Chapter 9: The Curious Nanami Hashimoto

"This is also what I found out later when I chatted with my wife, it turned out that the source of Nana Hashimoto's interest in me was actually the abnormal behavior of Nanase Nishino, I have to say, curiosity kills women. She kept saying that she couldn't get out of my thief ship. Every time she complains about me like this, I always get rid of her as she wishes, and women can't help it. - "A Confession of a Waste, Teach You How to Be a Scumbag - Nana Hashimoto Chapter" by Tian Licheng

On the same day, in the lounge of TV Tokyo, the members of Nogizaka 46 were waiting for the recording of "Where is Nogizaka". The girls gathered in twos and threes to discuss their topics.

"AKB48's new single will be released next week, and I don't know if I can set a new record this time."

"You say, who will get the position of the center in this general election?"

"It should refer to Yuan Sang, after all, she unexpectedly won the first place last year, and this year she has been on a lot of variety shows, and her popularity is even more exaggerated than last year."

"I don't think it was too much of a serendipity to be the first sauna last year. This year, I heard that Mayouyou's fans have already gathered, and there are a lot of fans on the mainland who are raising funds, after all, Mayouyou is so cute, and his popularity in the mainland is much higher than that of Zhiyuan San."

"If I were to run in the general election, I can't imagine what it would be like, and I would definitely cry. Isn't Ikoma going to participate this year? I don't know how many times she will get it, if only she could make it to the selection team."

Mai Fukagawa, Mai Shiraishi, Sayuri Matsumura, Misai Edo, as well as Masa Akimoto, Kazumi Takayama and others in the Upper Nian group all got together to chat about AKB48-related topics, and as formula opponents, they have always made AKB48 a catch-up target.

On the other side, Asuka Saito, Minami Hoshino, Erika Ikuta, and Higuchi Higuchi are chatting about the recently opened gourmet restaurants, magazine fashion information, and various gossip news in the entertainment industry, and even the latest manga serials and web novels are the topics they discuss.

In a corner, Shinuchi Mayo, the eldest in the second phase, was pulling Nana Horimi and Hinako Kitano, who were also in the second phase, chatting in a low voice. As the second oldest sister in the entire Nogizaka (the first is Mai Fukagawa), she played the role of a confidant big sister in the second life, and usually other members are used to consulting her if they have any questions.

Hori Mi Yang Na was in a low mood and said something to her. Because of her unique temperament, she was nicknamed Monkey Li, and she was valued by the operation after joining Nogizaka, and even parachuted directly to the center position in the seventh single.

This also made her inadvertently isolated by the first-term student who was a senior, after all, as an entrepreneur who fought the world in the initial period, did not stand in the middle position, in Dongying Province, where seniority is still very serious, she as a junior, actually parachuted into the C position, which undoubtedly provoked the anger of the public.

In addition, the sales of the seventh single were not as expected by the operation, and with the topicality of her airborne, there was a huge improvement over the previous one, which also put her under a lot of pressure.

Hinako Kitano, who is a good friend, had to comfort her with Shinuchi Makai on the side, and her energetic smile and funny words made Hori Miyana feel a lot happier, and she began to smile occasionally.

And in the corner, there are a few members who are doing their own things.

Nanami Hashimoto's personality is a little cold.,Usually the biggest interest is to listen to music quietly.,Read a book.,In the lounge, I only occasionally participate in the discussion topics of the members.。

As one of the gods of good fortune since joining the group, she has a good relationship with the upper group and the lower group, but there is very little contact in private, after all, the other members are more just colleague relationships in her eyes - if it weren't for the economy, she might not have stepped into the showbiz at all.

But recently, she discovered a very interesting thing: Nanase Nishino, who has never read books, has actually loved "Detective Galileo" these days, and while reading it, she exclaimed "It's so cool", "The university professor is amazing", "This reasoning is too exciting" and so on.

Nishino usually chats with the team members, although he just hides to the side as a listener, but he still likes to mingle with everyone, and he especially likes to stick to other teammates, and these days he just hides in the corner and concentrates on reading.

Doesn't Nanasai just like to read comics? When did you change sex? Galileo is very exciting, but you don't have to be so addicted, right?

Nishino's abnormality made Hashimoto a little curious, but every time he asked, Nishino hid the book in a hesitant manner, as if there was something unsightly in the book. Hmm, there's a problem!

"When she goes to the bathroom, I'll be sure to see what's weird about that book!" Hashimoto wanted to find out why.

She knew that Nishino had a habit of going to the bathroom every time before recording a show or performance, and that was the best opportunity.

There were only twenty minutes left before the recording, and Nishino put down his book as usual, and habitually walked out of the lounge.

Hashimoto pretended to stand up, twist his neck, twist his waist, and casually walked to Nishino's seat, looking around with his eyes.

The members were chatting enthusiastically, and no one was paying attention to Hashimoto's direction.

She quietly picked up the book and flipped through it quickly.

"Hey, nothing special, nothing with her, what's there to be nervous about? She was feeling strange when she suddenly noticed a few lines written on the first page, which surprised her: "I wish Nanase Nishino good health and all the bestβ€”I wish Kaneda all the best." May 2014*.

Shocked by this, Hashimoto immediately put down the book and returned to his position: "Isn't Kaneda the author of this book? When it became popular, it was said that he was a mysterious writer who didn't even know his true identity from the publishing house, and he never appeared in the media. How could she have Kaneda-sensei's signature? Did they know each other? Or did they meet by chance? But if they met by chance, how would Nishino know that person was Kaneda-sensei? No, I'm going to find a chance to ask."

The girl's curiosity rose, and it was out of control, and Hashimoto's heart was itchy, as if there were countless cat's claws scratching his heart, and he couldn't wait to pry the truth out of Nishino's mouth immediately.

But the opportunity soon came, and Nishino picked up the book again after returning from the toilet and read it against time.

Hashimoto walked over and pretended to remind her of the recording time, which inadvertently led to the topic: "Nana Sai, it's going to be time to record the show soon, why are you still reading, you seem to like Kaneda's books very much recently, and you seem to be watching "White Nights" a few days ago."

"Yes, Nanamin, I read Kaneda-sensei's book a few years ago, and at the time I just thought it was very exciting, and the ending was unexpected. It wasn't until recently that I started to revisit it, and I realized that the teacher's layout was super powerful, and he had laid a lot of foreshadowing from the beginning, and every case of Galileo was so imaginative, I really didn't know what the structure of Kaneda-sensei's brain was." Nishino raised his head and smiled, habitually closing the book quietly and hiding behind him.

Seeing her movements, Lao Qiao only felt funny: "What to hide, I already know the secret of Nana Sai, and Nishino who wants to lie is really cute." But she pretended to know nothing and said, "Yes, Mr. Kaneda's idea is really imaginative, and I don't know how he came up with the plot, and more importantly, each book is so popular."

"Eun, especially the ending of "White Nights", until now there are still many people discussing whether Xue Sui is ruthless, or because he saw Liang's corpse and had a psychological breakdown, so he turned around and left. Nishino had a look of fascination.

After discussing a little bit about Kaneda's other works, the two found that they were both familiar with Kaneda's works, and the two naturally felt a little closer. Seeing that the atmosphere was still relatively relaxed, and Nishino was not as vigilant as he was at the beginning, Lao Qiao felt that the opportunity had arrived.

"Kaneda-sensei's thoughts are so delicate, and the psychology of girls is so well grasped in the book, it must be an Obasan, if you don't empathize, how can you write it? Do you think she will be a housewife?" Hashimoto asked casually, and then covered his mouth and laughed, but his eyes clearly observed Nishino's reaction.

"You're talking nonsense, Mr. Kaneda is obviously a college student, okay?" As soon as the words came out, Nishino immediately covered his mouth, his face was flushed, and he shook his hand desperately at Lao Qiao and said, "No, no, it's all my own guess, Nana Min, I'm joking." She also showed her cute smile as she spoke, trying to fool her by.

Nishino's behavior of wanting to cover up made Hashimoto feel even more funny, such a panicked Nanasai really made people want to bully, she put her mouth to Nishino's ear and said softly: "Nanasai, it's not right to have a little secret, your ears are already red." What kind of person is Mr. Kaneda? After a while, let's go to dinner together, and I'll treat you. β€œ

"Hmm~~ Mr. Kaneda, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to~~" Nanase Nishino pouted, full of apologies in his heart.