Chapter 117: Photos of Meiji Jingu Gaien (3)
This fireworks display, known as the "last fireworks of summer", lasts for a full hour from 7:30 to 8:30.
Fireworks are very beautiful, but if you watch them for more than ten minutes, they will become boring. After half an hour, you will almost want to leave.
Toru Watanabe looked around, whispered something to Miki Kujo, and prepared to go eat something.
"I'll go with you." Miki Kujo, who was also feeling bored, stood up.
At this time, the sound of fireworks being launched was endless, her face was illuminated by the fireworks, and her skirt and long hair were swaying in the night breeze. Watanabe Toru felt as if he had really seen a fairy of the night.
Miki Kujo looked at Toru Watanabe who was staring at her with a hint of smile in her eyes and extended her hand.
Watanabe Toru came back to his senses and held her hand with a smile.
Seeing the two people leave, the organizer who had been hiding somewhere suddenly appeared.
After knowing that the two were going to eat, he took the initiative to introduce the ingredients prepared for the guests today.
"This is tuna sushi, which was just shipped from Tottori Prefecture this morning. This is sea urchin from Rishiri, Hokkaido..."
Toru Watanabe never took the initiative to spend money to eat raw food, but since this was a rare opportunity, he tried every dish based on the organizer's introduction.
Miki Kujo was originally planning to send the nagging organizer away, but seeing that Toru Watanabe was listening with great interest, she didn't say anything.
It is worthy of being a VIP area. Even the place where you eat can overlook the entire Jingu Stadium.
The stadium has a rule that you cannot re-enter if you leave during a match, so there are people selling snacks and beer in the aisle of chairs.
The bustling and crowded scene and the empty VIP area around the two people formed two different worlds.
While eating sushi, Toru Watanabe imagined whether he would be among these people, or would he be holding a tripod and a long-pole microphone, staying outside the Jingu Stadium with Rin Kiyono, if he had not met Miki Kujo.
But no matter which one, it is impossible to be in this VIP area where "there are security guards, no unauthorized persons are allowed to enter, and exquisite food is placed on the long table and eaten at will."
After finishing their meal leisurely, it was almost 8:20 when the two left Jingu Stadium and reunited with Kiyono Rin.
On a bench at the entrance of Jingu Stadium, Kiyono Rin was sitting there with a box of fried noodles in her hand.
She looked up at the fireworks in the sky, and occasionally used chopsticks to put a mouthful of fried noodles covered with sauce into her mouth as if she remembered.
Watanabe Toru followed her gaze and looked at the fireworks, which were mostly blocked by the buildings of the Jingu Stadium. The view here was very bad, and it would be better to be farther away.
For example, the complete fireworks could be seen from the bench where the two sat in the afternoon or from the ginkgo tree.
There is no charge there, and many citizens brought plastic mats and sat in the square like a picnic, eating the food they brought while enjoying the fireworks.
Maybe it's more comfortable than buying a ticket with money.
"Why don't we go in together? We can take pictures of the fireworks inside and eat for free." Watanabe Toru retracted his gaze.
Qingye Rin put down the fried noodles in her hand, took out a tissue and wiped her mouth slowly.
"Do you think I'm Watanabe-san? I've had enough of that kind of place. The fried noodles outside are delicious." Her indifferent tone was full of gunpowder.
Feeling puzzled, Toru Watanabe suspected that there was gunpowder smoke from the fireworks mixed into her fried noodles.
The night wind was indeed filled with the smell of gunpowder.
"You were the one who suggested staying here. Why are you…?"
Before Watanabe Toru finished speaking, the host's excited voice came from the radio: "Sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time, it's finally the end! Please enjoy the last enthusiasm of summer, 80 rapid-fire No. 5 fireworks, continuous firing, start!"
Before I could react to what the host was saying, the rocket suddenly rose into the sky, and huge waterfalls of fireworks appeared one after another in the night sky, dazzling the eyes.
Toru Watanabe looked at this feast of light and sound in amazement. He had never seen such amazing fireworks.
Kiyono Rin and Kujo Miki, who were standing nearby, were also staring at the scene quietly, their two snow-white, delicate faces clearly reflected.
Qingye Rin suddenly came to his senses: "Movie!"
"I almost forgot." Toru Watanabe quickly started working.
Fortunately, although it was rapid-fire, it was not a submachine gun after all. Before the eighty fireworks were finished, Kiyono Rin finally managed to capture the scene of Kujo Miki's anxiety and loss.
Watanabe Toru put away the long-pole microphone: "After we finish filming the scene where the heroine goes home, will we be done for today?"
"No need." Qingye Rin said, "'Iwate Prefecture to Tokyo, 400 kilometers' is expected to be filmed for 25 minutes. Some insignificant shots, such as you being stabbed to death, the heroine returning home, and even your funeral, will not be filmed."
"...I won't argue with you about other things. What is "Iwate Prefecture to Tokyo, 400 kilometers"?"
"Don't you know the name of the movie?" Kiyono Rin's acting of pretending to be surprised was terrible, but very cute.
"How should I know?"
"I thought you were so smart that you could guess it." Qingno Rin said as if it was a matter of course.
What kind of person can guess the movie title that the director came up with on the spur of the moment? Watanabe Toru really wants to be his apprentice.
Also, why is it so "coincidental" that this 'male protagonist' is also from Iwate Prefecture?
He turned to Kujo Miki and said, "I can understand why you hate this guy so much. I hate her too now."
Miki Kujo glanced at Kiyono Rin with a smile.
But Qing Ye Lin glared at Watanabe Toru and said, "We have finished filming. Let's go."
The three left Meiji Jingu Gaien before the spectators came out of Jingu Stadium and the roads became crowded.
Once outside, Kujo Miki got into the luxury car that had been waiting there and sped away on the road where traffic was clearly controlled.
"It's great to have money." Toru Watanabe, holding a tripod and a long-pole microphone, said to the taillights of a receding car.
"You are very rich now, aren't you?"
"I am rich, but actually, the happiest time I had in Tokyo was when I held up a billboard under the sun for hours, worked part-time every day, and thought about how to save money." Watanabe Toru said the lines he had always wanted to say with great satisfaction.
My favorable impression of Kiyono Rin increased by three points!
On the contrary, Kiyono Rin showed a smile that could even be said to be cruel.
"I was wrong." Watanabe Toru decided to quit while he was ahead.
The girl sighed helplessly and walked towards the station.
Although I avoided the spectators at Jingu Stadium, I couldn't avoid the flow of people at the station, and the platform was very crowded.
Most of the people seemed to be coming back from a fireworks display, and they were not only wearing yukatas, but also carrying mats and parasols.
The various gazes from the men around her always looked at Qingye Rin intentionally or unintentionally, making her frown.
Watanabe Toru, who was also stared at by girls, could understand Kiyono Rin's feelings even though he couldn't empathize with her as a boy.
"Would you like to take a taxi?" he suggested.
Taxis are ridiculously expensive in the island country, but that's not a problem for both of them.
Qingye Rin glanced at the platform full of people. They were trapped in the crowd and unable to move.
"Do you think we can still go out?"
Watanabe Toru noticed the situation of the two and nodded in agreement: "Then can you hold on ?"
"cannot."
“…”
Watanabe Toru was very surprised. He thought Kiyono Rin would say something like "It doesn't matter whether you can hold on or not. Don't you have to hold on in this situation?"
"So what do you do?" he asked.
Qing Ye Lin pondered for a while, and finally said helplessly: "There is no other way, I can only accept your proposal."
"Take a taxi? Aren't you unable to get out?"
"Are you an idiot, Watanabe-san? Sorry, you're an idiot for always thinking about girls' breasts and legs, right?"
"...Can you please keep your voice down?" Toru Watanabe really had no idea what to do with this guy.
Qing Ye Lin noticed the strange looks around her, her face turned red, she lowered her eyes to look at herself and Watanabe Tetsu, and whispered: "It's all your fault for being so stupid!"
"I'm so sorry for being so stupid."
"It's okay." Qing Ye Lin raised her head and said with light in her eyes: "My heart is as high as Shiomi Yue. Forgive your stupidity and thank me."
"That's absolutely right, it's what she's always wanted to say!" Watanabe Toru assured him at Yotsuya Station.
If not, let the next incoming tram derail and crash into the platform where he is!
By the way, kill the guy next to you.
"Ms. Kiyono, who is both beautiful and intelligent, please tell me what the proposal you are talking about is?"
Kiyono Rin replied with a little satisfaction on her face: "'You are so beautiful, and there are many people watching the fireworks tonight. I will be very worried about you. Don't leave my side then'... Watanabe-san, is this what you said?"
Toru Watanabe looked up at the station ceiling: "I was not myself yesterday."
"You are indeed an idiot. It is today at noon."
“…Is this the point?”
Qingye Rin was slightly displeased: "Besides lying, you also want to go back on your words?"
"Of course not. As The Great Gatsby says, everyone thinks he has at least one cardinal virtue, and mine is keeping his promises."
Kiyono Rin rubbed his temple with a headache and did not tell Watanabe Toru that he said last time that his basic virtue was honesty.
"Anyway, before we leave Yotsuya Station, I allow you to protect me like a knight protects a princess."
"You are amazing, Kiyono-san, for being able to express your request in a congratulatory tone."
"You don't like it?"
"No, no, no, I'd love to. But how about the salary?"
"salary?"
"Of course, you think so! With my status, being a protector for others, do you know what it means? If nothing unexpected happens, your future will at least be one of stepping on everyone else's head - I say 'at least' because I haven't discovered other races yet."
"Guardian?" Qing Ye Lin looked at Watanabe Toru helplessly, "I find it difficult to understand what you are talking about sometimes. Is the gap between Iwate Prefecture and Tokyo so big?"
"Kiyano-san, let me ask you a question."
"Um."
"Do you know the comic book "Guan Gong's Stories"? " asked Toru Watanabe.
"I know Guan Gong, it should refer to Guan Yu in the Three Kingdoms, but I have never heard of this comic. What's wrong with it?"
"Its full name is "About Not Being Able to Understand What My Husband Is Saying", and the story is about: The husband uses his rich experience and knowledge of being a nerd to play this trick on his wife who knows nothing about it..."
Watanabe Toru shut his mouth.
Qing Ye Lin blinked her eyes that were as beautiful and cold as the aurora: "Enough of the dirty jokes. If you do it a third time today, I will..."
"I was wrong."
Watanabe Toru said it so bluntly that Kiyono Rin couldn't help but smile from her cold face a little bit, then immediately turned cold again and glared at him fiercely.
At this moment, they heard a clanging sound and they both turned around at the same time. The tram slid into the platform following the broadcast and slowly stopped in front of them.
Although there are not many reports of perverts on trains, they have never stopped. In order to avoid accidents, Watanabe Toru protected Kiyono Rin into the crowded carriage and let her stand in the corner of the wall.
He took the tripod and long-pole microphone that he had been holding in his arms and completely surrounded Kiyono Rin.
"...Thank you." Qingye Rin blushed slightly and turned away.
"Nothing. It's the male lead's duty to protect the director."
Watanabe Tetsuichi talked nonsense, and Kiyono Rin immediately got rid of her shyness and looked up at him.
"Wait a minute, the hero should protect the heroine. Also, even if you try to please me now, Watanabe-san, the ending of you being killed won't change."
"That's not what I want to please you."
Kiyono Rin looked at Watanabe Toru suspiciously.
The neck and collarbone revealed from the well-made shirt were strong and full of lines, and the face with a slight smile, looking straight at me...
"Kiyono-san!"
Watanabe Toru and Kiyono Rin looked in the direction of the voice and saw Tamamo Omi in the distance, saying "Excuse me" and "Excuse me" as she squeezed towards them.
Behind her are Asuka Mai, Hanada Asako, and Ikki Aoi.
The Meiji Jingu Gaien fireworks festival is one of the three major fireworks festivals in Tokyo, a grand event with over one million people participating. Yotsuya Station, where Kamikawa High School is located, is not far from here, so Toru Watanabe was not surprised to meet his classmates.
However, when will Tamamo Mimi appear in "Ikki Aoi Love Story"?
Tamamo Yoshimi walked over and inserted herself between the two of them without hesitation - her face facing Kiyono Rin and the back of her head facing Watanabe Toru.
"Kiyono-san, what a coincidence, did you go to watch the fireworks too?"
"Well, no, not really." Qingye Rin couldn't deal with people who were enthusiastic and proactive.
"What are you here for?"
“To make a movie.”
"Filming a movie?!" Tamamo Haomi raised her voice without any public manners, "You can call me Haomi! I was a model for a while in junior high school, and I also shot a promotional video for the film research department!"
"Really? That's amazing. I was planning to invite Tamamo-san, but it just started today, so I didn't have time to inform you."
"Really? That's great! What movie is it? Tell Haomei now!"
…
Toru Watanabe had had enough.
Tamamo is so beautiful that she talks as she moves her body around, with her simple yet inexplicably pretty high ponytail swinging back and forth, making Watanabe Toru want to sneeze.
The carriage was packed with people, leaving almost no space, and there was nowhere for him to retreat even if he wanted to.
"Ponytail attack? Do you think you're Eriri?" Watanabe Toru sniffed twice, suppressing the urge to sneeze while smelling a familiar scent.
Senior Mai came to his side.
Watanabe Toru looked straight ahead and tried hard to pretend he didn't see the other person.
But in his peripheral vision, he could clearly see that Senior Mai was staring at him intently.
Not only that, as she looked at him, her snow-white and delicate skin gradually turned blood red.
Then, the excited senior Mai secretly reached out her hand to Watanabe Toru.
“…”
Watanabe Toru slowly turned his head and looked at senior Mai, who did not hide her red cheeks.
He looked at her lips, and at this moment, the words that those sweet lips had once said rang in his ears.
It was the early morning of the second day of the wind band's training, and the location was outside the forest.
[“Tetsu, look, this is the one in your hand.”]
"Really, don't do this!" Watanabe Toru looked at Mai-senpai with such eyes.
But Senior Mai's clear eyes were watery, blocked by tears that emerged for some unknown reason, and she seemed completely unable to understand what he meant.
Toru Watanabe turned his gaze to Hanada Asako and Ikki Aoi again, hoping that the two could make Senior Mai stop in her tracks.
But they were holding their phones, seemingly selecting photos they had just taken to post on Instagram.
"You!" Tamamo Haomi suddenly turned her head and her eyes widened behind her contact lenses.
Watanabe Toru's eyes were unexpectedly swept by her ponytail. He blinked desperately, trying hard not to shed tears.
"Why did you turn around suddenly?" He suppressed his anger.
Tamamo Yotsumi stared at him with angry eyes and said nothing.
"What's wrong, Tamamo-san?" asked Qingye Rin softly.
"No, it's okay." Tamamo Yoshimi gave Watanabe Toru a warning look and continued to watch the video shot by the SLR camera with Kiyono Rin.
"I was going to put this part at the end of the movie, but it's clearly the beginning of the story..."
Listening to Kiyono Rin's explanation, Tamamo Haomi recalled what had just happened.
Just now, Toru Watanabe touched her butt with his hand!
And he was very cunning and deliberately used the back of his hand!
Many hooligans reported in the news use this kind of excuse when they are caught, and they can also use the excuse of "I just accidentally rubbed you with the back of my hand, who do you think you are, who wants to harass you!"
Watanabe Toru was about to cry, and Tamamo Harumi was attacked on the butt again. The two of them cursed each other in their hearts.
Fortunately, the train ride from Shinano-machi to Yotsuya Station only takes two minutes.
