After school started, on the first day of formal classes, in the first class in the morning, the Chinese teacher walked into the classroom with a stack of papers in his arms.

——It’s the paper for the final exam.

The students who had played under the podium for a summer vacation and hadn't lost their minds thought lazily.

This is the usual practice. In the first class of the school, the teachers of each subject will first send out the papers at the end of the previous semester to comment. The Chinese papers in the final exam of last semester are not difficult, so the students are not very worried that the Chinese teacher will be in a bad mood today , so the group of teenagers who were already slack were even more slack now.

boom!

The paper was thrown on the podium table by the Chinese teacher.

"The papers for the final exam last semester were not very difficult. I think everyone already knows that the average score of our class this time is not bad." Pushing his glasses, the Chinese teacher glanced around and was suddenly shocked. Tight, the students who immediately slacked off after hearing her words opened their mouths again.

In a very calm tone, she said lightly: "The paper is not difficult, and there is no need to explain it, so let's take a temporary quiz today."

"——???!!"

The students who were still drowsy and wandering in the sky almost jumped out of their chairs immediately. The wailing was endless and filled the whole classroom in an instant. Impressed, he raised his hand and divided the stack of blank papers on the podium table.

Originally, she was still reading the novel articles in the new semester textbook, but facing the surprise quiz, Nanako could only close the brand new textbook and put it aside.She took the paper that was passed down from the front table, looked down at the paper, and passed the rest of the paper to the back.

There are seven or eight papers, but in fact only two articles were printed.The first one is a modern essay, which seems to be half-narrative and half-argumentative style, and the second one is an ancient Chinese essay. From the beginning of middle school in Japan, some Chinese classical Chinese essays will appear in the national language test. The ancient Chinese essay tested this time is "" Yan Zi Envoy Chu".

Yanzi was humiliated by the king of Chu three times when he was sent as an envoy to the state of Chu, but he fought back cleverly. The famous allusion of "orange grows in Huainan" came from here, and only this part of the allusion was excerpted in this exam.It is a very simple article. Nanako learned it when she was in middle school, but after printing it in full traditional characters and vertical layout, it still looks a bit tired.

Although so many pages have been printed, in fact most of the questions are multiple-choice questions, and the question types are also very common, which is to understand the meaning of a certain word according to the context, the connotation expressed by a sentence in the article, the meaning of the whole article The structural division of questions like this, the only non-choice question is the sentence translation of a sentence in ancient Chinese.

There are not many questions, but the amount of reading is very large. A small question with options may occupy nearly a whole page of paper.

Nanako took the pen and scratched and scratched for most of the class before finally finishing the paper. The paper was full of her handwriting in circles, and the paper looked messy at first glance.Every time she takes the Chinese test, she struggles, not because the questions are so difficult, but because the vertical layout and all traditional Chinese characters dazzle her eyes, and the Chinese papers for the final test often start at [-] or [-] pages.

The bell rang for the end of class, and the Chinese teacher ruthlessly rang "Collect the paper", and the class immediately became agitated. When the group leader walked to the table, many people were still whispering "Wait, wait, there is a little more!" !”, but the one with the most mournful face was the team leader who had no chance to dawdle and was about to get up to collect the papers.

When Nanako finished writing the paper, there were still 10 minutes left before the end of get out of class, so when the paper was collected, she was already drawing cats in a small notebook to pass the time.She handed in the papers, and soon after the Chinese teacher had collected all the papers, she left the classroom with the answer papers, and there were screams in the class.

"Nanako..." Miwa rushed towards Nanako with a mournful face, "Do you know how to translate the last sentence in ancient Chinese?"

Nanako thought for a while, and the last sentence of "Yanzi Envoy Chu" was "The sage is not with Xiye, but the widow is sick." She told Sanlun the translation answer she wrote: "A sage can't just joke with him Yes, I humiliated myself."

Three rounds: "Huh?"

A lot of question marks suddenly popped up above Miwa's head, she didn't understand how Nanako translated this sentence into this at all.

Nanako: "Huh?"

"That..." Miwa said hesitantly, "I wrote 'the sage didn't give me sunshine, so I can only get bad oranges'."

Nanako: "?"

A lot of question marks popped up on Nanako's head, and she didn't understand how Miwa translated this sentence into this.

Miwa tried to explain to Nanako her thinking on answering the question: "Didn't they discuss before 'Whether oranges are grown in the south or in the north'?"

Nanako: "..."

Three rounds: "Huh? Isn't it right?"

Nanako was silent for a while, and asked Miwa: "Where did you translate 'sunshine'?"

"Isn't that 'Xi' Sunshine?" Miwa's face was full of confusion, "It seems that it was translated like this in an article before."

Nanako thought about it, and thought that Miwa might refer to the translation of "Xi" into "bright" in a previous article. Although it seems to be similar, it seems that there is a lot of difference.

Obviously, Sanlu did not see that in the note at the end of the article, there is an explanation that "Xi" means "Xi" and is a joke.

"Three rounds." Nanako asked with a straight face, expressionless: "Do you know what this article is talking about?"

"Uh..." Sanlun's tone was very hesitant, "How do you grow oranges?... What about 'Oranges grow in Huainan, they are oranges', and there are other things like the difference in water and soil."

"..." Nanako neither agreed nor opposed Miwa's answer.

She just silently decided that this semester she must give Sanlun some extra tuition in ancient Chinese.

Although the paper had seven or eight sides, it actually only had eight multiple-choice questions and a sentence of translation. When school was over, the study committee brought the teacher's corrected paper back to the classroom and handed it out.

The full score is 20 points. Nanako's sentence translation was deducted by 1 point. Modern Chinese made a mistake in a multiple-choice question, and the final score was 17 points.I got 13 points in three rounds, converted into a [-]-point scale, it just passed the passing line. There seemed to be a large number of students with [-], [-] and [-] points in the class. The ancient Chinese in this test is very short, but there are very few hints. Many people They only scored four or five points.

Ancient Chinese, like English, is a subject that can only be entered in middle school, even later than English. It is not until the second half of the first year of junior high school that many students are not very good at it.In contrast, Nanako learned a lot more easily.

Although it would be a bit difficult for Nanako if the test was an article that she hadn't learned before, she could still understand the original Chinese characters directly, and then compare the marked hiragana to explain it, so she could translate it faster.

The basketball team didn't gather for practice today, and Nanako's front desk had already left after school, so Miwa sat on the vacant chair, leaning on the back of the chair, and asked Nanako for advice with a bitter face.

I completely misunderstood what the article was talking about, but it was amazing that Nanako didn't know how Miwa had three multiple-choice questions and managed to get two of them right.Nanako roughly explained the meaning of the article to Miwa, and waited for Miwa to finish correcting the paper, then packed up her things, carried her schoolbag with Miwa, and left the classroom.

Nanako and Miwa both left, sitting at Nanako's back table, holding a pen in Echizen's hand, silently crossed out the A of the last multiple-choice question, wrote C next to it, and then gave himself only 9 points His little test roll was also stuffed into his tennis bag.

The ancient Chinese texts were barely corrected by relying on Edogawa's explanations at the front desk. As for the modern texts,

【... Forget it, let's talk about it tomorrow when the teacher evaluates the papers. 】

Echizen Ryoma, who is only 13 years old but has lived in the United States for almost 12 years, although he can always occupy the No. hovering.

In other words, he is an out-and-out "Chinese hard-handed party".

*******

Sigma is an out-and-out "Japanese bitter party".

Standing on the bustling streets of Yokohama, he was like a three-year-old child whose parents had forgotten him by the side of the road. He was confused, helpless, and even wanted to cry.

The fact is exactly the same, Sigma, a "underage male" whose biological age is about 270 years old, whose mental age is unknown to him, but who is socially age-really only three years old ", on the [-]th and sixth day of learning Japanese, and the third hour after arriving in Japan, he was sent out from the base by his "colleague"—let's count it as a "colleague"—to buy coffee for him.

After an hour of struggling with the map, Sigma finally managed to discover one thing——

He seems to have lost his way.

The mobile phone is still charging in the base, and I forgot to bring it when I went out. The paper map in my hand is in Japanese, the wooden signboard hanging at the store entrance is in Japanese, and the metal street signs standing on the street are also in Japanese.

Although Sigma didn't know what country he was from, but in short, it should be a country in Europe, not Japan.

The reason is also very simple. Three years ago, when he opened his eyes alone in a vast desert, he didn't know where he came from and where he should go. He had no idea about his name, age, and appearance. Even the gender was slowed down for a few seconds before he realized it. His memory only started from the moment he opened his eyes, but what appeared in his head together with common sense were the two or three languages ​​commonly used in Europe, as if he was born with will be average.

——In other words, it is a pity that Sigma's natural language does not include a "Japanese".

When surrounded by a bunch of characters that seemed to be drawn out at random, Sigma just felt dizzy.

【……calm! 】

Sigma said to himself.

All in all, at this time, I should first find the time machine... I was wrong, I should first find someone to ask for directions.

So, that, uh...

【...By the way, where is the base? 】

Realizing that he didn't seem to know the specific address of the base, and that he was directly driven from the port to the gate of the stronghold by someone sent by Tuosi two hours ago, Sigma's blank face suddenly turned blank. square.

At this moment, two middle school girls carrying schoolbags passed in front of him.

It was two middle school girls who seemed to have just finished school. They seemed to have a very good relationship, and they walked hand in hand, arm in arm.The one who was talking looked lively and cheerful, and the one whose figure was somewhat blocked looked quiet and thin. In short, no matter which girl she was, she gave people the feeling of no threat.

Sigma worked hard to do some mental construction, and then caught up a few steps forward, and her outstretched hand happened to touch the schoolbag of the shorter girl.

"Excuse me," Sigma's beautiful face switched to a gentle and harmless smile within 0.01 second, "Excuse me, the electricity nearby—"

The girl whose schoolbag was held down stopped, and together with another girl beside her, she turned her head slowly.

The soft black hair is tied into a ponytail at the back of the head, and the facial features are ordinary and delicate, which is hard to impress. The small face has a "panic" expression, and a pair of black, like a deep well His eyes, unable to see to the bottom and without fluctuations, just met Sigma's sight.

—Sigma recognized the face.

——The owner of this face is also his "mission target" called by Tosi to Yokohama this time.

His smile froze on his face all of a sudden, he almost couldn't hold it anymore and collapsed into powder, and he "squeaked" before he finished speaking, as if he was strangled to death by a pair of invisible hands.

"?" Nanako looked at the young man in front of her and tilted her head in doubt.

The young man has a very beautiful face, handsome and clear, wearing a well-matched and elegant casual outfit, and his long hair is as soft as the moonlight.

The only downside is that this young man may be a killer.

He dyed his hair into a strange color scheme with half white and half pink and purple, and he also cut a strange haircut that looked like a princess cut—although even so, he still looked good.

"That..." Sigma got stuck, with a forced smile on his face.

He originally wanted to ask Nanako and Miwa "where is the nearby phone booth", but for some reason, the vocal cords are completely silent now, and his mind is full of the point about Nanako that Tossai showed him There is also another colleague named "Gogol" - a colleague who has only appeared in mailboxes and phone calls - and the black history of Tosi that he has said.

——The girl in front of her is the girl who once sent that Dostoevsky to the police station.

"...Excuse me, where is the nearby police station?" I don't know where I made a mistake, Sigma heard himself ask bluntly.

"Over there." Nanako looked at him, stretched out her hand and pointed in the direction of the police station, "Go over there, turn the corner, walk for a while, and you'll be there."

"Thank you." Sigma had a calm and gentle smile on his face, "I wish you a pleasant afternoon, young ladies."

Nanako looked at him strangely again, and Miwa also pulled Nanako's sleeve, her mood jumped repeatedly between "so handsome, so handsome, so handsome!" and "so strange, so strange, so strange!", and finally the two girls said got the same response:

"Oh……"

Sigma smiled at them again, then turned around and walked leisurely towards the direction Nanako pointed out.

[It's so scary, so scary, so scary!How does that girl look like a moving doll!When I tilt my head, it seems like my head is about to fall off!Is this the existence that can send that horrible guy Dostoevsky into the bureau! ... Forget it, let's go to a random shop on the side of the road and ask for directions...]

Sigma's heart frantically swiped the screen.

"He's a handsome guy." Miwa looked at Sigma's back and said to Nanako.

"Yeah." Nanako nodded.

"He's such a strange handsome guy." Miwa said again.

"Yeah." Nanako continued to nod.

After sighing, they walked towards Huadai's house together. Today they have to supervise Huadai to lift dumbbells 100 times.

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