Chapter 565: What a weird performance
"Thump~thump~thump~thump~thump~"
On the empty big stage, a young girl was playing the piano. The movement of the keys brought melodious music, and the floating notes echoed all around.
When the last note was played, the girl stopped playing and the audience burst into applause.
The performers bowed and the host came on stage, holding up the microphone and announcing, "Next is the play performed by Class 2, D - Cinderella."
"Class D?" After hearing the host announce the next performance class, Tomoyo tilted her head slightly and asked Sakura, "Is that the class that Sakura-san is in?"
Sakura nodded, and Li Xiaolang beside her also asked: "What is the connection between Cinderella and canned mackerel?"
"Isn't this easy to figure out?"
"Huh?"
As soon as Xia Yu said this, his three friends looked at him in confusion, wanting to hear Xia Yu's opinion.
"Obviously, it has nothing to do with anything."
“…”
The three people who heard this answer twitched their lips slightly, not knowing how to react. This answer sounded like nonsense, and it was indeed nonsense if you think about it carefully.
"But didn't Yukito-san say he was going to play the role of canned mackerel? And the show is about Cinderella, so the two must be related, right?" Sakura couldn't help but retort.
"That makes sense." Xia Yu nodded and looked up at the stage: "Then why don't we just watch it? The play has already started."
As soon as he finished speaking, the lights on the stage suddenly dimmed, and then the curtain slowly rose.
After the curtain was completely raised, a searchlight shone down, illuminating the center of the stage.
And right in the center there was a ragged performer. Although his face could not be seen clearly, his sturdy body revealed that the performer was a man.
“Hee…hee…hee…”
The performer was wearing a tattered maid outfit and a dirty red scarf on her head. She was half-kneeling on the ground, and she was making strange noises that made it hard to tell whether she was crying or laughing.
"Once upon a time, somewhere, there was a girl named Cinderella. She was a very strong and beautiful girl."
“Hee…hee …hee…”
As the narration sounded, the performer's eerie sobbing also resounded throughout the stadium through the microphone.
Hearing this familiar voice, Sakura looked at the performer in confusion: "What is this voice?"
“Hee…hee…hee…”
The performer who played Cinderella was still sobbing with a strange whimpering sound, and the narration continued.
“Although Cinderella is bullied by her stepmother and sisters every day, she still works hard at doing housework.”
When the introduction reached this point, Cinderella, who had been kneeling on the stage with her back to the crowd, slowly stood up by supporting herself on the floor, then turned around and looked at the audience with an expressionless face.
She was so charming just by looking back that even a flashing effect suddenly appeared in the air.
Sakura: (*☉_☉)
There was even greater doubt in her big eyes. What did she see?
The Cinderella who made the weird sobbing sound turned out to be her brother???
“Brother…brother?”
"What a tall Cinderella, this can't be called Cinderella, right, Gray Man?"
Xia Yu on the side made a sharp complaint. Hearing this, Xiaoying didn't know what to say and could only respond with an unnatural smile.
But when the other audience members in the audience reacted, there was a continuous scream and cheers.
"Wow, it's Kinomoto!"
"Kinomoto-senpai!"
"Senior is so handsome!"
“(*￣3￣)╭”
Hearing the cheers coming from behind, Tomoyo smiled faintly at Sakura: "Sakura, your brother is so popular."
“Uh, hehe…”
Sakura laughed awkwardly and didn't answer. No wonder her brother didn't give her a ticket to the school anniversary this year. It turned out that he didn't want her to see this performance.
"Cinderella!"
At this moment, another male voice suddenly sounded on the stage.
I saw three other cross-dressing guys appear on the stage at some point. These three cross-dressing guys were as tall as Touya, and their makeup was even more exaggerated than Touya's.
Although Touya was wearing women's clothing but not heavy makeup, the other three performers were not only dressed in fancy clothes but also had flamboyant makeup on their faces.
Compared with these three performers, Touya's costume can be considered handsome.
If nothing unexpected happens, these three people are Cinderella's evil stepmother and two stepsisters.
After the stepmother and stepsister appeared, the plot began to move forward.
"Did you clean it carefully?"
“Ah, it’s still dirty here!”
"I really can't stand you."
As she spoke, the stepsister, who was a bit stronger than Cinderella, began to make physical advances, pushing Cinderella around, making her look very pitiful.
Voices supporting Cinderella were heard from the audience one after another, but most of them were girls' voices.
"Oh my god, the miso soup this morning was too salty!"
"Yeah~"
The classmate who played the stepmother pushed Cinderella hard, and Touya, who played Cinderella, took a step back weakly and let out a shameful cry.
Although he plays the role of a weak and vulnerable victim, Touya's apathy does not make him seem pitiful at all, and his entire performance lacks any acting skills or emotions.
"Do you want to kill us?"
One of the stepsisters kicked Cinderella hard, and the tall Cinderella immediately collapsed to the ground weakly, screaming in pain.
“Ah…”
The realistic acting was displayed in front of all the audience through the stage. Sakura below lowered her head and dared not to look, with her toes tightly gripping the soles of her shoes.
She had never expected that her brother would play such a role. It had nothing to do with her, but she couldn't help but feel embarrassed about it.
If she had known this, she would not have come to see me. Now it is not right to leave, nor is it right to stay. If there is a crack in the ground in front of her, she will definitely crawl into it.
From now on, she, Sakura Kinomoto, and Touya Kinomoto have nothing to do with each other.
The performance on the stage was still going on. During the performance, the two stepsisters suddenly held hands and started dancing. They were very happy and were very into the performance.
He is out of place with Touya who always has a cold face. Among the four performers on the stage, Touya is the only one who has no acting skills.
"Hey, you're just envious of us." Seeing that Touya didn't react at all, the actor who played the stepmother reminded him with lines that it was his turn now.
Hearing this, Touya looked indifferent, clasped his hands together, and said, "Wow, I want to go too."
"The three of us are going to the dance, so you just stay at home for me."
The show was still going on, but Sakura, who was sitting in the audience, was already blushing with embarrassment. She just felt like she shouldn't have come to watch this show.
It would be fine if she was alone, after all, no one knew her, but the most important thing was that her friends were also here and they all knew her brother.
This feeling of being restless and uncomfortable cannot be described in words.
"Remember to prepare the midnight snack."
“I want ramen!”
After finishing the last lines, the two stepsisters and stepmother walked off the stage in an extremely devilish manner, leaving Touya alone on the stage.
“Hee…hee…hee…”
When only one person was left, Touya let out another emotionless and weird whimper.
Then the stage lights shone on him, and he once again said emotionlessly: "I want to go to the dance, too."
In the audience.
"Although he has no acting skills, he remembers his lines perfectly, which shows that he is quite dedicated."
Xia Yu, who was holding the camera, commented casually. Li Xiaolang beside him couldn't help but complain: "It doesn't seem like he wants to go at all."
When Sakura, who was standing next to her, heard this, she wanted to hide under the bench directly, and even the few strands of hair on her head drooped down weakly.
"Hello!"
Suddenly, another gentle male voice appeared on the stage, and there were continuous exclamations from the audience.
This time, the exclamations seemed to be even louder than when Touya appeared, and it can also be seen that the character appearing this time is also played by a very popular actor .
Hearing the familiar voice, Sakura, who was originally so embarrassed that she wanted to leave here, couldn't help but raise her head and look at the person who came.
I saw a snow rabbit in a student uniform with a water blue ribbon hanging from his body, a mackerel can headdress on his head, and a small fish staff in his hand.
However, it is called a staff, but it is actually just a wooden stick with a paper-cut of a small fish pasted on it.
When they saw that the new character was Yukito, Sakura and Syaoran smiled at the same time and looked at Yukito happily.
Seeing this, Tomoyo smiled and said, "It seems that Tsukishiro-nii is also very popular."
"Yeah!" Sakura nodded repeatedly: "Because Snow Rabbit is handsome."
Hearing this, Syaoran, who was sitting next to Sakura, subconsciously nodded in affirmation, but he reacted the next second and turned his head away in displeasure.
"So, Snow Rabbit is playing the role of the Fairy Godmother? This is clearly Fairy Yeast..."
Seeing this scene, Xia Yu couldn't help but complain. He had wanted to complain before. He could accept the localization of miso soup and ramen, but what the hell was it that the fairy godmother turned into canned mackerel?
On stage.
Dressed like this, Yukito came up to Touya and said, "You seem to be in trouble, Cinderella, here."
While speaking the lines, Snow Rabbit handed a note to Cinderella.
Cinderella took the note and read it as if she were reading a line: "This is the invitation to the ball, but how did you get it?"
When asked, Snow Rabbit pointed to the canned mackerel sticker on his head and replied, "Because I know magic."
Noticing Snow Rabbit's movements, Cinderella first glanced at the ball invitation ticket in her hand, and then read it word by word.
"What's that on your head?"
Snow Rabbit turned to face the audience and pointed to the sticker on his head while explaining, "This is a can of mackerel."
"After a long time, this discarded can became a can with magic."
As soon as these words came out, Sakura and Syaoran slid down the bench at the same time. Syaoran even complained in confusion: "Why is it canned mackerel?"
"Maybe it's meant to satirize society, reminding everyone to cherish resources." Tomoyo lowered her head and looked at Syaoran and Sakura, and guessed with a smile.
"It could also be an advertisement. Maybe the sponsor of this drama is canned mackerel, so the fairy godmother was replaced with magical canned mackerel." Xia Yu, who was next to Tomoyo, also guessed casually.
After hearing the two people's guesses, Sakura and Syaoran looked at each other, neither of them knowing how to answer. Although these two guesses were outrageous, they did make some sense when they were carefully considered.
But the next moment, Xiaoying suddenly reacted. She looked at the camera in Xia Yu's hand and asked in surprise: "Xia, when did you take the camera to shoot?"
"Just when the play was beginning."
Xia Yu steadily pointed the camera at the stage and said with a smile, "Although this performance is weird, I find it quite fun to watch. I can watch it as a funny video when I have nothing to do, so I plan to record it as a souvenir."
"By the way, Sakura, if you want, I can make a copy for you. You can go back and watch it with your uncle and have fun together."
Hearing this, Sakura recalled her brother's acting on the stage and her face turned red with embarrassment.
Sakura wanted to refuse directly, but the words were on her lips but she didn't say them out loud because she suddenly remembered that her brother didn't have many opportunities to embarrass himself.
Although she was very embarrassed this time, she finally got to see the embarrassing side of her brother.
This is such a good opportunity. I must go back and share it with my dad, and then make fun of my brother.
"Xia, please give me a copy."
Thinking of this, Xiaoying said to Xia Yu with a firm gaze, and Xia Yu nodded happily. Smiles are meant to be shared to generate more laughter.
A world was created where Touya was the only one hurt, but he probably didn't care.
The performance in the stadium was still going on, but outside the stadium, the light green mist was spreading and increasing little by little, and then invaded the venue through various ventilation vents.
Where the light green mist passed, some iron mesh railings and the like were gradually corroded and were completely corroded in just a few seconds.
On the stage, the dance begins.
The actor who played the prince walked out surrounded by lights. Unlike Cinderella who was played by a man, the prince was played by a woman.
This time the drama is a cross-dressing performance, that is, a costume performance with men dressing as women and women dressing as men.
As soon as the woman playing the prince appeared on stage, cheers broke out from the audience, and the prince began his performance under the lights.
The actor who plays the prince is also very talented in acting. In the entire drama performance, it seems that only Touya has no acting skills.
When the prince finished his lines, he looked to the other end of the stage. At this moment, Cinderella also changed into a brand new pink princess dress and walked up.
With an indifferent look on her face, Touya lifted the hem of her skirt and walked towards the center of the stage step by step with her big feet. She looked just like a runaway Disney princess, except that this princess had a dark skin.
Seeing Touya dressed like this, Sakura started to feel embarrassed again as expected.
On stage.
The princess came to the prince, then stretched out her arms and hugged his shoulders. The prince leaned in the princess' arms with a shy look on his face.
Although Princess Kinomoto had a cold expression, the prince was still fascinated by her. It was not until the princess reminded him that he remembered to recite his lines.
"Oh, what a pure and lovely girl. Let's dance first."
After finishing his lines, the prince took Princess Kinomoto's hands and danced with her as the background music played.
Xia Yu: (′-ι_-｀)
"Hmm... innocent... cute... ah, my aesthetic is really backward."
Sakura and Syaoran, who were stunned by the performance, said in unison: "What a strange play."
After they finished speaking, they both suddenly reacted, looked at each other blankly, and then turned their heads away in dissatisfaction, in unison, in unison.
However, at this moment, they both suddenly sat up and looked around at each other.
