Suddenly encountered a fire, under the calm command of the modern literature teacher, the students of Class C left the classroom in an orderly manner without falling into panic.
——Although the students were very calm, even talking and laughing.
"I really admire Kobayakawa... Every evacuation training uses the same set of acting skills. The key is that he seems to think his acting skills are very realistic."
"Actually, I was frightened by his sudden intrusion. I almost fell asleep just now. I thought something exploded."
"He doesn't do this when he announces every class, doesn't his hand hurt?"
Students from Class C lined up, chatting and evacuating downstairs. Naruse was among them, just listening to their exchange without speaking.
It seemed like he was the only one who took it seriously just now... albeit only for a moment.
There is nothing we can do about it.
After all, this was the first time he experienced Kobayakawa's acting skills, and he was still drowsy just now.
Fortunately, before this was revealed, he learned from Shangzi, who suddenly woke up with fright, that the evacuation training had begun.
"Have you forgotten Chunhai? I will inform you about the meeting in the morning."
"There seems to be such a thing..."
When they got down to the second floor, Naruse looked back and saw that only the students from Class D were following them.
Class C and Class D went down the stairs from the side, while Class E and Class F went down from the middle. The evacuation route was clear and there was no confusion at all.
This was something he had already trained on, and it was no different from the evacuation training he received in Tokyo.
"Move quickly, and at the same time, pay attention to your steps, don't step on the ground——"
The evacuation of each class is directed by the teacher in charge of the class, who follows the students downstairs while maintaining order in the team.
"..."
Naruse sniffed and suddenly smelled a burning smell. Naoko who was following him also said something seemed to be burning.
"What Kobayakawa was saying just now was that there was a fire in the Mandarin preparation room on the second floor."
"Hmm."
The team of Class C quickly evacuated the main building and temporarily assembled in the atrium to confirm the number of people by roll call.
Naruse saw the source of the burnt smell - an iron bucket that was emitting black smoke in the center of the atrium.
Do you use this to simulate fire?
"This flower!"
Shangzi raised his hand, "Here."
Class E was a little slower and had already arrived at the atrium, gathering next to Class C for roll call.
"Morimi!"
"..."
"Morimi! Didn't you come down?"
"Here."
"Speak louder when you answer!"
"Yes——"
Morimi was relatively tall and quite conspicuous among a group of girls, but she was listless at the moment. Naruse took a second look before he noticed her.
"Naruse!"
"In."
He was the last person on the attendance book of Class C. After the roll call was completed, and after confirming that nothing was missing, the modern literature teacher led the students to continue to evacuate to the nearest shelter.
That is Jingao’s playground.
When he came to the playground, Naruse found that the fire here was more "serious".
Several iron cans that seemed to be gasoline barrels were lined up in a row, burning fiercely. The black smoke gushing out joined together in the air and became diffuse. It did look like a fire.
After the team was assembled, the second roll call began immediately.
"There are mountains——"
"In."
"Xiao Lin——"
"Here."
Waiting for the roll call, Naoko saw Naruse suddenly touch his pocket, and then took out a note from it.
"..."
Whose note?
When did you hand it to him?
She squinted and stared, but he handed over the note.
【What to eat at night】
"Eh?"
Opening the note, Shangzi was stunned, but he just smiled.
A few minutes later, classes from other grades also came to the playground one after another. Director of Education Kobayakawa stepped onto the high platform and took the loudspeaker from another teacher.
"..."
Naruse frowned when he saw him, and then changed his hand to hold it.
It seems that I was too involved in the performance just now, and my hands are swollen.
"Everyone, calm down——"
This was just a brief interlude that most people didn't notice. Kobayakawa himself didn't care either. He held up his loudspeaker and summarized today's fire evacuation training.
Stepping on the sand, Naruse looked at the stage when Naoko suddenly touched the back of his hand.
Following her line of sight, Naruse saw several brightly colored figures at the entrance to the playground.
"Firefighter..."
He almost guessed what was going to happen next.
Sure enough, after Kobayakawa finished his summary, he introduced the firefighters waiting aside.
Then, the firefighters carried several common fire-fighting equipment and explained how to use them to the students below.
"This is the most common dry powder fire extinguisher in schools. Does anyone know how to use it?"
Several firefighters carried fire extinguishers and slowly shuttled between the student groups while explaining.
After the explanation was almost complete, there was a live demonstration - the row of black smoking gasoline barrels were not just used to pollute the air.
The firefighters stood together, pulled out the safety pin and pressed the handle at the same time. White powder spurted out, instantly suppressing the black smoke.
"Oh..."
Looking at this scene, other students around him shouted unconsciously, but Naruse frowned and turned sideways, reminding Naoko to avoid it.
Soon, a large cloud of white dust floated over with the wind.
"Wow!"
"Ahem!...This is downwind..."
Amid the exclamations, this fire evacuation training ends here.
......
Because there was evacuation training, the afternoon passed quickly.
During the evening class meeting, Zhongyuan Xue emphasized the things to pay attention to during tomorrow’s hike.
"We will meet at school tomorrow morning. We will all take the bus together, so we must not be late. If you have any students who plan to take leave, it is best to tell me today."
After being tapped twice on the shoulder, Naruse turned around, and the girl in the back seat tilted her head towards Hikaru Takigawa.
She glanced at the teacher on the stage and whispered: "It's more than sixty kilometers from here to Mutsu Bay."
"Yeah." Naruse didn't know why she suddenly mentioned distance.
"It will be sunny tomorrow and I plan to ride a motorcycle there."
"..."
If I were a teacher, I would definitely have a headache.
"You are not inviting me."
Hikaru Takigawa opened his eyes wide and smiled again.
"Okay. I haven't been there by bike yet, so Harumi will be responsible for showing the way."
Naruse shook his head, "It's too far, so let's forget it."
"Okay." She didn't force it.
"I mean, it would be better just to give up on this plan."
"Why?"
"The distance is too far, and it always feels unsafe."
Takigawa Hikaru smiled and said in a casual tone, "Don't worry, I will be careful."
Naruse pursed his lower lip.
"That's up to you. It will take more than an hour. Shangzi and I originally planned to kill time by chatting with Hikari on the bus."
"Well..."
As expected, Takigawa Hikari hesitated.
"It's probably hard for Xiaoxue to agree with Guang's plan to act alone. Any small accident that happens to Guang on the road will double as Xiaoxue's responsibility."
She rolled her eyes and was silent for a while, then sighed and lay down on the table.
"Okay."
Naruse didn't say anything more and turned back. On the podium, Nakahara Yuki also said more or less.
"...Three-way interviews will be held starting from Wednesday in the order notified. If there are students whose guardians are unable to attend and want to postpone, please come to me after the evening class meeting. That's it."
The teacher left holding the attendance book, and the classroom was filled with noise again.
Hikaru Takigawa has recovered and is now talking and laughing as he greets friends passing by outside the classroom.
Both Naruse and Shoko have to go to the club room. The watch they were commissioned to repair last week has not yet been returned to the client.
The two left the classroom together, and when they were approaching Class E, Naoko suddenly remembered that she forgot to take something, so she went back halfway.
Naruse was waiting in the corridor, and Morimi walked out of Class E.
She lowered her eyes and noticed him only when she got closer.
"Where's Shangzi?"
"I left something in the classroom, go back and get it."
Morimi nodded.
"I'm going back."
"Hmm."
The two of them passed each other.
"Sorry about what happened at noon."
Naruse turned around and saw that Morimi had picked up the bag on his shoulder and had already walked away.