On Higashinohara's way to and from school, the sky above his head was either dim or clear, and the bare old trees on the roadside were swaying in the wind.
After the festive carnival of the Ice and Snow Festival, the atmosphere on the streets did not fall into a deserted state, because the traditional Gregorian New Year of Wano will soon come.
The Gregorian New Year of Wano is the Spring Festival, which is the biggest festival in Wano in the second half of the year besides the Ice and Snow Festival. Generally, December 29th to January 3rd is a national holiday.
After the Ice and Snow Festival of Takehara Minami Private Academy died in a terrorist incident, the school was closed for two days and adjusted. Higashinohara went to school on the 27th to complete the second-semester cultural exams - this is relatively speaking at Super Academy.
It's not that important. After the exam, we will announce the winter vacation directly.
In the classroom, after the homeroom teacher Asuka Tatogawa announced the holiday, he immediately mentioned the school trip to Hokkaido.
It is expected that the two classes will leave tomorrow on the 28th for three days and two nights, just in time to finish the school trip in the last two days of the year and rush home to celebrate the Spring Festival.
Speaking of which, the school had just experienced a terrorist attack like the Ice and Snow Festival. Although no serious accidents occurred, many of the frightened students were generally in poor mental condition these past two days.
I just took this school trip as an opportunity to go out and relax and change my mood.
"Higashiya, your home is in Hokkaido. You have to treat me well this time. I heard that you have a younger sister. We can go out and play together." Yuuto Aida said slyly in the back seat.
"Six years old."
Dong Yeyuan rolled his eyes at him.
"Pity."
Aida Yuuto shook his head in disappointment,
"." Higashinohara.
What a shame for you.
If you really come out to play together, I won't be entertaining you.
But you have to entertain her well.
Higashinohara thought of his sister Higashino Yukino in the memory of the original owner. She was a little person like a peacock, but her personality was much more outgoing than him. She didn't recognize strangers at all, especially when it came to food. It would be great if she got to know Charlie one day.
Have a common language.
Speaking of which, Higashinohara's main purpose of participating in the school trip this time was to go home for free.
According to the memory of the original owner, his home is in Shari County, north of Hokkaido. In previous years, he would normally take the Shinkansen from New Tokyo directly to Hakodate, which took six hours, and then take a three-and-a-half-hour stunt train to Sapporo, Hokkaido.
, and finally take a bus to Shari County.
After arriving in Shari County, if he didn't want to bother his family to pick him up, he could take a 40-minute bus ride back to his final destination, Xiaoqingshui Town, a small fishing village adjacent to the North Sea.
Basically, you only have one day when you go home.
But "travelling" is different.
The class teacher, Tadokawa Asuka, said that he would meet at the gate of Takehara Minami Private Academy tomorrow morning and take the school bus directly to Haneda Airport. It only takes one and a half hours to reach the New Chitose Airport in Sapporo, Hokkaido, which greatly saves the time he spends on the road.
Speaking of which, the train ticket plus the three days and two nights in Hokkaido, the class fee is definitely not enough. Fortunately, the rich woman Tadogawa Asuka has covered all the expenses, and even the class fee will most likely be distributed to everyone for their studies.
Pocket money on the road.
Thinking of this, Higashinohara couldn't help but sigh again, it would be beautiful to have a rich class teacher.
After the class meeting, everyone in Class F was very happy. Some who couldn't hold it back even showed off to the people in the next class, making many people in other classes envious.
Of course, some people say that the weedy class that is a repeater like Class F is probably taking advantage of Class A. After all, Tadogawa Asuka is the homeroom teacher of both classes, and this time the two classes are traveling together.
This statement cannot be refuted on ordinary days.
But now there is Higashinohara in Class F who once publicly defeated the head of the Orientation Department of the Trinity Society in a practical class and refused the invitation of the Trinity Society.
You say we are weeds. How many of your class have been actively invited by the Trinity Association?
Although these words are not convincing, just like the average between you and the richest man will not mean that you are rich, but the person who said the mean words cannot refute it for a while, and can only hold his nose and admit it.
Speaking of which, it's not that other classes don't have school trips, but compared to the lavishness of Class A and Class F in the first year, the psychology is naturally a bit unbalanced.
There is also some frustration in this imbalance.
Their grades were unable to advance into Class A, and it was absolutely impossible to get into Class F for a school trip. They were stuck in the middle without embarrassment, and they could only secretly complain about the injustice of the sky and why their class teacher was not a rich woman.
After school, Higashinohara and Aida Yuuto said hello and walked out of the classroom with their bags.
While changing shoes in the shoe cabinet, he happened to meet the round-faced girl Ryoka Shikame.
Speaking of which, she was injured and hospitalized after the last incident at Sakura Crossing. She was not discharged from the hospital until after the Ice and Snow Festival. Today was the first time she met her at school.
After Shikame Ryoka came to school and heard about what happened at the Snow Festival, and the previous encounter between China and Russia in the dark alley next to the intersection, she recalled the figure wearing the dark gold dragonfly mask over and over in her mind.
All day today, Shikame Ryoka's eyes were a little evasive when looking at Higashinohara. She wanted to say something, but she was not sure and was afraid of making things worse.
Guessing wrong will only lead to embarrassment.
If you guessed it right.
The other party cares so much about hiding his identity,
What to do if you are silenced?
When changing shoes, Shikame Ryoka, who was troubled in her heart, secretly glanced at Higashinohara from time to time.
With the blessing of the [Nine Eyes and Six Paths] talent, Higashinohara quickly noticed this kind of spying. After catching a glimpse of the round-faced girl's cautious appearance, he couldn't help but smile and took the initiative to say hello:
"Shikame-kun, what's the matter?"
Shikame Ryoka was dazzled by the smile on Higashinohara's face, and sighed in her heart, 'The handsome guy is really scary.
"Ah no. No, no."
After waving her hands, she seemed to feel that the range of body movements was a bit exaggerated. She quickly put down her hands and grasped the corners of her clothes, lowering her head as if she didn't know what to do.
Higashinohara glanced at the wisp of dull hair on her forehead and chuckled. He didn't ask further, but just changed the subject and said, "I heard that you were hospitalized some time ago and your recovery is going well."
"Uh-huh."
Shikame Ryoka nodded quickly.
Higashinohara had already changed his shoes. He was not very familiar with this round-faced girl. He tapped the toes of his shoes on the ground and said with a smile, "That's good. See you tomorrow."
After saying that, he turned around and was about to leave.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, Shikame Ryoka looked at Higashinohara's back and suddenly plucked up the courage to bow suddenly.
"Thank you Higashino-kun."
Higashinohara stopped and turned around, with a look of surprise on his face, "What's wrong, Shikame-san?"
After he finished speaking, he looked a little stunned, "Is it the last time I investigated your mother's case? You're welcome, I happen to work part-time in that detective agency."
Looking at the gentle smile on the boy's face under the winter afternoon sunshine at the door, the expression on Madoka Shikame Ryoka's face suddenly became a little dazed.
Did you guess wrong?
She was stunned for a moment, then quickly followed Higashinohara's words, and said with a bit of heat, "Ah, yes, yes, anyway, thank you Higashino-san and Aragaki Detective Agency. If it weren't for you, my mother would still have committed suicide.
"
Speaking of this, Shikame Ryoka's face looked a little sad.
At first, she stubbornly believed that her mother could not commit suicide. She went to the Metropolitan Police Department to report the crime several times, but was ignored because there was no evidence.
If Aragaki Satoru had not gone to the Aragaki Detective Agency and used internal connections to reopen the file, the Metropolitan Police Department would not have taken it seriously so quickly.
The girl behind her felt inexplicably melancholy.
Higashinohara smiled, said "See you tomorrow" and left the shoe cabinet.
The sunshine in the winter afternoon coated his body with a layer of pale gold. Higashinohara squinted his eyes slightly and looked up, feeling that he should be awarded a Little Golden Talent.
Even if Shikame Ryoka really guessed something with the girl's sense of smell, she promised to keep Higashinohara secret for the rest of her life and keep it secret.
Higashinohara would never admit it.
There are some things that can be said but not done.
