8 p.m. on the hour.

Finally, the courage test began.

The position I am currently waiting for is the last of the four surprise points on the straight course, right in front of the turning point.

departure point

◎──○──○─────────◎

Due to the nature of the section, it passed twice in a short period of time, so at first it was planned to just let me go and surprise me by appearing when I came back around the tree tied with a handkerchief.

In the daytime, it is a short walking course that can be walked back and forth in about 15 minutes at most, but now it is in the middle of the night and in the middle of the forest full of the sounds of insects.

The gait of a person walking naturally was bound to slow down.

Two men and women walking along a forest path, relying on a flashlight.

If your chest is pounding due to the swinging bridge effect, and you show a reliable figure that you can’t normally see on the male side, what a woman! and against…

Oh, I’ve seen the whole romantic comedy.

Anyway, it seemed like there were still 10 more minutes for the first group to arrive, so I hid behind a tree and turned on my smartphone.

[Senior what are you doing?]

[Are you not ignoring messages from cute juniors by playing with other friends at Forest School?]

[senior?]

[senior?]

[senior?]

As an incumbent actor, I sent a reply to Minato, who constantly sends me messages every 10 minutes, even though he must be busy.

Then, the message that kept flying in was cut off like a lie, and a completely different message flew in.

[Senior, are you okay? classmates.]

I was a little puzzled to see him worrying about the classmates, not me.

[Are you that scared?]

[yes. Imagine a giant man wearing a red oni mask suddenly appears in the middle of the night in a dark forest.]

“……”

Do you think it sounds a bit scary to hear?

I think I can see why the other classmates were freaking out.

If you look at it from a bright place, it will be scary, if you jump out of a dark place, it will be even more frightening.

I realized once again the destructive power of my appearance, and sent a reply to Minato thanking her for telling me her feelings.

[senior… He, be quick.]

[okay.]

After replying like that, I put the smartphone I was looking at in my pocket again.

Slowly, footsteps were heard from far away.

Jerk! Jerk! Jerk! Jerk!

Hiding in the tree, I lowered the red oni mask that I was wearing obliquely over my head.

It was time to welcome the opening guests of the day.

***

Shun Akagi is the 2nd member of Class 2-B.

Since his name starts with a (あ) line, he has always been the first number since elementary school.

In fact, having a front number has more disadvantages than advantages.

This is because, at most school events and classes, you are the first to come forward just for the reason of the front number.

But for today, I am grateful for that fact.

A test of courage at the Forest School.

From https://readwn.com

Most boys want to take a courage test with the person they like.

And Shun Akagi got the right to draw the first draw thanks to the merit of being the front number, and he proudly partnered with Aizawa Minami through the 1 in 12 odds.

From https://readwn.com

Meeting Minami Aizawa at the beginning of the semester was almost like fate for him.

She is always number one and he is always number two.

Wouldn’t it be like a heavenly couple?

Shun Akagi was already excited at the thought of getting a score for showing his trustworthiness to Aizawa in the courage test.

“Come on, let’s go group 1.”

Eventually, under the direction of Matsuda-sensei, who was in charge of the event, the pair consisting of Akagi and Aizawa started walking down the forest path.

“It’s more terrifying than I thought…”

At first, Aizawa, who seemed innocent, murmured as he looked around when the shadow of a human came to a place where he could not even see his nose.

“Yeah? I’m not scared at all.”

But Akagi couldn’t come to his senses because of happiness rather than fear of darkness.

Well, it’s because the distance between the two naturally grew closer.

When people feel fear, they tend to depend on others around them.

And the test of courage in the middle of the night was optimized to induce the swinging bridge effect.

Relying on a flashlight like that, has it been about 5 minutes since the two of them carefully started walking down the path?

Suddenly, something draped in a white cloth came out of the bushes.

“Cylindrical aa”

“aah!”

Aizawa screams and falls into Akagi’s arms.

Akagi momentarily reached the peak of happiness, but without showing any effort, he gave a thumbs up to the student dressed as a ghost.

Then, the student in the role of the ghost disappeared into the bush again as if the steam was missing.

“It’s okay. The ghost is already gone.”

As Akagi comforted him by saying that, Aizawa carefully turned his head to look at the place where the ghost had just popped out.

Then he asked in a slightly frightened voice.

“Really?”

“Really.”

Aizawa then blushed slightly and escaped from Akagi’s arms.

“Come on, let’s go.”

Akagi nodded his head as if he was about to fly.

***

Even after that, a ghost dressed as another classmate suddenly popped out of the shadows.

Each time, Aizawa screamed and put him in Akagi’s arms.

In fact, Akagi was startled for the last time, but he clenched his teeth and resisted screaming at the thought that he couldn’t do it in front of his favorite Aizawa.

After a total of three surprise events, the two were able to arrive at the turning point where their handkerchiefs were tied.

“I think this is the proof of completion that Matsuda-sensei said.”

The two took out a red circled note from the box lying under the beautiful pine tree and put it in their pocket.

Now all that remains is to return.

To be honest, I was scared when it came, but I didn’t think it would be that scary because going back means going back the same way you came.

So the two of them were relieved and started walking again with light steps.

It was about 5 minutes after turning around the turning point and starting to go back the way I came.

crumble!

“yes?”

Suddenly, Akagi raised his head in hopes of something at the sound of a voice above his head, and was at a loss for words.

Because the giant in the red oni mask was standing on the tree with his back to the moonlight.

And as soon as his eyes met the pupils in the mask, he suddenly jumped off the tree.

“Cylindrical-“

Heavy bass that penetrates the eardrum.

It was a voice I heard somewhere, but that wasn’t what was important now.

Even though he was just standing there, the man wearing the oni mask felt an unprecedented fear.

Rumble Rumble-

Hands and feet shaking spontaneously.

Aizawa was staring at the oni masked man with trembling eyes, with a white face and not even screaming.

It was said that if I was too surprised, my voice would not come out, but now seems to be the case.

Jerk!

Footsteps that seem to be particularly loud in my ears.

The man in the clogs said as he took a step forward.

“Give me your neck.”

Akagi couldn’t take it any longer.

“I’m sorry aa!”

So he ran away.

without looking back.

Akagi, who sprinted through the 500-meter-long path like a crazy person, tried to ask Aizawa if he was okay, but realized later.

The fact that Aizawa left me alone and ran away alone.

“oh….”

After that, Aizawa Minami, who came back alone while sniffing, did not even make eye contact with him and headed towards the group of women who had not yet departed.

It was only natural that Akagi’s reputation among the girls had declined.

***

“…was it too bad?”

I gave him a little bit of force as a business owner, but I felt uncomfortable because it felt like I had broken a couple unintentionally.

First of all, Aizawa, who was so shocked that he sat on the floor, took off his mask, explained the situation, and somehow sent it back.

Perhaps she is the type of infant regression when she is too scared, or while sniffling her nose, she nodded her head vigorously and then turned back along the trail, relying on the light of her cell phone.

After that, I reflected on it a lot, and thought it was over, so I scared the pairs who had been careless enough to just pop out of the darkness.

Of course, this alone made it a little difficult to catch up because there were guys who ran away with confusion, but nonetheless, there was no one crying like Aizawa, who was the first hitter, so we were able to safely return the students who were left alone to the starting point.

As I continued to do this, I got a knack for it, and from the 6th onwards, I hid my status, spit out a word, “I’m sorry,” and then appeared at a time difference, giving the opponent time to prepare.

When I did this, I was less surprised than I thought.

Of course, it was the same for people who were afraid from the beginning, even if they were given a warning in advance, they would be confused and run away.

It was time to send the 7th guest like that and wait for the next guest.

“The time has come for the familiar faces to come.”

While I was fiddling with my smartphone while waiting for Satoru, Sasha, and Rika, who had not yet arrived, I hurriedly got up from my seat at the sound of footsteps in the distance.

“aah!”

But something is different.

The distance between the third surprise point and the turning point is quite a distance, so there was nothing to scream and run away like this.

However, a voice that seemed to be frightened by anyone was approaching this direction at high speed.

I wanted to do something, so I shone a light across the path.

Then, the black figure who was running from afar ran at full speed as if it had found me.

“Yoosung aa!”

They were familiar faces.

One is Satoru and the other is the class leader.

The two of them were running desperately towards me with pale faces as if they had seen a ghost.

It was dark at first, so I couldn’t see well, but I realized later that a lumpy black figure was following them.

Whoa whoa!

Perhaps the sudden appearance of the light was uncomfortable, or the roar of the man resounding in the darkness.

The true identity of the large shadow that was chasing after Satoru and the class leader was a wild bear.

“????????”

Why is the bear here?

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