The crystal snowflakes slowly fell from the sky, scattered and fluttering like catkins.
This is the first snow of the year, and it is not too heavy yet. It can only be regarded as the vanguard of the scenery of Hokuriku.
And once you wait until the next month.
This place will completely turn into a snow country filled with clouds and jade, showing the unique style and charm of Hokkaido.
…
Xugao on Monday, the campus is still peaceful today.
For students who have lived here for a long time, the phenomenon of snow has long been integrated into the city and is not a surprise.
At most, it’s just a sigh, this year’s snow came earlier or later than last year.
On the other hand, if there are really those people who are excited about the snow, even so excited that they run and roll in the snow...
Such cute outsiders are more likely to arouse their curiosity and surprise.
Otherwise, the only things that can arouse people's interest are interesting and popular things.
For example, a talk show broadcast by TV Tokyo this morning.
——"Revealing the secret? Taking you into the inner world of a genius cartoonist!"
Interviewer: Yuka Nitta
Guest of this issue: Yusuke Kato (pen name: Itsuki Fujimoto, representative work: "Chainsaw Man")
During lunch break, in the classroom of Class 3, Grade 3.
When Sayu and Yuko were planning to have lunch, Taniguchi from the class suddenly came up to them in a panic.
"I said, squad leader, deputy squad leader——!"
Ignoring the slightly frightened reactions of the two women, he just kept yelling.
"About the group of people we saw in Chiba Prefecture last time! The leader among them, do you two really not know him??"
"...Until then, Taniguchi-san."
Sayu covered her ears in confusion and said, "I'm sorry, but can you please lower your voice? You can still hear it that way."
"--that is!"
Masaka Yuko echoed with an unbearable expression: "Can you please stop suddenly running into other people's ears and shouting like this? This behavior is too bad!"
Faced with the soft and hard criticisms from the two people, Taniguchi could only smile and apologize, clasping his hands together, but then started talking again.
"...Anyway, you two take a look at this first!"
As he spoke, he stretched out the screen of his mobile phone and started playing the TV Tokyo interview program.
Sayu and Yuko looked at each other, and the camera in the screen just happened to give a close-up, so they saw the boy with white hair and black eyes.
"It's him! Why??"
Masaka Yuko couldn't help shouting: "How come you have that person?"
However, Taniguchi seemed to be more excited than she was, and said in a louder voice:
"Right? It really is him, right!? He is the author of "Chainsaw Man"! I am a huge fan of that work!"
"Wow! Didn't I tell you to keep your voice down? I feel like my ears are going to be broken!"
"Compared to that! Please tell me quickly, do you two know that genius cartoonist——??"
"So! I don't know what the genius cartoonist you are talking about is. That person is just a pervert who once harassed Sayu-chan, that's all!"…
"Even if you say so... But didn't they do nothing last time? Seriously, could you have mistaken the wrong person? Deputy squad leader."
"——I didn't admit my mistake!"
Masaka Yuko straightened her face angrily, "What, do you trust outsiders more than the two of us, Taniguchi?"
"The issue is……"
Taniguchi scratched the back of his neck in a dilemma and muttered: "Forget it if it's someone else, this is my favorite cartoonist... He doesn't count as an outsider, right?"
Masaka Yuko's eyes widened in disbelief and asked: "Do you mean, I'm lying to everyone???"
"Calm down a little first! I didn't say that either. I just think there might be some misunderstanding, but that's not necessarily true."
"I don't care if he is a cartoonist or not! Anyway, I just saw it with my own eyes. He did something outrageous to Sayu-chan!"
"For example?"
"Eh--?"
Taniguchi glanced at Sayu first, and then asked: "Deputy squad leader, didn't you say that he did something very excessive? What was it specifically?"
Masaka Yuko was stunned for a moment, then followed his gaze and looked towards Sayu.
For some reason, the girl was looking at her phone intently, looking thoughtful.
Seeing this, Yuko Masaka pursed her lower lip, then returned her gaze to the straight line, and lowered her voice and said:
"...That person kept saying that he had an agreement with Sayu-chan and insisted on being friends with Sayu-chan, but we don't know him at all!"
"...Like a conversation?"
"Yeah, almost the same, but he also hugged Sayu-chan..."
"this……"
Taniguchi was speechless for a while, and then said doubtfully: "Um, deputy squad leader. You probably haven't forgotten what happened that day in Chiba County, right?"
"What……?"
"Didn't you notice..."
He whispered: "That girl with blond hair and white porcelain skin, as beautiful as a porcelain doll..."
After this reminder, Masaka Yuko immediately thought of the girl she knocked down. She was really an impressive beautiful girl.
Even though it has been so long, I can still clearly remember the other person's eyebrows and glances...
If Yuko Masaka were a boy, she believed that she would fall in love with that girl at first sight.
It almost comes from human instinct, a yearning and pursuit of beautiful things.
The last person who made her react like this was Sayu, who has now become her best friend and best friend.
However, the beauty of that girl has even reached a point where even a glimpse of it is unforgettable...
"...So you asked me if I remember. How could I forget?"
"Ah, anyway, just remember."
Taniguchi said with deep emotion, his expression unusually sad.
"But isn't this strange? After all, the other party has a beautiful girl of that level around him, and it seems that the relationship between the two is not normal. Can such a person really be a stalker...?"
"——!"
Masaka Yuko was shocked and subconsciously denied: "Wait a minute, that's not what happened, right??"...
at this time--
"Hey~! So you are also a fan of Xiaoyu! Ogiwara-san!"
""?""
A surprised girl's voice suddenly sounded, which not only interrupted Yuko and Taniguchi's conversation, but also pulled Sayu out of her thoughts.
Looking towards the source of the sound, a girl with a quiet face was standing in front of her.
——He is the study committee member of the class.
While thinking about the identity of the other party, Sayu asked with a little doubt: "Xiaoyu...?"
"Yes~ This is the handsome guy you are looking at now. Everyone is fans of him now! But I didn't expect Ogiwara-san to like him too~!"
As the girl spoke, she took out her mobile phone and leaned forward excitedly.
"Qiang Qiang~ Look, the wallpaper on my mobile phone is also his. I mean Xiaoyou, he looks like a star! Don't you think it's perfect!"
As I said, the wallpaper set on the girl's phone is that person.
Seeing his usually quiet classmate suddenly become like this, Sayu couldn't help but smile awkwardly. He hesitated for a moment and didn't know how to react, so he just replied casually.
"I see, but why Xiaoyou...?"
"Hey~ Ogiwara-san, don't you know?"
The girl blinked in confusion, but still explained thoughtfully.
"This is the pet name everyone gave him, right? Even so, it actually means splitting the name "Yusuke" and using a more intimate name~ Everyone in the support group calls him that."
Before Sayu could say anything, Masaka Yuko intervened with a shout of "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no," Yuko Masaka interrupted.
"Wait a minute, what's going on with that support group you're talking about??"
"Uh-huh? Deputy, deputy squad leader?"
The other party was startled by her sudden approach, and his body took a step back reflexively, not knowing how to respond.
Fortunately, Yuko Masaka immediately realized the abruptness of her behavior and apologized repeatedly.
"Ah, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you, I just wanted to ask about the support group you mentioned..."
"Uh-oh, this...is like this. Well, to put it simply, someone has established a fan club, and it is full of people who like Xiaoyou."
“Does our class have that kind of organization??”
"No~ As far as I know, that support group seems to have been established by girls from other classes, but there are also many girls in our class who have joined~"
"How many are many--?"
"Let me think about it... I'm not sure exactly, but there are about ten people~"
"There are actually so many!?"
"Ahaha, is that a lot~? But actually there are more people in the chat group on Line? There are almost hundreds of people, right?"
As the girl spoke, she took out her phone and checked it.
"Ah, it's amazing! There are already two hundred people now! Look!"
After finishing speaking, she generously showed off the "Xiaoyou?? Support Group (201)" that she had joined.
Masaka Yuko immediately stretched her neck to look, and then saw such a conversation.
[Girl A: Xiaoyou is so handsome! I like it so much??!]
[Girl B: I understand, I understand, I understand very well! It means that I don’t read comics at all. Are all current cartoonists so handsome? (＞人＜;)】…
[Girl C: I don’t read comics either, I only watch talk shows, but... the silver-haired boy is so handsome, isn’t he!?\(//??//)\]
[Girl D: Is what is said on TV true? A cartoonist, a student council president, a national champion, and a super rich man...is there really such a person in the world? 】
[Girl E: It’s true, don’t you know? And Xiaoyu was also called “Japan’s strongest high school student” before! It was published in a sports newspaper before. 】
[Girl F: Laughing so hard, what kind of bad naming taste is this? It’s the same as chuunibyou. (??????????)]
[Girl G: That’s it! This title doesn’t match Xiaoyou at all! Having said that, I found a photo of Xiaoyou winning the championship and I’ll share it with you~! 】
[Girl G: Picture]
[Girl A: Wow, she actually has black hair! So rare——!\(≧▽≦)/]
[Girl B: I like it! (Full of love)]
[Girl C: Uh-huh! Although the black-haired one is also handsome, the silver-haired one is more handsome, just like a prince! (*≧ω≦)]
[Girl D: Thank you for sharing~! No matter which side you are on, they look so handsome! I will cherish it and keep it! 】
[Girl E: He is like an idol, I have completely fallen in love with him! Hey, does anyone know Xiaoyou’s SNS account? 】
[Girl F: Same request! I went there according to "Kato Yusuke" and "Fujimotosuki", but the results were all fakes... (╥﹏╥)】
[Girl G: Everyone, Xiaoyu doesn’t seem to have an SNS account~ But I have the accounts of other students in Xiaoyu’s school. Here are the photos of Xiaoyu when she participated in the Kyudo club activities. I want to share them with you~! 】
[Girl G: Picture]
[Girls: Is this a lie——!?]
The already lively group immediately began to inquire about the identity of G, a girl with great supernatural powers.
But in reality...
"Wow wow wow! Disgusting, what is this? So handsome!"
The quiet girl jumped up and down, hurriedly saving the photo, and muttering "I'll die, I'll die" with a red face.
"It's so bad! I mean Xiaoyou is basically a unicorn man~~~~~!"
"Unicorn man...?" Yuko Masaka asked with a confused look on her face.
"The so-called unicorn man... simply put, he is the kind of boy that all women like."
Taniguchi, who listened for a while, answered her questions with a smile.
"Needless to say, you have seen the appearance of these people. In addition, their income, character, talent and other conditions must also be of the highest standard.
Men who can satisfy this kind of man, which does not exist even in the world of comics and animation, are called "unicorn men."
To put it in simpler terms, he is the legendary Diamond King and Lao Wu~?"
"——This kind of thing is simply ridiculous! Shouldn't the most important thing about a person be his inner nature and character? Don't you all care about these??"
"That's not to say they don't care... The problem is, judging from what happened last time, they really didn't do anything... If anything, it's our side that's in the wrong, right?"
"you……!"
Seeing that Masaka Yuko was about to lose her temper, Taniguchi quickly started to remedy the situation.
"Deputy squad leader, don't be too quick to get angry. Like I said at the beginning, I just think there might be some misunderstanding.
Otherwise, what about this? If the other person is really the person who once struck up a conversation with the monitor, would you like to contact him and see?"
"Eh...what does this mean?"
"That's the literal meaning. After all, aren't we not sure about this now? Then just ask the other party directly. That way we can also figure out what he means."
Yuko Masaka was at a loss for words for a moment, "You said you want to find out... what do you mean to find out?"
"The first thing is to find out whether the other person is the person who once talked to the squad leader, and the second thing is to find out why he did that at that time. I think this is the fastest way."
Taniguchi said, turning his head and looking aside, and continued.
"Of course...having said that, it's up to the squad leader to decide exactly what to do. Although this is just my guess, judging from your attitude last time, I think you don't seem to hate that person that much, right?"
"What... is this true? Sayu-chan!" Yuko Masaka suddenly turned her head to look.
"..."
Sayu was silent when asked.
After a long time, she slowly said: "...I'm sorry, I don't want to think about these things now, just let me be alone for a while."
After finishing speaking, she stood up from her seat and walked outside the classroom.