Real teaching, hypocritical gray life

However, the sun was blazing outside, and the blazing sun was hanging in the sky, casting a scorching light. Although the trees were still able to stand on both sides of the street, the shaky reality distortion was actually right in front of me.

In addition, the experience that the 'warm wind' brought me was also quite 'comfortable'.

If you go out in this kind of weather, you will die. If you don't die, you will get burned.

"Luo promised me yesterday, right?"

"..."

.............

"There seems to be a fortune teller who is quite effective recently."

"A fortune teller?"

When I heard Ichinose's speech, I was surprised for a while, and then I remembered that this was probably similar to the existence of a Taoist priest.

Divination is a method of inferring future good or bad fortune.

In the early days, tortoise shells were mostly used for divination. When the tortoise shells were burned with fire, they would make crackling sounds, which were often understood as the gods conveying their will.

In modern times, there are many forms of divination. I can name at least four. Although I don't have a deep understanding of any of them.

"Yeah. I heard about this from Chihiro the day before yesterday morning. She said that a very effective fortune teller came to [Keyaki Shopping Center]. Even the seniors in the student union were talking about it. So I thought about going to take a look."

Keyaki Shopping Center is the name of a complex facility that students usually use.

Although our activities have been limited to the space of this school for three years, on the other hand, the facilities here are quite complete and the infrastructure is also complete. It is not an entertainment with infinite possibilities, but from a limited perspective, it can be called a narrow world. It is precisely because of this that all students of this school know all the activities in the school clearly, and every time a new activity appears, it will attract strong attention.

But I didn't expect it to be divination.

"Is Ichinose interested in divination?"

"I can't really say I'm interested. My knowledge of divination is limited to what appears on the news every morning... But it's precisely because I don't understand this kind of thing that I'm curious about it."

"But it doesn't make much sense, it seems like they are all swindling people under the guise of gods, ghosts, cows and sheep, isn't it?"

No, that can't be said completely. The existence of fortune tellers is ultimately a sign of extraordinary talents, because the essence of fortune telling is perception, or insight.

Infer some connection between the things involved and respond to the clues.

This is quite similar to the police catching a thief.

"Although divination involves some supernatural things, the fortune teller has such a reputation, so he must have some ability. Even if they use a large amount of data as a basis to classify people's behavior patterns and draw conclusions, wouldn't it be interesting? Maybe they can find some strange points in the process."

"I see... Why me? If Ichinose wants to get it, wouldn't it be better to ask Shiranami or Kobashi Yume-san?"

"That's what I planned to do at first, but after asking them, I found out that if you want to participate in divination activities, you must be a man and a woman together. Even if you want to serve alone, you can't."

"What a weird request..."

It must be a male and female group... Is there such a divination?

"So can you fulfill my request? It'll be considered as payment for helping deliver meals every day."

"I don't have any problem..."

"That's great, it's settled."

............

It turns out that I make promises too easily now, without even considering such low-level things.

I followed Ichinose and tried to find a suitable shaded area, and then I found a way to get in. Fortunately, the school, which is proud of its large land area, also planted many roadside trees. Therefore, there are many shades on the sidewalks to avoid the sun.

But soon I was covered in sweat. It was so hot, why were these trees still standing there so peacefully? I began to have wild thoughts about the tolerance of living things, and even imagined myself traveling to the glacier area. In fact, it would be very cold, and I would rush back.

According to information I got from Bai Bo, the fortune-telling shop will open at 10 o'clock today, and if you don't get there early, it's said that there will be a long queue that is rarely seen in a year. Although I haven't seen what it will look like, I really can't bear to wait for a long time in such hot weather.

So Ichinose and I chose to arrive at the fortune-telling shop at 9:30 and line up.

I thought everyone would be discouraged by the hot weather, but I didn't expect that there were quite a lot of tourists on the street outside the Zelkova Shopping Center, and there were many students around me wearing summer clothes like me. I prayed in my heart that their goals were not the same as ours, but we were on the same path all the way here, and my hope became increasingly slim.

Finally they walked into the Beech Shopping Center with us.

"They are not all here to learn divination, are they?"

"It's very likely. After all, it's a new project of the Zelkova Shopping Center."

Ichinose responded to me nonchalantly, first took me to buy some drinks and then leisurely headed towards the destination.

The divination activity was held on the fifth floor, so we subconsciously looked towards the staircase.

The reason was that there were quite a few students waiting at the elevator entrance, and they couldn't be counted with two hands. This meant that we had to wait for quite a while.

"Um, do we need to take the stairs? The emergency exit is right next to it... or should we take a detour and take another elevator?"

As he spoke, Ichinose pointed to an elevator a hundred meters away. Unlike the one in front of him, the door of that elevator was quite deserted. If you compare them, you will know the difference between a movie theater that has a private screening and one that has not.

"Let's do as Ichinose says."

I didn't want to make a choice either way, because the emergency passage also required walking up five flights of stairs, maybe even more, and the other elevator was just as far away from us as the former, which consumed as much energy.

"Then let's take another elevator."

Although it took a lot of effort, Ichinose and I finally arrived at the fifth floor where the fortune teller appeared. However, the scene before me made me panic and confused.

"......Although I want to hide it in my heart, but...Ichinose, are you lying to me?"

First of all, let me talk about my shock. I never thought that so many people would come to seek divination.

Secondly, what I don't understand is that most of the people here are in pairs of men and women, and they are probably in a relationship. Why do I say "mostly", because when I first came in, a pair of all-female best friends walked out of the fortune teller's tent. I originally thought it was a boy with long hair, but the unusual waves on his chest made me realize my mistake.

The group relationships around me also confirmed my guess, there are quite a few groups consisting of only boys or only girls.

While lamenting that all the contents of divination are not limited to the degree of compatibility between boyfriends and girlfriends, I questioned Ichinose.

"Well, what is Luo referring to?"

“Look.” I pointed to Ichinose at the group of only girls that just walked out of the tent, and she nodded without reacting.

"I remember Ichinose said that if you want to participate in divination, you can only form a team of two, a man and a woman. So what's going on here?"

“Oh, is that so?”

"I, I don't know either. I don't really understand such things. Chihiro told me everything."

Ichinose is not a good liar, and the truth of things can be easily known from her positive expression. From the expression shown by Ichinose at the moment, she probably didn't realize that things would unfold like this.

So that means Shiranami and the others made deceptive statements... although there is a possibility that they don't know either...

But I'm still very angry. Maybe there was no need for me to accompany Hitonose out in the first place.

"As an apology, I will compensate Luo Jun later."

"I just said it casually. I don't take it too seriously, so Ichinose doesn't need to worry about it."

I shook my head, which made Ichinose feel relieved, and then he looked at the team in front of us with me.

Unlike the gender combination, Bai Bo was very accurate in queuing. No matter which of the four lines in front of him, it would be quite difficult to line up, and only the third line looked more pleasing to the eye.

The woman in charge of the line at the end of the line approached us.

"Good morning. Are you two here for divination?"

"Yes."

"Excuse me, are you two a couple?"

"Hey, hey, hey, couple?"

Ichinose immediately waved his hands in panic, and then he was speechless. Seeing Ichinose like this, I knew I had to speak up, otherwise we would definitely be misunderstood by the waitress in front of us.

"Is this question related to the divination later?"

"It's like this. If you two want to do some divination specifically about couples, Mr. Koizumi will be better at handling it. In other aspects, the abilities of each teacher are equal."

"I think Ichinose just wants to add some information about his fortune-telling experience, right?"

"That... um... maybe that's it..."

"In that case, please do as you please. The fortune teller will give you the corresponding items for the divination when you enter the room, so I won't explain it to you here."

"Thank you."

I think the clerk nodded, and then she also greeted the person behind us.

It would be quite troublesome to ask them one by one.

I observed her work process for a while, and then said to Ichinose, "How about we go to the third team, which seems to have fewer people?"

"Yeah, okay." Ichinose responded with his head down.

Maybe it was my illusion, but I always felt that Ichinose's cheeks were a little redder than before, and there was a little evasiveness in the look she gave me.

But then I thought about my girlish complex and felt relieved. I took Ichinose's hand and walked towards the third team.

Chapter 115: Divination in Progress

[As long as you are with the opposite sex, no matter how things unfold or how the world judges them to end, the atmosphere of the process will always become quite bad in an instant.]

——by Master Okabe who has played Galgame many times.

Out of his own personal wishes, he privately prefers us to call him "Dashi". I don't know why he is so keen on this. Before this, I always thought that the highest honor among boys is to be considered as the best, but on the other hand, the desire to win seems to be even higher...

Galgame is a type of electronic game in which players can interact with animated beautiful girls. The original target audience was men, but now the plot is suitable for all ages without distinction between men and women.

I have watched Okabe play an interactive Galgame once, and although I don't know much about it, the general idea is that it is a guide for the corresponding characters, which should be correct.

What Okabe said was the conclusion he came to after trying many types.

When you are with the opposite sex, the other person will always give you the feeling of being stabbed by a tendon breakers at some point in time. In short, it is a sense of distance.

I think that no matter who is in the story, they can feel it a little bit, at least because they are afraid to face it, so a new species is born. (I forgot the specific name, but it seems to have the word "dog" in it.)

I was thankful for this, because I was able to clearly realize that there needed to be a topic to replace the awkward atmosphere between Ichinose and me.

Due to our early arrival and the already formed and sizable team, we would inevitably be exposed for the next few dozen minutes, and we would not be able to use the usual method of being alone to solve this problem.

People with communication disorders might be quite scared of the situation I’m in right now.

Although I am not a good talker, I still have a lot of topics to talk about in all aspects.

"Has Ichinose ever heard of the one-two form of divination before?"

As I asked her questions, Yanose gradually turned his attention to answering the question.

"...Never. I have searched for relevant information on the Internet, but it seems that there are only one-on-one...and public divination."

"...That means this newly opened fortune-telling shop might just be a new thing that has developed along with the media industry."

At this point I don’t even know what I’m talking about anymore.

"Divination is always a private matter, and it is conducted one-on-one between the person asking the question and the fortune teller. If the divination provided by this shop is for the general public, the corresponding results will be inaccurate. I heard that it seems to be more about the Barnum effect and psychological comfort...Does Luo know anything about this aspect?"

Barnum effect, also known as the Banan effect and the Fra effect.

People give highly accurate ratings to personality descriptions that they believe are tailor-made for them, and these descriptions are often vague and general enough to apply to many people in the world.

"It's not bad. At least I know what the Barnum effect is. I happened to come across the corresponding knowledge when I was on the cruise ship before."

"Was Luo really watching at that time?"

"I have already explained this to you a long time ago."

"...Let's just leave it at that for now... In addition, divination is actually related to the level of the fortune teller."

"It is said that if the fortune teller's level is below 60 points, then public divination and private divination are almost the same."

After hearing Ichinose's reply, I glanced at the sign hanging on the fortune-telling shop.

"Our team's fortune teller score is 86 points."

"If the fortune teller's level is above 60 points, he will provide more extensive, in-depth and detailed information during private fortune telling, provided that the fortune teller will take you very seriously."

"But it shouldn't matter. After all, we are two people doing it at the same time. Telling us the conclusion will not be biased towards personal accuracy. The final result will definitely be an abstract summary. Well. Anyway, we are just here to experience it."

At last, Ichinose finally showed a more relaxed smile. In fact, after we arrived here, Ichinose changed from being open and confident to being a little more reserved. I don't know how it happened, but it might be because quite a few students greeted Ichinose.

"That being said, this fortune-telling shop is still... "

When I wanted to complete the sentence, I swallowed a few words.

Ichinose gave me a puzzled look.

"Or what?"