Chapter 19 fourth quarter

The bell rang for the end of lunch break.I prepared the materials for the fifth class and walked out of the office. Go up the steps leading to the second class of the sixth grade, and hear the sound of children playing on it.But that didn't seem to be the constant squabbling because they didn't hear the bell for the end of lunch break. "Both of you, stop!" "Miyamoto, stop!" It was the voices of the students in my class that came.It looked like someone was fighting.This is really a new thing for this class that is known for being obedient and quiet.And the one fighting seemed to be the class committee member Miyamoto Takuya.

I walked up the steps quickly and saw the children crowded in the corridor.Surrounded by everyone were Miyamoto Takuya and Uchiyama Kenta.Uchiyama's grades are not good, but he is an active member with a sense of humor and is very popular among his classmates.It surprised me that he actually fought. "Let go!" Miyamoto struggled and shouted to the students who were holding his arms, staring straight at Uchiyama. "It's all your own fault. If you're so angry now, it's better not to play back games!" Uchiyama yelled at Miyamoto. Back-choice—that's exactly what my ears heard.

The children finally noticed me approaching.In an instant, everyone present shut their mouths and began to enter the classroom one after another.Miyamoto walked with an expression of disbelief.Only Uchiyama seemed unwilling to enter the classroom with Miyamoto, and waited for a while in the corridor. "Hello, Uchiyama," I called. Startled, Uchiyama turned around.His clothes and face were dirty, probably from the scuffle just now.I was a little relieved to see that he wasn't hurt. "Come here." After I finished speaking, Uchiyama backed away as if he was afraid of something.

I put my hand on his shoulder. "Okay, come here." Uchiyama gave up struggling and lowered his head. I let Uchiyama sit on the steps, and I stood aside and looked down at him. "I heard it just now. You know about back elections, right? Tell me, what exactly is back election?" Uchiyama remained silent, just staring down. "Don't plan to answer me? Nagase became like that, and it has something to do with the back selection. So you don't plan to speak?" At this moment, Uchiyama pouted and scratched his head. "Go ask Miyamoto. It's what that guy said he was going to do."

"I just want to hear from you. Just tell me. In fact, you and Miyamoto fought because of the back election? What if you just tell me?" I sat next to Uchiyama. Uchiyama seemed to be hesitant, but finally opened his mouth. "In the fifth grade, there was a voting for the most popular person in the class. It was very lively at first, but gradually everyone got tired of it. At that time, someone said that we should vote for the least popular person. Isn't it good for people? Vote for the people in the class that you hate, so as to choose the most hated people." "I really came up with a bad idea." I was very surprised.

"Indeed, that incident made everyone very uncomfortable in the end. It was very uncomfortable to be announced as the most annoying person in front of everyone. Finally, one day, Miyamoto came up with a crooked idea. That is, vote by postcard .” "postcard?" "First decide on the voting day. On that day, cross the back of the postcard and send it to the person you hate. Don't write anything in the sender column. In this way, the next day, those crossed Postcards are sent to the hated people. According to the number of them, you can know how much you hate yourself. But because you don’t know how many postcards other people have received, at least you don’t feel ashamed.”

"Oh, so that's what happened." What a racket, I thought. "Because I don't know who is the most unpopular, it's actually not interesting. However, no one wants to receive such a postcard, so I usually try to behave as much as possible. Therefore, everyone feels that the atmosphere in the class should be affected by this. It got better, so it started." In this way, the children in the second class of the sixth grade became quiet and honest.I finally figured it out, the reason everyone looked weird yesterday was because it was postcard day. "This is back selection."

"Well. The general popularity election is an open election, and this one is a secret election, so it is called a back election." "Secret election. Then, why did you and Miyamoto fight?" When I asked, Uchiyama's face became ugly and he kept scratching his head. "Because I sent the postcard to that guy." "To Miyamoto? Did you send him a crossed postcard?" Ok.Uchiyama nodded. "I don't like back-choices at all. Sending postcards like that anonymously is really despicable. If there's something you don't like, just tell them in person? So I haven't sent a single postcard until now. Yes Really. I think there are quite a few people who don’t send postcards besides me. The only people who enjoy this thing are people like Miyamoto, because that guy thinks that he will never be hated by others, so he is very keen to do some back selection .”

"Hahaha..." I nodded and continued, "So you intend to dampen his arrogance." "I think it's better to let him suffer a bit. Let him feel what it's like to receive a postcard with a cross. But after that guy knew it was from me, he came to fight with me and asked me why I gave it to him. He made a cross. What a guy who only thinks about himself. But how on earth did he know it was from me..." Uchiyama said, tilting his head. I guess it should be judged by handwriting.Miyamoto checked everyone's Chinese homework books before, and it is estimated that he was comparing the handwriting on the postcard sent to him at that time.I remembered the words of Nagase Akiho's mother.She said there were signs of a large number of postcards being burned.That's the postcard that I chose back.

"I said, Uchiyama, how is Nagase doing? Do you hate her?" "No, there is no such thing. I heard that when Nagase jumped from the upstairs, I thought at first that it might be because she received a lot of postcards from the back-choice, and the blow was too great, so she chose to commit suicide. But I think she is absolutely You won't be hated. She's very nice to those around her." "Yeah." I folded my arms, and an idea came to my mind. I took Uchiyama back to the classroom.Everyone was waiting there nervously. "Tamiya, Yoshii, Kaneda, Kimura." I called out the names of the four in turn and looked at their faces.

The four of them were taken aback and sat up straight suddenly. "Come with me after school. Come with me to the hospital to visit Nagase." As soon as I finished speaking, the four of them looked at each other nervously.