Chapter 17 16. The rally held for Mr. S

It was the night of July 30th when the phone rang. Because the class notifications contact each other in the order of the student numbers, it was Maezawa's mother who called when it was my turn.It was me who was going to the toilet who picked up the receiver. "Yes. It seems to be talking about Mr. S. But everyone knows it. Rumors have been spread for a long time. ——Anyway, I want to talk about this matter." "I see. Well, it's... it's half past nine..." On the back of the flyer in hand, I wrote down the assembly time. "I also said that you must wear a badge. It seems to be to exclude suspicious people. Oh, yes, and said that you should try to come with more than two people."

"Okay, I will definitely do as required." Maezawa's mother also said that she would make the next contact number. "A lot of people travel during the summer - it's such a hassle not being home." I put down the phone, and my mother, who had been staring at me since just now, asked, "Who?" I told my mother what I said on the phone, and my mother's face was unhappily crooked like a rubber mask in a toy store. After a while, it seems that she must have remembered the day I saw Mr. S hanged. I went up the stairs and went back to the bedroom. I happened to meet Meixiang and Mr. S chatting and laughing quietly, looking very happy.I deliberately raised the bottle containing Mr. S to my eyes, and said to him: "I heard that there will be an assembly at school tomorrow. It seems that I want to tell everyone about you."

"Scare me! Don't lift me up suddenly!" Mr. S moved slightly on the spider web, looking for a balance point. "—Huh? About me?" "But Maezawa's mother said that everyone seems to know about it." "Huh? You know? Anyway, rumors are the quickest thing to wear." "Mr. S should go with me too. He said he would go with his friends as much as possible." "Friend? It doesn't make sense for me to go with you. But forget it, let's go with you. We both know who we should be wary of." "Then shall I stay at home alone?"

Mei Xiang seemed to feel sorry. "Take Xiao Meixiang too? Just be careful not to let the teacher find out." "Bringing you alone is enough to worry me, but taking both of you is not enough!" "The worst thing is that if the teacher finds out, I just make up a reason. Just say, 'Mom and Dad are not at home, so I don't feel at ease keeping her at home, so I brought her out', isn't that all right?" "It's okay..." Meixiang asked expectantly: "Is it possible?" No way, I had no choice but to say: "If I can take you out smoothly, then that's fine." In fact, this is the most difficult part.In the past, my mother was furious because I wanted to take Meixiang to school.And it happens to be the time when my mother is at home when I attend the rally tomorrow.

"Leaving this aside, how can Mr. S's bottle be taken out?" "Can you put it in your schoolbag?" "It's a bit strange to carry a schoolbag, and it's not like going to class." As I said that, I suddenly remembered one thing.I reached out and pulled out the brown envelope I was supposed to bring to Mr. S from the side of the illustrated book on the bookshelf. "Mr. S, do you still remember this?" I took out the manuscript paper from the envelope and showed it to Mr. S. "The teacher sent it back on the day of the holiday. I went to your house that day because I wanted to bring this to you. There is also this in it—this composition, I always feel uncomfortable."

"Have you read it?" Mr. S suddenly lowered his voice. "Well, read it. I know, it's not a good thing to do..." "Throw it away!" Mr. S suddenly interrupted me. "Huh? Why? It's a composition that I finally wrote." As I spoke, I glanced at the manuscript paper of the composition.That title - "Evil Kingdom", and Mr. S's messy handwriting. The indentation of the small cross-shaped mark can be faintly seen on the first manuscript paper. "は, ん, boots, い, object, で, ど, せ." I inadvertently read the words marked with a cross. Mr. S suddenly let out a hysterical cry: "Didn't I say I'm going to throw it away!"

I was startled and looked down at Mr. S. "What's wrong?" But Mr. S didn't say anything. "Brother, just throw it away..." Mei Xiang whispered, as if she was very scared.I also felt strange for a while, stuffed the manuscript paper into the envelope and threw it into the trash can.