I, Zhongli, wander the world

Atsushi Nakajima, who was a little out of control, was quickly led out of the reception room by Ryunosuke Akutagawa.

The adults were still having "cordial and friendly" exchanges with the dean in the reception room. Since the results of the talks were related to the future of Atsushi Nakajima, Ryunosuke Akutagawa did not take him far, but found a nearby People's lounge.

Throwing the towel soaked in warm water into Atsushi Nakajima's arms, the black-haired boy said coldly, "Wipe your face."

"...Okay." Atsushi Nakajima, who was crying with tears all over his face, shrank his neck, obediently picked up a towel and quickly wiped his face.

The well-behaved attitude of the white-haired boy made Akutagawa Ryunosuke look a little better. He found the kettle in the lounge cabinet and started to boil water on the table.

Atsushi Nakajima stared blankly at the steam gradually rising from the mouth of the pot.

"Since you have made your choice, it's good to wait for the result here." Ryunosuke Akutagawa, who was sitting next to him, followed his gaze and looked at Steam, "Mr. Zhongli never breaks his promise."

Nakajima shrank his neck and said cautiously: "Actually...it doesn't matter if I don't care. Everyone is a very good person. I lost control of my emotions and caused trouble for everyone..."

"Atsushi Nakajima, your self-deprecating appearance is really an eyesore." Ryunosuke Akutagawa irritatedly "tsk", "Who do you think you are?"

"Hey...?" The white-haired boy froze for a moment.

"You asked for help, and I accepted it, so it's such a simple thing to help you." Ryunosuke Akutagawa said without emotion, "Once the so-called contract is made, it must be fulfilled properly. Long will doesn't matter."

"I will never forgive those who violate the contract."

The last sentence was true and sound. Atsushi Nakajima, a child who has never seen the world, was overwhelmed by the logic that seemed to obey the rules but was always deadly. He stared at Ryunosuke Akutagawa in shock for a long time, and suddenly realized: "I see, Akutagawa is so powerful!"

"No, it's nothing."

Ryunosuke Akutagawa, who is only a 13-year-old boy, raised his head slightly, accepted the compliment awkwardly, and finally did not forget to let out his cooking power: "Mr. Zhongli taught me this."

Atsushi Nakajima easily accepted this setting: "As expected of Mr. Zhongli!"

The two teenagers enjoyed their kung fu happily, and the transfer on the other side went smoothly.

As a former killer who has been away for many years, the dean naturally cannot recognize Zhong Li's identity, but the other party's down-to-earth attitude convinced him.Of course, only the dean knows how much the people next to him who exuded a dangerous aura played a role in this.

The transfer procedure didn't take much effort. When the dean looked at the terms of the procedure, Zhong Li said with a sigh: "You should be glad that Dun is a good boy."

"……what?"

"Since the intention is to control abilities, then the teaching and guidance of principles is necessary. Blind whipping brings only pain and rebellion, and those who have suffered pain will only look around for ways to vent the pain, instead of I have little warmth left to give back to others." Zhong Li shook his head lightly, "There is no reason in this world to warm others with the residue of burning oneself."

The dean gripped the terms paper slightly, "You mean, my education is completely wrong?"

"Isn't this a matter of course?" Edogawa Ranpo frowned and said, "Even you yourself subconsciously chose the punishment you have endured when educating your children. This is even out of your so-called good intentions. But everyone That white tiger boy's thinking is a little bit to your side, and his supernatural powers can cause far stronger destructive power than your physical punishment."

"Even when sculpting, it is a failure to only sculpt the body without shaping the gods, let alone educating people." Zhongli said calmly, "If this is the case, how many of those children can be able to do it?" How about getting the happiness you imagined?"

He refers to those children who are not "specially treated" like Atsushi Nakajima, but are still under the dean's hands.

Finally, the dean let out a soft sigh.

"Perhaps you are right." He said, with a trace of loneliness in his voice, "Although those children respect me and other facility staff on the surface, I have always been clear that the children are under the appearance of respect. The hidden fears... I don't know how to guide them, so I just follow my experience."

"As you said, Dun is a good boy. I can't give him a brighter future, please take care of him along with me."

The dean said so, and signed his name on the terms.

Atsushi Nakajima thus officially replaced the welfare facilities.

In addition to basic education, the original orphanage is more about teaching them social skills, rather than providing formal compulsory education.Atsushi Nakajima, who is only two years younger than Akutagawa, is not even comparable to the younger children in the school in terms of education, so he can only listen to the lessons of the teachers who come to teach every week with those children.

But Atsushi Nakajima has no complaints about it.Freed from the life of whipping and captivity, the little boy cherishes this hard-won peaceful time more than anyone else.Even outside of class, when other children are running to play, they are still studying hard with their textbooks, writing down the questions they don’t understand, and taking advantage of their free time to ask Sakunosuke Oda who came to work or Akutagawa after class Ryunosuke.

However, there is only one thing that will not be absent due to study, and that is the occasional visit time of Mr. Zhongli.Whether it's stories or games, Mr. Zhongli embraces them like a generous elder, and all questions can be answered here, and even his serious attitude puts them on the same position, not what Children who don't understand.

Occasionally, Mr. Zhongli would bring some novel gadgets to distribute.Some are bookmarks, others are little toys.What Atsushi Nakajima got from there was a cute little white tiger doll.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke, who learned about this incident, didn't give him a good look for several days, until Nakajima Atsushi began to question with the encouragement of Akutagawa Gin, and Akutagawa Ryunosuke reluctantly came from the depths of the closet. Take out an ugly and cute black doll.

"Mr. Zhongli seldom gives dolls to people." The boy who has already entered junior high school caressed the already somewhat old doll, "It has been so many years, and there is only this one here."

So he was very unhappy with Nakajima Atsushi's white tiger doll.

Atsushi Nakajima, who is no longer afraid of him, looked at the ugly and cute doll curiously, "This doll looks like Akutagawa's Rashomon. Just like my idol Baihu."

Both Oda Sakunosuke and Zhong Li never concealed Atsushi Nakajima's supernatural powers during education, and Ryunosuke Akutagawa also practiced against adults in order to exercise his self-control ability, so he knows very well that supernatural powers are What.

"I think the reason why Mr. Zhongli gave the doll is because he thinks that such a doll can best represent us." Atsushi Nakajima scratched the side of his face and smiled sheepishly, "Supernatural powers are part of us, Mr. Zhongli Giving us dolls with supernatural powers is to hope that we can accept ourselves and take control of our own future... That's what I think."

Akutagawa Ryunosuke stared at the doll in his hand, his face was tense and he didn't speak.

Atsushi Nakajima, who was originally only expressing his feelings, suddenly panicked, "Ah! I, I just said it casually. Mr. Zhongli must have deep meaning in what he did, and I can't just guess it. Akutagawa's doll must be special. ..."

"……I see."

"Ugh?"

"I couldn't think of Mr. Zhongli's deep meaning, I'm still too poor and weak." Akutagawa Ryunosuke's tone became more and more intense, "In comparison, you who have only been together for a few months can go deep into this level , you actually understand Mr. Zhongli's thoughts better than I do!"

Akutagawa Ryuunosuke's dark complexion was too frightening. Atsushi Nakajima held up the innocent little tiger in front of him and said loudly, "I'm sorry! I don't know why I'm apologizing, but I'm sorry anyway!"

"Teach me." Akutagawa Ryunosuke continued.

Atsushi Nakajima was a little confused, "What?"

"Although I'm not reconciled, I understand the truth that masters are masters." Akutagawa Ryunosuke gritted his teeth and said, "I want to learn from you how to understand Mr. Zhongli, and then use these methods to defeat you. ! I won't admit defeat!"

"Don't have a strange desire to win or lose in this strange place! Rashomon! Put away Rashomon! It's not right to practice today...Okay, I promise you, I promise you, don't do anything to me Get your hair off!"

This time the incident ended with Atsushi Nakajima harvesting a hair that was as messy as a dog gnawing.

Time passed by like this, until one day, Zhongli received an unexpected invitation.

"Visit the Tokyo High School of Conjuration?" Zhong Li repeated the words from the receiver.

"Yes." Xia Youjie on the other end of the phone said in a calm tone, "Although you never said it, Wu and I both know that the current changes in the magic world are due to your contribution. I would like to invite Take a look at the magic world today."

This is a seemingly ordinary invitation.

But Zhongli clearly heard Xia Youjie's hint.

From the perspective of a former college student, there is nothing wrong with this invitation.After all, Zhongli helped them protect Tiannei Lizi, and taught them many things that the high school of conjuration would not teach. It is normal to ask the former missionaries to see the achievements of the students today.

But such an invitation is obviously not suitable for Xia Youjie's current status.Today's magician sits in a high position in the magic class, and has many eyes watching every word and deed.You have to be cautious in your words and deeds even in daily communication, so how can you not shy away from him, a "god" who has almost revealed his identity?

Not to mention that the reason for opening his mouth was to invite him to such a sensitive place as the High School of Conjuration.

To make Xia Youjie invite him to the Conjuration Academy even with such a reluctant reason, what happened in the conjuration world?

——Or to put it more bluntly, what happened there?

The calculations hidden in the dark, the time difference between the cooperation with Fukuchi Sakurachi, the final result... Zhong Li had a lot of thoughts in his mind, but he didn't show it on his face. He just said calmly: "There is nothing wrong with you. Let's have a look."

"I'm looking forward to it," he said.