Octopus Pi originally had no intention of going to school; he simply stayed in the small open space.

However, a few days ago, some students walked through the street in that small open space, skipping and jumping, saying things like, "I scored 20 points higher this time! The whole classroom has changed since Mr. Yatoshi came!" and "Sahara-san is back too! That's great!"

Make it curious, beep, is school some kind of great thing?

But if the school is so good, why can't Shizuka and Marina be friends again?

With his little mind filled with great confusion, Octopus Pi took the initiative to pester Shizuka Kuze to take him to school.

Octopus Pi truly followed the original intent, omitting not a single word of these causes and ideas, and stated them all.

Hearing this, Ya interrupted, "What is Kuze's treatment like at school? Is it the same as before? Just tell me everything you've seen."

"Treatment?" Octopus tilted its head. "I don't understand those, but, ah, I can repeat it!"

Octopus Pierce proudly raised its tentacles, "Shizuka's desk seems a little different from everyone else's. There are often words on it, and there's also water and glue on it."

"When the teacher says it's time to hand in homework, Marina always says that Shizuka's homework is missing or she didn't do it, bff. Sometimes the teacher will punish Shizuka, bff. It's so strange, bff. Why doesn't Shizuka do her homework even though she's supposed to be punished?"

"However, Marina is very good to Shizuka. At lunchtime, Shizuka can't eat anything, so Marina brings several classmates to ask Shizuka why she's not eating. But Shizuka still can't seem to eat, so I'll help Shizuka eat everything."

"Sometimes, I bring back the notebooks that Shizuka somehow ended up in the trash can, and I also bring back the schoolbags that Marina sometimes takes and throws away!"

"I don't know why, but every time Marina sees this, she grits her teeth. Is that a sign that she's starting to make up with Shizuka? I don't understand."

"Later, later beep..."

It seems that everything is starting to get better.

But when he got to this point, Octopus Pi suddenly trembled slightly, almost instinctively, as if he had PTSD. He hugged the pink head with his two tentacles and his voice involuntarily broke into a sob.

"Later, Marina said she wanted to meet Shizuka in the open space behind the school. I thought I could have a good talk with Marina and make sure she and Shizuka reconcile. But Shizuka was too scared to meet Marina."

"I'll use the Happy Gadget to transform into a color palette and look like Shizuka, but... but..."

"Marina is so scary, really so scary, she hates it when I talk nonsense, like just now, your hand was so fast, so heavy, it hurts so much, it hurts so much, I'm so scared..."

What exactly happened at that time is self-evident.

Happy Alien doesn't have the concept of "hitting," but the action of "hitting" objectively exists. Marina Kirisaka unilaterally beat and bullied the octopus Pi, who was disguised as Shizuka Kuze.

Although Octopus Pi didn't know what "hitting" meant, being hit was a real pain, and that kind of injury undoubtedly caused Octopus Pi a lot of psychological damage.

Although they have happy props like the voice-changing color palette and flower hair clips, adults could use these props to fight back against Morina. However, the Octopus Clan doesn't even have the concept of fighting. Being a purely kind clan, they naturally don't know how to resist.

On that day, in the open space behind the school, Octopus Cracker took the place of Shizuka Kuze and was subjected to an extremely malicious bullying.

Before Octopus Pi appeared, Shizuka Kuze had been forced to endure this bullying, beatings, and humiliation alone for an unknown amount of time during her daily school days.

"This is hitting, this is bullying, Octopus Pike."

Ya's expression was somber, but he didn't pass on any negative emotions to Octopus Pi. He simply reached out and gently stroked Octopus Pi, saying softly, "Humans and Happy Aliens are different. Although you probably can't understand it now, you can remember this first: it's a bad thing, a bad situation."

Octopus Pi was trembling a little when it was touched, a lingering effect of being hit. It only stopped trembling when it realized that Yai was just making it feel comfortable and hadn't actually hit it. Instead, it looked confused, seemingly understanding but not quite: "Is that so, beep?"

Ya nods vigorously: "You were in a lot of pain back then, weren't you?"

“That’s right!” Octopus Pi nodded vigorously.

"Do you want to feel pain again, Octopus Pike?"

"I don't want to beep..."

“Yes, that’s it,” Ya’s words were gentle and persuasive. “Anything that causes you pain is a bad thing. If someone makes you hurt, that’s hitting you. That’s what hitting is.”

"When you are being hit, you should protect yourself. Hit the same way someone hits you. At the very least, you should run away immediately. You must protect yourself. But just as you don't want to be in pain, others don't want to be in pain either, so you must not hit others first. Do you understand?"

It is difficult to popularize science to a creature that has never been in contact with it and does not understand these concepts, but it is necessary to do so.

Happy Star people are too kind; this isn't a good thing.

Kindness is good, but if one is so kind that they don't even understand the concepts of "fighting," "killing," "malice," and "bullying," they will inevitably encounter other evil races and creatures. At that time, the Octopus Piercing Clan will probably only suffer extinction and annihilation, and good people will not be rewarded.

And at that time, if there happen to be some scattered Happy Aliens who survive and escape, it is almost certain that they will completely turn evil, transforming from the most virtuous to the most wicked.

Not only Octopus Pierce, but once the suppression of Dark Sparks is dispelled and his power is restored, Ya De Meng will definitely make a trip to Happy Planet to educate the entire Happy Planet people.

If such a kind and adorable civilized race were to encounter a crisis due to its own cognitive deficiencies, it would be the greatest dereliction of duty for the Ultra Warriors.

Moreover, people like Octopus Pi, who are unaware that humans can be malicious, might have completely erroneous ideas such as "Marina is nice to Shizuka, and Marina is Shizuka's friend."

With this mindset, if no one provides proper guidance, Octopus Pi will likely make many erroneous decisions due to his misunderstandings, and may even do things that lead to worse outcomes.

Not only will it not make people happy, but it is also very likely that you will get yourself involved.

In fact, anyone who reads this will know that what Octopus Pi said is just that Shizuka Kuze was bullied in class by a group led by Marina Kirasaka, and everyone else, including the teacher, chose to stand by and do nothing.

The idea of ​​them being friends is utterly absurd.

"Is that so, beep?" Octopus Pi stared blankly, receiving a realization he had never had before. "So, I'll do it like this from now on, beep?"

It is currently unable to truly understand these concepts and statements at their root, let alone know the various extended meanings represented by these words.

But it knew, beep, that this adult was so amazing, beep, so gentle, beep, just like the sun, instantly making Marina stop hitting people, beep, and even touching it felt so good, beep.

So what he said must be true, he made Shizuka and Marina reconcile in an instant, and he himself stopped hurting!

Octopus Piercing, with the air of someone making a solemn pledge, puffed out its chest and said, "I, I understand, I'll do it this way from now on!"

“Yes, that’s it.” Yato Takeshi was very pleased. “Kuse and Kirasaka aren’t friends either, understand? If one of them hits the other, then even if they were friends before, they are basically not now.”

Although there are situations where friends fight, laugh it off, and continue to be friends, Octopus Pi can't possibly handle that many inquiries at once, so let's start by addressing the most basic issues.

Octopus Pi was utterly shocked: "So Shizuka and Marina aren't friends?!"

“Hmm,” Yagi continued stroking the octopus, then asked, “What happened after that? What happened next?”

"The next day is today, beep."

Octopus Pi wanted to shrink back instinctively, but because he was being touched, he remembered that there were powerful adults around, so he continued smoothly, "Marina appeared in the park for some reason and kept hitting Shizuka!"

Next, Ishida Shoya, who happened to be handing out flyers, went there and witnessed Kirisaka Marina's one-sided bullying. He intervened, which escalated into a fight between the two. Finally, Yagami Takeshi stopped them and brought everyone to the clinic.

The only comforting thing along the way was that it proved Ishida Shoya's great transformation.

Because he was once a bully who tormented and teased Nishimiya Shoko, the transformed Ishida Shoya understood even more clearly that bullies were utterly hateful, and he did not hesitate to protect Kuze Shizuka.

"You did a really good job."

Takeshi looked up and saw the three children, who had been completely healed, coming out. Ishida Shouya was still a little apprehensive, worried about being scolded for the fight, but what he received was Takeshi's resolute affirmation: "I'm proud of you this time, Shouya!"

"Huh?"

Ishida Shoya was taken aback. "Proud of me? Me? Takeshi-sensei, because of me?"

“Yes, of course it’s you,” Yato Takeshi nodded emphatically. “You are now a student I can be proud of. Don’t worry, I’m not some idiot who sees students fighting and doesn’t bother to find out what’s going on!”

"Whoa—!"

Ishida Shouya immediately cried out, stammering, "Who, who, who asked you to praise me? Praising me won't increase my exam scores or my money. It's just a few nice words, nothing special. I didn't do this to atone for anything!"

Turn your head away.

The child's avoidance only reveals his true nature.

Normally, Takeshi Ya would have found this hilarious, but unfortunately, he couldn't laugh at all. Instead, he looked at the two girls, thought for a moment, and said, "Shizuka Kuze, Marina Kirasaka, let's have a good talk."

Of course, the location wasn't a clinic; there were other patients coming and going, and the atmosphere was rather oppressive, making it not a good place for conversation.

Ya suddenly stood up, lifted the octopus and placed it on his shoulder, then took Kuze Shizuka's hand with one hand and grabbed Kirasaka Marina with the other, and strode ahead to lead the way back to the small open space where the incident had occurred.

Kuze Shizuka stared blankly as he lifted the octopus, speechless with astonishment for a long time, unable to say anything. Just like Kirisaka Marina, she was mechanically led along.

"Let me introduce myself first. I am Takeshi Yato, a science teacher at Sakuragaoka Elementary School. This is Masaya Ishida, a sixth-grade student, who is my student."

Once they reached the open space, Ya suddenly released the two girls' hands, letting them stand on either side of him. He then took a step forward and turned around to make sure he could see and talk to both of them at the same time, and began to introduce himself.

"Kuse Shizuka, Kirasaka Marina, I know your names, but please tell me everything about what happened—when did the bullying start, what caused it, and what your family situations are like."

No one said a word.

Kuze Shizuka kept her head down and remained silent, while Kirisaka Marina stared fiercely at Yato Takeshi with the look of someone looking at an enemy, clearly refusing to cooperate.

In the silence, Shizuka Kuze's voice, barely audible and filled with dejection, barely uttered any of the child's longing for the future or her liveliness, finally twitched slightly.

"Anyway..." her voice was pitifully low, "Anyway... it won't make any difference, nothing will change..."

Even if a kind stranger helps her out of injustice, once the day is over, she will only be bullied even more severely by Marina the next day at school.

It's no use who comes.

Seeing this, Marina Kirisaka became arrogant, sneering, "See? I told you not to meddle in other people's business, get lost! That's why I said it has nothing to do with you!"

Who told you it's okay?

In front of the three children, Yato Takeshi didn't hesitate at all and made a decisive announcement: "I already know the name of your school. I will go there to teach as soon as tomorrow, or at the latest the day after tomorrow."

"Varied--"

These words stunned Shizuka Kuze, Marina Kirasaka, and Shoya Ishida.

"What about us?" Ishida Shoya asked anxiously, afraid that this silly, childish teacher would just leave his school like this.

"I will do it simultaneously," Ya said, trying to calm him down.

He didn't have a full schedule at Sakuraoka Elementary School to begin with, so he could easily shuttle between the two schools without affecting his original school's affairs.

The only problem is that he will need to spend some of his after-school time dealing with the issues with Shizuka and the others for a while, so he won't be able to continue working with Shoya Ishida for the time being.

Fortunately, the primary goal of taking Ishida Shoya to work was to reform him, and that goal has been achieved. The remaining amount is just a matter of time, and it doesn't matter if we continue later.

"Ha, are you serious?" After her initial shock, Marina Kirisaka scoffed dismissively. "Who are you trying to scare? Do you think I don't know anything? School transfers don't just happen like that!"

There are no rumors of new teachers transferring in at the school. As for applying for a transfer now? That's not something you can just do by applying.

Yagami didn't offer any further explanation, but simply pulled out his University of Tokyo diploma: "Since you understand transfer matters, you should understand this too, right?"

As I said before, although I didn't specifically choose the University of Tokyo identity, it's still very useful.

For any ordinary elementary school, if a teacher who graduated from the University of Tokyo wants to come and teach, there will be no delay; all the procedures will be completed the next day or even the same day.

“Ah…” Marina Kirisaka opened her mouth, speechless.

Although Shizuka Kuze didn't know anything about the University of Tokyo, she knew from Marina's reaction that what Takeshi Yagami said must be true.

For a moment, Shizuka Kuze couldn't hear anything else, only her own murmured voice: "You really... want to transfer?"

Ya squatted down to her level, looking her in the eye, and solemnly promised through her eyes: "Tomorrow morning, I will be in your class and become your teacher."

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