3:40 p.m.
The school bell rang just in time, and the students at the Gymnasium rushed to the locker room to prepare for the first weekend of the new semester.
The main content of this PE class is a variety of physical fitness tests. Since Naoki was a note taker, after school, he naturally took on the task of returning sports like basketball to the Gymnasium.
On his way to the sports warehouse with two bags of basketballs, Naoki soon finds someone following behind him.
Turning her head and looking back, the girl wearing a red T-shirt with slanted bangs embraced the volleyball and followed behind her step by step. Seeing Naoki turn his head, she quickly turned his head to look to the side.
That's Miku.
It seemed like her goal was the same as hers, returning the gym equipment to the warehouse, but… just a week after transferring to another school, and taking PE class for the first time, Miku who was about to get lost at the school gates, how could she go to the Gymnasium alone?
Naoki suspects that Miku can't find where the Gymnasium warehouse gate is opened.
Neither of the two said a word, they walked through the corridors one after another and made their way to the warehouse in the corner of the Gymnasium.
"The warehouse is here." Naoki stopped and looked back at Miku "Shall I take you around again?"
"Don't want to...."
Miku answered subconsciously.
After she finished speaking Miku's cheeks suddenly protruded at a speed visible to the naked eye, like a hamster with lots of melon seeds in its mouth.
"Please call me Asakawa-san."
"I won't promise you."
Naoki walked to the Gymnasium warehouse and said calmly, "Be careful stumbling, it's dark in the warehouse."
Miku went into the warehouse and found that it was really dark inside. Except for those who took PE classes, generally no one would come here.
Suddenly coming to a dark and desolate place, Miku didn't care to be angry, and subconsciously stepped behind Naoki.
"This is where basketball is stored," said Naoki, "The box for volleyball is on the other side."
Miku pursed her pink lips and covered her eyes with slanted bangs: "…I don't know."
Not knowing is a lie, fear is real, right?
Since entering the sports arsenal, your speed is more than a third faster than before!
Naoki put down his basketball, patted the dust on his hands, and said, "Come with me."
Miku raised her eyes and glanced at Naoki, quietly following Naoki.
"Just put the volleyball here." Naoki led Miku to the box where the volleyball was placed, and signaled her to throw the volleyball into the box, "Are you done packing the volleyball?"
Miku said to herself, "Not yet."
"Then use this." Naoki found a net bag close by and handed it to Miku "When everything is packed, just take it and put it in the box."
It was impossible to help clean up, so Naoki didn't want to meddle in other people's problems.
Miku took out her net pocket, and her voice weakly said: "Thank you Asakawa."
*Clank*
At the same time, the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground was heard which startled Miku, subconsciously grabbed the corner of Naoki's clothes, and her beautiful face turned pale: "Ghost?"
Hey, have you read too many horror stories, there is no such thing in the world!
"It's not a ghost, it must be something that fell to the ground without being placed properly." Naoki turned his head to look in the direction of the voice, "It was just an accident."
"Who says there are no ghosts?" Miku raised her eyes and looked up, her fear of ghosts quickly turned to interest, "Ii Naotora died because of the trouble of 30% of ghosts."
Talking about her favorite Warring States general, Miku's eyes shone with a dazzling light: "Although historians say that he died from overwork, I have read a collection of military generals anecdotes, which include many amazing things. Coincidentally, like…"
Naoki said: "History consists of countless coincidences."
"It is no coincidence that there are too many coincidences." Miku's expression was serious, and she completely followed the tone of a famous detective, "Excluding all the impossible, there is only one truth."
Naoki: "😐"
Miku bit her lower lip, her face flushed with a crimson color, and turned her head to look elsewhere.
Are you embarrassed now?
Your detective aura just now was amazing!
"Is lost."
...
Naoki returned to the Gymnasium, changed clothes, went to the bathroom to wash his hands, and prepared to leave.
As he passed the women's bathroom on the street, his footsteps suddenly stopped.
The laughter of several girls came from the bathroom.
"Don't know if Nakano smoothed the volleyball."
"No matter what she does, let her take care of it slowly. At first glance, she is someone who is easy to bully."
"When I spoke to her the day before yesterday, she ignored me. That is clearly very arrogant."
"I just hid his shoes in the shoe closet and punished her."
School bullying.
The phenomenon of school bullying in Japan high schools is very serious. In a place that pays attention to atmosphere and small groups, people who are withdrawn and unsocialized are the most likely to be targets of bullying. Even the top students in the school have experienced books stolen, shoes hidden, if the person being bullied won't fight back, endure silently, or even become the target of bullying for the entire class – there's no excuse, a terrifying, intimidating phenomenon for the sake of togetherness, in the end bullied. The bullied person transfers to another school or studies at home.
Naoki didn't know that the worst situation would happen to Miku. With Nino, those who bullied Miku would definitely not have a good ending.
But... he was a little annoyed.
"Uh, Naoki?"
The three girls came out of the bathroom, looked at Naoki, surprised, and then quickly showed mocking smiles.
"You're actually eavesdropping on the girl at the women's bathroom door, are you a pervert?"
"Definitely."
"When you were in first grade, you actually used the phrase 'girls are troublemakers' to resist other people's pursuits. I thought you were very strong, so you were very evil."
As a well-known top student in school, many people in the same class know Naoki.
Seeing these three girls who were using sarcasm to cover up their guilt, Naoki had no turmoil in his heart, and said calmly, "I recorded it."
The girl in the head was dumbfounded when she heard those words, and subconsciously said, "What are you recording?"
Naoki picked up the phone and pressed the play button, and the conversation between the three girls could be heard clearly in the corridor.
The expressions of the three girls all changed. There were a few things to say, as long as they weren't caught, nothing would happen, but if they were recorded...
"Give me your phone!"
The delinquent girl in the lead immediately reached out and grabbed Naoki.
Naoki immediately opened the opponent's hand, "Please keep your distance from me."
"What are you planning?"
The girl in the lead looked up warily.
Another round-faced girl covered her chest with her right hand and said nervously, "You, you don't want to threaten us with you to a love hotel with this kind of thing!"