack, about to take the notebook out to kill time, when someone patted him on the back.

Looking back, I saw the inscription "Forward!" strapped to my head! Hoshikawa Aoi of the worded cloth.

She was followed by a large group of girls from Class B and other classes, and instantly increased the volume intensity of this carriage by three percentage points.

"We're going to raid the boys' carriage!"

She announced, the light behind her holding Arisa's arm raised, as if the left and right protectors of an unknown organization.

The vampire girl stared at the aisle under her feet with vacant eyes: "There are so many girls, there are so many people, why is there no tunnel here?" ”

"If there is a tunnel, it will be a big problem!"

It seems that someone on the girl's side suggested coming to the boy's side to play, so it became this kind of social scene.

Small groups of threes and twos suddenly crowded the carriage, which was not very large.

The blonde hottie with "Asian (mimicry)" written on her head and the body seems to be some kind of slime-like creature is exchanging fashion knowledge with the girls around her, and the [Intelligence Strongman] sitting next to Airisa, the little girl who looks a little gloomy is shuttling freely in the carriage, casually throwing out gossip topics and watching others react.

The [Strange Thief], who was almost suspected of being a suspect by Li Wu before, squeezed over from the crowd and stretched out his hand with a smile: "Classmate Li Wu, are you looking forward to this trip?" ”

Although he felt that it was too formal, Li Wu still stretched out his hand and shook it: "It's quite happy." ”

He put his other hand down: "Me too, since you feel the same way, do you feel that our bond has deepened?" ”

Li Wu quickly withdrew his hand a little hairy, and leaned towards the light sitting next to him: "No!" ”

[Strange Thief] looked happy to leave.

Hikari and Hoshikawa both brought a lot of snacks, and now they are eating chocolate chip cookies in the shape of mushrooms and bamboo shoots.

"Speaking of which, is classmate Li Wu a mushroom pie or a bamboo shoot pie?"

Hoshikawa Aoi handed him the biscuits: "It must be a bamboo shoot pie like me, right?" ”

The mushroom and bamboo shoot war caused by this company in the 80s of the last century has continued to the present, and the fierceness of the war is comparable to the sweet and salty tofu brain battle in Donghua.

"It's too naïve, Miss Investigator, Xiao Wu must be a mushroom pie." Hikari also handed over the snacks she was holding, "This is my judgment as a childhood sweetheart." ”

Both cookies were handed to him.

Li Wu felt that this kind of dispute was good, and if he had to say it, he would choose the type of spicy tofu brain.

So he unceremoniously threw both chocolate chip cookies into his mouth: "I don't think the shape is important at all, the taste is the key." ”

Airisa, who was in a state of powerlessness because of the large number of people, was leaning on the railing of the sleeper, and when she heard this point of view, she immediately made a voice of agreement: "I think so too, but Koko and Hoshikawa-san must let Airisa choose to support the side!" ”

"Is it the Little Love Pie? Then there is no way, the next time you fight, I will kill you! ”

Guang sadly took out his mobile phone and changed the lock screen password to 2887 in front of Li Wu.

"Don't pull me to blow myself up because of this! That childhood sweetheart who is open to high ○ is not fighting for such a casual reason! ”

Hoshikawa Aoi also took back the bag in his hand with great pleasure: "Classmate Li Wu is too greedy!" ”

In order to change the atmosphere that suddenly became sinister, Li Wu threw the topic to Arisa: "Why does Airisa look like she has no spirits?" I thought I was going to hear complaints about not adapting to the group environment, but she blinked and said, "...... A little worried about mom. ”

She tapped her index finger on the ladder that connected the bunk beds: "Dad suddenly went on a business trip without saying anything, what if someone comes to the house to attack again?" ”

"The Headless Horseman claims not to be here for you, I don't think that's a lie. I've checked with another friend to confirm that the company that the werewolves registered has broken down and returned to Ireland, and I've asked her to pay more attention to what's going on over there. ”

Li Wu comforted: "Let's enjoy this study trip first." ”

Arisa nodded.

Hoshikawa Aoi suddenly let out a soft "ah" and said with some excitement: "I asked Sister Yuki about the tourism knowledge of Longdu Island before I went, and I learned something interesting. ”

"What is it?"

Hoshikawa Aoi was mysterious: "Keep it secret for the time being, don't sleep in the early hours of the morning!" ”

"What an unreasonable request."

Hikari rubbed her eyes, she also read comics all night yesterday.

"Rin-san Hori, if you want to sleep, you can sleep, there will be a chance in the future."

"Hmm......"

Hikari stared at Hoshikawa with some anger for a while, and she seemed to have mastered the way to deal with Hikari a little lately.

Dinner was a bento box, which wasn't very delicious, but there was nothing to complain about during the trip.

The train sped west across the plains and into the night.

The teachers who accompanied the team soon came to drive the lawless students back to their respective carriages, and the noise gradually calmed down.

Before leaving, Hoshikawa Aoi reminded him with his mouth shape not to forget the agreement in the early morning.

The boys who had been making trouble all afternoon also climbed into their beds and closed their crotch curtains.

"How can the night of a school trip be so easily wasted on sleeping!"

From above came the sound of Tsubasa Mizushima.

"Except for Mizushima-san, who is too energetic, everyone wants to sleep."

Terraya Shinto, who slept on the lower bunk opposite, said coldly.

"So do you want to chat? What to talk about? ”

Masaki Uehara, who was above him, interjected with interest.

Anyway, he had to stay up until the early hours of the morning to find out what Xingchuan wanted to do, so Li Wu casually agreed: "Just tell me about what impressed me before?" ”

"Oh! Then I'll be the first to come. ”

Tsubasa Mizushima took the lead: "The so-called school trip is also a kind of practice, so let me talk about how I led the Nange team to win the championship all the way when I was in elementary school......

“ZZZ……”

"Is it that boring?!"

"This bloody atmosphere really doesn't match the night, change!"

Li Wu didn't think it worked.

The next one was Uehara Masaki's turn: "It wasn't that long ago that I helped a dead idol ghost train her juniors, and finally ascended to the Budokan Hall. ”

“……”

"It turns out that idols will become like this if they chase too much......"

"Look at idols."

"It's true! Brother Li Wu, you should be able to understand, right?! And I recently found out that Aoki-san, who is in my class, is also doing this! Idols are surprisingly close to us! ”

Aoki-san...... Flipped through the vague impression in my mind.,It should refer to the girl who [subhuman (mimic)].

She's really versatile.

"Yes, the classmate in the same class turned out to be an idol chef, and Aoki-san is really unlucky."

"Teraya! You're too venomous, so what experience do you have to talk about?! ”

It took a while for Terraya to speak slowly, "Recently, I shot my sister in the head. ”

Uehara and Mizushima fell silent.

"But she dodged and beat me half to death, terrible sister, right?"

"It's you who sucks it!"

"Let's wrap this up......"

"Is it true or fake?" "Do you want to call the police?!"

Even the boys around him were involved.

In the end, it was not Li Wu's turn to tell the past.

Towards the wee hours of the morning, the phone vibrated with a sound.

He got up lightly and came to the thoroughfare that connected the two carriages.

Hoshikawa Aoi waited there with her waist bent, and next to her stood the sleepy-eyed Hikari and Airisa.

"I thought you'd call Shiratori, why does Arisa have a look of wanting to die?"

"I can't remember what I called her, and the girl had a heated discussion on the topic of love in the evening."

The two whispered like thieves.

Arisa collapsed in the middle of the conversation.

Light added.

"So, what do you want us to see?"

Li Wu asked.

Hoshikawa Aoi pointed out the car window, and several people approached.

The train is passing over the bridge over a rushing river, which is supposed to be a tributary of the Shinano River, the longest river in Sakurajima, and heads northeast into Niigata Prefecture and eventually into the ocean in Niigata City.

In the wee hours of the morning, the sun had not yet risen in the east, and the distant scenery was only a black silhouette, and if this was the reason for Hoshikawa's mysticism, then he really wanted her to compensate for his sleep time.

Soon, however, a little silvery light appeared on the surface of the river.

At first glance, it seems to be a wave or some kind of plankton, but it quickly connects the dots and expands into a surface.

Like a whale exhaling, columns of white mist erupted like fireworks, and something in the mist leaped out and spread its membrane-covered wings to glide above the river.

Although the sky was not yet bright, the scales on their lower bodies still reflected silver light, which was a goblin with a human body with a snaketail and dragon wings, and in Li Wu's gaze, the words [Mei Luxin] appeared above.

Pairs of Merusin danced in the moonlight like schools of flying fish, and one even jumped to the side of the train, flying with the speeding vehicle, and waved his hand in a friendly manner after making eye contact with the four people in the car.

"It's ......"

Li Wu held his breath, and Arisa and Hikaru also stuck to the window in surprise.

"Amazing, right? I also learned from Sister Yuxi, it seems that there are many phantom beast species near Longdu Island that can't be seen in other places. ”

Hoshikawa Aoi said triumphantly.

Li Wu had also heard her talk about the concept of the so-called phantom beast species, which basically non-human creatures other than the monsters born from stories and human emotions could be classified as phantom beasts.

Dragons, merfolk, immortal birds...... Even vampires and werewolves, leprechauns, and even Godzilla and Baltans can fall into this category.

But.

"Why do the fairies from Arthurian legend appear on Sakurajima?"

Merusin is believed to be a variant of the Siren lore, and in Arthurian legend she is the sister of Vivien, the fairy of the lake.

"Hey, hey, Li Wu, are you surprised by this place?"

Xingchuan lowered his head a little lowly: "I obviously took you to see the scene described by Sister Yuxi because it was very romantic." ”

"No, it's really pretty......

In the early morning, Li Wu and the three girls lay in front of the rattling car door, staggering past the goblins like flying mermaids.

In the end, he was caught by the mountain teacher who came to inspect the carriage and preached.

(End of chapter)