Chapter 141 Sports Festival (6)
Two busy nights in Chiyoda.
Kujo Miki's voice is different from her usual sweet and hazy voice. It is faintly watery, which is really wonderful.
After a quick wash and refusing the breakfast prepared by the maid, Watanabe Toru took a pill of "Qi and Blood Medicine" and ran towards the Imperial Palace.
The blood was rushing, his body was in a state of full consciousness, and every step he took on the sidewalk was like stepping on a spring, the ground cooperating with him.
His spirit is even more radiant, and even if he is asked to do what he hates the most, he can still maintain an optimistic and happy attitude.
Watanabe Toru was originally full of confidence, and now he was even more spirited. Passersby on the street couldn't help but stare at him.
Occasionally, when our eyes met, I would be subconsciously infected by his spirit, my body would feel itchy, and I would want to take a step forward and run after him, just to move my body.
As we approached the Showa-kan, the light blue transparent panel shook slightly.
【You have a new email】
[Physical Strength: 8→9]
The effect of "Qi and Blood Medicine" combined with exercise is amazing. By the end of October, after finishing this bottle, I will basically reach my physical limit.
Toru Watanabe originally wanted to buy a bottle for his parents. It seems that he can just go back and secretly give them a pill every year to keep them healthy and prevent them from getting sick.
I washed my face at the drinking fountain in the roadside park, took the Shinjuku Line, transferred to the Chuo-Sobu Line at Ichigaya, and returned to my rental house in Yotsuya.
After taking a shower, I put on my uniform, locked the door, and went to school.
The uphill road that was so troublesome in the spring has become so easy without me noticing.
This is implied in the subtle influence of daily life. I can’t remember the exact time, but it should have happened before taking the "Qi and blood medicine".
"Good morning! Watanabe!" Kunii Osamu pushed Watanabe Toru's left shoulder and emerged from his right side.
"You seem to be in good spirits. Have you made any progress with Ikki Aoi?" Toru Watanabe put his fallen schoolbag back on his shoulder.
“Hehehe.”
Watanabe Toru became curious. That was a lesbian. "Is there something going on?"
"We're starting to double-team!"
"...Congratulations!" Watanabe Toru pretended to be happy for him.
A girl on a bicycle wearing a Kamikawa uniform passed the two people walking slowly. She stood up and used her weight to pedal, climbing the slope with great effort.
The clattering sound of the wheels echoed in the void.
Kunii Osamu felt a little shy and changed the subject: "By the way, there is a mock exam this week, are you confident?"
Watanabe Toru knew that this guy was going to tease him again about his long-term ranking third in his grade, so he deliberately said in confusion: "I don't need confidence to surpass you, right?"
"Hey! You forgot that I traded my M4 for your M16!"
"That's because you want to show off in front of Ichimoku Aoi. Don't think I don't know."
"That's changed too!"
"What are you two arguing about so early in the morning?" Keisuke Saito, with big dark circles under his eyes, squeezed in between the two of them.
"What's wrong with you? Did you ask someone to come to your house for service?" Kunii Osamu pointed at his eye sockets and teased.
" It would be nice if it was a door-to-door service! I studied until three last night to prepare for the mock exam!"
“You’re trying too hard.”
While the two of them were chatting, Toru Watanabe saw Rin Kiyono struggling to climb the hill ahead.
Her long, lead-black hair was very beautiful, cascading down her back.
When the three of them caught up with her, Toru Watanabe took the initiative to greet her: "Good morning, R-san."
R-san looked at him with her crystal clear eyes: "Can't you see that I'm tired? Don't talk to me now."
"You are too weak."
"Watanabe-san, you are the top student in liberal arts, don't you understand the principle that 'those who work hard are ruled by others'?"
"R-san, Rabindranath Tagore once said, 'Don't blame your food for your lack of appetite.' You hate exercise, so you look down on laborers. I'm going to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to sue you."
"In order to justify themselves, they even say that day is night." Why do some people refuse to face the facts and deceive themselves that people are really equal?
“Did Tagore say that too?”
Qingye Rin showed a contemptuous smile: "You have read a copy of Stray Birds, and you dare to talk to me about Tagore. I admire your courage, Watanabe-san."
“…”
Seeing that Watanabe Toru had nothing to say, Kiyono Rin lifted her hair with a victorious air, passed three people, and was the first to enter the Kamikawa school gate.
"This guy." Toru Watanabe was so angry that he wanted to ruffle her hair.
At a distance, Kunii Shuichi pushed Saito Keisuke's shoulder and said arrogantly, "Just because you've read Stray Birds, you dare to talk to me about Tagore?"
"Tagore once said... I'm sorry, I was wrong, I won't dare to do it again!" Saito Keisuke continued the joke as if he was about to kneel down and admit his mistake.
"Hahahaha!" The two of them laughed mercilessly.
"What are you laughing at?!" Watanabe Toru looked at them. "I was joking . With just this small act of kindness, her liking for me has increased by at least 3%."
“Is this true or false?”
“No girl doesn’t like me.”
"Who cares about that? We're talking about whether you were joking on purpose or not?"
"Of course it's true." Watanabe Toru said calmly, "Have you ever seen me lie?"
Kunii Osamu and Saito believed it a little bit. After all, Watanabe Toru was really popular with girls, and he might be good at pleasing girls.
"Watanabe, I believe you. Can you teach me how to please Ikki-san?" Kunii Osamu said in a low voice.
"Lunchtime drinks?"
"It's my treat!"
"What's the most important thing when pursuing a girl? Gentleness and honesty! When I was pursuing Meiji..."
…
At the morning meeting, Koizumi Aona talked about the midterm exam.
"This exam is a national joint exam. After the exam, we will have a two-way interview based on your national deviation ranking."
"Also, for those students who wrote "study abroad" on the college entrance examination form, the career development department will contact you to discuss this matter."
"Students who want to study abroad later can ask me to revise it. This will affect the second-year class placement, so please go home and discuss it carefully with your parents."
"One last thing, everyone should hurry up to register for the sports festival. The class monitor told me that there are still a lot of vacancies."
After the first class, everyone talked about what happened in the class meeting.
"Why does going abroad affect class division?" asked Kunii Osamu.
"I heard that the school will put students going abroad in a class and invite foreign teachers to teach them. Even the school trips will be abroad," explained Keisuke Saito.
"Are you planning to go abroad?" Ikeda Kazumi, who was sitting in front of Watanabe Toru, turned around.
"No." The two shook their heads.
" Where is Watanabe-kun?" Ikeda Kazumi asked Watanabe Toru who was reading a book.
“Staying in Tokyo is like going abroad for me.”
"Wow, this is the advantage of the people of Iwate Prefecture, right?" Kunii Osamu made an exaggerated joke, making Ikeda Kazumi laugh continuously.
"Well, you can understand it that way." Watanabe Toru said perfunctorily.
Rather than going abroad, he now wants to get first place in the national entrance examination.
In the first few exams, he chose liberal arts, while Kiyono and Kujo chose science. Later, he chose science, but his strength was not good enough and he failed the exam.
Then, he thought that his science scores had improved, and predicted that the two people would definitely run away and choose liberal arts. In the end, they still chose science, causing him to take first place in liberal arts again.
This time, the national joint entrance examination does not distinguish between arts and sciences, and the examination content is limited to the first year of high school. It is time to put an end to the shameful stalk of "Duan San"!
A week passed quickly. In addition to studying, training, and exams, the student union president election was also over.
Watanabe Toru didn't know who it was, but it was definitely not the two seniors who were fighting.
As time gradually approached late October, the weather suddenly turned cold.
On Monday the 19th, Toru Watanabe even saw some girls wearing scarves on their way to school.
I don’t know if it’s to act cute or if she’s really cold.
Many boys also wore the matching sweater vests in their school uniforms - girls had already worn them because they were cute, intellectual, and really afraid of the cold.
"But anyway, isn't the scarf too exaggerated?"
Early in the morning, the trio started a boring discussion on "How much do girls wear scarves to be cute and how much to keep warm?"
"Vote, cutie."
"cute."
"Then I choose to keep warm."
"Two votes for cuteness, one vote for keeping warm, the final result is cuteness, any opinions?"
"No."
"The discussion is over. Now let me announce the result: girls wear scarves to be cute!"
It was a discussion so boring that it doesn’t matter if I don’t write about it.
During the morning meeting, unlike in the past, Koizumi Aona directly handed out report cards.
"Kunii-san."
"have!"
"Saito-san."
"have!"
"Wow, this is too bad." Kunii Osamu, who was still high-spirited as the arbitrator in the morning, looked at the report card in his hand, his face turned pale and he began to tremble.
Saito Keisuke nodded vigorously in his seat, accepting the result: "Not bad, I've made progress."
"Watanabe."
"have!"
Koizumi Aona did not give the report card to Watanabe Toru immediately. Instead, she held it in her hand and looked at it for a while with an expression of admiring a masterpiece.
"What's wrong?" Watanabe Toru asked.
"No. 1 in the country, Watanabe ."
"Really?!" Toru Watanabe suddenly felt that his opponent was... so weak, even though he hadn't studied very hard.
"Well, take a look for yourself." Koizumi Aona handed him the report card, and her beautiful oval face couldn't help but smile.
The transcript contains the scores for each subject, followed by the deviation value and national ranking.
There is nothing much to say about the deviation value. A "1" is written in bold black pen on the national ranking.
"See who dares to call me 'Duan San'!" Watanabe Toru said with relief.
Koizumi Aonai couldn't help but smile: "Okay, go back to your seats, other students still need to collect their report cards."
"yes!"
During the day, teachers of each subject handed out the test papers, and Watanabe Toru's entire answer sheet was covered with red circles, without a single tick.
"I haven't seen such a beautiful answer sheet since the lower grades of elementary school!" Kunijiro Osamu exclaimed as he held the answer sheet in his hands.
"Watanabe, what is your learning method?" Saito Keisuke also asked with admiration.
“The most important thing is honesty.”
“Studying also requires honesty?”
"Why don't you be honest? You need to be honest about everything! It's even more important for learning! Don't deceive yourself into thinking you know how to answer a certain type of question just because you got two questions right!"
"Yeah, that makes sense." Saito Keisuke nodded. "I thought I knew all the first-grade knowledge, but I ranked over 1,000 in the country on this test, so I made a lot of mistakes."
Kunii Osamu looked at his ranking outside the top 3,000 and decided to trust the number one in the country and be an honest person.
After school, Toru Watanabe walked towards the club building with brisk steps.
Outside the corridor window, the ginkgo tree in the atrium is magnificent, with golden apricot leaves falling at a speed slightly faster than cherry blossoms, covering the circular gravel path;
In the flower beds, chrysanthemums, veronicas, hibiscuses, and roses compete for splendor;
In the corners of the walls, ferns began to sprout.
Looking at his own reflection in the glass, Toru Watanabe showed a smile that no girl could resist.
On the playground, the sound of the wind band rehearsing in unison could be heard; the sports festival would be held in two days.
Walking through the overhead corridor and arriving at the activity classroom of the Human Observation Department, Toru Watanabe pushed the door open and went in.
Kiyono Rin was reading a book by the window, while Kujo Miki was lying on the sofa with her skirt lifted up, revealing her snow-white thighs.
Toru Watanabe walked over, covered her skirt, then sat in his seat and read a book without saying a word.
Ten minutes, twenty minutes, thirty minutes, one hour...
The sun gradually sets, and the activity classroom is filled with madder color.
Watanabe Toru looked out the window and hummed in a voice gentle enough to melt a girl's heart: "Todas las mujeres tienen algo hermoso, aunque sea una prima lejana."
No one paid any attention to him.
"'All women are attractive, even your distant cousin.'" He snapped the book of Spanish Funny Quotes in his hand and said, "How can there be such an example in Spanish? It's ridiculous!"
Still no one paid any attention to him.
"But among these frivolous words, there is one that I particularly like." Watanabe Toru tapped his fingers on the beech table and said, "Nadie es perfecto. Atentamente: Nadie!"
The autumn evening was golden, giving his school uniform a golden edge.
Kujo Miki, who was lying on the sofa, said, "You are proud of being ranked first in the country in the first grade."
"Personal pride is a small matter. As your boyfriend, Meiji, I am trying to win glory for the Kujo family!"
Miki Kujo chuckled twice with satisfaction.
At this time, Qingye Rin finally raised her head and cast her gaze towards him: "It's really hard to understand your current mentality. Maybe it's because I've always been number one, and this is the first time I'm number two."
“…”
Finding that he couldn't afford to offend either of them, Toru Watanabe decided to stick to his policy of not bothering with women.
"I'm discussing Spanish with you guys, what do you say? This sentence 'No one is perfect! Please note: I am no one.' Don't you think it's funny?"
"It's not fun. Because I'm perfect." Qingye Rin said as a matter of course.
"K-san, my K-san," Toru Watanabe waved to his girlfriend on the sofa, "Listen, there is someone more shameless than me."
Miki Kujo giggled, and the skirt that Toru Watanabe had helped her fix slipped down again, revealing large areas of white thigh flesh.
Kiyono Rin's face turned pale and he shot a sharp gaze at Watanabe Toru.
"I'm kidding, seriously." Toru Watanabe felt that the weather was indeed a bit cold, and he should vote for 'keeping warm' in the morning.
Qingye Rin slowly withdrew her aggressive gaze and closed the hardcover book as if she was too lazy to argue with him: "Today's club activities end here."
By the time I packed my things, changed my shoes, and walked out of the school building, it was already half dark and the street lights on both sides of the slope were lit early.
On the way to the station, Toru Watanabe asked R-san whether girls wear scarves to be cute or to keep warm, even though she wasn't wearing a scarf.
"Boys are really extremely boring creatures." Qingno Rin expressed this opinion regarding the discussion itself.
Cute or warm, she didn’t say.
The autumn night was as cool as water, and the wind whistling along with the incoming train hit Watanabe Toru's face hard.
He suddenly felt that getting first place in the country in the first grade was not a good thing.
But Qingye Rin didn't seem to be angry about this.
