Was the strange fish doing it on purpose?
Whenever it rained, he seemed to run into that strange fish.
Every time he tried to track the strange fish, the boy ended up covered in grime.
Even he found it strange...
What was he so determined about?
The strange fish was too fast.
Only later did he gradually realize...
The strange fish had been deliberately waiting for him.
Whenever he fell or ran out of strength and couldn't keep up with it.
"You want him to help you..."
Then can you still see it?
I was reading too much into it.
His classmate turned around again and raised his head.
He was chasing the strange fish just as it wanted him to.
The girl urged her classmate.
And it hadn't shown any other signs of aggression.
Stop that strange fish.
It should have been an easy question to answer. But under the other person's bewildered, strange gaze, the girl's voice seemed to catch in her throat.
An excited smile spread across the girl's face.
It was only a fish, after all.
Was this fun?
"It's right behind you!"
His classmate acted as if he hadn't seen it...
He didn't understand.
But his classmate's behavior didn't suggest that at all.
As he climbed up from the ground, soaked and filthy.
After a few seconds of silence, his classmate spoke.
The expression on the girl's face froze.
"..."
"Help me catch it..."
Unfortunately.
The other person asked.
He just wanted their conversation to end quickly.
How could he not see it?
The truth was cruel.
So, if he could make the strange fish's speed useless...
The girl's eyes widened in surprise.
In the girl's eyes, her classmate was practically staring the strange fish