[Projectile] You smile at the hope called despair

some day after.

Kuzuryu and Sato had a fight.

By the time Hinata returned to the classroom, the two girls were already arguing.

The rest of the students, as if they didn't see it, continued with their own business.

"...This is entirely your fault! Talent is obviously not as good as Koizumi's, but it's always like this, always like this..."

"Huh? Do you have any objection to this appearance? I have been displeased with that ugly girl with freckles for a long time, do you have an objection?"

"You're just relying on your family relationship! You've got to rely on your family to be able to come here! It's obvious that you can't rely on others for everything. If you dare to attack Koizumi...I...I..."

"You're just a piece of trash who can only jump around here! What's wrong at home? Come and try if you have the ability! You just hugged the thighs of a few undergraduates to dare to do this..."

"... Koizumi's talent is ten thousand times better than yours! She is relying on her own efforts! What do you know, why!"

"……you!"

The nine-headed dragon raised its fist and was about to hit.

Seeing that something was wrong, Hinata hurried over and grabbed her arm.

The red-haired girl on the side - Mahiru Koizumi, whom Hinata had seen in Nanami's photo album, dragged Sato away.

Only Hinata and Kuzuryu are left on the field.

The rest of the people enjoyed this show as if they were watching a play.

I don't have the talent to be the center of attention...

Feeling embarrassed, Hinata pulled the nine-headed dragon out.

Great...it didn't turn into a conflict...

The quarrel between Hinata and the girls was already quite a headache.

If they fight, I'm afraid that both Nine-headed Dragon's brother and Koizumi will be troubled...

That twin twist girl and Nanami are also...

……

rooftop.

... The Nine-headed Dragon, who had been being led away, suddenly grabbed his ear with the other hand.

The uncontrollable pain brought Hinata back to her senses, and she met her angry eyes.

"Let go! Let go! Why do you want to do this! Why!"

The nine-headed dragon roared at him.

"Don't humiliate this bitch, it's hard to get rid of the hatred in my heart! She is the one, why! Why! Why do you know a few undergraduates and tell me what to do!" 'Isn't it normal, there are opinions like this!"

Despite the confusion, Hinata tried to calm his voice: "Kuyuulong, are you serious?"

"It's always been like this in our group! Are you an idiot... Dad's mantra is 'strike first'? People who have no courage are not worthy of living in the group! This is a barbaric world. What solves everything is different from your common sense? If you just think this way, get out of here as soon as possible!"

That's right... What an amazing family... When you know that her family is a gangster, you should understand...

Although understand, but!

Something must be done...

Wouldn't it be pointless to do nothing and just watch the worst result happen?

Nanami will definitely be worried.

Anyway, let's fight.

"Nine-headed dragon, I don't think so. I have never seen or imagined the world where the nine-headed dragon lives, so I naturally don't understand it... So, I am not qualified to say that what you did was wrong or anything. However, if things go on like this, let alone the undergraduate course, you won’t even be able to stay in the preparatory subjects... Is this really good?"

"...How will you know if you don't do it! Besides, you can't spare that guy Sato! That guy...that guy! If you don't beat that guy into a corpse, it's just..." She turned her head and glared at Hinata, "... …but now I want to punch you."

"Then beat me up."

"Your brain has a problem?"

"Don't look at me like this... I'm still very resistant to beating..." Hinata smiled slightly, "...if it can change your mood a little bit."

"You! Are you underestimating me!"

The girl shook her fist angrily.

it hurts!

Hinata almost groaned in pain.

No matter how painful it is, I still have to hold back... I can't let her continue to think like this.

Otherwise Qihai will be troubled.

...At least this kind of thing, I can do it.

The fist gradually weakened, and the girl's low sobs gradually sounded.

"Are you feeling better..."

Holding back the pain, Hinata forced a smile to the crying girl.

"...you are tall!"

"...why...why are you doing this!"

"You are so strange...really so strange..."

"It's obviously nothing to do with this matter...it's obvious that you don't understand anything...why do you want to get involved!"

"The world I live in has always been filled with violence and death... It's completely different from yours!"

"Others have always...avoided me...feared me, afraid to talk to me, and always...those who stop me will be beaten..."

"...Why are you so sad!"

"Isn't this simply...becoming...violence...isn't it the same as ordinary profanity...there is no difference..."

"...will be looked down upon even more by my brother..."

Looking at the depressed nine-headed dragon, Hinata patted her on the back: "...Your brother must care about you very much, he wouldn't think so."

"No matter what the nine-headed dragon thinks, in his eyes, you must be his best sister."

Nine-headed dragon raised his head, showing a puzzled expression: "Do you know my brother?"

"Uh... not so much acquaintance... just a classmate of your brother's, she told me a lot of things in the class..."

"she?"

"...That's not important!"

Afterwards, Hinata told a lot about Brother Kuzuryu.

Since he heard everything from Nanami, he could only imagine...to describe that feeling.

This taste...is embarrassing.

But he soon discovered that in his lame narration, the eyes of the nine-headed dragon were shining brightly.

I thought this was over.

But Hinata realized that he was still too naive.

At dusk, Hinata, who was about to leave the teaching building in the corridor, heard the quarrel between Kuzuryu and Sato again.

"It's loud. So what the hell are you trying to say?"

"Don't make Koizumi's idea again! Even if your family is a gangster, you can't do whatever you want!"

"It's you who follow me all day! Are you annoying! How many times has this matter been repeated!"

"You... will never be able to enter the undergraduate course! Your talent will never be comparable to that of Mahiru!"

"You two, enough is enough!"

Sensing the conflict, Hinata rushed here.

"Next time... I will kill you."

The nine-headed dragon put on a fierce expression and ran away alone.

"Nine-headed dragon! Hey, nine-headed dragon!"

Hinata hurriedly followed.

……

It seems like a long time.

Hinata saw the girl leaning against the end of the empty corridor.

"Finally...found you...ha..."

Hinata was out of breath.

"Although I have to thank you for the matter at noon, I will not give up the idea of ​​going to undergraduate."

"No matter what happens, I will, absolutely, go to undergraduate."

Hinata was surprised: "But!"

"There's no 'buts'!...or 'talent isn't everything, having memories leads to hope'... what a joke!"

"This kind of beautiful talk is nothing more than... Do you want to look down on people?!"

"How can people without talent be matched together!"

The corners of the girl's eyes gradually became moist.

How can a person without talent be matched...to be together

Hinata's heart throbbed violently.

……

"My brother is such an idiot! Even though he said 'I want to help', he still wants me to stay at home! Is this contemptuous!"

"My brother inherited the 'super high school-level underworld', and in the future he will follow his father's path, and staying at home will make him farther and farther away from his brother..."

"My brother has made so many new friends here, and there are so many powerful people... My brother doesn't need me for anything. In the end, I don't even understand what my brother said. What should I do? I'm just a protected sister. I don't want to be underestimated."

"What's the point of staying by his side in an ordinary way! If you don't enter the undergraduate course, you will never catch up with him..."

"If you don't stand at the same height as him, you can't be with him..."

Hinata was speechless.can only leave.

Everyone has their own persistence, their own ideas.

Just like the thousands of different leaves in the world.

Those who force the same idea are all presumptuous.

Just like Sato said repeatedly to Nine-headed Dragon today, "Don't attack Koizumi".

Even if she said, "This thing is pointless, Hydra will stop these thoughts" - would she let go of her fear?

After all, the nine-headed dragon is the nine-headed dragon!

"If you don't communicate well, the feelings you want to convey will not be conveyed..."

"But...it's not easy... After all, everyone has their own business."

"Hinata-kun too... I always feel that I have a lot of troubles, I want to know too... Seeing Hinata-kun like this, I can't do anything, I always feel a little sad..."

He couldn't help but think of what Qihai said.

This kind of thing, this kind of mood, he can understand.

Worry about who, want to "for whom", do your best.

But... "Undergraduate and preparatory subjects are originally two worlds"...

How can he speak it?

I have no money in my family, but I force myself to prepare for the subjects

Becoming a test subject with parents' expectations

I was forced to drop out of school and return to my original high school if I didn't accept the test

There is a possibility of death if you accept the test

Being close to the world of talented people being ridiculed by those around them

Even because of being with undergraduates, being angered by others

No.

It's not fair, it's not fair to her.

She is innocent.

Don't let her step into this dark world of her own.

She must have asked why, and started wanting to go deeper into these things.

These things seemed absurd to her, but were taken for granted.

... Such a thing is hopeless.

When we spend happy times together, we can find hope

So, what about the nine-headed dragon?

Even if trying to make the nine-headed dragon happy every day, can she give up the idea of ​​going to college?

...Thinking about it this way, my own affairs are also in a mess.

Because of these happy memories, can you completely give up the idea of ​​entering an undergraduate course?

Can bear to drift away from them?

... As the deadline approached, he was still hesitating.

Really bad.

Anyway, hope it's ok...