When the Sand Sculpture Trial Comes to Yokohama

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, isn't it that we often catch exhibitionists on the tram recently?" The policeman let go of Ihei Xiaobane's hand, "And there are always teenage girls' underwear being stolen nearby, So it has always been strictly handled in this regard.”

"We have already placed reward orders on these two people through various channels, and those who catch them will be commended by the citizens." Another patrolman said with a headache, "But these two people are too cunning. There is no news yet..."

Minan Rinka was still eating melons, and when she turned her head, she saw several people in Romance School uniforms standing outside the family restaurant.

That's Nozaki Umetaro and his friends.

They probably also saw the scene where the policeman dragged Yihei Xiaoba out, and Yihei Xiaoba kept saying that he wanted others to see his little snake.Now Nozaki Umetaro stood silently at the door of the family restaurant, not knowing whether to come in or not.

Minan Rinka saw a group of people standing outside the door in embarrassment, so she talked to the Zaomen brothers and sisters, and waved to Nozaki Umetaro.

Nozaki Umetaro hesitated for a moment, but brought his friends in anyway.

There are three people who came with Umetaro Nozaki, the person with long orange hair and red and white polka dot bow is Sakura Chiyo who is in charge of blacking out, and the red-haired boy with earrings is Miko Shibamikoto who is in charge of small things and details The not-so-tall boy with drooping eyes is Hori Masahyuki who is responsible for drawing the background, and there is a slightly restrained purple-haired first-year student who is occasionally Hiromatsu Wakamatsu who will help paste dot paper when he is too busy.

There are quite a lot of assistants here.

Seeing Umetaro Nozaki and his friends sitting at a big table like this, Minan Rinka happily followed suit and said, "Hello, everyone."

Umetaro Nozaki sat next to Minan Rinka, and raised his hand to introduce: "This is Minan-san, whom I told you before, who has added a lot of inspiration to my new serial content."

For a moment, everyone's eyes on Minan Rinhua became subtle.Except for Sakura Chiyo, who had witnessed Xiaohua's coquettish operation and was already prepared in his heart, the eyes of the others were filled with "ah, so it's her", "this is Rinta", "someone like Rinta" Human beings really exist.”  …

[System prompt: Miko Chai Shiqin's palpitation value +577]

[System prompt: Hori Masayuki's palpitation value +340]

[System prompt: Wakasomboron's palpitation value +666]

Minan Rinka was taken aback when she heard the system's palpitation value broadcast, then slowly turned her head and looked at Nozaki Umetaro quietly...

There is obviously nothing wrong with what she said just now, and she has never seen these people before.The weird palpitations right now have increased, it must be because Nozaki Umetaro said something bad about her to them...

Nozaki Umetaro just looked back at the automatic drink machine, and was about to take a cup to pick up the drink, only to find Minan Rinka sitting next to him and staring at him, his eyes were not very friendly.

Nozaki Umetaro: "..."

Umetaro Nozaki quickly guessed the cause and effect from the expressions on Mikoto Shiba and the others' faces.After all, he was the one who said "Rinta = Rinka", and a drop of sweat broke out on his forehead immediately.

[System prompt: Nozaki Umetaro's palpitation value +200]

Minan Rinhua stared at the drop of sweat, and with the reminder of the palpitation value, she became more convinced of her doubts: Isn't this a guilty conscience!

In order to hide his embarrassment, Nozaki Umetaro raised his fist to his lips, coughed a few times, and stood up: "I'll go get some drinks, what do you want to drink?"

"Ah... I want to drink milk tea." Sakura Chiyo quickly realized Nozaki Umetaro's predicament, and hurriedly called him down the steps.

"I want Coke." "Juice bar." "I want to drink black tea, thank you senior." Soon, the rest of the people also said what they wanted to drink.

Umetaro Nozaki asked Minan Rinka: "What about you? What would you like to drink?"

Minan Rinka was silent for a moment: "The enemy's tears..."

[System prompt: Nozaki Umetaro's palpitation value +500]

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

"Hehe, just kidding. Fat house happy water is just fine." Minan Rinhua said cheerfully, after all, she also planned to use comics to earn a wave of heart palpitations, "Hey, how can so many drinks leave you alone Go get it, I'll go too. How about it, are you moved or not?"

Nozaki Umetaro felt that he really didn't dare to move.

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

After Minan Rinka left with Nozaki Umetaro, Miko Shiba Mikoto secretly elbowed Sakura Chiyo.

"This is the one you saw last time, the guy who said he wanted to run a race with his classmates, but after the classmates ran out, she took away the only public umbrella?" He asked secretly.

"Yes, that's her." Sakura Chiyo stared at Minan Rinka's back and said with lingering fear, "This is the first time I have met such a person."

"Wow, I didn't expect this kind of person to exist in real life." Wakamatsu Bolong also joined the group of whispers, "She looks like this, will she encounter difficulties in interpersonal communication..."

Several people were secretly discussing, when a voice suddenly came from the diagonal: "No."

A few people froze, and looked back subconsciously, and saw two teenagers and girls wearing the school uniforms of the private Fujika Academy at the next table looking at them.

Among them, the boy is wearing the same Western-style high school uniform as Minan Rinka, while the girl is wearing the dark sailor uniform of junior high school.The two have the same big clear eyes, and their looks are somewhat similar, so they seem to be brother and sister.

Tanjiro Kamado looked worried, and his voice was very gentle: "Rinka is not excluded in class, it's better to say that everyone admires her."

"Also, it's not good to talk about others behind their backs." He said softly.

Seen by Kamado Tanjirou's innocent gaze, for a moment, a strong feeling surged in the hearts of the three of them: Obviously what they said was not bad, but somehow felt as if they had done something terrible... …

The boy's eyes are so clear, it makes them feel that they have nowhere to hide...

"Sorry, we won't talk anymore..."

[System prompt: Sakura Chiyo's palpitation value +250]

[System prompt: Miko Chai Shiqin's palpitation value +250]

[System prompt: Wakasomboron's palpitation value +250]

Minan Rinka was pouring her drink when she heard the heart palpitations appear again.She felt a little confused again: she is no longer in the same place, how can she still have heart palpitations?

Soon, the drinks were all ready.After Minan Rinka and Nozaki Umetaro came back with a tray each, they put the drinks on the table.

Sensing that the air pressure on the table was lower than before leaving, Minan Rinka glanced subconsciously, and happened to meet Tanjiro Kamado's eyes.

Kamado Tanjirou was taken aback for a moment, then smiled at Minan Rinka, the smile was very clean and flawless.

Minan Rinka instinctively returned a smile.After all, classmates in the same class and colleagues who have been in the same class for a lifetime, if someone smiles at you, can you pretend not to see it?

However, when this scene was seen by Mikoto Chai and the others, it changed again.

For a moment, they suddenly thought of a possibility: Could it be that the siblings from Fujika Academy sitting next to them were actually Rinka Minan who came to watch them in advance?

Otherwise, why would they look at each other and smile hehehe?

[System prompt: Sakura Chiyo's palpitation value +250]

[System prompt: Miko Chai Shiqin's palpitation value +250]

[System prompt: Wakasomboron's palpitation value +250]

[System prompt: Hori Masaoyuki's palpitation value +...]

For the next half an hour, several people ate in silence. Only Umetaro Nozaki became energetic from the time of ordering. He ordered a lot of "dishes that characters would order", and then took out his mobile phone and went crazy Photograph.

"Next, do you have anything else to do?" Umetaro Nozaki asked, "I plan to go to the mall to buy something later."

"For me, I want to go back and check the dramas practiced by the club next time." Hori Masahyuki looked at his watch.

"Ah, me too..." Wakamatsu Bolong also decided to slip away, "I'm going back early to finish my homework and get sleepy..."

The remaining Sakura Chiyo and Mikoto Shiba have no other arrangements.Sakura Chiyo planned to act together with Nozaki Umetaro, and Miko Shiba Mikoto originally planned to buy figures.

"Oh, all three of you are going?" Minan Linhua laughed, "Then shall we go?"

Yuzi Chai Shiqin was startled: you are going too?

[System prompt: Miko Chai Shiqin's palpitation value +233]

[System prompt: Sakura Chiyo's palpitation value +105]

***

There was silence, silence, the mall this afternoon.

Nozaki Umetaro also intends to buy a box of figures to use as a character reference, so Minan Rinka followed Nozaki Umetaro to the figure area.

Male high school student cartoonists searched for the figures they wanted.Yuzi Chai Shiqin also found a reason to separate from the others.Minan Rinka casually glanced at the figure area, but her eyes suddenly stopped on one of the male figures.

It was a figure of a young man with curly short orange hair wearing a hoodie.The young man was slightly bowed, sitting on the graffiti-painted wall, with his hands in his trouser pockets, and a smile on his lips.

Minan Rinka subconsciously took the figure off the shelf and looked left and right.

She inexplicably likes this figure very much.

Just when Minan Rinka was about to put the figure into the shopping basket, she suddenly noticed an overly hot gaze from the end of the shelf.

At the end of the shelf, Sakura Chiyo saw the figurine in Minan Rinka's hand, and found that the figurine looked similar to the young man in a top hat riding a motorcycle that he had seen before.

Sakura Chiyo thought with her blushing cheeks, Minan really likes that young man...

Rounding off, Rinta really liked the early seasons!

Minan Rinka felt a little confused after noticing Sakura Chiyo's gaze.

Why is Sakura Chiyo staring at her?

Minan Rinka suddenly thought that Sakura Chiyo had always been the one who cooperated with Nozaki Umetaro the most when eating at the family restaurant just now.When Umetaro Nozaki said he was going to get a drink and look for the steps to go down, she was the one who gave him the steps first; when Umetaro Nozaki ordered too many dishes to collect materials and didn't finish eating, she tried to stuff the dishes into his mouth...

Moreover, Sakura Chiyo's gaze never seemed to move away from Nozaki Umetaro.

Minan Rinka suddenly understood.She hesitated for a moment, but still tentatively said to Sakura Chiyo, "You...wouldn't you be angry because I followed you here and disturbed your original date with Nozaki?"

Sakura Chiyo was taken aback: Dating?

Date with Nozaki-kun?

[System prompt: Sakura Chiyo's heart rate +666]

"Hey hey——" Sakura Chiyo's face turned red to the point of smoking, "You think Nozaki-kun and I... No, actually we're not... Hey, do you think we are?"

Seeing Sakura Chiyo holding her face, turning around and squatting on the ground, Minan Rinka wanted to say something, but out of the corner of her eye, she saw Nozaki Umetaro walking towards this side from the other end of the shelf, holding a box in his hand.

"Have you picked out the figures you need?" Minan Rinka was still a little curious.But when Nozaki Umetaro turned the front of the figure box in his hand to her, she fell silent.

What Nozaki Umetaro held in his hand was a male figure.

Inside the box, a thick-faced male villain wearing a purple suit with a sleek bag and hair showing the texture of excessive hairspray is raising his chin and opening his hands triumphantly.

There is also a line of lines in the same series written on the box: "Woman, I have so many things to do every day, and I don't have time to go there, so please be more sensible and take the initiative to throw yourself into my arms."

"You... like this kind of figure?" Minan Rinka didn't know what to say.This line is obviously more punchy than what she usually says.

"Hmm." Nozaki Umetaro didn't think much about it.His idea is simple: 1/6 male figures have a good posture with their hands open, without covering any part of the body, and are suitable as mannequins; the clothing styles of the figures can also be used as suits, formal coats and western styles The reference of the uniform; and the fact that the figure is roughly in the shape of "Ψ" can be used as a temporary pen holder...

Seeing Nozaki Umetaro put the figure box into the shopping basket and went to look at other products, Minan Rinka was silent for a moment, then turned to Sakura Chiyo and said, "I'm sorry..."

"Eh?" Sakura Chiyo was a little confused, "Why are you sorry?"

Minan Rinka wondered: "There are so many figures of beautiful girls here, but he is interested in figures of flirtatious men. Isn't it because he is gay?"

[System prompt: Sakura Chiyo's palpitation value +800]

"Nozaki-kun is not gay!" Sakura Chiyo quickly argued.

Minan Rinka was taken aback, then turned her head and asked Nozaki Umetaro across the shelf: "Nozaki, do you admit that you are gay?"

Umetarou Nozaki was looking at the items on the shelf. When he was asked so abruptly, Monk Joji couldn't help but puzzled: "Of course I won't admit it."

"So you don't think he is, it's just that he refuses to admit it." Minan Rinhua was amused, and turned her head and said to Sakura Chiyo.

Does this work?

[System prompt: Sakura Chiyo's palpitation value +999]

Sakura Chiyo was still in a daze, and Nozaki Umetaro came over with a set of Japanese-style room model sets: "I have bought all the things I want to buy, and Mikoshiba said that he will pay separately from us. What else do you have yet to buy?" Is it?"

While speaking, he looked at Minan Rinka's shopping basket.

Nozaki Umetaro saw the figure of the man with orange hair in the shopping basket at a glance.

"..." Nozaki Umetaro's expression softened suddenly, he looked at Minan Rinka like a mother looking at a child, and an aunt's smile unconsciously appeared on his lips.

He secretly sighed in his heart: Rinta, he really likes the early season very much.

Although the "early season" in real life is a scumbag, he... still wants to lick the cp in the comics with a sense of guilt.

[System prompt: Nozaki Umetaro's heart rate +300]

After hearing the system's heartbeat value prompt, Minan Rinka was taken aback.

After hearing Sakura Chiyo's words, she didn't really think that Umetaro Nozaki was gay, and she was just making palpitations just now.

But what happened to Nozaki Umetaro, who was told so by her, looked at her with gentle eyes, and was given a heartbeat value?

That gaze was like writing "You know it, I know it too"...

What the hell does she know?

Minan Rinka's heart tightened: Could it be that Nozaki Umetaro is really a closet gay...

Nozaki Umetaro: "???"

"Next, I plan to go back and draw the NAME that will be serialized next month." Umetaro Nozaki didn't delve into it, but picked up the shopping basket, and put all the things that Sakura Chiyo and Minan Rinka bought into the shopping basket, "Sa Cang still go to my house as usual?"

"Mm...hmm." Sakura Chiyo felt that she should be shy at this time, but now her heart is calm.After all, Minan Rinka just made her emotions go up and down...

"I'll just carry things by myself." Minan Rinka is not used to boys helping to carry things, after all, there are few boys who are stronger than her.She easily grabbed the frame of the shopping basket in Nozaki Umetaro's hand.

"No, I'll just pick it up, I'm stronger..." Nozaki Umetaro subconsciously wanted to pull the shopping basket over again.Unexpectedly, when he pulled it, he found that the shopping basket was still in Minan Rinhua's hand.

[System prompt: Nozaki Umetaro's palpitation value +150]

"..." Nozaki Umetaro felt that something must have gone wrong.He seriously increased his strength and pulled it again.

Still didn't move.

But Umetarou Nozaki's efforts still paid off. After all, this time Xiaohua felt his strength and looked up at him...

[System prompt: Nozaki Umetaro's palpitation value +300]

Nozaki Umetaro didn't expect to be slapped in the face just after he said "I'm stronger".

He cleared his throat and said, "Let me get it." After speaking, he pulled hard again.

Minan Rin thought to herself that since Nozaki Umetaro insisted so much, let him take it. I just happened to be able to take advantage of the situation and offer to be a part-time manga assistant for reasons of gratitude. Wouldn't it be nice...

So Xiaohua nodded, let go with an "oh"...

Minan Rinka let go of her hand, and Nozaki Umetaro used all his strength to pull the shopping basket at the same time.As a result, Minan Rinka's hand was not on the other side. He grabbed the shopping basket and took a few steps back, leaning his back against the shelf behind with a bang...

Immediately Nozaki Umetaro's face darkened, and Sakura Chiyo was also stunned.

[System prompt: Nozaki Umetaro's palpitation value +400]

[System prompt: Sakura Chiyo's palpitation value +184]

To cover up his embarrassment, Nozaki Umetaro coughed lightly, and walked towards the checkout counter with the shopping basket.

In order to hide the embarrassment, Sakura Chiyo changed the subject: "Where is Xiao Yuyu? Doesn't he pay the bill with us?"

"He said he would go back after shopping today. Anyway, today's job is to draw NAME, and there is no need for details." Nozaki Umetaro explained, "Actually, it doesn't matter if you don't blacken NAME. If you, Sakura If anything..."

"I have nothing else to do!" Sakura Chiyo said hastily, "Also, if NAME also has a blacked-out part, wouldn't it be more helpful for the editor to understand the content of the screen."

"Then I'll trouble you. I'll pay for what you bought today, as a thank you." Nozaki Umetaro's eyes softened.

Sure enough, Sakura Chiyo is the most considerate.

But it's not good to give Sakura Chime a gift and ignore Minan Rinka.After all, the extra income from this reprint is also due to Xiaohua.So when paying the bill, Umetaro Nozaki paid for the handicraft of Minan Rinka by the way.

"Oh, what's the point of this?" Xiaohua was overjoyed when she saw this, and she was worried that she would not have a chance, "I don't want to thank you for your kindness, then I will go to your house to help..."

Nozaki Umetaro was startled, remembering the scene where Minan Rinka "helped" last time, his teeth became sore.

This is lifting a rock and shooting yourself in the foot...

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

***

In the same leisurely afternoon, after Mori Ogai had a small meeting with some of his subordinates, he returned to the top floor of the building exclusive to the leader of Hong Kong gangsters.

After a two-hour tense meeting, Mori Ogai now feels exhausted on the tips of his hair, and urgently needs to hold the fragrant and soft Alice to recharge his batteries.

"Alice-chan?" Mori Ogai called out as soon as he entered the door, "Where are you, Alice-chan?"

There was silence in the luxurious suite, and there was still a landscape painting drawn by Alice with colored crayons on the table.On the corner of the table is a glass of strawberry milk and a few cream cupcakes that Mori Ogai poured for her before the meeting.There was more than half a cup of milk left, and only one cupcake had a few bites.

"Alice-chan?" Mori Ogai became suspicious.He searched around in the living room, and finally heard soft sobbing from the closet.

The man opened the closet carefully, and saw the blond-haired little girl curled up in a corner of the closet, burying herself in the pile of heavy coats and sniffing.

"Alice-chan, what's wrong?" Mori Ogai was startled, "Did something unhappy happen?"

"No." Alice shook her head and turned around.

Following her movements, Mori Ogai finally saw what was in her arms.

I saw the blond loli in a small red dress holding several comics in her arms. The cover of the top one was two high school-aged teenagers and girls, with cute cartoon characters on their heads: "Let's fall in love".

Mori Ogai quickly remembered the origin of this set of comics: it was a gift brought by Minan Rinka when he came to visit him.

"What's wrong? Is it because the manga is not good?" Mori Ogai picked up a booklet from Alice's arms, and looked left and right at the cover to see if there was any clue.

"No, the manga is very good, woo..." Alice raised her small hand and wiped her eyes, "But Mamiko and Suzuki-kun always misunderstand, can they be together?"

"Rintaro—Rintaro," Alice pouted, and raised her hand to pull Sen Ogai's sleeve, "Do you think they will be together in the end?"

Mori Ogai was very pleased by Alice, and sat cross-legged in front of the closet: "Then let me see..."

With that said, he opened the first volume of the booklet "Come to Love"...

***

Zhongyuan Zhongye was also among the cadres who had a meeting in the afternoon.At the end of the meeting, Mori Ogai asked him to bring up the gems to be auctioned secretly from the underground vault after the meeting.

After the meeting, he took the elevator to the vault on the seventh basement floor of the Kohei Building, and took out the gems that Mori Ogai wanted.Then, Zhong Yuanzhong entered the elevator again holding the safe containing the gems.

The elevator opens, and the door is a huge living room with soft carpet on the top floor.Nakahara Nakaya stepped out of the elevator with the gem box in his arms, and saw the leader Mori Ogai sitting cross-legged in front of the closet, flipping through the books on his lap with a solemn face.

Are you reading some famous novel?Or medical books?Or the recent financial report of Hong Kong and Heilongjiang?Thinking of this, Zhongyuan Zhong also walked over with the box in his arms: "Boss, the gems you want have been brought..."

When approaching Mori Ogai, Nakahara Nakaya couldn't help but cast a glance at the book in his hand while talking.

Spread out on Mori Ogai's knee was the booklet of "Let's Fall in Love".

What he was reading now happened to be a close-up of Mamiko running away from Suzuki-kun with tears in her eyes.Mamiko's expression occupies the entire page, and the small box next to it is the expression of Suzuki-kun raising his hand to keep him, but hesitant to speak.

In the dialogue box is Mamiko's words: "I hate it, why did you give me the same thing as Suzumi? I don't want it!"

On one side of the screen is Mamiko's mental activity: Suzuki-kun didn't catch up...I'm so self-willed, I will be hated by him...

Zhongyuan Zhongye: "..."

Zhong Yuanzhong was also shocked: Why did even the leader start reading this cartoon?

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

"Oh, it's Chuya-kun." Mori Ogai looked up at him, then lowered his head again, and concentrated on reading the manga in his hand again, "Just put it there..."

Zhong Yuanzhong was even more surprised: Is this because he is so engrossed in reading comics that he doesn't even want to do business? Boss, you can't do this, boss!

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

"Boss, you..." Nakahara Chuya was about to speak, but Mori Ogai interrupted him.

"Nakaya-kun, if there is nothing important, you can go back." Mori Ogai turned another page of the manga. After all, he couldn't resist Alice's coquettish offensive, "I'm busy now."

Zhong Yuanzhong also suppressed the shock in his heart, tried his best not to make any unnecessary noises, and walked backwards back into the elevator.

The elevator doors closed slowly, and the fallen leader who was squatting in front of the closet reading comics was gradually separated by the elevator doors.The moment the door was completely closed, Zhong Yuanzhong also saw his own ugly face reflected on the smooth metal surface.

Unexpectedly, even the leader watched "Let's Fall in Love".Then if he continued to read, wouldn't he see "Rinta" and "Early Season"?

Thinking of this, the gravity user trembled violently.

It can't go on like this.Zhong Yuanzhong also thought to himself that it was time for him to "talk about life" with the author of this comic.