Tokyo Rebirth: Start From Picking Up Sayu

Monday's private Toyosaki Academy, Kyudo club.

In the spacious dojo, a group of boys and girls wearing long robes and hakama suits were training.

The sound of bow strings and the sound of shooting targets came and went, echoing in the field.

A little further away, Kato Yusuke watched this scene, and then said to the girl in front of him:

"I feel that compared to before, everyone has become much more professional now in terms of strength and momentum. Senior sister is so amazing."

Nakano Ryoko smiled, "After all, the archery competition is coming soon. If you don't be nervous, you will only be embarrassed."

"Excuse me, when is the specific time for the archery competition?"

"December 24-26."

"That's it."

"Kato-kun, do you still remember our agreement?"

He was talking about the last time he visited the Nakano family's residence and invited him to participate in the archery competition.

Kato Yusuke nodded frankly and replied: "Remember."

"That's good."

Nakano Ryoko also smiled and nodded gently, looked at him and asked: "So, what does Kato-san want to see me for today? It shouldn't be something like practice~"

"no."

Kato Yusuke shook his head apologetically, and then said seriously: "Actually, I came today because I want to ask my senior for a favor."

"What's going on?"

Amidst the continuous sound of pulling strings, the young man took a shallow breath.

"In fact, I want to set up a non-governmental charity organization in society, but I have encountered some problems in the specific application process. I hope to get help from my senior sister."

"...Private charity organization?" Ryoko Nakano tilted her head slightly and murmured in confusion.

"Sorry, I don't quite understand what Kato-kun means. What exactly does the organization you want to establish do?"

"To help a vulnerable group in society."

"Vulnerable groups? Like the elderly and children?"

"no."

Kato Yusuke denied it at first, then paused and asked: "...Senior, do you know the term God treats girls?"

"God treats girls...?"

"Well, they are those young girls who have run away from home for various reasons and have to wander outside, hoping to exchange food and accommodation from strangers."

The boy lowered his voice and kept the conversation between the two of them.

At this moment, even though Ryoko Nakano was well-informed, she couldn't help but be slightly stunned by his words and blinked twice.

A few moments.

"...If I understand correctly, Kato-san is planning to set up an organization specifically to rescue such girls?" The girl said doubtfully, with a slightly strange look in her eyes.

After all, this thing is extremely weird.

Not to mention that a student is here to set up a public welfare organization, including the people that the organization intends to rescue, and they are not vulnerable groups in the general sense.

I really don’t know how to evaluate it.

But it happened that——

"Senior, you understand correctly, I do think so."

But someone answered with a serious face, not like he was joking at all.

Nakano Ryoko thought for a while, and then said: "...I don't know much about this group of people, why do you think they need help?"

"Although not all, most of the people there have ended up going astray due to poverty and homelessness, and there are not a few such people."

Kato Yusuke took out his mobile phone as he spoke and handed it over, "My companions and I have compiled some information. Senior sister can take a look."

Nakano Ryoko took the phone and started studying it.

…

Kamitai, literally translated as "waiting for the gods", is a Japanese lingo.

It generally refers to the behavior of teenagers and girls who have run away from home looking for a place to stay on the street or on online message boards.

Although there is no gender limit, there are more women than men looking for a place to stay.

In Japan, every time after dark.

You can often see girls dragging suitcases alone, squatting in the park or on the side of the street.

It's usually especially common around Shinjuku and Ikebukuro.

These people usually post information online to seek help with food and accommodation.

The so-called "god" in the word "神treat" refers to the person who provides food and accommodation for girls who have run away from home.

But behind the hypocritical mask of providing help, these "gods" often hide some evil intentions of give and take.

In fact, placing your hopes on others is a very risky behavior.

However, for those girls who are desperate, they have no other choice.

It must be said that God's treatment of girls is not the same as aid.

The biggest difference there is uncertainty.

The girls initially naively believed they could get free food and accommodation without having to pay anything.

But according to Murphy's Law, things tend to go to the bad side.

In other words, the chances of them meeting a good guy are slim.

Of course, this does not exclude the possibility of being misled by men on the Internet and thus being persecuted.

This is a relatively serious social problem.

In recent decades, the Japanese police have also carried out many rectifications.

Although the effect is there, it has not been eradicated.

This is mainly due to the social structure of Japan.

Whether it is the increasingly serious problem of parent-child relationship or the extremely serious problem of school bullying.

Both have greatly squeezed the living space of young people, resulting in an instinctive confrontational attitude, but they are unable to fight back in the face of excessive external pressure.

In addition, Japan also has a very serious class solidification problem, which makes it difficult to shake the class, so it is easy to choose to escape.

Although the specific methods are different, the result is to give up life from a certain perspective.

Analyzing it from a deeper level, the reason why a girl would choose to run away is also due to the suffocation of interpersonal relationships in society.

According to public statistics from the Metropolitan Police Department, although there are approximately 80,000 missing persons reports every year, 86% of them are eventually found.

Most of them just ran away from home and did not encounter any vicious incidents, and the highest number of missing persons were those in their 20s.

…

"……I see."

After reading the information, Nakano Ryoko returned the phone.

"I understand the specific details, but can you tell me why you want to do this?"

Kato Yusuke was silent.

He felt a little hesitant about whether to tell the other party about Xiao Xi.

But in the end, he decided to tell the truth.

So I told him the whole story.

Of course, a lot of his inner sustenance and memory for a certain girl were hidden in it.

And after hearing these things...

Pa Dong!

A bamboo knife struck him on the head not so gently.

Slowly, the girl's slightly stern tone reached his ears.

"It's illegal to take in a girl you don't know without the permission of the guardian...!"

The crisp sound of the bamboo knife attracted strange looks from many members, but they were immediately frightened by the innocent look in Ryoko Nakano's sideways glance, and they didn't dare to look any further.

Faced with the girl's question, Kato Yusuke did not deny it. At the same time, he did not remove the bamboo knife on his forehead, but looked serious.

"...I have no intention of defending myself, but I am not ready to give up on this matter either. I have told my guardian that she will come to Tokyo to visit that family soon."

"..."

Ryoko Nakano retracted her bamboo sword in silence, "A gentleman does not stand behind a dangerous wall." Kato-kun, have you heard this sentence? "

"I've heard of it."

"Maybe your intentions are good, but that doesn't cover up the fact that you put yourself in a bad situation. Especially since you are still a public figure, do you know what the consequences will be if this matter is exposed? ?”

"Know."

Just finished answering...

"Hey--!"

Snapped! Another slap from the bamboo knife.

This time it was the shoulder, and the force was slightly lighter.

"Knowingly committing crimes will be severely punished."

"Sorry..." Kato Yusuke lowered his head apologetically and sat upright.

Perhaps affected by the atmosphere here, Nuo Da's dojo suddenly became quiet for a while.

Even the movements of bows and arrows were unconsciously lighter.

Until the girl's cold voice sounded.

"—What are you doing? Do any of you think you have practiced to the point of being perfect?"

"

"

"No, no!""""

"Then be careful."

"

"

"yes!

"""""

Finished speaking.

The sound of bows and arrows that had been stagnant for a time suddenly sounded again with great vigor.

Nakano Ryoko withdrew his gaze, stared at the boy sitting in front of him, and put the bamboo knife aside.

"All in all, what you are doing now is very easy to be criticized, Kato-kun."

"Um……"

"Then, when do you plan to go to that girl's relative's house?"

"tomorrow."

The girl narrowed her eyes slightly and asked, "Are you planning to go too?"

"I think so."

"--madness."

The unceremonious comment left Kato Yusuke at a loss for words.

In the peripheral vision, the slender jade hands stretched out from the sleeves of the snow-white gown seemed to want to take the bamboo knife, but then gave up for unknown reasons.

After a brief silence.

"...If you want to help that girl, there are other ways, right? For example, simply providing financial support."

"That won't solve Xiao Xi's family problems."

"What if I said I could let her go into a government welfare facility and find her a better family?"

Kato Yusuke raised his head unconsciously, "A better family...?"

"That's right."

Nakano Ryoko nodded as usual, her tone a little unpredictable, "Or are you going to adopt that girl no matter what?"

"..."

Kato Yusuke closed his lips tightly and couldn't help but struggle a little in his heart.

For him, although his desire to help Xiao Xi is true, it does not mean that he is a saint who can help the world by hanging the pot.

As he once said in front of Hui, he just couldn't escape the shadow of the past and tried to use this method to express some of his emotions and gain spiritual comfort.

It would be really good for Xiao Xi to enter the orphanage and find a new family.

He also believed that with Nakano-senpai's ability, it would not be difficult to accomplish such a thing.

If he hadn't spent the week with Xiao Xi, he might indeed have accepted this arrangement.

But now, it seems he can't do it.

In other words, he couldn't send Xiao Xi, who was so similar to Sayu, to a place beyond his reach.

Looking at the situation calmly, perhaps it was because she saw the part he was trying to hide that the senior sister in front of him said this.

"..."

Kato Yusuke took a deep breath quietly and looked directly at the other person, "...I'm sorry, senior. I promised that girl that I would make her my family."

Ryoko Nakano was not surprised at all by this, she just gently raised her hand, pulled a lock of hair that was hanging in front of her face behind her ear, and then thought for a moment.

"...If that's the case, don't go to visit tomorrow. I'll see if I can do anything. You go back and wait for my notification."

"What...?" Kato Yusuke was confused for a moment.

"Don't you understand? Kato-san, it's a bit too conspicuous for you as a public figure to do such a thing. I will arrange for someone else to accompany your guardian then. You just have to wait quietly."

Without saying anything, Kato Yusuke bent down and bowed sincerely.

"Thank you, Nakano-senpai."

"nothing."

Nakano Ryoko shook her head and said in a joking tone: "After all, it is a request made by a lovely junior. As a senior, I cannot stand by and watch~"

Then she asked another question.

"There is also the charity organization you mentioned. I can also ask you about it, but what do you plan to do with funds? If you don't have influence and credibility, it will be difficult to raise donations from the society."

"Regarding this, I will regularly use a portion of the proceeds to maintain the operation of this organization."

Kato Yusuke explained: “Maybe not many people can be helped initially, but we can start with a few people and take our time.”

"Can you help someone?"

"That's pretty much it."

"How are you going to help? You're not going to turn everyone into family, are you?" Ryoko Nakano looked at him with a half-smile.

Kato Yusuke smiled bitterly and touched his nose.

"Senior sister was joking, only one time is enough for this kind of thing, I don't have that much spare energy to do that kind of thing.

As for how to help... I haven't figured it out yet, but at least let's start by providing basic food and accommodation. "

"So how are you going to choose a partner?"

"It's mainly an online message board. In addition, I'm preparing a special website where those who need help can leave messages."

Nakano Ryoko couldn't help but be silent for a moment after hearing this, and then let out a sigh of relief: "...It seems that you are not just on a whim."

"...It's just some immature ideas that made senior laugh."

"I'm a little surprised. I didn't expect Yu-kun to be an idealist."

"Uh... Yuu-kun?"

"For someone of your age, you impress me a bit, so let me call you that from now on."

"?"

Looking at the smiling girl, Kato Yusuke didn't know how to respond, so he just nodded confusedly.

"So, what's the name of the organization?"

"……name?"

"Haven't you thought about it?"

Kato Yusuke thought for a while and replied in a low voice: "Just call it OSY..."

"OSY?"

Nakano Ryoko frowned slightly and said to himself:

""Outstandihe Year"... doesn't seem right. Could it be "Out of School Youth", meaning out-of-school youth? "

"no."

Kato Yusuke shook his head, "This is just a name I thought of casually, senior sister, don't worry about it."

"That's it..."

Nakano Ryoko glanced at him noncommittally, but didn't care about it and said instead:

"Anyway, I know everything. Yu-kun, please send me the organization information, and I will see what I can do."

"Thank you, senior, I really appreciate it!" Yusuke Kato bowed again and thanked her, his words full of sincerity.

But the girl refused to take credit, she just smiled and waved her hand.

"Don't worry, Yu-kun, just work hard."

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