I refuse to be a plagiarist

Under the dim street lights in the old city, the edges of the corners covered by shadows make people subconsciously want to stay away.

The cries of stray cats could be heard from time to time on the empty streets.

This development, which was like a suspense film, made Hasegawa Hide subconsciously take two steps back and clench his fists.

It is true that he is a man who believes in science.

But we have to admit that sometimes, the inexplicable intuition in our hearts can have unexpected effects.

After all, such strange things as time travel have actually happened to me.

and.......

This is a "superpower" that has been verified by facts!

When he first entered school and was targeted by gangsters, Hasegawa Hide relied on this keen intuition to avoid the unethical plots of that group of scoundrels time and time again.

He had enough reasons to believe in this mysterious intuition.

Suddenly, my sight caught a glimpse of a flash in the darkness.

With his strong eyesight that had not yet been weakened by electronic products, Hasegawa Hide noticed the direction from which the death gaze came.

——It was an extended black sedan.

The single-sided windshield makes it difficult to spy on the people inside from the outside.

But this strange flavor made Hasegawa think of the plots in many gangster movies.

A dark and windy night of murder...

Instantly, his mind conjured up the tragic scene of himself having one of his legs chopped off by a fatal flying axe.

But unlike in the past, this time, there is a high possibility that I might accidentally encounter a real-life version of the plot.

You know, in this country where gangs are legalized, the security environment here is far from as peaceful and tranquil as that of our homeland.

【Run! 】

He is not afraid of fighting, but he also does not want to use his body to measure the strength of modern weapons.

Driven by the desire to survive, Hasegawa Hide didn't think any more. He turned up his collar to cover the lower half of his face, continued to hum Jay Chou's Chinese style melody softly, and then slowly walked in the opposite direction of his residence like a passerby.

Concentrate and listen carefully to the noise coming from behind you.

If he heard a loud engine noise or the sound of a car door opening, he would immediately roll to the grass near the river and use the terrain where it would be difficult for cars to move forward to escape for his life.

After many twists and turns, he finally arrived at a very remote game hall.

Under the waiter's weird gaze, the panicked young man, who seemed to have secretly run away from home, bought a lot of game coins very generously. Finally, he chose a machine near the corner and quietly lay on it.

The inaudible snoring sound was intertwined with the background music of the game console. On the arcade machine where coins were inserted, the screen remained forever on the player selection interface.

——He simply treated this place as a temporary hotel for rest.

When Hasegawa Hide woke up, it was already early morning of the next day.

However, what the boy didn't know was that at this time, in the Yukinoshita family far away in the city, a certain young lady was in dispute with her mother because of him...

Chapter 37: Who Writes Whose Youth

"Mother, I heard that you went to see Hasegawa yesterday, is that right?"

The urgency in the tone revealed the owner's worry.

Compared to Yukinoshita Haruno's excitement, Yuki's mother beside her remained as elegant and composure as the mistress of the Yukinoshita family as always.

"You're so rude, yelling in front of me...Yang Nao.

You have to know that you were never like this before.

Is it because of that boy named Hasegawa?"

Gently place the teacup in your hand on the table.

Looking at her eldest daughter's posture which was like a furry cat, Xue's mother felt surprised and at the same time, she couldn't help but feel a sense of novelty.

——What kind of magic does that boy, who was like a dove and whom I waited for a whole day but couldn’t see, have?

So much so that his daughter, who had always been calm and dignified, had now become like this, and even had the courage to question him directly.

【This girl.....】

Staring quietly into Yangno's eyes.

After looking at her daughter's fearless eyes for a long time, Xue's mother closed her eyes and sighed slightly:

"Okay, Yangno, your worries are unnecessary.

I didn’t even meet that boy yesterday.”

"..."

really?

Although she didn't say it explicitly, the girl's eyes at this moment exposed her true thoughts without any disguise.

This subtle reaction made Xue's mother complain in her heart: What kind of image do I have in the mind of this eldest daughter...

He signaled with his eyes to the driver who was waiting on the side.

In fact, Xue's mother was also feeling resentful about being stood up (Wu).

According to rumors, he is a very self-disciplined and good kid, so why is it that when I want to see him for myself, I see a completely different image?

"I don't know if he stayed out all night, but he was still wandering outside in the middle of the night... Yang Nai, it seems that your friend is not as good as the rumors say."

He glanced at his daughter meaningfully.

The contempt flowing in his eyes was so strong that he was just short of directly accusing someone of "bad friends".

Facing her mother's gaze, Yukinoshita Haruno choked slightly, then turned her head and picked up her handbag:

"......You don't have to worry about this for now."

Perhaps because she had just had a fight with her mother, Yang No did not take the family's black car today, but walked to the tram stop by herself.

She was glad that Hasegawa did not meet her mother.

But at the same time, regarding what Yuki's mother said about "wandering outside late at night", Yukinoshita Haruno couldn't help but start to imagine things.

[It was late at night, and he had just come out of the ward. Where on earth would Hasegawa Hide go...?]

"Yukinoshita, why are you here?

Is it by chance that you want to experience what it's like for ordinary people to go to school?"

"Ah, ah?!"

The joking greeting caught her off guard for a moment.

Looking in the direction of the voice, what caught Yukinoshita Haruno's eyes was the familiar and friendly face of Hasegawa Hide.

But she didn't know if it was her illusion. Compared to usual times, she always felt that the other person seemed to have experienced something exhausting yesterday.

【yesterday.......】

"Yo~

You look so gloomy, has something happened to you?"

"Nothing, just some things happened at home.

It's you.

Where did you go after you came out of the hospital yesterday? "

“Uh, I went to celebrate with Baiyin.

Why are you asking this?"

"Nothing, it's just that a friend heard that you were released from the hospital yesterday, and then waited for a long time but didn't see you, so he wanted to ask me..."

"......"

[Is this friend you are talking about... huh? ]

The look he gave the girl suddenly became strange.

But the next second, Hasegawa Hide remembered the "death stare" he felt from the black car when he returned home last night.

Masaka...

A bold guess suddenly emerged in my mind.

With a tentative look in mind, he asked cautiously:

"Yukinoshita, you... oh, I mean your 'friend'.

Did she come to see me in a black car last night?"

"...

How did you know that?

The mood suddenly became tense.

In Japanese, the pronunciation of "ta" is decisively different for different genders.

There was a hint of worry in his eyes.

At this moment, the girl recalled the conversation she had with her mother at home in the morning.

——That seemingly honest and loyal driver, could it be that he was covering up a lie for my mother? !

"You..... met that friend of mine last night?"

"......No, nothing. I didn't see her at all."

Thinking back to all the stupid things he had done last night, at this moment, Hasegawa Hide suddenly had the urge to go back in time and slap himself in the face.

Just for this...just because of such a stupid reason, I actually stayed in the corner of the game hall in fear for the whole night.

What gangs...armed fights...are all just fantasies made up in my mind!

Not only that, but he also made his friends who came to visit him in the hospital wait for so long at night…

[Hasegawa, Hasegawa... you are such a disgrace to Jill! ]

Like a bolt from the blue, as this thought came to him, he instantly collapsed on the armrest as if all his strength had been drained out of him.

Seeing Hasegawa's distraught look, Yukinoshita, who thought that he had been "taught a lesson" by his mother last night, hurriedly grabbed him and used her body as a fulcrum to support him:

"Hasegawa, what's wrong with you? Cheer up!"

With the same complicated emotions, I gently shake someone who has fallen into isolation due to shame.

Looking at the harmonious and loving interaction between the boy and the girl, passers-by who happened to see this scene began to whisper.

There are also some adults who have entered society who seem to be recalling some old memories. Looking at them, I can't help but smile knowingly on my face.

In China, perhaps most high school students spend their daily lives sweating and fighting fiercely with a sea of ​​test papers, just for that once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to change their destiny.

But in Japan, an ordinary island country, for those who have entered the society since high school, who doesn’t have a glorious past?

Time passed by minute by minute.

In the end, the two people who missed their stop because of their absent-mindedness ended up standing in the corridor as punishment for being late, experiencing something they had never experienced since they entered school.

The iron bucket filled with water in my hand silently writes the weight of youth.

After a long silence, Hasegawa Hide, who was unaware of the situation, took the initiative to speak and talked about what happened last night...

Chapter 38: Sudden Notice

“…it must sound ridiculous, right?

I thought I was being targeted by some unknown mafia, so I didn’t go home and just went to a nearby game hall to spend the night. ”

He told the girl in front of him the story of what happened last night.

Hasegawa Hide, who mistakenly thought that he had made the other party wait for a whole night in vain, had no sense of shame at all. Instead, he felt a little embarrassed when he said this.

But he didn't know that in the eyes of Yukinoshita Haruno, this had become a completely different and puzzling thing.