travel frog

Okiya Subaru and Akai Hideichi are two people - for "Kurosawa Jin".

Since Akai Shuichi changed back to this long-unused face, it means that he didn't come chasing Gin on purpose, at least not just for Gin, there must be another reason.As for the reason, Gin was not interested and did not want to explore.

So he imitated Shuichi Akai, nodded politely and distantly, and said, "Please senior, help me find a map of the school, or tell me how to get to the freshman office of the school."

The reaction of "Kurosawa Jin" was in line with the persona, and even milder than when he was facing Akai Hideichi in the past. Okiya Subaru smiled on his face, but felt a little displeased in his heart for no reason.

"The younger brother is the exchange student reported today, right?" He took the register and pen, "Tell me your name, school, and grade. I need the number of people registered."

Hearing this, Qin Jiu asked in surprise, "There are many exchange students?"

"Yes, there are more than [-] people, ranging from freshmen to graduate students. Otherwise, we would not have set up a reception desk in front of the bus station. The 'freshman' on the note refers to exchange students from other schools."

After a brief explanation, Okiya Subaru urged with a smile: "Student, please cooperate."

"Kurosawa Jin, University of Tokyo, freshman." Qin Jiu saw that he didn't seem to be lying, so he answered his question according to the persona, "Besides registering, what else do I need to do?"

"No more." Okiya Subaru jotted down a few notes quickly, turned his head as if he wanted to say something, but saw that other people who came to help had something to do at hand, so he changed his words: "We don't have a map here, and the route in the school is complicated. Go ahead."

When Qin Jiu heard what he said, his first reaction was to refuse.

"No, I..."

"The school is very large, and the freshman office is far away from the two school gates. You have to get there before ten o'clock, and it will be very troublesome if you don't know your way."

Okiya Subaru was the first to point out his scruples, blocked all his refusals, and added maliciously when he finished, "Don't be embarrassed, junior, we set up the reception desk to help you."

"...Okay, thank you senior."

Gin was so choked that he had nothing to say, and the person who rehearsed set up a script, even if he did his best to finish it for someone he didn't like.

Seeing that he agreed, Okiya Subaru immediately put down the roster, talked to his companion behind him, and took the initiative to lead the way.

The field expands, and there is a straight road in the middle, and the end of the road is the main entrance of the school.

From the outside, you can't see the whole picture of the school, nor can you see the environment inside, until you enter the gate, Gin Jiu knows that Okiya Subaru is not lying.

The roads inside the school extend in all directions and are intricate. Without a map, it is indeed impossible for him as a freshman to understand.

It seems he did a lot of homework before coming here.

Gin glanced thoughtfully at Subaru Okiya.

Detour from the second sheep intestine path on the right, pass through a thick green bamboo shade, step on the pontoon bridge paved with slippery bluestone slabs to the high place, and then turn 180 degrees on the mountainside At the end of the winding, winding mountain trail, an elegant wooden...

"boom--"

Suddenly there was a loud noise in the wooden house, accompanied by the fire and thick smoke that burst through the roof, burning the "elegance" into a "mess".

A man with a black coat on his shoulders clutched his mouth and nose and stumbled out of the half-collapsed door. Half of his face was white and the other half was black with smoke. He opened his mouth to spit out a puff of gray gas and was choked to death again. There is no image on the ground.

Seeing this scene, Gin and Okiya Subaru, whose ears were buzzing from the loud noise, were stunned for a moment, then came to their senses and hurried forward to help him up.

"Teacher... are you... okay?" Okiya Subaru patted the ashes on the man's clothes, and there was a bit of imperceptible hesitation in his questioning tone.

"Cough cough cough cough..."

He was answered by a series of coughing sounds.

The man was coughing so badly that he looked choked up, so he could only wave his hands to indicate that he was fine.

Seeing this, Gin was about to take back the hand supporting him, but suddenly his body froze, and he jumped away from Gin and Okiya Subaru with lightning speed, straightened his back and straightened his collar at the same time, Smoothing out the wrinkles on the coat and combing his hair, he looked at them solemnly.

The whole set of movements was done in one go, faster and more precise than assembly line work, and I don't know how many times it was repeated before.It's just that his serious expression was lined with soot on his face, so he couldn't see his seriousness, but he was very funny like a circus.

"Good morning, two students. Is it an exchange student from another school who came to report?" The corner of his mouth was raised, showing a gentle smile, and he said calmly with a teacher's reserved dignity: "Something happened to the freshmen, you come with me Teacher’s dormitory, I’ll help you go through the admission procedures.”

"Teacher, I'm not an exchange student, this Kurosawa-san is." Okiya Subaru quickly explained, and pushed Gin a step forward.

The man smiled and shook his head: "It's okay, you can come together, I will trouble you to take this classmate back to the dormitory later."

After finishing speaking, he was about to lead the two of them away.

Gin looked at the smoking room behind him, and then at his attitude, instead of talking too much about it, he took out a tissue from the side of his backpack and handed it to him.

"Teacher, you... wipe your face first."

The man was taken aback, his eyes fell on the tissue for three seconds, as if he understood something, his aura darkened.

It is autumn now, and the surrounding vegetation is much greener.And he seemed to have entered the winter early, half of his dark face showed a low gray.

"Thank you."

The man took the paper towel with trembling hands, turned his back - and rubbed it for a full 10 minutes.

The donkeys in the production team didn't dare to rub like this when taking a bath. Those who didn't know thought he was polishing his face.

Fearing that he would rub his face off, Okiya Subaru and Gin looked at each other, and put his hand on his shoulder lightly: "Teacher, the teacher's dormitory is quite far from here..."

He didn't go on talking, mainly because the man's aura had dimmed a bit, and he really couldn't bear it.

Taking a deep breath, the man turned around, the soot on his face was gone, but the half of his face stained with soot was also flushed by his rubbing.

He stuffed the half-used tissue back into Gin's hands, and the corners of his mouth trembled slightly: "Let's go, let's take a small path, go and come back quickly."

"That's right." Before lifting his feet, the man grabbed the hands of the two of them again, and said very solemnly: "Forget everything you saw just now, or - credits will be deducted."

"……clear."

……

After a lot of tossing, the admission procedures were finally completed.

After watching the man sign his name, he sprinted into the bathroom at a speed of [-] meters. Gin bowed his head, and the words on the paper were arrogant and domineering, and at least the head of the department's handwriting came into view. The only thing that could be understood was his name. Okiya Subaru helped write it.

"Let's go."

Okiya Subaru put away the signed pen, took his arm and quickly walked out of the teacher's dormitory.

Qin Jiu broke away from his hand and put away the admission certificate: "Is there any other formalities to go through?"

"No." Okiya Subaru shook his head. From the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of him looking around, seemingly curious, and said, "The teacher asked me to take you back to the dormitory. It just so happens that there is no class today. Let me show you around?"

After the previous two detours, Qin Jiu no longer doubted his kindness, and didn't want to waste time when doing tasks because he didn't know the way, so he accepted his kindness.

"I'm sorry to trouble you, senior."

His voice was flat and gentle, as if he had completely entered the character, and he had the shallowest kindness to the friendly stranger, Subaru Okiya—a treatment that Akai Shuichi and Morohoshi had never had.

Okiya Subaru looked at him in surprise, but happened to meet his gaze, and the frost and cold mist that had been falling in his eyes for an autumn now melted a little warmth.

He lowered his eyes and smiled after a while: "Let's go to the flea market first, it's lively there, and it's on the road closest to the student dormitory."

As he said that, Okiya Subaru walked ahead and led the way, introducing him to the school rules and some precautions while walking.

Because he went to the flea market first, his introduction also started from the flea market.

"The flea market is a small market voluntarily organized by students. It mainly sells cheap second-hand items. You can find good things during the graduation season and the beginning of school every year. The biggest feature of the flea market is that you can bargain. It’s an old fritter, with a smile on his face and seems to be easy to talk to, but in fact, the bid is very dark, you are a freshman, when you buy something there, you can cut it in half, and they can make a net profit of 50.00%.”

Gin chuckled: "Can you barter at the flea market?"

"No, but there is a way to get it for free."

Speaking of this, Okiya Subaru remembered the happy things, and smiled slightly: "The school has a compulsory course in martial arts, and it pays attention to both civil and martial arts, so the seniors are very good at it. If you meet something you like, you can't bargain it down. , and you don’t have enough money, you can start a fight with the stall owner, and if you win, you can get what you want.”

Gin propped his chin thoughtfully: "Well, I like this rule."

While the two were talking, the flea market arrived.

Before entering, the noise came out, and a flat road was opened behind the wooden door frame, and tablecloths were spread on the side of the road as stalls, and the stall owners leaned on it in strange postures, fighting with customers Arguing endlessly.

One party asks for the price, and the other party sits on the ground and pays back the money.

Okiya Subaru wanted to take the gin to buy daily necessities, but as soon as he passed through the door frame, the noisy movement on the right attracted their attention.

In front of the stall, a Buddhist student of a religious academy, clad in a thick and complicated cassock and with a shiny head, folded his palms together, and bargained with a senior with shaking legs.

"This string of Buddhist beads..."

"3000 yuan, the same price." The senior raised four fingers and waved in front of him.

The Buddhist student recited "Amitabha": "Senior, you know it's not worth so much money. Thirty."

The senior waved his hand: "Faith is priceless, five thousand!"

"Didn't you just say no two prices?" The Buddhist student raised his eyelids and his eyebrows twitched faintly.

The senior grinned and showed a mouthful of white teeth, and asked with a provocative smile, "You believe this too? Qiqian."

"..."

The Buddhist student took a deep breath, and took out a Zen stick with a thick bowl from his cassock.Holding a stick in one hand and a palm in the other, with a solemn appearance, he shouted angrily: "Old... I gave you face, didn't I!"

Before the words fell, the Zen stick was hammered down without any politeness.

The senior screamed strangely, threw down the stall, and was beaten so hard that he ran away with his head in his arms.

Looking at the two people running around the field, and seeing the usual indifferent expressions of the people around, Qin Jiu suddenly realized what the rabbit said last night.

"Think of it as if you were going on vacation—as long as you put your mind to it."