"How many years have you worked here?"
"It will be 40 years in two months..."
After the New Year, Sakaki Makoto and the old man sat on the steps outside the gymnasium, each lit a cigarette and started chatting.
"Isn't that the same generation as the principal?"
Sakaki secretly praised:
"You are such a senior..."
"Oh, the principal is two years younger than me!"
The old man was overjoyed:
"You are quite good at talking, why do you want to be a physical education teacher? Listen to my advice, there is no future for physical education teachers. Not only is the work tiring, but there is also no prospect for you!"
"Alas, I can't help it. This is how I make a living..."
Sighing, Sakaki tapped his right leg and started talking:
"I almost made it to Koshien in the baseball game two years ago, but I injured my leg during training and it hasn't healed yet. It's fate."
"There are always bumps and bruises when practicing sports. What's important is the heart, the heart!"
The old man encouraged:
"Even if you can't play, you can still be a coach. Start as an assistant coach. With your eloquence, there will be no problem. Leading the team to Koshien in the future will also be the fulfillment of your dream!"
"You are right. I will apply for it later. By the way..."
Changing the subject, Sakaki Makoto felt that the time was right, and asked indirectly:
"Have there been a lot of strange people in our school recently?"
"strangeness?"
The old man took a puff of his cigarette and thought carefully:
"I didn't pay much attention to it, but when I was cleaning recently, the gymnasium floor was much dirtier than before. But now it's winter vacation, there are not many students going to the gymnasium, and there are no competitions. It's really strange that the floor is dirty..."
"Oh, maybe there's a thief in the school!"
Sakaki Makoto slapped his thigh and stood up directly:
"Think about it, uncle. The dust means that the person came from a dirty place. But you sweep the places where students walk three times a day. Where does the dust come from? It must be a thief who wants to steal things from the gym warehouse!"
“Yes, yes, yes…”
After hearing this, the old man suddenly lost his composure. He staggered to his feet with the help of the wall, took out the key hanging on the rope and ran towards the sports warehouse.
Crash!
The iron door of the warehouse was opened, and the old man rushed in hurriedly, looking around and counting the number of sports equipment.
Brushing away the dust floating in the air, Makoto Sakaki quietly looked at the sports warehouse. As a location where accidents often occur in film and television dramas, the sports warehouse has a great reputation. Why the single man and woman did not shout out in time before being locked up inside has always been one of the top ten urban legends.
It’s impossible to encounter this in real life!
Can't you just shout a few times and get out?
Unless the old man is hard of hearing...
There were no signs of life in the sports warehouse. The mats that had not been used for a long time were covered with a thin layer of dust. Some of the basketballs in the baskets were deflated and limp. The base cabinets used for vaulting horses could hide people... Sakaki Makoto lifted it up and took a look. Sure enough, there was nothing inside.
"No, no, no..."
The old man was lighting up his sports equipment while sweating profusely:
"Something's lost! The school just bought a batch of brand new sports equipment this summer, and they're all gone!"
"Did you really lose something?"
Sakaki Makoto was slightly stunned. He was just using this topic to make it easier for him to check the sports warehouse, but he didn't expect his words to come true...
“It’s lost!”
The old man was so anxious that his saliva flew all over the place. He counted on his fingers:
"Four cushions and three mops are missing..."
Boom boom!
A sudden knock on the door interrupted the old man's narration. Sakaki Makoto looked towards the door with his eyebrows raised slightly.
A blond woman wearing glasses stood at the door, holding a lesson plan book in her arms, and asked curiously:
"Mr. Hasegawa, there doesn't seem to be a physical education class today. Are you going to clean the physical education warehouse?"
"Teacher Judy!"
Seeing the blonde woman, the old man rushed over as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw:
"You're here just in time. Something's missing from the sports warehouse. Something's missing!"
"Don't be impatient, speak slowly..."
After hearing the whole story, Judy was not worried at all, but laughed:
"So that's what happened. I remember the quality of the mat was defective and it was returned to the factory. The principal knew about this and it wasn't stolen. Besides, why would a thief steal the mat?"
"is that so?"
The old man breathed a sigh of relief and smiled again:
"Then it's nothing. Why are you in school, Teacher Judy?"
"There are students who need tutoring, I'm here to sort out the materials..."
Judy raised her lesson plan book and looked at Sakaki Makoto:
“This teacher is…”
"Oh, the new intern physical education teacher, Ono Katsuto, a very nice guy!"
The old man hurriedly introduced:
"I'm here to apply for a job today!"
“I see…”
Hearing this, Judy glanced sideways, smiled at Sakaki Makoto, and said:
"I have something else to do, so I'll leave first. You guys get busy."
"Hey, okay."
Looking at Judy's receding back, the old man quietly came to Sakaki Makoto's side and said half jokingly and half seriously:
"I heard that Teacher Judy is currently single."
"......Uncle, please don't joke with me. Teacher Judy is such an outstanding person. She has a bright future. It is definitely not something I can covet."
Sakaki Makoto smiled:
"Do you often go to the abandoned school building?"
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