life in the world

No, it can't be, there is nothing wrong at all...

Nogami Izumi, who just wanted to find a secluded place to clear up his chaotic thoughts, accidentally turned into a narrow street that does not allow vehicles to pass.

On one side of the street are row upon row of buildings of different heights, while on the other side, there are cherry blossom street trees blooming by the stream.

In the evening, there is almost no one to disturb the quiet place, the slightly poignant scenery of cherry blossoms falling slowly after the breeze blows, and finally being sent to the distance by the stream, this is almost like a secret base that appeared just for her now.

The stream flowing by the tree is very shallow, so shallow that it can hardly cover the toe of the shoe, but Izumi Nogami still sees his embarrassed appearance with reddish eye circles and unresolved palm prints on the side of his face from the blurred water surface——

It is absolutely impossible to make mistakes in the principles I learned from my father.

She stared at the reflection of the young girl whose face was distorted by the flow of the stream, and the afterglow of the dusk was shining in her pink eyes.

It was her who was wrong.

It was Izumi Nogami who was wrong.

What was wrong was Izumi Nogami who stood helplessly in the position of the weak when faced with the assembled students who held the banner of rightness and justice.

But... why is she the one who is wrong?Shouldn't it be those idiots who believe in rumors and are used as knives like mad dogs? !

"I am not wrong."

"I am not wrong……"

"I--"

"You are not wrong, ha, do you want to say that it is not you but the world that is wrong?"

The annoying tone, the annoying voice, accompanied by the soft sound of cherry blossom petals being stepped on the ground, she looked up, and what caught her eyes was, as expected, an annoying guy.

"I didn't expect to meet you here."

The familiar words seem to be the beginning of another sneering bullying.

Even if I escape here...?

Izumi Nogami clenched the hair tie in his hand, and unconsciously crumpled it into a crumpled ball.

The figure covering the sky like a dark cloud stood two steps away, with his back facing the evening sun when he was in a demon, every line of his shoulders and even the contours of his torso seemed to be plated with bright red gold.

What, high above you, do you think you are very proud?

Seeing myself become like this now, I am already overjoyed, right?

The few wet wipes that seemed to be alms to the poor during the lunch break, and the careless smile, recalling it again, it was like a sharp knife, stabbing into her scarred heart again and again.

"roll……"

She stared blankly at the person who came, her disgust, resentment, and grievance seemed to be mixed into a paste by a broken machine, and they were mixed together, tightly blocking her throat.The scolding words finally squeezed out of his mouth, but in the end they turned into weak murmurs.

"do not bother me……"

?

After successfully answering a few questions that Mr. Asama specially asked, Harutaki Hoshikawa, who had proved his strength by passing the school exam, was able to return to the classroom to pack his schoolbag after struggling to get rid of the uncle who asked him about the secrets of his studies. leave school.

The route home after school is still exactly the same as the route when I went to school, but the reason for enjoying the flowers and soothing the mood in the past has changed to the expectation of wanting to "encounter" Senior Egret again.

He was so busy playing cool that he completely forgot to ask the other party for his contact information like an idiot.

This made Chun Taki feel that his mentality was already old——

You know, when he was in college, he would not hesitate to strike up a conversation with any beautiful girl he met and ask for her contact information, and the success rate was not low.

Of course, he felt that it should be mainly attributed to his own appearance, not the Audi rs7 that he relied on his father to drive.

However, I don't know if Senior Bailu is deliberately avoiding him for some reason. For more than half a month, he walked home from school on the cherry blossom road by the stream every day, and he never saw that sitting in the tree. Below, the cold figure standing alone like an egret.

As for the matter of going directly to Senior Egret at school, Harutaki Xingchuan never even considered it.

The sadly thick barrier between the identities of the younger and the younger, cast by culture, is absolutely insurmountable in school.

He has already been labeled as a dirty scumbag, handsome guy with breasts, etc., if he goes to find a third-year senior sister in school as a second-year student, it will not only attract the same malice from his seniors, but also cause him It caused a lot of trouble for the senior sister.

"? 卍God bless, Buddha bless, today we must change contact information with Bailu-senpai... 卍?"

Maybe we should go to the countryside and add a god like Amaterasu?

Harutaki, who put his hands together and prayed to many gods, did not reflect on his greed and impiety at all, and even went further to try to cause qualitative changes through quantitative changes.

But when he stepped into the cherry blossom path by the stream and saw the slim figure sitting under the tree by the roadside from a distance, he couldn't help but widen his eyes——

It turns out that praying really does work! ?

Chapter 37--Winners Meet Losers

Although he prayed in the wrong direction, Hoshikawa Harutaki had to admit that even if the person sitting here was not Bailu-senpai but Nogami-san, he didn't feel disappointed at all.

Smooth long orange-red hair draped over her shoulders, red eye sockets and a touch of sadness, which also softened the sharp and fierce eyes in the past——

Isn't this much cuter than the usual outfit? !

Compared with Nogami Izumi's once strong and domineering arrogance, she is now a noble princess, especially after the hard shell was broken, the contrast she exudes is huge To Harutaki now, his sense of weakness is full of fatal attraction.

"I didn't expect to meet you here."

Looking at the frustrated girl from top to bottom, Hoshikawa Harutaki took the initiative to strike up a conversation.

Even though he knew it was a glass of fine wine laced with poison, he still had to raise his glass and drink it up.

Even though he knew it was a raging fire, he still jumped into it like a moth without hesitation.

Although it is not suitable for him to reopen the experience once, he still firmly believes in this truth——

There is only one life, and only one youth. If you are not greedy, it would be too wasteful.

The unique precious treasure in the world is right in front of him, even if there are thorns and traps in the distance, Harutaki does not want to give up.

As long as he believes that he has this ability, then he will achieve his goal without hesitation, and at the same time retain the energy to take off the crown beautifully before the finish line——

This is the aesthetics that Harutaki Hoshikawa believes in.

"Excuse me, I want to sit here for a while."

He wasn't as polite as he was to Senior Bailu before, and he didn't use interrogative sentences, but a declarative tone.

Because he knows that if he asks the other party in the way of "can you" or "can you", he will only get one answer——

"Go away...don't bother me..."

That's it.

However, occasionally, sometimes, the girl's words have to be listened to in reverse, just like even though he was already sitting next to Nogami Izumi, the latter did not show any rejection reaction, as if the scolding just now did not come from the girl's mouth Same.

"I'm sorry for your trouble to find this kind of place to watch my jokes."

Nogami stared straight at the slightly choppy stream, and the indifferent words she blurted out were her last bit of stubbornness.

However, she thought she would get the same answer as during the lunch break, but instead heard a heartless acknowledgment from Harutaki beside her.

"You're right, I did come to see your joke."

Sure enough... Sure enough, you have been hiding your bad character all this time, and now you finally revealed your true nature, right? !

She waited silently, waiting for Harutaki to speak again, waiting for him to condescendingly deal a devastating blow to the loser, to those who showed their vulnerable side—just like she did once.

"However, I haven't seen the joke yet, but the lovely princess has found one."

likes and dislikes...

Disgusting!

This kind of words that make people get goosebumps all over and can't help but tingle in the scalp, how can he say it with the cheek? !

In fact, just as Nogami Izumi thought, Harutaki couldn't help but burst into laughter after saying this.

"I lied to you."

He said.

"I did see the joke. After all, I'm not blind. The faintly visible palm print on Nogami's face can still be seen clearly at such a short distance."

Hearing this, Izumi Nogami immediately covered the side of his face with his hands, and then stared back with what he thought were vicious eyes.

Now that she does this kind of behavior again, it's like a kitten who can't stretch out its claws is intimidating humans. It's fierce and cute.

"But, likewise, the current Nogami-san is indeed very cute."

"You... what nonsense are you talking about!"

Of course she knew she was cute.

but……

However, he was ridiculed by Haru Taki just now, so that the usual praise that followed seemed very sincere and moving under the contrast.

This guy may not be as annoying as he imagined——

Just when such an idea appeared in her mind, Xingchuan Harutaki's next words shattered it in an instant, breaking her last inexplicable hope.

"Speaking of which, you guessed right before. The 'passer-by girl' who posted that post was me, Harutaki Xingchuan."

Fake... deceitful...

"Just...what are you kidding..."

"I'm not kidding you, Nogami-san."

Ha, anyway, what's next like 'you're beautiful' and 'want to date'?

"Everything is fabricated by me. From renting green screens and photoshop retouching, to using avatars and two accounts to play in reverse, and finally multiple anonymous trumpets added replies to guide the direction of public opinion and manipulate the public opinion of all students—— "

Without hesitation, he shattered Izumi Nogami's last bit of luck.

"—I did all of this by myself."

"Liar..."

"I don't have any need to lie to you."

"Then why do you explain it to me here calmly?!"

Nogami Izumi turned around furiously, grabbed his collar with both hands, and shouted loudly with red eyes.

"Yes! You won! You smashed Izumi Nogami's worthless pride! You trampled on her ridiculous dignity! Are you satisfied?!"

"Isn't that what you liked to do to others?"

Seeing this handsome face as calm as a calm ancient well, and hearing this indifferent tone like the first snow in spring, she loosened her hands weakly, and fell down on her previous seat——

Undoubtedly, this is indeed what she did to those "toys" in the past.

"Ha, so what if I lose? What are you proud of? You bastard will be like me one day..."

Izumi Nogami gritted her teeth and did one of the things she has always looked down on——

The most impotent curse from the loser and the weak.

"No, Nogami-san, you seem to have misunderstood a little bit. I am completely different from you."

Harutaki still spoke calmly, if it wasn't for the fact that his collar was slightly creased after he had just adjusted it, it was as if he hadn't experienced anything just now.

"I have a clear awareness of the fact that I am a weak person. I know that I am very weak."

"But you don't know that your own strength is only a false strength. You, immersed in this illusion, are still a weak guy in essence, even weaker than me."

"Are you teaching me how to do things?! Stop talking ridiculous nonsense here, bastard! Who do you think you are?!"

She retorted hysterically, and her numb emotions flared up again.

"If it wasn't for you spreading rumors and slandering, if it wasn't for those crazy dogs who didn't believe in rumors and then bit people, why would you sit here and talk to me?! How dare a villain who uses despicable tricks say such things?!"

Chapter 38--False Power

"I know you're in a hurry, but don't be in a hurry."

Izumi Nogami: ??

The more she saw Xingchuan Harutaki's calm attitude, the harder it was for her to restrain her anger——

I want to pull him into the water, want to make him worse than myself, more painful than myself, and then question his thoughts in turn.