I'm a weird expert in Japan

"Well, um... Is Lian-jun also here to study in the library?" Shiyu asked, peeking out from behind a book.

"Hmm? I guess so." Lian crossed his arms and looked at Kasumigaoka Utaha in front of him.

He vaguely felt that Kasumigaoka Utaha wanted to talk to him about something.

"Is there something wrong with you?"

"Eh? Ah... that..." Shiyu took two steps back, lowering her eyes to her toes, "I, I just saw Lian-jun coming here too, so I came over to say hello..."

"Oh." Lian felt that she was overthinking.

Maybe it's because this "Kasumigaoka Utaha" is too introverted and shy, which makes people feel that she always has something going on.

With a beautiful face that cannot be concealed by a pair of large glasses and a simple hairstyle, he would probably be seen as a symbol of affectation in the eyes of girls of the same age, right?

"I say--" Lian looked around, reached out and grabbed Shiyu's arm, and led her to a location closer to the elevator, which was farther away from the reading area and allowed for some noise.

"Hey...what..." Shiyu was dizzy by this sudden situation. You could almost see her eyes rolling around and her panic was obvious.

"No one bothered you again after that, right?" Lian asked.

Shiyu was stunned and lowered her head. "School was over yesterday... and I didn't have classes these two days, so I didn't meet them..."

“That’s right…” Lian scratched his head.

Strictly speaking, this point is only the second day since he arrived in the mirror world.

But a lot of things happened in between.

Thinking back, it was almost as late as the time he met Kasumigaoka Utaha.

It’s just that time Shiyu was the victim, but this time it seems like she has become the victim.

Unfortunately, this kind of problem has crossed the boundary line, and even the new weird assistant Shiyu outside can't help at all.

What’s more, it’s Shiyu here.

Besides, if bullying really happened, it should be left to the people here to deal with it. Go back and talk to Loli Hanekawa, or talk to someone in the school.

Who should I tell...

Lian started to have a headache.

He felt that nothing he was doing was going well and he had no idea or clue at all.

It’s like looking up information now, but I can’t understand a single word.

"Oh, right!" Lian's voice slightly increased, startling Shiyu. He had to apologize immediately, "I'm sorry, I scared you... I want to ask you for a favor, okay?"

"Yeah." Shiyu nodded without hesitation.

Lian was speechless. "I haven't said anything yet?"

“……” Shiyu lowered her head, pursed her lips into a line, and refused to answer.

"Okay, okay..." Lian muttered, "I want to look up some information, can you help me?"

"What to check?"

"Old news." Lian said, "It's about seven years ago. Maybe you know it, Shiyu."

Faced with Lian's explanation, Shiyu subconsciously widened her eyes, and doubts came through the plain lenses.

"Do you remember the nationwide thunderstorm seven years ago?"

"A little bit..." Shiyu showed a frightened expression.

"Are you afraid of thunder?"

"……Um……"

Shiyu's face turned red again.

This made Lian begin to wonder if Shiyu had a high fever...that would be strange.

Lian almost burst out laughing when he learned that Kasumigaoka Utaha was so timid that she was afraid of thunder. He could only clear his throat and ask in a serious tone:

"Do you remember when that time was?"

"It seemed to be summer... around July or August..." Shiyu tilted her head, "Maybe July or August, I can't remember clearly."

"Just ask the staff and you'll find out," Lian said. "I'll look for July, and you look for August... and then print out the reports on the disaster."

"Ok!"

After saying this, Kasumigaoka Utaha nodded vigorously and walked quickly towards the counter.

Watching Shiyu walk away, Lian patted the hem of her clothes again.

"What am I doing..."

It obviously has nothing to do with "leaving the mirror world", but I still want to investigate it.

Chapter 167 Chapter 3: There Will Always Be a Way When You Get to the Mountain ()

To be honest, Lian considered the persistence of such natural disasters, and the newspapers would definitely continue to follow up on the reports.

But the newspapers borrowed from the library's back issues room were so many that they filled an entire table.

Originally, Shiyu wanted to print them, but the number was too large and printing was not appropriate, so the library manager suggested that they wear gloves when flipping through the pages, and the staff would watch from the side to prevent the newspapers from being damaged during the reading process.

Looking at the thick stack of newspapers, Lian smiled helplessly at Shiyu.

"It seems... a bit too much."

"Hmm..." Shiyu was also embarrassed, "Um... Lianjun, are you looking for news about that natural disaster?"

"Well, text and pictures are fine." Lian thought for a moment and said, "I don't know what to look at specifically, so I'll just pick some reports that look strange."

Compared to the usual disaster situations, he was concerned about some stranger things.

For a natural disaster of that magnitude, the monster that can cause the disaster will definitely not be able to hide itself, and it may even be accidentally captured by reporters after triggering a thunderstorm.

Even if it is just a part or a detail, it can help Lian to understand.

Although it may not be of any use, and there is no way to verify whether we can return to the original world, but... it is better than doing nothing.

"Strange...report?" Shiyu stopped and asked cautiously, "Is it related to that...strange thing?"

"..." Lian paused and turned his head slowly, "What did you say?"

"Weird..." Shiyu lowered her head, "I'm sorry, Lian-jun told me not to care about it, but I can't forget it..."

“Have you ever seen something weird?”

Shi Yu showed a puzzled expression, and first paid attention to the staff. Seeing that the other party was sitting nearby, she whispered: "I was possessed by a strange cactus before, and it was... Lian Jun who helped me solve it."

"Cactus weirdness?"

"Well, invisible thorns appeared on my body, and anyone who was bumped or touched by me was injured." Shiyu added.

"Oh... yeah, I remember now." Lian said as if she suddenly realized something. "That self-protective weirdness that comes from the fear of not wanting to interact with people."

Of course, Lian didn't know the specific situation.

But he had heard of this kind of strangeness, but he didn't expect that Shiyu encountered not a feather crab but a cactus.

This is probably the result of their different personalities.

"Hmm..." Shiyu's face was still red. When she mentioned this matter, she not only did not seem scared, but instead had a strange feeling of joy.

Lian has brought the topic back to the disaster seven years ago. "I just suspect that the disaster that year is related to something strange. The reason is... I recently discovered something incredible, so I want to investigate it."

He made up an excuse and acted very serious.

“Well, would that be terrible…?” Shiyu was surprised.

Lian Xin said she had no idea, but she had to continue to lie.

"It should be very bad. If it is really a disaster caused by the monster, no one can say whether it will happen again." Lian said seriously, "If we can find out the cause, maybe we can reduce the damage caused by the monster."

"Oh... I understand..." Shiyu nodded seriously.

I began to carefully read every issue of the newspaper during the disaster period.

Lian touched her nose and said sorry in her heart.

But on second thought...if it is really weird, it would be too strange.

The strange power comes from the wishes of people's hearts.

If it is not just one person but many people praying, the strange power will continue to grow.

Considering the losses caused by the anomaly, the Shinomiya family basically bore all of them, which means...

So suppose this anomaly really exists.

And it is enough to cause a large-scale natural disaster.

There is power given by people's prayers.

The only explanation that makes sense is that this anomaly originated from the countless hatreds towards the Shinomiya family, which eventually turned into a real anomaly and physically destroyed the Shinomiya family.

Just like Hanekawa Tsubasa's Kou Hu.

The difference is that the tiger can only cause fires, but this monster can create natural disasters.

It is no exaggeration to say that it is the embodiment of the hearts of thousands of people.

but……

According to Shinki's description, the main family of the Shinomiya clan suffered extremely serious damage and began to decline thereafter.

Therefore, there are quite a few people who benefit from this.

Lian felt that his train of thought was stuck again and there was no way to go any further.

After all, these are all inferences drawn based on my own experience. There is no empirical evidence, so it is not reliable to give answers based on assumptions.

No matter how much he hoped that the disaster in the mirror world could bring enlightenment to the real world, the unfounded result was not worth being happy about.

Sighing silently, Lian looked at Shiyu who was still searching carefully and felt that it was not a good idea for her to be so lazy.

Even if you don't understand, it's good to look at the news photos.

When I reached out my hand, a piece of paper the size of a bookmark fell out of the newspaper.

Lian squatted down and picked up the note. Both sides were white and there was no writing on them.

Thinking that this was a useless piece of waste paper and preparing to throw it into the trash can, his thumb casually stroked the surface of the paper and he was involuntarily stunned.

If there was any information on the paper, it was exactly what was given to him.

Then there is only one possibility.

"Shiyu, do you have a pencil?"

"Eh? ...The pencil...is in my bag." Shiyu put down the newspaper, "I'll get it right away."

After getting the pencil, Lian sat on an empty table nearby and began to darken it with the pencil.

It's not the delicate process of painting, it's just simply putting pencil on paper.

The white paper was gradually filled with lead color, and Shiyu looked at this action in confusion.

During this process, parts that could not be painted appeared in the lead-colored part, and those parts gradually formed words.

But Shiyu couldn't understand.

——Because it’s “the other way around”.

For Shiyu in the mirror world, normal words are the opposite of what they actually are.

That's why Lian is the only one who can understand the information on the paper.

In other words, this piece of paper was prepared for him from the very beginning.

Putting down the pencil whose lead had been almost worn out, Lian watched the white bookmark in front of her turn into lead color.

There was a line of random handwriting on it.

"Tomorrow, we will go to Toyosaki Private Academy."

There is no signature, no inscription, and no date.