Zongman: Nohara Shinnosuke is about to be chopped off

"Strange? How come Jing and Sawako got lost? They're really causing me trouble."

Xiaoxin scratched his head in distress, his eyes full of confusion.

I was just tying my shoelaces when in the blink of an eye I found that they were all gone.

“These teams should be similar.”

Xiaoxin watched a team passing by in front of him.

With a hint of hesitation in his eyes, he hurriedly followed the team.

"Hi, Mai, Futaba, what a coincidence! I didn't expect to meet you here."

Xiao Xin looked at the two of them in surprise. A surprised smile appeared on his face.

"It can't be considered a coincidence. After all, except for the third grade, all the teachers and students in the school are here."

Mai Sakurajima shook her head and looked at Shin-chan with a strange expression.

"Xiao Xin, why did you suddenly come to our class? Won't your teacher be angry?"

Futaba Rio tilted her head and looked at Shin-chan with a puzzled look.

"Ajing and the others got lost on their own."

Xiaoxin shook his head with a helpless expression on his face.

"I think you're the one who got lost."

Mai Sakurajima's eyes curved and she covered her mouth and smiled.

"Forget it, Shin-chan, why don't you come with us? We're all at about the same picnic spot anyway, so you'll still be able to find your class when the time comes."

Futaba Rio thought for a while and nodded slightly.

"Okay."

Xiaoxin nodded repeatedly with joy on his face.

"It's been a while since we last met."

Xiaoxin held his chin with his hands, a look of reminiscence in his eyes.

Thinking about the last time they met, it was a week ago.

"You are a very busy person. Futaba and I often go to your class to look for you, but we have never seen you."

Mai Sakurajima curled her lips and said somewhat dissatisfiedly, with a hint of resentment on her face.

"Is that right?"

Xiao Xin scratched his head in confusion.

He thought that the two of them were too busy, so he had never met them.

"By the way, Mai, how is your mother's matter going?"

Shin-chan suddenly remembered the conflict between Mai Sakurajima and her mother, which seemed to have not been completely resolved. There was a hint of concern in his eyes.

"How should I put it? It's not good nor bad. Anyway, I have moved out of that house now and live with Futaba."

Mai Sakurajima stuck out her tongue, took Futaba Rio's arm, and showed a relaxed smile on her face.

"Futaba, does your family mind?"

Shin-chan frowned slightly and looked at Futaba Rio with some worry in his eyes.

After all, when Mengya was eating and drinking for free at her home, Meiya was sometimes very disgusted. If it was an outsider, the conflict would probably be even greater.

"It doesn't matter. My parents are working away from home and I usually live alone. I'll be very happy to have Mai accompany me."

Futaba Rio shook her head with a hint of a smile on her face.

"So Mai, aren't you a star now?"

Shin-chan tilted his head and said curiously.

After all, I heard from Sakurajima Mai herself that she was so busy that she often had to take leave even for school classes, so how could she have time for a school trip?

"I can't help it. My mother is my agent now. Before I terminate my contract with her, all my business activities must be approved by her."

Sakurajima Mai had a helpless expression on her face, with a hint of worry in her eyes.

He said he had no other options.

Mrs. Sakurajima also used this method to control her.

"But after this period of free time, I thought a lot. After all, my sudden popularity is just because of my foundation as a child star.

Now, apart from my looks and figure, I don’t seem to have anything else to show for myself.”

Mai Sakurajima shrugged and spoke her thoughts frankly without any embarrassment.

“So I thought, why not take advantage of this free time to hone my acting skills.

This way, I won’t have to worry about losing popularity as I get older, nor will I be overly anxious about my appearance.”

A determined smile appeared on Sakurajima Mai's face, her eyes full of anticipation.

"I really admire actors with good acting skills. It must be very tiring."

Shin-chan gave a thumbs up to praise Mai Sakurajima. His eyes were full of admiration.

"Thank you for your compliment."

Sakurajima Mai nodded with a smile on her face.

"But if you want to be better than others, you have to do things that others are unwilling to do."

Mai Sakurajima said with some sigh, with a hint of helplessness in her eyes.

"That's true. My mom said something similar. If you eat the green peppers in your lunch, you will grow taller than those who don't eat them."

Xiaoxin nodded in agreement.

"So what is Futaba doing lately?"

Shin-chan looked at Rio Futaba who was silent beside him, tilted his head slightly, his eyes full of curiosity.

"As for me... I've been studying living room monsters lately to see if they have anything in common with the double-slit experiment in quantum mechanics."

Futaba Rio nodded her chin, with a hint of concentration in her eyes.

"Does this need to be studied? It doesn't sound like it has anything to do with it."

Xiaoxin scratched his face with a headache, a confused expression on his face.

"Xiao Xin, you can't say that. Science requires rigor."

Futaba Rio talked about the scientific field in which she was good at and suddenly became interested.

She explained to Shin-chan seriously, her eyes full of enthusiasm.

Shin-chan listened to Rio Futaba muttering something about particles, interference, and delay in his ear.

Suddenly, he felt his head become much heavier. He frowned slightly, his eyes filled with pain.

"Xiao Xin has things he's afraid of too."

Mai Sakurajima looked at Shin-chan, who used to be fearless, but now covered his ears with his hands in pain, and shook her head with amusement.