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Chapter 177 - 110. Kantou Competition (2)

Chapter 177: 110. Kantou Competition (2)

"Sorry, we still have preparation work to do." After saying this to the reporter, Kiyono Lin gave Dubian Che a ’follow me’ look and headed towards the large group from the Wind Instrument Club.

"Mr. Dubian!"

Dubian Che had only walked a few steps when the reporter suddenly called out to stop him.

"I was just joking, please don’t take it seriously." He turned around to explain, "Actually, my goal is to become an idol like Kimura Takuya, or a writer like Dubian Chunyi, who writes about the genders..."

"Dubian Che." Kiyono Lin called out his full name.

Dubian Che could only give the reporter an apologetic look and quickly walked away.

Reporter: "..."

He just wanted to ask about Goda High School’s expectations for the competition.

"Do you really enjoy talking nonsense?" Kiyono Lin said, clearly annoyed.

"What’s the harm? It livens up the mood. Look, everyone is so tense, relaxing a bit helps them perform to their full potential."

Kiyono Lin glanced at him: "You’re livening up the mood of the reporters and other schools?"

"Done for! We’ve provided information to the enemy! But forget it, more tension might lead to a performance beyond our usual level, so thinking about it, we’ve basically already won."

Kiyono Lin sighed with a headache, having nothing to say to him.

When the two reached the front of the Wind Instrument Club, she glanced at the group whose faces were tense to the point of turning pale.

"Don’t worry about the strong schools, everyone just stay calm. We just need to give our best performance and leave the rest to the judges."

"Yes!"

Simple words, of course, could not ease the heavy atmosphere.

Dubian Che was about to speak, maybe crack a joke or two, but then he heard someone calling his name.

"Dubian!"

The voice was somewhat familiar; it didn’t seem to be from a reporter.

Dubian Che looked towards the voice and smiled: "Look, look, if it isn’t Lady Ayako!"

The girl who ran over was Dubian Che’s old friend from high school in Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Honma Ayako.

Her bobbed hair made her small round face extremely adorable, looking much like the female protagonist from "Scrap Teacher" during her short-haired period.

Holding a flute, Honma Ayako gave him a strong punch in the chest.

"What are you doing here?" she asked with a smile.

"Here for the competition, what else?"

"You?" Honma Ayako looked skeptical. "With your recorder-playing skills that wake up the whole village, you’re in the competition?"

"You cheeky thing, that’s rude. It’s not like I woke up the whole village."

Honma Ayako tilted her head back with an ’I am what I am, what can you do about it’ look, smiling smugly.

"Hmm."

Dubian Che looked towards Kiyono Lin, who had just cleared her throat, and hurriedly introduced the two.

"This is my senior from the same village, Honma Ayako. This is Kiyono Lin, a friend I made in high school."

"Hello!" Honma Ayako greeted with a smile.

"Miss Honma, hello."

"Don’t be so formal, just call me Ayako like Dubian does." After saying that, Honma Ayako turned her gaze to Dubian Che, "Is she your girlfriend?"

"Exactly, she’s my girl... uh!"

Kiyono Lin took back her murderous cold glare and said to Honma Ayako, "No, we’re just ordinary friends."

"I meant to say ’female friend.’" Dubian Che explained his innocence.

Kiyono Lin looked at him expressionlessly, "Then please make your words clear, and next time someone mentions girlfriend, please don’t affirmatively respond."

"I was just trying to lighten the mood, remember I applied for that earlier?"

"No."

"Huh?" Dubian Che tried to recall, realizing he actually hadn’t, "I thought you could understand my look, and accept my request without words."

"Only an unevolved female ape would understand you."

Honma Ayako looked confusedly at Kiyono Lin, having never met such a verbally sharp girl before, truly Tokyo has all sorts of people.

Aware of her expression, Dubian Che, although Kiyono Lin herself didn’t care about others’ opinions, still took the initiative to explain: "Kiyono likes to use sarcasm, don’t take it to heart."

"No, I only like doing it to you, Mr. Dubian," Kiyono Lin said, arms crossed and smiling.

"Why?!"

"Because you’re special."

Dubian Che suddenly felt elated; Kiyono Lin never lied, which meant he truly was a unique presence.

"How am I special?" he asked eagerly.

"Not liking me."

"..."

Hoping for Kiyono Lin to compliment him was perhaps a dream best left for sleeping.

But spending the day facing her and then dreaming about her at night, wasn’t that too sad?

"Ha ha ha!" Honma Ayako laughed, patting Dubian Che’s shoulder, "I get it! You just need a good scolding!"

"Don’t laugh so hard you run out of breath, you’ll need your strength for the competition," Dubian Che threw out a malign curse.

"Ah! Almost fell for your trick! Disgusting!" Honma Ayako immediately toned down her laughter, her expression stern.

"It’s vile, right?"

"Disgusting."

"No no no, the context clearly called for ’vile.’"

"Dis~gusting!" Honma Ayako tilted her head, repeating it with the cute intonation of an idol cursing an otaku.

"Alright, alright, I get it, you just want to scold me."

Honma Ayako tilted her head back again with a triumphant smile. Someone in the distance called her, and she responded with a shout.

"I’m off. By the way, what number is your school? I’ll come to watch your performance after my competition!"

"Number twenty-two."

"The second last one, got it. Let’s both do our best. Dare to disgrace our village, and I’ll report you back home!" Honma Ayako said, then waved and ran towards a group of people in brown uniforms.