Web of light. Part 1-7

"Well, anyway, they're shooting their own shooting games and playing warcraft there -they'll get over it. And there was no reason to lie to the director that they had self-study via the Internet. Printout of traffic in the nose, and let them try not to give it!" With these thoughts, Midori smiled even more affectionately, continuing to talk about the usefulness of walking and that the principal, just like the students, gets to school. She knew that Hiroe the snake couldn't help but prepare some kind of surprise for the director, but she didn't tell her, "for the sake of a natural reaction." Well, let her, she'll see for herself now anyway.

Group 2, consisting of Aiko and Rinko, took up a position near the tree along with the object "K". Object "K", who is also an extremely fluffy black and white large kitten, five and a half months old, with expressive eyes and a loud high-pitched voice, was now lying quietly in Rinko's arms. The girl found the kitten on her own with Yuto, just walking around a couple of shopping districts where conditionally homeless cats live. Aiko, the fourth girl from the journalism club, was a pronounced "green" activist — she called for the rescue of animals (except whales and dolphins, otherwise the authorities might misunderstand), regularly visited the city animal shelter and campaigned in every possible way for a good attitude towards our younger brothers from the podium of the school. And here is such a chance for PR!

Rinko frowned, remembering how Yuto and that nasty bitch Hiroe spent two hours, shouting, arguing and doodling on paper, redoing the "ingenious" plan of the "gray cardinal". And then she smiled when she remembered how the journalist had tried to kick her out of the discussion under the pretext that as few people as possible should know about the Plan.

"Remember," Yuto said in an unexpectedly harsh, oppressive tone. Rinko will never betray. She's as reliable as a rock, more reliable than me or you, okay?! Her cheeks warmed up again, and Rinko was only awakened from her reverie by a poke in the side.

"Time, time, Rinko— chan! There's no one here yet!"

The girls picked up a ladder and, running around the corner, placed it against the lower branch of a selected tree in a small park near the buildings of the old factory. Almost no one goes here, the local junior school for these places is in the other direction, but there are no residential buildings here. Rinko put the kitten on a higher branch, hurriedly jumped down and the girls dragged the ladder away.

"This Hiroe," Rinko thought with disgust and delight, pulling out an electronic board in a plastic bag from her bag and plugging in the contacts to turn on the power, "this shorn bitch just scares me."

The girl made sure that the cellular network icon on the mobile screen went out, and ran around the corner behind Aiko, from where they quickly moved to the end of the jamming zone, which was two hundred meters in diameter. After making sure that the phone was picking up the network again, both of them connected to the school's server without agreeing. The crucial moment of the plan was coming, and if anything, the kitten needed to be rescued by themselves.

Koneko's black and white kitten (which means kitten) was one of the shelter's "representative" cats: that is, he had the external data and enough brains to play along with his human partner when he collects donations for the shelter.

Koneko's black and white kitten (which means kitten) was one of the shelter's "representative" cats: that is, he had the external data and enough brains to play along with his human partner when he collects donations for the shelter. He clearly understood that for the right actions, they give delicious food! The shelter's training scenario was worked out and consisted of a preliminary "run-through" of the kitten's actions when a certain event occurs. For example, you need to react to women passing by and meow plaintively. When she came up, she looked into her eyes. I went away — they give me a piece of delicious food! A separate question is how Hiroe found out about this? But okay. Koneko was talented, but the kitten was gradually becoming a very decent-sized cat. So it would be time for him to be settled by someone... and then the opportunity came up! Aiko personally trained the cat on the man in the jacket. Koneko looked smaller from the tree than he really is. So, the chairs are set up, the guns are hung... And here's the main character!

The director, as before, was in a great mood: the weather was fresh, walking was easy, what else was needed? True, the kids delayed him a little when he left the house, but only for a few minutes, so there was no need to even speed up his steps. The sky is blue, the sun is climbing into the sky. Grace! And then he saw a small, extremely cute kitten crouched on the second branch of a thick cherry tree from below. The kitten's whole appearance showed that he had somehow climbed onto a branch two or even three days ago and could not get down by himself. The kitten looked at the man, and Hiroshi-san just drowned in his green-ligth blue eyes.

"Mi-I-I... I-u," the unfortunate beast almost whispered in a barely audible voice, and the director realized that he simply could not pass by like that. We must save them! The problem is that the bottom branch was more than two meters away, maybe even three, and the cat, as expected, did not react to the "Nya-nya, jump to daddy".

Looking at these antics and monkey jumps, to Midori's alarmed recitation of heroic attempts to save the unfortunate animal, Hiroe painfully regretted that she could not have left a dictaphone nearby to listen to what he was saying to the poor cat! Unfortunately, the girl knew herself well and was sure that she would not have been able to resist and then voiced the recording, and then could not resist and bragged. That's how the best plans burn.

"He can't stand up from hunger," the director realized. And he pulled out his phone to call the rescue service. He didn't even remember that there was no cat in the tree yesterday. Hiroshi-san had one weakness — he was madly in love with cats! And now his feelings were playing tricks on him: he couldn't catch the phone because of the jammer, and it was beyond his strength to get away from the poor kitten! And he made the decision to climb. Of course, Hiroshi-san did not know that the chosen tree had been slightly modified by the Amakawa clan force — Yuto insured that the branches would not fall off under the weight of a person, and strengthened the trunk itself — or else you never know. Progress — I didn't even destroy a tree. There is no need to bring a farce to a tragedy. It was with these thoughts in mind that the conspirators combed last year's leaves under the branches last night for fragments or pieces of iron. And a small modification to make it more interesting to save — the bark, which was initially smooth on the bottom of the trunk, became even smoother and more slippery. Naturally, Yuto did it unnoticed by the others.

After the first fall, Hiroshi took off his jacket and folded it neatly. After the second one, the tie went to the jacket. The shirt was already ruined, but now the director took it off, too, showing the audience very good muscles: nevertheless, in his youth he worked as an ordinary handyman on construction sites, never giving up teaching, and even supported a young pregnant wife. O-one, and the operator of the flying camera made a hit, and already a decent crowd of students gathered in front of the school, watching two or three through one phone for a live report, gasped. His muscles bulged, and with a few energetic movements, the director dragged a heavy park bench with stone legs under a tree. Now, with a normal focus, he made a vigorous output of force — two, three — straddled the branch. And the cat is saved!

There were clearly audible ovations and shouts in the courtyard of the school. The teachers, who were approaching the school and had already arrived, looked out to see what the students were crowding for, were involuntarily drawn into what was happening and gasped along with the children. Especially the young teachers. Of course, the older teachers, especially the deputy director, demanded that the broadcast be stopped... In the middle of the schoolyard, oh yeah. Naturally, the screams did not bring any effect. The director, having finished with his shirt, reached for his jacket... That was not the case! Aneko, grabbing the sleeve of Hiroshi's clothes, rubbed with dry catnip, provided the kitten with a reliable "binding" to the director's jacket. Besides, Koneko hasn't been given anything delicious yet! That's how Principal Hiroshi ran into the schoolyard, wearing an unbuttoned rumpled jacket, with a black and white five-month-old kitten in the crook of his elbow, and was greeted in the courtyard by a thunderous ovation from the crowd of students. And he began to understand something only when the flying camera dropped three meters above the crowd, aiming its lens at him, but it was too late. Hiroe clicked "OK" as she finished recording the streaming video on YouTube.

Midori and Hiroe, as the authors of the project, were shown on city television, she was invited to another program about schoolchildren. Midori was happy, it's not a bad line on her resume if you get a job as a TV presenter after high school. Hiroe was pleased, her personal fame suited her as much as possible, because she was going to become a journalist, and then a politician. Oh yes, Hiroe had a plan for almost thirty years ahead. Very detailed. The flying platform with the camera turned out to be almost the central exhibit at the school technical exhibition, and a representative of the local polytechnic university offered Mr. Hiroshi cooperation in terms of the fact that enhanced technical training from such a young age is just wonderful for their students. And for a long time he tried to find out in a roundabout way who guided the small schoolboys in their work. The animal shelter received a good donation from the principal when the cunning Aiko persuaded Principal-san, since he couldn't keep the kitten, to go with her to the shelter. And there, once again, he couldn't resist the fifty owners of fluffy tails, whiskers and ears sitting in aviaries AND SO UNHAPPY!

"I don't understand, what was the benefit for us personally to participate in all this?" Rinko asked Yuto, about three days after all the events. "I understand why girls, even a bitch with a haircut, would do that, but Toro would at least go into the fire for Aneko. What about us?"

"Oh, I have to remind you of something. Do you remember when I told you that I remember from my grandfather's stories about the exorcist clans?"

"I remember I don't like that we have to do this, and even like this, secretly. But I like killing people and Yokai for no reason even less." Kuzaki took off an antique gold hairpin from her bangs and pinned her hair back. "As the head of the clan, maybe you can really make a difference, your voice counts in the Circle."

"Don't forget, if I'm alone, just with you, no amount of voting rights will help. Didn't you agree then that we should look for an ally?"

"J... How are they?"

"Jinguji"

"Yes, you said that Grandfather signed an alliance agreement with them."

"And with my grandfather, it made sense. But right now, the entire clan's power is sealed."

"I still don't understand this rush. You'll get all your vassals for your sixteenth birthday, right" .. Rinko was confused, but the rest was clear: "and now I'm with you."

"Because I do not know what forces the clan has left, and I suspect that they are small. And while I am not considered capable, I need to accumulate strength, pick up new Yokai who want to serve my clan. But we also need to get in touch with Jinguji in advance, I do not know what conditions have been set for us. Get out unofficially.

"That's understandable. But..."

"You just didn't match it. Do you know where Hiroe's father works as the head of the IT department?"

"Is it important?"

"As it turned out, yes. Didn't I tell you about the visit of the Social Committee inspector to the quarter? So, by some chance, Hiroe's father's place of work is called the Social Committee. And by some chance, a man named Jinguji works as the head of the local branch of the committee. And Hiroe herself now owes us for her help. Is it suitable for informal contact?"

Rinko had to admit that she would go.

Meanwhile, Yuto took out the latest issue of the city newspaper, where on the second page there was an article "Young technical geniuses-elementary school students."

The article mentioned a flying helicopter camera, participation in a glider competition, and even mentioned a shooting range.

"So what?" Kuzaki asked, putting down the newspaper.

"It's just that the authorities will have fewer questions if they have to use this." Yuto picked up a thick-walled brown ceramic tube about a meter long, with a hole about a centimeter in diameter. Seeing Rinko's perplexity, he pulled a small metal ball out of his pocket, pushed it into the hole at the end and held it with his hand. The other end pointed at the last remaining concrete wall.

Flop-dsh-sh. A round ball-sized hole appeared in the wall. Yuto walked over to the table and picked up a pencil... and he stuck it in the hole for the entire length.

"That's it, friend," The guy said sadly, "do you want peace? Prepare for war."

Part 13

Chapter 77.

In my past life, I definitely didn't come across the best school. In some ways, I now reminded myself of the "canonical" Yuto, if he had grown up without Rinko's participation and would not have been the heir to the exorcist clan. Apparently, my underlying desire to "replay" played a role in getting here. Sometimes I wonder what would happen if I woke up in the lab one day. However, I know. I'll circle the place of the chair on the floor with a marker and try to see my dream further... And I don't believe it's a dream. There is too much original "content" so to speak. And the "texture" of the world, all these hieroglyphs, traditions, school, after all... people. After our enchanting "conspiracy", I suddenly found that half of the school was greeting me, and both streams of high school students were not just greeting me, but considered a good friend, almost a friend. Midori and Hiroe, Aneko with Todo and Aiko, immediately after the participation of the first two in the Sunday program "School and Schoolchildren" dragged Rinko and me into the journalism club, closed the doors and got out... That's right, champagne! And as soon as they got it, Hiroe's job was for sure. Todo was increasingly silent, but to my surprise, I broke up, argued about biology with Aiko, argued about politics with Hiroe (and once again I was surprised by her childish mindset and the frightening feeling that in terms of speed and resourcefulness of mind, this fragile girl with short hair surpasses you if not twice, so at one and a half for sure. This is despite the fact that she is only eleven years old, and I, counting "there" — thirty! Yes, the baby's body has pretty much "rejuvenated" my emotions, but the brain is something... in a way... I still have the same ones. Anyway, after drinking a bottle of champagne (with a snack!) for the seven of us, we gradually spread out into three groups: Rinko chatted about animals in general and cats in particular with Aiko and Midori, who joined them, Todo and Aneko crawled into a corner and talked quietly about something, and I found myself in Hiroe's company.