Tokyo people don't talk about Wude

Chapter 384 381. They One Year Later (1)

Xiujin College, the alley behind the gymnasium

At dusk, on a small bluestone road, three boys with fierce looks were blocking a weak and short boy on the side of the road.

"Kyouhei, we're short on money lately, is it okay to give us some money to go to the arcade?"

"Sorry, I've spent all my pocket money recently." The short boy named Gongping trembled and couldn't stop apologizing: "I'm really sorry. I'm sorry."

"You are such a sissy at ordinary times, and now you are so irritating!" One of the boys approached him arrogantly, frightening Gong Ping so much that he dared not move:

"Hey, if you can't come up with the money, don't even think about leaving here in one piece today!"

At this moment, the boy was kicked hard from behind.

He suddenly lost his balance and hit his head against the wall. He saw stars in pain and a trickle of blood slowly flowed down his forehead.

Immediately afterwards, the other two boys were kicked from behind one after another.

"Asshole, who dares to sneak attack me! You like to meddle in other people's business, right? I'm going to kill you!" One of the boys cursed.

But when he raised his head, his eyes met that of a senior who was 1.80 meters tall with a slicked-back hair. In his eyes, the other's body was as oppressive as a mountain.

"Oh~ You're going to kill me?" Takatsuki Genji, wearing a baseball team uniform, crossed his arms and looked down at them coldly, holding a metal baseball bat in his arms:
"I was wondering why there was an unpleasant noise behind the gym. It turned out that there were three rats causing trouble."

"Hey, hey. What's this..." The three boys were suddenly at a loss. This senior with slicked back hair looked even more rogue than them. He was definitely a tough guy who could not be messed with!
"I recognized him!" One of the boys suddenly had an idea:
"He is Genji Takatsuki, a third-year student and the captain and ace of the baseball club. Let's go quickly. Even if we are not afraid of offending him, we have to be careful of the baseball club and his fanatical fans behind him!"

"Tsk, it's our bad luck, let's go!" Hearing this, the three boys realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly helped each other up. They glared at Gong Ping fiercely and planned to leave for the time being.

"Hey, where are you going~?" Just then, a yellow-haired boy leisurely stepped into the alley, holding his phone high in both hands, with the flash turned on. It was obvious from his posture that he was recording a video:

"I recorded everything you did just now! This is not something you can just walk away from. You'd better go to the Disciplinary Committee and explain yourself~!"

“Hey! Who are you?!” The three boys subconsciously covered their faces with their hands: “Stop filming! Asshole! Put your phone away!!”

"You want to leave?" Takatsuki Genji's eyes widened, and he approached them waving a baseball bat, forcing the three of them into a corner: "You are not allowed to go anywhere now, or I will kill you!"

“Ahhhhhhh, please spare us!” The three boys were so scared that they huddled together.

Soon, a chubby boy trotted into the alley, followed by two discipline committee members wearing armbands:

"It's right here, please hurry up!"

As soon as the discipline committee members arrived at the scene, Suzuki Yujin immediately showed them his phone:
"Look, I recorded the whole process of them bullying a classmate. I'll send it to the Discipline Committee's email address later, so please check it~"

"Thank you for your cooperation, Suzuki-san." The two discipline committee members bowed and said, "And Takatsuki-san and Karasawa-san as well, thank you for your hard work!"

"What are you thanking me for? Stopping school bullying is everyone's responsibility!" Suzuki Yuhito smiled and patted a discipline committee member on the shoulder.

Since last year, Genji Takatsuki, Takamasa Karasawa, and Yuhito Suzuki have spontaneously formed a "campus vigilante team" to help those in need when they see injustice. They have stopped several incidents of school bullying. Almost all members of the discipline committee know them.

A year later, the three of them are about an inch taller than last year, and their facial features and bones are more distinct, making them look like "senior students".

Soon, the three bullies were taken away by the discipline committee. With solid evidence, the three had to be suspended at least according to school regulations.

"Well done!" Suzuki Yujin patted Takatsuki Genji on the shoulder: "Brother Gen is becoming more and more intimidating. These small fry are so scared of you that their legs go limp!"

"Oh, really. I was supposed to go to Mr. Xi Shen's place for internship, but you guys called me here all of a sudden!" Tang Zeguijiang complained, but there was no complaint on his face:

"Forget it, this matter is more important."

Takatsuki Genji looked down at the short boy who had just been bullied and asked in a rather oppressive tone, "What grade are you in?"

"I'm Gongping Yechang from Class 3, Grade !" The little boy was so scared that he couldn't speak clearly. "Thank you so much for what I did just now! I'm grateful!"

"Why do they bully you?" Takatsuki Genji asked again.

"Because... Because I'm not very manly, haha." Ye Chang Gongping lowered his head and twisted his bangs, saying self-abased, "It's okay, I deserve it."

"No, you're wrong." Suzuki Yujin interrupted: "They bully you not because you are not masculine, but because they want to find someone to bully, that's all."

"Eh" Ye Chang Gongping was stunned: "I I don't know"

"Xiu Jin Academy has strict supervision on school bullying. If you encounter danger in the future, remember to collect evidence and report it immediately." Tang Zeguijiang taught earnestly:

"Unless you want to be bullied for three years and then be traumatized for the rest of your life, I suggest you learn how to resist a little bit~"

"Hey, listen up, Kyohei!" Suzuki Yujin kindly reminded:
"We are all high school seniors and we will graduate soon. We were just lucky to save you today. No one will come to save you next time you are bullied. If you don't want to be like today again, you should think of a way!"

"But what should I do?" Ye Changgongping looked embarrassed.

"You should ask yourself about this matter." Takatsuki Genji snorted and said lightly: "But if you really have no idea, come and join the baseball club."

After saying that, Takatsuki Genji waved his hand and left with Suzuki and Karasawa.

Ye Chang Gongping stood there blankly. After pondering for a moment, he bowed deeply to the backs of the three seniors.

"Haha, I didn't expect that I will graduate in less than two months!" Suzuki Yujin stretched and sighed as he walked:
"Time flies so fast!"

"Yeah~ I don't know what everyone is going to do after graduation." Tang Zeguishou also said with emotion: "Speaking of which, Takatsuki brother! Are you confident in this year's Koshien tournament?"

"Whatever, I hope I can get in." Takatsuki Genji twitched his lips: "After all, I made an appointment with him."

"."The three of them fell silent.

"Yuhito-kun~!" Not far away, an elegant and dignified girl with slender branches and beautiful figures waved at him.

"Oh! Hanami-chan!" Suzuki Yujin was immediately delighted: "Then I'll go first! I want to go home with Hanami-chan!"

"Alas, this guy is really obsessed with beauty." Tang Zeguijiang looked at his back and teased: "But, his mentality is actually right~"

"I don't know." Takatsuki Genji put his hands in his pockets and walked towards the baseball field: "Anyway, for me, a promise is a promise."

"That's right~ You must make it to Koshien this year, Takatsuki-san! I will bring Suzuki to the scene to cheer for you!" Tang Ze Takashi gave him a thumbs up, and Takatsuki Genji also waved to him casually.

After saying goodbye to his two best friends, Tang Zegui will return to the classroom to pack his schoolbag.

Before leaving, he passed by the classroom of Class 2, Grade 2, which was the classroom where he had attended classes last year.

His eyes couldn't help but fall on a window seat.

This seat used to be Kyushu Makoto's, but this year it was occupied by a junior. Tang Zegui sighed for no apparent reason.

Before I knew it, time passed so quickly and many things changed so quickly. Just after [he] disappeared.

Soon after Kyushu Makoto disappeared, a wave of searching for him arose in the school.

At first, Class 2 of Year , encouraged by their homeroom teacher and monitor, began to look for Kyushu Makoto.

At the same time, the baseball club and kendo club also learned the news and joined the operation to find Kyushu Makoto.

With the guidance of these two popular sports clubs, other students also joined in. Soon, "Looking for Jiuzhou Cheng" gradually became the latest trend in Xiujin College, as if students who did not help to find Jiuzhou Cheng would become outliers.

At the most exaggerated time, even the three-kilometer streets around the school were covered with Jiuzhou Cheng's missing person notices. Some students whose families owned restaurants or shops would also post missing person posters in their own shops.

Of course, the first stores to post missing person posters were Genji Takatsuki's Kansai skewers restaurant and Kagawa-senpai's izakaya.

However, "trends" come and go quickly. After about two or three months, Jiuzhou Cheng was still nowhere to be seen, and the trend gradually receded.

The students returned to their daily lives, as if the "Jiuzhou Cheng" they were trying hard to find yesterday was just an irrelevant classmate.

But no one can blame them. Even though they were just trying to keep up with the trend, they did do good things. They also have their own lives and it is impossible for them to waste their entire youth just to find a classmate who can never be found.

By the way, within a few months after Kyushu Makoto disappeared, many strange visitors came to the school claiming to be looking for Kyushu Makoto:
The gigolo shop manager who had appeared in Kyushu Makoto's academic judgment before; a female flower shop manager who claimed to be from Kyoto; a young celebrity who was well-known in the kendo world and was known as the "reincarnation of the sword master"; a mixed-race female high school student who claimed to be a detective and had the temperament of a detective, but looked only 17 or 18 years old
Officer Ken Yugami and Officer Takagi also came to the school several times to investigate the situation, but like everyone else, they found nothing.

Before you know it, a year has passed.

Jiuzhou Cheng's whereabouts are still unknown, and they can only get used to this world without him and continue to live.

Just as Senior Yachuan said, if they collapsed because of this, no one would be able to prove that Kyushu Makoto had ever lived.

Last spring, Senior Yachuan graduated first, left them, and finally left "Xiujin Academy", the prison that punished her.

After graduation, she entered a small newspaper for internship. Unlike the traditional workplace in Wano Country where positions are based on seniority, the competition in that newspaper was very fierce and only those with ability could get promoted.

She performed well at work and her boss valued her ability. Although the workload was heavy, she was still doing well.

Tang Zeguijiang remembered that he happened to meet her when he went to Yaze House last time. He saw that she had matured a lot and looked like an adult. It was like a fledgling shedding the last of its down and completely transformed into a hawk with strong feathers.

She revealed that she planned to prepare for the entrance exam to adult college this year. After all, with her personal abilities, she should have been able to go to college.

She also said that she had been using her position as a reporter to secretly investigate Kyushu Makoto's whereabouts, but as always, the clues were slim.

Perhaps because he was quite tired that day, Tang Zegui asked something he shouldn't have asked: "Senior Yachuan, how long do you plan to hold on?"

Senior Yachuan was not angry. She just smiled while holding her wine glass and replied, "Until I can no longer find him."

After saying that, Senior Yachuan, it is now the turn of the three of them.

Genji Takatsuki failed to successfully lead Shujin Academy into Koshien last year. Perhaps it was because he had not been on the court for a long time. He made frequent mistakes on the court and finally stopped just one step away from Koshien.

However, no one blamed him too much, after all, this was the best result that Xiujin Academy had ever achieved. At last year's graduation ceremony, the seniors of the baseball team solemnly handed over the position of captain to Genji Takatsuki, and wished him to lead Xiujin Academy to Koshien in his last year and fulfill everyone's unfulfilled wish.

After becoming the captain, Genji Takatsuki worked even harder in training, and his condition got better day by day, as if he had returned to his former peak.

The members all said that General Takatsuki would definitely lead them to Koshien this year, but his close friend Takamasa Karasawa knew very well that Takatsuki was actually under tremendous pressure, and was only able to hold on because of the agreement he made with Kyushu Makoto.

Speaking of Suzuki Yujin, he has been working as a keyboard player in the light music club since then. The light music club's YouTube channel is running smoothly, and now has more than 100,000 fans. It has also held two small LIvehouse performances. This year's recruitment meeting also attracted several new members to join. It is no longer a niche club on the verge of disbanding.

Of course, the most enviable thing is Suzuki Yujin's luck in love. He and Sawahara have been dating until now, and their relationship is still very good. Although Suzuki Yujin often makes small mistakes, he is generally a reliable man, or he is always trying to make himself reliable.

It is said that Suzuki Yujin plans to go to college with Sawahara in the future. Forget about majoring in music. This young boy has neglected music for so long that even if he picks it up again in his second year of high school, he cannot be compared with those professional students who have practiced hard since childhood. However, under the guidance of Sawahara, Suzuki Yujin has become more knowledgeable in studying, and his academic performance has improved step by step. He still has a good chance of getting into a decent university.

Finally, let's talk about Tang Zegui himself. He has decided to study law in the future and is working hard for it.

He often went to Mr. Xi Shen's office for internship and asked him for advice on legal issues.

Last year, he often saw Xiaojing, Brother Jiuzhou's former neighbor, in the office.

The two chatted several times, and Xiao Jing said that she was working in Mr. Xi Shen's office and was looking for clues about Jiuzhou Cheng.

But since the beginning of this year, Xiao Jing has stopped reporting to the office. It's not that she has given up, but she wants to concentrate on preparing for the college entrance examination.

She said that if she couldn't go to a prestigious university for further studies, her trip would be in vain.

This is probably the international student from Yanhuang. They seem to attach great importance to "getting into a prestigious university", thought Tang Zeguijiang.

"Oh, it's not good to stand here in a daze~" Tang Zeguijiang came back to his senses and realized that his thoughts were wandering and he had been standing at the door of Class 2, Grade for ten minutes.

The juniors and seniors passing by all looked at him with strange eyes, but no one approached him to talk. The culture of respect for superiors in Wano Country is also quite popular in high schools. Juniors are not allowed to talk to seniors without permission, which will be considered disrespectful to their seniors.

"Senior Tang Ze, you are here." But there are always exceptions. A familiar and childish female voice sounded in Tang Ze's ears.

"Mizuhashi-san, what a coincidence!" Tang Zegui turned his head and responded with a smile: "Are you going home?"

A year has passed, and the childishness on Mizuhashi Eiji's face has mostly faded, and her hair has grown to shoulder length. Although she is still very cute, she has become more intellectual.

During this year, Mizuhashi Eiji continued to live the same life as before, trying hard to balance many things and doing her best to improve herself.

In her spare time, she would also assist the three-person [Campus Vigilante Team] to help protect classmates who were bullied.

Once, she had just finished her kendo training and was about to put the training equipment back to the equipment room, but she happened to witness three girls and one boy bullying a girl.

When Tang Ze and his team arrived at the scene with the discipline committee, they saw Mizuhashi Eiji standing there with a bamboo sword in her hand, looking very majestic. The three women and one man were all rolling on the ground wailing, mumbling incoherent words such as "Lady, spare my life".

It has to be said that she is improving at a speed visible to the naked eye, whether in beauty, charm, academic ability, special abilities, or martial arts. It is obvious to everyone, including Takamasa Karasawa.

In time, she might become a "Tokyo beauty" that all Tokyo girls regard as a role model. No, it should be called a "Tokyo heroine".

But can she really hold on until then? Whenever Tang Zegui saw the afterimage of a moth flying into a flame in the girl's beautiful eyes, he couldn't help but feel palpitations.

"I plan to go to the kendo hall. I have an appointment with Ushimaru Teacher for special training today." Mizuhashi Eiji placed her hands in front of her, one hand holding her schoolbag and the other holding a long-handled umbrella. Her every move and gesture exuded the softness of an ordinary high school girl in idol dramas.

"I see, you are really hardworking!" Tang Zegui advised: "You should also pay attention to the combination of work and rest!"

"Thank you for your concern, senior. I'll take my leave first~" Mizuhashi Eiji bowed slightly and then left.

(End of this chapter)