Chapter 78 Betrayal and Support from the Oboe
[Points: 284,000]
Looking at this line of words, Toru Watanabe suddenly had the urge to exert all his strength, but he held back.
It only takes a moment to redeem points. If you really need more physical strength, it is not too late to redeem then.
Exercising on your own can not only save points, but also cultivate a healthy lifestyle and exercise your will, and you will gradually become more confident.
This is not something that can be achieved with just 10 points of physical strength.
A calm ocean cannot produce a skilled sailor, and a comfortable environment cannot create a great man of the times... If possible, Toru Watanabe hopes to change the motto on the "Survey Form for Further Education and Employment" to this.
'What I want is for the world to bow down before me' and so on. Thinking about it now, it's really too shameful.
Toru Watanabe walked happily back to the music classroom.
He looked around the classroom and found the head of the wind band in the crowd: "Head of the band, Komatsu."
Komatsu Misaki turned around and said, "Watanabe-san? Is it Kiyono-san? What's the matter?
"No," said Toru Watanabe, "it's like this, I want to apply to practice the oboe in your activity room."
After that, he added: "Don't worry, I will never affect your training and ensemble. If it causes you trouble, you can let me go at any time."
Komatsu Misaki smiled.
"We don't disturb each other during normal practice, so why does your presence disturb us, Watanabe-san? It's okay. By the way, do you want to join the wind band?"
"Join the wind band?"
"Yes. As long as you join, you can use the classroom freely and you can also get guidance from Hayami-senpai."
After Komatsu Misaki finished speaking, the person with a lady's hairstyle next to her smiled gently at Watanabe Toru: "I am the principal of the oboe and bassoon part, Hayami Kaoru."
Toru Watanabe recognized her as the one who had kindly reminded him to find a teacher on Monday.
"Hayami-senpai, I'm first-year Watanabe Toru. If I join now, will it cause you trouble?"
All members of the wind band are now focused on the competition. It would be too much trouble for them to ask them to take out their precious time to guide a newbie like him.
If it were difficult to explain the source of the money, he could have simply found a music teacher outside.
Komatsu Misaki smiled and put her hand on Hayami Kaoru's thin shoulder: "Hayami is the principal of the oboe and bassoon section, and the only member who plays the bassoon. This means that she has to perform whether Advisor Kiyono is willing or not."
"Misaki!" Hayami Kaoru shouted helplessly.
During this period, Toru Watanabe learned some common knowledge about musical instruments and knew that many instruments have their own special lip shapes.
For example, if an oboe player switches to another instrument, he or she almost has to learn it from scratch, and if the original lip shape habits are not ingrained in the mind, they are likely to be forgotten.
Under such harsh circumstances, changing from oboe to bassoon and from bassoon to oboe is the most common choice, which shows that there are many similarities between the two.
It was not without purpose that Komatsu Misaki asked bassoon player Hayami Kaoru to coach him.
"But don't underestimate our Hayami because of this." Komatsu Misaki said proudly, "Her strength can be said to be the undisputed number one!"
"And there's Mai Asuhito-san," said Kaoru Hayami with a smile.
"You're tied for first place!"
Hayami Kaoru ignored the funny Komatsu Misaki and smiled gently: "Watanabe-san, I will guide you without affecting my own training. I hope you can join the wind section and the oboe & bassoon section."
"In that case, it will be troublesome."
Toru Watanabe didn't ask why he didn't let the member in charge of the oboe teach him. Anyway, he wasn't going to really bother others and waste training time to teach him.
"Wait a moment!" Komatsu Misaki jumped away and quickly brought back the application form for joining the club.
After Watanabe Toru finished filling it out, she clenched her fist and said loudly: "The wind band has taken a step further in dominating Kamikawa!"
"What?" Watanabe Toru was stunned by her.
"It's like this..."
After Hayami Kaoru finished explaining, Watanabe Toru realized that the reason Komatsu Misaki said this was because her wish was to have everyone in the school become members of the wind orchestra.
Of course that's impossible.
The wind orchestra does not pay salaries, nor does it provide assignments, and even does not provide food and lodging.
After joining the club, Toru Watanabe followed Hayami Kaoru directly to the training room for the oboe and bassoon section.
It was even smaller than the bass section's training room, and could be best described as the size of a palm. There was no one inside.
Watanabe Toru didn't ask where anyone had gone, but when lunch break was almost over and he and Hayami Kaoru were still the only ones in the training room, he had a vague feeling that something was wrong.
"Hayami-senpai, where is the member who plays the oboe?"
Hayami Xun put down the bassoon that was like a hookah, and a trace of helplessness flashed in his eyes: "Watanabe-san, I hope you can tell Kiyono-san that Sato Ritsuko, who is in charge of the oboe, does not plan to participate in the selection."
As the only oboe member, even if his ability is only at the level of "being able to play" - in fact, due to the high difficulty of the oboe, many orchestras only require the ability to play - he will definitely be selected into Group A.
However, not participating in the selection is another matter.
It was clear that she was against Kiyono Rin serving as an advisor.
Things are not good.
Watanabe Toru smiled instead. He wanted to see how Kiyono Rin would solve the problem.
Today’s fun things happen one after another!
It happened that Class 1 and Class 4 had a combined home economics class in the afternoon. Watanabe Toru, stirring flour in his hands, slipped over to Kiyono Rin, who was wearing an apron and carefully preparing the ingredients.
"Qiono-san, I have good news and bad news."
"Watanabe-san, I don't need more flour for my cooking."
"Oh, sorry." Toru Watanabe wiped off the flour that was accidentally spilled on the dish, but ended up getting more flour on it. He simply ignored it.
“Which one do you want to hear first?” he said with a smile.
"Bad news." Kiyono Rin skillfully rolled the octopus balls on the model iron plate.
"The only member of the orchestra who plays the oboe is a member of the resistance army."
Qing Ye Lin paused and said, "What's the good news?"
"For the sake of the Human Observation Department, I resolutely decided to infiltrate the Wind Ensemble Department alone and become the new oboe player!"
"lie."
"I joined the wind band and helped it conquer the world."
"Tell the truth!" Qingye Rin frowned and said in a tone of 'I don't have time to joke with you right now'.
Watanabe Toru beat the dough into a bowl, pointed at Kiyono Rin with his powdery fingers, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and deliberately teased, "Cold, I like it."
Qingye Rin turned her head and suddenly smiled from her serious expression. She picked up a meatball with a toothpick and said, "Try it."
"Hmm? Ah, thank you." Watanabe Toru took a bite.
“How does it taste?”
“The smell of love.”
"Love?" Qingye Rin was stunned.
"It's so spicy and choking that tears are coming out. Doesn't this seem like love, painful and happy at the same time?" Toru Watanabe wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with the back of his hand.
Qingye Rin put her hand on her chin and said, "Humans are incredible. They can actually taste the flavor of love in wasabi. We need more detailed observation and research."
She turned around and inserted another octopus ball.
Watanabe Toru quickly took two steps back: "No, no, not at all. In fact, I joined the wind band just to use the music classroom. The original oboe member was indeed one of the ones who rebelled against you."
"Why can't these people just try ?" Qingye Rin put the octopus balls in her hand into her mouth.
Watanabe Toru blinked: "Are you okay?"
Qingye Rin followed his gaze and looked down at the toothpick in her hand: "What are you talking about? I saw that you were so spicy, so I wanted to give you a normal taste to ease it off, but it seems that you cherish 'love' very much."
"...Of course, I am still devoted to Meiji."
"Tell such lies to your Meiji."
After school, on an evening when the plum rain stopped and the sunset dyed the overhead corridor in crimson, Qingye Rin still continued her selection.
There were more than 80 members in the club, and in the end there were more than 60 people joining, which was more than enough in terms of number. The only problem was .
Although Toru Watanabe also plays the oboe, it will take at least next year for him to reach the level where he can play it.
As for using the "30% off intelligence exchange coupon for every 10 points or less" and spending 30,000 points to become a musical instrument genius, that's a no-brainer.
Wouldn't it be good to use it to learn "firearms" or become a "martial arts genius"?
Or he could focus on "politics" or "business" to prepare for the opportunity for him to plunder the family property when Kujo Miki gives birth to his child and takes maternity leave, wouldn't that be good?
Even if it's used to increase charm, it's fine.
If smiling doesn’t work, try the eyes. If the eyes don’t work, try the nose. There is always a point that can hit the sexual fetish of Kujo Miki.
Watanabe Toru would never use the points earned with his life to solve a small difficulty in daily life - and it was someone else's.
Besides, this matter actually only requires Kiyono Rin or Kujo Miki. If one of them takes the initiative to find the principal, ten student unions will not be enough to fight.
It's just that Kiyono Rin has her own persistence, and Kujo Miki would rather the Human Observation Department close down, or she would propose to be the director before taking action.
After the selection, everyone gathered in the music classroom and Qingye Rin stood on the podium.
"Starting today, in addition to Saturdays and Sundays, you must come to school for training. The wind band will go home at 9pm."
As soon as she announced it, someone immediately stood up and said, “I have tutoring at 7 o’clock.”
"We are already in our third year of high school and are busy preparing for further studies."
"In addition to tutoring, I also have a part-time job at night."
In the eyes of outsiders, Kamikawa High School is a school that only cares about deviation and has nothing to do with intelligence. Indeed, many people in it are busy studying and become unsociable and loners in the eyes of others.
Qing Ye Lin clasped his hands together and signaled everyone to be quiet: "Considering this, I have already applied to the school to allow the wind band to stay in school until twelve o'clock in the evening. I will also help you with your homework."
“…”
"You? Help us?"
"What a joke! Do you think you're so great just because you're the top student in the first grade? There's also a top student in the third grade in our club!"
In response to everyone's doubts, Qingye Rin's expression remained unchanged and she maintained her confidence as always.
"Let the facts speak for themselves." Her cold and oppressive voice made everyone subconsciously quiet down. "In addition to the regular concert at the end of the month, I will participate in the third-grade monthly exam. If I can't get first place, I will withdraw."
This time, even Toru Watanabe couldn't help but murmur "uh..."
Unlike others who questioned her strength, he was just marveling at her hard-nosed approach.
Doesn't this girl know how to be tactful? She always tries to shut the other person up with her strength?
Although you can do whatever you want if you have enough strength, sometimes you need means other than strength to deal with people's hearts.
For example, now.
Watanabe Toru took two steps forward and said to everyone, "Just treat this as a study session."
"Study session?"
"That's right." Watanabe Toru nodded. "Here we have the top third-year students, the top first-year students in liberal arts, and the top first-year students in science. Although it may sound a bit arrogant, I still have to say: there is no problem in answering other members' academic questions."
Don't underestimate the first grade.
Because the exam content involves the entire high school knowledge, if they were really asked to do the third-grade test, they would definitely have a place in the top 20, if not first or second.
However, Kiyono Rin was a little unhappy that Watanabe Toru arbitrarily labeled himself as the best in liberal arts and even ranked ahead of science.
Everyone in the wind band was talking about it, but judging by their expressions, they all seemed to be interested.
"Besides," Watanabe Toru showed an expectant smile, "Everyone gets together late at night, practices until their fingers ache, and studies with the lights on in the music room until late at night. Doesn't it feel very youthful?"
This is a smile full of magical colors, which makes people happy and fascinating.
Because of this smile, people will fall in love with the boy’s lips, his nose, his eyes, and finally the whole boy.
It is incredible and inexplicable, just like the person you like shows an irresistible preference for you.
Next, perhaps because of this smile, or perhaps because of Watanabe Toru's words, they touched their hearts and they all showed expectant smiles.
"Support." Asu Mai's calm voice was the first to sound.
"I support you too!" Ichiki Aoi raised her hand immediately. "I've long wanted to ask Kiyono and Watanabe for advice on study methods!"
"I support it too!" Hanada Asako raised her hand shyly but firmly.
Then everyone in the bass section raised their hands.
Toru Watanabe gave Asu Mai a grateful look, in return she blinked twice.
Although it was just a normal blink and her eyes were still as calm as spring water, Toru Watanabe always felt that she was hinting at something.
Could it be... an empty classroom late at night? The toilet? The corridor? Too exciting!
This won’t work, senior!
"Since the third-year top-ranked senior Asuri has agreed... then we should also..."
“It seems like studying together would be nice.”
"I'm at home alone and always want to play with my phone and eat snacks. If you stay and study with me, I won't be bothered and my grades will improve!"
"Me too, I feel like studying alone is so inefficient!"
"But what if I go back in the middle of the night? Will it be dangerous?"
"We'll go back together at night, what are you afraid of? And you can sleep at my house, or I can go to yours."
"I'm really looking forward to it when you say that! It feels just like a training camp!"
…
Listening to everyone's discussion, Watanabe Toru looked at Kiyono Rin proudly.
"Thank you." The words were spoken quickly and lightly. Amid the noise of the crowd, before Watanabe Toru could hear clearly, Kiyono Rin had already turned her head away.
"Please remember, we are here to train and learn. Be prepared to endure hardships to the point of wanting to die!" She said to the excited crowd with a cold face.
"Now, start training!"
