But such a simple childhood did not last long. After finishing a lunch box that was better than nothing at noon, the homeroom teacher suddenly brought the news that the afternoon classes would be suspended.
Most of the elementary school students were happy to hear that they did not have to go to class, but a few students were concerned about the reason for not having to go to class.
Rin Toosaka was one of them. She went to the office to find the teacher to ask for the reason, but she heard the discussion inside the office door. The teachers were talking about the missing children a few days ago.
Because of the actions of the King of Conquerors Iskandar yesterday, Caster's magic workshop was destroyed. The noise caused by the destruction attracted the attention of the outside world, and the heinous crime of killing young children was exposed to the public.
The missing student of Fuyufu Town Fuyi Elementary School was one of the victims, and it was said that the murderer had not been arrested by the police until now.
The murderer's range of action was in Fuyuki City, and there were many students from Fuyuki City in the school. For the safety of the students, the principal of Fuyi Elementary School planned to suspend the afternoon classes after receiving the report of the murderer who abducted young children in Fuyuki City.
The next few days will definitely be filled with panic. Maybe there will be continuous suspension of classes until the murderer is arrested, or the bad influence caused by this incident will be forgotten by the public as time goes by.
Rin Toosaka was shaking when she heard this outside the office. She thought of her deskmate who didn't come to school today. Suzune also lived in Fuyuki City.
Rin Toosaka, who was a little worried about her friend's situation, called her friend's house at the school's pay phone. The call was answered quickly, but a woman's anxious voice came: "Is it Kotone?"
"I'm not Kotone. My name is Rin Toosaka. I'm Kotone's classmate. Kotone didn't come to school today, so I wanted to ask her what happened."
Rin Toosaka's answer disappointed the person on the other end.
"Kotone is missing. She disappeared yesterday. We are also looking for her. If you have any news about her..."
After the call, Rin Toosaka was a little lost. As a mature little adult, she prefers to act like an adult and watch some TV news.
Therefore, she knew something about the kidnapper who appeared in Fuyuki City, but she didn't expect that such a disappearance would happen to her friends.
"No classes in the afternoon, let's go to the playground to play football together."
Back in the classroom, some children who couldn't go home directly advocated playing games in the afternoon. Compared with them who were carefree, Rin Toosaka, who was the same age, was worried.
"What's wrong?"
Broly noticed the decrease in Rin Toosaka's happiness value through the Crystal Palace, and couldn't help asking.
"Kotone... um, nothing."
People with troubles always want to talk, but if the person they are talking to is someone who thinks that even if they talk, it will only add trouble to others, then forget it.
Rin Toosaka is more mature in her mentality. In her eyes, Broly is just a little deskmate who needs to be taken care of. There is really no need to say something that makes the other person feel scared.
Broly: "..."
Nothing, then why does the happiness value decrease? You must know that the disappearance of every point of happiness value is equivalent to the disappearance of some food that has not yet been obtained. How can a foodie who cherishes food not be anxious?
But Rin Toosaka really didn't want to say more, which made Broly a little confused about what to do. It wasn't until the school opened and let the children who could go home go back that Rin Toosaka left the school with her small schoolbag, and Broly followed her.
Rin Toosaka decided to go to Fuyuki City to find the trace of her good friend. This was a reckless act, but when she thought that her friends might die, she couldn't stand it. The girl with a heavy heart didn't notice the little tail following behind her. She bought a ticket at the ticket office of the tram station, swiped the ticket through the checkpoint, and boarded the tram that just entered the station to Fuyuki City.
Broly had no money, he didn't buy a ticket, but he used his height advantage to crawl under the railing of the ticket gate. He was not discovered by the ticket inspector next to him, but he also got on the same tram.
After getting on the tram, she had more time to think and calm down, and Rin Toosaka felt a little scared. After all, she was just a seven-year-old child.
Although she behaves like a little adult in daily life, her family knows her own business. She may have to face the criminal who kidnapped her friend and is suspected of kidnapping a murderer. How can she, a child...
"Eh?"
The girl looked up when a pair of small shoes appeared at her feet. When she looked up and saw the little classmate next to her, her mouth opened wide.
"Why are you here?"
She asked directly.
"I followed you."
Broly told the truth.
"Ah, why?"
Rin was a little puzzled.
"You are not well, I am worried about you."
Broly said briefly, omitting the key element of [happiness value continues to decrease].
Rin: "..."
She didn't know what to say, but the original panic and tension were indeed diluted by the boy who suddenly appeared next to her.
Even in front of the little classmate who needed care, she put on her own reliable and mature little adult style, and put on a stern face to lecture Broly.
"Children should go home directly after school and not hang around outside. It's dangerous."
"Aren't you a child too?"
Broly asked back.
"I'm different. I'm going to see my friends, and I'm better."
Young Toosaka Rin said defensively with a red face.
"Oh."
Broly nodded, believing her statement.
And this gesture of approval made Toosaka Rin a little bit embarrassed.
"Aren't you going to refute what I said?"
"Then are you lying?"
"No."
Toosaka Rin straightened her chest, but her eyes dodged a little guilty.
"Where do you live? I'll take you home later."
She changed the subject.
"My home is over there."
Broly said on the tram, pointing in the direction of Fujimura's house.
"So, what's the specific address?"
Broly did not answer, but just looked at the girl with a blank look.
"Don't tell me that you don't know the specific address of your home?"
"I can find it myself."
Broly did not remember the address, but he remembered the direction.
The distance was not far, not as far as his home on the planet Wampa, which was far from the Wampa Spider Cave Nest.
"So, are you lost?"
Toosaka Rin felt that her head was a little big. The old deskmate disappeared, and the new deskmate followed her and lost the way home.
"I'm not lost. I can find my way back."
Broly emphasized again.
But Toosaka Rin didn't believe a word of the boy's words.
What can I find my way back by myself? It's just the boy's stubbornness that doesn't want to lose face.
"I'm going to find my friend Kotone. After you get off the bus, you go find the police and ask the police uncle to help you go home."
"What is the police?"
"You don't even know the police. It doesn't matter. I can take you there after I get off the bus..."
Toosaka Rin suddenly stopped. She thought that at her age, if she was seen by the police, she would most likely be sent home.
"Forget it, you should come with me to find friends. I will send you home after we find Kotone. However, you have to listen to me. If you are in danger, you should run as soon as I tell you to."
It is not a good idea to take a friend on an adventure, but for the young Rin Toosaka, this is the only choice.
After all, she can't go to the police and fall into the trap, nor can she leave her new deskmate who obviously needs care in a strange place.
"Okay."
Broly nodded obediently, and had no objection to what Rin Toosaka had told her in advance.
Young Rin and young Broly, who are about to embark on a great adventure in Fuyuki City, officially formed a team on the train.
After getting off the train, Rin Tohsaka took Broly and searched the route from the train station to her friend's house.
According to Suzune's mother, based on the famous detective Rin Tohsaka's speculation, Rin Tohsaka believed that her friend was abducted on the way home.
However, she is not a real detective who is a child on the surface and a high school student on the inside. Faced with a vast number of interlaced routes and buildings, Rin Tohsaka has no way to judge which area is more likely to be the place where the kidnapper is.
The girl can only use a relatively stupid exhaustive method to investigate, and she is still using herself as bait.
Of course, there is also Broly who follows her to investigate.
"I can't find it, I can't find it at all..."
From the early morning to the sunset, Rin Tohsaka felt the powerlessness of her as a child.
"Broly?"
Just as Rin Toosaka was about to continue her headless search, she found that the little tail following her was gone.
She became a little nervous. An old classmate was missing. Was there another new one missing? Or was he missing from her hands?
However, when she turned back to the original street, she found that the boy was just attracted by the takoyaki shop on the street and stopped in front of the store.
"Do you want to eat?"
After finding out that Broly was not missing, Rin Toosaka breathed a sigh of relief. She looked at the boy's greedy look and walked over to ask.
"Yeah."
Broly nodded. The smell of takoyaki aroused the greed in his stomach.
"Then I'll treat you."
Rin Toosaka took out her small wallet and bought two takoyaki.
After walking so much, she was a little hungry.
The two entered the store, found a seat and sat down, waiting for the takoyaki to be finished.
"I'm going to the bathroom. Don't follow me."
While waiting, Toosaka Rin felt a little urgent, so she got up to go to the bathroom. When she found that Broly wanted to follow her, she blushed and said something.
Broly was very obedient and sat back down.
The sound of flushing rang out.
When Toosaka Rin finished washing her hands and was about to come out, the magic pointer hanging on her chest made a sound.
This prop was a birthday gift from her father in advance. It can detect all kinds of people or things with magic in the world. It is mainly for her to avoid some hidden dangers in the world, but she didn't expect it to react at this time.
Following the guidance of the magic pointer, Toosaka Rin poked her head out of the back door of the takoyaki shop and just happened to see a boy passing by the alley next to him, holding the hands of a few dull-looking children, bathing in the sunset, smiling brightly.
"Good kids, follow me. I'll take you to play fun games."
Wearing the magic bracelet made by his own heroic spirit master, which has a hypnotic effect on children, Ryunosuke Uehara gathered a group of lovely children.
After meeting Master Bluebeard, Ryunosuke Uehara felt that his creative inspiration was bursting out all the time.
Due to the police's search, he didn't know that his artwork had been destroyed by Rider.
Now he is smiling brightly, thinking about the creation of the next artwork.
He has already made a human handmade piano, which is indeed art.
Therefore, the next one should focus on furniture, such as a human handmade piano chair, which will hear the beautiful wailing of children when sitting on it.
[There is something wrong with this person, he has a magical reaction! ]
Rin Toosaka hesitated at the back door and chose to follow quietly. She didn't mean to call Broly. Rather than following a dangerous guy who might be a kidnapper and murderer, letting the new deskmate stay in the takoyaki shop to eat takoyaki is a responsible way to be a friend.
"Your takoyaki."
Five minutes later, the owner of the takoyaki shop brought Broly two servings of takoyaki.
Broly looked at the steaming takoyaki and swallowed his saliva, but he felt that Rin Toosaka was so slow.
The other party whose aura was locked seemed to be getting farther and farther away from here, and there was no telling when she would be able to come back.
So...
[It should be okay to eat the food that my wife fed me first, which belongs to me?]
Broly thought so, and reached out to take the takoyaki with a toothpick.
The round takoyaki was hot and fragrant when you put it in your
mouth. When you bite it, the octopus tentacles inside have a chewy texture.
In a word, it's delicious.
Looking at the situation of some customers pouring sauces next to him, Broly followed suit.
While Broly was tasting the takoyaki, Rin Toosaka also followed the abduction and murder suspect and walked down the next staircase carefully.
She hid behind a box in the corner of the stairs, and after the guy who was suspected of kidnapping the murderer went out again, she quietly entered a somewhat deserted underground bar.
Rin Toosaka saw some kidnapped children here, and among them was her missing classmate.
"Suyin, Suyin..."
But no matter how she called the other party, the girl looked dull and dazed.
"This is hypnotized by magic."
After checking, Rin Toosaka guessed the situation of her friend.
"Oh, where did this child come from?"
Just when Rin Toosaka was about to go out to find help, the way behind her was blocked by Ryunosuke Uzumaki who came back at some point.
"If it weren't for the master's servant, I really wouldn't have realized that I was being followed, but fortunately, the person following me is such a cute child like you, so, what are you doing here?"
"I, I just accidentally took the wrong road."
This incident made Rin Toosaka sweat on her forehead. The girl explained and tried to run away from the side.
"Since you're here, why don't you play with your brother? A party is more fun when there are more people."
However, Ryunosuke Uesugi blocked her and reached out to grab her. He thought that with the hypnotic bracelet, it would be easy to subdue a child, but as soon as he grabbed the girl's hand, he felt a current and let go without any preparation.
"Do you have static electricity?"
Ryunosuke Uesugi was a little surprised. He was not a magician and didn't know. This was the hypnotic magic on the bracelet. After the magic power in the girl's body resisted instinctively, it caused a similar effect of electric shock.
"Don't climb onto the bar. If you fall down and get hurt, it's bad. The creative materials should be more complete."
After some twists and turns, Ryunosuke Uryu finally caught Rin Toosaka again, but as the girl endured the magic attack that made her consciousness drowsy, she output her magic power to destroy the bracelet in a rough way, and she was blown away.
The hypnotic props were destroyed, and the children in the bar woke up and found themselves in a strange place. Suddenly, some children started crying.
"Rin, what am I doing?"
"There is no time to explain. Come with me, and everyone else too, run away with me."
Under Rin Toosaka's loud command, the confused children subconsciously obeyed her words.
When Rin Toosaka opened the door and prepared to escape, a sea demon fell from the sky.
"Is it a familiar?!"
The hideous appearance of the sea demon frightened the girl so much that her face turned pale and she quickly retreated.
"Fortunately, I have helpers."
Ryunosuke Uryu climbed up from the ground and said thankfully, and took out a knife from his pocket.
(End of this chapter)