must love tennis

At the end of the closing ceremony, the Dashi representative of Qingxue School went to accept the award. After the meeting ended, familiar people came to congratulate him one after another.

For such occasions, Ryoma always felt a little bit hard.Be a bit colder, others will say you are too proud and stupid, but let her go back one by one with meaningless politeness... well, it's terrible enough.

After finally persuading the enthusiastic Aoi Kentaro back with the help of his seniors, Ryoma secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and suddenly heard someone behind him sigh: "You are really popular now."

"...Hey, didn't you say you guys went to the summer camp training?"

When she turned around and saw Vulcan, she was a little surprised. The other party laughed twice: "Because it ended smoothly and early, I rushed over... Sorry, I'm still late. Oh, by the way, let me introduce, this It's my partner in Cheng Rin, named Hei—"

Before I finished speaking, I found that the two had already actively communicated.

"We meet again, Senior Heizi."

"Ah, Vulcan-kun has been introducing me to have a very strong friend, I was wondering if it was you."

The eyes of the two sides met in the air, and they both found some coincident tacit understanding in each other's calm eyes.

What happened that day in the women's restroom, let's just pretend it didn't happen...

"I heard that you defeated the very strong Li Haida, congratulations."

Ryoma coughed dryly: "Thank you."

"I'm sorry for being late, I didn't get to see the game - it's Vulcan Lord's fault." Heizi easily dumped the blame on his friend. It seemed that they were very familiar with each other and there was no grievance.

Vulcan: "...Hello!"

"How to say?" Ryoma tilted his head.

"It's all because he's too tall and eye-catching." Heizi sighed, "When we were changing trains on the Shinkansen, we were first surrounded by a group of female high school students—"

"I'm ashamed to say it! You didn't even help me, and you sneaked away alone!" Vulcan defended, "I thought of an excuse, but when I turned around, you disappeared, and they didn't believe me at all!"

"Actually, if that was all it was, it wouldn't have dragged on for so long. Later, as soon as we left the station, we were stopped by a few people who claimed to be scouts, and offered to send a letter of introduction for Vulcan Lord to play in the professional league... but we got away It's time, it's already time." As she spoke, she looked at Vulcan with a vague condemnation.

The latter was speechless and could only raise his hands to express his surrender.

Then he whispered again: "I said it all, I think as long as they believe that I'm dating, it won't be so difficult."

"..."

Awesome, he deserves to be a man who came back from the free and open land of America.

Heizi was expressionless: "I don't think it's right, Lord Vulcan."

Long Ma also hesitated to speak, looked at her, and held back in time.

Vulcan also knew it was strange to do so, weakly said: "Isn't this a way to escape..."

"Anyway, I don't want to be regarded as gay." Heizi added, "Sorry, I don't mean to discriminate, it's just because I'm not."

"Okay, okay, I was wrong, and I will definitely discuss it with you in advance next time." Vulcan said helplessly, "But this time it happened suddenly, and I really have no other ideas—just let me go .”

Heizi turned his head away indifferently, looked into the distance, and sighed softly.

Ryoma kept silent, seeing it in his eyes, he only felt that he felt the same feeling. Every time he recalled the tormented staring ceremony when he walked into the gift shop with Fuji-senpai, it was quite terrifying.

If she's a man, that's fine.But as a young girl in the prime of her youth...is it too tragic to be mistaken for a gay? !

"Of course, if Lord Vulcan is, I won't—" Heizi retracted his distant gaze, seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then said seriously, "I won't discriminate against you either."

"Suddenly so far away is not convincing at all!"

Vulcan bids her a hasty goodbye, before running off after his slightly awkward partner.

Ryoma went back to join his seniors. Acting Minister Oishi had just reported the battle situation with Tezuka who was far away in Kyushu, ended the phone call, rubbed the corners of his eyes that were still red and wet, and was laughed at by Kikumaru.

"It's not that I'm crying, it's just that I was so touched...and then I was a little bit blown by the wind..." Dashi blushed and explained stumbledly.

Everyone giggled: "Really? I don't believe it."

"Unless you perform it again."

"... Hey, please forgive me!"

Having had enough trouble, Kikumaru raised his arms and shouted: "Okay, let's go home!"

Taocheng grabbed Ryoma, who was about to turn around and was about to leave, and pulled her back by the collar: "Echizen, let me take you back."

"no need."

"Really so indifferent, have you considered our mood today?" He said nonchalantly, "Okay, I invite you to eat burgers. Didn't a new and strange taste come out last time? Say yes." Gotta try it."

"Hmm..." Long Ma rested his chin, weighed it in his heart for a while, and said, "Another day, I'm going home to take a hot bath."

Bu Er smiled at her: "I'm so relieved, I was afraid you would forget it all at once."

"No, I said that I planned to do this, I don't need you to remind me."

"Oh, that's fine," Taocheng waved his hands without thinking too hard, "Then it will be a few days later, and I will pick you up then. Remember to set the alarm clock."

"Know it."

They parted at the station, the bus went away with the noise of the bus, and an arm could be seen stretching out from the window, waving it, and then retracting it quickly.

Ryoma watched the slanting sun cast longer and longer shadows in front of him, yawned, then turned his head, and took a cool look at Fuji who was standing side by side: "Don't you need to go home with your brother? "

"He's going back to school, and they're going to have another week of training soon." Fuji replied kindly, "Let's go, I'll accompany you back."

"That's really..." She gave up, "Please trouble senior."

Buer is not as easy to be fooled as other people, he is persistent and no one can beat him, so Ryoma is very conscious not to get into trouble with him, and simply goes with the situation.

"Recently I saw the news that there were several accidents after the earthquake," Fuji said slowly as he walked, "The police reported that the initial investigation suspected that it was gang fights, but there is no It's somewhat strange that someone came out to take responsibility for this."

"Well, it seems to be." Longma remembered that there was a period of time when this matter was being talked about on TV. When going out for training, Lunzi was a little worried and reminded her not to go home too late.Similar incidents often happen in the United States. Not only are there fire-fights, but there are also gun-shooting cases!Japan is relatively more stable, but who knows when terrorists will sneak in? "Actually, last time—"

Halfway through her casual talk, she suddenly had a jolt and stopped in time to think about it in her heart.

That day she and Ajiujin met in a dark alley...

It's a killer, that's right.

Thrilling memories still clearly remain in a corner of the brain.Looking back now, Ryoma still felt a chill on the back of his neck, and took a slight breath: "Forget it, it's okay."

"Are you okay?" Buer didn't think so, he was keenly aware of something, and when he looked at her, his face was faintly worried.After a while, he said, "Echizen, you seem to be hiding something."

"Everyone has a secret." Ryoma snorted.

"Yes, but you really have a lot of secrets."

"It's because you pay too much attention... besides, isn't senior too? You don't have the right to say such things to me."

Bu Er smiled: "I don't mean to complain."

"……I know."

The air became quiet, and they walked side by side for a while, Ryoma spoke first: "I don't seem to have told you what happened before I returned to China?"

"Huh?" Fuji slightly tilted his face, waiting patiently for the next sentence.

"I encountered a kidnapping case, no, it should be said that it was human trafficking." She was not used to making lengthy narrations, so she said dryly, "It was also reported on TV later."

That was—a few months ago?

Fuji was slightly taken aback, flipped through his memory, and quickly found the corresponding news picture: "It's like this... I remember it was mentioned that there were Japanese descendants among the victims, and it caused a sensation in the society at that time, but It subsided quickly inexplicably. If I remember correctly, I remember that there are still many doubts, but the US police did not make public, which is really strange.”

Ryoma licked his dry lips: "There are gangsters and mercenaries among the participants, and the leader is a habitual criminal of people smuggling."

"Well, that's all I know in the end." Fuji nodded, and suddenly opened his eyes, "You mean, it's not that simple?"

"Actually, it's not very complicated." Ryoma hesitated, slightly distressed, "All I can say is...the gangsters are different from what we imagined, that's all."

To be precise, they are killers with abilities beyond ordinary human beings.

But it was too scary to say it, and she wasn't sure if she was going to drag Fuji into the mix.

"Will it be related to the recent accident?" Fuji asked.

"maybe."

Ryoma thought, since the silver-haired swordsman would suddenly appear in the country, it was obvious that he was not here for vacation.If you think about it badly, maybe it has something to do with her returning to China.

—Forget it, it’s better for ordinary people not to explore so much.She doesn't have the good luck and tenacious vitality of the Shinigami elementary school students.

"You have to be careful." Fuji said suddenly and seriously.

ha?

Ryoma was taken aback, thinking that it wasn't that serious, and saw him stop, looking forward meaningfully.She looked over suspiciously, and found that Young Master Atobe was leaning against the railing on the side of the road, holding a mobile phone in one hand, and lazily raised his chin towards her.

"Well, someone has been staring at you." Fuji smiled.

"Do you still want a flower protector to take you home?" Atobe teased, obviously a little surprised and dissatisfied with Fuji's appearance here, "You girl, you are really big enough."

Ryoma looked at him again, walked forward slowly, stood still, and raised his neck to look at him.

"You didn't come here to cause trouble, did you? Although everyone was surprised that I won, it's not so exaggerated..."

"Accident? Did my uncle say that, huh?" Atobe raised his eyebrows, looking very proud, "What others think doesn't mean me."

Long Ma was dubious: "So, what is it that you want to find me?"

His brilliant blond hair was shining in the sun, like the smile on his face, he stretched out his slender fingers, held a card from his pocket, and handed it to her.

It is a ticket.

"Please go and play. Are you coming?"

Ryoma stared intently for a while, then raised his head again: "But, during the summer vacation, I made an appointment with the seniors of Qinggaku to go to Kyushu—"

"Call them too." Atobe had expected it, raised his hand to interrupt, and looked at Fuji, asking, "Is there any problem?"

Buer looked at them with a calm face: "Of course I have no objection."

"Well……"

Looking at this very attractive ticket, Ryoma was deeply shaken.

Atobe smiled again: "You better promise, there will be a surprise waiting for you."

"Okay." She finally nodded, and then realized belatedly, "Is this a date?"

"It's an invitation." Atobe corrected.

"There are so many people going on a date together, idiot."

As he spoke, he showed his usual slight disdain again, which made her roll her eyes.

"Really? I don't believe it."

"To put it simply," Atobe's tone sounded casual, "I made a bet with them, and you won."

"I?"

"So I'm here to fulfill the contract, and that's it."

Long Ma asked suspiciously: "So you made a bet with someone else when I didn't know?"

"Why, did you think you would lose before the game?" Atobe asked back.

"..."

Ryoma looked satisfied—of course Atobe knew it would be so.How to coax such a tempered kitten, he is very good at it.