Anime: Desolate Darkness

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"Matsusaka-san, you are too..."

Just as Ozora was still arguing fiercely with Matsuzaka Sato, an unexpected guest broke in.

boom!

"Senior! Do you know how miserable I am?!"

Nanamiya Chione pushed the door open suddenly and shouted with an extremely aggrieved tone.

She thought that Kirisu Madoka would just call her over to teach her a lesson, but she didn't expect him to chat with her for hours! He didn't stop until he got hungry during lunch break!

She has been educated so hard that she doesn't even have the mood to eat lunch and can only come here to complain.

Unexpectedly, there were a lot of people in the office, but Kimura was not among them.

The scene fell into deathly silence for a moment. The five girls stared at Nanamiya Tomoon, and Nanamiya Tomoon was also staring at them, with their eyes wide open.

Soon, someone reacted first.

"It's you!"

"It is you."

Ryune and Matsuzaka Sato said in unison, pointing at Nanamiya Chione.

Compared to Matsuzaka Sato's disdainful tone, Ryune seemed even more excited.

The two looked at each other in confusion. Without lingering for long, Ryūin turned to Nanamiya Chion again.

"I remember you! You're the student who called Mr. Kimura away on the second day of the school trip, right?"

She had met Nanamiya Chion twice, once during the second day of the school trip to Sensoji Temple, and once after school last Friday.

But last Friday, her attention was all on Kimura Takumi, and she didn't notice that there was another person next to her.

So her impression of Nanamiya Chion still remains the same as before.

"Oh~! You're the weird student!"

Nanamiya Chione subconsciously pointed at her nose and shouted.

Liuyin's peculiar running posture left a deep impression on her.

"What do you mean by a strange student?" Liuyin was confused and a little angry.

I didn't accuse the other person of ruining my good fortune that day, but he started to humiliate me first?

"Ah...um...nothing...sorry." Nanamiya Chione realized that she had said the wrong thing, and immediately looked away, hooking her cheek with her fingers and said awkwardly.

A subtle atmosphere took place at the scene.

……

At the same time, somewhere in Chiba Prefecture, a funeral was taking place.

This is a well-off family. The back hall is spacious and bright, and it does not feel crowded even if dozens of people gather together.

They all wore black mourning clothes and stood there silently, tears in their eyes and solemn and sad expressions, as if they were expressing their final respect and blessings to their deceased relatives.

The entire back hall was filled with a sad atmosphere, making people feel depressed and heavy.

And in front of them was the altar.

The altar was decorated with lotus lanterns, flower baskets, fruits, etc. In the middle was a black-and-white photo of a middle-aged man with a kind face. He smiled as if he was taking a last look at his family, his eyes full of love and care.

The funeral has now reached the "farewell ceremony".

According to the rules, this means that in addition to the relatives and neighbors in the room, there will also be a group of friends or colleagues of the deceased present.

And that group of people were now standing outside the back hall gate, which was the backyard of this family's house.

backyard.

The number of people gathered here was three times that of the back hall, and without exception, they were all dressed in black.

Among this large group of people, there was one person who stood out from the crowd. Not only was he taller, but his appearance was also different from that of an ordinary person. Just by standing there motionless, he could become the most dazzling person in the crowd.

This guy is none other than Takumi Kimura!

Standing not far from him was Ryunosuke Ichisuke, but he seemed a little busy now, as a bunch of people were chatting around him.

As for why the two came here, it was because the protagonist of the funeral was the principal of Sobu High School...

Just as Kimura Takumi guessed, the other party did not make it. On Thursday last week, at about 24:, his heart stopped beating and he was pronounced dead without rescue efforts...

"Teacher Ryunosuke, I'm so sorry. You helped me so much in the past, but now it's been such a long time and we meet again in this kind of occasion..." A middle-aged man of medium build and ordinary appearance said to Ryunosuke Ichisuke.

Both his eyes and tone were filled with self-blame.

Ryunosuke smiled and patted the other person's shoulder, comforting him: "It's okay, everyone has their own life, and I prefer quietness."

"The teacher is still the same, he hasn't changed at all." The middle-aged man gave a bitter smile.

……

"Ah~"

After sending away the students who came to reminisce about the past, Ryunosuke Ichisuke sighed heavily.

"What's wrong, is the old man sad?" Kimura Takumi walked over with a calm expression and asked an inappropriate question.

You know, they are at a funeral now. Normally, people who come here will feel sad to some extent.

What's more, the person who left was Ryunosuke Ichisuke's former student.

But surprisingly, Ryunosuke Ichisuke's answer was different from what he imagined.

"Sad? Not really..." He shook his head, "I'm just lamenting that there is one less good person in the world."

As soon as he said this, his eyes dimmed.

"A good person?" Kimura Takumi didn't understand what the other party meant and his eyes were dazed.

Without explaining, Ryunosuke turned to look at the other party and asked with a faint smile: "So, what are you thinking now?"

"Why are you able to remain calm?"

"Me?" Kimura Takumi pointed at himself, looking a little surprised.

But soon, he straightened his posture and cast his gaze towards the back hall, as if he wanted to see through the crowd and see the black-and-white portrait of the president of Sobu High School in the innermost part.

"Maybe it's because I don't know him well?" He said calmly, thinking back to his first meeting with him and some of the subsequent interactions. He said frankly: "Although I got some help, I didn't have a close relationship with him."

"In my eyes, he seems dispensable..."

But there was one thing that surprised Kimura Takumi: the other party's family actually called him and invited him to attend the funeral...

Ryunosuke looked at his profile and asked, "Is that all?"

Kimura Takumi fell silent and fell into thought.

What was reflected in his pupils at this moment was the sadness of the family of the president of Sobu High School. A middle-aged woman was kneeling in front of the portrait and crying bitterly.

After a long while, his eyes fixed and he said, "There is another reason."

"I feel like his death was... worthless."

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