"There are nearly 400 high schools in Tokyo alone, and only 20 of them have the strength to go to the Kanto competition, and only 6 of them can go to the whole country."

"To be honest, it's just underage kids, using devilish training to make the performance more perfect, in order to approach the professional level of musicians."

"For example, they arrive at school at 7 o'clock every day, practice until the morning class meeting, and come to school early on weekends to practice until 8 o'clock in the evening.

"What's more, almost all the big and small affairs are organized by the students themselves, and so is the training, because of this, they have regained the gold medal of the national conference after four years."

Seeing that no one responded to Rutsuki Chihaya's self-talk, Kamiki Toru couldn't help but ask out loud: "....... Well, are you done? Ruyue-san? ”

"Any comments?"

"Are you a hidden pressure monster?"

Ruyue Chihaya looked at Toru Kamiki in puzzlement and asked, "Pressure monster?" Why is it a stress to blame me when I talk about reality? Compared to that, have you decided on a good repertoire? ”

"Of course." Toru Kamiki nodded.

Because Yuzu is required to start as a third-year student, students in the first year have plenty of time to prepare, so they stay in the department room to prepare.

Toru Shenmu chose "Night of Love, May Moon", there is nothing special, but there are too many of them, so I picked one of the scores in my mind.

"What about you?" Toru Kamiki asked.

"Spring in the North."

Toru Shenki craned his neck and said, "Speaking of Hokkaido, my dream is to buy a villa there, and then plant a lot of vegetables in the field, sprinkle hormone-free, pure natural fertilizer, and the vegetables must be fragrant, but I don't know how much the climate can affect the vegetables......"

Chihaya Rutsuki frowned, she didn't say Hokkaido at all.

Ignoring Toru Kamiki's nagging, she looked at Yuhu Akane and said, "Xihu-san, which song are you going to blow?" ”

Yuhu Akane hugged the bass horn on her thick pipe, and flipped the score intently, because Ruyue Qian's words earlier made her feel numb.

"A solo bar from "Ode to Spring." She took a deep breath and gently turned her stiff fingertips, trying to ease the tension.

While waiting, I could hear the other people in the music room next door, and Sato Ai played the sound of the bassoon, which was soft and luscious, melodious and full.

Just hearing such a sound made the others nervous.

"Is tuning okay?" Toru Kamiki interjected and asked.

"Yes."

Toru Kamiki continued to ask curiously, "Xihu-san, how many years have you been playing the bass horn?" ”

"Uh...... It's been five years. ”

"Wow, five years ago I was playing hide and seek at home with my female classmates." Toru Kamiki said admiringly as he stretched out his finger and pressed the key.

"Wouldn't this highlight Shenmu's talent even more? Even though you don't have a lot of investment, you can get results that others can't get for years of hard work. With a slightly self-deprecating smile, Yuko Akane looked at the sheet music book in her hand.

Kamiki Toru hesitated for a moment, and said in a half-joking tone, "Yes." ”

Soon, the soft timbre of the clarinet is heard.

"Clarinet Concerto in A major." Ruyue Qianzao said with ease, "The transition of the bars is handled very well, and the timbre is accurate, and the clarinet in the department can play to this point, only Chunwen classmate." ”

Toru Kamiki nodded, Harumi Suzuka's clarinet skills are indeed very good.

After waiting for a while, Ai Sato walked into the classroom and began to call people.

Ruyue Qianzao stood up: "It's my turn." ”

In her lifetime, her strength is the least worrying like Toru Kamiki, but when the high timbre of the trumpet comes from the music classroom next door, she knows the result.

"Toru Kamiki." Ai Sato shouted.

"Here we are."

Toru Kamiki took the oboe and walked into the second music classroom, Yuka Fuyuki sat on a chair with a metronome on the table.

To his surprise, Sakuraba Noriko was sitting next to her.

"Sakuraba-sensei? What are you doing here? Toru Kamiki couldn't help but ask.

Sakuraba Fako glared at Mu Toru with some dissatisfaction and said, "Can't I be here?" ”

"Haha, sit down first, Shenmu, Fazi is waiting for me to finish and go to dinner together." Dongxue Yuzu said with a smile.

Toru Kamiki nodded and sat down in his chair.

"Say the next grade, the name, the instrument, and the repertoire performed."

"Class A of the year, Toru Kamiki, oboe, this time it is "Night of Love, Night of May".

"Why do you want to play this?" Yuzu didn't ask, but Sakuraba asked first, and her tone sounded a little unhappy.

Toru Shenmu smiled and said, "I don't know, this track suddenly popped up in my head, and I wanted to blow it." ”

Sakuraba pouted slightly, looked at him with frowns and said, "Don't mean anything else?" ”

“...... What does Sakuraba-sensei mean by wanting me to blow this? Toru Kamiki said innocently.

Sakura's face flushed, and her hands clenched into fists and leaned forward slightly: "It's, is there any other meaning!" ”

"Don't think that if there is love in the name, it means that I have something wrong."

“...... No, that's not what I meant......" Sakuraba listened to his flat voice, and she took a deep breath to hide the sound of her heartbeat beating faster and faster.

Seeing this, Dongxue Yuxiang just smiled: "Is there no problem with Shenmu tuning?" ”

"Yes, it's already adjusted before you come in."

"How long have you been practicing the oboe?"

"Less than two months."

"Less than two months?" Yuzuka Fuyuki had also heard Minister Sato talk about Toru Kamiki's talent, but it was still too outrageous to come out of his mouth in two months.

Toru Kamiki nodded and said, "Yes." ”

"That's genius." Yuzu said, "Then let's start playing when you're ready." ”

"Okay."

Dongxue Yuxiang smiled and said, "Let's start directly with the main theme of the twenty-eighth measure, after all, it takes a lot of time to write a song." ”

"Okay."

"Then I'll turn on the metronome, and I'll play it from measure 28 until I shout."

"Hmm."

The rhythmic "click" of the beat sounded, and Toru Kamiki took a deep breath, his lungs bulging slightly, and his slender fingers pressed against the buttons.

The music begins with a soft melody and slowly picks up the tempo, with melodious notes bouncing in the dark woodwinds.

The sound of the oboe vibrated the air in the second music room and in the corridor, and Yuzu was not only admired, but also a little dumbfounded, and the notes he played were dazzling and brilliant.

Even a professional oboeist she knew could hardly play such a delicate, heart-pounding, sweet tone.

Yuzuka even forgot to stop shouting, just to be able to listen to Toru Kamiki's performance more.

By the end of the score, nearly eight minutes had passed.

"Good, very good." The eardrums of Dongxue Yuzu are still showing the afterglow of playing, and the hand holding the pen is trembling slightly.

Sakuraba only felt that her thighs were sticking to the surface of the chair, and she was obviously afraid that he would play for other girls, but now she felt happy to hear it, and the heat spreading from the soles of her feet tightly grabbed the organs in her heart.

At this moment, Sakuraba felt that she was very selfish, and she actually took such a wonderful thing for herself.

Ai Sato, as the minister, listened to the person a little dizzy, and his fingertips were trembling.

"Minister Sato, please help me call the next one." It wasn't until Dongxue Yuxiang spoke that she came back to her senses.

"Ah, okay!"

I turned around and wanted to run, but suddenly hit the door frame.

"It hurts——!"

I heard a very crisp "thump".

Toru Kamiki stepped forward and spied on her expression and said, "Is the minister okay?" ”

"No, it's fine."

"But you're crying out in pain."

"It's okay, it's nothing, it's nothing compared to the pain these days." The delicate face approached slightly, and Ai Sato lowered her head and trotted out of the classroom with her cheeks slightly red.

Toru Shenmu watched her run into the department again, and the three-year-old students in the corridor who were waiting for the results cast a very complicated look, all of which were helpless because they wanted to step forward to provoke but were hindered by their lack of strength.

Because of the large number of people, it was already 6:20 p.m.

The lights in the classroom had been turned on, and a hazy dark gray had fallen from the window.

"Why are you still here? Waiting for Xihu-san classmates? Toru Kamiki looked at Takai, who was seated, and asked.

"Because I knew it was going to be late, I felt like sending her home might trigger an affair."

"Then you didn't think she would trigger the defeat event?"

"Less, impossible!" Kosuke Fujii said confidently.

Toru Kamiki patted him on the shoulder and walked over to Chihaya Ruzuki.

"How does it feel?" He asked.

"There is no doubt about that." Ruyue Qianzao said with her long hair.

"That's right." Toru Kamiki smiled quietly, she was in some ways the same kind as herself.

"Are all the people who participated in the audition here?" Yuzu walked into the classroom with a smile on her face, followed by Sakurabi.

It's just that her eyes have been looking for the pile of students, and it wasn't until she found Toru Kamiki that a smile bloomed on her face.

Ai Sato replied, "Yes! All hands on! ”

"It's late, I'm not polite, now I'll announce the results directly, whether it is in line with your wishes or not, but please follow what I say."

"Yes!"

"There are fifty-five people in total, and those who call their names please answer."

"Yes!"

"Before that, I repeat that I am not taking sides with anyone because of other factors, and I hope that everyone can understand each other." Winter snow grapefruit fragrance in advance vaccination.

"Yes!"

"So, let's start with the trumpet group......"

There were a total of eight people in the trumpet group, and it was not surprising that Ruyue Qianzao successfully cleared the customs, and the other two first-year students covered their little faces in surprise when they heard their names, and many of them pressed their burning eyes with their fingertips.

The expressions of some of the third-year students who were not shouted at became very distorted.

Next, the results of the selection of the trombone group, bass group, and percussion group were announced.......

Harumori Suzuka, Yuko Akane, and Sato Ai also passed the selection, and only a few third-year students were selected, which was not surprising to Toru Kamiki.

"What a joke!" Feng and Senior Sister suddenly shouted, and Dongxue Yuxiang was frightened and trembled.

"What's the matter?" Dongxue Yuxiang patted her chest with her hand, and asked with a smile after calming her emotions.

Fenghe patted the table and said, "There is definitely a shady scene!" Why are there only a few three-year students? Most of the lower grades got in? ”

"I said it in advance, I'm not taking sides, please sit down." Dongxue Yuzu still responded with a smile.

Fenghe Senpai clenched his fists tightly, glared at Toru Kamiki fiercely and ran out of the classroom.

Shenmu Toru sighed helplessly and complained in a low voice: "No, I can be blamed for this?" ”

"You've been in for the longest time, after all." Ruyue Qianzao said with a smile on the side.

Dongxue Yuxiang didn't care about the farce just now, and said directly: "But I have one more thing to tell you, which is about the optional song of this wind performance. ”

Ai Sato hurriedly said, "Ah, that...... Teacher Dongxue, I have a song in my heart that is suitable for the people in the department......"

"I'm sorry, but let me decide about this." Yuyuki's expression became serious.

"Alright, alright." Ai Sato shut up.

Yuzu stared at the remaining students and said, "I think you have shown your true level in today's audition, and I am very disappointed in terms of the results. ”

She stood in front of the podium with an indifferent expression, and the atmosphere in the classroom suddenly became heavy.

Sakuraba sat obediently on the side, not saying a word, just glancing back and forth between Yuzuka Fuyuki and Toru Kamiki from time to time.

"I don't want to hit you, but at your current level, even if all fifty-five people play, it's no better than just six or seven."

When this sentence was spoken, the members of the classroom were embarrassed, and the meaning of Dongxue Yuxiang's words was that if it weren't for the large number of places, it would be impossible for fifty-five people.

Dongxue Yuxiang clasped her arms in her hands, subconsciously frowned and said, "I decided to select a few members of the department to play in a multi-performance repertoire of wood and brass, and the students who passed the selection only need to practice the designated song of the conference in the next time." ”

Ruyue Qianzao put his hand against his chin and said, "Indeed, this is the safest way." ”

"Is that okay?" Toru Kamiki asked.

"Of course, for example, woodwind quintet, brass octet, and so on are allowed." Ruyue Chihaya said, "It's just that there are very few schools that adopt this form now, which is very strict with the strength of everyone who plays, unlike the situation of more than fifty people, even if one of them blows a flaw, there is a chance to be covered up by other voices." ”

"Uh, Teacher Dongxue...... This ......"

Ai Sato's voice stuck in her throat and couldn't come out, and the dizzying heat was all concentrated in her head.

The consultant meant that only a few capable people were needed to choose the piece, and it was necessary to win the favor of the jury in the multiplication, so as to make up for the loss that might be caused by the 55-person designation.

The faces of the rest of the members were very ugly, and although they were able to play, it was undoubtedly a blow to them.

Yuzuka sighed and said, "If you want to go to the whole country, you have to go to the Kanto tournament first, but if you can't go to the Kanto tournament, it's useless to say more." ”

There was silence in the classroom, no objection was raised, and most people acquiesced in the matter.

"Next, I'll explain the number of duets of your choice." Yuzuka Fuyuki said, "Ai Sato, Suzuka Harumun, Yuka Mito, Toru Kamiki, Akane Yuko, and Chihaya Kiratsuki, the above six people will play the multiple, and I will select the repertoire and send it to you tonight." ”

"I hope that the students who have not been selected for the multiples will not be discouraged, you are growing, a bigger stage is waiting for you, please cheer up, do not give up on the selection of students who did not enter, and the candidates will be changed at any time according to the situation of the members before the competition."

"Above, today's brass club meeting is in this position, please go home as soon as possible and disband!"

"Yes! Goodbye, teacher. ”

"Thank you, teacher."

The members repeated the words of thanks, and the more they spoke, the more they felt that it was a formality, and there was a gap between the students who were not selected for the selection and the students who were selected, and the students who were not selected for the multiples and the students who only practiced the designated songs.