Chapter 57 Hello, Future Man
Bang, bang, bang!

Conan gripped the blackened door handle and shook it hard, but apart from making knocking sounds, the door showed no signs of opening.

He gasped and let go.

"Can not be done!"

Conan looked at the black mark on his palm and said, "This rooftop door is so rusty that it can't be opened at all."

After they figured out the location of Su Beixun's time capsule, they went straight to the top floor of the teaching building. However, it looked like no one had visited the rooftop for at least five years. Not only was it covered in dust, but the lock on the main door was also rusted together and even wire could not be inserted.

Kicking the door angrily, he squatted down and opened his enhanced shoes: "It seems that the only way is to destroy it by force!"

Kudo Yusaku was not a pedantic person. He took a few steps back and warned, "There is no other way now... Be careful."

Conan nodded.

As his shoes flashed with brilliant electric light, he took a few steps and kicked the lock of the door in mid-air.

With a loud bang, the iron gate opened with the help of scientific props.

Kudo Yusaku caught his son who was flying upside down in the air and walked up to the rooftop together.

What catches the eye is the uneven concrete floor without tiles. Several solar panels are fixed on it with screws, and some steel is piled on the side of the roof.

The father and son looked at each other and tacitly started to turn over the things piled in the corner.

——On the rooftop that can be seen from everywhere, if there is any place to hide something, it is only here!
These steel materials should be the leftovers from some renovation and were dumped here as garbage. Most of them are large pieces of steel plates, in addition there are also long and short pipes.

After struggling to lift the top large board to the side, they began to check them one by one.

They easily found something out of the ordinary - a 20-centimeter-long steel pipe welded on both sides to form a seal.

Kudo Yusaku shook it up and down, then nodded: "There is something inside, it should be this."

Conan tried to pry open the thin plate that sealed the opening with his elbow, but failed.

"Forget it, let's get out of here first."

Yusaku Kudo put the steel pipe into the shoulder bag he was carrying and said to Conan.

They returned to the principal's office, said goodbye to Seto Tatsuto, and the four of them left together.

"Anything gained?"

As soon as they left the school gate, Kudo Yuki couldn't wait to ask questions. She has always had a strong interest in exploring the mysteries.

Kudo Yusaku took something out of the bag: "This is it. There should be something inside, but I need to find tools to open it."

The hotel where they temporarily stayed was not far away. Thanks to Kudo Yukiko's driving skills, they arrived quickly in 15 minutes, with only their face turning slightly pale.

Conan secretly vowed to obey traffic rules no matter what, and pounded his weak thighs and went to the room he had booked in advance.

He found a screwdriver and poked through the iron sheets, then used pliers to pull them off. Then Kudo Yusaku reached in and pulled out a severely curled notebook.

"Is it a diary?"

Yukiko Kudo's eyes lit up.

If gossip is a woman's nature, then what more exciting way to gossip is to peek into someone else's diary?
"Hurry and look at what's written on it!"

Looking at his inexplicably anxious wife, Kudo Yusaku had no choice but to open the notebook.

On the yellowed front page, five black characters filled the entire page:

【Hello! People from the future! 】

With a swipe of the finger, the second page comes into view.

[I don't know when it will see the light of day, ten years? Twenty years? Or will it stay there forever, rotting into ashes as time passes?]

[I don't know what kind of people will watch it, the police? Detectives? Or my curious admirers and enemies?]

[But I hope that you found it not because of luck, but by following the guidance I left behind. ]

The second page ends.

Yusaku Kudo looked at the third page that had been stuck together and carefully separated them, not wanting to damage any of the writing.

[I don’t know what the world is like now… If a new era has arrived, you can treat this diary as a kind of remembrance, or an exploration of the past.] [And if the world still hasn’t changed much… Then, people in the future, please treat this as my declaration of war on you.]

I still don’t understand what’s going on after seeing this.

Turning to the next page, the four were stunned by the completely different paper.

The previous pages all have 12 lines, but starting from this page, there are only 8 lines, and it looks even older.

"It seems that the first three pages were added by him later. The real diary starts from the fourth page."

——This is a very clear conclusion.

"Turn it over quickly!"

Yukiko Kudo rubbed her hands together, feeling extremely excited: "I always feel like I've uncovered the truth! Let's see what's underneath?"

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After watching the long-lost visitor disappear into the distance, Seto Tatsuto turned around and went back.

From their expressions, it seemed that they had no intention of choosing this school. Although they felt a little disappointed that their beloved things were not recognized, the old man could understand it.

After all, this is a school where a student died. Which parent would be truly at ease?

The same is true for today's students' parents. They may choose this place for convenience, but the trust between them is already full of cracks and may disappear at any time.

Just like the live-in system that has disappeared.

"I hope... everything can go back to the way it was before."

Seto Tatsuto sighed.

He has devoted his entire life's educational career here, starting as a teacher in his 20s and ending as a principal in his 40s. He has deep feelings for this place, and he couldn't help feeling a tightness in his chest when he thought that Tianshan Primary School was gradually declining.

So, he did not go back to the teaching building, but turned to the cherry blossom forest next to the playground, wanting to take a walk to relax.

The numerous cherry blossoms at Tianshan Primary School, like their boarding system, were once their unique signature feature.

Although there are dry branches in front of us, thinking of the magnificent scenery after the spring, people can look forward to the future with joy.

As he walked, he calmed down and looked for the beauty that might be hidden in the ordinary. Unknowingly, he came to a remote corner of the woods.

Then, when I looked up, I was suddenly shocked!
A white-haired figure stood under the tree with his back to him. He was wearing a white down jacket, a red scarf around his neck, and his hands were clasped together, with his head bowed as if he was praying.

"You... are you?"

Su Beixun turned around, revealing the familiar features in Seto Tatsuto's memory: "Long time no see, Seto...Grandpa..."

Seto Tatsuto looked at him in surprise, took a few steps forward and gave him a big hug, his face excited: "Stinky boy, you didn't even come back to visit me in all these years, and your phone was always turned off when I called you."

Su Beixun did not struggle, and said with a smile: "I am really busy with my studies. I finally found some time, so I am back now, right?"

"I went to your office just now and didn't see anyone, so I came here to take a look first."

Seto Tatsuto was startled, looked down and saw the pure white chrysanthemum placed on the tree roots, and asked: "This... is Ren..."

Su Beixun raised his head and looked at the thick branches sticking out from the side, his expression as calm as always: "Ah! He died here."

Seto Tatsuto let go of Su Beixun, reached out to touch the dry tree trunk, feeling emotional and self-blaming.

He only knew that the child died in the woods, but he was not sure of the exact location. When the police were investigating, he was busy dealing with the deceased's parents. When everything was over, he seemed to be evasive and did not ask too many questions.

"Are you still sad?"

After a long silence, Seto Tatsuto asked softly.

Su Beixun was confused: "Sad? He and I are just acquaintances, and we are not that close... I just stopped by to see him, you think too much."

"……is that so……"

Seto Tatsuto looked into his eyes. His red pupils were as bright as when he was a child, but the emptiness deep inside was still unfilled. "But that day, when you came over with the child's body, it was the only time I saw sadness in your eyes."

The cold wind blew through the woods, and Su Beixun said nothing.

　I sincerely thank all the big brothers for their monthly tickets, recommendation tickets, and follow-up reading.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)