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Chapter 273 - 146. National Competition (1)_2

Chapter 273: 146. National Competition (1)_2

Dubian Che listened to her finish and asked curiously, "Our goal... the goal of the Human Observation Department, isn’t it to help the Wind Instrument Club make it to the national competition? It would be great to get a gold, but isn’t it okay if we don’t?"

Kiyono Lin glanced at him, "I know you don’t have big aspirations, but I didn’t expect you to lack ambition this much."

"My lack of ambition truly is an affront to you; thank you for the carbon dioxide you contribute to me every day."

Humans inhale oxygen and then expel carbon dioxide through their nose. When people breathe, they inhale 0.032% carbon dioxide.

Dubian Che and Kiyono Lin spent most of their time in the club room, definitely breathing in the carbon dioxide exhaled by each other.

Kiyono Lin immediately understood his meaning.

He meant that she hadn’t given birth to him, hadn’t raised him, and didn’t even reimburse him for his gacha money, so she had no right to demand that he be ambitious.

"The rights of the Minister and the adviser, do I need to explain them to you again?"

"Iwate Prefecture, Misezawa Village, Dubian, aiming for the national gold! Let’s start working hard from now!" Dubian Che mustered a little bit of spirit.

Unable to stand it anymore, Kiyono Lin closed the music score and didn’t plan to look at it anymore, "Were you disciplined by Jiutiao last night, and that’s why your spirit’s out of sorts?"

"Yeah, is your family’s mental hospital still free for me?"

Kiyono Lin looked at him in surprise, with the hand not holding chopsticks resting against her chin in thought, "It’s strange that she hasn’t troubled you."

Looking at Kiyono Lin, who had begun to ponder by herself, Dubian Che tapped on the zelkova table, "Ms. R, just listen to what people are actually saying, instead of trying to cheat using your abilities."

"Quiet." Kiyono Lin said irritably, "Since just now, you’ve been disturbing my music listening."

"..."

The needle on the record player moved slightly up and down, the cookie tin-like black vinyl record spun, "March for Endless Dreams" with its distinctive melody, spilled out of the clubroom door, reaching the empty corridor on Saturday.

"So, you really can hear it?"

"Why else would I play it?"

"Apart from lie detection, the fact that you also have multitasking abilities, I concede." Dubian Che covered his face with his hands, his expression one of bewildered defeat.

"You actually thought you could beat me?" Kiyono Lin was also taken aback, "I underestimated you, Mr. Dubian, you have dreams even more amazing than winning the national gold for three consecutive years."

"Why would it be three consecutive years? Isn’t that too easy?"

"How many years do you plan on attending high school?"

"...Can’t I join the Wind Instrument Club in college?" Dubian Che insisted.

"We’ll see." Kiyono Lin nonchalantly picked up a small bite of rice with her chopsticks.

Although he wanted to say that he had already won once by being the top scorer in the country, being petty with women and trying to impress them wasn’t the style of a "Tokyo handsome man."

Without further talk, watching her start to eat in small bites, Dubian Che also took out his lunch box.

"Fried chicken, want some?" Kiyono Lin tentatively asked.

"Don’t you eat?"

"Eating too much leads to weight gain."

"With your figure, afraid of gaining weight? Stop joking." Dubian Che said.

"He who prepares will succeed, he who does not will fail. Ms. T, the top in humanities, need me to explain?"

"...Please give me some fried chicken; I haven’t even had breakfast today."

Kiyono Lin picked up a piece of fried chicken skewered on a toothpick and placed it in Dubian Che’s eel lunch box.

Dubian Che put the fried chicken in his mouth, and while chewing on the meat, he glanced out the window unintentionally.

White clouds meandered, set against a deep blue sky; a train rumbled past Shibuya Station, vanishing along the tracks into the jungle of skyscrapers.

It was bright outside; squinting into the distance caused a slight pain in the eyes.

The last day of training flew by.

The next day, October twenty-fifth, Sunday.

After the morning practice, the Wind Instrument Club boarded a school bus headed for Nagoya City in Aichi Prefecture.

The journey took an unexpectedly long time, leaving at noon and only arriving at the designated hotel at four in the afternoon.

Goda didn’t choose an expensive hotel, instead, considering the convenience for pre-competition practice and geographical location, he booked a relatively modest hotel but one with a concert hall.

It is said that to attract the business of hosting competing schools, the money originally allocated for hotel renovations was used to build the concert hall, starting after the 2011 earthquake when the competition venue changed to the Nagoya International Conference Hall.

Upon arriving at the hotel, everyone spontaneously moved their luggage into the rooms.

Following the arrangement, the girls were allocated to spread-out bedding according to grade. The boys, due to the smaller number, all squeezed into a single spread-out bedding area.

After removing their shoes and entering the room lined with tatami mats, the absence of the girls made the boys instantly liven up.

"I’m sleeping in the corner! Don’t fight with me for it!"

"Shoot, I forgot to bring my face wash, does anyone have some?"

"Shall we go buy it together later? I forgot my toothbrush, too."

Beyond daily life, there were also the inevitable topics about girls.

"Dubian, will we see Sahui tomorrow?"

"Absolutely, this time we also want autographs!"

"You guys, don’t scare her," Dubian Che quickly took out a phone charger from his bag and started charging his phone in the corner.

Having played games for five hours, the phone’s battery had long since turned red, and he had to switch to power-saving mode to avoid shutdown.

"What do you mean scare her? We’re fans! We’re not going to do anything!"

"Yeah! Dubian just wants Sahui all to himself, doesn’t he? Such a beautiful girl, we won’t let you hog her all to yourself!"

"Look here," Dubian Che put down his phone and started packing, "I admire Sahui’s trumpet playing skills. You guys always fixate on her looks, isn’t that shallow?"

"Trust you? No way, you sly citizen of Iwate Prefecture!"

"How dare you look down on Iwate Prefecture? Changtian, did you bring a deck of cards? Tonight, I’ll show you the wrath of Iwate!"

"Who’s afraid? The loser has to go ask the girls’ dorm for snacks!"

"Really? Forget it, we’d definitely get scolded by a teacher!"

"That’s why it’s a punishment!"

From Sahui to the possibility of pretending to walk into the wrong bathhouse in pursuit of snacks at the girls’ dorm, if the group chat hadn’t messaged them to hurry to the music hall for practice, the boys might have really treated this as a school trip.

******

Capital City, Yunbei, a warm autumn morning.

"Did everyone check their instruments? Time to depart!"

"Checked!" Chisako responded loudly while hurrying to finish the check, then hopped out of the truck.

Rushing to the bus, Sahui had already saved her a seat.

Chisako plopped down next to Sahui, swung up her feet, and skillfully took off her shoes while letting out a big yawn.

"You’re tired already?" Sahui looked at her in surprise, noticing the budding tears at the corner of her eyes.

"Yeah," Chisako replied listlessly.

"Didn’t you sleep last night?"

"I did sleep, but I’m still so tired." Chisako’s body slumped, resting her head on Sahui’s ample chest.

The bus slowly started, heading towards Yunbei Gate, and after getting on the highway, it gradually picked up speed.

"Sahui."

"You didn’t sleep?"

"Yeah," Chisako replied lazily, "Did the Human Observation Department need you for something?"

"You knew?" Sahui said with a touch of shyness, "I’ve decided to study abroad, to attend a music university overseas."

"Abroad?" Chisako sat up, looking into Sahui’s eyes beneath her long eyelashes.

"Yes, but before that, I’ll go to Tokyo."

"To Tokyo? To seek revenge?"

Sahui was stunned by her friend’s imagination, "What does that pervert have to do with it? I’m going to a women’s college in the outskirts of Musashino. My dad knows a teacher there. It’s a school famous for its English program. I’ll spend a year there to prepare for studying abroad."

"Abroad," Chisako murmured to herself, looking through the window behind Sahui.

The unfamiliar scenery kept changing as her youthful and confused reflection appeared on the window glass.

For Chisako, whose only time traveling far away was this trip to Aichi Prefecture, going abroad and graduating from high school both felt incredibly distant.

"What about you, Chisako?"

Chisako turned her gaze back, "Going abroad might be out of reach, but I might as well go to that women’s college too. I want to stay with you, Sahui."

Sahui’s gaze twinkled, and she couldn’t help but cradle her friend’s face in her hands, "Chisako, you don’t have to do that."

Chisako shook her head quietly, pressing her forehead against Sahui’s, "Once I’ve learned English well, I could become an English teacher, then go back to Yunbei and become the advisor to the Wind Instrument Club."

"Yeah, when I return home, I’ll definitely be a judge at the national competition," Sahui could feel the warmth between their foreheads.

Chisako sat up straight, saying in earnest, "Just make sure to give Yunbei an A, okay?"

"Not going to happen," Sahui rejected outright without a second thought, and then said seriously, "Unless, Chisako, you come to beg me the night before."

They both laughed softly, resting their heads together.

"So silly."

"Not at all. We will definitely realize such a future."

"Yeah, if Sahui says it will come true, then it must."

"Silly, I’m not a god; we still need to work hard for it."

"If there were a god in this world, it would definitely be Sahui," Chisako rubbed her cheek against Sahui’s face.

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