Chapter 339 A sudden strong wind (15)
Toru Watanabe didn't go up after all.
When Miki Kujo asked him the reason, he said that he didn't have to be the best in everything.
"I just think the money is too little." Qingye Rin exposed him.
"Meiji, don't believe her."
"It's better not to go up. As Kujo's son-in-law, there is no need for me to argue with these people." Kujo Miki has a sense of superiority.
"It's not certain whose son-in-law he is." Qingye Rin reminded her.
"There are too many people here, hush!" Toru Watanabe quickly stopped the signs of war.
While the two cute girls from the Rakugo club were performing crosstalk in a very awkward way, the six people from "The End of the World and Cold Wonderland" came to the second floor of the gymnasium.
"Please hurry up and change your clothes. There are still twenty minutes before you go on stage." Qingye Rin ordered in a stern manner.
Kiyono Rin was only talking to Watanabe Toru and others, but everyone in the backstage at this time was listening quietly.
The girls entered the locker room, while Toru Watanabe and Aoi Ikki waited outside for the time being.
"Watanabe-kun, it's about to start, where are you going?" Ikki Aoi looked at Watanabe Toru who was walking away.
"be right back."
Toru Watanabe looks for Hayami Kaoru who is still in the backstage - the wind orchestra needs to compose music for many clubs.
"Hayato-senpai." Toru Watanabe spotted her among a group of girls who were 'spying on the Rakugo club performance'.
"Ah! Watanabe-kun?!" Hayami Kaoru was startled, " What's the matter?"
Watanabe Toru looked at the girls around him who were secretly peeping at him and said, "Let's go to another place."
"Oh, okay." Hayami Xun was a little confused.
The two came to the stairs between the first and second floors.
"I'm so sorry," said Toru Watanabe. "It's about Tamamo Yomi."
"So beautiful? What's wrong?"
"She came to me today and was just explaining why I recommended her, but later on, she asked me what the minister should do, and I said, 'First, remember the names of all the members of the wind section.'"
"Well, what next?" Hayami Kaoru asked softly.
It’s hard to tell whether her personality is gentle or not, because her voice itself is very gentle.
"When I say that, doesn't it mean that you will definitely be the next minister?"
Hayami Xun put his finger on his cheek and thought: "Indeed, most people would understand it this way."
"so……"
"So?" Hayami Xun tilted his head and looked at him.
"so……"
"So?" Hayami Xun tilted his head in a different direction.
Watanabe Toru didn't know that Hayami Kaoru actually had such a mischievous side. Did he like him?
It is very convenient to take advantage of someone who likes you. You can get the other person to help you with just a few words.
Toru Watanabe originally planned to beg the other party, but now changed his mind and chose a way to keep both parties at a distance.
"If Hayami-senpai can let Tamamo Yoshimi be the club leader, I will continue to coach the wind band next year. As for Kiyono, I will also try my best to get her help."
Make requests into transactions.
"Hmm..." Hayami Kaoru had no idea that Watanabe Toru had thought so much in his mind in just that short moment, "Okay."
"Thanks."
"You're welcome. We were once the only two members of the double act club." Hayami Kaoru said with a smile.
"Really? I forgot about that."
"Hate it, I need to think about the minister's matter again."
Just as Toru Watanabe was about to speak, there was a sudden loud thunder and the lights in the gymnasium flickered several times.
"Ah!" Hayami Xun was frightened.
"Let's go back."
"Um!"
The two returned to the second floor, and Ikki Aoi was gone. Just then, Koizumi Aona waved to Watanabe Toru to come in.
Everyone has changed their clothes.
"Hurry up." Qingye Rin said to him.
Toru Watanabe took his clothes and walked into the cubicle, changing into the polite devil suit.
Miki Kujo glanced at him, walked up to him and straightened the collar of his shirt.
Because it's a devil, all necklines are slightly dandy.
"Do you think casual is really this casual?" While tidying up, Miki Kujo mocked Toru Watanabe's aesthetic taste.
“That’s about it.”
Miki Kujo raised her hand and with a "snap" she pushed away the hand that Toru Watanabe had extended to her. Toru Watanabe stayed there obediently while she adjusted his collar.
"Human Observation Department, it's your turn soon!" A girl from the executive committee poked her head in and said.
"It's about to begin." Ikki Aoi's face turned pale, his voice trembled, and the sound of his heartbeat became louder and louder.
Although I have experience in the wind band, there are 55 of us together, so the tension is limited.
But in a drama performance, there are only three people on stage at most at the same time, and there is even time for her monologue.
The more I thought about it, the more my mind went blank. What was the first line? What should the expression be like? What was the character's mentality?
Koizumi Aona forced a smile, she was also very nervous.
Qing Ye Lin looked at the two of them and said:
“No matter how many people are in the audience, I just need to think about performing to my full potential. After so many days of hard work, I have to leave an impression on everyone in the audience after the play is over.”
"yes!"
"good!"
Watanabe Toru's heart was also pounding.
At this point, how can a man escape from the battlefield!
Now the only thing to do is to burn your boats. No matter what the outcome will be, only by working hard can you hope to get the life you want.
Watanabe Toru took a deep breath and his heartbeat gradually calmed down.
…
The stage is set and Kujo Miki is ready.
"The next play to be performed is the Human Observation Department's play, "The End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland". Please enjoy it!"
Amid violent storms, lightning and thunder, the curtain to the end of the world slowly opens.
…
This is the story of a girl who searches for wonderland but is abandoned by it.
The girl packed her luggage, humming a song, and was in a very happy mood.
The spotlight was on her, and unlike her usual noble appearance, she looked cute and lovable, and the audience couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.
Miki Kujo is so beautiful. Many times, her simple frowns and smiles are so beautiful that they make people mesmerized.
Unfortunately, although she is not a cold and expressionless person, her sincere smile is almost only directed to Toru Watanabe.
"Good morning, girl." Toru Watanabe walked onto the stage.
The audience burst into cheers instantly.
Watanabe Toru is not only popular among girls. Although he did not sit down with the baseball team, he has a very good relationship with the boys.
"Good morning, Mr. Devil~" the girl greeted cheerfully.
"Luggage?" The demon glanced at the bag on the table. "Are you going on a long journey?"
"I'm going to find the end of the world and break up with you."
There was a burst of laughter below.
This is not a line in the script.
Behind the scenes, Kiyono Rin crossed her arms and frowned beautifully.
Watanabe Toru said without any hesitation or surprise: "No one in this world can resist my charm. No matter where you go physically, I will always be there in your heart."
The boys booed and the girls nodded.
"Mr. Devil," Kujo Miki walked up and buttoned Watanabe Toru's collar one by one, "I'm going to the end of the world."
"The end of the world? It is indeed a place I cannot reach, but can you find it? Even I, a demon, don't know where it is."
"I have a map." The girl proudly pulled out a folded parchment from her lapel, "Goodbye, Mr. Devil~"
The devil glanced at the map, watched the girl walk away quietly, took off his hat and placed it on his chest.
"I will always be with you." The demon exited.
The curtain slowly closed, and the logistics staff hurriedly began to arrange new props. The voice-over recorded in advance by Toru Watanabe came from the radio.
"The girl left the town where she grew up and followed the first instruction on the map: drink the spring water that makes you forget your wishes. If you can remember everything about yourself, you can meet the witch. The witch holds the secret that leads to the end of the world."
"After experiencing a full four seasons, the girl remembered her wish to travel to the end of the world."
"Just then, the witch appeared before her."
Watanabe Toru's voice is neither hurried nor slow, and it is pleasant to listen to. Images naturally emerge in the audience's minds, as if they can see the girl's experiences during this period.
The curtain opens, and the scene is no longer a house, but a forest filled with bird sounds.
In the forest, it is spring and the rabbit is grooming the wolf and the bird is cleaning the snake's teeth.
The witch was sitting on a tree root, reading a thick book.
"Wow--"
"It's Mr. Koizumi!"
"This witch costume is perfect! It's just not very sinister!"
It is a great pleasure to suddenly play a role in a drama with someone you are familiar with.
There are also Toru Watanabe and Miki Kujo, who date each other normally and act like they are dating on stage, which is also very interesting for the audience.
At this time, the girl who had just walked away reappeared on the stage.
"Hello, are you a witch?"
"Yes." The witch looked away from the book and looked at the girl.
After a conversation, the witch disappeared and the girl was left alone in the forest.
"Be considerate of the devil... Can people be considerate of each other?"
The girl looked at everything in the forest, with an expression of confusion, then left the forest and continued to move forward in the direction guided by her heart.
The scene changed to a shrine, where a shrine maiden was cleaning the approach.
"What a beautiful miko, what grade is she from?"
"I don't know. I haven't seen it."
"It's Mai Asuhi-senpai! The miko costume suits her so well! She looks so pretty!"
The girl walked onto the stage, came before the witch, and asked about the news at the end of the world.
"I can tell you."
"Huh?" The girl was so surprised that she couldn't speak for a moment. The witch was too straightforward.
"Are there any conditions?" she asked again quickly.
The witch shook her head expressionlessly.
"But..." the girl hesitated, "I drank the spring water that made me forget my wishes, and I remembered everything again. I passed the test, and the witch told me the secrets she knew. Do I really not need to do anything to you?"
The witch still shook her head.
"Why?" The girl couldn't understand.
"Because she has got everything she wanted." The devil appeared again.
When the demon reached the girl, Kujo Miki reached out and changed his collar back to a casual one, tidying it up again.
There was a burst of laughter below.
Every time they meet, the girl will adjust the devil's collar. Is she going to the end of the world just to never see the devil's collar again?
Everyone was talking excitedly, and for a moment they ignored the apocalyptic wind outside.
"Girl, I like comfort." Watanabe Toru reached out to stop her.
"Snap!" Miki Kujo opened his hands quickly and continued to adjust his shirt collar.
"Hahaha!" There was a burst of laughter from below.
While the girl was adjusting the buttons for the devil, she asked, "Did you get everything you wanted?"
"Like the witch, the witch in front of me also made a deal with me."
The girl straightened the devil's shirt, turned to the witch and asked, "Excuse me, what did you gain from the devil, and what did you lose?"
"Feelings. Spirits."
"Emotions? Spirits?"
"Everything except love. My god."
The girl still didn't understand what the witch was saying, so she turned her head to look at the devil standing beside her and said in a gentle but commanding tone:
"Explain it to me."
There was another burst of laughter from below.
"In fact, the girl and the devil are husband and wife. The girl got angry and ran away from home, and the devil came to persuade her to go back?"
"Do Kujo-san and Watanabe-kun usually get along like this? I'm so envious!"
"Watch your tone, girl." The demon warned, then explained, "She is a witch who loves the gods, but has never seen them."
"Then what?"
"Then she made a deal with me, exchanging all my emotions except love for the way to communicate with the gods."
"From the devil in exchange for a way to communicate with the gods." The girl was shocked and murmured to herself, unable to imagine that there were such absurd things in the world.
"Why do you do this?" the girl asked the witch, "If you really love the gods, you can never make a deal with the devil!"
The witch tilted her head with a calm expression. Having lost all her emotions, she could only use this action to express her confusion.
"……Why?"
"The gods will never fall in love with someone who has made a deal with the devil!"
"……Why?"
"Because demons are bad guys, gods are good guys, and they are enemies!"
"Hey, hey, I'm still here." The devil said this without caring about the girl's comment at all.
"I don't need the gods to love me," the witch said calmly. "I don't care what the gods think, or whether they are happy or angry. I just want to be able to talk to them from time to time, even if it means scolding them in anger."
The girl stared at the witch in front of her in a daze, and the audience was also shocked by the plot.
"You've lost your feelings and the favor of the gods, don't you regret it?" the girl asked involuntarily.
The witch tilted her head again and looked at the girl in "confusion" - she couldn't even remember what regret was.
The girl was speechless for a long time. After getting a hint from the shrine maiden, she left the shrine in silence.
"Making deals with demons, not caring about what the gods think, and only wanting to be with the gods... Is this loving God, or not loving God?"
With doubts, the girl once again embarked on a journey to find the end of the world.
The third time, the girl met a female knight. This knight, who looked heroic , had also made a deal with the devil.
"In order to protect the kingdom that was about to be destroyed, I gained power from the devil."
"But the kingdom believes in fairies. Is it really possible to guard it with the power of demons?" the girl asked.
"I didn't think so much at that time." The young female knight touched her head embarrassedly, "After solving the kingdom's predicament, I planned to leave here, but everyone forgave me. It was because of everyone's trust that I was able to refuse the temptation to continue trading with the devil."
"By the way," the female knight said, "I don't know the way to the end of the world, but you can ask the fairy."
"Fairy?"
"Yes." The female knight nodded, "But if you want to see the fairies, you must meet certain conditions. Only those who meet the requirements can go to the fairyland."
"What are the specific conditions? What are they?"
"I don't know. It's been a long time since anyone in the kingdom has been able to go to Wonderland. I can take you there to try."
"Thanks."
The girl followed the female knight into the depths of the kingdom.
“Such a sacred and secret place, yet the kingdom is still open to those who have made deals with the devil.” The girl murmured to herself.
"A kingdom that believed in fairies survived with the power of demons, and the people trusted and accepted her."
As the girl spoke, the two of them left the stage and the curtain slowly rose.
"Witch, miko, knight, the girl has reached the end of the map," Watanabe Toru said in a low and gentle voice, "Can she see the fairy? Where is the end of the world?"
The narration ended, the curtain slowly opened, and everyone waited anxiously to see what would happen next.
A fairy appeared on the stage, so beautiful, so clear, and so perfect that even the strong wind would hold its breath.
