Reborn In Tokyo After Picking Up Sayu Who Ran Away From Home

   Chapter 527 Deja Vu

   Asahikawa City, Hokkaido, AEONMALL in the station.

   Sayu and Yuko walked out of the cinema on the fourth floor together.

   While chatting and laughing about the content of the movie just now, he took the escalator downstairs.

When    came to the second floor of the mall, the two of them couldn't help being taken aback by the sight in front of them.

   "Wow! Why are there so many people—??" Yuko Masaka exclaimed involuntarily, and Sayu blinked his eyes frequently in surprise.

   Look around.

   Teams composed of dense crowds are distributed around the escalator entrance, extending a long winding dragon with no end in sight, blocking the space.

   Among the figures of men and women, uniformed shopping mall staff are shuttled through it, reminding and guiding the order from time to time.

  "—Please don't crowd the customers in line, please leave space for other customers to pass through! Customers who take the escalator down, please pass this way, and pay attention to your feet!"

  Under the guidance of the staff, the crowded team slowly wriggled like insects, and soon a gap was opened for two people to enter and exit.

   "Ah, it's not good! Just go quickly, Yuko."

   "Huh? Ah, okay!"

  Sayu, who saw the timing, hurriedly took the knot and ran out of the narrow aisle.

   "—What the **** is going on here? Is it a discount in the supermarket?"

   "Well, even if you ask Yuko, I don't really know."

   "I always feel that it seems to be very lively over there, so people care..."

   Yuko Masaka stretched her neck curiously and looked around for a while, a thought came to her mind.

   "Hey~ Sayu-chan."

"What's up?"

   "How about we go to the front to take a look?"

   Facing his friend's proposal, Sayu gave a thoughtful response.

   "Well... I'm fine, but Yuzi, didn't you just say you were going to Starbucks to buy something to drink? Didn't you go?"

   "It's okay, it's okay~! It's not too late to go after we figure out what's going on ahead. Hurry up~!"

   That's it.

   The two of them walked forward together in the direction the team was extending.

   After walking for a while, the line stopped at the door of a certain store.

  「Animate」—the name is clearly embedded on the prominent blue door.

   "-Please don't crowd! You can only buy one copy per person, and the price is 440 yen. Please prepare your change in advance, thank you very much!"

   Just like the situation at the escalator entrance, there are also staff here to maintain the order of the team, but the uniforms on them have changed to "Animate".

   Seeing this scene, Yuko Masaka was suddenly disappointed and slumped down.

   "...What, is it the otaku's shop that is holding an event? Really, I'm looking forward to it in vain."

   "Ahaha, this is something that can't be helped." Shayou gently supported her back to show comfort.

   "Anyway, cheer up. What do you do next, do you want to go directly to Starbucks?"

   "Ha...well, let's do that."

   The two who had negotiated were about to take the escalator downstairs, but were suddenly stopped by a surprised voice from the side.

   "—Huh? The squad leader and the deputy squad leader?"

  ““? ""

   Followed the source of the sound and turned to look.

   I saw a few high school boys in uniform, all looking at them all at the moment.

   "Ugh! It's actually the two of you, why did you guys come here??"

   Among them, the long-haired boy named Suzuki waved his hand enthusiastically, with a surprised look on his face.

   "Taniguchi-san?"

   "Taniguchi-kun?"

   Sayu and Yuko recited in unison, only to realize that the boys standing beside Taniguchi were also classmates.

  Since they happened to meet here, it would not be polite to leave directly, so they walked over to say hello.

   After all, the station is the busiest place in Asahikawa, so it’s not surprising to meet acquaintances here, and there’s nothing special about it.

   Having said that, the necessary greetings are still needed.

   The knot that has a relatively good relationship with him is the one who takes the initiative to ask.

   "...So, what are you doing here?"

   The few people who heard this couldn't help but froze for a while.

   followed by—

   "Ah? You don't know??" Taniguchi asked with a look of surprise.

   The two women were also taken aback by the question.

""what do you know? ""

   "What else could it be, of course it's comics? Rather, the people who gather here are all here to buy comics."

"comics…?"

   "Yes, the manga of "Chainsaw Man" is the work of the Fujimoto teacher we talked about last time."

  Taniguchi said with a look of course, including the boy next to him who agreed, "Hmmmm!" He couldn't stop nodding.

   The two women who heard this had different reactions.

   Sayu nodded lightly to show understanding, while Yuko Masaka frowned in resistance.

   "Why is he again... It's just a cartoon, wouldn't it be too exaggerated for you all?"

   "Wow, it means that your resentment towards Fujimoto-sensei is really not for nothing."

   "I just can't love that person anyway!"

   "Well, even if the deputy monitor said so..."

  Taniguchi reluctantly shook his head from side to side and sighed, and pointed his chin in front of him, "Hey, look over there first."

   The two women instinctively followed the direction he pointed.

   What caught my eye was a group of fashionably dressed young girls who didn’t look like they would appear in the team.

   In other words, if the end of the line is leading to a place like a cosmetics store, it is not surprising that this phenomenon occurs.

  But once it’s a place that sells manga and anime…

  —weird, it’s so weird!

   Masaka Yuko couldn't help thinking like this, and at the same time, she heard the excited conversations of those girls from the noisy voices.

   "—That is to say, no matter how many times you watch it, Xiaoyou is too handsome!"

   "I understand, I understand~! You are so handsome!"

   "Die laughing. Let me tell you, actually, my sister has decided to go to Tokyo, which is the high school where Xiaoyou is, and she is studying hard for it recently."

   "Eh, isn't it? Is this true? I'm so envious! I want to go to the same school with Xiaoyou too!"

   "Well~ we are only in the first year of high school anyway. If you can convince your family, maybe you can transfer in the second grade~?"

   "Impossible, it's impossible, my parents wouldn't agree with that kind of thing—ha ah... Damn it, it would be great if Xiaoyou could come to our school."

   "Hehe, instead of holding that kind of whimsical idea, why don't you just go to Tokyo to play, maybe you can meet Xiaoyou himself?"

   "How can it be that simple?"

   "Really~? But I heard that Xiaoyou's school will hold a cultural festival at the end of this month, and it's still open to the public?"

  """"Liar!?"""""

  …

Words like    keep coming into his ears, like a star-chasing scene of an idol, full of girlish reverie.

  While Sayu and Yuko couldn't help but be moved slightly, Taniguchi complained resentfully.

   "You mean, deputy squad leader, didn't you just question our exaggeration? But at least we came here to line up because we really like comics.

   But look at those girls, they haven't even read the manga! Just because of the teacher's good looks, he came to buy comics. It's an exaggeration, right?

  To be honest, this is really annoying. After all, the first edition of the comics is limited. If it is out of stock, what should those of us who really want to buy comics do? "

   "Yeah! And it is said that Asahikawa has a small amount of goods. Even if there are limited purchase measures, it is difficult to guarantee that the comics can be purchased smoothly."

   "The most important thing is that this batch of first editions are not yet available for online booking, so you can only buy them in the store by luck, which adds to the uncertainty!"

"exactly-!"

   Several boys who came with Taniguchi, you echoed each and every word, and the mood was complicated.

   If you just compete with your peers, it’s fine, but now you have to compete with those girls from the “Xiaoyou Support Club”, which undoubtedly greatly increases the difficulty!

  “…”

   Sayu listened to the complaints of several people with a wry smile, not knowing how to comfort them for a while.

Compared to   , Yuko Masaka, who didn't want to stay, was more straightforward.

   After simply greeting Taniguchi, the other party took her to the Starbucks on the first floor.

  The two bought drinks here and talked about some things.

  Because of the different directions to go home, they finally parted outside the station.

   Sending Yuko Masaka to the bus, Sayu was walking home alone, bringing up a series of faint "squeaks~" sounds.

   It is still snowing in Asahikawa today. Immaculate white snowflakes fell from the indigo sky, laying a thin white carpet on the ground.

   On the wall outside the mall, a poster of "Chainsaw Man" is scrolling on a large LCD screen.

   In addition to the color pictures used for publicity, for some reason, a screenshot of the interview of the author himself is specially attached next to it.

   There are some men and women taking pictures with their phones.

   Judging from the effect alone, the ad design seems to be pretty good.

   Sayu didn't care about it, just stood quietly at the intersection of the traffic lights and waited, thinking about the exam questions of several universities over the years.

   She recently took a mock exam. According to the final result, both universities were rated "A".

   Including the head teacher Misaki also said that as long as she can maintain this momentum, it is basically a certainty that she will be admitted to Zaoying University.

   No matter how bad it is, you can still enter Aoyama Gakuin University.

   The development of things can be said to be smooth sailing, and she will definitely be able to go to Tokyo as she wishes.

   While thinking about this, the traffic light just turned green.

   Sayu silently raised his feet and walked forward, while involuntarily remembered what happened in the mall.

   Perhaps because she saw too much relevant information today, she further thought of that boy.

   "Kato Yusuke..." She muttered to herself, feeling slightly lost.

   But in the next second—

  Beep beep beep beep-!

   Accompanied by a sharp and rapid whistle—

   Crunchy—!

   The screeching sound of screeching from a distance also exploded in the streets at night.

   That voice was distant but close, with an indescribable heart palpitation that instinctively grabbed Sayu's attention.

   turned his head to look.

   An out-of-control red van suddenly broke into her eyes and swayed towards her, and the distance was no more than ten meters away.

   Her pupils shrank involuntarily, and then she was turned white by the harsh headlights, and she closed her eyes reflexively.

   The sense of crisis that makes the scalp tingling arises spontaneously, but the body is instantly stiff under the action of the protective mechanism, unable to make any movements!

  Between the electric light and flint, a thick-sounding shout resounded behind him.

   "—Get out of the way!"

   In the next second, someone pushed **** the back.

  Under the effect of this force, Sayu's body slammed forward, then stumbled two steps, and finally fell to his knees on the ground.

   Through the hands on the ground, a cold and hard touch and dull pain also came up.

   crunch crunch—

  Boom!

   There was a dull sound of hard objects crashing from behind, mixed with people's exclamations.

   "Hey! A car hit the fence, call the police!"

   The rough voice shouted: "Don't panic! I'm the policeman, call the ambulance first!"

  “…?”

   Sayu opened his eyes blankly, and looked back unconsciously.

  I saw the middle-aged policeman who seemed to have rescued her just now, striding towards the red van that hit the road, leaving her with a tall and straight back.

   Without warning! An acupuncture-like pain pierced into the brain!

  “—!”

   Sayu couldn't help holding his head, his expression contorted, and he couldn't help groaning "uh-".

   Unfamiliar images flickered in his mind, and it was also a tall and slender back.

   Neither she nor mother, but very warm...

   "—Go save her, don't be afraid."

  The unfamiliar voice was intermittent in his mind, illusory and ethereal, as if covered with a veil.

   It wasn't the voice of someone she knew, but it was somehow familiar...

   As if his chest was tightened, making it hard to breathe.

  The cluttered pictures and sounds are intertwined in my mind, like a DVD with damaged files, showing a large piece of white and noise.

   Somewhere, I felt as if something very important was missing.

   Closed his eyes tightly, and tried to search carefully in the corners of deep memory.

   Open the album of memories.

   Check bit by bit and compare one by one.

   To find his look, to find his voice…

   Can't find, can't find, can't find.

   It's okay, it's okay, take your time...

   Don’t be nervous, don’t be in a hurry, it will definitely be alright…

   Just like the accident that happened to my mother, as long as I calm down, I can definitely do it——

Eh…?

   In the end, how did I... save my mother...?

   "Ogihara-san, Asahi's hero".

   But, but...!

  Is it really me... who saved my mother?

   Not only mother, but also Yuko at that time...!

   In the end, how did I... save them...?

  I can't remember anything...

   slap, slap.

   In the large snowflakes, the back shadows appear and disappear from time to time.

So sad…

   She pressed her chest lightly, and murmured in a loss: "...Who are you?"

   Then I heard such a voice.

   "...Hey, little girl, I said little girl, are you alright? Is there any injury? Do you want to go to the hospital?"

   opened his eyes, but it was blurry.

  …

   (end of this chapter)