The Collapsed Bonfire

　　Previously, the remote control was still in the pants.

　　After falling into the water, there is no remote control in the pants.

　　Apparently, the remote fell just as he fell into the lake.

　　If he looked there now, there was still time!

　　Soon, Shinichi will leave.

　　Before that, he had to explain it to the quintuplets.

　　Turning to face the girls with a worried look, he was about to speak, but Yotsuba rushed back with the oil and firewood, an excited smile on her face.

　　"Everyone... Eh? Why are you changing places? Did something happen?"

　　Shinichi calmed down from his anxiety, and said.

　　"It doesn't matter. Hurry up and handle the bonfire. I have to go later. I might not be able to catch up on singing the school and nature songs for three minutes."

　　Don't let surprises ruin your business, this is what Shinichi always emphasizes.

　　It was dangerous to approach a blazing bonfire, and he didn't dare let the quintuplets add firewood themselves. If something happened to them while he was looking for the remote control, then he would have to set himself off as fireworks.

　　But this way, time will become denser...

　　As for whether he couldn't find it, that was beyond his consideration right now.

　　"Is it true?" Yotsuba didn't ask much, and dashed towards the bonfire with her things in hand, "Then hurry up! Let's make a bonfire light up the sky again!"

　　Shinichi nodded, then followed. A trivial thing like adding firewood didn't need a lot of teachers, he and Yotsuba as helpers were enough.

　　The other four stood there, looking at each other with strange expressions.

　　Itsuki: "Kashima-san, she is the prettiest girl in our class..."

　　Nino: "Could Asada date her?"

　　Miku: "Shinichi isn't the kind of person who doesn't care about business... Something must have really dropped, I heard the word remote control..."

　　Ichika: "Remote control... Ah."

　　The three of them turned their heads to look at her, Ichika's expression was stiff, and she smiled.

　　Shinichi ignored their conversation, passed through the isolation circle with Yotsuba, and came to the bonfire.

　　He quickly put on his work gloves, opened the fuel tank, and wiped off some kindling

　　Sensing Shinichi's rush, Yotsuba spilled oil on the ground, quickly wiped off the firewood and approached the bonfire.

　　"Be careful."

　　"Don't worry, no problem!"

　　Even though it was locked tightly inside a square cage made of logs, it was still dangerous, and Yotsuba didn't dare to be careless at all.

　　She carefully threw a handful of firewood into the gap between the logs, and flames suddenly rose up.

　　It's like feeding, so much fun!

　　The atmosphere became slightly more relaxed, and Yotsuba's movements became more relaxed. After all, she was wearing gloves, so even if the flames grew, her hands couldn't be burned.

　　At this time, she suddenly thought of one thing.

　　During the lighting ceremony, flaming arrows seemed to be shot from this side to light a bonfire… She looked for it, and sure enough, at a slightly higher position, she found traces of wood scratched by arrows.

　　The firelight became slightly dazzling under the help of the dry wood, and a wave of heat hit her face, Yotsuba narrowed her eyes.

　　But now, something else caught her attention.

　　This kind of large-scale bonfire was different from pile fires built in the wild, iron cables had to be used to tie the top and bottom layers of wood together, from a distance it might just be a pile of wood piled in a square shape.

　　If the iron wire was loosened, this log would collapse instantly. So when building a bonfire, the most important thing to consider is the internal tension of the wood itself and the holding force between the iron wires.

　　In the afternoon, Yotsuba and Shinichi checked together, he also believed that with the professional bonfire veterans' guidance, the students who volunteered to help would definitely build the safest bonfire.

　　From 06.30 at night until now it is almost extinguished but has not collapsed, that's the best proof.

　　But in the flames, Yotsuba discovered something was wrong.

　　At some point, near the arrow stroke, a part of the iron wire that was supposed to be heat-resistant caught fire, and a gap appeared where it was originally tightened.

　　Also, there were numerous cracks in the logs being cut, and cracking sounds within the burning fire, but it couldn't escape Yotsuba's sensitive ears.

　　She looked at the bonfire in confusion, and remembered one more thing.

　　During the lighting ceremony, the fire arrows didn't shoot into the bonfire smoothly, but shifted partially to almost hit something.

　　Should, wouldn't... Wouldn't be so unfortunate...

　　Thinking of this, she threw the last handful of firewood into the bonfire.

　　After the flames had consumed the dry, oil-stained wood, they climbed even higher with a bang.

　　At that moment, it was as if some sort of fuse had been lit.

　　The cracked wood suddenly shook, crackled, as if it were about to break.

　　The iron wire loosened soundlessly, the fierce flames reignited and softened the broken iron wire, and the pulling force gradually disappeared.

　　So, next second.

The log in front of Yotsuba, with flames clinging to it, collapsed towards her in a daze.

　　Yotsuba's mind went blank.

　　"You are just dumbfounded there!"

　　A pair of arms suddenly stretched out, and hugged her waist

　　△

　　Shinichi has added his share of firewood.

　　For safety's sake, he moved quickly, but he was still stable. Each piece of firewood was thrown into the middle of the bonfire, so that the fire would not flow towards it.

　　After a while, he removed the gloves and fuel tank and placed them outside the isolation circle.

　　Looking back, Yotsuba didn't know what she was thinking, the speed of throwing firewood slowly slowed down, and she was still staring at the fire in confusion.

　　Shinichi walked behind her, and was about to remind her loudly.

　　There was a crackling sound, but nothing like the sound of fire eating wood.

　　His attention was extremely concentrated at this moment, and he looked at the log above, and found that the log had cracked and tended to slide down.

　　After grasping this situation in his head, his heartbeat and breathing tightened.

　　Then, a wave of fright surged up, and he reflexively took a step back.

　　Back!

　　If he was hit by that kind of thing, he would definitely be seriously injured, not to mention the flames above him.

　　Human instinct is to seek profit and avoid loss, and the first thing to do when faced with danger is to flee rather than face it head-on.

　　But why is Yotsuba still standing?

　　Why didn't she run away!

　　Why was Yotsuba still standing still stupidly, did she want to try if she could crush wood with a stick of oil?

　　Thinking of this, his consciousness also fragmented for a moment at this moment.

　　When Shinichi regained consciousness, he had already rushed forward while roaring, and stretched out his hand.

　　"God bless!"