On Thursday afternoon, as soon as the evening shift was over, many Class A students rushed out of the classroom.

The same scenario happened in other classes in Year 2.

The destination is the atrium or department, and the target is the young freshmen who have just entered the school for a week, and the annual club recruitment meeting has finally begun.

Although he was not as nervous as the others, Naruse couldn't relax either, after all, he was still the head of the restoration department, and even if he didn't plan to recruit new members, he had to go over and sit down as soon as possible.

"I'm not going." Morimi said that she also had to go to school today.

"Hmm." He hadn't expected them to come, or rather rather they wouldn't come.

But......

Glancing at the starfish poking into his head at the back door of the classroom, Naruse took a breath.

Anyway, the schoolbag had to be put in the classroom, so he didn't pack his things and was ready to go straight over.

Walking out of the classroom, Starfish immediately followed.

"If you don't recruit new people, it's enough for me to go alone."

"I'm also a member of the Restoration Department."

Naruse pursed her lower lip.

Yesterday afternoon, when the club instructor signed and stamped her and Morimi's application form, the two of them were already full members of the restoration department.

"Whatever you want."

Starfish smiled, and followed closer.

The two went downstairs, and in just a few minutes, the various clubs had filled the atrium as lively as the cultural festival.

Although it was crowded, it was not chaotic, and the student council had already allocated the areas for each club in advance, and the long tables and chairs were moved at noon.

As for the rest of the decorations and furnishings, they are arranged by the club party themselves, which is why the members of the major clubs rush over after class.

The location of the restoration part is under the large cherry tree in the atrium.

Although the environment is very good as soon as you look up, there are tender green branches and cherry blossoms waiting to bloom, but in terms of recruiting new students, it is actually a little disadvantageous, because this side is already a corner of the atrium.

The freshmen came out of the school building and had to go around the atrium in a big circle to get here.

"Borrowed ......"

If Naruse wants to go over at this time, he will have to go around in front of the stalls of other clubs in the atrium first.

The starfish squeezed in with him while looking around in the bustle.

Today is the highlight of the club's recruitment, and each club is playing a twelve-point spirit and doing its best to show itself in order to attract new students.

"It's so lively."

The long table of the handicraft club is full of all kinds of delicate and ingenious handmade works, the table of the photo department is full of carefully taken photos, and the dim sum research institute simply prepares a whole table of homemade dim sum and pulls up a banner of "free to taste......

"What do we have?" Starfish asked, following Naruse.

"Nothing."

"Huh?"

"Do you have anything in store?" Naruse turned his head and asked.

"No ......"

"Me too."

“……”

That's too casual, isn't it?

But he is the minister, he is not in a hurry, and she can't say anything.

Squeezing all the way forward, avoiding the busy club members, the two finally came to the cherry blossom tree.

Under the tree was a long table, two chairs, and a note was attached to the table.

【Department of Restoration of Everything】

"This is it." Naruse said.

Starfish pulled out a chair, sat down, looked up at the pink buds between the leaves, and looked at him again.

He didn't seem to have any intention of sitting down, looked left and right for a while, and suddenly said:

"I'll leave it to Starfish for the time being."

"Oh...... Huh? What? Wait a minute! ”

Starfish immediately stood up.

"What are you nervous about?" Naruse was a little helpless, "I'm just going to get something." ”

"What ...... take?"

"Take whatever you want. Before I came, I didn't expect that there would be such a ...... on the table Empty. I'm going to the department to 'borrow' something. ”

"Oh."

Starfish sat down again, and then asked, "What should I say if someone comes to ask me while you're away?" ”

"If there is something to be repaired, then change the time, go directly to the department of the repair department, or leave contact information; If he wants to join the restoration department, then let him go to the handicraft club to sign up. ”

"That's it?"

"That's all." Naruse went up first.

Looking at his back until he was completely out of sight, Starfish looked at the crowd in the atrium.

That's a lot of people......

Last year's club recruitment meeting, was it so lively?

Perhaps, but she didn't care about it last year.

And this year, she has faced it from a different angle.

…… When she came back to her senses, Starfish suddenly found a figure standing in front of her, staring at her.

“……”

“……”

Starfish glanced at the tie on her chest, red, a sophomore.

"Are you okay......" she stood up, unconsciously using an honorific.

Poof.

The other party burst out laughing.

"Why do you use honorifics?"

"The ......"

"You're a real wood from Class C, and I'm Reiko Shirakami from Class D."

She picked up a cardboard box at her feet, "This is what the minister asked me to bring here." ”

"Minister's ......"

"It's Naoko. These things are for the Department of Restoration...... Having said that, I don't have any memory of when Maki joined the restoration department. ”

"Just yesterday......"

"Aha, okay. No wonder I don't know. ”

She put the cardboard box on the table, "I've already sent the stuff, so be it." ”

After saying that, Shirakami Reiko left again.

Starfish looked at her, then down at the cardboard box on the table.

The ...... that Naoko sent over What is it?

She opened the cardboard box and placed it on top of a colorful tablecloth.

Starfish shook away and looked at it, and it was the kind of exotic style that she couldn't name, and there were five clear Chinese characters underneath.

【Department of Restoration of Everything】

This side is facing outwards, right......

She removed the cardboard box, spread the tablecloth on the table, and adjusted it slightly so that the words on the tablecloth could be seen in its entirety from a distance.

"Is this tablecloth also sewn by the people of the handicraft club themselves...... It's a little too powerful. ”

Starfish continued to rummage through the cardboard boxes, and all that was left was some delicate handiwork.

For example, she had seen a wire bicycle once, and a Tokyo Tower made of thin wooden sticks, which was perfect for an attractive display on a long table.

As she flipped through it, she placed it on the table, and when she reached the bottom, she suddenly found a folded note.

When I opened it, it was written the original intention of the restoration department, as well as the concept of activities, and further down, there was a very clear range of things that could be repaired.

And the handwriting is somewhat familiar to her.

"Naoko is also a little too careful......"

With this note, even she can handle most of the visitors.

"—what is this?"

"Huh?"

As soon as the starfish looked up, he realized that Sen had seen it.

"One leaf...... Aren't you going to study in juku? ”

"I'm ready to go. Passing by here, stop by and take a look. ”

Ogasawara Apricot, who had come with her, bent over and looked at the furnishings on the table, her eyes wide.

"You made all this stuff yourself?"

"Almost......"

The so-called "you" should also include the members of the restoration department who have returned to the handicraft club, Starfish thought to himself.

"That's amazing. Can you pick it up and take a look? ”

"Feel free to ......"

Morimi asked about the note she was holding.

After taking it and looking at it twice, she didn't say anything, and returned it to the starfish.

"What about Naruseto?"

"He's gone back to the ministry to get something."

"Yes."

Morimi looked left and right for a while, then sighed lightly, pulled up Ogasawara who bowed his head and studied the work he was working on, and prepared to leave.

"Don't look at it, it's time to go to the school."

"Oooh."

That's when Naruse came back here.

He glanced at Mori, didn't bother with her, and touched the colorful tablecloth first.

It feels smooth to the touch and is pleasant to the touch.

"It's ......"

"Naoko asked someone to bring it." Starfish said.

"These things too?"

"Hmm."

Naruse raised an eyebrow.

"It's good I didn't bring too many things."

Putting a few things he had brought from the ministry on the table, Naruse looked at Morimi again.

"Aren't you going to study at a school today?"

"Go now."

"Be careful on the road."

"Hmm."

Morimi pushed down his glasses and smiled at him and the starfish again, "You have to do it too." ”

"Hmm."

Seeing her and Ogasawara leave together, Naruse sat down.

"It feels like the table is getting a little crowded."

"It seems like that......"

And when he put the few things he took down himself back into the cardboard box, he was in just the right state again.

Starfish showed him the note that Naoko had prepared.

Naruse looked at it for a while, put away the note, and exhaled softly.

He's a puppet minister a little too easy......

"Worthy of my girlfriend."

“……”

Starfish rolled his eyes and turned his face to the side, as if he hadn't heard.

During the time when Naruse was on the side, the other clubs in the atrium were almost ready.

As far as the eye can see, banners are displayed in front of each booth, colorful flags are fluttering, and signs with various slogans are raised.

[I'm not a detective anymore!] Join the Mystery Club and design a flawless crime plan together! 】

[Takeda Shingen is the first god of war in the Warring States, and he is not convinced! ] -- Historical Research Society. 】

[Spring is coming, join the gardening department, let's cultivate the most beautiful flowers together.] 】

[Is it true that no one is interested in esports?] I have five computers. 】

[There are three things that life is inseparable from: breathing, eating, and rubbing mahjong - mahjong club. 】

[The second dimension is coming-animation research society.] 】

Naruse slowly glanced around, his gaze resting on the slogan of the largest club in the middle of the atrium.

[Whimsical ideas turn stones into gold, and hands create infinite wonderfulness - handicraft club. 】

It is neither frivolous nor serious, it is decent, but it sums up the characteristics of the handicraft society very well.

"Other clubs have it, don't we make a slogan?" Starfish asked.

Naruse glanced at her, and didn't directly refuse, "What about the content." ”

"Hmm......"

Starfish pondered for a moment.

"We'll fix everything?"

Naruse smiled, having forgotten what he had just wanted to say.

"Forget it, it's too late now...... And it doesn't correspond to reality. ”

"It seems that the calligraphy department can help people write for free."

"Then if you think of a suitable slogan, let them write it for you."

Starfish continued to think.

Naruse looked at her, then at the atrium in front of her.

With the club flourishing, today's real protagonist, the first-year freshmen, has finally entered.

There were more and more people in the atrium, and the figures of the new students gradually spread to every corner, and soon some people came to the booth of the restoration department.

After staring at the handiwork on the table for a while, the man asked, "Did you make this Tokyo Tower yourself?" ”

"Hmm." Naruse nodded directly.

"It's so restorative, it's similar to what I saw in Tokyo. Is it fixed with glue? ”

"No, it's assembled."

"Wow......"

The freshman was surprised, looked at it carefully for a while, and suddenly asked:

"But what do these things have to do with restoration?"

"This is a testament to the ingenuity of my members. If you don't have such a pair of skillful hands, how can you fix things for others? ”

"Ah, that's ...... idea"

The freshman nodded, and then noticed that the blonde girl sitting next to him also showed the same expression.

It's pretty ......

"Okay, I've decided to join you."

"Please move to the Handicraft Club."

"Huh?"

Naruse looked at him calmly, "Since you want to join us, you have to be skillful." Let's join the handicraft club first, if you still have the will in a year, and the ability is up to standard, you can join the restoration department. ”

“……”

The freshman's eyes widened.

"We do not refuse reasonable commissions, so we must be more strict in the selection of members." Naruse said.

"I see, the meritocracy principle...... I get it. ”

The freshman muttered, looked at the starfish twice, and walked away.

"What is the meritocracy principle?" Starfish asked.

Naruse looked at her, "I just don't want those who don't know anything." ”

“……”

The starfish looked away again.

The two sat and watched, and soon other freshmen came to the booth of the restoration department.

The handicrafts that Naoko sends them always grab their attention at first and then make them can't help but ask similar questions.

"Did you do it all yourself...... It's amazing. ”

"More than 80 percent of the members of the restoration department are also the backbone of the handicraft society, and these are their works."

Starfish looked at him, and always felt that when he said "eighty percent", he deliberately accentuated his tone.

"I see...... I usually fix a little bit of electrical appliances and stuff like that, can I join you? ”

Naruse looked at the new student with a sincere face, thought for a moment, and asked, "Have you ever visited the booth of the handicraft club?" ”

"Huh? Not yet. There are too many people over there. The freshman said.

Naruse touched his pocket, and looked down again in the hole in the long table, but there was no pen or paper.

"So be it...... I'll take you to the handicraft club. If you're really interested in this area, you'd want to join them. Joining the handicraft club is actually equivalent to joining us. ”

"Is that so?"

"Just check it out." Naruse got up and said, looking at the starfish again, "I'll leave it to you for the time being." ”

"Ah, okay." She nodded vigorously.

Squeezed into the crowd with new students, and came to the booth of the handicraft club, which was already surrounded by people - as the largest club in Jingao, the handicraft club also enjoyed the privilege of four long tables in a circle when recruiting new students.

Naruse looked around a few times, squeezed in from the side where there were relatively few people, and the members of the handicraft club sitting inside said as soon as they saw him:

"We don't want second-grade ones."

"Senpai......"

Rina Ogawa smiled slightly.

Although she has withdrawn from the department, she is really busy today, and many third-year members have come to help like her.

Naruse glanced at it, Naoko was not here, she should be sitting in the ministry. After all, there are too many things that can be displayed in the handicraft club, and the main works are still in the department.

He briefly explained his intentions, and Rina Ogawa looked at the freshman behind him who was looking around, and said:

"If Naruse has time now, let's take him to the ministry to have a look. The matter of entering the ministry was also handled over there. ”

"Okay."

He was just about to turn around and leave, but Rina Ogawa stopped him again.

"I heard that Naruse and Naoko have started dating, congratulations."

Naruse smiled, "Thank you." ”

"Let's go."

took the new students to the department room of the handicraft club on the second floor of the annex building, and Naoko was really here.

Introducing the new students to her, Naruse looked at the department, there were also many third-year seniors who had dropped out of the department to help, even the former minister.

And there are more new students who come to visit.

"Are you busy?"

Naoko nodded, "It's okay." ”

"Are the things that were sent to the restoration department ready for a long time?"

"No, I only thought of it in the afternoon. It's not always nice to have an empty table, so I picked out some works on the fly. As for the tablecloth, it was newly woven by Kayoko, and it was planned last semester and was completed only a few days ago. ”

"The quality is very good, and it feels like it will last for 50 years."

She smiled again, "Uh-huh." ”

Naruse didn't stay here for long, and quickly went downstairs back to the atrium.

Passing by the dim sum stall, the two girls inside greeted him warmly and stuffed him with several packets of cookies in small bags.

He picked up the red tie on his chest, "I'm a sophomore." ”

"I know you, Harumi Naruse, the first in the grade, and the head of the restoration department."

"What about these cookies......"

"If someone visits your stall, share our cookies with them, and it would be nice if you could tell them about our dim sum research."

“……”

It's no wonder that along the way, you can see snacks on many stalls...... It turned out that this strategy was chosen.

"Okay."

"Thank you~ Sure enough, he is handsome and kind, do you have a girlfriend?"

"There it is."

"What a pity!"

With a few packets of handmade cookies in hand, Naruse finally returned to the cherry blossom tree.

"Eat whatever you want."

"Ah......h

Starfish was stunned for a moment, took the cookie, opened a pack and tasted it.

"How's it taste?" Naruse asked.

"Not bad...... "Isn't it?" she gave him a piece, "Would you like to taste it?" ”

Naruse took a bite, nodded, and didn't say much.

"Do you want more?"

"Don't."

The starfish ate another piece of it themselves.

"Did anyone come over during the time I was away?"

"Yes."

"And then?"

"I sent them to the craft club."

Naruse nodded and looked over again.

"Give me another piece."

Big chapter, noon plus more

(End of chapter)