Souya thought as he turned off the light and lay down on the bed, looking back at the day that was about to pass.
Like any other room upstairs or downstairs, the people who shared the same bed were still chatting and had no intention of falling asleep. This situation would continue until Chairman Kinoshita got up to inspect the room.
"... Soya, Soya!" someone called him, "Are you already asleep?"
He came back to his senses and said, "No, I'm just thinking about something."
"What are you thinking about?"
"nothing."
Zonggu sat up and looked at the few people in the darkness.
"Maybe I'm too worried."
But they lay down one after another, and then whispered to him to pretend to sleep too.
"The patrol is coming!"
Shaking his head, Zonggu lay down again and looked at the ceiling.
The room became quiet, and he heard the movement in the corridor.
The footsteps got closer and closer, stopping at the door.
Wow——
The door was opened and he slept inside, still not closing his eyes.
The figure at the door has been standing for a long time, holding a light to shine inside.
The boys who talked the most just now had their eyes closed, not pretending to be real, but at least showing a cooperative attitude of sleeping well.
In the silence, there were suddenly a few rapid blowing sounds - like someone who couldn't whistle was clumsily imitating it.
"..."
Zong Gu looked over, and his little sleepiness immediately disappeared.
Before anyone else noticed, the door was closed again and darkness returned to the room.
"Are you the chairman of which class..."
After waiting for a moment, Fushimi opened his eyes and stood up, then touched the cell phone beside his pillow, "I've been standing there for so long, I'm so ignorant."
"that is."
"By the way, what was Soya going to say just now?"
He looked over and saw Sogu stood up, then took a coat and put it on.
"Hey, where are you going?"
"My stomach hurts. I need to go to the bathroom."
"Yeah."
The boys didn't think much about it, and his previous silence was regarded as patience.
"Don't step on me."
"Yes yes..."
When he came to the door, Zonggu took a look, but he didn't want to run into the patrolling teacher.
Before the other party spoke, he said first: "Teacher, I want to go to the bathroom."
"Go and come back quickly."
The patrolling teacher nodded and continued patrolling to the other side.
After closing the door and coming to the hall, Soya immediately saw Kirino Akane hiding on the sofa and peeping her head out.
"Come here quickly!"
She first shrank her head and then waved to him furtively.
"..."
Zonggu went over and was pulled by her to hide behind another sofa opposite.
"What?"
Akane Kirino pressed her belly, her pajamas on her chest slightly open.
"I'm hungry."
"All the snacks have been eaten." Zong Gu was a little helpless, "Didn't I tell you?"
"I know."
She smiled at him, "So let's go look for it together."
Zonggu shook his head, "At this time, there are only ingredients in the cafeteria."
"So we went to look outside the training center."
"..."
Zongya finally understood the source of the something wrong in his heart.
"I'm going back to my room."
Akane Kirino grabbed him and said, "Wait a minute!"
"——Who's over there?"
Suddenly a question came from outside, and the two of them immediately fell silent.
The footsteps gradually approached, Souya huddled behind the sofa and held his breath, and suddenly noticed Akane Kirino in front of him looking sideways at something.
Turning around, I saw that the floor-to-ceiling windows next to me reflected the scene in the hall.
He saw the patrolling teacher he bumped into just now walking over, looking left and right, and then toward the other side of the corridor where the bathroom was.
"laugh……"
Akane Kirino wanted to laugh, but Soya raised his hand to cover her mouth and pointed to the floor-to-ceiling window.
"..."
She nodded, suddenly opened her mouth, bit his fingertips, and narrowed her smiling eyes.
"puppy."
Zonggu quickly stopped his hand and wiped it on his waist.
When the patrolling teacher walked away to the other side, he lowered his voice and said, "Go back to the room now."
Kirino Akane shook her head and held him back as he stood up, "I'm serious."
"I called someone."
"Then I will break off our relationship with you." She glared.
"I've never been afraid of this kind of threat." Soya said.
The last girl who said she wanted to break up with him, now...
"..."
Now it's become a big problem.
"No." When he was thinking wildly, Kirino Akane had already softened, "It's already ten o'clock, isn't Soya hungry?"
"I think it's okay."
She suddenly reached over and pressed his belly from her waist.
"Look, my stomach is flat."
"..."
Soya decided to try another direction to convince her, "Where do you want to go?"
"Outside."
"There are deep mountains and old forests outside, and there is nothing."
"No."
Kirino Akane took out her mobile phone and clicked on the map, "There is a village nearby, and there is actually a convenience store in it."
"..."
Zonggu looked down for a while, then his eyes fell on the scale in the lower right corner of the map, "How far is it nearby?"
"Two or three kilometers, maybe."
"Two or three kilometers, do you know how long it will take to walk there?" He stretched out his finger and gestured back and forth on the map twice, "not to mention walking back."
"I know."
Akane Kirino was quite forgiving, maybe she was really hungry, "It's no problem to come back before twelve o'clock."
"...Then how do you plan to get out?"
When Zong Gu asked the question, he had already vaguely received the answer.
Akane Kirino smiled mysteriously at him, "Follow me."
After listening to the noise for a while, the two sneaked out of the dormitory building and came to the edge of the atrium wall.
"I've been observing it for a long time."
Akane Kirino pointed to a section in front of her, "It's easy to climb out here."
"..."
Most of the time, it is a joyful thing to connect with others, but at this moment Zonggu just felt helpless.
"I'm just telling you why you always stare at this place when you take a walk."
Kirino Akane was happy, "Soya feels the same way, right?"
"Go back."
"What are you talking about?"
Holding onto the iron fence, she stepped on the cement wall with one foot, followed her up, and then looked back at him, "I'll go there first."
"You're going out like this?"
Soya gestured to the pajamas she was wearing.
Shorts and shorts are not suitable for going out no matter how you look at them.
"Well..."
She looked down and hesitated for just a moment.
"Anyway, I'm just going to the convenience store and I'll be back soon. It's okay."
Using her hands and feet, Akane Kirino climbed over the iron fence skillfully and looked at him from outside, "Can you crawl?"
"..."
Zong Gu didn't want her to worry about such a thing, so he took a step forward and turned over with more fluent movements.
"Wow."
Kirino Akane clapped her hands, "That's amazing."
She was afraid that he would suddenly change his mind, but the way she tried to persuade him to stay was like coaxing a child.
Zonggu looked back at the training center inside the fence, and then at the door. It was already dark, and no one was on duty at this time, but the monitor facing the door would not rest.
"There are monitors over there, let's go around here."
"Uh-huh."
Pushing aside the branches, he looked down at his thighs exposed outside his shorts, and could only pray that there would be fewer mosquitoes in the forest.
"Go back quickly and try to come back within an hour."
Kirino Akane kept nodding.
"Okay~"
After passing through the woods and a little far away from the forest training center, the two returned to the road.
It was dark all around, and the artificial light was locked in an isolated island in the forest by iron fences. There were no street lights along the way, and the bright moon came to shine.
The night was already dark, but the surroundings were not quiet at all. The chirping of insects was endless, and there were all kinds of unexplained movements coming out from everywhere.
As they walked, Kirino Akane grabbed Soya's arm.
"Don't get lost..."
"Um."
He smiled and glanced ahead.
Now that he has come out, he doesn't want to return without success, and is currently looking for the path shown on the map.
After walking a few more steps, Kirino Akane suddenly remembered something.
"Oops……"
"What's wrong?" Zonggu had already seen the intersection of the path.
"I forgot to remind Soya to disguise." She was a little worried and annoyed. "If the patrolling teacher finds out that Soya is not in the room, it will be troublesome."
Zonggu stopped and said, "Then go back now."
She bit her lip and hesitated under the moonlight, "Well..."
"Just kidding."
He pulled her across the road and walked to the other side, "This should be the path."
Kirino Akane looked down the dark path in front of her to the end. She couldn't see anything at the end, so she looked at him again.
"If discovered..."
"Don't worry." Zong Gu walked forward, and she followed immediately, "I told the patrolling teacher to go to the bathroom. Even if there is any problem, other people in the room will cover it up for me."
Akane Kirino nodded, "That's it..."
"What was the disguise Kirino was talking about just now?"
"Humph~ I covered the travel bag with a quilt and pretended that the person was still inside."
Zonggu shook his head and smiled again.
"So smart."
The path was also two or three meters wide and could be used by ordinary vehicles. However, the trees on both sides blocked the moonlight, making it darker underneath. Kirino Akane unconsciously moved closer.
The softness on both sides of her arms, the fragrance on her body, and her voice all came to her: "It's so dark in here."
"Are you scared?"
"It would be scary to come here alone."
Soya looked at her, "Then if I refused a little more firmly, Kirino wouldn't come out?"
"...I feel quite close."
Two or three kilometers is almost the distance from Kirino's house to the izakaya Rakusentei, but the environment on the way is completely different.
After walking a few more steps, Kirino Akane took out her cell phone and looked at the road under her feet.
"Did you use this to pretend to be a flashlight just now?"
"Pretend...ah, I was looking for you."
"Just send me a message."
"That Zonggu will definitely not come out."
Zonggu opened his mouth but did not deny it.
Kirino Akane hummed softly, letting him hold the phone, and grabbed his arm with both hands.
"Does Hongzi know about this?"
"I don't know, I didn't tell her. Just go back after buying the snacks and give them to her."
After ten or twenty minutes, the two finally crossed the seemingly endless path and saw a few street lights in the distance.
Ahead is the village closest to the training center. Judging from the map, this is just a remote corner of the village, with a more formal entrance and exit still connected to the national highway in the other direction.
Hearing the girl hanging on her arm let out a deep breath, Sogu also relaxed a lot.
"I wonder if there is oden in the convenience store..."
"It's a rural place, don't expect too much."
He turned off the light and returned the phone to her, "You should be laughing if you can open it 24 hours a day."
Kirino Akane laughed, then gradually solidified.
"that……"
"What?"
"Generally speaking, convenience stores should be open 24 hours a day, right?"
"..."
Zong Gu was startled, then turned to look at her for a while, and spoke slowly.
"Generally speaking, convenience stores in cities look like this."
Akane Kirino took a deep breath and looked at the street lights in the distance, her eyes widening.
"If...I said if..."
"Then I'll leave Kirino and go back first."
"no!"
She knew he wasn't serious, but she didn't dare to take it completely as a joke.
"I didn't expect it either... Let's go and take a look first!"
"Um."
Zonggu looked back to see the way, and seemed to be thinking about going back.
Kirino Akane hugged his arm tightly, "Don't even think about leaving me."
The pajamas were thin, and the ones he wore were also thin. They were soft and fit, and his body heat was transmitted through them, as if they were about to ignite a fire.
"I won't leave you behind."
Zong Gu tightened his arms and put a little distance away from her, letting the cold moonlight shine into the gap between them, extinguishing the fire.
"Hurry over there."
"Um……"
Opening the map and zooming in until the road was clear, the two of them followed the directions to find it.
The concrete path was far from straight. After hitting the wooden wall, it turned a nearly ninety-degree turn and branched off to both sides at the intersection. A few minutes later, they stopped in front of a closed shop.
"It's closed."
"It's closed."
By the light of her mobile phone, Kirino Akane walked around the door, but couldn't find a sign that it was open 24 hours a day. She had nowhere to complain if she wanted to.
She didn't speak for a long time.
Seeing her biting her lip tightly, rolling her eyes, almost crying in annoyance, Sougu was only glad that he followed her.
"Let's see if there's a ramen shop nearby."
"It's so late, where can any ramen shop still be open?"
Even so, she followed Souya as soon as he pulled her.
"Sogu..."
"Um."
"Are you angry?"
"No." He smiled in surprise, and then realized that she was worried about her emotions, "If you can't find a ramen shop, it will be hard to say."
Kirino Akane tugged on his arm, "I didn't say there was a ramen shop here...you can't blame me."
"Then I can only be angry with myself."
"Okay, it's my fault..."
Souya just smiled.
He didn't hold out much hope as he walked along the alley where the convenience store was located. After all, there were no markings on the map. He chose this way just because if he went out from the front, he could get back to the way they came here faster.
After walking for a while, they didn't see a single store that was still open until they came out of the alley.
Standing under the orange light at the intersection, even though he had no hope, Soya was still a little disappointed. On the one hand, it was because he was really hungry, and on the other hand, it was because of Kirino Akane.
She pursed her lips tightly, annoyance and more emotions were occupying her thoughts, and because she had taken him away for nothing, she was too embarrassed to speak at this time.
After a few words of comfort, Sogu thought about it and called Tsukuyomi.
When the latter answered the phone, his tone was slightly complaining: "What time is it, and I'm still calling someone."
"Isn't this the time when you are at your most energetic?"
Zonggu didn't talk nonsense to him, "Stop the game for a moment. Do you know where I am? Please help me see if there is a place to eat nearby."
"That's why you called me?"
Tsukuyomi became increasingly dissatisfied, and along with it came the sound of constant typing on the keyboard.
"I'll give you two minutes now, and I'll give you two thousand yen when I get back."
"Twenty thousand."
"...Twenty thousand is twenty thousand."
"Your business is my business, just wait."
The effect of money was immediate, and Tsukuyomi immediately put down the game. The phone was not hung up, and Soya could hear his beeping.
"Hmm, is it her today...why did she come out dressed like this?"
"The places to eat... all the shops are closed. Hmm, is this a roadside stall?"
Zong Gu said at this time: "Which direction and how far away?"
"It's not far, just one or two hundred meters."
With the help of the Five Elements Divine Power Network overlooking the earth, Tsukuyomi guided him to turn right at the intersection, proceed a hundred meters and then turn to the next intersection.
"Okay, I saw it."
Promising him to give him the money when he got back, Soya hung up the phone, while Akane Kirino beside him had her eyes widened.
"It's actually true!"
"certainly."
"How?"
Zongya has already thought of his words: "A satellite map that can only be viewed on a computer."
Kirino Akane had no doubts, she could only sigh: "You can even see it at a roadside stall, it's really amazing..."
"Let's go."
"Uh-huh!"
There was a medium-sized stall on the roadside with seats. It was just like the yatai they had visited a few nights ago in Kagoshima City, but the layout was a little more simple.
As he approached, he saw two middle-aged men sitting in the stall, and Zongya hesitated for a moment.
"Kirino."
She turned around, "What?"
He took off his coat, put it on her body, "Pull it up."
"Eh..." She looked at her coat and then at him, "It's a bit hot."
"Otherwise it will get the smell."
"All right."
The two of them passed by, and the small stall was run by an old couple. The two middle-aged diners who arrived first only glanced at Kirino Akane a few more times, and then looked away after noticing the tall Soya next to her.
"Welcome. What would you like to eat?"
The aroma filled the air, Kirino Akane stared at the wooden sign hanging inside, and was about to sit down when she was pulled by Soya.
He sat down first and then patted the empty seat next to him.
She didn't think much and sat next to him.
"I want to eat..."
The two of them each ordered a few dishes, and also ordered a bowl of soba noodles. Across Soya, Akane Kirino saw a glass of cold beer on the seat of the middle-aged man next to her, and ordered one too.
She didn't look like an adult, not to mention she was still wearing Zongya's uniform jacket. The stall owner shook his head and used a kind smile to dissolve her slight dissatisfaction.
The food was served quickly, and after taking a bite of the boiled rice cake, Akane Kirino was so happy that she almost melted into the soup.
"Come alive..."
Zonggu smiled and continued to chew the kelp knot in his mouth.
Buzz——
The phone vibrates.
Fushimi:Did Soya fall into the bathroom?
Fushimi: The teacher came to check the ward again.
[The break is over, and I’m back to coding. Try a 5,000-word chapter. Also, it seems that I’m still in the period of double monthly pass, please give me a monthly pass.]