Chapter 16 Chapter One

"Omiya-san is a good person!" I don't know who spoke so quietly. "Yes! I still owe him a favor. When I was in the sixth grade of elementary school, I was troubled by a hooligan in junior high school. If it wasn't for his help, I would have been miserable." Another person chimed in. "He used to be a physical education teacher in high school! He was also an advisor to the judo club." "Well, yes!" Another person responded. "His judo is very good. He often participated in national competitions in middle school and even reached the finals."

"Such a strong person, in his forties..." "Life is really unpredictable." "That's right." This is a late-night scene in a bar called "IARA" located at the end of Maomi Koji.Surrounding the table at this time were seven men and women including me.We are four boys and three girls of the same grade. After the initial "who" spoke, the other six of us except me spoke one after another: "Anyway, this happened too suddenly." "Did he die suddenly?" "I heard it was a subarachnoid hemorrhage." "When I met him in Zhengyue, he looked very good at that time. Being a teacher in school these days is a lot of pressure, right?"

"It's not easy!" "Pitiful." "Really is……" Just like that—everyone began to mourn the death of "Omiya-san". Everyone's expression was very serious, and they expressed their inner feelings very seriously. From the very beginning, I was in a daze just as I just described.I myself don't know why this is happening. It's late at night, and this bar is the third place our group has gathered today.I usually don't drink too much, but tonight, under everyone's constant persuasion, I did drink a lot.Maybe it's because I drank too much and my spirit is in an abnormal state, so it's like this...

Besides, I don't have any impression of what everyone is talking about about Omiya-san. Omiya seems to be my classmate in the same grade in elementary school. I used to be in the same class in the third and fourth grades, and later went to the same public middle school.Having said that, when everyone was talking, I just responded blindly with "ah... um". In short... I really don't have much memory of what happened in elementary school.When people said that he was a judo master in middle school, I didn't have any special feelings: As for the fact that he is now a high school physical education teacher, it was the first time I heard about it today-I think so.

However, after coming to this bar, everyone suddenly began to discuss the death of Omiya. Although I drank too much and my mind was not clear, but when I heard everyone say this, I was so surprised that I couldn't help but want to say: "What?" what? What the hell are they talking about?How could you say such a strange thing... ……wrong! Or, it's not that they're weird, it's that I'm weird.I was surprised because I was drunk and therefore misunderstood or misidentified something... I slowly shook my messy mind, reached for the cigarettes and lighter on the table, looked along the table, and looked obliquely at the opposite seat.

On the table in front of that seat were used towels and wine glasses with some leftover wine—someone was indeed sitting on that seat just now.The person who just sat there was Omiya. That's right.That's it. Just now Omiya was still sitting there, chatting and laughing with everyone while drinking, and then left alone.The reason why he is not in the seat now should be to wash his hands, right?So, of course he didn't die.My memory and cognition should be correct.but-- Although my mind was in a mess, I still thought about it clearly when I lit the cigarette. A tall man with a crew cut came out of the toilet located deep in the bar.His appearance and physique fully conform to the image of a "violent" judo master.He—is Omiya's classmate.

Ah, sure enough... I surreptitiously watched the six people around the table, who showed no signs of panic or embarrassment.As soon as Omiya sat down, it seemed as if the things everyone was talking about had never existed before, Omiya quickly threw himself into everyone's new topic and joined in the chatting and laughing.