Chapter 55 55 Suddenly being bullied? !
The next morning, I left Soul Society.
Actually, I still want to visit Hinamori, talk to Captain Shiba, and go back to Rukongai to find my grandmother, but reason tells me that I can't do these things now.
On the way to the 12th Division, I pinched my fingers and said to Toushirou in one breath, "How about I come to see you during the summer vacation?"
I clearly wanted to talk to him the night before, but I ended up falling asleep first. Honestly, waking up the next day and seeing someone sleeping up close is quite impactful.
At least until now, my face starts to get hot when I look at him.
"summer vacation?"
I forced myself to keep looking at the road ahead: "Since I don't have to go to school, I can stay a few more days and go see grandma."
I thought he'd object, but Dong Shilang said, "It's not impossible. Our jobs are basically the same anyway."
Yay!
I wanted to turn my head to say a few more words to him, but when I saw the curve of his kimono collar, neck and exposed collarbone, the temperature on my face suddenly began to rise rapidly. I could only shut my mouth, turn my head and concentrate on my way.
Cheer up, me!
After returning to the real world, I thanked Mr. Urahara and headed straight to school.
I don't know how things went after Gihunmaru used my body to study for a day. Did anyone find any flaws?
It was lunchtime when I arrived at Rikkai University. Normally, when the original master returned, Gikonmaru would have gone to the designated location to meet him. However, I didn't find him on the rooftop, and there was no one in the classroom.
Where did you go?
I followed the signs on my phone and finally arrived at the women's restroom on the fourth floor!
Ignoring the "Cleaning in Progress" sign at the door, I walked into the women's restroom and found that the innermost door was blocked by a mop and bucket.
"Is anyone there?"
My own voice came from inside the door, muffled and sounding a little distorted.
"So, is anyone there? If no one's here, then kick the door. Meow~ Oh, no, no, you can't talk like that."
“…”
You, you are quite dedicated, right?
"It's me, what happened?"
"Ah, Master, is Master back?" The girl's voice immediately became lively. She was a little uncomfortable hearing her own voice so sweet. "I don't know either. I was called to this bathroom after class and was surrounded by several girls."
While I was helping her remove the obstacles blocking the door, I listened to her story.
To put it simply, I was blocked in the restroom by a few girls I didn't know and threatened because I was chatting, laughing and exchanging glances with the regular players of the tennis club.
It would have been fine if it was just a joke, but the point is that group of people said that I had a bad reputation, and their words were quite harsh, even using words like "seduction" and "fickle".
"I don't understand what they're saying, and the owner never told me about these people. I just said I didn't know and wanted to leave, but I was pushed in." When the cat, Gihunmaru, emerged from the cubicle, his expression looked a bit curious. "Is this the legendary 'bullying'?"
Uh, I guess so. I didn't expect that my classmates' private gossip wouldn't cause any big trouble, but someone actually came to pick a fight. What kind of image do I have in other classes now?!
"Luckily you're back, or I would have kicked the door down, meow. While vandalism is bad, disrupting classes is even worse, meow."
"Well, thank you." To be honest, if it were me, I would probably just kick the door.
The moment I returned to my body, I had a wonderful feeling of drifting, and then I felt the Yihun Pill in my mouth. I silently spit out the candy and looked at the palm of my hand.
Well, I'm back.
At this moment, there was a creaking sound and the toilet door was opened.
I subconsciously raised my head and happened to meet Jinghua's eyes.
Hmm—this is the fourth floor, why is Jinghua here? And I didn't move the board I was cleaning?
"Ah, uh, hi?"
She looked at me silently for a long time, then suddenly smiled: "Great, it's the usual Homura."
My heart skipped a beat and I blinked. "Is that so? I don't think I've changed much in the past two days, have I?"
However, she looked away and didn't continue the topic. "I went shopping at noon, and when I came back I didn't see you. Kirihara said you were called out."
According to this, it seems that she searched several places before reaching the fourth floor.
"Really? Thank you." Seeing that she ignored some sensitive topics, I followed suit. "I guess this is called being targeted? I didn't really care about those guys' gossip before, but..." I put the bucket of water aside and straightened the mops. "I didn't expect it to get so bad."
It even got to the point where those girls ignored the school rules and came to deal with me personally.
"Has Little Jinghua heard those rumors?"
"I've heard a little."
Oh, that's easy. "What did they say? They said I seduced the regular player of the tennis club, 'seduced'?"
The girl's expression became hesitant, and her brows furrowed slightly: "Do you really want to know?"
Since we all know that they are unpleasant words, we might as well check it out.
You don’t know until you ask, and you’ll be shocked when you ask.
That rumor cannot be said to be exaggerated, it can only be said to be unbelievable.
Some say I'm a delinquent girl, others say I'm the illegitimate daughter of a wealthy family, abandoned by them. Honestly, both of these claims are somewhat connected. Even more outrageous are the claims that I'm actually from a poor family, just trying to make ends meet, and even resorting to compensated dating to make ends meet. Then there's the claim that I seem to be avoiding classmates because I'm a playboy and have multiple relationships. As for proof, of course, it's my ability to "indulge" those difficult regular players on the tennis team.
"...Where did you hear all this?"
The two of us found a place where we could chat safely - the school rooftop.
"I overheard them chatting during break." She leaned against the wall with me, recounting the various behind-the-scenes rumors I was unaware of. "At the time, it was just the girls in the class discussing it. You told me not to worry about it, so I ignored it. But then—" Jinghua hugged her knees as she spoke. "Then people outside heard about it, too. Those girls spread the rumors."
Because she was very worried, she used the stealth skills she learned when she was at the detective agency and the port mafia to eavesdrop on many of the girls' private conversations.
As I knew, the rumors became more and more outrageous, their dissatisfaction accumulated more and more, and finally broke out completely today.
"But Homura was very active in the tennis club yesterday and was very close to the seniors. Maybe that's what caused the resentment from the senior girls."
Number 385! What did you do while I was gone?
"Do you and Kirihara know about these rumors? They didn't say anything bad about you, did they?"
Kyoka shook her head. "As for Kirihara, the boys have heard these rumors too, but he firmly refuses to believe them. I don't know about the tennis club."
Does that mean I'm the only one in the class who's kept in the dark?
Oh, what a hassle! Can these people please let me go? With the Jiu Jing family stuff, plus special training, and the tennis club still has to play matches, I'm really busy!
However, God is not on our side. The more you don’t want something to happen, the more it will happen.
After I came back, everything was fine for a day and a half, but then I was pranked again during physical education class.
This time, not only I suffered, but even Jinghua was implicated.
We went to the sports warehouse together to put our things, but the door was locked from the outside.
"You deserve it! People like you should quit the organization soon, bitch!"
I couldn't tell who was yelling through the door, but it was probably one of the girls in gym class. I listened to her yelling in silence, then turned to look at my friend.
"I'm sorry for involving you."
"It's okay." The other party didn't seem panicked at all. "It feels quite novel."
There were lights in the sports warehouse, and light was coming through the windows on the top, so it wasn't particularly dark.
Well, we could actually just climb out the window. But this situation is so annoying no matter how I think about it, I just want to make some noise to scare those girls.
Just when I was struggling to decide whether to climb out of the window or directly destroy the door, the mirror flower moved.
"Yaksha Shirayuki."
As her special ability was activated, the female figure that had appeared at the scene of the battle with the Arrancar suddenly appeared.
She pulled out a sharp blade and cut open the warehouse door, which was not very thick to begin with, in just a few strokes!
"That's good."
"You're too quick." I looked at the iron door, its locks and joints precisely cut, and touched my forehead. "I was originally considering whether to just break down the door or climb out the window."
"It's possible, but if Homura comes to disrupt it, she'll be too obvious a target." The girl let go of the phone, and her supernatural power disappeared. "But if we don't make a big noise, they'll just keep pushing us."
"ah……"
"What's wrong?"
I looked at the girl who was half a head shorter than me. Although she looked calm, her breathing was slightly faster than usual.
Jinghua is nervous.
I pursed my lips and moved closer to her: "What a coincidence, I actually thought so too."
After saying that, we looked at each other and laughed at the same time.
After leaning the door against the wall, when we returned to the playground, she and I paid special attention to the expressions of everyone in the girls' group. Sure enough, we found a few girls whose expressions suddenly changed after seeing us.
These are the people who occasionally whisper in class.
hehe.
Speaking of which, when I went to the tennis club for training yesterday, I paid special attention to everyone. When I went back in the evening, I also asked No. 385 what she did during the training camp.
"Training? We didn't do anything, meow?"
Coincidentally, one of the team members didn't show up on the day she was on duty, so the others asked me to help practice catching the ball.
The end result was that I was praised for my athletic ability by several seniors, but Senior Niou might have been in a playful mood, and when we were talking together, he touched my head.
No. 385 is good in every way, except that when being patted on the head, he subconsciously makes a satisfied expression like a cat, which makes everyone feel a little embarrassed. Niou-senpai was even teased, asking if he wanted to have a younger brother since he already has one.
God knows what those girls are thinking about in private.
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The author has something to say: Bullying in Japanese schools is actually a very scary thing. It is true that you can never imagine how vicious these students can be.
In fact, Homura had been somewhat isolated by the girls in the class before, and the reason they didn't resort to these bullying methods openly was simply because they didn't understand her character.
Of course, no one cared about these things, whether before or after recovering his memory (dog head).
Furthermore, the Japanese do have a distorted herd mentality. If you stand out, if you become a leader, the group will privately diss you, simply because they dislike you or wonder why you deserve special treatment. Anyone who's read serious modern literature and art should have some experience with this.
Oh, I hope this epidemic will pass soon. It makes people emo. I even started to get stuck in writing because of emotional problems... I will try to concentrate on writing from tomorrow.
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