Chapter 131 Cultural Festival (4)
Watanabe Toru was in a bad mood and didn't even go to see the maid cafe of Class 3, Grade 2. He went straight up to the third floor and came to the first-year floor.
People around him were whispering about him. If it weren't for the incident of beating the student council president, and the fact that he had a girlfriend, someone would definitely come up to him and confess their love.
Unlike his usual deliberate attempt to avoid smiling, in this movie he occasionally cracks a smile.
No one can resist Toru Watanabe's smile and handsomeness.
When he passed Class One, Grade One, he looked inside. It was a classroom set up as a restaurant, with guests and waiters coming and going.
I didn't see Kiyono Rin.
After the wind band finished their performance and left the stage, I didn't see her again.
When he returned to Class 4, Toru Watanabe saw the monitor wearing glasses sitting in front of the door, in charge of selling tickets.
"Is there anything I can help you with?" said Toru Watanabe.
"Apart from publicity, there's nothing else." The squad leader answered uncertainly.
After the cultural festival began, the girls completely took control of Class Four. After all, whether it was makeup, scripts, or costumes, everything depended on them, and the boys, including the class monitor, could only obey orders.
"That's it." Watanabe Toru nodded, "If there is a chance, I will try to help promote it on the executive committee."
The squad leader adjusted his glasses and said, "Someone from the news department came to see you just now."
Those two people were simply annoying, as was the discipline committee member. After suffering a loss or two, Watanabe Toru usually avoided them on purpose.
"Just say you didn't see me."
The class monitor nodded and said, "Would you like to go in and take a look? The script written by Tsuruoka-san is very interesting."
"Okay." Although I told Kujo and the others that the script was not good, I still read it through.
"100 yen off."
“I have to pay too?”
"Of course." The monitor adjusted his glasses again, "In order to improve performance, all students in this class need to buy tickets, just as payment for class fees."
Unlike other schools that are not allowed to make money from cultural festivals and must turn over all profits, Kamikawa High School not only does not charge students a penny, it even has an award for the most profitable group.
"Then I won't watch it."
"...Watanabe-san, can you have a little sense of collective honor?"
"You guys are the ones, right? As a member of Class 4, I work hard to raise the average score, but you still charge me for watching a stage play? Can you show some class warmth?"
"That's the rule. Also, our class's average score is the highest in the grade, but you're the only one who's always ranked third in the grade. Do you know how embarrassing that is?"
"ah?"
"Now other classes keep calling us the third best, even though it clearly has nothing to do with us."
"What do those guys know! I'm showing weakness to the enemy. A good man doesn't fight with a woman. Do you know Uchiha Madara? Everyone thought he was killed by Hashirama Senju in the Valley of the End, but what was the truth? Not only did he not die, he also obtained Hashirama's cells and was even successfully resurrected in the end!"
"You are third in the grade."
"I'm talking about Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama."
"You are third in the grade"
"Why don't you understand what I mean, squad leader? Don't care about the superficial win or loss. The real winner..."
"Class monitor..." A girl stuck her head out of the front door of the classroom in a long tone, interrupting Watanabe Toru, "Come over here, Takeda-san needs to go to the bathroom."
"Okay." The squad leader stood up, holding his glasses.
"Eh? Watanabe-kun is here too? Then you can help~ Team leader, you can continue to sell tickets. Also, don't just sit there like an idiot. Isn't that the same as the sign that says 'Automatic payment: Tickets 100 yen'? Go and attract customers!"
"...Okay." The squad leader sat down, holding his glasses.
"Watanabe-kun, come here quickly!" the girl shouted.
Watanabe Toru walked over and before entering the classroom door, he asked, "Are you trying to cheat me out of my ticket money?"
"What?" The girl looked at him in confusion.
"Nothing." Toru Watanabe looked around the classroom. The podium was arranged as a stage, with seven or eight guests sitting below.
The girl took a doll costume of a tree and said, "Watanabe-kun, when you go on stage, please turn your back to the audience. Thank you for standing there for ten minutes!"
"It's okay." Watanabe Tetsuto crawled into the doll costume, "Although the class monitor wants to charge me for the ticket, I am still a member of Class 4."
The girl laughed and shyly helped Watanabe Toru tidy up his messy bangs.
Watanabe Toru was startled, but he immediately responded by saying, "Thank you, Takahashi."
"Watanabe-kun has great skin, what is it?"
"Meiji scribbled something for me, but I don't know what it is exactly. Do you need me to ask for you?"
Miki Kujo did put something on his face, but it was only on her birthday, the only night that Toru Watanabe stayed overnight, and it was not known whether it was makeup remover or moisturizing skin care product.
"Ah." Takahashi hesitated, "Well, no thanks, Watanabe-kun."
When the atmosphere became awkward, the female squad leader Ikeda Kazumi called out to them, "Wenhui, have you found the person yet?"
"Coming, coming!" Takahashi Fumihui quickly waved her hand in response, then pointed to a spot on the stage and said to Watanabe Toru, "Watanabe-kun, just stand there."
"no problem."
Watanabe Toru, who turned into a big tree, went on stage in a way that tried not to attract other people's attention. He stood obediently at the back of the stage and blended into the background.
"Hey, isn't this the famous star Watanabe-san?"
Watanabe Toru couldn't turn his head, so he glanced sideways and saw Kunii Osamu disguised as a banana tree.
"When were you here?"
"Since morning. " On the other side, the apple tree spoke.
"Saito? You weren't already here when I came to get the instrument?"
"certainly."
"...Then you guys must have had a hard time." Watanabe Toru decided to give the 100 yen to the squad leader later.
"It doesn't matter." Banana Tree Kunii said excitedly, "This is the last one. Someone else will take over in the afternoon. Saito and I have been chatting for a long time and have made a thorough plan for the cultural festival!"
"That's right!" Saito might have wanted to nod, but the conditions did not allow it. "First of all, the comics department. According to the information I got, you only need to find the senior in the corner and say the code, and you can buy the 18+ fanfiction book."
"What's the code?"
"Do you want to dance too?"
"I definitely wouldn't buy something as vulgar as that. I'm just curious about the code," said Toru Watanabe.
"Why are you in such a hurry to explain? The code is 'Do you want to dance too?'"
"I see."
"By the way," Banana Tree Kuni said, "I've been hearing people talking about the Human Observation Department's movie. Give us two internal tickets later."
"200 per piece."
“We have to pay too?”
"Of course." Watanabe Toru wanted to nod like the class monitor, but the conditions did not allow it. "Do you dare to steal Kiyono Rin's money?"
"…Let's just pay."
Sankeshu turned his back to the male and female protagonists who were talking in a literary manner and chatting in low voices. Ten minutes passed quickly.
Kunii Osamu and Saito Keisuke couldn't wait to go to the comics club, fearing that they would be late and wouldn't be able to buy the books. Watanabe Toru was in a much better mood and was ready to find a classroom with a restaurant to eat lunch.
He used his position on the executive committee to get a lot of discount coupons from inside, and even front-row seats for the dance club.
But let’s not talk about the dance club. I should have sold it at a high price earlier.
The female students in the dance club are generally very cute. If they were put in the animation, they would have Kyoto faces, and there would definitely be a market for scalping tickets.
With all sorts of thoughts in his mind, Toru Watanabe walked into Class One, Grade One.
"Welcome, how many people are there?"
"one."
"Can I sit here?"
After ordering a bowl of Chinese cold noodles, Toru Watanabe took a look around the place that was set up as a kitchen. The "kitchen" was making the food exactly as taught by the Tokyo TV station.
It seems that he was not the only high school student who stayed at home watching TV during the typhoon.
Next, Toru Watanabe went to the club building and started walking around from the first floor.
On the way, I was forced to take a photo by the photo department. They said it was free, but they said they would charge 500 yen for the photo, but the costumes.
We visited the abacus department on the way .
Although I didn't know how to use an abacus, the sound of the beads clacking made me feel that it was amazing. I gave a heartfelt applause and paid the 100 yen admission fee.
I went to the flower arrangement club to experience flower arranging.
I feel good about myself, but the tree branches always fall down and I need someone to hold them up. The handling fee is 300 yen.
I came across the real divination research department at the stairs on the third floor.
This time, Toru Watanabe did not ask about his term of office, but about his marriage.
The witch took a look at Watanabe Toru and knew him. He was very famous and handsome, and his girlfriend was Miki Kujo.
With such conditions, you still ask about marriage.
"It's not good." She said in a low voice.
"How bad is very bad?"
"But it doesn't matter. You have the ability to solve the problem. The key lies in your determination."
"So how bad is it?"
"In addition to determination, you also need a little bit of luck. You've been in trouble recently, and you're distressed, right? Now for only 100 yen, I can change your luck."
“This is a discount coupon.”
"50 yen off."
Change your strategy and visit clubs where you can win money.
Shogi Club.
A competition called "Battle for Kamikawa Ryuou" was held with a registration fee of 200 yen and a limit of 30 points per person. The champion could take away all the profits of the shogi club that day.
Isn't this what is prepared for the protagonist?
When Kirito entered GGO, he showed off his moves in front of Shinono and earned a lot of money. It was no problem for Toru Watanabe to defeat the shogi club alone and take the title of "Kamikawa Ryuoh"!
Result: Loss of 200 yen.
"The head of the shogi club is a professional player's job, so why isn't it written in the tournament manual?"
Riddle Department.
If you answer five questions correctly, you will get a 200 yen entry fee refunded, and then starting from the fifth question, you will get a 100 yen reward for every five questions you answer correctly.
Question 1: In the "Detective Conan" movie "The Crimson Love Letter", what are the last two lines of Haibara Ai's waka "I am filled with longing for you and am willing to end my life."?
You call this a guessing game?
Result: Loss of 200.
By the way, the last two sentences are: While living in this world, I have no way to hide my infatuation.
"My life, if I lose it, then I lose it. If I continue to live like this for a long time, the love hidden deep in my heart will be exposed."
"What are you howling about?" In the Human Observation Department's activity room, Kiyono Rin looked at Watanabe Toru who opened the door with displeasure, her eyes full of determination.
"Dora A-Rin, you are here. I am so miserable!"
"Really?" Qingye Rin said perfunctorily with no interest.
"You are too cold."
"Do you need me to call an ambulance for you?"
"That's not necessary." Watanabe Toru pulled out a chair and sat down in his seat. "It's mainly the heart and the wallet that are hurt."
Qingye Rin turned the page of the book and didn't even bother to say anything.
Toru Watanabe noticed the hardcover book in her hand. Judging from the text layout, it should be classical literature.
"I've always had a question. People like you, Seino-san..."
"Someone like me?" Qingye Rin looked at him unkindly.
"It's just the literary girl, I'm praising you."
"lie."
Watanabe Toru pretended not to hear and continued, "Are literary girls not interested in Conan or anything like that? Do they prefer old songs? Kiyono-san, do you know Kenshi Yonezu and Kano?"
"Kenshi Yonezu has heard of it, but Kano hasn't," Kiyono Rin answered honestly.
"What about Miyuki Nakajima, Izumi Sakai, and Ayumi Hamasaki?"
"I know everything."
"It seems that we have the same interests and hobbies."
Qingye Rin was a little curious: "Which singer do you like?"
"Seiko Matsuda."
"Seiko Matsuda?"
"You don't know? That shouldn't be the case." Watanabe Toru strained his throat, "It's Seiko Matsuda who sang [Ah, my love has long gone with the south wind.]"
Qingye Rin closed the book and buried her face in her hands.
I couldn't see her expression, only her shoulders were shaking.
"Are you laughing? Are you mocking?!"
Qingye Rin slowly raised her head, her face expressionless, and nodded, saying: "So you like Matsuda Seiko."
"...Don't go too far! Qingye, let me tell you, I have tolerated you saying that my singing is bad for a long time!"
Qing Ye Lin was not angry at all, instead, she said happily: "It can't be helped. It's your fault that you sing so badly, Watanabe-san."
"Kiyono-san has a really sharp tongue. By the way, I like this too."
The girl's expression suddenly turned ugly, and she gave Watanabe Toru a look of extreme disgust.
She was too lazy to pay attention to Toru Watanabe and was about to read a book when the sound of a musical instrument suddenly came from outside the window.
It doesn't sound like music prepared for a cultural festival.
Watanabe Toru listened for a while, then looked at Kiyono Rin and said, "Have they started practicing already?"
"With less than a month left until the national competition, they didn't want to worry about anything other than playing."
"I hope their hard work will pay off and they can win the gold medal." Toru Watanabe was also moved by the diligence of the wind orchestra.
No one has any reason to blame them for taking a day off during the cultural festival, but they still insist on practicing, including many third-year students who will soon be taking entrance exams.
Qing Ye Lin disagreed: "The wind band has no holidays before the competition. For a club participating in the national competition, hard work is just the basics, let alone the gold medal."
"You are too strict with them."
"They...Aren't you also a member of the wind band?"
"No, I was born in the Human Observation Department, and I will die in the Human Observation Department's activity classroom."
"Forget it when I die. It will cause me trouble."
"Hello……"
Kiyono Rin opened the book, ignoring Watanabe Toru, and gently pinched the footer with her white fingers.
Toru Watanabe looked out the window. The sun was setting. The first day of the cultural festival was about to pass. All the fun had been had, and it was time to prepare for the national competition.
