NABC Page 351
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While riding the public train, I encountered Maki Kurosawa, who was wearing a scarf around her neck. However, as usual, she was looking out the window with a tense face, as if she couldn't see me.
Upon arriving at Goryokaku Station, Kurosawa Maki stepped out of the carriage, and a gust of cold wind made her shiver involuntarily, but she still managed to jog forward.
He could hear people sniffling around him every now and then, and Kitahara Hakuba was thankful that he was healthy.
After changing into slippers, I arrived at the club building.
Unlike before, he could hear the girls chirping like larks coming from the first music classroom from the corridor.
Dozens of pairs of indoor shoes were displayed at the entrance.
Some people might think it's a shame not to smell all those shoes, but for Kitahara Hakuba, rainy days are a debuff to a girl's shoes, so it's good enough if the smell isn't too strong.
When he opened the door to the first music classroom, the sound stopped abruptly. The members inside all fell silent at the same time and turned to look at him.
The raindrops, like fine silver threads, fell gently along the eaves.
Teacher Kitahara walked in wearing a khaki trench coat and plaid trousers; her autumn outfit looked quite nice.
"What's wrong? Why is it so quiet all of a sudden?" Kitahara Hakuba stepped forward and said with a smile, taking off his trench coat and placing it on the table.
The classroom contained not only members of Group A, but also most of the members of Group B.
Akamatsu Sayaka laughed and said, "No, I was just a little impressed by Kitahara-sensei's handsomeness!"
Kitahara Hakuba smiled, clasped his hands in front of him, and said:
"Minister, why is everyone here so early today? Is there some activity planned?"
Yukawa Sakura quickly shook her head. She didn't seem to be good at hiding things. She lightly touched the hem of her skirt and said:
"No, it's just that everyone felt that the competition was coming soon, so it would be better to come together for the ensemble sooner."
"oh,
Kitahara Hakuba nodded, beginning to suspect that his club members might have created another group without his presence, hiding it from him. (Akatsuki said CMS, Mianfei Yue Du)
That makes sense, they've been treated too harshly these past few days.
"Even if you say that, we won't be letting you go early today. Since you're here early, hurry up and practice. Sorry to the members of B section, there are too many people here and we can't let you all stay."
Regardless of whether they can win the national gold medal, Kitahara Hakuba simply hopes to maximize their abilities during this final period.
As soon as he finished speaking, the members of Section B left the First Music Classroom without any objection.
Even Kurosawa Maki, who had just stepped onto the floor, was quickly pulled away by the crowd.
"Minister Yukawa."
"Yes!"
Sakurako subconsciously tensed up, but unlike the past few days, Kitahara-sensei's gaze was very gentle.
Just like before.
“While I don’t object to you engaging in other activities, I don’t want you to worry about things other than playing music,” he said, flipping through the score.
Sakurako Yukawa nodded silently.
The reason for having the members arrive at the school early was to use this time to film a documentary.
But Kitahara-sensei always arrives at school early, forcing them to arrive early as well. Amemori was already waiting at school at 5:30.
In order to avoid being discovered, they split into two groups to practice playing instruments and another group to film a documentary, so that the other teachers wouldn't think they were just playing around early in the morning.
After finishing his practice session, which lasted just over an hour in the morning, Kitahara Hakuba returned to the staff office.
As soon as he entered, Teacher Zhongyou frowned and asked:
"Teacher Kitahara, have the students in the brass band been too tired these days? Some students have even fallen asleep in class."
"I'm sorry, but with the national tournament coming up soon, my practice time has been really tight lately," Kitahara Hakuba said with a wry smile.
Mr. Nakata crossed his arms and leaned back in his chair, saying:
"I just noticed that the kids were arriving earlier than usual. Some of them were already shouting 'Uncle Asuka, open the door!' before dawn."
“I see,” Kitahara Hakuba said after a moment of silence, “I can rest assured now.”
He prefers his members to feel more "stressed" rather than more "comfortable" than more "comfortable".
Mr. Nakata suddenly sighed:
"Come on."
"Thank you, Mr. Nakata."
"We're going to the national tournament soon!" Kurosawa Maki's legs, encased in flesh-colored pantyhose beneath her skirt, swayed excitedly back and forth.
While drinking the popular strawberry milk drink from Shin-Asahi High School, Kuno Tatsuka said in a daze:
"That's great. The people in section A haven't gotten excited yet, but you, who didn't make it into section A, are already getting excited."
"I'm only excited because I'm not one of the A-level editors! Otherwise, I'd be mostly nervous!"
"So fast!"
Goto Yu took out a small diary with one hand. October 20th was circled in red: "This weekend..."
Nodding to Nagasawa Mia: "That was fast indeed. It feels like my heart is still at the Hakodate Regional Conference."
"I'm getting more and more excited for this time and next year!" Kurosawa Maki said with a smile.
"Good girl, you're already looking forward to next year."
Kuno Tachibana rested his hand on his chin, striking a pose as if he knew everything. "So, the position of leader of the bass band? How audacious."
However, Kurosawa Maki asked in confusion:
"The position of group leader can only be held by senior students. This has nothing to do with technology. Li Hua may not be the group leader of the trumpet section next year."
This, along with the uniform single ponytail and white calf socks worn during the competition, is something that was passed down from the wind band at some point.
No matter how good the lower-grade students' skills are, the person who takes the position of section leader must be an upper-grade student, and it seems that even Mr. Kitahara adheres to this rule.
Misaki Nagasawa repeatedly pinched the white straw with her fingertips and said:
"First, the key is the A section leader participating in the competition. Who serves as the section leader is actually irrelevant. Second, being eye-catching is being eye-catching, and being a leader is being a leader. These are two different things."
"Agree."
Kurosawa Maki raised his hand and said,
“For example, people in the department often say that Li Hua will become a minister after three years, but I think she is just very eye-catching and not suitable to be a minister. Mei Ya is more suitable to be a minister.”
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“I can’t accept this high position,” said Miyako Nagasawa.
Kuno Tachibana finished her strawberry milk, and the box deformed slightly in her hand, the hollow, soft sound remarkably clear in the air.
"You really have the nerve to say that to my face," she said, feigning fierceness.
"After this conference, Senior Three will be retiring," Kirishima Mai suddenly said.
Upon hearing this, all five of them fell silent, and the faces of their senior classmates flashed through their minds.
Kuno Tachibana took a big gulp of strawberry milk. The first person who came to her mind was Saito Haruka. This didn't mean she liked her, but she didn't dislike her as much as before.
But this busty senior left the deepest impression on her.
"Minister Yukawa was a good person." Goto Yu pursed her lips sadly. "She's gone. What will we do now?"
"What does it mean?"
Kuno Tachibana sighed in disbelief and said...
"Didn't Kitahara-sensei say that the club won't stop functioning just because someone leaves?"
"Yu didn't say the club couldn't function, she just said she would be sad that Yuukawa-senpai wasn't there." Nagasawa Miya gave her a wary look.
Kurosawa Maki asked curiously, "Doesn't Tachibana have any upperclassmen they can't bear to part with?"
"I?"
Kuno Tachibana hesitated for a moment, but quickly smiled and said, "I don't think I have any seniors I'm reluctant to part with. If I really had to say, maybe Nagase-senpai would be one."
"So Tachibana is a trembling person after all." Nagasawa Miya couldn't help but laugh out loud. "She actually can't bear to part with a senior who used to pin you to the ground and rub you repeatedly."
"No, that's not it!" Kuno Tachibana blushed in surprise and quickly retorted, "I just feel that with Nagase-senpai around, I'll become even stronger!"
Kirishima Mai turned her head to look at her and said softly:
"The effect of encouragement?"
"If only you guys had the same level of comprehension as Mai," Kuno Tachibana said in a muffled voice.
"But it feels like if the senior students from the third year leave, there won't be any particularly strong senior students from the second year," said Kurosawa Maki.
Mia Nagasawa shook her head and said:
"No, it's mainly because the third-year students have become very strong under Kitahara-sensei's tutelage this year. They excel in both brass and wood, so the second-year students seem weak in comparison."
"Oh, oh, oh—" Kurosawa Maki clicked her tongue, "Actually, more than that, I'm more concerned about the fact that the current second-year students don't seem to be particularly easy to get along with."
"Eto and Takahashi-senpai?"
"Are these the only two left?"
"Mizuno-senpai?"
"Huh? You mean that upperclassman who wanted Kitahara-sensei to apologize to everyone back then?"
"Yes, I think she's pretty good."
"I don't know if she can be the mainstay for the next three years, but I heard that she will be the leader of the next Shinsengumi."
What vocal part was the leader of the Shinsengumi?
"You didn't know this? The leader of this secret organization is now Senior Rain Guardian. It's terrifying!"
Before we knew it, it was October 18th.
On the Shenxu campus, scattered puddles reflected the gray sky, and the damp soil emitted a faint fragrance. It had been raining late at night for the past few days, but it stopped after dawn.
This was the day the Shin-Asahi Brass Band was to set off for Utsunomiya. Since the journey would take nearly ten hours, they had to get up early.
At 6:30 a.m., the entire wind instrument section began moving the instruments.