"——This time, a total of 22 members were selected, with twelve in the Fortune God position and two in the center position."

The words of Shile Tong caused a whisper among the members, and this was the second time in many years since 19 singles that the double center position was placed. The last double C was also an epoch-making, "ace handover" between Birdie and Nanasai, so this time...

Under such a natural association, there are already many members of the fourth phase, nervously pinching their skirts.

"Well, let's make an announcement about it. Nango-san, please. ”

Nango Yui also started from the previous order, and slowly took over from his predecessors to announce the selection position - with ten years as a node, the top and bottom of Nogizaka 46 have gradually entered the throes of blood change.

“……”

"Seventeenth, Sakura Endo."

"Sixteenth, He Xi Yaoxiang."

"Fifteenth, Tsutsui Saiya."

“……”

The members of the fourth phase who were looking forward to it just now have understood that this operation is intended to make the fourth phase and the new fourth phase full of the back row, to indicate that the reserve of the team's new force is sufficient - the dawn of the turn of the times is coming.

However, it also gave some members the opportunity to enter the selection for the first time.

"—Fourteenth, Hayakawa Seilai."

When the name was suddenly read, Hayakawa's tears naturally fell, but they were not all joy and excitement, but a little unwilling.

Compared to Kakki and Sakura, they have already entered the front row, although the popularity has been good, and the resources are tepid in the fourth phase, but the operation is that she has not been included in the selection for a long time.

She also fantasized about whether the operation planned to parachute her directly into the c position at a certain selection - so when it was announced that it was Wcenter this time, she had some hope.

It's just that now it seems that it is just an unrealistic fantasy.

Shiraku is also very caring, giving her the opportunity to speak for the first time in the selection.

"Anyway, thank you very much, I've been working hard for this day for a long time......"

She wasn't stupid enough to express her unwillingness, she just interpreted the tears as weeping with gratitude and joy.

"I will continue to work hard as a selection, thank you for your support."

……

As the announcement progressed, only the three and four positions of the center remained.

On the bright side, only Asuka Saito and Nahana Horimi are left among the permanent selection members, and it has almost been clear to everyone that they are candidates for the C position. Asuka Saito himself, but has a very different idea:

- Is it true that you still have to fall out of the selection? So the negative impact before,No matter what, you still have to take it into account.,Konno-san's "come on",That's probably what it means, right?

That's mostly, it's for Miona to take the C position for a long time, and bring a newcomer, and they can gradually start to quit in the first semester.

"Position four, Horimi Nana."

Although fans always say that there are more single auditions, and the members' reactions have some performance elements, but when they really announce that they have become the center for the first time in a long time, tears don't seem to give room for acting skills.

Horimi Nana covered her mouth and stood up, she looked at herself on the monitoring screen, as if she was gradually overlapping with the helpless trainee at the time of the Seven Singles selection.

"It's hori who is in the C position again after so long, congratulations."

Shiraku smiled with some relief as he passed the microphone.

"Anyway, thank you very much......" Horimi Ona choked up and couldn't say a complete sentence.

"Hori, you can't say that you're afraid of not being able to do it, after all, you're an experiencer." Shele gags gently on the side, helping her out.

"Uh......h Shiraku-sang baka! Grab my words! ”

"Hey! How can anyone scold me when he publishes in the C position! It's going to be a famous scene again! ”

“……”

In this way, the air in the room is much more relaxed.

But only Asuka Saito couldn't relax, she clearly felt that the camera was aimed at her, and she quickly understood the intention.

- Ah, this time it's here. Everyone thinks it's me, and then the camera suddenly turns to the new fourth issue? Complete the subversive selection announcement, and I don't know if the front page of tomorrow's video is my own lost expression.

Asuka Saito kept his expression unchanged as much as possible, and at the same time thanked Konno-san in his heart - after all, the request for marginalization was made by himself, and if he fell out of the selection, the operation would definitely be under more pressure. But Konno-san still let himself "come on", which can be regarded as greeting himself in advance, and it is still a gentle operation.

"Position three, Asuka Saito."

She was still thinking about how to make a lost face naturally.

"-Huh??"

……

……

"Nanamin, could you please come over a little bit, I want to have a drink."

Qiu Yang's right side of his body was implicated and pressed as a whole, making him so stiff that he couldn't move.

Moreover, the figure of Asuka Saito flashed on the screen from time to time, which also made him feel unbearable guilt for what he was doing now.

"Don't." A categorical refusal.

"Uhh......h

Wailing in his heart, Qiu Yang also moved on to other topics:

"—how do I feel, Azuka, she seems to be more surprised than everyone else."

Looking at the shocked face of the bird on the screen, he complained like this, and at the same time reached out to take a sip of wine with great difficulty,

In fact, as a person who knows some inside information, he is not surprised by the results of the monkey bird double C: it is impossible for the little bird to be kicked out of the selection at this juncture, at any time, but not now.

- Otherwise, it is easy to be interpreted as an intra-regimental punishment for the recent Yanshang, and the operation will not do such a stupid thing.

In contrast, Horimi Yangna's selection made him unexpected, but also sincerely happy for this girl who had a relationship.

"Well, I can probably guess a little."

Nanami Hashimoto also had a strange expression on the birdie's abnormal, and frowned.

"I heard Mai say that Asuka recently proposed to the operation that she should gradually unload the work of the team and lean on the edge to give newcomers a chance, and the recent jobs are all of the type with newcomers."

"I guess she didn't think she could be in the C position this time, maybe she thought that there was a high probability that she would be a back row and the most blessed god?"

Speaking of this, Hashimoto suddenly looked a little hateful.

"It's always like this, as long as you're in the group for a day, don't think they're really thinking about you."

"But it's also a fair exchange in a way."

At the end of the words, she also shook her head helplessly.

"—so......"

Nanawei Hashimoto's words made Qiu Yang a little thoughtful.

"Okay, then this is the end of this audition......"

The group was over, Qiu Yang seemed to be still thinking, bowing his head and playing with the pendant on his chest.

"I'm wondering, is this also a kind of signal from the operation?"

"What do you mean?"

"Because at the beginning of the year, Azuka didn't work much, so she had all kinds of opportunities to contact me. Now that she has been carried to the position of the center by the operation, is it also trying to use high-intensity work to control her behavior? ”

"Or was it her unsolicited request to the operation?"

He thought of the lack of news on Bird's Day, and felt that it was not impossible—perhaps she realized that at this stage, the long-term relationship between children and daughters was not as important as her career, and she had decided to give up on him.

It's just that, due to the inconvenience of communication, there is no way to convey it to him accurately, and it can only be hinted at through various behaviors.

"Ahhh Qiu Yang suddenly felt a burst of sadness.

"If only I could contact Azuka directly and ask for clarification."

"If you want to make a call, you can use my phone."

Nana Hashimoto suddenly spoke on the side, and woke up the dreamer with a word.

"Huh?"

Qiu Yang suddenly realized that this was indeed a good idea - not only did he have contact information, but he would not leave a bad communication record, but ......

"Nana Namin, are you willing to give me ......"

Before he could finish speaking, Nanami moved the phone away with one hand and covered Qiu Yang's mouth with the other.

"Hey, how many times have I said it, just show it in front of me every day, and now you want me to help you, I don't want it."

"Obviously, Nana Min, you brought it up first......" Qiu Yang's voice was covered in his palm, a little muffled.

"But ......"

Nana Hashimoto wiped her hands on him with some disgust, and her tone seemed to be a little loose.

"If you promise me something, I can consider making an exception for you."

"What's the matter?"

Nana Hashimoto didn't seem to be a little speechless, and seemed to feel that it was a bit despicable to take advantage of people's danger and make excessive demands.

"It's my birthday the day after tomorrow......"

"You can accompany me to Hokkaido and celebrate my birthday."

After saying that, she lowered her head a little evasively, feeling a little shy.

"—what else should I do......"

Unexpectedly, Qiu Yang's tone was not reluctant at all.

"Of course you can, after all, it's Nanamin's birthday, and I just happened to go to see things at work again."

"Huh?"

Nana Hashimoto raised her head in surprise, but suddenly muttered with a complicated expression.

"What, you're like this, I don't know if it's because you're really willing to spend my birthday with me, or if you're willing to be as reluctant as you can for Asuka......"

Qiu Yang seemed to have been told what was on his mind, and touched his nose a little embarrassed.

"Well...... It's true that she's willing to do anything for Asuka's sake, but it's not reluctant to accompany Nanami on her birthday. After all......"

As if he didn't want to say this in front of Nanami Hashimoto's eyes, Qiu Yang looked away.

"After all, I've been taking care of Nanami for a long time."

The air in the izakaya was quiet again, and both of them seemed to have their own agendas.

After taking two sips in silence, Qiu Yang seemed to have the courage to speak.

"Nana Min, can I make a phone call now?"

It seemed that he knew his request, but at this moment he couldn't read the air, and his tone was a little humble.

"Later, I'm afraid she'll go home and rest......"

"Okay, okay, can I give it to you, let's fight."

Nana Hashimoto threw the phone to him a little angrily.

Qiu Yang took it with great gratitude, and found the bird in the contact to dial it.

"Hey, Nanamin?" The call was quickly dialed, and the bird did seem to be on its way.

"Don't congratulate me on being a center! I don't really think so......"

Directly hearing a familiar voice talking to him, Qiu Yang still felt that his nose was a little sour.

"Asuka, it's me."

"—Huh? Sauce? ”

The voice on the other end was a little flustered.

I don't know why, Qiu Yang always felt that the bird's voice sounded a little reverberant.

Then the next second, the door of the izakaya was pushed open.

Standing at the door were Horimi Yoona with a wonderful expression on her face, and Asuka Saito, who was answering the phone with her head sideways and hadn't noticed the two people in the store yet.

When Qiu Yang was stunned and in a dream, he heard Asuka's voice coming from the mobile phone receiver and in front of him at the same time.

"—It's so late, why are you with Nanamin?"

……