Chapter two hundred and forty-eight travel preparation
Tamhai University, auditorium.
The director of the forties chatted endlessly and his voice was still small, repeating in no novelty what most teachers had already told in the classroom.
Below are students of three grades, who have been standing in the stuffy auditorium for more than twenty minutes.
"Then, please give me a speech to the principal-"
The welcome applause was extremely loud, mostly from the second and third grades.
Like other first-year students, Soya turned his head and looked at the seniors who were suddenly filled with enthusiasm. Then he looked at the old kimono with gray hair and beard on the stage, and slowly walked to the front of the stage.
"Hello everyone."
He held his cane, which was not much higher than the podium in front of him.
"For the next month, please have fun and learn from teachers named Society and Nature."
The cane was knocked on the floor.
“That’s it.”
The principal's speech ended here, and then he left with a cane.
“Oh——”
The first-grade students who had just reacted at this time also cheered, and the graduation ceremony for the first semester ended here.
Each grade leaves the auditorium and returns to the classroom.
"The one just now was the principal and the chairman. The one who acted as the principal in Pingshi was his son."
Fushimi squeezed up from behind and told Soya that he didn't know where to find out the news, "The old man is so old that he almost never comes to school, so he only shows up at the graduation ceremony."
“It’s very popular.”
"Haha, after all, no one wants to listen to the teacher's nagging anymore."
When I returned to Class A's classroom, I might have been influenced by the concise old principal, and Shibasaki Makoto didn't say anything more.
"...To sum up, please entertain appropriately, pay attention to your own safety, and not be involved in unnecessary accidents. That's it."
Chairman Kinoshita stood up.
"stand up--"
"salute--"
"Goodbye to the teacher--"
The students said goodbye to Makoto Shibasaki at the door of the classroom and left the classroom one after another. Noma Nan called Soya.
"Zonggu, come here."
He walked over and said, "What are you doing, I'm quite busy today."
Noma Nan looked at him in surprise, "It's all holidays, what are you busy with?"
"I'm going to Kyushu tomorrow, I have to make some preparations." Zong Gu said.
"Then I'll go find Kyoko."
“…”
His eyes rolled, "What's wrong? I'll see the situation."
If it was a trivial matter such as a ride or a errand, he would definitely turn around and leave.
Noma Nan looked at him, and his teasing smile quickly subsided, "Soya hasn't been to the shrine for two or three days. I wonder if an evil spirit appeared in the east?"
Zong Gu was stunned, shook his head again, then became serious and asked her about the details.
Hongko and Asakiri were waiting in their seats, and Akane Kirino came from Class B and sat in his seat.
"... It was first discovered in a gambling horse, but later escaped into the mountains of Nagano. Two days ago, someone witnessed similar spirits in Ogaki, Gifu. After investigating the traces of activity, it was speculated that it might have fled to Kinki.
”
Noma Nan held his arm, "It ran away very quickly and slandered many people during the escape, so the agency also attached great importance to it and must not let it break into Kyoto."
Zong Gu nodded slowly, "I understand."
It has been peaceful recently, and he has not participated in this kind of spiritual hunting operation for a while.
“Where is the action time?”
"It's only these two days. We have to determine the specific action plan based on the next step of information. In short, wait for me to notify you."
Noma Nan paused and looked at him, "Sorry, your trip plan with Kyoko has to be temporarily put on hold."
“…”
Soya took a breath, turned his head and looked at the three people waiting in the seat.
"Hopefully, don't put it aside for too long."
......
Although the trip to Kyushu, which was originally scheduled to depart tomorrow, this did not affect Soya's afternoon arrangements.
After wandering to Kinki, the next trip to Kyushu was his first real trip, so there were many places to prepare - at least, he had to buy a travel suitcase.
"Suitcase? Go to the mall at Ojinjing Station to check it out. Anyway, it's on the way back." Hongzi suggested.
"Um."
After leaving school, Soya meets Fushimi at the station.
Get off the bus together at Ojinjing Station, he thought Soya had changed his mind and squeezed from the crowd to get on his shoulders.
"It's the same place last time, and there are still a few second-grade seniors this time."
"I won't go..."
Before leaving the station, the two groups separated.
Walking along the underground passage into the mall, the three girls first accompanied Zong Gu to choose a suitcase.
“This color is a little cuter, isn’t it?”
"What do I want to be cute?"
"Wow, this is a limited co-branded model!"
“So, I don’t need…”
Ignoring the opinions of Akane Kirino and Hongko, Soya only pursued practicality and finally chose a black suitcase that looked more durable.
After walking out of the bag shop, he followed them to the swimsuit shop upstairs.
After all, I have to go to the beach. If I wear the one-piece swimsuit in swimming class, it would be too rustic, Hongzi said so.
When she arrived at the sad place on the third floor, she took Sonoya to the guardrail while the store had entered the store was not paying attention.
"I just stood here and saw Soya and Sugawara senior sister holding hands together."
“…”
"My heart is broken."
“…”
As a belated compensation, after entering the swimsuit store, Soya praised Hongko's bikini and flattered him.
“Is it really suitable?”
The exposure of the bikini was not comparable to a one-piece swimsuit. She was a little shy and stood in the fitting room and didn't come out, just pulled the curtain open.
"Then I'll buy this one?"
“Buy it.”
The curtain here is pulled back, and in the fitting room next to him, Akane Kirino heads out and looks at him with her eyes.
"Why did Zonggu become so slick at once... What's the 'Venus by the Sea'? I feel shy when I hear it."
Zong Gu pursed his lower lip.
"It's a good fit...and I don't want to wait too long."
She smiled, "The latter sentence is the real reason."
"Shh..."
Akane Kirino's eyes bent, and then she opened the curtain that blocked her body.
"Look—How is this swimsuit? Soya should also praise it better."
He glanced a few times, "It's a bit too cute."
"Are you cute..."
She lowered her head and pulled the skirt on her chest, "I thought this outfit would be more mature."
"Is your 'maturity' the feeling of elementary school students when they meet middle school students?" Zong Gu glanced up and down, "And this glitter is not a mature color, right?"
"Then change to black?" she asked again, "or is a little darker red?"
Without asking, he asked back: “Is maturity more important than appropriate?”
Akane Kirino thought about it again and suddenly smiled.
"That's what this one is very suitable, right?"
“Very suitable.”
"Okay, I actually feel that way."
She was very satisfied with his answer, and pulled the curtain again and began to change her original clothes.
Zong Gu continued to wait outside, his eyes turned, and he returned to Wuling with a bag.
After entering the store, she didn't hesitate and quickly picked out a light blue split swimsuit, tried it on, and Sunya also saw it, and then went to check out.
After standing next to him for a while, she suddenly pointed to the men's swimsuit area in the corner.
"No need, just take the swimming trunk I bought before."
He glanced at Wuling and walked straight to the other side.
Zong Gu had no choice but to keep up.
After walking a few steps beside the hanger, she picked up a Hawaiian-style swimming trunk.
“…so fancy.”
She let go again and continued to move forward.
When Akane Kirino and Hongko came out after changing their clothes, Soya's new swimming trunks were already in place. Asakiri and the two went to the cashier to check out.
"Thank you to Sonoya?"
"Um."
The morning graduation ceremony ended very early, and it was only about ten o'clock when the four of them walked out of the swimsuit shop.
It was all here, and Akane Kirino and Hongko wanted to go to the skincare store by the way. Soya had no objection, so he dragged his newly bought suitcase all the way.
They walked around until noon, and left the mall and went to the nearby slalom sushi restaurant to fill their stomachs.
On the way home, Soya got off at Nosho Station on the grounds of going to the shrine to learn about the information, and asked Akane Kirino and Hongko to drag it back for the suitcase.
He came back when the sun was about to set and ran into Hongzi who was about to go home in the entrance.
"I'd better stay for a while."
“…”
Zong Gu smiled briefly and quickly restrained.
"No, Hongzi should go home. I'm just coming back to get something and going out soon-the evil spirit appears near Miyuan."
“Hey…”
Hongzi was stunned, but he didn't explain much, so he took off his shoes and went upstairs.
She stood under the stairs and vaguely heard him say something to Chao Wuling, then walked down, holding a black knife in her hand.
She has seen it twice before, and it seems to be a weapon specially built to deal with spirits.
“Is it dangerous?”
"It's almost the same. Just talking about the lower limit, it is also an evil spirit that hurts more than a dozen spiritual enlightened people... I don't know the upper limit."
Zong Gu changed into his shoes and walked out, "But don't worry, I'll send you a message after I come back."
Hongzi chased after him and hugged his waist outside the yard.
“…Be sure to pay attention to safety.”
Parked in the white business car at the intersection, several witches looked at each other and looked at Kyoko again.