In Tokyo, I just want salted fish

Chapter 521

Chapter 521

Chapter 511: The First Formal Rehearsal

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Once outside, as Murata said, it was cold outside.

Even with a tough physique like Kamisugi, he couldn't bear to shiver.

He looked at the girl with worried eyes, and locked Hanamaru Hanabi's position in the crowd at a glance.

She stood among the girls, with her outstandingly beautiful face and short hair that was easily recognizable, people could remember her position at a glance.

She was wearing a hakama skirt specially prepared for the year-end celebration, and her face was still as cute as ever.

Fortunately, she didn't seem to be blown by the wind.

Kaoru Uesugi finally felt a little relieved.

"Did you quarrel with your wife?" Murata saw his silent eyes from the side.

"Well, I'm a little sorry for her." Uesugi Kai murmured.

"What did you do? It wouldn't be - cheating?!" Murata made a surprised expression on purpose.

"How is it possible? She prepared a birthday party for me, but I didn't remember it. I slept in the school's research room that night and didn't go home."

Murata guessed what happened: "So, you just left her alone at home all night?"

"Yes." Uesugi Kai replied in a low voice.

"Hey, it's inevitable that people make mistakes. No matter how beautiful a couple is, there will be a day when they quarrel; what's more, you haven't had a fight yet. If you want me to say, you are just an apology." Murata originally wanted to pat Uesugi Oi shoulders, but seeing that he was too tall, he chose to give up decisively.

"I get it, so I'm trying to move towards her side."

Murata blinked, as if he suddenly understood: "I'll just say it! How can you be more diligent than me, I thought you really liked Ye Lai Wu."

Kaoru Uesugi glanced at him: "You should have guessed it a long time ago? But I really like this dance."

"You didn't lie?"

"What did I lie to you for?"

Kaoru Uesugi walked down the stairs and walked towards the large group of girls in front of him.

"Look, look, it's Uesugi-kun."

"So handsome~"

Many girls spoke in unison and secretly sniggered.

"But I heard that he seems to have had a fight with Hua Huo Jiang."

"Huh? Really?"

"It's true, it's true, it seems that there is another woman outside."

Someone covered his face and smiled lightly: "What, sure enough handsome guys are all virtuous."

"Your expression is—really, you are not saying why Uesugi-kun hooked up with you instead of you? Please~~ Don't you see that you are comparable to Hua Huo Jiang?"

"Haha, but no matter how good-looking Hanamaru-san is, the handsome guy can't resist going out at night, hey~~~ Hahaha, you guys understand."

"That's it."

One girl suddenly pushed the other two: "Hey, stop talking, stop talking."

"Hey, what are you afraid of, Hanamaru-san is in front, you're afraid that she won't be able to hear—"

The girl who spoke froze in place for a moment, because she suddenly found that Kai Uesugi, who had approached, was staring at her in front of her.

Obviously the other party didn't speak, and his eyes didn't show too aggressive and cold.

But she couldn't help shrinking her neck, closed her mouth, and remained silent.

"That's just a rumor." Uesugi Kai said.

The girl was stunned for a long time before she came back to her senses, she nodded dully and said, "I'm sorry!"

"We just survived from other girls. Don't be angry, Uesugi-san"

"Yes, yes."

The other two girls quickly smoothed things over and nodded.

Kai Uesugi withdrew his gaze and said, "I wasn't angry at all. If this kind of thing got out, there would naturally be a lot of rumors. This is unavoidable, but you don't care what I say, but don't let Hanabi hear you , she is a person with a very fragile heart, and cannot bear too many jokes from you."

Uesugi Kai said this casually, turned around and walked slowly towards the front of the line.

The three girls looked at his back gradually disappearing into the crowd of girls, buried their heads in each other, and secretly talked:

"Is it really a rumor?"

"I don't know, I heard what Asanuma said."

"Looking at what Uesugi-kun looked like just now, he doesn't look like the handsome and scumbag they said."

"It's a rumor."

"Maybe?"

They can't be sure, and they can't deny it.

The breeze blowing from the treetops, while shaking the girls' skirts, also brought bursts of air-conditioning.

Many girls chose to put their hands on their chests and stomp their feet on the ground.

Without further ado, Ninety Rika, as the leader who convened everyone to rehearse together, had a small loudspeaker hanging around her waist and a microphone hovering from her waist in her hand, and organized everyone to line up in two lines.

Uesugi Kai and Murata, as the only two male students in the audience, naturally stood at the front of the left column.

Even though Murata was wearing a piece of thermal underwear, it was still too cold, and he kept moving his arms up and down:

"If the dance room wasn't big enough and the basketball hall was requisitioned for renovation, I wouldn't come to this ghostly place."

"Just bear with it, it won't take us long anyway, a dance only takes ten minutes."

"That's it?! Uesugi-san, not everyone is like you, they are supermen. You are the only one who can run on the playground every morning. I don't want to run 500 meters for [-] kilometers every day!"

Kai Uesugi sighed: "So you don't have a girlfriend, believe me, as long as you go for a run every day, girls will come over and ask you for your contact information."

"Really?" Murata couldn't believe it.

"Believe it or not."

"This is what you said, Uesugi! If I run 500 meters every day and no girls come to me for contact information, I will find you."

Uesugi supported his forehead and shook his head: "I didn't say anything."

While they were chatting, Jiushi Lixiang had already lined up the second team opposite them.

Uesugi Kai turned his head, and when he happened to look at the opposite side, he was taken aback for a moment.

I don't know if Kujurika did it on purpose, but as the first person in the first team, it's really good that he is the first person in the second team——Hanamaru Hanabi.

At this time, the two stood facing each other in the breeze, looking at each other.

Murata originally wanted to talk to Kai Uesugi, but found that the atmosphere of the two people who met was not quite right, so he quickly closed his mouth and took a small step back.

Hanamaru Hanabi is still the same as before, with a round and lovely face, cherry-colored lips, those purple eyes that seem to have a bright water color, and her short shoulder-length hair swaying slightly in the wind.

Uesugi Kai smiled and greeted her: "Good afternoon."

Hanamaru Hanabi didn't answer, but stretched out an index finger to his lips, motioning for him to silence, and then pointed to Kujurika in front, signaling to listen to her first.

Hanabi was finally willing to respond to himself.

If there is a favorability panel, Uesugi Kai must have a +5 on her head now.

Today she is wearing an improved version of the yukata used for girls’ end-of-year celebrations, a light red long gown, a black skirt, long cuffs, printed with beautiful patterns, a broken glass pattern on the chest, cross-collared right lapel—that is, clothes Front placket intersects left and right.

She was wearing a skirt and espadrilles, with a black belt around her waist where fans and naruko could be held.

At the same time, the waist also perfectly set off her excellent to impeccable figure.

When she walks, the skirt and sleeves will swing at the same time. While she is full of energy, she also has a clean and neat girly look.

As Kushi Rika walked, she shouted: "Then! Everyone is ready! Listen to the music of the students in the performance department!"

It was only then that Kai Uesugi discovered that in the open space in front of the club building, there were not only those who participated in the end-of-year performance, but also students from the performance department.

The string group, woodwind group, brass group, percussion group... all came.

They are top students in the Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts.

Kaoru Uesugi looked at the students from the Department of Music who were preparing their instruments and looking for a stool to sit on. He turned around and asked Murata, who was a short distance away, "Is this rehearsal so grand?"

"Well, it's the first rehearsal after all, but don't worry, it doesn't matter if you dance badly, it's just that you will be marked by the patrolling Minister Ninety." Murata rubbed his chin for a while and said with a smile.

Jiushi Rika shouted into the microphone next to her mouth: "Everyone! Get ready first! It's about to start!"

"have got to go."

"Okay." Murata responded, taking a step back.

Hearing that it was about to start, the more than 70 people present all stood up straight, and pulled out a pair of Naruko pinned to their belts from their waists with both hands.

Seeing that everyone was getting ready, Kuju Rika waved casually to the members of the performance department, indicating that it was time to start.

She walked to the front, stood on a small wooden stool, glanced at everyone with a higher gaze than everyone, and said:

"Then! 2022 Year-End Festival-Yorai Dance-Tokyo Hanabi, Tokyo University of the Arts, first rehearsal, now, start!"

With the final sound of the last word falling heavily, Jiushi Lixiang's raised right hand also fell down in an instant.

As if enlisting her actions, everyone in the queue clenched Naruko in their hands at the same time, leaned forward sideways, with their right hand in front and left hand behind, bending towards their chest.

"Then, please start to appreciate! The scene of the transition of the times! With the interweaving of tradition and modernity, the romantic atmosphere of the times follows!"

Everyone, the two queues, turned around and squatted in unison, holding Naruko with both hands behind them.

From the corner of Uesugi's perspective, he caught a glimpse of Hanamaru Hanabi, the team next door, swallowing his saliva nervously.

The air was silent for a moment, only the sound of the wind was heard.

But just like lightning piercing the silent night, a clear and loud chiming of the bell and the thick and shining sound of the copper orchestra rang out.

Then, the rapid and melodious aluminum plate carillon drove everyone's footsteps, causing them to stand up slowly, put their right hand on their forehead, and put their left hand behind.

The music of snare drum, tuba, and aluminum glockenspiel began to appear alternately.

People stood up slowly with the music, opened their hands, put them together again, and stretched out their arms to the opposite team.

They are like scattered petals, one hand remains still, and the other hand shakes the naruko and slowly spreads to the other side.

And concentrated on a highest point, the cheerful sound of tuba and snare drum surged.

The two teams sounded their bells and opened their fans together, jumping and dancing smoothly, crossing each other.

Uesugi Kai's extended fan just collided with Hanamaru Hanabi's extended fan. The two looked straight ahead, and while opening their hands, they nodded and squatted sideways towards each other.

The students in the performance department played hard, and the intense and high-spirited music passed by.

Cheerful, loud and brilliant, standing in it, crowded with people, fiery trees and silver flowers, as if entering a lively market during the Chinese New Year.

The two teams jumped up at the same time, and opened their fans neatly with a swish.

Ninety Rika clapped her hands, and read out loud the narration of the era amidst the passionate and lively music:

"Sa!sa!! Mina-san! Mina-san!! Come here! Look here! Taisho Era! The world is peaceful! People's hearts are blown by the wind of foreign countries!"

The sound of the tuba and the snare drum gradually slipped away, followed by a very rhythmic woodwind group, they are light, agile, jumping, and long

At the same time, the dance steps of the two teams also became more cheerful. They jumped, driving Naruko with a clear voice in both hands, and there were harmonious smiles on their faces.

The girl picked up the fan, walked across the body with a smile on the other side, and at the same time back to back, stopped, and at the same time shook off the fan, turned her head to the front in surprise, with a smile on her face.

Kushi Rika continued to clap her hands and accompanied her, making a clear and powerful voice like a female conductor: "yo~ha! ha!"

The teams separated again, followed by two beeps. The girls of the two teams swayed their long sleeves, threw a smooth curve with one foot, turned around, and returned to their respective positions.

Kaoru Uesugi didn't know what was wrong with him, his body moved involuntarily amidst the sound of music and the unison of the sonata.

Ninety Rika: "yo~~ha! ha! ha!"

Everyone's naruto rang three times in unison.

The tone suddenly changed sharply, from cheerful to low-pitched, becoming the euphemistic and feminine traditional Japanese bangka in the style of the Showa period.

A female voice full of tenderness and sorrow sang:

"Life is short. Girls, let's fall in love. In the depths of my heart. Singing songs come and go night after night~~"

What followed was the dance of the two teams. Uesugi and their team squatted beside each other, handing over the bright spot in the center to the middle with a flower fan in the middle. The red dress and black skirt lowered their faces eyebrow girls.

Then, in the lullaby-like traditional Japanese music, Kai Uesugi waved his open fan, walked slowly and lightly, and held hands with Hanamaru Hanabi on the opposite side, intersecting their respective postures and dance steps.

They looked at each other amidst the sound of shamisen music full of longing.

Uesugi Kai and Hanamaru Hanabi hooked each other's hands, and stopped for a second at the same time.

Just like what the two expected to see, each other's pupils reflected their respective appearances.

(End of this chapter)