Shinichi's journey to find a girl

　　It was only about five minutes between when Rui left and when Shinichi chased her. He thought he would be able to keep up by speeding up his pace, but he didn't expect to be met by a parade of floats.

　　"This is troublesome…" He pouted and muttered.

　　The atmosphere is lively and chaotic, in harmony with the atmosphere of an amusement park.

　　Judging from the flow of people in front of him, if Rui wasn't blocked by the crowd, it would be almost impossible for Shinichi to catch up with her.

　　Firstly, he didn't know where she was going, and secondly, there were too many people and it was difficult to find her.

　　Shinichi wanted to find a bench to sit, but it turned out that all the empty chairs were already filled with people. He retreated to the science and technology museum, leaned against the wall and began to think.

　　Now there are two options.

　　One was to follow Rui's words and not pay attention to her movements, and have fun at the amusement park with the quints, the others, and even everyone in the student council.

　　The second was to use a thorough search to find Rui from now on, then secretly follow her as a bodyguard, waiting for her to finish calming down before appearing again.

　　Without hesitation, Shinichi chose the second option.

　　His little sister was a weak girl wandering alone in an amusement park, probably surrounded by a pack of wolves.

　　As an older brother, how could he relax and play!

　　Then, under the hot sun, Shinichi begins his journey in search of a girl.

　　20 minutes later.

　　"Huh...There aren't any here either?"

　　Stopping his heavy steps, Shinichi wiped the sweat from his chin, bought a can of drink from the vending machine, and drank half the bottle.

　　He put down his drink and looked around at the unfamiliar sights of the amusement park.

Because the audience was all attracted by the parade, the view here was wider and clearer, at least he could clearly see the appearance of every tourist, and was not afraid of missing it.

　　Unfortunately, Shinichi still doesn't pay attention to Rui.

　　While sitting on the bench for a short break, he was distracted by other things.

　　If think about it this way, apart from his childhood, more than a month has passed since the two of them first met. Rui's hair seemed to have grown longer.

　　The image of Rui with long straight blue-purple hair suddenly appeared in his mind, and Shinichi couldn't help but smile.

　　When compared to other long-haired girls, like Fumino and Nino, of course...

　　No, that's not right, how could his little sister compare to his friends? So impolite!

　　After all, Rui is much prettier than Hina, even though her chest is not big...

　　Shinichi dialed his phone every five minutes and finally managed to contact him in fifteen minutes and told him that Rui had gone alone.

　　Of course, he is not a devil. Hina clearly enjoyed the freedom of playing alone at the amusement park. It would be very heartless to ask her to sacrifice her playing time to find Rui at this time.

　　So in the end Shinichi just asked her to keep an eye on the area while playing, and when she found Rui, immediately sent him her location information.

　　"Don't worry, I will definitely return Rui in one piece! But there is no guarantee that she will lose a single hair unless she shaves her head."

　　"Isn't it all gone?"

　　Hina groaned, and then realized that this seemed to be the sometimes erratic Shinichi's unique method of consolation, so she didn't worry too much about Rui.

　　For this reason, she responded in a humorous way.

　　"Okay, then I'll leave it to you! Don't let the protagonist of the farewell party be absent tonight!"

　　Shinichi smiled with a tone of unquestionable confidence.

　　"Of course."

　　Hina suddenly raised her voice and said happily.

　　"By the way, should I go look for her with you? Hey, it feels so lonely playing on the rides and eating lunch alone—"

　　Before she finished speaking, Shinichi cut off the communication.

　　While holding their phones and looking around, the faces of the tourists were filled with happiness.

　　"Even so, this world is still beautiful."

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　　Due to Hina's reminder, Shinichi thought that he could actually ask the friends he brought to be his informants.

　　Rather than asking them to specifically help him find Rui, they should just pay attention along the way.

　　Of course, there is also the possibility that they met Rui and then acted with him.

　　For example Kei and Moeha, if those two people met Rui, they would probably go together directly, and then let the other party tell him secretly. This is of course the most reassuring situation for Shinichi.

　　Even though he wasn't as lucky, he could still use this to set up a net in the amusement park.

　　After thinking about this method, he looked at the cell phone again, preparing to contact everyone.

　　Unexpectedly, as soon as he clicked on the screen, a message came from Itsuki.

　　[Asada-kun, there's no sign of Rui-chan on the road from the Science and Technology Museum to the Fairy Tale Castle. We will also help look for her while playing, but I guess she went in the opposite direction]

　　Shinichi took the map and compared it several times, and quickly understood the quintuplets' intentions.

　　This coincides with the idea. It also gives him one less place to look.

　　With a smile on his face, he sent back a thank you message, and then quickly posted a missing person notice in the group created for the farewell party.

　　After making these preparations, he didn't wait for a reply, tied his shoelaces, adjusted his breathing rhythm, and set off again.

　　Watching from the edge of the entertainment facility, after checking all the tourists entering and leaving, before moving on to the next facility.

　　Without any impatience, Shinichi carefully looked for Rui, but there was always a short word that kept echoing in his mind.

　　"I'm sorry for my last act..."