Survive in Azure Files

When Haruka heard what I said, she seemed to have thought of something, but she suppressed the desire to say it out loud.

"Tell me anytime, like now."

Haruka shuddered: "Ah, I see... Teacher, can you allow me to grow weeds in the guest room?"

"Weed?"

Haruka trembled again and stammered, "S-sorry, um, um, sorry, please pretend I didn't say anything."

As she spoke, Haruka's eyes became red and she looked like she was about to cry.

Another deadly child, in both senses of the word.

I quickly said, "As for weeds, you can grow them."

"Ah...ah..."

"I'm just a little curious as to why Haruka wants to grow weeds."

In response, Haruka gave a very typical reply:

"Weeds... how should I put it, um... should I say comrade... I always feel that they are very similar to me... they are of no particular use... and they always cause trouble for people around them... They are obviously worthless, but they show up everywhere... I guess that's the feeling..."

"That's right..."

I pondered for a moment, then smiled and commented, "Weeds are pretty good, aren't they? They work hard in the dark, and I think that's what makes them most like Haruka. I like them very much."

Haruka's expression changed rapidly, with surprise, timidity, doubt, joy, and emotion alternating between them.

It is really easy to fool students who lack self-confidence. If you just give them a compliment at the right moment, they will react so strongly. But it is also very troublesome.

I decided to quit while I was ahead and didn't pursue the matter.

When we were almost near Hoshino's house, Haruka actually took the initiative to talk to me:

"Hehehe... Thank you very much... Teacher... You are such a good person..."

Another good guy card.

I touched my nose awkwardly: "I'm sorry, I've never been a good person."

Haruka mustered up the courage to retort: ​​"That's not the case. Thank you so much for chatting with someone like me... for encouraging me... and for caring about me..."

"Because Haruka is a very cute child, I am the winner in this respect."

"Hmm, you're saying that again... You're so gentle..."

Haruka's tone was insanely gentle, as was her smile.

"If it's for the teacher... I... everything..."

I suddenly became alert, thinking, is Haruka going to confess her feelings? Maybe she'll even say something cheesy like "I'll give you my all"?

It's a bit scary that they succeeded so quickly.

"For the teacher..."

In my eyes, Haruka's gentle smile suddenly became somewhat morbid:

"I can eliminate all the guys you find annoying."

This is even more terrifying!

You are a bit too extreme!

I quickly advised her not to do that.

You don't need to exclude all of them, just exclude a few that are particularly annoying, such as Caesar PMC Director, Caesar PMC Director, and Caesar PMC Director.

And we have to finish the interrogation of the intelligence first.

Haruka nodded thoughtfully, and it was unclear how much she had heard.

Anyway, we arrived at the Hoshino family home which I had been away from for a long time.

I opened the door with the key and a familiar scene came into view, but the people from the past had already broken away.

I felt inexplicably sad, and whispered:

"I am back."

No one answered.

Chapter 39 The Beginning of the Plan

It's only natural that Hoshino is not here, and that's why I'm here.

There was no way around it. I didn't know how Caesar PMC's revenge would unfold. Since we had to rescue Hoshino, we couldn't let her important belongings be at risk of being destroyed.

Fortunately, Hoshino’s home is very simple and all the important things are in the bedroom.

The most troublesome thing was a poster pasted on the wall - I only now realized that it was a promotional poster for the Abydos Desert Festival.

Because it was so tattered, it was pieced together with tape, and it was stuck so firmly that it took a lot of effort to completely peel it off.

I put it away carefully and breathed a sigh of relief.

It is so old, yet it is still stuck on the wall of the bedroom. It must be an important thing to Hoshino.

At this time, Haruka had already packed up the other things:

A photo of Hoshino with short hair and a strange woman with a silly smile. Maybe she is the former student council president of Abydos. I didn’t see her when I visited Hoshino’s house several times before.

It must have been put away.

As expected, Hoshino was wary of me from the very beginning.

Then there was the blue whale pillow I gave to Xingye, placed inside the quilt. Thinking that this was a gift I specially picked for her, I became even more upset.

Accepting a gift doesn't mean you agree, right?

I don’t think this is an important item for Hoshino, but after all, I bought it, so I might as well take it with me as a recycling.

Finally, this is also a gift I gave to Hoshino, the illustrated book of marine life.

Haruka was staring at the cover intently, seeming to be somewhat interested, yet afraid to open it.

"Want to see it?"

Haruka replied: "Ah... um, um... I just don't know why, but I'm a little concerned..."

"Then I'll lend it to you."

“Eh? Huh? If Hoshino-san knew… he wouldn’t be angry…”

Because of my accumulated dissatisfaction with Hoshino, my tone was inevitably a little bad: "It doesn't matter, she won't be angry about such a thing, just take it and watch it if you want."

"I understand... I will treat it carefully and will never get it dirty..."

After packing these and some small items, Haruka and I returned to Abydos Higher College smoothly.

After everyone except Nomiya arrived and hid the relatively heavy and less important things in the school storage room, we set off for Xialai.

After a short journey, near dusk, the helicopter landed on the roof of the Xialai Building.

I led a group of girls to the living area. There were nine of us crammed into the living room, including me. Even with the spacious living area, it was still a bit crowded.

However, the rooms are adequate.

God knows what the missing Federation Student Union President is thinking, but Xia Lai has the largest number of guest rooms.

After learning that Convenience House 68 had already moved into Xialai a few days ago, Qinxiang reacted strongly:

"Huh?! You perverted teacher! You actually let students live in your house!"

"...Then why didn't you object when I suggested that everyone stay in Xialai temporarily?"

"This, this situation is different!"

Qinxiang started arguing again, saying that she was forced to do so due to circumstances. It was completely different and very interesting.

The other two members of the Countermeasures Committee, Ayane and Shiroko, did not react so violently.

Ayane had no idea what she was thinking, and she blushed and became shy, and now she was being teased by Mutsuki.

Bai Zi just stared at me silently with his deep eyes, and to be honest, it was a little creepy.

After Qinxiang finally calmed down and took Shiroko Ayane to put her luggage away, it was time for dinner.

I counted the number of people and thought that instead of going out to eat, it would be better to order takeout.

When everyone was discussing what to eat in Xialai tonight, I received a momotalk message from Nomiya.

Nomiya: Teacher!

Nomiya: I'm downstairs at Xialai Building!

Nomiya: Please come and save me!

Me: What happened?

However, Nomiya did not respond.

Could it be that someone from the Caesar Group actually chased them to DU and attacked Nomiya?

I walked quickly to the window and looked out, but I couldn't see Nomiya from this angle. After briefly explaining to the others that Nomiya was downstairs and in trouble, I led the girls with guns and ammunition and hurried downstairs.

And right at the gate of Xialai's office building, I saw Nomiya, who was being harassed.

I was slightly startled, and the girl heard the footsteps, turned around and said to me happily:

"Teacher! You're here just in time! I spotted a suspicious person lingering at the entrance of Xialai!"

And I just want to ask: Kirino, when will you be fired from the Life Safety Bureau?

Yes, the one who was pestering Nomiya and talking to me was none other than Nakamura Kirino, whom I hadn’t seen for a long time.

From her tone, she must have thought Nomiya was a delinquent... What kind of eyes? How could such a cute Nomiya be a delinquent?

At this time, Kirino also discovered that there were nearly two dozen strange girls following me, and they all seemed to have walked out of the living area...

Kirino was stunned, her face quickly flushed, and she rushed over to me. Before I could say anything, she hurriedly took out the handcuffs and handcuffed me:

"Teacher! You are breaking the law! Come on, surrender yourself with me!"

One end of the handcuffs was on the left wrist and the other end was on the right wrist.

The former is mine, and the latter is Kirino's.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Xiao Kong from the convenience store hear the noise, stick his head out of the door, and look in horror at me being arrested on the spot by the police.

Then Xiaokong noticed my gaze and quickly shrank back.

I raised my empty right hand to cover my face, and couldn't help lamenting: What had I done wrong to have the idea of ​​marrying this fool to Xia Lai?

Oh, it turns out that I listened to someone's advice -

Tail Blade Leaf Nagisa! You plotted against me!

Fortunately, a fool can defeat a fool. Alu, who had extensive experience with such incidents, used only a few words to successfully make Kirino understand that this was a misunderstanding.

"Ahaha~ So it was a misunderstanding~ I thought the teacher had done something bad~"

Kirino smiled apologetically and took out the key from her pocket to unlock the door.

After the handcuffs were removed, I moved my wrists and asked, "Kirino, why are you here today?"

"Nothing, I just got off work and was walking around. I noticed that Nomiya-san was looking around suspiciously, so I followed him."

"How rude! How am I suspicious? It's just my first time here and I don't know the way!"

"Yes, I'm sorry..."

How should I put it, it fits the impression Kirino gave me.

However, although it was just a coincidence, it was also a coincidence.

I was planning to look for Kirino recently, but she came knocking on my door by herself, which saved me the effort.

"Kirino, I need your help with something."

I said to Kirino, who was a little confused but very willing, "Can you help me get the personal contact information of Chief Oba of your police station?"

"what?"