While waiting for the bus at Atami Station, Toru Watanabe was thinking about buying souvenirs.

When I came here, I discovered that there was a "Heiwa-dori Shopping Street" nearby.

This shopping street is built on a very gentle slope. Perhaps because he has to climb uphill every day to go to school, Watanabe Toru feels very close to it. He has never felt this way before on the slope in front of the Kamikawa School.

There are many shops selling souvenirs, and many merchants simply put boxes of local specialties at the door of their stores.

Watanabe Toru was not in a hurry to buy, and walked downhill slowly, preparing to finish shopping around the streets.

I forgot my mask and book at the station where I came from. Fortunately, as the famous saying goes, "Except for Tokyo, all island countries are rural," no one came to talk to me in this small "countryside" town called Atami.

Just the constant glances from shop assistants and tourists.

He walked along with an expression that was neither indifferent nor enthusiastic, but just a little bit "leave me alone" - I don't know whether in the eyes of outsiders, he was as noble as Kujo Mihime or as cold as Kiyono Rin.

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On the way, I saw a shop called "White Leaf Academy".

Open a bookstore in the shopping street in front of the station?

Standing in front of the store, Toru Watanabe wasn't sure if it was a bookstore or not. Maybe it was a hot pot restaurant where you use brushes to dip condiments.

He took out his cell phone and took a photo.

"Even in Atami, a hundred kilometers away from Tokyo, I still subconsciously pay attention to the bookstore. You have no idea how..."

The hand stops.

Watanabe Toru looked at the phone screen and deleted this line of text.

The exit of the shopping street was not far away, but he lost interest in shopping.

I put away my cell phone, walked back slowly, and bought three boxes of Strawberry Daifuku on the way.

Back at the station, there was still a little time before the train departed, so Toru Watanabe simply went to the free hot spring foot bath in front of the station.

There were quite a few people sitting here, mostly tourists with suitcases around them - the locals were probably tired of these hot springs.

The corner seat was also occupied. Watanabe Toru sat down in the middle, took off his shoes and soaked his feet in them.

The slightly higher water temperature and the exclamations from the female tourists around him reminded Watanabe of Miki Kujo.

The last time they traveled to Izu, she was too hot to put her feet down at the hot spring foot bath at Kawazu Beach, so she slowly poured the hot spring water on her feet.

I took out my phone, took a picture of my feet in the hot spring, and sent it to her.

"Sexy?"

"Tonight I will let you know what is really sexy." At the same time, there was a photo of her thighs with her skirt lifted up slightly.

"Dooling...save!"

"Nothing to show for it." Then Miki Kujo sent "Where can I soak my feet?"

「Atami.(well-behaved.jpg)」

"snort"

"Don't be angry, I bought you a souvenir. (Strawberry Daifuku.jpg)"

"I won't see you tonight, don't ever come back."

"The tickets are all bought. (ticket.jpg)"

"It turned out that no one wanted him, so he was driven back."

"Send a voice to listen, I miss you."

Voice from Meiji: "Get out."

"It sounds great, it sounds so good! I will always be a fan of Sister Meiji! (Waving light stick.jpg)"

Sister Meiji ignored her little fan who was far away in Atami.

On the return train, I didn't meet the two female voice actors.

Since I didn’t have lunch, I bought an Ekiben bento, which was average in taste, but it was quite pleasant to eat while looking at the scenery along the way.

A little bit of the fun of a journey that just goes away.

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After Toru Watanabe returned to Tokyo, the rainy season also followed, and it rained continuously for a week.

On a drizzly Saturday, Toru Watanabe went to school with an umbrella that would never get wet to guide the practice of the wind section.

On the ramp, I met Qingye Rin.

"Good morning, Kiyono-san." Toru Watanabe stepped forward.

"Good morning." Qingye Rin held an ordinary transparent umbrella.

The transparent umbrella that was wetted by the rain complemented her very well, with a clean and transparent feeling.

"If it rains for another day, it will be a week. Speaking of which, do you know the cause of the plum rain? It's because..."

"You said it last year." Qingye Rin's cold voice sounded better than rain falling on an umbrella.

"Can you please forget? I want to say it again."

The two of them climbed up the slope and walked into the campus. There was a small area under the oak tree that was not wet by the rain.

On the wet playground, there were no members of the sports club, and the sound of trumpets could be heard coming from the direction of the club building.

"For the last strawberry daifuku, who did you go to Atami with?" Rin Kiyono interrogated in a very natural tone.

"I didn't go with anyone. Teacher Koizumi went on a trip first. I came home from Jimbocho and when I was transferring trains at Ichidani, I suddenly wanted to go find her, so I went, but I only stayed for an hour."

"Been driven back?"

Watanabe Toru took out his mobile phone and showed her the sentence Miki Kujo sent to him, "It turns out that no one wanted it, so he was kicked back."

"What do you want to say?" he asked.

"You two talked a lot." The umbrella tilted, Qingye Rin leaned his head over slightly and looked at the screen of his mobile phone.

"Where's the point?"

"If I don't look for you, you will ignore me?" Qingye Rin raised his eyes and looked at Toru Watanabe with his eyes as beautiful as ice crystals.

"How should I put it..." Toru Watanabe put away his phone, "Everyone knows that I like you the most."

"Yeah." Qingye Rin smiled and nodded.

"That's why I can't find you."

"The longer you stay in contact with me, the less able you are to control yourself? Can't you control your love for me?"

"It was before, and now, there is no way I would give up on Meiji and the others."

"Yeah." With her long hair swaying slightly, Qingye Rin turned around and walked into the school building.

There were many wet umbrellas on the umbrella stand in front of the shoe cabinet. There were more than 100 people in the instrumental club, a sports club that trained in an indoor training ground. They had no days off until the end of summer.

After the morning practice, Tetsu Watanabe went to the Human Observation Department to be alone with Rin Kiyono, and ran to find Osamu Kunii.

The indoor practice field of the baseball club is composed of iron grids. Each member of the team stays in a grid and practices pitching and swinging by himself.

"Watanabe-kun!" Before he could find Osamu Kunii, the baseball manager came over.

"Good afternoon, Xiaolin-san." Toru Watanabe nodded.

"Good afternoon!" Yukiko Kobayashi smiled happily, "Are you here to play baseball?"

Watanabe Toru glanced at the training ground. Everyone was practicing seriously. The roar of the coach and the metallic sound of the bat hitting the ball came and went.

He didn't think it would be good to disturb Kunii Osamu's training, so he said, "Is that okay?"

"Of course, Watanabe-kun is also a member of the baseball club!"

"I've forgotten it all."

"Watanabe-kun, please rest assured. When the time comes, I will ask dad to arrange for you to be a substitute. Although you may not be able to play, you can sit on the bench and watch the game up close!"

"Thank you, but no need." Toru Watanabe said.

"You're welcome. By the way, I'll take you in."

Kobayashi Yukiko led Toru Watanabe into a batter's wire fence.

"Do you know how to use it?" Kobayashi Yukiko asked.

"Is it similar to a baseball casino?" Toru Watanabe looked at the automatic pitching machine and bats.

"Um!"

Kobayashi Yukiko walked out of the barbed wire fence and sat on a bench outside, holding a pen and paper in his hand, preparing to record Toru Watanabe's training records - how many balls he hit, how many times he swung the bat, etc.

The main purpose is of course to wait until Toru Watanabe is tired, give him a towel and water, and then chat during the break.

Toru Watanabe picked the heaviest bat and kept swinging it at the balls thrown by the pitching machine.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"

The faster the ball is thrown by the pitching machine, the smoother the ball will fly.

But the pitching machine was still too slow. It was so slow that when Toru Watanabe hit the ball back, he could still think of Rin Kiyono and Miki Kujo.

He kept swinging the bat, and Yukiko Kobayashi called for a break several times, but he pretended not to hear.

"Watanabe-kun, are you okay? Novices can easily get injured if they practice for a long time!"

"It's okay, thank you." After the exercise, he felt a little more cheerful, and Toru Watanabe said, "Can I come back tomorrow?"

"Of course!" Kobayashi Yukiko responded without thinking at first, and then added in a slower tone: "Watanabe-kun is already a member of the baseball team, you can come at any time!"
To be continued...