Tsukasa Higashino doesn't like the reversal of plots in TV dramas or novels.

After all, they will know about the double gold reward Sooner or later, let him shut up, hide it and wait for the last time to pretend to be ruthless...

This kind of gameplay Higashino Tsukasa can't play and doesn't want to play.

So Higashino Tsukasa also felt that there was no need to hide, so he simply said it directly:

"I was actually the winner of the gold medal in the adult category of the Tokyo Youth Painting Awards."

After Higashino Tsukasa said this, Ryoko Okano stopped talking, and the originally smiling expression on his face changed suddenly, as if he was a little stiff, and as if he was too surprised, anyway, it was a very strange expression.

The other students stopped talking, staring at Higashino Tsukasa silently, their eyes full of incomprehension, as if they didn't understand what Higashino Tsukasa's words meant.

Even Ryoka Konoe almost didn't hold the peach juice in her hand, and her hand shook several times.

As the only person in the know, Tsukasa Higashino's eyes widened.

No wonder Tsukasa Higashino didn't react at all when he heard the gold award in the student group... It turns out that he has already won the gold award in the adult group, right?

Quiet...

Quiet –

It was really quiet.

After a long while, Higashino saw Ryoko Okano obviously have a throat movement, and then she said in disbelief: "Did you really get the gold prize in the adult group?" ”

The voice was trembling, and the eyes were complicated.

The main thing is that Ryoko Okano doesn't think that Tsukasa Higashino is a student who likes to make such a bad joke.

But if she was asked to believe this shocking fact, her own reason was unwilling to choose to believe it, so her expression and eye expression changed slightly.

But—what if you get it?

Ryoko Okano's question undoubtedly represents the other students in the studio who didn't speak, and they all looked at Tsukasa Higashino, wondering if he was just being funny...

"No kidding." Higashino Tsukasa smiled: "I really got it, the double gold award of the adult group and the student group." ”

This...

If Yoshiko Okano was in a nervous mood just now, but after hearing Higashino Tsukasa's admission, Ryoko Okano was in a bad mood.

How to say it... She felt that her feet were very empty and soft, and she felt that she was not stepping on the ground, and the whole person had a sense of emptiness floating in the sky.

She first touched her head in confusion, then opened her mouth again, and then looked at Tsukasa Higashino with a strange expression.

Turning her face is like turning a book, which probably describes her state.

Of course, not only her, but other female students are also in this state.

The expression didn't look surprised, but the look in Higashino's eyes was very strange.

It just feels... It's like looking at a higher species.

"Higashino-san... When did you participate in the adult competition? Ryoko Okano finally relented and asked Higashino Tsukasa.

It's just that her voice sounds weird, it sounds floaty.

"This is the adult competition that I participated in after the completion of "Tokyo Sunset Impressions".

After that...? Isn't that just a week or two?

"Really...? But how did you come up with the idea of competing in the adult category? Ryoko Okano felt the gap inexplicably, and her mouth moved and asked him again: "Ordinary high school students can't imagine that they will participate in the adult competition." ”

Yes, the average high school student would never think of participating in the adult competition.

Higashino just smiled happily: "I didn't think of anything, I just thought I should be able to." ”

The reason for this is simple and simple.

But it is precisely this reason that makes Ryoko Okano and the other students more acceptable.

"Really... That means you've got the gold prize in the adult category, right? ”

Ryoko Okano asked Tsukasa Higashino, not noticing that this was the second time she had asked the question.

"Well, I was called by the Japan Art Education Association just now."

Tsukasa Higashino nodded in acknowledgement.

"......" Ryoko Okano.

She wasn't as excited as she fainted as she said in the TV series or some novels, but she did take a few hard breaths to stabilize her excited mood now.

This is a double gold prize! For the first time in the history of the Tokyo Youth Art Awards, a double gold award!

This honor... Ryoko Okano originally thought that Ryuichi Yoshimine was stuffed in a piece of waste, but he didn't expect that Tsukasa Higashino was a diamond... Not the kind of diamond she carved.

"I see." Ryoko Okano nodded: "I'll call the principal and inform him of the good news of the double gold reward." ”

After saying this, she stiffened and walked outside the studio.

As soon as Ryoko Okano left, the entire studio was like the East China Sea that had lost the Dinghai God Needle, and it became a pot of porridge.

Not only other female students, but even Fukushima Madoka surrounded them with a big mouth.

A wide variety of questions are directly asked –

"Higashino-san, I heard that winning the gold medal in the adult category may be interviewed by a TV station, right?"

"This should be true, I don't know the specifics."

"What did Higashino-kun draw? "Tokyo Sunset Impression" is already very good, and it is even better to draw a work than it... How did Higashino-kun do it? ”

"It can only be said that it was a coincidence..."

Adolescent girls are like this, they chatter as soon as they open their mouths, and Higashino Tsukasa just answers their questions with a smile.

They have a lot of questions, but they are probably asking Higashino what he drew and expressing their envy.

After all, as a high school student, it is impossible to make a slight head out in the field of art.

But Higashino did it.

So, there is such a question-

"Higashino-san, do you know anything but give birth? That's amazing. ”

Regarding this playful and youthful question, Tsukasa Higashino also responded funny: "When I find a girlfriend in the future, I will have a child." ”

Girlfriend...

Perhaps it was these three words that aroused some of the female students present, and they became interested again.

But it's not good to pester Higashino Tsukasa to talk about this issue, so Fukushima Yuan took a group of children to shrink into the corner of the wall, discussed in a whisper, and looked at Higashino Tsukasa with a red face from time to time and snickered twice.

As a member of Kitagijuku's studio, Tsukasa Higashino won the double gold medal at the Tokyo Youth Painting Awards!

This alone is particularly majestic to say.

The usual show-off sentence for little girls like them is, 'I know a studio friend...'

Although they don't win the award themselves, they can show off their circle of friends in front of others, which is also a pleasure for them.

Tsukasa Higashino didn't care what they were discussing, and went back to his easel and sat down.

The double gold reward was finally won without surprise and danger.

So what Higashino should be thinking about now should be-

"Chihaya's thing."

Tsukasa Higashino muttered.

At the beginning, the main purpose of participating in the adult and student competitions was to increase the bargaining chips with Principal Yoshimine Ryuichi.

But now that he really got the chips, Higashino Tsukasa had a headache.

After all, Chihaya Higashino's illness is there.

It may not be a wise choice to let her come to school with her.

Higashino groaned and decided to put the idea on hold.

If Higashino Chihaya's condition can be alleviated in the future, it will not be too late to take her to school.

As for now...

Tsukasa Higashino looked up at the messy studio, and then at Ryoko Okano, who was talking excitedly with Ryuichi Yoshimine outside the studio-

Let's prepare for tomorrow's award ceremony.