Chapter 149 National Competition (4)
October 26th, sunny, national competition.
"Reina, get up. If you continue like this, Kumiko will be crushed!" It was the voice of Midori Kawashima.
"You really like Kumiko!" The person who was mumbling without any reason was Kato Hazuki.
Reina's eyelashes fluttered slightly, and she looked at Midoriki and Hazuki with sleepy eyes, then she noticed Kumiko who was covering her face with one hand and sighing to the sky.
The posture is very bad.
Kumiko was pressed under her, the hem of her short-sleeved sportswear rolled up, their skin pressed tightly together, and her pajamas were baggy.
On the other side was her own bed...
In other words, I crawled into Kumiko's bed unconsciously? !
After collecting the information, Lina's face immediately turned as red as a cooked octopus, making people want to take a bite.
After standing up neatly, she patted Kumiko's back hard: "Really! Why didn't you wake me up!"
This doesn't make any sense.
"I did!" Kumiko answered with both amusement and helplessness.
"Then why don't you speak louder? How can it count as waking me up if it doesn't wake me up?"
Kumiko decided it was better to admit her mistake: "Yes, yes, I will wake you up next time."
"That's more like it, huh."
Lu Hui covered her mouth exaggeratedly and said with a smile: "Wow, there will be next time!"
"I mean the next time we're doing the training together!" Lina blushed and tried to argue feebly.
Before Midoriki spoke again, Kumiko smiled and said, "Okay, okay, stop laughing at her, or Reina will get angry."
After waking everyone up, they changed into their uniforms.
"This bra is so cute, where did you buy it?"
"Not only is it cute, this is what I wore during the Kansai tournament! It will definitely bring us good luck today and help us win the national gold medal!"
"Is this the legendary "decisive underwear"?!"
"No, this isn't the time to talk about 'winning underwear'!"
"When was that?"
"Of course it's the night I spend the night with my boyfriend~"
"Wow--"
"You guys, forget about last night. Don't talk about this topic so early in the morning!"
"Your underwear is also very nice, let me see it!"
"Ah! Your hands are so cold! Take them away!"
Kumiko buttoned up her pleated skirt and listened to the stupid talk of her classmates who were playing around in their underwear.
Standing a little further away, Reina was adjusting the length of her skirt - during official competitions, the length of the skirt had to just cover the knees.
Kumiko glanced over and saw her slender legs with beautiful curves revealed from under her navy blue skirt.
"Huh?" Lina looked over in confusion.
Kumiko shook her head slightly, indicating that it was okay: "Let me help you tie your hair."
The national competition also has requirements for hair, and long hair must be tied into a ponytail.
"Yes." Lina handed her the hair tie in her hand and sat down on the tatami. "Help me first, and I'll help you later."
"good."
It took a long time, but the girls finally dressed up and left the room and headed to the restaurant.
Kamikawa High School, who I didn’t see much yesterday, was also there.
Girls in Tokyo are different. Even in school uniforms, they look very fashionable, just like the people on TV.
"Is this what they call class?" Kumiko thought to herself as she collected her breakfast.
Miso soup, fried eggs, boiled eggs, etc. are all things we usually eat, and we eat them with the premise of ensuring that we will not get stomach upset.
The restaurant was crowded, and the only empty seats were at a few tables at the junction of two unfamiliar schools.
Kumiko, Reina, Midori and Hazuki arrived late and had to sit there obediently. Fortunately, the student sitting there was someone they knew, Kiyono Rin.
After the four of them sat down, Kumiko looked around and didn't see Toru Watanabe, so she felt a little strange.
"Where's that person? He didn't get sick from eating too much, did he?" Lina also noticed the problem and asked with a gloating look.
Qing Ye Lin waited until he had swallowed the miso soup in his mouth before answering, "He has the habit of doing morning exercises in the morning, so he should be taking a shower now."
"What a pity." While saying this, Lina showed the same regretful expression on her face.
"Reina!" Kumiko quickly dissuaded her and looked at Kiyono Rin apologetically.
"It's okay." Qingye Rin indicated that it was okay.
She never cares what others say or do, she only cares about what they really think.
Reina was rude, but not a single word she said was true. She didn't really hope that Watanabe Toru would get a stomachache.
"Is this tsundere?" she suddenly realized.
Of course, Kiyono Rin herself didn't know the word tsundere, but Watanabe Toru often deliberately said that she said one thing and meant another, and that she actually liked him, which was stupid stuff like tsundere.
Only today did she finally realize the meaning of this word in reality.
After a while, Watanabe Toru came, his body still wet from a shower. Although he joined them halfway through, he finished eating faster than them.
After breakfast, both schools continued to practice, with their games scheduled for the afternoon.
After finishing the last practice and moving the instruments, everyone got on the bus to the competition venue.
The concert hall at the Nagoya competition venue is very large, but even so, the square was almost full, and the parking lot had long been packed with buses.
Contestants wearing various uniforms gathered together, waiting to enter.
There were also a large number of staff members who tried their best to maintain order and guide the audience.
"Wow, what a big horse!"
“Let’s take some pictures too!”
At the entrance, Kumiko and others took photos under the huge equestrian statue that was nearly nine meters long.
Just after taking the photos, there was news that the first half of the game was over and the winners were announced. The students waiting to enter started chatting excitedly.
"I heard that Minggong won the gold medal. They are really strong!"
"It's incredible that Sakae won the silver medal."
"Nishijo Girls' High School got the bronze medal, but considering it's their first appearance, they tried really hard."
Listening to these discussions, Kumiko subconsciously touched her rapidly beating heart and let out a long breath.
She was nervous and excited at the same time, and she really wanted to know as soon as possible what kind of reward her hard work this summer would get!
"Wow--"
“What an amazing car!”
The high school students from all over the country, who had just been discussing the competition, now all looked in the same direction.
Kumiko and the others also looked over.
This is a black car with a high-end feel. The body is longer than usual, but not as exaggerated as an extended version.
In the crowd, a leader of the organizer who had just said a few words walked quickly towards the car. Before he arrived, he had already bent down, with a smile on his face that was neither flattering nor very respectful, like that of a social person .
Behind this man, there were several people who looked like security guards and their staff .
"Wow! It's just like a TV drama!" Lu Hui's eyes widened as he stared at the scene without blinking.
Not only her, but the scene before her eyes also surprised other high school students, even the team leader and the audience who came to watch the game.
"This is just a normal social phenomenon. The rich people in real life are much more exaggerated than on TV." Lina said indifferently.
Kumiko felt that Reina was very mature.
The car door opened and a girl in a black dress walked out.
A snow-white neck, slender shoulders and waist, and under the big sunglasses is a small face as white as jade, rosy lips and a delicate nose.
The girl stood there with her arms folded, like a black swan, exuding an overwhelming presence.
The leader who was walking over with a group of people was stopped by the girl's men before he got within three meters.
The girl was wearing sunglasses, so it was unclear where she was looking, but from her actions, it seemed that she didn't care at all about the organizer who was stopped.
The organizer was stopped, but the smile on his face was not forced at all, and he still bent down and talked to the girl's subordinates.
“That’s so cool!”
"Is he a famous wind instrument master? He was specially invited to come and show his support?"
"How is that possible? She looks like a rich lady!"
"But she's so beautiful! She's prettier than those female celebrities in Korean dramas who have had plastic surgery!"
"Do you know whether you look good or not when you wear sunglasses?"
Amid the discussions, the girl in the black dress took a step and walked slowly through the crowd.
As soon as she moved, the organizer immediately came to the front with security guards and began to disperse the crowd.
Kumiko and her other four friends were also stopped under the giant equestrian statue and divided into two groups with other students from their school.
The organizer was very polite, saying things like "sorry", "it will be ready soon", "excuse me", etc.
We are all high school students now, so even if someone feels unbalanced, they won’t be stupid enough to stand up.
The crowd was like a large field of wheat straw swaying in the wind, and was easily separated by the organizers, allowing the girl and her men to pass safely.
But it wasn't always smooth sailing. When the organizers drove the road to Kamikawa High School, they encountered obstacles.
Qingye Rin stood there with her arms folded, motionless, with no intention of giving way to the girl.
The organizers had no intention of creating a conflict with the students and were anxiously unsure of what to do.
"Sorry, you go first. She is friends with Kujo Miki." Kumiko heard Watanabe Toru say to the organizer.
The organizer hesitated for a moment, nodded apologetically to Watanabe Toru, and continued walking forward.
But the girl in the black dress did not continue walking and stopped in front of Kiyono Rin and Watanabe Toru.
So, everyone was looking at the three of them - although the girl's subordinates were there, they didn't have much of a presence.
Although the game is about to begin, everyone excitedly looking forward to the next plot.
Many viewers took out their mobile phones, ready to take pictures of the possible incident of "rich people bullying students".
"I wonder if their phones will be taken away and formatted." Kumiko was worried about the two of them, but she couldn't help but think about random things.
"Kumiko, let's go up too."
"Huh?!" Kumiko looked at Reina in surprise.
"I won't allow anyone to influence us. We have worked so hard to get here."
Kumiko knew that the 'we' that Reina mentioned did not refer to Kitauji, but to all the students participating in the national competition.
That's amazing. I don't have the courage to go up there at all.
"Okay, I'll go with you." Kumiko took a deep breath and tried hard to recall the lines she saw on the Internet that would stop rich people from doing anything wrong.
I don’t know if I can say it forcefully enough, I can only hope that the bodyguard won’t hit anyone.
Lina smiled at her, a satisfied and happy smile on her lips.
The two were about to go up...
At this time, the girl in the black dress reached out and impatiently adjusted Watanabe Toru's tie and bangs.
"How many times have I told you to tie your tie properly and pay attention to your appearance?"
"Yeah." Toru Watanabe let the girl help him tidy up.
Qingye Rin looked unfriendly and coldly at the girl in the black dress and sunglasses.
There was a shade of trees, and a corner mirror set on one side looked down at the three people with interest. The world reflected in the mirror was stretched and distorted.
Kumiko noticed that the edge of the corner mirror was stretched beyond recognition and that she and Reina looked a little funny in shock.
"Kujo-san, please don't affect everyone's game." Kiyono Rin said bluntly.
"It's the organizer who's affecting you. I didn't ask anyone to pick me up." Kujo Miki didn't even look at her, and her hand was fiddling with Watanabe Toru's bangs.
"It's not that you influence us, but..."
Before Qingye Rin finished speaking, Kumiko saw Watanabe Toru standing between the two of them calmly.
He grabbed the black-skirted girl's pretty white hand, rubbed it, and said, "Why are you wearing so little? Go in quickly, or you'll catch a cold."
Kumiko always felt that the girl in the black dress looked at Qingye Rin proudly through her big sunglasses, and then walked into the venue.
As soon as the girl in the black skirt left, the square immediately became lively, with people saying all kinds of things, but they were quickly suppressed by the teacher, and everyone began to get nervous about the competition again.
"That's his girlfriend, right?" Ye Yue guessed.
"Ah! I remember now!" Lu Hui suddenly raised his voice, "I went back last time and watched the interview. It seems that Watanabe did say that his girlfriend is powerful."
Reina said to Kumiko, "I thought they were a couple."
"I think so too." Kumiko nodded, knowing that Reina was talking about Watanabe and Kiyono.
"Could this pervert be two-timing?" Lina guessed in a low voice.
Kumiko's eyes widened. "If that's what you said, then when he took the initiative to find you, Reina, was he trying to develop a long-distance lover in Kyoto? Was he trying to have three girlfriends?"
Reina nudged Kumiko's side lightly in annoyance.
Kumiko immediately showed a begging expression and said with a smile: "Sorry, sorry, I'm not kidding."
After the commotion, it didn’t take long before people finally started to enter the venue, each entering the small concert hall assigned to them.
After tuning the instruments and completing the final practice, Kamikawa waited for the staff to notify them to go on stage.
Toru Watanabe held the reed in his mouth and used his breath to warm the reed body to keep it in the best condition.
This is the reed he is most satisfied . This may also be the last time in his life that he plays the oboe on stage. He wants to give full play to his abilities.
Unfortunately, it never reached the <Transcendence Level>.
Next to him was Hayami Kaoru.
The head of the wind band, Misaki Komatsu, slowly came over and said, "Xiao Xun."
"Hmm?" Hayami Fumio moved his eyes away from the music score and looked at Komatsu Misaki.
"I'll leave the orchestra to you next year."
"Misaki..." Hayami Kaoru looked at Komatsu Misaki with a determined look and took a deep breath, "I understand."
Komatsu Misaki nodded, holding the instrument in her hands, and looked towards the heavy door: "I will officially go on stage soon."
Her tone was calm, but Hayami Xun could hear the tension in her voice. She also looked towards the door, stroking the smooth surface of the bassoon.
The other side.
Ikki Aoi holds her head in her hands, closes her eyes, and sings silently; Hanada Asako holds the bowstring in her hand and rests her forehead on the double bass;
Tamamo Haomi wrote the word "人" on her palm, and then swallowed three times desperately; Asu Mai still had no expression on her face, and blew into the euphonium through the mouthpiece to keep the instrument warm;
Not a sound could be heard in the preparation room.
Watanabe Toru said softly to Kiyono Rin, "Aren't you going to say something this time?"
Qing Ye Lin lowered her head, thought for a moment, shook her head and said, "Overcoming nervousness on their own will be beneficial for their future competitions."
After she made this decision, Watanabe Toru said nothing more and sighed, "Time flies so fast. It's already autumn in the blink of an eye."
"You can continue to stay in the wind band." Qingye Rin said calmly.
" Why should ?"
"It was Kujo Miki who asked you to learn the oboe, right?"
"Where can't I learn the oboe? The reason I stay in the wind orchestra and suffer is because of you," said Toru Watanabe.
Qing Ye Lin rolled his eyes at him, his tone fluctuated, and he corrected: "It is for the survival of the Human Observation Department."
"That's the same thing. But now that the student council president has been replaced, there shouldn't be any more crises of being abolished. We can retire and return home."
Qingye Rin nodded slightly.
The silent Komatsu Misaki suddenly came over and said, "Kiyono-san, can I say a few words?"
Qing Ye Lin was stunned: "Of course."
Komatsu Misaki took a deep breath and looked around the concert hall. Everyone had already turned their attention to her tacitly.
"Since Seino-san became our advisor, all of us have been practicing every morning, memorizing music during lunch break, and practicing until late at night after school."
“Some students missed out on attending remedial classes, which resulted in a drop in their grades. Many of them, like me, are facing the prospect of entering the third grade;”
"Some students gave up their rest time, time to hang out with friends, and time to go out with their boyfriends;"
“Everything is for today.”
"Everyone, I don't want to say 'Just give it your all and have fun playing'."
Komatsu Misaki hugged the instrument tightly in her hands.
"I'm a third-year student. I've worked hard for today. You can think of this as me being selfish and sharing the pressure with you, but I just want to win!"
Everyone looked at her quietly with tears in her eyes. The girls held their skirts tightly and the boys pursed their lips.
"What do you mean by entering the national competition for the first time? That's already good enough. Winning the silver medal is pretty good too..."
Komatsu Misaki looked at everyone and took a deep breath:
"It's not a gold medal!"
The girl's gasps after her emotional outburst could not fill the quiet little concert hall.
"Come on Shenchuan!" a boy suddenly raised his arms and shouted.
"Come on Kamikawa!" The voices of the crowd echoed throughout the concert hall.
Before the echo of the sound faded away, the heavy door was pushed open.
"Students of Kamikawa High School, the time has come."
"Everyone," Komatsu Misaki wiped her tears, "Let's go!"
