Message: Help

　　Saturday.

　　Shinichi was lying on the bed.

　　There was a laptop on the small table in front of him.

　　He held a drink in one hand and potato chips in the other. There is a cell phone on the keyboard. From time to time, he tapped the phone screen with his little finger that was not touching the potato chips.

　　This is Shinichi's vacation life – only today of course.

　　In the past, he continued to read and spend his free time uselessly, occasionally playing FGO to learn the history of the world's great people, and looking for sources to learn about men and women.

　　For now, he just wants to be an otaku who is good at using laptops and cell phones, and spend the day decadently.

　　This was Shinichi's first experience of staying at home lazily. No pretty girls or flings.

　　There's just one person, one room, batteries, a cell phone, and some food.

　　He decided to enjoy this hard-earned decadent time.

　　Took a few sips, and anime sounds came out of the headphones at the same time.

　　"If we take it too seriously, we might destroy the world."

　　"Pofft!"

　　Pressing the pause button firmly, Shinichi burst out laughing.

　　"Hahahaha, of course, embarrassing people don't dare to use their brains to look at it!"

　　Shinichi smiled and shook his head, and prepared to press play.

　　At this moment, a message suddenly appeared on his mobile phone screen. He glanced at it, and the smile that had not disappeared froze on his face, and his eyes immediately filled with astonishment.

　　The message sent by Mafuyu was very simple, just one word.

　　[Help]

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　　Using the fastest speed to get out of the house, Shinichi wiped his sweat, walked quickly into one apartment, and climbed the stairs to the second floor.

　　"I was suddenly asked to help... What happened..."

　　Even though he was anxious, he remained calm when facing danger.

　　After that message, he could no longer contact Mafuyu, causing Shinichi to rush to her residence in a hurry.

　　Perhaps when most people receive this distress message and find out that the other party has lost contact, their subconscious reaction is to immediately contact the police.

　　Shinichi is no exception, but before calling 110, he carefully considers Mafuyu's character and the logic of her actions, and thus profiles the causes and consequences of the entire incident.

　　In the first place, according to his understanding, Mafuyu was a homebody. She never goes out if she doesn't have work. She goes to the library to borrow books, reads at home, prepares lesson plans, and devotes her energy to educational purpose. The schedule is simple and easy to understand.

　　This is what she said herself during a casual chat.

　　She believes she still has many shortcomings as a teacher, not enough to be able to pamper herself and go out having fun.

　　And since tomorrow was practice before the meeting, with her responsible attitude, she would definitely stay home all day to prepare.

　　Staying at home means minimizing accidents.

　　Considering Mafuyu's careless character, it's likely that she's just starting to tidy up her surroundings, namely her room now.

　　Since the preparations for the exchange meeting became more intense, Mafuyu seemed to have forgotten about 'keeping an eye on the neatness of the room' and had not sent Shinichi a photo of the neat room for a long time.

　　Now, Mafuyu is probably buried under a pile of trash and needs someone to help her.

　　If this possibility existed, Shinichi couldn't call the police easily.

　　When news spreads that a teacher from a noble school has a dirty private life and is unable to take care of herself, causing the students to worry and have to call the police, Mafuyu has no choice but to marry him.

　　However, the situation must not reach that point, so just deal with it carefully.

　　That's right, Mafuyu will definitely be fine...

　　Trying to think the best in his heart, Shinichi carefully climbed the stairs and arrived at Mafuyu's rented house.

　　In front of room 201.

　　Looking left and right, there was no one in the entire corridor, and there were no signs of fighting or fighting.

　　Even though he was less than professional, Shinichi still followed the action pattern he saw in the film, touching the doorknob and pressing it.

　　The door is not locked.

　　He opened a gap and took a look first. The shoes were neatly placed and there were no messy footprints.

　　Pushing the door open wider, he boldly surveyed the scene inside the room, and was ready to turn around and escape at any moment.

　　...It turns out that this reaction was just because he was nervous, or he had read too many movies and novels, from God's perspective, he must be very mediocre.

　　Like a normal friend who came to visit, Shinichi entered Mafuyu's rented house, and looked around.

　　The house was quiet, buckets and rags were placed in the corridor, it seemed to be cleaning, and there was a slight smell of detergent.

　　As for the bedroom deep inside, he didn't see clearly, but it probably wouldn't be much better.

　　"Did she have an accident while cleaning?"

　　Shinichi shouted: "Kirisu Sensei?"

　　"…"

　　No one answered.

　　Shinichi didn't continue shouting. He closed the door and took off his shoes. He walked barefoot on the still wet wooden floor, carefully crossing the bucket and looking inside.

　　There's no one there, it's like an empty house.

　　It looked like a house that had just been swept away by a typhoon, leaving only an empty house with piles of messy rubbish.

　　Shinichi ignored the chaos, and thought.

　　Just mess up the house and get out?

　　There doesn't seem to be anyone buried in that pile of rubbish, did Mafuyu lock herself in the cupboard, or is she trapped under the bed and unable to move?

　　Sneakers, high heels and sandals are in the shoe closet. Maybe lost from home. A search of the room will yield something...

　　"I'd rather play ghosts and catch people with my little sister in the countryside..."

　　Shinichi decides to call the police for help if he still can't find or contact anyone.

　　Regarding the problem later, we will talk about it later.

　　It was close anyway, so he opened the bathroom door next to him.

　　"How is it possible here..."

　　Before Shinichi finished speaking, Mafuyu hugged her knees and sat in the bathtub, then looked at him.

　　"…"

　　The two people looked at each other.

　　"This...Did you ask me to save you because you were trapped in the bathtub? "

　　"Kirisu Sensei?"

　　This call made Mafuyu, who was wearing sportswear and hugging her knees in the bathtub with a frightened expression, get a bright light in her eyes.

　　Then she looked down at herself, and her voice sounded lifeless.

　　"I... Got really fat."

　　Shinichi: "😐"

　　What the hell, Mafuyu has turned into a five year old child?