I refuse to be a plagiarist

He responded indifferently to the enthusiastic shop assistant.

Hasegawa came to a physical store that sold models.

An assortment of robots were shelved on the counter, and from what he could tell it was something called a Gundam.

The cool gun accessories and paint jobs make this sci-fi item exude a unique charm that makes it hard for boys to look away.

He's a boy after all.

Whether I was a child or an adult, I always liked to play with guns and sticks and shoot something at people.

The reason why Hasegawa Hide came into contact with this field was also the result of chance.

One night, he suddenly felt like going out to a night stall to eat barbecue. On the way, he passed by a lottery event and accidentally got lucky and won a real prize.

A box of Gundam.

RX78......According to his subsequent investigation, the model for which he won the award is known as the "original" machine in the Gundam universe.

What is the origin?

He is the protagonist of the first film in the series.

After that, with the attitude of killing time, Hasegawa Hide tentatively came into contact with the animation work of the last century, and he couldn't stop from then on.

He was quite addicted to this thing.

As a result, he gradually regarded the extremely time-consuming and energy-consuming activity of assembling robots as a hobby.

It's not a very frequent or crazy thing, only about one a month.

Moreover, as a player who gets into the game impulsively, as time goes by and experience increases, the joy of playing is gradually fading.

Just like today, he came to this familiar place again and bought a box of metal products that did not require assembly, purely for playing with.

It’s just a little bit expensive.

However, compared to those guys who play with watches and cars, he feels that what he does is at most "occasional relaxation" and is not at the same level at all.

Amid the clerk's strange expression, the young customer displayed habits completely different from other players. He took the model directly out of the box and then put each part into a handbag.

As for the box, he put it in the store's trash can on the spot.

"Um, this guest..."

"Ok?"

"The box... aren't you going to take it with you?"

Pointed to the packaging box placed on the checkout counter.

As a clerk in this store, she has heard that many model players treasure the boxes that come with the models and keep them at home as collectibles.

However, the person in front of me is...

“I’m sorry, the space at home is too small and it really can’t fit.

So I'd like you to take care of this box."

The space at home is really too small, and that is why he gradually learned the habit of throwing away the packaging boxes.

At the beginning, as a collector, he was used to piling these packaging boxes in the corner.

However, faced with the increasingly shrinking space for movement, after reaching the critical point of endurance, he finally succumbed to reality.

This made Hasegawa feel like he was in elementary school and was forced to seal his favorite toys in the locker because of poor grades.

However, unlike before, this time the incident of throwing away the Gundam packaging box did not make him feel heartbroken.

"Hey-Hasegawa!"

On the way home, Hasegawa Hide heard someone calling his name from afar.

Looking in the direction of the sound, he saw Yukinoshita Haruno and her homeroom teacher, Hiratsuka Shizuka, at the guardrail on the side of the bridge.

[Yukinoshita, there is also... Teacher Shizuka? ]

Carrying the handbag, he walked towards the direction where the two people were.

He was confused as to why these two would appear in such a place together during the holidays.

And judging from the changes in Yukinoshita Haruno and Hiratsuka Shizuka's expressions after they saw him, his intuition told him that they seemed to be waiting for him on the road they had to pass.

[It's a bit like the jungler and the top laner teamed up in the bush to kill the mid laner...]

I couldn't help but start to wonder.

After walking up to the two of them and greeting them, he directly asked about the doubts in his mind.

This inexplicable but perfect situation...

"...Why do I always feel like I'm filming a TV series?"

Muttering nonchalantly.

After hearing Hasegawa Hide's "whisper", the smile on Hiratsuka Shizuka's face suddenly changed visibly. As she gradually became stiff, she reached out and locked his neck.

"You kid... do you have any problem with your teacher, huh?!"

“Woo-woo, woo-woo-woo… woo!” (Woo--that’s not happening at all, let me go!)

Use your free right hand to gently tap the other person's shoulder.

Perhaps because he was still holding the plastic man in his hand, Hasegawa was not able to break free from Hiratsuka Shizuka's locking technique in the first place.

Her cheeks were slightly red from being stuffy.

He never thought that compared to the other party's bad sister-like cool personality, the two pectoral muscles were even more difficult to resist.

“You really did go out of your way to wait for me on the way home.

That has to be it, right? "

I looked back at the subway station not far behind me.

Not far from the bridge, through the gaps between the overlapping buildings, I could just see a corner of the old apartment building where I had rented for many years.

In other words, this is the only way for him to get home from outside.

In response to Hasegawa's affirmative words, the two looked at each other and finally told each other the reason why they were "squatting" here...

Chapter 6: Challenges from the younger generation

"What? A competition!

call........."

He looked at Hiratsuka Shizuka and Yukinoshita Haruno in front of him with some disbelief.

He never imagined that the reason why the two of them went to such great lengths to ambush him on the way home was to have a friendly match with the freshmen.

this......

[Isn't this a bit too much fanfare? ]

The new semester also happens to be the time when new students enter school.

Thanks to teacher Shizuka Hiratsuka, at this year's welcome ceremony, Hasegawa Hideya, as a very representative "senior", was treated as a special case and was dragged out to give a speech in front of a group of freshmen.

There are positive meanings in it, and naturally there are also negative ones.

Even now, he still has a lingering fear of the scene in front of a group of new and old alumni who watched it like a monkey show.

——It’s so torturous!

However, after the welcome meeting, he also vaguely realized that compared to his own tormented feelings, the reactions of the two people in front of him seemed to be quite happy.

It was as if they were proud of themselves after they came on stage, which was really confusing.

And now there is a strange freshman friendly match......

"Do I have to go?"

He asked tentatively, frowning.

Honestly speaking, at this point, Hasegawa no longer wants to participate in all those weird team activities like he did last semester.

Although he does not have social phobia, he can deal with all types of people calmly when interacting with others.

But in terms of his own personality, he feels that he is not the type like Yukinoshita Haruno who really enjoys the process of expanding his circle of friends.

Coupled with the bad experience at the orientation session...

As a result, Hasegawa Hide has begun to feel a little bit of resistance to such activities.

The look on the boy's face seemed to be somewhat tortured.

Seeing his appearance, Hiratsuka Shizuka also showed an awkward expression on her face.

"Hey~

Hasegawa, please think about it again. Just do me a favor this time, okay?"

"Forehead......

Teacher, do you have any hidden secrets?"

Looking at Hiratsuka Shizuka's clenched fists and somewhat conflicted reaction, Hasegawa Hide was slightly stunned and felt a little strange in his heart.

[Teacher Jing, are you...begging me? ]

There was a hint of confusion in his pupils.

In his opinion, if it were a normal situation, the other party should have given him a clean and decisive blow, instead of this kind of reaction that made people want to complain, "Why is this old woman pretending to be a virgin?"

Facing Hasegawa Hide's puzzled look, Yukinoshita quietly pulled his sleeve, then put her lips close to his ear and explained softly:

“It’s actually like this…”

As a member of Hiratsuka Shizuka's class, Hasegawa Hide's existence is undoubtedly a special case full of motivation for the class teacher.

From the poor "work-study student" who ran between his job, school and rental house and had no fun in life, to the man who is now gradually moving forward on the road to his dreams and his life is becoming more fulfilling and rich.

The changes that Hasegawa Hide has undergone in the past year of high school made Hiratsuka Shizuka, who witnessed the entire process, feel deeply proud.

So when she was teaching the new class this time, she would use this student as an example from time to time to motivate the new students in the class.

“…But Shizuka-sensei’s evaluation of you, Hasegawa, is really too high.

So some freshmen were not convinced by her statement and wanted to have a good fight with you, the senior. "

He spread his hands helplessly.

As a person who is as smooth as a socialite and good at understanding people's minds, how could Yukinoshita Haruno not understand what these younger classmates are thinking.

Apart from being annoyed by Teacher Jing's nagging, they may also have the desire to show off their youthful spirit and abilities.

And Hasegawa Hide, a typical example of a person who was praised to the skies by his teacher, was naturally the best candidate to target.

After all, except for a few people who have had contact with this senior, most of the freshmen's understanding of him is hearsay, and they are skeptical about the various "glorious deeds" he achieved during his freshman year of high school.

To put it roughly, it is the kind of person who watches the game from a God's perspective and then shouts on the Internet "I can do it too"...

In short, I don't take it too seriously.

"So there is this so-called 'friendly match'?"

He looked at Yukinoshita Haruno with a strange expression.

After listening to the other party's explanation, he also understood that this so-called competition was actually a group of unconvinced freshmen who wanted to use his "case" to gain a position and gain some benefits and voice from teacher Shizuka Hiratsuka.

It's pronounced as "friendly match", but it's actually for slapping someone in the face in public.

The reason why I became the target of the other party was, in the final analysis, the result of Teacher Jing's constant "propaganda" in the month after the start of the new school year.

In other words, you will definitely be the one to take the blame!

"Hehe... the general idea of ​​what happened is just as Yang No said."

He scratched his head in embarrassment.

Perhaps because she is still young, Shizuka Hiratsuka is not as "self-centered" as she will be when she turns 30 in ten years.

Facing the strange look from Hasegawa Hide, she couldn't help but blush and her eyes began to evade:

"Teacher, there is nothing we can do about this..."