"Please introduce yourself."

The stage was spacious, with three men sitting behind a long square table facing the stars, and a group of reporters behind them, who could clearly hear the shutter clicking.

The judges behind the long table did not raise their heads, and while turning out the next document, they held the microphone to remind them of the interview process.

"I'm Hoshimi Mibu, thirteen years old, born in the second year of junior high school, born in Tokyo, and my hobby is studying."

After fluently speaking this well-known self-introduction, Hoshimi Mibu secretly rubbed his sweaty right hand against the seam of his pants.

"It's over?" The chubby man in a black suit in the middle looked up and asked.

As if remembering something again, Hoshimi added:

"My favorite writer is Yasu Akimoto, the singer is Akina Nakamori, and the photographers are Hideki Hosoe and Minoka Ninagawa."

When Hoshimi Mibu said that his favorite author was Yasushi Akimoto, the two judges around Yasushi Akimoto looked sideways at him.

Akimoto didn't care, just continued to look at the information in his hand, "Hobby is studying?" So why come and be an idol? ”

Yasu Akimoto straightened up, raised his glasses, and looked at Hoshimi seriously.

Hoshimi Mibu was just about to bring out the prepared words, but he noticed that the black lens in front of her right was slightly stretched forward, and he suddenly changed his mind and said what he really thought at the moment.

"I just want to be an idol, and there's no reason for that. It's irresponsible, but it's true. Isn't that what people are? Sometimes there is no so-called trade-off of interests in doing things, there is no strong sense of purpose, just a whim, a whim, and just do it. At least that's what I thought. ”

Hoshimi didn't think that he would feel guilty when he said such a salted fish speech, but after saying that, he only felt that a sullen breath stuck in his throat suddenly dissipated, and he was indescribably happy.

Akimoto Yasu looked at the girl who suddenly looked calm, didn't say anything, and silently drew a cross on the paper.

Instead, the people next to him noticed something, and then asked, "Do you have any special skills?" ”

Hoshimi took out a prepared alien Rubik's cube from the pouch hanging on his body as a decoration, held it in his hand and said, "This is a alien ......"

As if her memory had suddenly been broken, and her voice stopped abruptly, she didn't continue, but took the Rubik's Cube back, and then walked to the long table and asked the judges:

"Can you lend me your pen?"

"Yes."

"Thank you."

Hoshimi took the pen with both hands and silently retreated to the makeshift stage.

"Let me introduce myself again, I am a star, and the talent show I am preparing is to turn the pen, give me a fulcrum, and I can turn the world."

Hoshimi didn't put down the microphone after speaking, but wrapped the upper end of the microphone with his left hand and put it to his mouth, making a simple BBOX with the basic three tones, and at the same time, his right hand showed the pen turning technique with an infinite loop.

The pen danced around the fingertips, between the fingertips and the palms of the hands, and finally stood firmly in the palm of the hand for two seconds before jumping into the air and being grabbed by Hoshimi Mibu with his backhand.

Only about thirty seconds of talent show made Akimoto Yasushi and the others slightly stunned.

After Hoshimi Mibu lifted the pen from the air, he threw the microphone with his left hand, and Mike, who was still connected to the line, obediently circled around the outstretched right arm.

Seeing that the judges in front of her seemed to be waiting for her to finish, she held her breath and bowed to signal the end of her talent show. Then he walked forward and returned the pen to the judge, who was sitting on the left.

It wasn't until Hoshimi Mibu retreated to the dark corner of the stage according to the staff's instructions that another contestant began to step forward to introduce himself, and Yasushi Akimoto and the others did not have any new comments.

"Failed."

Hoshimi walked back to the waiting area, only these three words left in his mind.

When Hoshimi didn't return the pen, she happened to see the big cross in the upper right corner of her information, and she knew her future fate before she stepped off the stage.

It's just that the annoyance of failure didn't bother her for long.

Watching one contestant after another return to the waiting area, Hoshimi Mibu, who was rarely able to go out and not force himself to review his homework at home, took out the Rubik's Cube that had only appeared for a few seconds just now, and began to scramble and reorganize in his hands.

Because the light was slightly dim, Hoshimi was a little unable to distinguish between tall and short, so he could only hold the Rubik's Cube in front of his eyes and put it together.

The strange Rubik's Cube, and the even more strange girl immediately attracted the attention of the people around her.

Especially the girl is wearing that printed T-shirt, the huge "Please eat!" Eight words fell on the chest, and it was very eye-catching.

"What are you playing? Is it a Rubik's Cube? ”

A delicate female voice appeared beside Xingjian Weibu with a huge head.

Although the other party noticed the other party before the girl spoke, the other party's sudden accosting still surprised her a little.

It is not difficult to discover the proximity of Akimoto Masatsu.

After all, the dim light had been obscured by three-quarters since the girl stood next to her, and it was hard not to notice such a noticeable change.

It's just that Xingjian didn't take a step, and out of politeness, he turned around and said to the other party directly:

"Hello, your head is too big to cover my light, can you move it?"

This kind of unseemly bear child behavior, Xingjian didn't think she could do it, she just quietly raised her hand to find new light.

"This is a type of Rubik's Cube, a Alien Rubik's Cube."

Hearing the other party's curious inquiry, Xingjian Weibu turned his head and introduced seriously while turning the Rubik's Cube that was about to be put together.

Hoshimi raised his eyes to look at the girl's eyes that smiled into two rounds of crescents, and remembered the frustration he had suffered on the stage just now, and felt his confidence gradually flow to his body.

She immediately dragged the small decorative backpack hanging on her body, and took out a Rubik's Cube she liked recently.

"You see, in addition to this alien Rubik's Cube in my hand, there is also such a second-order Rubik's Cube. This one is followed by a panda. ”

Xingjian saw the other party staring at him curiously, and he was suddenly full of confidence.

Like a child who has just come home from kindergarten, he excitedly showed it to the girl, and it took 15 seconds to restore the red panda and hand it to the other party.

"I gave it to you."

"Thank you, that's amazing."

The girl looked at the red panda in the palm of her hand and praised it cooperatively.

She was originally curiously playing with the red panda, and she suddenly remembered the purpose of her initial conversation, and continued to say to Xingjian Weibu:

"My name is Akimoto Masatsu, and it's nice to meet you."

Hoshimi Mibu lowered his head and glanced at the number plate on the other party's chest, "Akimoto-san, I'm Hoshimi Mibu, you can call me Xiaobu or Miho." ”

"Miho just calls me really summer."

Akimoto Masatsu immediately added when he heard Hoshimi's name.

Then Akimoto Manatsu turned sideways, and another long-haired girl appeared in front of Hoshimi Mibu.

"This is Yumi Wakatsuki."

Listening to Akimoto Manatsu's introduction, Hoshimi's first reaction was to confirm the other party's number plate.

She moved her gaze up to the girl's face, her eyes were blazing, revealing a serious look, and there was a finishing tear mole under her left eye.

"Hello, my name is Yumi Wakatsuki."

"Hello Ruoyue-san, I'm Xingjian Weibu."

Hoshimi weibu rubbed his fingers against the surface of the Rubik's Cube behind his back, and his brain was running at high speed, thinking about what to say next.

It's just that there is no need to wait for her to launch an offensive, and Akimoto Shinxia next to her will stand up in time to solve the siege.

"By the way, Miho just had a very interesting performance on stage, and I feel like everyone was scared."

"Really? I was also intimidated. Hoshimi smiled helplessly.

Sure enough, Hoshimi confirmed the other party's number and found that he was in the same group as him, and he knew that something was wrong, and he wanted to erase that history from his mind when he remembered his failed performance.

"Are you even scared? But is your favorite writer really Yasushi Akimoto? Wakatsuki Yumi asked seriously.

"It's not my favorite, it's just the author I like, and can't I like it a lot? For example, passers-by like. But my favorite female idol is Yasuko Akimoto, it's true. ”

Hoshimi explained with a righteous face, trying to add a little more credibility to his answer.

"It's cunning."

The two said in unison, but they didn't believe her by looking at their looks.

"At first, I thought you would show the Rubik's Cube, but I didn't expect it to be a pen." Akimoto Manatsu continued.

"Because no matter how much the Rubik's Cube rotates, the final result is just to return to the original state, no matter how fast it is, how cumbersome it seems, and in the end you can only get the only result that is completely predictable."

Hoshimi rubbed the groove in the middle of the Rubik's Cube for rotation, remembering the way he was ashamed to speak on the stage just now, as if he had returned to the past when he climbed over the wall and skipped class, straddling the high wall.

Obviously sitting on a wall less than two people high, it seems to stand at the intersection of two worlds.

The world inside the walls is full of books, and the world outside the walls is bustling. It's quiet and there is no sound, only she doesn't know which world she belongs to.

At that time, the teenager thought that he was a passionate youth who rebelled against the rules and went his own way, and he was a powerful person who evaded the tracking of the head teacher by quickly disguised himself in the Shibuya KTV toilet.

Only later did I know that the really powerful ones are those who seriously analyze and respect the rules, enjoy life under the shackles, and enjoy the ordinary.

Hoshimi went on to say:

"Turning a pen is a better way to express my mind at that time than a Rubik's cube. It's obviously a pen used for writing, and when it's not in use, close the lid and quietly throw it aside, but in fact, as long as you give it a little strength, it can dance on your fingertips and take a curtain call in the palm of your hand. ”

Hoshimi looked at Akimoto Masha and Wakatsuki Yumi, who didn't know how to answer, and smiled unconsciously, the shallow pear vortex hung on both sides, and he secretly stuck out his tongue with his head sideways.

"Just kidding. At that time, I didn't think about it so much, but I just thought that the Rubik's Cube might be put together in more than ten seconds. ”

"But it's different with the pen, as long as it doesn't fall off, I can keep turning my face around, maybe I'll be in the passing line? I'm scared! ”

Hoshimi's dark black eyes were embedded in the sockets like beads, blinking from time to time, hiding a sly smile.

Wakatsuki Yumi and Akimoto Masatsu also unconsciously looked at each other and smiled, and complained in unison:

"It's cunning."