【Summer Five】Iron City Wall

The girls sitting next to me were trembling with fright. There were occasional faculty and staff coming and going outside the classroom, but they turned a blind eye to everything in the corner.Everyone is watching, everyone is listening, and no one is speaking.

Xia You was silent, gently pushed away Pang Dun's hand pointing at Wutiao, and stood up with a smile.His bones are superior, and his facial features that have not yet bloomed are already elegant and handsome, which is pleasing to the eyes of anyone who looks at him.If the fat man was three or four years older, he would probably be able to taste the rust-like evil spirit in the smile of this "little white face"; but he is just a fool, so he held his head upright and said loudly: "I said last time What's the matter? Look, you're so conceited, aren't you?"

——Obviously, he just heard such a word from his parents, and he used it to everyone.

"Yes." Xia You's smile deepened, and the sarcasm on her lips also increased, but her tone remained calm: "I'm really sorry for 'pretending to be noble'."

Before he finished speaking, he picked up the book on the table and sent it forward with lightning speed, slapping Fatty's soft ribs hard, knocking him to the ground, and crawled out of the diaphragm with difficulty with a scream. .

"You...!" Fat Dun howled while clutching his stomach, "You shit!"

Here it comes again, another swear word with no clear meaning.

Xia You spread his hands indifferently, and smashed the book on the fat man's forehead, and the behemoth screamed again as if controlled by voice.

"Next time," he blew lightly into the palm of his hand, without looking at Fatty, "learn to speak first."

The pain of being caught off guard and hit the weak point made Fatty overwhelmed, and he wanted to struggle to swear a few more words, but his eyes suddenly darkened.Xia You bent down, slowly picked up the pen mixed in the book, and whispered softly in his ear:

"Never, never let me see you pointing at him again."

These words slowly fell beside Xia You's drooping black hair, and quickly disappeared.Fatty's scalp was numb, and he glanced at the silver-haired young man wandering away from the corner of his eye, and suddenly got goosebumps all over his body.

The classmates who were secretly watching quickly looked away, and the fat man walked away cursing, claiming to clean up Xia You.After two or three minutes, the teacher came in with the lesson plan in his arms, tapped the blackboard with chalk, and started the class officially.

Amidst the continuous chanting, Xia You sat back in her seat, neatly stacked the books, and turned her head to look at the five books.He didn't seem to be affected at all, and the light in his eyes was very dim, as if he was an outsider watching from the sidelines from the beginning to the end.

This made Xia You uneasy like stepping into the air.He suddenly felt that Wutiao was very far away from the whole world, like a god who rained goose feathers and heavy snow, watching everything with those omniscient eyes across a whole piece of icy and biting wasteland.

So he spoke without hesitation, wanting to shatter this absurd illusion:

"Are you afraid?"

The five silhouettes resting their chins paused, then turned their heads slowly, and said, "What am I afraid of? You think too much."

Something was really broken, Xia You wanted to laugh, but was inexplicably relieved.

"Let me tell you in advance, that guy is an old bully. He bullies children all day long because of the family's little money." The ending voice unconsciously rose, "I have only encountered obstacles here, and it would not be surprising if he really came to my door."

Five articles: "What about other people's parents? What about the school teachers?"

Xia You pouted towards the podium: "Teacher? Is that the kind of person?"

The teacher who was lecturing couldn't even speak the language in a crooked way, and while pretending to write on the blackboard, he taught the children to read long sentences in the first standard language of the mountain.

"Ah, that's true." Wutiao said, "What about the parents?"

Xia You: "As I said before, that fat man's family has some money, and he is a well-known grocery supplier in the Eastern District. Many people are counting on his father to increase production and give discounts. How dare you mess with this second generation ancestor."

"Then your family is not afraid?"

"My dad is also an executive of a big factory, and he still has a teaching position in the third district. Even if he falls down, he won't have no way at all. Our family doesn't rely on him, so naturally we are not afraid of him."

Wutiaoda then asked: "Teaching positions in the third district? Then why did you come to the fifth district?"

Xia You's hand holding the pen tightened, and she didn't make a sound.Wutiao looked at him for a while, then turned his head knowingly, and didn't ask any more questions.

After school in the afternoon, the two took the "open tram" home again.The central circle of the five districts is far away from the outer periphery, consisting of many commercial streets and various high-end facilities, much more prosperous than the residential areas.From East [-]st Street to East [-]th Street, the row upon row of buildings on both sides of the road became shorter and shorter, and the gaps became narrower and narrower. Only the dumb black [-]-meter city wall at the end of the field of vision gradually became clear.

Although it is "going to school", for Xia You, school is just a place to kill time.Most of the knowledge he has comes from self-study, plus reading the books on the thick wall of his father's study room, and having the opportunity to fiddle with the drive armor again.

After getting acquainted with Wutiao, Xia You seems to have finally found a kindred spirit.Gojo Satoru is terribly smart - there is nothing he can't learn in one pass; from the most basic five subjects of general education to the second standard language, and even economics, law, politics and biochemistry, he has his own knowledge in every field. Opinions, although some views are still immature, they have great prospects for showing their sharpness.

Xia You guessed the origin of Wutiao more than once, but ended up having no clue.He thinks he is "not very familiar" with Wutiao, and has already spun a lot of words on the tip of his tongue, but he still misses the finishing touch.Perhaps it was because Wujo always maintained a sense of alienation, which made him flinch. He could only stare at his toes in a daze, not daring to take a step forward.

A week later, the two went to and from school as usual, but one afternoon they were blocked by a group of people.

The leader was really fat, followed by seven or eight youths who looked like gangsters, pushing Xia You and Wutiao into the alley, and then stood in front of them in unison, like a stinking wall.

"Tell you to beat me?" The fat man gained confidence, and put his hands on his hips, feeling very proud: "Today I will beat you until mom doesn't even know me!"

He was looking forward to seeing the fear on the faces of the two junior high school students, as usual: those thin and short children would always cry, beg for mercy but dare not complain, and could only be treated as playthings for fun again and again.

Xia You looked around, quietly reached into the schoolbag with her left hand, and took out something from the innermost compartment.When his palm touched the cold steel, he immediately felt relieved, and said with a smile, "Okay, I'm looking forward to it."

These words directly ignited Fatty's anger.He roared loudly, and the gangsters rushed forward, Xia You immediately grabbed five of them with his free hand, and the two fled out against the wall.

"It's really here! Is it decent to bring so many people!" Wu Tiao didn't speak just now, but now he screamed beside Xia You, his voice could not hide the tension, but there was a hint of excitement.Xia You pursed her lips and ran until she left the alley completely and returned to the open space at the main entrance of the school.

"How are you?" He stopped and stared at the scolding gangster who was chasing after him.Wutiao rolled up his sleeves, eager to try: "Just don't be cowardly!"

They rise to the challenge.Xia You greeted the first person who rushed over with her schoolbag, then shook off the cube in the palm of her left hand, and stroked it skillfully from bottom to top.The second person stretched out his hand to grab him, but Xia You immediately dodged it. While waiting for the composite metal to extend towards the elbow, he hit the person's ankle hard with a knee, causing him to lose his balance and fall to the ground.

The third person took advantage of his size to pick up Xia You, grabbed his collar and slammed it onto the ground.Xia You was stunned for a moment, her ears buzzing, and she instinctively broke the gangster's hand.He didn't move for a while, but the gangster yelled a second time, and hurriedly let go of his hand and kicked Xia You's stomach, covering his fingers cursingly.

Xia You stood up with the steps beside the fish pond, and slowly moved his left hand.The lightweight exoskeleton wraps around the fingertips to the elbow and increases the wearer's strength by about five times.

"Come on!" He wiped away the blood from his lips, and there seemed to be flames burning in his eyes.

Wu Tiao shuttled through the messy punches on the opposite side, focusing on the vital points and making shots.The gangster caught him a few times by virtue of the height difference, and greeted him unceremoniously in the face, but he never let out a cry of pain, at most he took a slightly hasty change of breath, and then seized every opportunity to fight back.Wu Tiao's movements are exceptionally neat, even if two people pounce at the same time, he can hold his breath and observe for half a second, and then flash past the staggered attacks in an instant, taking advantage of the momentum of the gangster's downward swing to strike from behind, each of them rewarded with a flirt leg.

Step back, receive body, and use strength to strike; Wutiao is only as high as the shoulders of these gangsters, but he can always rely on precise techniques to win back a city.

"Bastard!" The last person put aside the fat pier, rushed forward and knocked the panting Wutiao down with one foot, clasped his neck and lifted it into the air, and angrily took out his pocket knife and stabbed it high!Before the sweaty fat man could stop him, Xia You stepped on a bastard's back and jumped up lightly, smashed open five pieces, raised his left arm to block the blade——

The blade left a light white mark on the surface of the driven armor, and then shattered brazenly.

At dusk, half of the school was flooded, and the old teaching buildings became mottled and blurred.There are two koi swimming in the fish pond, and the water pattern ripples from time to time, and the waves are glowing with pale golden light.

Pangdun ran away with the people in a shit, and before he left, Xia You and Wutiao jointly beat him on the forehead, crying and promising that he would never bully the students again.There were quite a few people who watched the fight, and now they all dispersed happily or depressedly, only Wu Tiao and Xia You were left paralyzed by the fish pond, staring at the glow.

The two lay shoulder to shoulder, their bodies were bruised and purple, their cheeks were swollen and high, and they could hardly recognize each other when they looked at each other.In a sense, it really echoed Fat Dun's phrase "Beating so hard that mom doesn't even know it".

Gojo looked Xia You up and down with a smile on his face, and choked out a sentence for a long time: "You have a powered suit with you, don't you?"

Xia You lightly touched the wound on his forehead, took a "hissy" breath, and said, "Prevent it before it happens. A child walking alone in District [-] after sunset? It's really not safe."

He raised his right hand, the blood on his five fingers was still not completely dry, showing a transparent blush under the setting sun.

Wutiao: "Okay. Anyway, at least we have done a big thing."

Xia You wiped her hands on the hem of her clothes, and said, "Big deal? You mean private fights on campus?"

"You know that's not what I mean." Wutiao curled his lips, and turned towards Xia You, with blue eyes that were more vivid than the sea. "I mean - Jay, good job!"

Xia You was taken aback for a moment, and a smile overflowed from the corners of her brows and eyes: "Yes - well done, Wu!"

He suddenly laughed heartily, facing the sky, laughing so hard that his whole body was shaking.One of Wutiao couldn't hold back, and also laughed out loud. Regardless of the pain in his body, he laughed with all his strength, so frankly that several birds flew away.

There was an interval of laughter, Gojo Satoru covered his eyes, and his heart seemed to miss a beat: when Xia You called his name, something collapsed, entangled him and fell together, passing through the clouds and mountains like lightning, Like falling to hell.

He closed his eyes tightly to resist the feeling of weightlessness, and tried his best not to show his timidity, as if the thousands of pairs of eyes that had been watching him since birth were still with him, and even if he fell into purgatory, he would never reveal the slightest fragility.

Suddenly, he heard someone calling "Enlightenment" softly, like a distant and peaceful wind.There was so much enthusiasm, earnestness, and energy in that voice that it easily destroyed all pursuing eyes.

Wujo didn't understand what this meant, but he suddenly lost all his strength, allowing the towers to collapse, the city walls to collapse, and all the camouflage and illusions constructed were wiped out.

Following the call, he opened his eyes; he fell into the world.