Japan also has a New Year, but in the case of Japan, which has left Asia and entered Europe, the New Year is the New Year's Day of the Gregorian calendar.

The first day of 2005 was definitely a good rest.

However, the land race walking department of the University of Tokyo is still full of all members.

"Arima Yiping, the first section, I'll leave it to you. ”

"Hello!"

Sho Asano, as the head of the land race walking department, has a very serious expression at this time.

Hakone Ekiden, tomorrow is going to begin, and today you have to do one thing, allocate the range.

Originally, it was said before, that is, the goal of our race walking club on the eastern continent is to achieve the goal of playing in the Hakone post cross.

The previous qualifiers have already achieved this goal, so shouldn't we relax?

Yes, many people feel that it is time to relax.

But, for some reason, many people are still running.

It's like it's hard to stop after you actually run.

In fact, this is unwillingness.

As the tenth place in the qualifiers, the ten members of Tokyo University are the de facto bottom of the entire 20 universities.

It may even be inferior to the 21st-ranked Kanto Student League, which is also composed of outstanding players from other universities that cannot participate in Hakone Ekiden.

Among them, there are also outstanding results, and it is not uncommon to run 5km in 14 minutes.

Who would be willing to be at the bottom?

So, everyone said that it was very relaxed, but there was no relaxation in terms of training.

Of course, the mood is very pleasant.

Hakone Ekiden has a total of 10 sections, and the name of the race itself is called 'reciprocating', so it is a round trip in five sections.

However, each interval has its own characteristics, even if it is 'reciprocating'.

The most famous is the second district, called the second area of flowers, which is 23.1 kilometers long, and the slope is not difficult or easy.

The situation in this second district is that the outbound itinerary and the procedures are almost the same, and there is no difference.

The biggest difference is, of course, the fifth arrondissement and the sixth arrondissement.

The same distance, but one is uphill and the other is downhill, because the altitude of Lake Ashi is more than 720 meters, so don't underestimate this up and down.

The first interval was handed over to Senior Arima Ichihei, so, who is the second interval for?

This interval is to give the trump card.

Everyone looked at Higashino Qiang.

"Well, I want to run the fifth section. Higashino couldn't help but say this.

When he said this, everyone thought it was a little strange.

However, Sho Asano laughed, "I was just thinking about arranging it like this, Higashino-san, you actually brought it up first." ”

It's funny, didn't the two of them breathe before?

And, why is it so arranged?

Higashino Qiang said very sincerely: "In such an interval as the second district, it is better to hand over the ace, I just broke out better, and my grades are not as good as those of several seniors." ”

As soon as he said this, several seniors were very moved.

In the land race walking club of Tokyo University, many of the 10 contestants are senior students, such as Sho Asano and Yutai Yamanaka, all of whom are seniors.

Many of the others are juniors, and this time, Todai can play in Hakone Ekiden, which may be the first time in their careers that they have such a high-profile opportunity.

Higashino Qiang's humility is very humane.

Moreover, everyone's goal now is not very ambitious.

"Guys, at least we don't want to be at the bottom, right?"

Senior Asano's words moved everyone.

"Oh!"

A roar, like an oath.

The final arrangement is.

Tsuyoshi Kikuchi runs the second section.

Hanoi runs the third section.

Takafumi Umehara runs the fourth section.

Higashino is strong in the fifth interval.

Hosokawa Tai, the sixth section.

Anton Chuang, the seventh interval.

Kyosuke Ichihara, Section 8.

Yamanaka Yutai, the ninth section.

Sho Asano, the last paragraph.

This arrangement was decided, and no one had any opinions.

In fact, there are two more in the land race walking department.

"Well, I'm not training today, right? ”

"On the last day, everyone should have plenty of rest. ”

Nishimura and Omatsu didn't have a chance to play, and of course their job was to back up.

But...

"Guys, let's go out and run a few laps!"

"Oh!"

Sure enough, people are like that, it's hard to stop running.

Higashino strongly recommended himself to run the fifth section, and he was not very good at such an uphill road, but he always felt that this uphill should be good.

Masami said that she would wait for him at the top.

Will you see Masami?

Or, will you see Yui?

I don't know, let's follow everyone and run together.

"Hakone!"

"Heaven!"

It's this slogan, it's really embarrassing.

On the first day of 2005, the weather was clear.

......

Some people are running in sunny weather, while others are calculating.

The Yomiuri Shimbun Building is located in the heart of Minato-ku.

Today, there is a big man who came over in person without resting.

"President Ota, now I need your help, about the TV broadcast of Hakone Ekiden, please don't give more shots of the strongest person in Higashino!"

"Mr. Ishihara, what do you mean by this? I don't care about how many shots I give, so naturally there are professionals to operate it, and it's Nippon TV that is in charge of broadcasting, so why don't you go there?"

"President Ota, you just don't want to help?"

"Mr. Ishihara, this request of yours is too strange, then, isn't it better to simply cancel Higashino-san's qualification?"

"Of course this will not work, isn't this to be announced to the world?"

"Mr. Ishihara, you know you can't do that, right? ”

Yomiuri Shimbun's president Kazuhiro Ota, this remark can make Ishihara choke enough.

This time I came to the Yomiuri Shimbun, Ishihara just wanted to use the power of convenience to suppress the strongest in Higashino.

Otherwise...

"President Ota, let me tell you, this Higashino is the strongest, and he is simply using this Hakone Ekiden to achieve his ulterior purpose!"

Ishihara actually felt the pressure.

Mr. Onigo's "White Night Walking" won several awards last month, that is, in December last year, and easily won the sales championship.

It can be said that the momentum is strong and the edge is revealed.

Moreover, this work has been set to enter into a new joy.

Ishihara's central idea was to suppress Mr. Kigo, and he could see that what he was going to do would shake a character like him and subvert the award system in the Japanese literary world, that is, subvert this set of excellent traditions.

Anyway, the suppression is right.

And Higashino is the strongest, that is, the guy Onigo, his performance in Hakone Ekiden.

It was as if he was attacking him.

Hakone Ekiden itself is strongly supported by the Yomiuri Shimbun, so how can Ishihara endure such a situation?

As for the others, if they don't understand, it doesn't matter, just listen to Lao Tzu!

Ishihara is such a guy, he is this style.

Only this time, it seems that this request is indeed a bit strange.

Ota, as the president of the Yomiuri Shimbun, doesn't accept this.

Now there is a situation that Ota cannot ignore.

At the NHK Red and White Song Festival that just ended, at the end of last year, this was supposed to be the most watched program in Japan, and the previous data was.

30%！

Definitely the lowest in history!

Although, there must be a reason for this rating, I'm afraid it's because the current Japanese music scene, especially female singers, is not in good shape, and some people even thought about the idea of moving Sakai Spring Water.

That is, to allow this currently popular female singer to participate in the Red and White Song Party.

But, put all these things aside and just look at the ratings.

Hakone Ekiden, how much can you get?

In previous years, it was about 10% lower than the Red and White Song Club.

Then, if it falls to 20%, it will be a big crisis.

And the appearance of Higashino's strongest, in the qualifiers before, his excellent performance has improved the ratings, and a lot of feedback also shows this.

It's normal to think about it.

Such a handsome young man, who also starred in movies before, was still the night god moon, and he no longer acted, and now, he has shown his very good running strength.

It's really ......

Saikyo！

That's right, his parents' ability to name them is too good.

Even none of that is considered. Forget about the ratings, no matter what.

This Ishihara in front of you...... Hum.

Now there are many people's opinions on this stone plain, and many of this guy's practices are very problematic.

So, Ota gave Ishihara a cold nail.

"Mr. Ishihara, let's think about how we can make Tokyo's economy better. ”

This is similar to a slap in the face.

Ishihara was not lightly angry, but the other party was still a big financier, and there was not much he could do.

"Humph!"

In the end, it can only be left with a cold snort.

returned to the Literature Promotion Association, that is, the Literary Spring and Autumn Publishing House, Ishihara didn't expect that Junichi Watanabe was waiting for him.

"Ishihara-sensei, shouldn't we have started the judging of this Naoki Award earlier?"

Is the offensive going to be launched here?

Ishihara knew very well in his heart that this Watanabe must have taken advantage of some people's power.

"Wow, of course that's fine. "No matter what, you can't lose in momentum.

Watanabe smiled: "It seems that Ishihara-sensei still has recommended judges." ”

"Of course, this person, I'm sure Watanabe-sensei will be satisfied. ”

"Oh, who is this man?"

"She's Miyuki-sensei Miyabe. ”

"Oh?"

At the moment, the judges of the Literature Promotion Association already have Ishihara, Watanabe, and Atoda Taka, Goki Kanyuki, of course, there were originally Mariko Hayashi, Takashi Murakami, and there were already a lot of people, and this time Miyuki Miyabe was added.

It's also reasonable, but what a smart person Junichi Watanabe is.

He immediately thought that this Ishihara was really a bit powerful.

Miyuki Miyabe is the queen of today's Japanese mystery world, and her works are widely acclaimed and extremely popular.

But don't forget, this Miyabe teacher had a fierce competition with Ghost Teacher two years ago.

The work "Imitation Criminal" is indeed a masterpiece, especially the film shot by Yoshimitsu Morita later, which is also an excellent work.

But I came across "The Secret" and Yojiro Takida's movie.

It's a fight, it's a wonderful one.

So,Miyabe-sensei and Onigo.。。。

Ishihara, the old thief, is clearly looking for a helper for himself!

"Watanabe-sensei, do you think Miyabe-sensei is not qualified?"

"How so? Since Ishihara-sensei recommended it, of course there is no problem. ”

It was impossible for Watanabe to lose the momentum, so it was decided, and the Miyabe teacher became one of the judges.

But this matter is not over yet.

"Watanabe-sensei, when do you think it will be good for the first collegiate meeting?"

"Of course, the sooner the better. ”

"So, how about tomorrow?"

"Oh, tomorrow, tomorrow, it's Hakone Ekiden's day. ”

"Isn't that good? We can discuss the shortlisted works while watching Hakone Ekiden at Shinkiraku. ”

"Haha, that really couldn't be better. ”

"That's it. ”

"No problem. ”

Ishihara and Watanabe, between the words, there was a kind of harmony, and laughter continued.

But in fact, the undercurrent is turbulent, and the tricks are exquisite.

But it's also settled.,Tomorrow will start judging the shortlisted works of this Naoki Award.。

On the first day of 2005, the weather was fine and there were a few more dark clouds.

But this has no effect on Higashino Qiang, and he has only one goal at the moment.

Hakone.

PS: The first update is sent, I sincerely thank you, everyone's love for the black car, I am really moved, I will continue to work the black car!