The explosion of the largest assassination camp in Chushin capital was reported on TV.

"Two trainers and an assassin died, many people in the camp were injured. People living nearby suffered minor injuries.

The culprit has not been found yet. The cause of the explosion was determined to be dyminates."

After that incident, many people in the city center and bordering provinces began to protest against the militarization of Cosmic Vietnam and demanding the abolition of the law on making minors assassins.

Cosmic Vietnam anti-government forums gradually appeared on the Internet, one of which was run by Party members of the Katsu Republic.

They are the ones who oppose his government, demand the return of true human rights to the people and have their own decrees like other independent countries.

To stop them, Cosmic Vietnam began to tighten control of cyberspace, then ordered the banning of forums and the dark web, on the one hand, for the local army to stand up to quell the rebellion.

Those who do not want to protest are temporarily staying indoors, with doors closed.

Sunny looked through the curtain that covered most of the window and shivered.

"Look, Kiyo, there's a protest out there too. They're carrying a long banner, it looks like they're carrying weapons, some of them are holding the flag of the Katsu Republic..."

"Stop watching Sunny, you don't like riots like this." - Kiyo sighed.

"Oh yeah..."

Didn't expect my plan to blow up the camp to have such an impact...

Our people are strange, every time there is a big case related to assassins, they go to the streets to protest... Otherwise, they will secretly post againsting forums in a secret place...

"I wonder who blew up the killer camp? Nearly ten years ago there was a case like this, but the killer is dead..." - Sunny wondered.

Kiyo panicked.

"What's wrong, Kiyo?" - Ryota suddenly noticed his expression.

"N-nothing."

Calm down, my plan shows how much our people hate assassination.. There's nothing to worry about.

Kiyo closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and then exhaled. He kept doing that until he temporarily calmed down.

***

Because the rioting happened in an unexpected way, all schools in the rioting area had to temporarily close.

However, taking a break without continuing the program will be slower than each school's plan and who knows how long this protest will last, so schools will organize online teaching.

But the problem for the Kiyo brothers is that they only have one computer, and their schedules all overlap.

Junko's room has two computers, but who know if they would lend it to them...

"Damn it, Ryota is on the same schedule as us, who can we borrow from?" - Kiyo wondered.

"Or try asking members in our class?"

"It's a bit embarrassing to ask it.. Well, I have no choice anymore, this is an emergency, he's in middle school.."

"Yea, let's go."

They started from the closest rooms, which were Genjitsu, Junko and Angie's.

"Angie only has one computer. My parents bought it for her."

Weird, why not buy one for Sunny?

Genjitsu said there was only one computer.

"Now try asking Junko."

Kiyo knocked on the door. The one who came out was Nam.

"Oh, Sunny and Kiyo.."

"Hey, how many computers do you have in your room?"

"Two? Both are for work."

"Is Junko at home?"

"She went to the market."

"Going to the market?! While rioting like this???"

"But Junko said that if we don't go, we won't have anything to eat. And you want to borrow my computer?"

"Yeah, something like that.. My brother also learns on the computer, and also has the same schedule as this school, we only have one computer at home..."

Nam thought for a moment and then said:

"Okay, I'll lend it, I can study with Junko. Now internet censorship is very heavy, especially paintings, so few people order my art.."

"I see.."

"Let me take the computer out!" - Nam rushed in.

"Yes, I carry it with you."

Minutes later, Kiyo and Nam brought out a rather large cardboard box, and carried it together to Sunny and Ryota's room.

Ryota suddenly heard a noise from inside the room, he jumped up.

"You two.."

"Ryota, Nam lent us his computer to study."

"Really?? Oh, thank you very much." - Ryota thanked profusely.

"Now, let's see where to put this, Kiyo." - Nam still keeps the box.

"Ryota's desk is a bit small, I'm afraid it won't fit... Oh yeah, my room still has a spare space since I moved here."

"Where? Lead me in."

Both of them carried the box into the empty space.

Luckily I brought those explosives back to the weapons room in the Engineering room..

"Is there a power outlet? Nam, put it down."

When they put them down, Kiyo went around the room to see if there was an electrical outlet. Suddenly he stopped.

"Here it is. Let me bring another table."

Kiyo went out for a while and brought back a wooden table half as high as his body, then pulled a chair from the bedroom.

"Okay Nam, let's pick up the computer."

They lifted the computer out of the box, then placed it on the table.

"This desk has a compartment, but it can't be pulled out. Ryota, can you type without looking at the keyboard?"

"Yes."

"That's good." - Kiyo put the keyboard under the desk drawer.

Finally, Nam moved away and let Kiyo check it, wipe away the dust, plug in the mouse and keyboard, and then plug the cord into the electrical outlet.

He turned on the phone and called Ryota:

"Come here to try it out."

Ryota sat down, then tried going to the school's website.

"Okay bro. Thank you two." - Ryota is like just before.

"Nothing. I'm back, it's almost noon."

"Bye."

When Nam got home, Junko was cooking food.

"Where did you go, Nam? I don't see your computer anywhere."

"Well, Kiyo just came over and asked to borrow it for his younger brother to study."

"Is that so. I heard he's just in middle school, so he can borrow it to study."

Nam noticed that Junko had an unusual wound on Junko's body, which was covered with a bandage.

"Where does this wound come from?"

"Well... I don't know. I must have bumped into protesters. Don't worry, I've disinfected. Go to the dining room and wait Nam, I'm almost done cooking."

Nam opened a book written by Junko.

Junko...

You write newspapers, you write books for your country... But are you on the side of the Katsu Republic?

***

At the end of the year, heavy snow fell.

The violence has since subsided and schools have reopened.

"Wow, I was scared a few days ago. I didn't even dare go out." - Kanryo stretched.

"I don't think Katsu's army can win now. Cosmic Vietnam is still strong, maybe it won't be until a few years before the coup." Junko sat looking out the window.

"Then what will happen when the coup d'etat, writer?"

"When I write the newspaper, you will know better."

There was the sound of the door opening. Mattia had just come back from the farm, his hair covered in snow.

"So cold. It's snowing again." - He brushed them out the window.

"The snow is heavier this year. Some of my flowers have died from the cold." - Kanryo sighed.

Mattia sat down, took out a rather large notebook, and continued to paste something in.

"Everything in here has to be perfect..." - He mumbled.

Every time, he did his best to make sure the notebook was not dirty, not torn, and not glued an inch off.

Although it was posted in class, no one really knew what Mattia was doing, because every time someone peeked in, he hid it. Even with Tomoyo.

A month later, he finished. Now all he has to do is wait until March 26th...

However, an unexpected incident happened.

The pages in his notebook had been mutilated by someone.

The pictures in there are the same.

Witnessing that scene, he felt a very uncomfortable feeling, so furious that he wanted to throw the whole table away.

How much of my effort... Who torn it all??? You will know my hand!

Mattia was about to take the wooden chair and smash it when his uncle came in and asked:

"Hey, I'm going to ask- Oh my god, what is this, kid??"

He turned to look at him with extremely scary red eyes, his hair was ruffled, causing the uncle to step back.

"Look, all my hard work is now in pieces!" - Mattia yelled.

Wait, calm down, it was my perfectionism again. My uncle is the principal, so don't be so harsh...

"How were those torn out, kid?"

"I don't know! Well, go out and let me handle it myself."

Waiting for his uncle to come out, Mattia took a deep breath, trying to regain his composure.

In class, only Angie dares to do this.. But she doesn't know what I am doing?

Or a rat bite? Yeah, that's possible... Whatever, I'll have to fix it quickly.

It couldn't be done quickly to repair all of that, so he had to meticulously re-glue it even though he thought it would be fast.

Normally it only takes a day or two to fix, but after all, Mattia took three days to complete. Of course, he also had to take care of the farm and was meticulous enough to double-check it dozens of times.

Done! Now I shouldn't put it in the desk drawer anymore, it's best to put it in my bag and lock it..

Now Mattia is really satisfied.

A week later is March, on the 26th, is Tomoyo's birthday.

She still didn't get a reply from Neon, so she didn't know how he was.

Why didn't he send me any letters..?

Tomoyo opened the classroom door in frustration, suddenly confetti flew out.

At that time, the whole class shouted:

"Happy birthday class president!"

"Huh? Um.." - She looked around surprised.

"Tomoyo, everyone has been secretly preparing a birthday party for you all week. Come on in." - Kiyo said.

On the table Tomoyo had all kinds of gifts, she picked up a bouquet of flowers, slowly said:

"This bouquet..."

"From Kanryo. He said the store's promotional gift."

"What about this musical note hairpin?"

"Junko bought."

"This doll..."

"Hmph, I made it." - Angie crossed her arms.

"What about this music box?"

"Kiyo, Sunny and Genjitsu contributed money to buy it."

Tomoyo gently opened a box, in which was a white cream cake, beautifully decorated.

"That one was made by Kaori herself, then Nam decorated it."

"Hey, nothing left isn't it?"

"Yeah, but I didn't see Mattia's... He didn't say anything when the class got together about the party.." - Junko said.

She had just finished speaking when Mattia stepped in front of Tomoyo, placing something in her hand:

"I give it to you. Open it up."

She opened it to see that it was full of photos of his class so far, even a picture sent by Neon before he left.

"I finished it at the end of last year, but it was torn and I had to put it back on, so it didn't turn out very well.. Sorry." - Mattia shyly scratched his head.

"It's okay, thank you very much."

Charlotte picked up a glass of orange juice and said:

"Okay class, cheer?"

They picked it up and shouted in unison, "Happy birthday!"

After drinking, Mattia told Tomoyo this:

"Hey, thanks for... helping me ease the pain of the past. Without you, I don't know what I would be like now.."

"You're welcome. It's good that you're healthy."

Later, we cut the cake to eat, let Miss Charlotte take a picture, then took another picture as the whole class stood near the podium.

Both pictures were carefully pasted into the notebook Mattia made, creating two new memories as Neon, Mattia and everyone wanted.

Hopefully in the next year, even after graduation, they will still create good memories...