Chapter 77 The Unpleasant First Note

By Monday, the Human Observation Department began to deal with the crisis of abolishing the society.

Kiyono Rin found a way to get all the members of the wind band to agree to become a temporary consultant.

Watanabe Toru's mission is to convince the student council to agree that if they help the wind band enter the Kanto competition, they will recognize the legitimacy of the Human Observation Club.

The student council in real high schools does not have as strong a presence as in the anime, and many people don’t even know who the president is.

Although Toru Watanabe is not an ordinary person, he also doesn't know where the student council room is, so he decides to go to the principal's office, which he has been to once.

"…That's about it. I hope the principal can give us a chance to earn privileges through hard work."

The old principal touched the back of his left hand with his right hand and said carefully: "Since the founding of our school, we have always advocated that students manage students . Watanabe, it would be more appropriate for you to discuss this matter with the student union."

"Okay, thank you, Principal." Watanabe Toru said regretfully, "I will convey your words to Kiyono-san and Miki, and we will find a way ourselves."

"Of course!" The old principal crossed his fingers, clenched his hands, and pursed his lips. "Kamikawa believes in strength above all else. As long as Kiyono can really get the wind band into the Kanto competition, I believe the student union will definitely recognize the significance of your club's existence."

"Thank you, Principal! I will tell them that too!"

"Well, come on. Oh, and don't fall behind in your studies."

After coming out of the principal's office, Toru Watanabe went straight back to the classroom.

The next thing is between the student council and the principal. The Human Observation Department, no, it's Kiyono Rin, who has to do nothing but get the wind band into the Kanto competition.

As for him, Toru Watanabe, he can practice his oboe and massage techniques in peace until the Kanto competition ends in August.

Watanabe Toru was in a good mood and took out the reed of the oboe from his pocket and started to blow it randomly. The melody was "Jingle Bells".

After school, Toru Watanabe came to the Human Observation Department's activity room and heard a discussion inside at the door.

When he pushed open the sliding door, he found that the beech wood table that could seat eight people was actually occupied. Even his seat was occupied by Asuka Mai.

However, I don’t know if it was because of Qingno Rin’s reminder or they were embarrassed, but no one sat on Kujo Miki’s sofa.

Seeing Toru Watanabe coming in, the orchestra said in unison: "Excuse me."

"It's okay." Toru Watanabe waved his hand, signaling them to continue.

While they were chatting about their own things, Toru Watanabe threw his schoolbag on the sofa, took out the oboe temporarily named "Black Recorder", assembled it, and put it aside solemnly.

Then, hold the reed in your mouth and blow while flipping through the "Basic Oboe Scale Techniques Exercises".

"…The problem lies with the third years. They insist…" As she spoke, Kiyono Rin glanced at Watanabe Toru.

"Bub, bub, bub, bub--" continues Jingle Bells.

She continued: "If they continue to insist, they can only..."

After memorizing the entire book, Toru Watanabe took out the voice corrector, adjusted the frequency to 440HZ, and then inserted the reed in his mouth into the instrument.

"Ga, ga, ga."

He paused and repositioned his fingers.

“……”This time no sound was made.

It’s okay, I’m just a beginner.

“…”

"Hmm." Watanabe Toru cleared his throat, adjusted the depth of the reed, and straightened his back.

“…”

This thing is really troublesome. Other musical instruments have enough lung capacity and can always produce a sound, but this one does the opposite.

Because the air inlet of the oboe is small, only a little air can be blown in at a time, which is equivalent to a state of almost stopping breathing.

It's not a pleasant feeling to have carbon dioxide trapped in your lungs.

Beginners will definitely feel dizzy when playing long notes, and it is not uncommon for them to faint in severe cases.

Watanabe Toru's current task is to make a sound.

He took off the mouthpiece of the whistle, put it in his mouth and blew it like a whistle, then carefully studied his lip shape while looking at the book.

Watanabe Toru learned to be selfless, and the people in the meeting on the other side became extremely miserable.

In the middle of a sentence, I suddenly heard "bubububu". After I finally got used to it, it was "bu——" again.

Feeling that he had gained some understanding of the mouth shape, Toru Watanabe inserted the reed into the oboe, and occasionally a duck-like sound could be heard.

Every time this happened, everyone would become quiet and wait for the sound to pass, while Kiyono Rin would rub her brows with a headache.

"Knock, knock, knock." The door of the activity classroom was suddenly knocked.

"Come in."

Two men and one woman stood at the door, looking at each other unkindly: "We are from the calligraphy department next door, could you please not make any sharp noises?"

Kiyono Rin smiled and looked at Watanabe Toru.

"Sorry, sorry, I'll take it back to practice." Toru Watanabe put down the oboe.

After being complained, Toru Watanabe could only learn theoretical knowledge and whistle.

"Watanabe-san, for the oboe, you should find a teacher," a girl with a dangerous lady-like hairstyle suggested as the orchestra left.

"Ah, thank you." Watanabe Toru came back to his senses and nodded at the other party.

After they left, Watanabe Toru was about to continue practicing, and Kiyono Rin asked him, "Did the student council agree?"

"Agreed."

Qingye Lin frowned: "Tell the truth."

Watanabe Toru was just about to continue whistling, but after hearing what she said, he had to tell the principal again about his visit at noon.

"Next time the students come to cause trouble, we will ask them to go to the principal directly. He will definitely help us convince them."

Qingye Rin nodded, and didn't care about Watanabe Toru's bullying and borrowing the power of the Qingye family.

She herself would not use her privileges, but she would not take the initiative to prevent others from using them either, and without her, and the Kujo family, the outcome would still not change.

"What about you? Looks like there's trouble?" asked Toru Watanabe.

"I'll take care of it." Under the setting sun, Qingye Rin picked up a book with a sealed jacket.

Things were more troublesome than Watanabe Toru had expected, and he watched them hold several meetings until Thursday, when Kiyono Rin informed him that the matter was resolved.

"Too slow," she frowned, "and wasted a few days of practice."

If one wants to bring a wind band of the level of Kamikawa High School into the Kanto Competition, one or two days is indeed important, and one must even race against time.

But this has nothing to do with Toru Watanabe.

"Can I come with you?" he said.

Qingye Rin tilted her head slightly and gave him a puzzled look.

"I want to practice more." Toru Watanabe pointed to the oboe on the table.

Watanabe Toru received complaints not only in the activity classroom, but also in the rental house.

He could only go to the river every morning and evening, but progress was very slow, and there were too many mosquitoes in the summer.

If you can go to the music room of the wind band, you can not only avoid mosquitoes, but also have several more hours of practice time every day.

However, Toru Watanabe had a bad feeling that before July, he would probably still be struggling with the duck calls.

Now he can only keep trying. When Kujo Miki sees that he has tried his best, she may let him go or let him undergo punishment such as massage.

On Friday, after a sunny day, the plum rain started again.

Toru Watanabe was in a very good mood and even fell asleep late last night.

June 21st was exactly 23 days since May 29th when he confessed his love to Kujo Miki in the courtyard.

Miki Kujo agreed to date him during lunch break, which means that by today's lunch break, it will be exactly one month since she signed in!

For the entire morning, Toru Watanabe was whistling happily - it was not because he was frivolous or excited and could not control himself, it was just one of the practice methods for oboe beginners.

It was lunchtime and there was still some time before sign-in, so he followed Kiyono Rin to the music classroom.

It seems that all the members of the wind band are here today, and the classroom is packed.

They were chatting among themselves, and their individual voices were not loud, but when more than eighty people came together, it was simply a feast of noise.

"Please keep quiet. The meeting will begin now." The head of the wind band, whose surname is Komatsu, raised his voice and shouted.

The classroom gradually became quiet.

Minister Komatsu continued, "After everyone's discussion and with the teacher's permission, we have decided to formally invite first-year student Rin Kiyono to serve as a temporary advisor."

Qingye Rin walked into the classroom from the door and then walked up to the podium.

Toru Watanabe followed behind, but after entering the classroom, he hid by the window.

"Let me introduce myself first," Qing Ye Lin was not afraid even when facing 80 people. "My name is Qing Ye Lin, I am good at trumpet, and I will be responsible for teaching brass instruments in the future. I will also find first-class teachers for woodwind and percussion instruments."

There is no objection from below.

Toru Watanabe guessed that during this period of time, she should have proved her strength in the copper pipe with practical actions.

"What a shame! I really want to see her single-handedly overthrow the wind section! After all, shouldn't this kind of thing be done by him, the 'protagonist'? Why is he doing the easy and dirty work instead?"

As he was daydreaming, Toru Watanabe keenly noticed that someone in the crowd was staring at him.

He followed his feeling and looked, and in the crowd, Tamamo Yoshimi, who had a pretty face and a graceful figure was looking away.

“…”

The sound of chalk was heard, and Kiyono Rin pointed to the blackboard with musical notation drawn on it, on which was written "Kanto Competition".

“This is everyone’s goal this year.”

Toru Watanabe saw many people with ashamed expressions on their faces, while others had no expression on their faces.

Kiyono Rin glanced at everyone, turned around sternly, and drew a big "X" on the "Kanto Tournament".

"Hey, you want to humiliate them in front of 80 people? Even if it were me, I would have no choice but to run away with you!"

Just as Watanabe Toru was thinking this, the sound of chalk came again.

"Please change your goal to this." Qingye Rin pointed at the new words on the blackboard that were so white that they were reflective.

National Competition Gold Medal

The scene suddenly became chaotic, and even the people in the bass section looked at each other in confusion. It seemed that they were not aware of this play.

Before anyone stepped forward to question, Qingye Rin's cold voice was heard first.

"You don't have to worry about your goal. You can even just want to appear on stage once."

"You just need to obey my orders and strictly implement my arrangements."

The confident and arrogant words echoed in the quiet music classroom.

"That sounds nice." A voice came from the crowd.

Before Watanabe Toru could react, Kiyono Rin's eyes found her.

"Senior Ino-senpai, and everyone else," she glanced at everyone in the classroom, "I don't care what you think of me. My only goal is to win the national gold medal. Unlike you, once I have a goal, I will definitely achieve it."

The slightly noisy sound rang out again.

"And I never fail, nor do I allow myself to fail, so I also hope to succeed this time."

"You are the eldest daughter of the Kiyono family, how could you fail?" A harsh voice responded, but this time it was someone else.

Toru Watanabe looked at Kiyono Rin.

She said that she has never used her privileges so far, and that means she definitely hasn't used them. Even if others have given them to her on their own initiative because of the Seino family, it would be too hasty to deny all her efforts and achievements so easily.

Will you be angry?

No.

Kiyono Rin didn't even respond, she put down the chalk.

"First things first. Tonight, I will personally select the 55 official members of Group A for the competition."

"What?"

"impossible!"

"Do we have a chance to play, too?"

"Isn't it natural for the third grade to appear?"

Facing the noise, Qing Ye Lin sneered: "Those who are speaking now are the ones who feel that they are not strong enough to be selected, right?"

Watanabe Toru took a deep breath.

【You have a new email】

"My Lord Minister, please speak more slowly!"

There was an uproar below again. Some people stood up directly, and the stools made a harsh sound because they were pushed away violently.

Everyone blamed Qingye Rin.

"What do you know as a first grader?"

“Even the consultant wouldn’t dare to make such a decision!”

"It's really a waste of time to ask her to guide us."

The door of the music classroom was opened, and a group of people led by Inoue left the classroom angrily.

The rest of the group exchanged uneasy glances.

"You can't even stick to your own decision, so it's better for you to leave." Qingye Rin said indifferently, "I reiterate again, you can be uneasy, you can choose not to participate, you can dislike me, you can hate me, but if you decide to participate in the competition with me, from now on, please obey my arrangements!"

She picked up a stack of music from the podium.

"Minister Komatsu, please distribute it to everyone."

"Oh, okay!" Minister Komatsu, who had been in a dilemma for a while, responded quickly.

The music score was distributed to everyone, and since there were extras, Toru Watanabe also took a copy.

"These are the designated songs and optional songs for selecting official members. Everyone, practice well."

"By the way, don't think you can relax just because you're in Group A this time. Before the game, as long as a member of Group B who is not selected is strong enough, I will kick them from Group A to Group B at any time."

"There will be a selection after school today. If you don't want to participate, you don't have to come."

"But before you make a decision, please think carefully about your experience at the concert hall last Saturday. There are still two more scheduled performances. Are you willing to continue like this?"

"Finally, I'll say it again: since this is your own decision, I hope you can stick to it."

The classroom fell into silence for a while, and Qingye Rin turned around quickly and left the music classroom.

Watanabe Toru followed behind her.

He said helplessly: "There should be a better way to say it, right?"

"It's not a bad thing for conflicts to break out at the beginning. I will never allow anyone to quit halfway after working hard for a period of time."

"That makes sense, but aren't you afraid of being disliked?"

Qingye Rin stopped and turned to look at Watanabe Toru: "Tell you one reason why I am so outstanding."

"Please go ahead."

"Care about the people you care about, and don't worry about what other people think."

Watanabe Toru nodded: "There really was no one worth caring about in the classroom just now."

Qingye Rin glanced at him and said, "What are you talking about here? Aren't you going to practice?"

"Oh, that's right!" Toru Watanabe slapped his head and thought of the sign-in reward instead of practice.

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