"Saito-san, I understand your wishes, and I will discuss them with our team again."

Yoshio Konno sat in his office, his face a little solemn, and Asuka Saito's sudden request for dialogue, as well as her appeal, were somewhat unexpected to him.

"This is something that I have been thinking about for a long time, and I still hope that the operation can be considered. I will also try not to affect the normal work during this time. ”

"I understand what Saito-san said, and I understand it, but this may have a relatively large change in the focus of our work in the future, so please allow me to go back and discuss it before giving you an answer."

"Okay, then I'm going to trouble Konno-san. If I can, I'd like to get a reply when I make the next selection. ”

Asuka Saito stood up and bowed slightly, her movements were very crisp, which made Konno feel a little embarrassed by the changes she had made over the years - from the shameful shyness who would twitch her nose at every turn at the time, to the more cold and glamorous team pillar now.

After ten years of getting along, his feelings for Xiaoniao can be regarded as both master and father, so for her sudden and rude needs this time, he personally chose to give leeway.

“…… Was it because of that boy who started? ”

He inadvertently put himself in the shoes of a father to think about it—hoping that Asuka Saito would be happy, but also worried about the impact on his overall career.

- At his behest, the operator has relaxed the restrictions on the bird slightly, but she herself is not aware of it yet.

However, this time Asuka Saito's petition also gave him a faint idea of his future plans.

"—I've heard that he's going to do a live recently."

Konno thought for a moment, but still spoke.

Asuka Saito's departing back paused and turned his head a little stiffly.

"I don't understand what Konno-san means."

"Saito-san, don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to stop you from going."

Yoshio Konno sighed lightly.

"On the contrary, I think you should go for it, preferably the kind that can be recognized—provided there is no personal contact, of course."

“…… Good. ”

Asuka Saito was a little confused about the meaning of the operation, but he still agreed.

"Is there anything else going on with Konno-san?"

"No, Saito-san, please go back, if I'm not mistaken, there will be a recording of the show this afternoon, right? Neon TV. ”

"That's right, Ueda-san's show."

"Okay, then you go first."

Looking at the departing figure of Asuka Saito, Yoshio Konno was thoughtful.

Qiu Yang...... Is it? ”

……

……

"Three, two, one, recording begins."

"- Today's guest is, Nogizaka 46's Asuka-san Saito."

Hearing Naoto Fujiki's opening remarks, Asuka Saito walked out of the backstage.

"Ahh

Accustomed to the boiling and screaming of the audience, she nodded lightly in response and walked to the center of the stage with small steps.

"-Ah, no matter how many times I look at it, my face is really small."

Mori Quan looked envious with a look of "it's good to be young", and talked about the bird's "small face" again, and simply greeted him.

"No, no." Asuka Saito waved his hand.

"It's been almost two years since Saito-san last appeared on our show."

Shinya-san Ueda, who served as MC, naturally began to lead the conversation.

"A lot has happened in the past two years, do you have any information on what has changed?"

She sat down and nodded.

"Yes, the 10th anniversary of the team, the graduation of the seniors. In terms of change, I personally started to try some dramas and other ......"

……

"Scatteringism" is a relatively clear talk show, without many eye-catching sharp questions, just chatting about some relatively old topics very clearly, with few new stalks, and the effect of the show is basically supported by the experienced Uncle Ueda.

The negative effect of Qingliu is that the recording process is indeed a bit lackluster. While yawning in his heart, Asuka Saito suddenly remembered that there had been a situation where Nana Sai suddenly lost power in the middle of the show.

After some regular questions about team relationships, personal hobbies, etc., according to the program process on the script, it is almost time to enter the VTR link of "related person description".

"Saito-san started being an idol at the age of thirteen, right?"

Ueda's voice suddenly rose a little, as if to warn the bird not to wander.

"Yes." Asuka Saito sneered: You asked me three times about this show alone.

"-So, have you ever been in love?"

He suddenly laughed in his trademark folds and began to play dumb.

"What are you talking about?" Fujiki-san on the side interjected and complained, "People are idols!" Love forbidden! Forbid! ”

"Ahhh Ueda Jin also looked like he suddenly realized, "There is still something to ...... before the age of thirteen."

"Hey! Perverted! Minimum! ”

Senquan looked disdainful, causing the audience to laugh again and again.

"If you're in love, haven't you talked about it......"

Asuka Saito forced down his heart and smiled like a business formula. In general, this is the end of the answer.

"—but if the opportunity arises, maybe I'll try."

"Eh——??"

Everyone present was a little surprised, this was a self-detonation of new information.

"Saito-san, what do you mean by that?"

"After all, everyone in the first semester has graduated one by one, and MISA and Mai are also married. Looking at their happy appearance, I feel envious at the same time, but I also feel so far away from myself. ”

Asuka Saito could show a look of envy. In fact, it is somewhat against his will to say this - after all, that kind of life, although it is not close, it is definitely not far.

"So Saito-san only had the idea in his heart when he watched the happy life of his partner at the time?"

Ueda Jin also carefully controlled the field, this topic is too sensitive, and it has to be cut off if it is a little extreme, otherwise there is a high probability that it will be burned.

"Let's just put it that way."

The little bird also realized that he was on the verge of losing his words, and stopped talking in time.

"Can you tell the fans what kind of boy Saito-san likes?"

This topic is very easy to pick up, as long as you answer some "gentle", "love to laugh", etc., without specific qualifying words, so that fans feel "Ah, I seem to be in line with it".

But Asuka Saito lowered his head, and his mind was full of Qiu Yang's appearance.

"-Saito-san?"

Ueda Jin also has a bit of a headache, first Nishino Nanase and now Saito Asuka, how can Nogizaka be a group of unprovoked power outages.

"That's such a hard question to answer, hahahaha, it seems that Saito-san is very demanding."

He gently tapped the bird reminder with his hand card in a position that the camera couldn't shoot, while playing the round.

"—I like a little bad, guitar-playing boys."

Asuka Saito seemed to be muttering unconsciously.

"But still be gentle."

"Eh, the type of accident is very clear!"

Ueda's eyes signaled to Asuka Saito not to be specific, and Kotori began to add reasons in a little panic.

"—Because I can play drums, I feel like I'm talking to a boy who can play the guitar, and we can play a band or something together in the future."

"Then I have a darker personality, and I don't particularly like to be gentle, and it's better to be a little cunning."

"Well... Would you consider being with your fans? ”

"I don't know." Asuka Saito shook his head, a little hesitant.

"Probably not. I prefer the people I worship to the people I admire. ”

"Asuka Saito's fans and friends, do you hear me? You're going to have to work hard! ”

Ueda Jinya took this link through while playing haha, and began to continue to push the process.

"Then the hero of today's VTR, Saito-san, maybe he will like it unexpectedly!"

"Huh? Are you sure? ”

Asuka Saito was a little surprised - she didn't know the identity of this "related person" beforehand, for example, the appearance of the banana man last time surprised her.

"Hello everyone, hello Saito-san, I'm Qiu Yang from the Idol Department of Todai."

The moment the familiar voice sounded, Asuka Saito lowered his head, not daring to look at the screen.

"Ahh

Ueda Jin on the side was also making voice-over comments in a routine manner, not noticing the strangeness of the bird. She also quickly held back tears and looked up at VTR as she pretended nothing had happened.

"- Qiu Yangsang, the most famous fan of Nogizaka recently."

The interviewer in the VTR flattered.

"No, no, I'm just an ordinary fan."

Qiu Yang turned his face sideways to the camera, revealing a hearty smile, feeling the familiar tenderness through the screen, and the bird's eyes suddenly blurred again.

Even though she knew that it was recorded, and he couldn't see what he looked like, she still cared about her image, and sat up straight with a haircut.

"-I heard that Qiu Yangsang, you, single-handedly pushed Saito Asuka-san? So what do you like about her? ”

"Well, of course I'm hungry for her."

Qiu Yang smiled a little slyly, joking lightly and heavily. Ueda burst out laughing, and the bird blushed - what is this guy talking about! It's a wave on the ground!

"Just kidding! If you want to talk about what you like the most, it's still that sense of contradiction. ”

After pondering for a while, Qiu Yang gave an answer that was a little difficult to understand.

"—ambivalence?"

"Yes." He nodded, tilting his head as if caught in a memory.

"For example, she said that she was very dark, but she was very gentle about the affairs of her juniors; obviously said that she was a negative person, and she worked hard to do some of the things that the team wanted her to do; Obviously said that he didn't believe in human emotions, but he was unexpectedly a person who was very emotional......"

"It's this sense of ambivalence that makes me feel through the screen that maybe she's a rich person, and it's really fascinating to me."

"--It's worthy of Todai, and the reasons given are so ......."

The latter words, Saito Asuka was a little inaudible, and his mind was full of Qiu Yang's tenderness when he said these words.

- On the one hand, she was moved by what Qiu Yang said, everything she presented as an idol, and on the other hand, she always felt that she could hear Qiu Yang's extraneous voices.

After all, the reason why he really likes himself may be difficult to explain here.

At the end of the VTR, the interviewer asked Qiu Yang to say a word of support.

"—Asuka-san, Saito, I will always support you! Love you! ”

Qiu Yang gently clenched his fist and raised it with one hand, as if he was taking an oath, and he couldn't tell the difference from ordinary fans - at most, it was just a strong love in his eyes, and in the eyes of others, he seemed too fanatical to enter the play.

……

"How's that, Saito-san, you-"

After watching the VTR, Ueda Shinya turned around and wanted to ask Asuka Saito's reaction.

But unexpectedly, Asuka Saito silently stared at the direction of the screen that had been extinguished, with two lines of tears on his face.

"-Saito-san?"

While Ueda was surprised, he secretly rejoiced in his heart about the excellent effect of the show - the VTR appearance of the topic characters and the tears moved by the idols can provide a lot of highlights for this episode.

Asuka Saito was silent for a long time, silent to the point that it was already a recording accident, and then suddenly came back to his senses.

"I'm sorry, I—I'm so touched, a little out of shape......"

"It's okay, it's okay, if it weren't for Saito-san who said before that he wouldn't consider fans, I think this Qiu Yangsang, when the show is broadcast, I'm afraid that he won't be burned by jealous fans - he actually dares to use our show to confess."

Ueda Jin also played haha, actively enlivening the atmosphere, and also gave the bird room to calm down his feelings.

"Saito-san must have seen that double video of playing and singing."

Asuka Saito tries to suppress his feelings and maintains the demeanor and reserve of an idol.

She said formula-like words of thanks in her mouth, but behind each sentence there were a thousand things to say.

"I'm grateful for the support of this fan."

- What, why did you suddenly appear and embarrass me so much?

"Thank you for your understanding of me."

- I'm very impressed, you went to get to know my idol side well.

"I hope this fan friend can continue to support Nogizaka 46."

- You've always liked me so much.

"I will continue to work hard in the future."

- In the future, I will always like you, Asuka.