Chapter 46 Agreement

Chapter 46 Agreement

Chapter 46 Agreement
The person opposite was indeed Yusuke Godai.

The tone of the other party's call was also very urgent.

[“Mr. Kawahara, an unidentified life form has appeared. I would like to ask you to help me keep an appointment!”]
"……what?"

Kawahara was startled when he heard the first half. He subconsciously touched something in his trouser pocket. When his fingers touched the outline of the stone, his eyes narrowed slightly.

A Gurongi appeared...

Is it Gurongi who participated in the Kikiru game?
But why is there no response this time?
And Baluba hasn't proposed any new contestants in the past few days. Could it be that she is doing these things?
After all, the hermit crab Gurongi was killed by Kawahara on the night of the competition. Later, the Gurongi who fought with Yusuke Godai for an afternoon was also caught by Kuuga when he just started the competition.

The efficiency with which they came to the door meant that the two Gurongis had no time to commit crimes.

Baluba obviously discovered that if this continued, the Kikiru game would be just in name only, and the Gurongis released would be like experience packs, one by one.

Moreover, when Baluba starts the game, there is a high chance that she will be located.

So Gurongi was particularly quiet after that.

until today……

[“Mr. Kawahara, is this okay?!”]
Godai Yusuke's anxious voice sounded.

Kawahara, who was thinking, responded subconsciously: "Okay, but are you sure I can help you go to the appointment?"

Isn't it a date?
Can someone else go instead?
[“Great! Don’t worry, I’ll rush over as soon as the matter of the unidentified life form is resolved! Mr. Kawahara, do you have a note with you?”]
"It's okay, you can just say it."

[“Okay! Mr. Kawahara, get off at Taga Station on the Gotemba Line and go to Yamakita Town Hana Elementary School. A teacher named Kanzaki is waiting for me there!”]
"Okay, I remember."

[“Mr. Kawahara, please! Mr. Kanzaki is really an excellent person. I will try my best to catch up with him!”]
"Don't worry, I'll leave now."

After hanging up the phone, Kawahara nodded in understanding - it turned out that this so-called "date" was not with a girl.

By the way, why does the name "Kanzaki" sound familiar?

——Kanzaki Shirou? ?

Something seems to be wrong...

Kawahara put on his jacket, said something to the store manager, and left immediately.

However, before he set off, he looked at the map first. After confirming that the place Yusuke Godai was talking about was in Kanagawa Prefecture, he got on his motorcycle and sped out at a speed of 300 miles per hour.

There is no need to take the tram.

It’s more fun to drive your own motorcycle!
Asahina Nana followed behind and leaned against the doorway, staring at the motorcycle that disappeared with a roar. Her face was immediately filled with fascination: "It's really handsome~~"

……

……

11:24am.

On a sparsely populated road.

Kawahara turned on the Metropolitan Police Department's communication channel.

Along with the electronic signal sound, communication reports from the Metropolitan Police Department are sometimes heard.

However, they only found victims suspected of being "attacked by unidentified life forms", but as for the trace of the Gurongi itself, it has not been found yet.

Before the pattern of his crimes is discovered, it is really troublesome to chase the elusive Gurongi.

Kawahara stepped on the accelerator and entered Kanagawa Prefecture.

……

Yamakita Town Hana Elementary School is located in a rather remote village. Kawahara parked his motorcycle on the road and looked at the route map of this small mountain village through the bus stop sign.

Godai Yusuke's Kanzaki teacher...

It seems like I have some impression but I can't remember it clearly.

Kawahara was thinking about this when he saw from the corner of his eye that the single-family house across the street seemed to be a restaurant, because there was a wooden board leaning against the flower bed at the door with the words "Our store serves country rice cake and red bean porridge" written on it.

——Rice cake and red bean porridge?

What is this?
Kawahara felt that he was a little hungry too.

Anyway, there is no specific agreed time, and it is noon now, so Godai Yusuke's teacher should be having lunch as well, right?

“Welcome~”

Kawahara has already walked into the store.

The mountain village was sparsely populated, and there was only the proprietress and a middle-aged man sitting there eating in the restaurant.

Kawahara sat down at the table next to him: "I want a bowl of rice cake and red bean porridge."

Hearing this, the middle-aged man who was eating at the next table looked up at him, then looked away and continued eating in silence.

The so-called rice cake and red bean porridge is a food similar to soup. After eating it, Kawahara could only say that it was not to his taste.

He eats faster if he doesn't like something. After filling his stomach, he walks out of the restaurant, gets on his motorcycle and continues to speed towards his destination.

When the middle-aged man, who came early and left late, walked to the door, he heard the roar of a motorcycle and turned around, only to see a figure walking away.

He looked in that direction in a daze.

"There is……"

……

Tachibana Elementary School in Yamakita Town.

Kawahara spotted the bus stop sign and quickly pressed the brakes. He turned back and looked at the shabby bus stop sign, then looked at the end of the left turn road.

The teaching buildings are becoming more and more dilapidated.

The school has been blocked off by a fence, with a sign on the gate saying it will be demolished soon. It is obvious that this primary school has been abandoned for a long time.

Kawahara rode his motorcycle to the school gate and looked at the desolate and dilapidated school in a daze.

What... He thought that Mr. Kanzaki was still teaching here.

This should be the elementary school where Yusuke Godai went to. It has been abandoned after more than ten years, and Mr. Kanzaki has probably moved to another place a long time ago.

——Sometimes the news about that guy Yusuke Godai is quite outdated.

Kawahara looked at the school hesitantly, thinking that since the school was abandoned, this appointment would probably be in vain.

He turned his motorcycle around and prepared to leave.

But at this moment, a bus stopped at the bus stop at the intersection, and a middle-aged man got off.

It was the man who was just in the restaurant.

Kawahara paused when he saw this.

The middle-aged man who got off the bus seemed stunned when he saw him there. Then he walked over hesitantly and looked at the school gate that was blocked by a fence.

“Even this place is going to disappear…”

The middle-aged man suddenly sighed deeply, and his tone sounded like it was full of stories.

Kawahara looked at him, and the middle-aged man suddenly looked at him: "Excuse me, are you Yusuke Godai?"

"No." Kawahara shook his head.

"Isn't it..."

Hearing this, the expectation that had just risen in the middle-aged man's eyes was immediately extinguished, and he became very depressed.

So Kawahara continued, "Godai Yusuke asked me to come to the appointment for him, but he suddenly encountered something that he had to deal with, so he couldn't come for the time being. Are you Mr. Kanzaki?"

"Eh?"

The middle-aged man was a little stunned when he heard this.

Kawahara smiled and said, "He has been very excited since last night, looking forward to meeting you today, so he went out early in the morning. Although he can't come now, he also said that he will definitely come!"

Upon hearing this, Mr. Kanzaki opened his mouth speechlessly, seeming a little surprised.

He subconsciously lowered his head and flipped through the briefcase he was carrying, then looked at Kawahara in front of him, and finally looked at the blocked school gate.

"So...he really still remembers it!"

Mr. Kanzaki took out a picture book from his briefcase.

"He really hasn't changed at all. I'd be very happy if he came."

"He will definitely come!"

Kawahara smiled firmly.

Since it is something that Yusuke Godai promised and has always remembered, and even when he was temporarily unable to keep the appointment, he still asked him to come and fulfill his promise, then after dealing with Gurongi, the other party will definitely try his best to come over.

Kawahara does have such a blind trust and recognition for Yusuke Godai.

So what he should do now is to keep Teacher Kanzaki and wait for that kid to arrive.

"Although there is no one here now, we should still be able to get in." Kawahara looked at the door in front of him.

"Ah? But it's already locked..." "It doesn't matter. This kind of shackles will break if you pull it."

As soon as he finished speaking, Kawahara grabbed the chain that locked the fence with both hands and broke it with a little force.

He then pushed open the wobbly iron door: "Alright! Mr. Kanzaki, let's go in and wait for the Fifth Generation!"

Looking at him breaking the chain with his bare hands, Mr. Kanzaki said: "…"

at this point……

Now that you are here, let’s go in and take a look.

Mr. Kanzaki still remembers where the classroom was at that time.

"In fact, if I hadn't happened to see this today, I wouldn't have come here at all, but I didn't expect that he would still remember this."

As he said this with emotion, Mr. Kanzaki handed the picture book to Kawahara.

There is a page in the album, which was left by Yusuke Godai, and on it was written the agreement to go to the classroom of Tachibana Elementary School on March 2000, 3.

But it did not mention the specific content of the agreement.

"What did you agree on?"

Kawahara looked at the painting curiously.

Hearing this, Mr. Kanzaki looked a little confused: "What exactly it is, I don't remember..."

After all, he was the one who even forgot the promise.

Teacher Kanzaki smiled bitterly and said, "Actually, before coming here today, I made a wish."

"what?"

Kawahara looked at the teacher with some doubt. He could clearly feel that the other person seemed to have a heavy heart.

Teacher Kanzaki came to the classroom window and looked at the school playground which had become deserted.

"Because I am increasingly confused about what education is."

He said with a hazy look in his eyes: "People above us want to reduce the burden on children, and parents want to improve their children's grades, but the children say they have no expectations for the future.

"So, what should I teach my children? Or is there nothing left to teach them?
“I no longer understand why I want to be a teacher, and sometimes I even think about quitting.

"So I made a wish."

Teacher Kanzaki said, smiling back, "If Godai still remembers today's agreement and comes here without any prior contact, then my teaching career may still have some meaning, and I will continue to be one!"

On the contrary, if Yusuke Godai hadn’t come.

Then he would never be a teacher again.

Kawahara listened silently: "..."

What kind of fateful promise plot is this...

He couldn't help but look at the time, wondering how long he would have to keep Teacher Kanzaki here. As for Yusuke Godai, he would definitely come over.

But it may not come quickly.

Kawahara could only imitate Godai Yusuke and gave him a thumbs up: "Don't worry, Mr. Kanzaki, he will definitely come!"

At this time, just trust Yusuke Godai!

But at this time, Teacher Kanzaki was slightly stunned when he saw his action.

He also raised his thumb in surprise: "This action..."

Kawahara tilted his head: "What's wrong?"

Teacher Kanzaki suddenly walked up to the podium with some excitement. He raised his head with energy. At this moment, he seemed to have turned back into a serious and respectable teacher.

Kawahara, who was originally sitting casually at a desk, straightened up slowly, feeling a little uncomfortable. For a moment, he seemed to be back in school, and he was a student who was about to be reprimanded...

Then Kanzaki-sensei gave him a thumbs-up.

It’s like going back to elementary school.

——"Godai Yusuke, do you know what this means? In ancient Rome, this action was an honor that only brave people recognized by everyone could get. You must also become a man worthy of this action!"

——"Your father's death is indeed sad, but, especially at times like this, you must become someone who can make your mother and sister smile!"

——"Don't you think it's great to be able to keep working hard to make people smile? I think so too, teacher!"

This is what Yusuke Godai received back then.

So now, even if he doesn't like fighting anymore, he still wants to fight to protect other people's smiles, because this is something he has always been firm and confident in.

After recalling the original situation, Mr. Kanzaki shed tears as if he had let go of something, and Kawahara was slightly startled.

He had always thought that Yusuke Godai's thumb existed only to give others encouragement and courage, but he didn't expect that there was such a past event.

"Teacher Kanzaki is an excellent person."

Kawahara suddenly smiled: "Before coming here, Godai Yusuke said this to me."

Upon hearing this, Teacher Kanzaki looked up at him. His originally confused expression seemed to be washed away by tears, and now became very bright and clear.

“He’s also a very good man!”

Teacher Kanzaki smiled affirmatively, and then suddenly realized: "I remember the promise we made!"

——In order to make everyone smile, we need to learn 2000 skills in the year 2000 and then demonstrate them in the classroom today!
This was the agreement the two of them made at the beginning.

Kawahara paused when he heard this, then he reached into the inside pocket of his jacket and pulled out a business card that had been stuffed inside and left untouched.

"So this is it!"

He also suddenly realized.

This was the business card that Yusuke Godai handed to him at the Science and Technology Police Research Institute.

The information on the business card was very concise - "Godai Yusuke - a man who pursues his dreams, a man with 1999 (crossed out) 2000 skills!"

Kawahara handed the business card to Mr. Kanzaki.

"Is this it?"

"He actually did it!"

Teacher Kanzaki also felt a little unbelievable.

Kawahara couldn't help but smile and said, "He will definitely do what he promised. That kid has always been like this, and because of Kanzaki-sensei's teachings, he now likes to do this to others."

Kawahara gave a thumbs up.

Teacher Kanzaki laughed, then gave him a thumbs up. The two looked at each other and smiled.

At this time.

The cell phone in Kawahara's pocket suddenly rang.

"Ah, maybe Godai Yusuke has arrived!"

"Really? That's great!"

Although he has just decided in his heart to continue his teaching career, Mr. Kanzaki would be very happy if he could meet Yusuke Godai today.

Kawahara quickly took out his cell phone, but the phone number displayed on the screen was Kaoru Ichijo.

Well, that guy might still be fighting monsters.

But what did Kaoru Ichijo want him to do?
Kawahara answered the phone and put it to his ear: "Hello?"

——［“Kawahara! Godai just collapsed after fighting with an unidentified life form. He has been sent to Kanto Medical University Hospital. Where are you now? Can you help go over and take a look?”］
Kaoru Ichijo's voice sounded anxious.

Unless the situation is urgent, Kaoru Ichijo rarely loses his composure like this.

Kawahara was stunned.

Godai Yusuke——fell?
Something seemed to flash through his mind. Kawahara turned his head and asked in a low voice, "Do you know what that Gurongi is?"

["What? We don't know yet, but everyone who was attacked by the unidentified life form showed signs of poisoning, and the fifth generation was the same just now!"]
Ichijo Kaoru said quickly: [“Where are you now? Can you come over…”]
Kawahara was no longer paying attention to what was said afterwards.

He seemed to already know what it was.

Signs of poisoning... the mushroom race's Gurongi... an enemy that directly killed Kuuga once!

Yusuke Godai——I’m going to die!

……

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　　Another paragraph is added at the end of this chapter.

　　This was originally going to be included in the next chapter, but I felt it would be better as the ending of this chapter, so I shortened the scene where Kanzaki-sensei and Kawahara had a heart-to-heart talk (let's put it later).

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