Chapter 97: Just a glance, and he has to pay a heavy price... Even though it's his own fault
Watanabe Toru doesn't run on rainy days. He usually does some simple exercises in the rental house. But today he got up late, so he had to go to school first.
After the first class, Toru Watanabe did push-ups at the back of the classroom.
Kunii Osamu saw this and started to join in. Saito Keisuke counted on the side, and before they knew it, it had turned into an eye-catching competition just like the last swimming lesson.
"Come on! Watanabe!" It was the girl with bob hair in the kendo club who was sitting in front of Toru Watanabe.
"Don't lose to him, Kunii!" The boys cheered for Kunii Osamu.
Watanabe Toru's physical strength was not as strong as Kunii Osamu's, his speed was slower than his, and his total number of reps was far less than his.
"Watanabe, what's wrong with you?" Saito Keisuke laughed loudly.
"So weak Watanabe——"
"You guys!" Watanabe Toru took a few gulps of water, "Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west, don't look down on the young and poor!"
It’s a pity that these guys don’t know the power of this sentence and are still laughing. They will cry in the future.
"Watanabe-kun, has your physical strength improved?" The girl from the Kendo Club stood in her seat, with her buttocks resting on the table, and spoke to Watanabe Toru with the hem of her skirt.
"Kazumi-chan, stop looking at Watanabe-kun. He already has a girlfriend!" the girl next to him laughed.
"That's right! Look at me too!" Kunii Osamu stroked his buzz cut from front to back with both hands, making a bodybuilding pose.
"Look at me too." Saito Keisuke and Kunii Osamu stood back to back, showing off Hong's biceps that they didn't have.
"You guys are so long-winded!" Ikeda Kazumi waved her hands at the three people in shame and anger.
Watanabe Toru put down the cup and panted slightly, saying, "I have been exercising since spring, and my physical strength has improved a lot. The push-ups just now were morning exercises."
"If you lose, you lose. Don't make excuses!" Kunihiko hissed.
"That's right! You are only allowed to be good at badminton and tennis, but we are not allowed to be good at push-ups?" Saito Keisuke said as if he had just done the same thing.
Watanabe Toru smiled bitterly and said, "You two guys."
"Hey, Watanabe-kun, I know an exercise that's very useful~" Ikeda Kazumi said excitedly as if she suddenly remembered something.
Watanabe Toru didn't have much energy and didn't want to talk, so he just said "Hmm?" softly. For some reason, Ikeda Kazumi blushed.
" Do you know the theme song of Chibi Maruko-chan, Let's Dance Together?"
"I know Chibi Maruko-chan." Toru Watanabe shook his head.
"I'll jump for you~" Ikeda Kazumi jumped out of her seat and walked to the back of the classroom where they had just done push-ups.
"Oh——" The boys clapped and cheered.
"Like this." The somewhat shy Ikeda Kazumi spread her legs, raised her hands high, and jumped twice on the spot in a big letter shape.
The hem of her school uniform skirt bounced, her breasts swayed, and the boys' eyes followed her up and down.
"Then it's like this." Ikeda Kazumi raised her right arm horizontally in front of her chest, with her feet one in front of the other, then she raised her left arm horizontally and jumped her legs to exchange positions.
"That's it?" Toru Watanabe felt that it was not as good as radio gymnastics.
"There are still many moves to come." Ikeda Kazumi put away her pose.
"Kazumi-chan, dance for us!" the boy with bad intentions cheered.
"No! I'm too shy to do it alone!" Ikeda Kazumi didn't refuse very firmly. She insisted on dancing this cute dance and wanted to show it off in front of the boys.
The girl next to him pointed at Watanabe Toru and said, "Then let Watanabe-kun dance along too!"
"I?"
"That's right! This is a good time to learn! Hurry up!"
"If Watanabe-kun joins, I'll just dance once." Ikeda Kazumi covered her mouth with the back of her hand, saying shyly but with a little anticipation.
Without waiting for Watanabe Toru to express his opinion, the boys rushed over and lifted Watanabe Toru from his seat.
"I jump, I jump! Don't touch my pants!"
"Hahaha!"
"You guys are a bunch of people who forget their friends for the sake of beauty." Watanabe Toru cursed while adjusting the position of his belt.
Ikeda Kazumi stood in position, her eyes fixed on the thin waist under Watanabe Toru's shirt, and said with a smile, "Are you ready?"
Now it was all she could do. After confirming that the belt was fine, Toru Watanabe stood beside her and said, "Come on!"
"By the way, remember to sing~"
"Singing? And bringing your own background music?"
"Of course! 'Let's Dance', even if you haven't heard it before, you know how to sing it!"
"I have never heard of such a magical song."
"It's okay, you'll learn it once you hear it, and you'll get a better sense of the rhythm if you sing and dance."
"……All right."
"Let's start~~"
Watanabe Toru knew the first two silly moves. At the same time, Ikeda Kazumi started singing "Let's Dance", which you know how to sing even if you haven't heard it before.
"No matter what, let's all dance together." He raised his hands and slapped his trouser seams, and his feet jumped forward two steps and then backward two steps with a strange interlude.
"【Suddenly, the uncle who loves to lie appears from the pot】" Raise your hands high and lift your legs up and down.
"【I will never forget that Edison is a great man】" He swung his arms around like a fool and strode away.
Toru Watanabe stopped, stared at her dance steps and tilted his head twice in embarrassment.
“Watanabe-kun, don’t stop!” Ikeda Kazumi crossed her arms on her shoulders and twisted her body back and forth, “【This is common sense——Tattatatatalalila!】”
The boys burst into laughter and started dancing too.
They sang in unison: "Pikala , pykala, papapalapa, tatatatalalila—"
"Twist your body like a blade of grass, with both hands pointing to the upper right, upper left, lower right..."
All the students in the class looked over, pointing at the clumsy boy and laughing while whispering something.
"[From the shadow of the telephone pole, a comedian appears——]"
…
With the final exams now over and three days of break before summer vacation, everyone is much more active than usual.
The uniform singing of [No Carrots] spread outside the classroom.
【You have a new email】
[Physical Strength: 5→6 ]
Watanabe Toru pulled his tie and finally danced more vigorously.
From time to time, he would make an action that was cute for girls but funny for boys, which would make the girls in the class giggle and take out their mobile phones to take pictures.
The atmosphere was at its climax when there was a knock on the back door of the classroom, interrupting everyone's singing and aerobics.
Everyone in Class 4, Year 1 looked over there, wanting to see who was so tactless.
When they saw the person coming, everyone seemed to be gagged and couldn't say a word.
With her arms folded, Miss Kujo stood there with an imposing manner, like the center of the world.
"Are you having fun?" Her voice was as beautiful as the aurora, and as cold as the aurora.
"…It's okay." Watanabe Toru, who was 'favored' by Aurora, bit his tongue.
Ikeda Kazumi lowered her head and walked quickly back to her seat. The other boys also returned to their seats instantly and pretended to pick up books to read.
These traitors!
On the site where they were dancing square dance just now, only the Watanabe Toru, who had been locked by enemy planes, was still fighting alone!
Miki Kujo sneered and walked into the classroom of Class Four, Grade One.
She has long black hair and is wearing a neat uniform. She walks with a majestic pace, as if she is in Class 2, Grade 1.
She stopped in front of Toru Watanabe and looked him up and down without any scruples.
"What, what happened?" Watanabe Toru's heart was pounding.
The satisfaction of increased physical strength is like the smoke from cooking wetted by the plum rain outside the window. It is difficult to rise and can only turn into mist and end hastily.
"You're so sloppy. Your tie should never be loose at any time, okay?" Kujo Miki said gently, tightening Watanabe Toru's tie with her hands.
"Well--"
Miki Kujo put her face close to Toru Watanabe, so close that they could not see anything except each other's eyes.
"Do you like dancing?" she asked, staring at Watanabe Toru without blinking.
"It's, it's okay." Watanabe Toru sniffed the fragrance of her hair hard - breathing was difficult.
Kujo Miki sneered: "There is a dance party in a few days, you can go with me."
"I have club activities during the summer vacation..."
"Um?"
"It's not that I don't want to go, I just can't dance the way you do!"
"If you embarrass me at the dance, you can prepare to be squeezed dry." Miki Kujo, who didn't listen to Watanabe Toru at all, smiled and straightened his tie for him, just like an executioner sharpening his knife.
Ties are not a good thing.
"Drain it dry... No, will he die?" If it was just a few shots, Watanabe Toru was at an age where he had no place to vent his energy, so he didn't need to take it seriously at all.
"What's the point of not being dead?" Kujo Miki said as a matter of course.
"...I think this is a beautiful thing and should not be associated with 'death'."
"Death is also a kind of beauty. I believe in the mourning of things." After tying her tie, Kujo Miki twisted her slender waist and turned to leave the classroom: "By the way, you didn't loosen your tie just after I left, did you?"
"I want to live well and marry you when I turn eighteen."
Kujo Miki sneered: "But I don't think you want to live to be eighteen."
"No! Please believe me!"
"Take practical action instead of talking sweetly all the time." Miki Kujo scolded and disappeared through the back door of the classroom.
Watanabe Toru finally put the heart back into his stomach, and his hand subconsciously touched his tie, trying to make his tense and stuffy body feel more comfortable.
After thinking about it, I decided to forget it.
He is not afraid!
According to the second chapter of Part 3 of the Tokyo Metropolitan Kamikawa High School Student Handbook, when students are at school, boys' ties and girls' bow ties must be neat, giving a good impression and looking like high school students.
By the way, there are strict requirements on the color of girls' underwear in summer. It must be light colors such as white, navy blue, light blue, etc.
Speaking of Light Blue, Toru Watanabe thought of Kiyono Rin again.
It was because of her that I overslept today, which led to a series of events afterwards, and I have to attend some damn upper-class ball!
"Hey, Watanabe, what did Kujo-san say to you?" Kunii Osamu and others gathered together like a herd of antelopes after a tiger had left.
"She said she was going to kill you."
Everyone didn't believe it at all: "It would be better to kill you."
“…”
"It can't be true?!"
"Alas." Watanabe Toru sighed helplessly.
Keisuke Saito picked up Toru Watanabe's white eraser, placed it vertically on Toru Watanabe's desk, clasped his hands together and began to pray.
"I'm not dead yet, and at least put a flower!"
"Rehearse first and get familiar with the movements."
“…”
Ikeda Kazumi was sitting there, making an apologetic gesture to Watanabe Toru, who waved his hand as if nothing was wrong.
Kunii Osamu patted Watanabe Toru's shoulder vigorously: "Why are you so dejected? Being sentenced to death by the jealous Kujo-san is a reward!"
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"If you don't believe me, ask other people!"
Watanabe Toru looked around at the boys, all of whom had expressions of approval.
Some even said, "And Kiyono-san, if the two of them glared at me with contempt, I would consider it a reward."
“…”
This is indeed a world where human interests are abnormal to the point of being weird.
Watanabe Toru made up his mind: no matter how long the future is, no matter what kind of temptation he faces, he will never go along with the crowd, just do what he thinks he should do, and become the only light.
"Transform, Tiga!"
...I always feel like something is wrong.
never mind.
After Watanabe Toru had some random thoughts to ease his depressed mood, he didn't care whether Ultraman shouted for transformation or not.
The final exam results were posted at noon, and as the two young ladies began to study, Watanabe Toru once again took third place.
There was no progress in the first semester, and it seemed that there was still a long way to go on the road to becoming a "Tokyo Handsome Guy".
However, the real decisive moment would be the national exam two years later. He would not only have to surpass them, but also become number one in the entire island nation.
During lunch break, when the wind band was taking a break from training, Toru Watanabe walked to the conductor's seat and rested his hands on the sides of the podium.
"Qiono-san, is it convenient for me to ask you something?"
"Um?"
"What do you rich people do at dances?" Toru Watanabe watched her writing and drawing in the gaps between the music scores that were already filled with words.
"Eat."
“…Is this you?”
Qingye Rin raised her eyes and glanced at Watanabe Toru: "Kujo-san is going to take you to the dance?"
Watanabe Toru nodded with a painful expression.
"It seems like you guys are getting along well." Qingye Rin withdrew her gaze and continued to write notes on the music score.
"We get along well? How do you know that? She has already said that if I don't dance well, she will kill me in an extremely cruel way. You know, I'm a poor boy from the countryside, how can I dance well?"
"You can learn from Jack."
"Jack? The Jack from 'You jump, I jump.'"
"Titanic. You should at least get the movie's title down."
"Remember this now." Watanabe Toru pointed his index finger at the podium, "Even though my appearance and temperament are better than Jack's, and my learning ability is better than his, and I can learn etiquette in a short time, dancing is another matter."
"You don't have to dance at a dance."
"Can we not dance?"
"I just eat every time I go there." Qingye Rin produced irrefutable evidence.
"But Kujo will definitely let me dance with her."
"You can refuse."
"Well... you know, I'm not very good at saying no to her requests."
"I'm sorry, I don't know. Do you want to explain to me why you can't say no to her?"
"Let's not worry about these things for now. When I think about them, I regret so much that I want to commit suicide by lying on the tracks between Yotsuya Station and Ochanomizu. Can you help me learn to dance in a short time?"
"Why should I help you?" Kiyono Rin raised her head, and her clear pupils reflected Watanabe Toru's face.
Looking directly at the face of a girl with 9 points of charm is not good for the heart. Watanabe Toru stood up straight and said, "Because this matter is caused by you."
"Is it my fault?"
"That's right. I accidentally saw your 'something' yesterday, which kept me awake in the middle of the night, so I woke up late today. Then, I was caught dancing to the theme song of Chibi Maruko-chan in the classroom."
"Why can't you sleep?"
"Are you sure you want to know?"
Kiyono Rin frowned at Watanabe Toru's ambiguous expression and leaned back slightly.
"Forget it. I always feel like you're going to say something disgusting. I accidentally forgot to put away my... 'something', but that's not enough reason for me to help you."
"Are you planning to just watch me die without helping me? I am your only friend, Qingye!"
"Since you saw my...'what' yesterday, I decided to temporarily end my friendship with you."
"That was force majeure. You invited me to your house, right?" Watanabe Toru tried his best to explain. "And when I heard you scream, I was concerned about you and worried that something might happen to you, so I looked over there the first time. Do you know whether what I said is true or not?"
"…Who asked you to worry? What a lame excuse! In your own apartment, as long as you have a normal IQ, nothing will happen!"
"Why are you suddenly angry?" Watanabe Toru wondered, "If you don't want to help, forget it. I never intended to force you to do anything for me."
"Forget it, forget it, I'll think of a solution myself." Watanabe Toru turned and walked towards his seat.
"return."
"What's wrong?" Toru Watanabe turned sideways.
Qing Ye Lin was silent for a while, then sighed: "First of all, I have no guilt for your insomnia. I am helping you for the orchestra, no, for the human observation department."
"Thank you. But why did you suddenly change your mind?"
Qingye Rin looked at him with an extremely cold gaze, which was comparable to the cold wind in Siberia.
"Okay, I won't ask, I won't ask." Watanabe Toru raised his hands in front of his chest, palms facing her, "So, this dance..."
"Stay in the club classroom after 9pm." After saying that, Kiyono Rin continued to bury her head in the music score.
It seems that Kiyono still loves me, Watanabe Toru was thinking happily, and when he turned around, he was almost scared to death by Hanada Asako who was standing close to him with her fists clenched.
"Hanada-senpai?! What are you doing?"
Asako Hanada said nothing, but looking at her angry expression, it looked like she was ready to punch at any time.
If a fight really breaks out, let alone Watanabe Toru who already has 6 points of physical strength, even if he only has 3 points, he can still bully her in various ways.
However, if she sends the photo to Kujo Miki in anger, then he won't have to bother preparing for the ball, and he can just stage a Tokyo Battle Royale in the evening.
When the two were in a tense atmosphere and didn't know what to do, Qingye Rin spoke.
"If Hanada-senpai is worried about us, come along too."
"I will supervise you!"
Watching Hanada Asako walk away with the look of a discipline committee member, Watanabe Toru touched his tie and asked Kiyono Rin cautiously, "Did she tell you?"
"I never thought that someone would suspect that we were a couple just because we walked together."
"Maybe they look alike." Judging from Kiyono Rin's tone, she probably doesn't know about him and Asuka Mai yet. That's not bad.
"Who looks like you? Go back to your seat!"
"I noticed that you are particularly prone to anger today. Are you on your period? Although it is summer, you should remember to drink more hot water."
Qingye Rin's eyes were sharp, and the temperature instantly dropped to freezing point.
Toru Watanabe had no choice but to surrender and returned to his seat obediently.
