Junior High School
"That child is really nice. He speaks softly and has a very good and kind personality."
"Our old arms and legs are getting rusty, and we're all so grateful to that kid for always coming to visit us and helping us out."
"Speaking of which, last time your grandfather fell down, it was that kid who first discovered him and helped him home. We owe him a favor."
"The child is now helping out at her uncle's place. I heard there are only boys there. Can you go and help her on behalf of your grandparents? That way, there will be someone to take care of the two girls, right?"
Momoko Sakurai's hand holding the chopsticks froze completely, and the food she was chewing almost got stuck in her throat. She wanted to raise her hands to cover her ears, but she didn't want the old man to think that she didn't like listening to them.
She was raised by her grandparents.
Her parents went out to work shortly after she was born. It was not until she was in fifth grade that they finally felt they could settle down there. After asking her what she thought, they let her transfer to another school.
After transferring to another school, she had less time to spend with her grandparents. They would just call once in a while and come back to stay for a few days during long holidays.
She had never heard any news about someone from her grandparents during the previous times she came back, so how come this time she came back, someone suddenly became so close to her grandparents?
Could this be a setup by that person? — Sakurai Momoko had a reasonable suspicion.
And he even saved her grandfather... Is it impossible that someone first threw a banana peel to cause her grandfather to fall, and then pretended to come out and help her grandfather?
Sakurai knew that her speculation was a bit ridiculous, but she still hoped that it was true.
If you want to be a bad guy, be a complete bad guy. What someone did is not something that can be easily forgiven, so why not just stay away from her and not bother each other?
The place where Sakurai's grandparents lived was relatively remote, with few children and only one school for each age group. Most of Sakurai's playmates at the time had been playing together from kindergarten to elementary school.
Anna Ikeda moved here with her father when she was about to start elementary school.
The girl is thin and timid. She is too shy to speak and always follows others around, making making friends seem like stalking.
Coming from a single-parent family and with poor academic performance, several troublemakers in the class quickly targeted this perfect victim, teasing him from time to time, and with Ikeda's silent connivance, the behavior became increasingly excessive.
Only Momoko Sakurai was raised by her grandparents to be kind-hearted. She couldn't stand seeing weak-willed people being bullied, so she always took Anna Ikeda out to play, which caused some rift between her and her former friends.
As a result, Ikeda turned against those who bullied her and was blocked in the toilet and splashed with water.
Sakurai didn't know at the time that it was Ikeda who was looking for trouble. When he saw the wet girl, he became very angry and rushed over to argue with the troublemaker.
After learning the whole story, he did not let Ikeda go. He dragged him to a corner and gave him a lecture, feeling distressed and disappointed.
She also grew up without her parents, and she knew that it was normal for single-parent families like Ikeda's to lack love, so she couldn't help but pay more attention to and take care of Ikeda.
What's the result?
I don't know what the troublemakers said to Anna Ikeda, but Ikeda personally tricked Momoko Sakurai into the toilet cubicle and poured a basin of cold water on Sakurai's head with his own hands.
Should I be thankful that it was clean tap water?
Sakurai felt cold all over, and his heart was colder than his wet hair.
From then on, Sakurai unilaterally broke with Ikeda.
She did not make a big deal out of it and make her family worry about her, but just faced Ikeda Anna with her coldest attitude and ignored all her excuses.
From mumbling and unclear pronunciation to increasingly loud and firm words, Sakurai Momoko was fed up with Ikeda hanging around her like a fly that could not be driven away or killed.
He kept repeating "It's not my fault" and "You must understand me, right?" and brainwashed her relentlessly.
This crazy state will not make Sakurai forgive him, but will only make her feel scared.
You know, it is not illegal for a madman to kill people.
So when her parents asked her if she wanted to go with them, Momoko Sakurai agreed without hesitation.
But she didn't expect that Anna Ikeda was so close to her grandparents, and she was almost moving in to be their granddaughter.
Is this not some conspiracy?
In the end, Momoko Sakurai agreed to help Anna Ikeda.
She wouldn't admit that she went there because she found out Ikeda was working as a support staff for the volleyball club and was worried about Hinata Aoi and the others. She simply wanted to repay a favor.
After finishing her work, she would find an opportunity to explain everything to her grandparents, and it would be better to avoid contact with Ikeda if possible.
Sakurai Momoko angrily took down her own teddy bear apron from the hook behind the door.
Even if she is cooking for the person she hates the most, she will be the most exquisite and beautiful one!
*
Apart from Chacha at the beginning, Anna Ikeda can be regarded as a qualified helper.
They do whatever is assigned to them, and don't care whether they do more than they should. They are distant and polite to everyone, as if their affectation when they first met was all an illusion.
The only abnormal thing was that he kept staring blankly in the direction of the hotel door, not knowing who he was expecting to see push the door open and come in.
She really dislikes Hinata Aoi and Inugami Satoru, and it's obvious that she looks down on people with disabilities.
He dragged his fragile body, which was as thin as paper, and tried to act like a superior in front of the disabled person, but he just looked down on him and did not do anything unnecessary.
Perhaps the initial test made her realize that she was just an outsider, and it was impossible to form cliques after less than a week of getting along, so she chose to stay calm.
Moreover, several people felt eerie when they saw her. When they saw her from a distance, they would find a good angle to walk around her in advance. They didn't even dare to choose her row when getting food, let alone have any other communication with her or develop friendship with her.
At present, there is no bad influence from Anna Ikeda's coming. There is one more person to do the work, so Hinata Aoi and Inumaki Satoru don't mind being looked down upon by her.
Hinata Aoi asked other managers to convey any arrangements to avoid direct communication between herself and Ikeda.
Inugami Satoru kept a close eye on Ikeda Anna's movements to prevent her from approaching Hinata Aoi.
We really have to be on guard.
Others would just feel cold when they got close to Ikeda Anna, but he actually sensed the remnants of cursed power from the cursed spirit on Ikeda Anna, but he did not find the cursed spirit itself.
The filth wasn't strong enough, so he couldn't tell the specific level of the cursed spirit.
But even without his real body, he can still keep his cursed power on humans for such a long time. Either his level is very high, or he lives with them day and night.
So he planned to wait for Ikeda to return home and follow him to see what was going on.
It's not only to find the cursed spirit that has contact with Ikeda, but also to see if Anna Ikeda is a spy sent by someone.
As soon as he came over, he inexplicably got close to Hinata Aoi, and now he keeps a distance. No matter whether they are close or not, he does not hide his contempt for Hinata Aoi and him... Such a lively and harmonious state makes Gojumaki suspect that Ikeda knew about their existence before.
This nonsensical mental state is likely to have been transmitted by the curse master.
According to Brother Huibara, the man surnamed Gohyu is running a cult. It is normal for an ordinary person who is contaminated with the aura of a curse and has a worrying mental state to become a believer.
Anyway, no matter where Ikeda comes from, Inugami Satoru cannot allow her to have any unnecessary contact with Hinata Aoi.
He couldn't tell Hinata Aoi directly to stay away from Ikeda, because Gojumaki hadn't had a frank conversation with the girl yet and hadn't revealed anything about the world of curse arts.
The psychologist Gojo Satoru had specially invited from overseas had already given his diagnosis.
The child does not have amnesia and is very defensive. It is suspected that he has not let go of the past and is hiding his emotions very deeply, but there are currently no signs of mental illness.
More psychological experts don’t dare to speak carelessly.
Because it involves the world of magic, many of the previous situations were given to the experts in a very vague manner. They were also not allowed to use any special interviewing methods on Hinata Aoi, and they had to pretend to be checking other items throughout the whole process... The experts felt that they could even get the Omoka statuette based on this interview video. It was not easy to draw the above conclusion based on years of experience analysis.
After getting this answer, Gojo Satoru just remained silent, then sent the psychologist away as if he knew nothing, and ordered the people assigned to Hinata Aoi to continue working. He had no intention of "recognizing" Hinata Aoi as a relative.
Without any instructions from the teacher in charge, Goumaki Ji couldn't tell Hinata Aoi the whole story, so he could only continue in the current state of being half-covered and yet seemingly not covered.
The secret of Anna Ikeda still needs to be investigated carefully first. If he can't solve it alone, he will contact Brother Haibara to deal with it.
…
Just as she was about to prepare dinner, Anna Ikeda finally met the person she was waiting for.
She took two steps at a time and came forward: "Peach Jam, you're here~"
"Thank you so much for helping me. Ah, do you need me to introduce these people to you?"
Sakurai Momoko ignored Ikeda as if he were air, and walked straight to Hinata Aoi to greet the others:
"Good afternoon, I'm here to help you."
Sakurai couldn't even maintain a basic smile on his face. It seemed as if he had suddenly developed facial paralysis. After receiving the task from Hinata Aoi, he turned into a ruthless working machine.
This awkward greeting made everyone present realize that Sakurai and Ikeda were not getting along, but no one dared to gossip in such an atmosphere.
Sakurai didn't intend to explain in front of so many people.
Could it be that she is a masochist who still helps the other party even after being betrayed by her?
Momoko Sakurai has no interest in exposing her own scars.
She is still dressed in a trendy and cool city girl outfit, and today she is determined to establish her emotionless and cold personality!
However, Ikeda Anna seemed to have turned on some incredible switch, and continued to linger around Sakurai shamelessly, talking about the past all the time. She tried to get close to her so much that even those around her who couldn't close their ears got goosebumps. Their enthusiasm for listening to gossip was dying, and they found any excuse to stay away from her.
This continued until the end of dinner and the washing of the dishes. Momoko Sakurai never even glanced at Ikeda or said a word, and Ikeda could only go home regretfully.
Inujū Sō followed Ikeda Anna as planned, but met Sakurai Momoko who was punching the air on the way.
The hair accessories on the girls' heads were all thrown out of place in the excitement.
"I'm so angry! Blah blah blah, why are you talking so much!!"
“This is so annoying, ahhhhhhhhhh!!”
"What kind of magic potion have grandpa and grandma been fed? Is she a monster?! Is she a devil?!"
“Aa ...
Gojuanji: “…”
It turns out he's not very calm... Did Ikeda really come here just to trick Sakurai into talking?
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