When the Sand Sculpture Trial Comes to Yokohama

On the other side, in the Academy of Romance.

After talking with Minan Rinka in the morning, Umetaro Nozaki made up his mind to make her happy in the manga.Just like you did to Tomoda-kun in the game!

After a whole day of class, he kept thinking about this matter, wishing he could run home and draw with a pen.

However, the sky fails to fulfill people's wishes.When school was over in the afternoon, the sky gradually darkened, and the dark clouds in the sky rolled up and down with dull thunder.

After changing shoes in the shoe cabinet on the first floor, Nozaki Umetaro hurried towards the door with his schoolbag in his hand.However, just as he half-stepped out of the gate of the school building, thunder sounded from the sky above his head.In an instant, bean-sized raindrops poured down and hit his brown leather shoes.

Umetaro Nozaki retracted his feet silently, watching the students passing by open their umbrellas, walk into the rain, and leave the school.

He didn't bring an umbrella.

Through the rain curtain, he could see the owl-like history teacher Purgatory Kyojuro holding a large transparent plastic umbrella and putting it into the umbrella tube on the first floor in the school building of Fujika Gakuen.This is a public umbrella specially prepared for students and teachers who do not have umbrellas.

Seeing the thoughtfulness of the teacher at the opposite school, Umetaro Nozaki looked back at the umbrella stand that did not have a public umbrella in his school, and sighed.

When Sakura Chiyo changed her shoes and came to the first floor, what she saw was Nozaki Umetaro who was curled up by the door with his knees folded, staring at the rain curtain in frustration.

"Nozaki-kun?" She asked cautiously behind her, "Why are you sitting here? Aren't you going home?"

"Ah." Umetaro Nozaki looked up and saw Sakura Chiyo, with a tired smile on his face, "I forgot to bring my umbrella, so I just sat here, thinking of memes that can be used in rainy days."

"Oh!" Sakura Chiyo slowly let go of the umbrella that was already in her bag.

Originally, she wanted to take out her umbrella, but after Nozaki Umetaro said that he didn't bring an umbrella, Sakura Chiyo suddenly realized something.

If you take out an umbrella in front of him now and invite him to walk with you, isn't that inviting him to open... a matching umbrella?

Thinking of this, Sakura Chiyo's face turned red.She felt that her heart would burst out of her throat if she did so!

But if you don't invite him and leave with an umbrella... Sakura Chiyo thinks that Nozaki Umetaro will definitely look even more deadly than he is now...

If I gave him the umbrella and waited here... no matter how I think it, Nozaki Umetaro will definitely not accept it!

Rather than that, she might as well say that she didn't bring an umbrella and was here with him, the two of them alone...

Thinking like this, Sakura Chiyo rubbed her hot face and told a harmless little lie: "Ahaha, I didn't actually bring an umbrella..."

Before she finished speaking, a curious voice suddenly came from the side: "Chiyo, don't you have an umbrella?"

As soon as Sakura Chiyo turned her head, she saw Yuzuki Seo took out her bag, took out an umbrella and handed it to her.

An ominous premonition surged from the bottom of his heart, and Sakura Chiyo felt that this scene was somewhat familiar.

"Yueyue, then you didn't..." Sakura Chiyo subconsciously said.However, the next second, she saw Yuzuki Seo take out of her bag again, took out a little yellow duck raincoat, put it on her body, and put it on.

"Ah? What are you talking about?" Seo Yuzuki, wearing a little yellow duck raincoat, raised his head and asked.

Sakura Chiyo was silent for a moment: "Yueyue, you are well prepared this time..."

"That's right, it wasn't that you two didn't bring an umbrella last time, so I gave you the umbrella." Seo Yuzuki said boldly with akimbo, "I vomited after returning from the rain that day hahaha... "

"Did you throw up?" Sakura Chiyo was taken aback. "Is it because of the rain? Why didn't you tell me?"

"Don't pay attention to the details!" Yuzuki Seo waved his hand, "The point is, after that, I became more aware, and I brought both umbrellas and raincoats! By the way, the two of you also forgot to bring your umbrellas. You have no ability to learn at all." No!"

Sakura Chiyo was silent.She didn't forget to bring it at all...

Watching the figure of the little yellow duck go away in the rain, Sakura Chiyo looked at the umbrella in his hand, his gaze began to waver.

——Hasn't this become the situation she was trying to avoid just now?

The hand holding the umbrella trembled a little.Sakura Chiyo looked carefully out of the corner of her eye, and found that Nozaki Umetaro was still curled up in the corner, but her eyes were quietly staring at the umbrella in her hand...

Sakura Chiyo held her head in her heart and shouted: Nozaki-kun, your eyes are too lethal!Don't look at the umbrella in my hand like this!

Just when Sakura Chiyo was in a state of anxiety, Nozaki Umetaro, who was thinking about manga, couldn't help but said, "Sakura, this umbrella..."

"Yes!" Sakura Chiyo shivered and immediately stood up straight.

"Do you mind using it with me?" Umetaro Nozaki offered. "Sorry, I really want to go back to the manga. We're going back to my apartment anyway, so..."

Nozaki Umetaro's initiative to share the umbrella request, and the sentence "we are going back to my apartment anyway" like a young couple returning to the cohabitation house, made Sakura Chiyo's face turn red instantly.

"Okay... okay..." She blushed and smiled, "Then let's go."

Half a minute later, Nozaki Umetaro walked out of the school building with Sakura Chiyo holding an umbrella.

The two bypassed the steed statue all the way and walked to the gate of Romance Academy.Sakura Chiyo was about to turn the corner habitually, but found Nozaki Umetaro's footsteps stopped suddenly.

"What's the matter, Nozaki-kun?" Sakura Chiyo raised her head in surprise, but found that Nozaki Umetaro's eyes were looking at the school building of Fujika Academy.

Following Nozaki Umetaro's gaze, she found two people standing at the gate of the school building of Fujika Academy.

One of them is Minan Rinka who played Nozaki Umetaro's routine.And the other person is a young man with a handsome face and a strong body, Inosuke Kouhei.

The two stood in front of the umbrella on the first floor.Most of the large pile of transparent plastic umbrellas carried by Purgatory Xingshourou in the umbrella tube were gone, and now only one was left.

Isn't this a reenactment of the predicament she had with Nozaki Umetaro just now?Sakura Chiyo cheered up, and looked intently like Nozaki Umetaro.

——At this moment, Minan Rinka and Zuihei Inosuke are experiencing a solemn confrontation.The reason for the confrontation is indeed that there is only one public umbrella left in the umbrella tube.

Zuihei Inosuke bowed slightly, and his beautiful face showed the vigilant look of the wild beasts in the forest.

Since Minan Rinka failed in the acorn duel when she first arrived, Zuihei Inosuke has not found a chance to confront her again.

Now, the opportunity he has been thinking about has come: Looking at the only public umbrella in the umbrella tube, Zuihei Inosuke made up his mind - this time he will definitely win this public umbrella, so that he is the boss and Minan Rinka is the leader. The younger brother's relationship!

Minan Rinka stood silently on the other side of the umbrella tube, staring at the public umbrella inside the umbrella tube.

Logically speaking, her little flower is not afraid of rainy days at all.After all, as long as she uses her spiritual power to create a thin layer of spiritual armor that seems to be invisible, she can guarantee that the rain will not drip on her body.

But she stayed up all night the night before, and now Minan Rinka is so sleepy that she doesn't want to waste her energy on making spiritual power armor.

But the bad thing is that there is only one umbrella, but there are two people without umbrellas.

Seeing Minan Rinka staring at the public umbrella, Zuihei Inosuke showed a militant smile: "The one who wins this umbrella is the well-deserved boss! Those who are forced to go home in the rain have to be willing to be the younger brother!"

He strode forward, just about to grab the umbrella, but saw Minan Linhua not only did not move forward, but took a few steps back.

Zuihei Inosuke looked at Minan Rinka in a daze, and the hand grabbing the umbrella stopped in mid-air.

I saw Xiaohua stretching her arms in place, moving her joints, doing preparatory activities, posing a posture of going straight into the rain.

"I won't lose to the wind, and I won't lose to the rain." Minan Linhua muttered, "This is what the king does. Just a little rain can't stop me from moving forward."

Although Minan Rinka's voice was not loud, it sounded like thunder to Zuihei Inosuke's ears.The boy froze for a moment.

That's right, the real boss will not be defeated by this little rain.Those who dare not step into the rain without an umbrella will never be able to become a convincing king!

He wanted to be the boss of Minan Rinka, but he didn't realize it at all!

I... am too weak.

[System prompt: Zuiping Inosuke's palpitation value +200]

Seeing Minan Rinka take a few steps back, she started running and was about to rush into the rain, Zuihei Inosuke, who refused to admit defeat, withdrew his hand that was going to get the public umbrella, kicked his legs, and passed Minan Rinka in an instant.

"I am the one who is not afraid of the wind and rain, the real king!" Zuihei Inosuke plunged into the rain, his feet slammed on the ground, splashing a large amount of water.

"Pigs rush forward—! Pigs rush—!" Zuihei Inosuke roared, rolling up a wind with rain stars, passing by Nozaki Umetaro and Sakura Chiyo in an instant, and rushing into the distance.

Then, Nozaki Umetaro and Sakura Chiyo watched as Minan Rinka's running speed gradually slowed down, and finally turned into a leisurely slow walk.

Xiaohua walked to the gate of the school building, set up a pergola in front of her eyebrows, and quietly watched the back of Zuhira Inosuke rushing forward in the rain.

Then, as if nothing had happened, she turned around and returned to the umbrella tube, picked up the last public umbrella, opened it very naturally, and left... gone...

[System prompt: Nozaki Umetaro's palpitation value +233]

[System prompt: Sakura Chiyo's palpitation value +233]

***

On the street not far from Fujika Academy and Romance Academy, a little yellow duck was walking alone in the rain.

Suddenly, there was a sound of messy footsteps at the end of the street.Yuzuki Seo, who was wearing a little yellow duck raincoat, looked back, and saw a young boy not far away shouting "pig rushing forward" while stepping on a large spray of water, rushing towards her, "swiping" past her, splashing All the stagnant water hit her calf.

Is this still possible?Yuzuki Seo couldn't stand up when he arrived: "Wait for me!"

She put on a little yellow duck raincoat and ran away, biting the back of Zuohei Inosuke tightly.But Zuihei Inosuke turned his head and saw the little yellow duck chasing after him through the rain curtain, and his bellicose mood suddenly ignited.

"I've already got rid of Lin Duck, and I can get rid of you, a yellow duck!" he shouted, "The pig is advancing!"

"Don't even think about it!" Seo Yuzuki suddenly became angry, "Go ahead!"

For a moment, a pig and a duck braved the rain and galloped crazily on the sidewalk.The rain was like beads and silk, and when the rain gradually subsided, both of them stood panting in front of the intersection with the red light on.

There is a yellow and black warning pole ahead, and the tram behind the warning pole is speeding past.Amidst the rumble of driving, Zuhira Inosuke and Seo Yuzuki looked at each other.

The pleasure of running for a long time has made them forget their original intention.The clear sunshine after the rain shone on the faces of the two of them. For a moment, they subconsciously straightened up, stretched out their hands wordlessly, and held each other tightly.

"It was a wonderful duel." Seo Yuzuki pulled down the hood of the little yellow duck raincoat on his head and said solemnly.

"Yeah, this is the first time for such a carefree duel." Zuihei Inosuke said solemnly, "I am willing to admit your strength."

The tram dragged away, and the precious silence lasted for a few seconds.

Seo Yuzuki said slowly: "Well, where did we go?"

***

Holding an umbrella, Minan Rinka found a secluded place with no one there, and returned to Honmaru with a teleportation compass.

The end of school at Fujika Gakuen is 02:30 in the afternoon. After returning to Honmaru, Minan Rinka took a bath first, and then returned to her room in the castle tower to catch up on sleep.

This time I slept until almost six o'clock.It was getting dark late in Honmaru, and when Minan Rinka woke up, the sky outside was still bright.

She rubbed her eyes and got up, sat by the bed for a while, looked around but couldn't find the cat, and was going to the kitchen to see when the meal was ready.

After pushing open the sliding door of the room, Minan Rinka was stunned when she saw the scene in front of her.

Connecting to Minan Rinka's bedroom was a room that served as both a living room and a bedroom.Touken, who works as a close servant every day, will handle official documents of the Tokino government with her here. At night, he puts away the table, takes out the quilt from the cabinet, and spreads it on the tatami floor to sleep.

At this moment, today's valet, Omaru, is not in the room.And Nakahara was sitting cross-legged on the tatami with his back to the bedroom door, holding a cat teasing stick in his hand, playing with the little orange cat.Wherever the cat teasing stick in his hand swung, the little orange cat jumped there, looking very energetic.

Hearing the sound of the bedroom door opening behind him, Nakahara was still teasing the little orange cat with one hand, and he turned his head: "Are you awake?"

"Yeah." Minan Rinhua just woke up, her voice was still a little hoarse.She walked out of the bedroom slowly, and closed the door behind her back: "When did you come?"

"About an hour ago, I finished my work ahead of time and came here." Zhongyuan Zhong also turned his head and put his eyes on the little orange cat again, "Didn't you tell me to come and see the cat more? The little guy seems to be getting used to it. pretty good."

He lowered the cat teasing stick a little, and the little orange cat lay down on the ground with a "slap", and grabbed the cat teasing stick with its four paws and dragged it to its mouth to gnaw.

"That's right." Minan Rinka nodded, and sat down beside Zhongya Zhongya.Feeling thirsty after sleeping for too long, she caught a glimpse of a cup of tea and took a sip.

"Hey, that tea..." Zhong Yuanzhong was also taken aback, and the cat teaser in his hand was dragged away by the little orange cat.He stared blankly at the teacup in Minan Rinhua's hand: "That's..."

It was the tea that Umaru poured him after seeing him coming.He just took a sip and put it aside when he found it too hot.

"Huh?" Minan Rinka turned to look at him in surprise.

Facing the girl's inexplicable gaze, Zhong Yuanzhong was also silent for a few seconds, and turned his head away: "It's nothing."

The roots of the ears covered by slightly curly orange hair felt slightly hot.

[System prompt: Zhongye Zhongye's heartbeat value +999]

"Oh." Minan Rinka didn't ask too much. Anyway, Chuya Nakahara's heartbeat went up and down, and she was used to it. She even wanted to suggest him to see a cardiology department...

Nakahara Nakaya looked at the little orange cat lying on the tatami mat, holding a cat teasing stick in its front legs and kicking its hind legs, and suddenly remembered what Osamu Dazai said to him in the coffee shop this morning.

……

In the morning, Zhong Yuan was drinking ice water in the coffee shop, but suddenly he caught a glimpse of someone sitting in the seat beside him from the corner of his eye.

He glanced subconsciously, and the ice water in his mouth almost spewed out.

Dazai Ji'an was sitting quietly on the high stool beside him, with his left forearm resting on the wooden countertop, his right hand resting his chin, staring at him with interest...

Nakahara Nakahara, who was Osamu Dazai's former partner, was also very familiar with Ya's gaze.Whenever he shows this kind of gaze, it means that the bad water in his heart is about to come out...

Sure enough, Dazai Osamu said with a smile: "Oh, when I passed the coffee shop, I saw a dark and small thing clinging to the bar. Take a closer look, it's not Chuya!"

The Central Plains Central Committee also immediately became angry.He said coldly: "Oh, when will the bandage stand not only walk, but also talk?"

"Even if Chuya is arguing with me here, it can't change the fact that I discovered your little secret." Dazai Osamu was not angry, but raised his hand with a smile, and the thumb and index finger of both hands gestured for a viewfinder frame, Aiming at Nakahara Chuya, "If my guess is correct, you met Minan Rinka just now, right? Are you still thinking about something bad?"

"Hey, you bastard..." Nakahara Chuya's face turned red immediately, and he was about to stand up as soon as he slapped the table, but he realized that this was in someone else's shop, and he forced his anger back .

He slapped a piece of [-] yen on the table: "Boss, don't look for it!"

After all, Zhongyuan Zhong would turn around and leave.However, as soon as he took two steps, Dazai Osamu dragged his voice behind him: "Are you leaving so soon? What a pity, I originally wanted to show you a few words of kindness... You like Rinka, don't you?" ?”

Nakahara Chuya's footsteps slowly stopped.

"After being separated for many years, the girl who met again has turned into a strange appearance. It's like a different person, so you can't guess her mind. At the same time, this feeling also makes you feel a kind of uncontrollable feeling. Tension, her every move affects your emotions. You find that she is no longer a little girl. After the reunion, your thoughts on her have gradually changed, and you can no longer look at her with ordinary eyes, but she is a Yumu's brain is not clear..." Dazai Osamu said with a smile, "Don't you think so?"

"Dial..." After a few seconds, Zhong Yuanzhong also turned around and said with a dark face, "What do you want to call me?"

Osamu Dazai smiled brightly.He clearly made a mouth shape: "Gong, Lue, Mi, Nan, Lin, Hua, De, Fang, Fa."

[System prompt: Zhongyuan Zhongye's palpitation value +500]

Zhong Yuanzhong was also silent for a moment, then sat back on the chair when he turned around.

[System prompt: Zhongyuan Zhongye's palpitation value +248]

He did it because the leader ordered him to "take down Rinka".Thinking of this, Zhong Yuanzhong also asked with a cold face: "What do you mean?"

Seeing that the little black dwarf entered the set, Osamu Dazai smiled with satisfaction, and the expression on his face gradually changed: "Hehehe, do you want to know? Then help me to pay back all the credits I have in this coffee shop." Qing, treat me to the most expensive Geisha coffee here..."

"When did you start drinking this kind of coffee?" Nakahara asked with a frown.

"No, it's just because I'm going to treat guests today..." Osamu Dazai smiled maliciously, turned his head and said, "Boss, please bring me my bill, and this little black man over here will pay it for me." All the bills. Ah, by the way, have a cup of the most expensive coffee in the shop."

For a moment, the boss looked at Nakahara Chuya with pity for being taken advantage of.He rummaged through the drawer for a while, then took out a thick folder and handed it to Chuya Zhongyuan...

Zhong Yuan was also a little confused when he first saw the folder.Until he opened the folder and saw that all the bills in it were Dazai Osamu...

[System prompt: Zhongyuan Zhongye's palpitation value +999]

……

Thinking of what Dazai Osamu said to him in the afternoon, Nakahara also settled down.

"Chuya, don't you want to know what Rinka thinks of you?" Osamu Dazai showed a subtle smile while drinking coffee at that time, "I have a suggestion here."

"Why don't you try to keep eye contact with Rinka?" He said with a smile, "Girls generally can't stand the long-term gaze of a man who has feelings. If she blushes or looks away shyly , then congratulations, taking her down is just around the corner!"

Zhong Yuanzhong was also a little surprised: "Really? You are a very bad mackerel, so you must be lying to me, right?"

"You think so, it really breaks my heart. I can't lie about this." Osamu Dazai showed a fake sad expression, "I'm pretty good at how to treat cute girls. So much experience!"

Thinking of this, Zhong Yuanzhong also took a silent breath.

"Rinhua." He called Minan Rinhua's name in a low voice.

"Huh?" Minan Rinhua really turned around, "What's wrong?"

The orange-haired youth didn't speak, but just sat there quietly, watching her intently.Those icy blue eyes now have a bit of warmth, Minan Rinhua can see her own small shadow in his eyes.

Minan Rinhua was silent for a moment: "Did you forget the words?"

[System prompt: Zhongyuan Zhongye's palpitation value +233]

Although the palpitation value broadcast system reminded Zhong Yuan of the palpitation value that also occurred in Zhongyuan, indicating his inner fluctuations, his expression remained unchanged, but his eyes became slightly darker.

Minan Rinka was silent for a moment, and asked tentatively, "Are you... are you practicing the new move of emitting laser light from your eyes?"

[System prompt: Zhongyuan Zhongye's palpitation value +300]

Minan Rin was a little confused for a while.The palpitations are coming out normally, but the person is motionless, what's going on?

down?

At that moment Minan Rinka became nervous.She raised her hand and pressed it on Nakahara Chuya's forehead: "What's wrong with you? Are you uncomfortable?"

The moment the girl's gentle palm was attached to it, Zhongyuan Zhong also failed.

"Don't touch it anymore," he exhaled, and pulled Minan Rinhua's hand in frustration, "I'm fine."

"Oh," Minan Rinhua breathed a sigh of relief, "I thought it was Huangba who vomited and turned into a demon again, and I was still thinking about channeling its power again with the identity of a god judge... You just didn't move at all. What the hell are you doing?"

"I just want to see you." Zhong Yuan Zhong also said casually, still immersed in the emotion of failure.

He looked at the kitten lying on the ground, and didn't notice that Minan Rinka's expression froze for a moment as if the pause button had been pressed.

"Oh." She didn't say much, she looked down and looked at her wrist.

After Zhongyuan Zhong also pulled her hand on his forehead, he still hasn't let go.

"Hand." Minan Rinka pointed to Nakahara Nakaya's hand clasping her wrist.

"Ah... forgot." He subconsciously let go of his fingers.

Minan Rinka withdrew her hand, silently staring at the wrist that was held by him just now.

Just wanted to see her... what does that mean?

Minan Rinka felt that something was wrong with her emotions.She thought about it for a while, and felt that it was because she was stared at by Nakahara Nakaya for some reason just now.

Her little flower has never been stared at like this.When similar things happen to her, it often starts with "what are you looking at", passes through "what are you looking at", and ends with "look at me again and you may die"...

So Minan Rinka was not happy.She raised her hand and patted Nakahara Chuya's arm: "Chuya."

"Huh?" Zhong Yuan also turned his head.

The two looked at each other, Minan Rinhua didn't speak, and didn't look back, just looked at her quietly.

The girl's eyes are very beautiful, and Nakahara Nakahara realized this when she first met on the streets of Yokohama.At that time, the little girl's eyes were moist, like a newborn fawn.

Now looking closely at each other, apart from the same moist eyes and reddish eye ends as before, he can even see clearly the little mole on her eyelids that is hard to detect.

[System prompt: Zhongye Zhongye's heartbeat value +234]

[System prompt: Zhongye Zhongye's heartbeat value +345]

[System prompt: Zhongye Zhongye's heartbeat value +...]

Just when Zhongyuan Zhongye's heartbeat gradually accelerated, and the roots of his ears felt a little hot, Minan Rinhua suddenly raised his hand, and slapped Zhongyuan Zhongye in front of his eyelids.

Zhong Yuanzhong was also startled by her sudden behavior, and blinked suddenly.

"You blinked, I won." Minan Rinhua announced happily.

Zhong Yuanzhong was also stunned.

How about you play eye-to-eye competition?Don't bring something like this!

[System prompt: Zhongyuan Zhongye's palpitation value +600]

Minan Rinka rubbed her eyes while talking.When she put down her hand, Zhong Yuanzhong also saw a little red blood on the white of her eyes.

He didn't sleep the whole night before, and managed to catch up on two hours of sleep. Now he is staring at him with big eyes, can he not have bloodshot eyes?

What about "eyes that are as moist as before" and "reddish eye corners"? Isn't it because Minan Rinka's eyes are so sore that she is about to shed tears!

Do you want to fight like this?

[System prompt: Zhongyuan Zhongye's palpitation value +700]