The Mystery of Fangshi Edo

After the chaos was over, it was a heavy sleep.

When Fang Shi Yangming opened his eyes again, the sun was already high.

"Speaking of which, today seems to be Monday..." he muttered, turning over slowly, his brown hair becoming messy, "but it has nothing to do with me."

Last night when he came back from a desperate escape, it was already early in the morning. In order not to disturb the rest of the neighbors, he specially got off the car outside the residential area, and slowly returned home with his motorcycle.

It was almost dawn when I went to bed, so I slept until noon.

Fang Shi Yangming lay on the bed and squinted for a while, and suddenly remembered that there was a discount delivery coupon from a certain dessert shop at noon, so he reached for his phone, wanting to check the time.

Not surprisingly, it's over.

Moreover, there is an extra message on the phone.

[I have finished reading the novel I borrowed from you last time.I went to Mr. Fang Shi to return the book this morning, but you didn't seem to be here, so I put it in your mailbox first. ——Yoshino Junpei. 】

Did I sleep so hard that I didn't hear the doorbell?He fell silent.

In short, for the sake of reputation, let's treat it as if I went out last night and never came back.

[Thank you, I'll get it when I get home. ——Fang Shi Yangming. 】

The young man who lied without any psychological burden put down his mobile phone and began to think about what to do today.

Ask Qianzhi to confirm the current situation of everyone in Xiushui, and then catch up with the short story next Sunday, as well as the situation of Junpei... There are quite a lot of things to think about carefully, but before the specific implementation, it is important to get up first.

After washing up, Fang Shi Yangming made himself a simple breakfast, and sat at the table to eat while watching the news.

"Speaking of which, was there such a thing as 'bullying' in Mr. Iwakatsu's time?" He asked the empty living room, "It's like 'bullying', where everyone crowds out someone who doesn't fit in." Category."

The figure of the ghost slowly appeared. The warrior who had exhausted his energy fighting with the wolf god last night thought for a moment and said, "Yes."

As long as it is in an organization with a large number of people, this kind of thing can happen. He has seen similar phenomena, but at that time he was obsessed with martial arts and didn't pay much attention to it.

"This kind of thing has been preserved like a tradition..." Fang Shi Yangming sighed, "In Mr. Yansheng's opinion, what should those who have been bullied do better?"

Reminiscent of a certain Shangxian who was crowded out by other Shangxian every day, Ji Guoyansheng frowned: "Of course it is to focus on...improving one's own strength."

"..." I always feel that they are thinking about different things.

However, in any case, as a person outside the small society of 'school', what I can do is really limited.

I have said as much as I can to enlighten you.Fang Shi Yangming thought to himself.So what do you choose to do next?Mr. Shunping.

……

Kanagawa Prefectural Sato Sakura High School, the bell rang as usual at noon today.

Yoshino Junpei didn't have any friends at school who were good enough to have dinner with. He usually bought bread and settled his lunch on the seat without going anywhere.But today, as soon as the bell rang, he went out the door as soon as the students couldn't wait to leave the classroom.

He wants to get rid of the status quo, but every step of walking in the crowd is so difficult.

The sight of the people around him, or the existence of the people around him, made him uncomfortable, and he even had the urge to disappear, to become a transparent person.

What am I to these people?

Belittled, bullied, treated as air...

Simply, like ants.

……no.

There are no ants in their eyes at all, other people's eyes just reflect my appearance.

If you continue to think like this... that's what ants do.

Should I blame them?

No, they don't know it at all.

And to protect themselves, for some people, they already need to do their best...

I'm going to fight for myself.

Junpei walked with his head down, and finally heaved a sigh of relief when he reached a place where there were few people, and raised his head again.

The door in front of you is marked with the sign of [Chemistry Preparation Room]. It is not only a part of the chemistry classroom, but also the place where the chemistry department usually conducts club activities.

And today, he made an appointment with someone from this club.

"Excuse me." With one hand in his pocket, he slowly opened the door with the other.

"Ji, Yoshino..." The preparation room was empty, and there was only a brown-haired boy wearing glasses standing there. The moment he saw him, he hurriedly turned his eyes away, "What do you want me for?... Nishimura and the others Stolen my phone, no matter what they did there was nothing I could do..."

What is there is no way.

Even if you contact me through another classmate.

Even if you tell the teacher about it.

...In the final analysis, I was afraid that after I escaped, Nishimura and the others would transfer their bullying targets to you.

"I didn't come to talk to you about this, Sato-san." He calmly called the other person's last name, "I didn't blame you for that."

This is the truth.

It is human instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. I can understand your behavior, but it is only 'understanding'.Junpei thought.So as early as the video research department was taken over by Ito-senpai and the others, as early as when I was knocked to the ground for the first time, and you and another person just ran away in a hurry, and kept it a secret in order to protect yourself, I It won't have any emotion for you anymore.

"Then you asked me to come over, what's the matter?" Sato looked relieved, but still didn't dare to look him in the face.

"If I remember correctly, you have joined the Chemistry Department now, right?" Yoshino Junpei asked, "Can you lend me the key to the locker? For the sake of staying in a club."

……

Fang Shi Yangming was chatting by text message with Serizawa Chiemi who just exchanged mobile phone numbers yesterday.

【Why not use social software?It's too tiring to go back and forth like this. ——Chiemi Serizawa. 】

[I didn't register for that kind of account, and for me, text messages and emails would be more efficient.In short, now, please send me the information you know about Xiushui, thank you very much! ——Fang Shi Yangming. 】

There was no movement from Chieda Minori, maybe he was editing a text message, or maybe he was working. Although he didn't know much about the magician, from what he saw the day he first moved into this house, even the students had to fight monsters Judging from the current situation, Qianedumi, who is strong, must have a heavier burden.

Fang Shi Yangming waited for about an hour before receiving a reply.

[The specific content has been sent to your mailbox, so what kind of benefits can the diligent Xiao Qianzhi really get? ——Chiemi Serizawa. 】

[Thank you very much, next time I will ask Teacher Qianzhi to listen to the Buddhist relic rock I sang passionately. ——Fang Shi Yangming. 】

【Who wants that kind of thing (laughs). ——Chiemi Serizawa. 】

I'm serious, it's you who don't understand appreciation.Fang Shi Yangming thought to himself, opened his mailbox, and saw a new message.

Except for some people who stayed in Xiushui to rebuild the village in an effort to connect with the outside world, and a few young people who continued to go to school, everyone else left.

Oribe Yoshiji was working, Oribe Yasunaga was studying at university, and Nosato Seinosuke went to the city to work as a doctor after sorting out and publishing materials related to the conspiracy of the elders of Kamifuji and Shinnai's belief... and even started a band.

"It's really incredible." He looked over one by one, and finally set his sights on the name of one of them, "Li Huazi returned to society through arrangement, and is currently working in a store in Building Y in the suburbs of Tokyo... Huh?"

The Y Building in the suburbs of Tokyo, the name is a bit familiar.

"When I first came here, the abandoned building where I encountered a monster in the suburbs of Tokyo seemed to be named after that... Sigh, what is it all about?"

Although after seeing that spider-like monster at that time, I already had a premonition in my heart.

Fang Shi Yangming thought for a while, put down his phone, and smiled uncontrollably.

……

Sato Sakura High School, Department of Chemistry.

"No! If the teacher or senior finds out, I definitely won't be able to stay here..."

"I won't let anyone know that you gave it to me," Yoshino Junpei frowned slightly, facing Sato who refused to let go, "You just need to lend me the key and treat it as if I stole it. ——Don’t you also want to get rid of Nishimura and the others?”

"No, no, no," he managed to form a new social relationship here, and he didn't want to accept any risk, so he refused repeatedly, "I won't do it, I, I don't owe you..."

When he said this, he felt a little guilty, and his voice lowered.

Yoshino Junpei felt very disappointed.

What he wants to take is not a dangerous reagent like concentrated acid, but something with a strong smell. The harm itself is very low, or almost non-existent, and the smell will dissipate by itself after two or three days.

But after being painted, no one would want to get close to it for at least two or three days.

In the end, I just want Xicun and the others to learn a lesson.

"I know you're not doing well," Yoshino asked him. "It must be uncomfortable to be called around as a little brother."

"Since you know, don't ask me to go into the water." Sato looked at him reproachfully.

"Obviously you can even give Xicun and others your mobile phone and signature to help them trouble me, but why can't you even 'turn a blind eye' to me?" The black-haired boy looked at him with dark eyes, "Speaking of it, use the club The idea of ​​signing the application to lure me here doesn't seem like Nishimura and the others could come up with it themselves."

Those guys would just beat him up straight and straight, never came up with such a tortuous idea.

...So that's what happened.

"——You came up with that idea?"

Sato shook his head as if he couldn't bear it: "So don't drag me into it!"

With a bang, the door opened.

"What are you talking about?"

A light and pleasant female voice interrupted the conversation between the two, and a girl with a butterfly hair ornament and dark purple eyes appeared at the door.

After seeing Sato and Yoshino Junpei who were facing each other inside the door, she bent her pretty eyebrows and said, "Is Yoshino-kun visiting the Chemistry Department today? You can tell me in advance next time."

"Senior Koshou...?" Sato froze in place.

The head of the chemistry department, Shinobu Kosaki, who is in the third grade, is one year older than the two. He has won many awards in biology-related competitions at a young age, and even appeared in local newspapers.

"There will be visitors from the city in a few days. The teacher asked me to check the equipment." Shinobu answered Sato's doubts, and walked into the chemistry preparation room lightly, "Sato-kun, do you want to help? If you don't have time, you can leave now .”

"I, I will help..."

"Then thank you first. Then Yoshino-kun," the girl clicked the name of another person present, "I heard a few words outside just now, so I won't ask more specific questions. In short, what can I help you with?" to yours?"

Yoshino Junpei blinked.

Compared with anything else, he now has more doubts in his heart.

——Why does Kosaki Shinobu-senpai, who has only met a few times from afar and never even said hello, know my name?

"Ganluji mentioned you to me, said you are a good person, and introduced new customers to their dim sum shop." As if seeing Yoshino Junpei's thoughts, Shinobu said, "A friend of a friend is a friend, so I am very grateful to Yoshino. Your impression is also very good."

Although he knew in his heart that this was just a polite remark, Yoshino Junpei still felt flattered.

friend?me?

On the other hand, Sato was so shocked that his jaw almost fell to the ground.

"I want to borrow something from here..."

After plucking up the courage, Shunping explained the reason for his trip, and he stated his plan and purpose. Although what he was going to do was not so glorious, he still wanted to be as upright as possible, at least not to be "possibly The object who will be implicated by oneself lies.

"So that's how it is," Ganluji said rightly, and he could not bear to think that Yoshino Junpei is really a good boy, "that is to say, Yoshino-kun wants to save himself, right?"

save yourself...

"Yes."

"Then, I can't give you something directly."

"……I understand."

Junpei didn't complain about anything, and he didn't complain about his pain from the beginning to the end.

The senior in front of me has nothing to do with me, so I can't kidnap her morally just because of my misfortune.

"I haven't finished my sentence yet." Seeing that Yoshino Junpei wanted to say goodbye, he stopped him, "Although I can't give it to you directly, I can teach you how to use these instruments and how to make what you want— —Since it’s self-help, it’s better to use your own strength.”

Yoshino Junpei's eyes gradually lit up, and he bowed to Shinobu.

"I didn't think twice, thank you very much!"

……

That day until after school, Yoshino Junpei did not continue to attend class, but stayed in the chemistry department, and under the guidance of Shinobu, he made little by little what he wanted to use against Nishimura and the others.

The final semi-finished product needs to stand for a while, so Junpei and Shinobu made an appointment to come back in two days.

After he left, Shinobu put on his gloves to check the equipment, and said to Sato who had been silent beside him: "Although it is a bit redundant from my standpoint, it is better for Sato-kun to apologize as soon as possible."

"..."

"At the beginning, I was just a little timid, and then I gradually lowered my bottom line. One day, people will become ghosts." She still had a warm smile on her face, "I don't want my members to become Like that."

Sato lowered his head, and for the first time the emotion of 'regret' appeared in his eyes behind the lens.

"I always feel that Kosaki-senpai... is sometimes more reliable than the teacher." He whispered.

"Are you trying to say that I look old?"

"Ah?...No no! Absolutely not that meaning!"

"Haha, just kidding, of course I know I'm young." Shinobu took off his gloves after finishing his work, and muttered to himself, "Even in my previous life, I never crossed the threshold of 19 years old."

"Did you say something?" Sato didn't hear clearly.

"Just talking to myself."

She opened the window to ventilate, looking at the students participating in various club activities on the playground outside, her eyes were full of soft colors.

It is not a brand new world, or a happy and beautiful paradise.

— just ordinary scenery.

"Then I will leave the closing of the windows and locking the door to Mr. Sato, and the key to the instructor. I have something to leave first."

Today, my sister is on vacation and will come back from college. She doesn't want to miss the opportunity to have dinner with the family.

After all, this is the happiness that was once difficult to pray for in dreams.