[Master K] The bad one next door

In the end, Shinya politely rejected Shinichi Hirobe.

Although Hirobe doesn't look like a bad guy, it's too shameful to let a male friend who just met him into his house or something.She sincerely thanked the silver-haired boy with a regretful face, and made an appointment to meet at the beginning of school, then turned and went home with her shopping bag.Suddenly, she stopped in her tracks, turned her head and looked behind her in doubt.

What caught the eye was the busy street, and the passing traffic reflected a bright band of light in the morning light.Its peaceful scenery is the same as before.

...I always feel that someone has been staring at me from the very beginning.

She looked around the street again for a week, and finally her eyes stayed on the grass fluttering with the wind at the entrance of the supermarket for a few seconds, and finally looked back.

——Sure enough, it was an illusion.

Mami let out a breath, knocked on his head as self-comfort, turned around and continued on his way home.Not long after she left, the grass in front suddenly trembled violently, accompanied by a venting shout of "Wow!!", the boy recklessly rolled out of the grass.

Wearing a white sweater and dark green shorts, with a red coat tied around his waist, a few strands of orange hair protruded from the black turban, and he looked extremely embarrassed with dead branches and leaves all over his body.

Hatta Misaki sat on the ground with one hand propped up, looking at the direction of her childhood sweetheart, her tense expression finally relaxed.He took a deep breath, scratched his hair, and a carp jumped up from the ground.

"Tch, fortunately...hey, what are you looking at, I've never seen a handsome guy before!"

Hatta jumped onto the skateboard beside him with precision, then yelled at the stunned passers-by beside him with raised eyebrows. He didn't care about the reaction of the passers-by, but he kicked his right foot on the ground, and the wheels rubbed against the stone road to create sparks. In an instant, "Hula" slipped away.

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Afternoon, 2:30PM.

As soon as Maya stepped into the Barbara Bar, he was instantly amazed by the rows of shiny new wine glasses on the bar counter.

"Brother Kusanagi, did you buy a new wine glass?"

"Yeah, the business is getting better and better. I didn't have enough wine glasses before, so I asked Hatta and Chitose to buy them for me." Kusanagi's voice came from behind the bar.At this moment, he was the only one in the bar, and the noisy young people of Baru Wuluo had gone somewhere, and the huge bar seemed extremely deserted: "What would Yazawa-chan want to drink?"

Maya ordered a matcha latte as usual.After Kusanagi responded with a smile, he turned around and skillfully mixed the drinks, while complaining inadvertently: "Young people nowadays are really getting more and more ignorant. Chitose and Little Hatta went out together in the morning, but Chitose was the only one who came back. Xiao Batian has not been seen until now."

Maya paused when she took out the terminal: "Misaki?"

"Yeah, I don't know why he went there, Yazawa-chan, you have to take care of him."

I don't know if it's an illusion, but somehow I feel that I have been ridiculed.Maya couldn't help being a little embarrassed: "...How could Misaki be willing to listen to me? Compared to him, he respects Kusanagi-san more." Thinking of something, she pursed her lips and frowned worriedly, "But...should Nothing will happen, will it?"

She said this nonsensically, but Kusanagi understood it.He stopped to adjust the drink, thoughtfully: "Normally not."

"Huh? Are you sure?"

"No, I'm not sure." Kusanagi couldn't help laughing, "But Yazawa-chan, don't you have too much confidence in Little Hatta? Don't look at him like this, he is very strong."

Although Maya is already a quasi-butek at this time, he has not really stepped into the extraordinary daily life full of battles, so he is naturally ignorant of the concept of strength and weakness.She froze for two seconds, then asked curiously, "Is Misaki very good?"

"Ah, he must be one of the best among those with abilities." Kusanagi shrugged his shoulders when he saw Miya's surprised face, "It seems that this kid really didn't tell you."

"All in all, ordinary people can't hurt him, and an existence like Wang won't fight him easily. But, there is one exception."

Talking about this "exception", Kusanagi's eyes behind the sunglasses suddenly became meaningful.Mami was stunned, and suddenly understood something under his complicated eyes.

"Could it be that—"

"Well, since you are Xiaobatian's childhood sweetheart, you should know this person." Kusanagi nodded and was silent for a while, with a warm smile as before, "Well, let's not talk about this, let's slowly talk about it." Wait for them to come back." Then, he handed a cup of freshly made matcha latte to her.

Maya thanked her in a daze, took a sip from the cup, and the familiar aroma brought her back to her senses.Recalling what Zhui Tian Wuyue said to herself at the Samsara dessert shop earlier, her hand next to the cup unconsciously clenched.

That's what Kusanagi-san said—then, it really is that one.

Although I haven't seen the two of them turning against each other now, it can be easily imagined from the descriptions of the people around them.

But why?Obviously they were such good friends before, so good that they could drop out of school together, join Barbara together, and be empowered by the king together.The root of the dispute should lie in that person's departure, but why did he leave?What caused his departure?What exactly did he say to Misaki before leaving?

Definitely something went wrong.

——These two guys are so awkward, if there is any misunderstanding, the conflict will intensify.

Miya couldn't help but sighed.

"Sure enough, I still don't understand..."

"What do you not understand?"

Kusanagi sounded suspicious.

"Eh?" She was taken aback, and hurriedly waved her hands, "Ah, it's nothing, I was just thinking about something..."

Before Mami's words fell, he was interrupted by a loud knocking of the door.Immediately after that, Kamamoto's eager and vigorous shout sounded——

"Brother Kusanagi, is Brother Tosuke here? Brother Hatta is injured!"

……

It just came out of nowhere.

Suddenly, the people present couldn't react for a while.

As soon as Kusanagi said "little Hatta won't get hurt easily" on his front foot, Kaleben appeared at the door with the bloody Hatta on his back foot. The gap between the two can be said to be from the sky to the ground.But at this moment, Zhenya couldn't think about the fact that the blond boss was slapped in the face every minute.Her mind went blank for a moment when she heard the news.

"... Lie, lie!" She managed to regain her voice, stood up abruptly, and almost knocked over the chair behind her, "Mei, Misaki? Is it okay?"

Kamamoto was stunned, and seemed to realize that she was also there: "Ah, Yazawa-san, you are also here..." Before he finished speaking, the orange-haired boy with one arm on the back of his neck suddenly struggled.He raised his head with difficulty, stared straight at Miya, gritted his teeth and said a few words: "I...it's okay..."

Kusanagi quickly walked out from behind the bar, with sharp eyes behind the purple sunglasses: "Tosuke is not here, I will call him to come back now. Kamamoto, you put Hatta on the sofa first."

Kamamoto nodded quickly, and supported the orange-haired boy towards the sofa.Maya followed behind them, watching Hatta leaning on the back of the sofa, took a few deep breaths to try to calm himself down, turned to look at the blond boss who took out the terminal and was about to dial: "Brother Kusanagi, I know some basic bandaging techniques, If you don't mind, please let me bandage Misaki before Brother Ten Shu rushes back."

Kusanagi nodded: "Then I'm sorry to trouble you, the medicine box is under the bar."

Maya took the medicine box and sat beside Hatta.Hatta's mind was still clear at this time, seeing her leaning over, his face blushed, and he tried to move aside: "I'm really fine, you, you stay away from me..."

"Misaki, shut up."

However, Miya's cold tone made him silence successfully.

Hatta opened his eyes slightly, and stared at the black-haired girl who rarely looked down in disbelief.After she finished saying that, she didn't make another sound, she turned her head and took out a tampon from the medicine box, leaned close to her, and gently wiped off the blood on his forehead little by little. With the experience just now, he didn't dare to move , can only be at her mercy.

After cleaning up the blood, Maya picked up the iodine and patiently helped him treat the wound.Her technique was gentle and didn't hurt him. Obviously, she had calmed down from the shock just now.But no matter how calm she was, with the two of them so close, Hatta still keenly felt the girl's slightly disturbed breath and the slightly trembling fingers holding the cotton sliver.

He felt very uncomfortable immediately.

——In the end, it still made her worry.

Obviously don't want this.

Finding a monkey to fight was a hot-headed impulse in his head. He had been doing this before Mami came back. If Kamamoto hadn't arrived halfway, he would have made the decision of "showing a safe and sound side in front of his childhood sweetheart" a long time ago. The regulations were forgotten.However, it was too late, and the consequences of this move were obvious - Miya, who never loses her temper in front of him, got angry on a rare occasion.

Originally, Hatta thought that if he saw Miya again, he would have to ask him what happened to that silver-haired guy, but now this situation obviously does not allow him to speak.He watched the black-haired girl bit her lower lip tightly, her eyes were red, she opened her mouth, wanted to say something, but swallowed her voice at a loss, finally he could only lower his head, showing a rare obedient gesture, Let her brush her forehead hair, and gently wipe the scratches on her forehead with a cotton swab dipped in iodine.

……

In the morning, after leaving the supermarket, Misaki Hatta quickly set out on her way home.

While manipulating the skateboard to shuttle among pedestrians, he couldn't help frowning as he recalled the conversation he had heard before.

It sounds like... Maki and that silver hair are high school classmates?But at this time high school has not yet started, how did they know each other?

But the more I think about it, the more my head hurts.The young man who was not good at thinking quickly gave up, clicked his tongue fiercely, and refocused on the way forward.

— No matter how he met... A guy who casually makes such a request to a girl's house is definitely not a good guy!It can be seen from his shameless clothes!If it wasn't for Zhenya who rejected him in time, Yatajaya-sama would have beaten the bastard to a pulp!

Hatta spit on that silver hair in his heart, turned before the intersection, and slid on the sidewalk on the right side of the corner.

This is the way to the Barbara Bar.

If he is lucky, he might be able to catch up with Chitose who left first... Just thinking about this, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a few blue intelligence cars on the street, and the movement of his skateboard gliding subconsciously froze .

That's...the one in blue?

His mood, which was originally very delicate, instantly deteriorated to the extreme.

——Tsk, I really didn't read the almanac when I went out, and I ran into the official dog of Qingfu when I went to a supermarket!

Hatta originally wanted to turn his head and leave, but when he caught a glimpse of a figure that stood out from the crowd of people in blue uniforms walking back and forth, his steps stopped instantly.

That is……

Then the figure saw him too.

Hatta clearly saw that the expression of the black-haired young man named "Fushimi Saruhiko" suddenly became strange.His originally indifferent eyes suddenly lit up, the corners of his mouth raised exaggeratedly, and there was an extremely excited and scalp-numbing smile on his face.

He just kept his distorted expression, ignored the horrified eyes of others, and called out his name in a voice that made people get goosebumps: "Long time no see, MI↘SA↗KI→——"

Hatta: "..."

I rub.

——This is how Hatta and Fushimi met again.

……

There were two large wounds on Hatta's body, one was a cut on his arm, the other was a bruise on his forehead, and the rest had some fragmentary scratches, abrasions and bruises.Mami, who helped him carefully bandage the wound, saw it, and felt so distressed that she wanted to shed tears.

After silently tying the last knot on the gauze, she was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.To her surprise, Hatta was very cooperative in the whole process of treating the wound, and there was no case of refusing treatment due to the onset of female phobia, which saved her a lot of worry.She stood up, rubbed her sore shoulders, and turned to look at Kusanagi: "It's all right now."

Kusanagi froze for a moment, then nodded with a smile: "Thank you, Yazawa-chan, I'm really sorry for your inconvenience."

Maki shook her head, indicating that she was not troublesome, then bent down and threw the blood-stained gauze and tampons into the trash can.She packed the medicine box, stood up, without looking at the orange-haired boy on the sofa, and was about to walk towards the bar when someone grabbed her wrist firmly.

The temperature from her wrist made her startled.She turned her head, looked at the person who was holding her, and said in a slow tone: "What's wrong?"

In order to make it easier for her to treat the wound, Hatta took off the black turban, and her orange hair curled up messily.Seeing Mami looking back, he choked, lowered his head in panic, and muttered: "...I'm sorry."

"……what?"

Hatta exerted a little force on his hands, gritted his teeth, and mustered up the courage to raise his head.

"I said... I'm sorry," he said, "so don't be angry."

The orange-haired boy's eyes were moist, and he was very serious. When he looked at her, he shyly dodged subconsciously, but he forced himself to turn around after a while.Maki was startled, as if a certain part of her heart had been touched.

She couldn't help raising the corners of her mouth, put down the medicine box, and sat back beside him: "I'm not angry."

"Really, really?"

"Hmm." Mami watched Hatta's eyes widen in surprise, and reached out to rub his head, "Does it hurt?"

"Eh? Me, me, me..." Hatta was frightened by her sudden action, and suddenly froze, blushing in panic, "It's, it's okay... Actually, I also beat the stinky monkey hard It’s a meal! So I’m not at a loss hahaha——hmm!”

Mami pinched his cheek dissatisfied: "Don't say such things! Really, is there anything you can't talk about, why are you fighting with Fushimi-kun?"

"No, don't pinch my face! I'm not a child! I'm two years older than you, please show some respect!"

"Eh——yes, I was taught about fighting by me who is two years younger, Misaki, you really have the demeanor of a senior."

"..." Hatta fell silent.

In the following time, the orange-haired boy behaved extraordinarily well-behaved.It wasn't until she left that he belatedly remembered one thing——

——I seem to have forgotten to ask her about the silver fur?

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night.

After taking a shower, Maya sat back in front of the computer and found that she had received a new email.She clicked on the email, and a neat page with black text on a white background jumped out immediately.

She browsed through the contents of the email, and her expression suddenly became serious.

……

To Maya Yazawa:

Hello there.

Your grade in the sniper exam is: C grade.After being screened by the classification system, you are assigned to Class A of the first year, and your class teacher is Kinji Toyama, the tutor of the detective department.

Starting today, you will officially become a member of Tokyo Butei High School.

In the next three years, please pick up your guns and fight for your dreams.

August 20, 8XX Tokyo Butei High School Education Office

……

Shinya read the email over and over again, almost knowing every word in it by heart, then closed the page and took a deep breath.

She stood up, went to the window, and pushed open the glass window.The cool night wind brushed against her cheeks, cooling down her boiling mood a little.

She thought of the bright sparks she had seen when she was killed on the strip two years ago.

She thought of the orange-haired boy who patiently accompanied her after escaping from Kisaragi Station.

She thought of the orange-haired boy holding her hand and begging her to "don't be angry" even though he was covered in bruises.

finally--

She held back her sore nose and looked up at the peaceful night above the bright lights.

"Misaki."

——This time it's my turn to fight for you.