Am I being simulated by their love affair.

Chapter 95 The End of Darkness

Xiaominato Shengzi looked at the forum opened on the computer screen with a frown.

"This is what happened, Mr. Kominato." Jun Matsueda stood behind Tomatsu Tomoka, keeping some distance from the two of them.

He was not Tomatsu's parent, but just the class monitor. He had already fulfilled his duty by bringing her to see the head teacher.

"I know about Tomatsu-san's situation. I will report it to the school." Although she said this, Teacher Kominato sighed, "From the school's point of view, students are free to discuss things however they want. The school will not intervene until it has a real impact on Tomatsu-san's life. You have to be mentally prepared." She said to the girl standing beside her.

Tomatsu Tomoka nodded.

"Teacher, has the school not found the classmate who had a white exterior on the teaching building?" Matsueda Jun was more curious about this matter.

Xiaominato Shengzi shook his head.

The two left the office and walked through the corridor again. It was already class time and only the sound of the teacher lecturing could be heard from the corridor.

It got quiet so quickly, the girl thought.

All topics about Tomatsu Tomoka spread quickly, and soon turned from forum discussions into word of mouth.

Youhua looks down on the members of the wind band.

Tomatsu-san orders her suitor around like a dog.

Tomatsu Tomoka uses her good looks to deceive boys and threaten girls. She is a sweet-mouthed but treacherous person.

It only took four days for her to start being isolated from Class 2, Year 1.

Jun Matsueda watched all this happen from the perspective of a bystander. It seemed as if time had been turned back four months, except that the protagonist on the cross had changed.

Things got even worse when the girl opened her shoe cabinet and saw her indoor shoes cut into tatters.

The class teacher, Shoko Kominato, checked the surveillance footage and discovered that twenty or thirty people had stopped at Tomatsu Tomoka's shoe cabinet that day.

When asked why, these people said, "We just wanted to send a love letter to Tomatsu-san."

So where did the love letter go? No one knows, and the matter was left unresolved.

Jun Matsueda knew very well that it was impossible for so many people to really hate Tomatsu Tomoka from the bottom of their hearts. Many people were just the silent majority, so once those with malicious intentions spoke out, this quiet space would immediately be filled.

Just like the corridors in a teaching building, most people just pass by in a hurry, and only those with other ideas will stay here for a long time.

Mizushima Miya even began to doubt whether it was wrong to speak up for her friend. When she posted a debate on the forum, ten accounts would pop up to fight back against her.

Those standing in the darkness longed for an opponent, but Tomatsu Tomoka, who showed no will to resist, was unable to satisfy their evil mentality at all.

"Just bear with it and it will be over." Tomatsu Tomoka said to her with a smile.

However, a screenshot caused an uproar again in the slightly calm campus.

That was a screenshot of the posting record of Tomatsu Tomoka's account in the forum background. The school forum was registered with the student ID. Although you can choose to speak anonymously, all speech records can be seen in the background of your own account.

In Tomatsu Tomoka's posting history, you can clearly see several hot posts that spread rumors about Matsueda Jun. She was the poster.

People don’t know who got this screenshot. Maybe some senior programmer took action, but the most important thing is that Tomatsu Tomoka did not come out to prove it.

Then the end of darkness came.

Two days after the screenshot appeared, Matsueda Jun came out of the library and headed towards Class 2. Lately, he'd been doing all the class committee work alone, and the deputy monitor, completely isolated after leaving Class 2, was already struggling to take care of himself.

When they were almost at the classroom, a slightly haggard girl came out from the back door carrying a musical instrument bag. When she saw Matsueda Jun, she was stunned for a moment, then she smiled.

It took Tomatsu Tomoka only a week to fall from the altar of Yugaoka Takashi to the bottom of the valley, but the girl's smile was still as natural as facing the sunshine and breeze, except that the arc of her mouth was much smaller.

Jun Matsueda glanced at her, and the two nodded slightly and passed each other in the corridor.

In the unused classroom that had been transformed into a home theater, Mochizuki Haruka sat on the sofa, looking at the boy who had just walked in with dissatisfaction.

"The movies you showed a few days ago were so boring, like 'Final Destination' and 'The Bucket List,' industrial comedies and positive energy films. I don't want to watch that kind of stuff."

Matsueda Jun closed the door and said, "Then I will fulfill your request today."

He squatted in front of the girl, his eyes level with hers, took out the CD from his pocket, and handed it to Mochizuki Haruka from bottom to top.

"Transcendence".

Jun Matsueda sat down on the sofa next to the girl, and a man's stern and sad face, like a saint, appeared on the screen.

The film's gloomy tone hints at the pervasive depression and heaviness. Students wasting their youth, overweight girls yearning for recognition and facing isolation, school officials indifferent to their futures, and teachers who don't understand the meaning of education—everything in this community school seems to be waiting for a man to change and save it.

But he's just a substitute teacher, and not only that, he's also deeply trapped in the pain of his own twisted family.

Facing the cynical students who were indulging in fantasy, another female teacher spoke hysterically.

"How can you be so shallow and obnoxious? Do you want to hear the truth?"

"First, you can't be in a band or be a model because you have no ambition."

"Without a skill, you'll be competing with 80 percent of the workforce for minimum wage in Lighthouse." "This means you'll never get ahead in life and will one day be replaced by machines."

"Second, your only talent is getting men to fuck you."

"Your life is a tragedy, why don't you understand?"

"In a few days, not very long, things will get worse and worse."

"I come to this office every day and see you kids messing with yourselves."

"Who wouldn't care?"

“How much courage does it take to care?”

"You all don't have the courage."

The man could not save anyone. The fat girl who ate the poisoned cake died, the teachers left, and the entire community school was closed, leaving only ruins.

"So what do you want to tell me with this?" Mochizuki Haruka looked at Matsueda Jun sitting on the sofa. "Everyone is helpless in their own predicament. Counting on others to save them from their suffering is only temporary."

"It's fine if you understand it that way. I'm just accompanying you to the movies." Matsueda Jun smiled. "The movie's over, let's go."

Mochizuki Haruka left the classroom to go see her aunt, but Matsueda Jun did not leave.

He picked up the remote control and the ending of the movie reappeared on the screen, showing a deserted classroom, a corridor covered with textbooks, and papers flying everywhere.

He showed this movie to himself.

A person can easily learn not to care, but learning to care requires a hundred times more effort and courage.

Jun Matsueda returned to Class 2. He hadn't packed up his things, and Tomatsu Tomoka's bag was still on his seat.

He walked out of the classroom and started looking from the activity building of the wind band. Soon he saw the person he was looking for behind the activity building.

Tomatsu Tomoka lowered her head, with several girls in front of her.

"Why can you still keep such a reserved expression on your face when the news that Tomatsu-san is a scheming bitch has spread all over the school?"

"Do you really not care about anything, Tomatsu-san? Your initial liking for Matsueda Jun was fake, right? Otherwise, why would you secretly spread rumors about him?"

"Tomatsu-san doesn't look as healthy as before. It must be hard for him to stay in school every day, right?"

"How about this? My boyfriend is also upset with Jun Matsueda. How about you spread rumors about him again, saying he's a playboy and a toymaker? That way we can get the others to tone it down a bit."

The girl standing in front of them only then raised her head and spoke calmly, "Matsueda-san didn't play with my feelings. He seriously rejected my confession."

Tomatsu Tomoka's look, which showed no trace of cowardice, immediately angered the girls. A girl in a third-year school uniform stepped forward, reached out and pushed the girl hard, causing her to fall down next to the sycamore tree by the wall.

"Are you really good at fighting, or do you have someone behind you? How dare you speak so arrogantly?" The girl walked up to Tomatsu Tomoka and looked down at her. "Do you really think we wouldn't dare to attack you?"

"If I were a boy, I might hesitate. The teacher won't say anything if girls play around with each other!"

Before the girls could make a move, Matsueda Jun came out from the other side of the wall and said, "Seniors, please don't do anything. It will be troublesome if something goes wrong."

Seeing Matsueda Jun's face, the leading girl was a little surprised at first, but then she smiled. "Matsueda-san, are you here to teach her a lesson too? Of course, after all, you're also a victim of Tomatsu-san."

"I mean to let you go," said Matsueda Jun, "I've already informed our homeroom teacher."

The girls were a little panicked. They discussed in a low voice for a few words. Someone walked towards Tomatsu Touka and wanted to take her away, but Matsueda Jun walked to the girl's side.

"I told you to get out of here, don't you understand?"

Their faces immediately turned ugly, and they walked away after saying "bastards".

This rarely visited corner finally became quiet. He walked around the activity building and made sure that the girls had indeed gone far away before returning to his original place.

Tomatsu Tomoka was still sitting motionless at the foot of the wall. Matsueda Jun walked over and looked down at her. The girl's hair was covered with dust and grass, no longer as elegant as before.

"I didn't inform the teacher, but I recorded everything that just happened with my phone," Matsueda Jun said to her.

Tomatsu Tomoka's shoulders trembled. Without looking up, she looked at the boy's dark trouser legs and clean leather shoes in front of her, "Why did Matsueda-san help me?"

The leather shoes in front of her disappeared, and the girl thought that Matsueda Jun was going to leave, but he just walked away, sat down against the tree roots, and wrapped his arms around his legs.

Jun Songzhi looked up at the shade of the trees above his head. The leaves of the sycamore tree had already turned golden in autumn. The highest branch had become bare, with only one leaf left shivering in the autumn wind.

The shade of trees that was once so dense that not a single ray of sunlight could penetrate could no longer block out the sky.

"Tomatsu-san, what does it feel like to guide a bully towards yourself?"

Only then did Tomatsu Tomoka raise her head and look at the boy sitting in front of her. The girl smiled with relief.

"As expected, nothing can be hidden from Matsueda-kun."

The lone sycamore leaf finally succumbed to the weight of the wind and swayed as it fell between the two of them.

(End of this chapter)