On Wednesday afternoon, preparations for the festival began.

The major clubs and classes spend an afternoon fully decorating their own facades, releasing the long-accumulated vitality in the rush of you and me.

When everything is ready, the time also comes on Thursday, the first day of the cultural festival.

In the morning, the weather was clear and cloudless.

Naruse rides to school with a few companions, and when he arrives at Shinteramachi Bridge, next to Hakaino Cafe, he sees conspicuous banners on both sides of the guardrail.

【Prefectural Tsugaro 43rd Cultural Festival!】 】

This is the starting point for the promotion of the Tsutaka Cultural Festival outside of school.

After crossing the bridge, there is a sign at the head of the bridge that leads to Tsugara.

Moving on, on the walls on both sides of the road, there are posters about cultural festivals almost every few moments, and the content is still different.

"It's amazing......

Naruse slowed down and leaned towards the side of the road, his eyes scanning the poster on the wall on this side.

"There are so many posters, all hand-painted, it's a lot of work."

"Most of the posters were drawn by each club itself." Naoko said.

Naruse nodded, "I can see it, the difference in style and level is quite obvious...... This kind of poster that promotes the festival as a whole is probably produced by the student council and the executive committee of the festival. ”

"However, they will also help groups that participate in cultural festivals but do not have the ability to promote the posters individually." Naoko added.

"Like the Department of Restoration."

"Hmm."

Naruse continued to scan, and soon saw a poster posted between the Culinary Research Institute and the Horticulture Department, as well as the Flea Market of the Restoration Department.

"It's so nice to draw......"

He stopped completely, looking at the poster on the wall.

A short-haired girl in a Tsugarka uniform squatted in front of a stall consisting of several cardboard boxes and a parasol. Inside the cardboard box were toys like ragdolls, and next to them were books, CDs, and even big-brimmed hats worn in the summer.

She had a smile on her face, and on one of her open palms, there were several coins, and beside her, there was a sign.

【There is an all-encompassing flea market, let's go shopping together!】 】

The smaller font at the bottom is the time and place where the flea market will be held.

"It's clear at a glance, and it's very interesting." Morimi, who stopped behind them, said.

"yes."

Naruse looked at it twice, took out his phone and took a photo, and even wanted to take the poster back as a souvenir after the cultural festival ended.

"There should be more than one poster for the flea market."

"Of course, I've seen several of them in the student union yesterday."

A few people continued to move forward, and the promotional posters of other clubs were also excellent in content.

The poster of the craft club is a huge robot, and the style is deliberately retro, like a promotional poster for a science fiction movie in the fifties and sixties of the last century. Two pillars of light are projected from the robot's eyes, and the words welcome to visit the handicraft society are in the falling circles.

"Pretty interesting......"

Naruse rode forward for a short while, and saw a poster of the handicraft club on the wall, which was also full of design and eye-catching.

"It's the poster of the handicraft club again......"

"It's all painted by our own members." Naoko said, "I drew more than 20 different ones, and I started preparing them before the summer vacation. ”

"The handicraft club is really full of talents."

Naruse couldn't help but sigh, and looked back at his girlfriend behind him, but found that she was not very interested in the posters on the side of the road.

He also quickly reacted, "Are you in a hurry?" ”

Naoko smiled, puffed out her mouth again, and shook her legs, "Hurry up and go to school." ”

"Then we'll see later."

Avoiding the gradually increasing number of Tsu high school students on the road, Naruse twisted the throttle and rode towards the school at a high speed, and the three of Morimi quickly followed.

And at the door, on both sides of the school gate, which had been decorated yesterday afternoon, there were people on duty in the student union, and several people could only get down and push the cart.

"Good morning."

"Good morning!"

"I've seen the poster for the flea market." As he passed the student council president, Naruse spoke.

Yoshioka Fumiko nodded, and said hello to him and the head of the handicraft club, "Is Naruse-san" still satisfied?" ”

"I'm glad I'm hugging the student council's thighs right now."

The student council president smiled and nodded to the two of them again, without saying more.

Push the motorcycle into the carport and stop.,Then come out and follow the flow of people inside.,Naruse participated in the cultural festival of Tsugaraka last year.,So I quickly noticed that there seemed to be a lot of people in fancy clothes this year.,Far more than the handful of two-dimensional people in the animation research society and manga.。

"This seems to be the suggestion of the first-year executive committee chairman to let everyone dress as 'brightly' as possible to participate in the cultural festival." Hikaru Takikawa spoke, talking about the news he had heard from a friend.

"Yes." Naruse pursed her lower lip and did not comment.

When she came to the teaching building and changed her shoes, Naoko hurried to the handicraft club.

The rest of the people had no arrangements in the class, and they had nothing to do to stay in the department, so they went upstairs first.

"Bye-bye."

"I'll see you later."

Starfish and Hikaru Takikawa each went to their own classes, and Naruse and Morimi went to the second-year Class A classroom that had been converted into a yakisoba restaurant and looked left and right.

"It's nothing new, but there's no obvious drawbacks." Morimi looked around and said, "The propaganda slogans that should be there outside are also posted, so I think it will still attract some people to come in." ”

"yes. The cultural festival has such a large flow of visitors these days, there will always be some guests. ”

Naruse turned around, chatted with a few excited boys in the classroom, and then picked up the menu next to him and glanced at it.

"Wait a minute, what does this 'grade 1st good luck bonus limited table' mean?"

"Aha...... It's literal. ”

"It won't be my seat."

"As you say."

Naruse looked at the only table in the middle of the classroom covered with a red tablecloth, and if nothing else, one of the two desks under the tablecloth was his seat.

"How much can I get for the 500 yen 'seat selection fee' on the menu?"

"Haha...... Not a single point. ”

"Then I don't agree, remove my desk."

"Don't joke, Brother Naruse......"

Morimi, on the other side, quickly noticed the "special seat" on the menu and raised his eyebrows.

"Where's my desk?"

"It's a piece of paper with Naruse's desk."

"That's pretty much it."

The two stayed in the classroom for about 20 minutes, and the school radio sounded, informing all the students to gather in the gymnasium to participate in the opening ceremony of the cultural festival.

"Let's go over."

Several students in the classroom beckoned each other to the gymnasium, but Morimi sat down in a special seat covered with a red cloth.

"It's full of people on the stairs now, just wait a minute."

Naruse didn't rush downstairs and sat down across from her.

"This is your table." She bent down and lifted the tablecloth to look at it, "In the drawer...... Nothing. ”

"Yesterday afternoon, when I was ready to set up, I put everything in the locker." Naruse said.

He only knew yesterday that his desk had been selected as a dining table, but he didn't expect to be given such a value.

"When the festival is over, you might have a few more love letters on your desk." Morimi said.

"It's worth 500 yen to get this seat, so I might as well just stuff the love letter into my shoe closet."

"If you think more about the cost of sending that love letter, the value of five hundred yen will be reflected."

"Even if it's worth 5,000 yen, I won't look at it."

The corners of Morimi's mouth curled, and he looked out into the hallway. After sitting for a while, the people upstairs basically went down.

"There's no one left, let's kiss."

“……”

Naruse stood up and pulled her to stand up as well, "Let's go assemble." ”

Walking to the door and making sure that there was no one outside, Morimi still grabbed him and kissed him for a while.

I hurried downstairs and came to the gymnasium, where there was still a commotion.

Because they didn't come from the class, and the people who came first had already sat down, the queue was crooked, and the queue was not easy to distinguish, and many people hadn't even found their places.

"Fortunately, Class A is on the very edge......"

Naruse and Morimi searched for it, and quickly identified the queue of Class A in the second year, because the people in front of them had already sat down, and it was inconvenient to cut the line, so the two simply came to the end of the line.

"It's the first time I've been so far from the stage in front of me."

"You can see it."

"Visible...... It doesn't matter if you can't see it, it's just an opening ceremony anyway. ”

The position was determined, and the two of them, like the other students around them, sat down directly on the floor.

Morimi adjusted his skirt, and Naruse looked left and right, and instead of seeing Naoko and Starfish, who were already petite and sitting in the front, they found that Hikaru Takikawa was also sitting at the back of the E class line, and he was also looking at him at this time.

“……”

Her eyes met, and her gaze flickered across his and Morimi's faces.

If it had been a month ago, she would have gotten up and sat down with them......

Naruse took a breath and raised his hand to beckon, asking her to come over.

Hikaru Takikawa looked at him, got up quickly, and sat cross-legged between him and Morimi when he came over.

"Why did Chunhai and Kazuha come over?"

"I did something bad in the classroom while there was no one in the classroom." Morimi said.

“……”

Hikaru Takikawa pursed her lower lip and looked at Naruse.

He pressed her hand, his expression calm, "It's just a kiss." ”

It's just kissing......

Hikaru Takikawa reminded herself once again that the relationship between them had long been out of the normal category - she herself had become a part of the indecent.

She didn't say much on the matter, paused, and spoke:

"The opening ceremony is over later, is Yiye going to come to Class E to watch the premiere of the cultural festival of the homemade movie?"

Morimi readily agreed, "Okay." ”

"What about the spring sea?"

Naruse thought for a moment and nodded in agreement, "Go ahead, I'm okay now." ”

The three of them chatted for a while, but the gymnasium was still in a state of commotion.

"It's almost nine o'clock, and it's almost time to start."

"Why isn't there anyone here to maintain order or anything...... It's a messy feeling. ”

Naruse looked at the stage far ahead, and didn't see anyone go up to say anything for a long time.

"I've always heard that the executive committee of this year's festival is very unreliable, but it won't be a mess at the opening ceremony......

There was still some chaos in the venue, people came and went, he looked ahead, and after a while, he suddenly noticed that in the queue of class C, there was a figure who stood up and looked at the queue of class A.

Naruse also immediately stood up, raised his arm, and waved his hand to Naoko's side.

He waved his hand very widely, and Naoko finally saw the figure at the back of the line, and just turned around and raised his hand, the surroundings suddenly fell into darkness.

“……”

The lights in the stadium were turned off.

Buzz –

His message came immediately.

Harumi: I saw Naoko.

Harumi: Sit down.

Naoko: I've seen Harumi too.

Click, a pillar of light hit the stage, Naruse was still looking at the phone, and suddenly heard Morimi and Takikawa Hikaru next to him gasp at the same time.

“……”

He looked up and gasped.

"What ......?"

Beneath the light, something resembling an open-screen peacock — what he called it at first — was slowly fanning his huge tail feathers studded with colorful reflective feathers.

But on the front, it was obvious that it was a person, although his arms were tied with wings, and there were two huge feathers one or two meters long on his head.

The only light in the arena hit him, and he slowly turned around in the center of the stage, bowed slightly, and walked to the microphone.

"Hello everyone, I'm the chairman of the executive committee of the Cultural Festival, Satoshi Kuroki of Class E in the first year-"

The crowd fell silent as soon as he appeared on the stage, and after he said hello, they suddenly burst into an uproar.

"What a joke!"

"Hehehe, first grade is so bold."

"Oh my God, I'll definitely take a picture and send it to my friends from other schools to see......"

In the queue of Class C of the second year, Naoko and Starfish looked at the "peacock" on the stage and were also a little dumbfounded.

Buzz –

Harumi: Didn't scare you, did you?

“……”

Naoko: I'm terrified.

After the "stunning" debut, the lights in the stadium turned on again, and more things could be seen, and the visual impact brought by the strangely shaped chairman on the stage was not so strong.

After introducing himself, he read according to the manuscript he had written before.

“…… The prefectural Tsugarka Cultural Festival has a long tradition and was held for the first time, even dating back to the Showa ......"

While listening to the speech on the stage, Naruse listened to the unstoppable muttering of Morimi beside him, and suddenly thought of something.

"Last year's cultural festival, did the executive chairman go up and say two words, and it was over."

"Yes." Hikaru Takikawa nodded.

"Is the length of time you can speak?"

"Like."

"Then I'd prefer to keep things shorter."

Mori looked over, "Then I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed, he'll have to wear this dress later, and introduce our flea market to the whole school." ”

“…… I almost forgot that there was such a thing. ”

Fortunately, although the shape is too chic, the executive chairman's speech is still very appropriate - the speech is obviously ghostwritten by a more mature person - so that people will not feel uncomfortable.

When he spoke of the flea market, Naruse also cheered up and watched the reactions of the others in the venue.

There are quite a few people who are talking to each other, and they should be a little interested...... He was looking forward to it.

A few minutes later, the slightly lengthy opening speech finally came to an end, and the chairman of the executive committee waved his brilliant feathers again to announce the official start of the 43rd cultural festival.

“Oh——”

White gas suddenly erupted around the stage, and the atmosphere in the venue became warm again.

The chairman of the committee retreated behind the scenes, and immediately after, a group of punk-shaped people stepped onto the stage from both sides, jumping to the sudden sound of strong rhythmic music.

The show began, and more than half of the people in the venue were up at this point, ready to leave.

"There are too many people going out now, all crowded in the corridor, it's okay anyway, let's leave when we're done." Morimi said.

Naruse and Hikaru Takikawa had no opinion, and like the junior students who remained in the gymnasium, they continued to sit in place, chatting and watching the performance.

"During the three days of the cultural festival, it seems that there are performances in the gymnasium all day."

Naruse had read the pamphlet of the cultural festival before coming over, and the page of the stadium performance, the list of programs was almost full from top to bottom.

"There are actually quite a lot of clubs or bands that want to perform on stage, and it's not so easy to sign up." Hikaru Takikawa said.

Morimi smiled, "Is the Tsugaraka Gymnasium their martial arts dojo?" ”

Hikaru Takikawa smiled and looked up at the front again.

Naoko and Starfish walked over.

"Do you want to continue watching the show here?"

"There are too many people in the corridor now, wait for fewer people, and I'll go out again."

Looking at the two people next to him, Naoko nodded, "I have to go to the ministry first." ”

Naruse took her hand, "I'll go over and have a look later." ”

She smiled, "Hmm. ”

When Naoko turned back again, she found that the starfish had already sat down next to Morimi.

"Are starfish going to stay here too?"

"Hmmm......"

Naoko waved at the four of them and left first.

Approaching the exit of the gymnasium, she stopped and glanced back.

The four of them still sat there, the tallest two looking at the side and waving at her again as she turned back.

“……”

Naoko smiled from afar, raised her hand and waved, took one last look at her boyfriend, and turned to leave.

She would probably be uneasy if any of them were alone with him, but all three of them were there......

Naoko took a deep breath, quickened her pace, and walked in the direction of the department.

The four people who stayed in the gymnasium watched the hip-hop dance performance for a while, and felt that the people should have dispersed almost, so they also got up and left.

"We're going to Class E to watch a movie, are starfish coming over?"

"Okay."

Walking out of the gymnasium and back to the teaching building, the isolated bustle suddenly came to my face.

"Let's try our Chinese pancakes!"

"One hundred people will open it when they come! If you win, you'll get a prize! ”

"If you want to see an absolutely hilarious comic show, please move to the three-year Class F classroom——"

The cultural festival has opened, and the members of each class and each club are at the moment of the greatest enthusiasm, doing their best to greet everyone who passes by.

The four of them struggled through the corridor, and if it weren't for Hikaru Takikawa saying that the movie was about to start, in order to catch the premiere, Morimi would have dragged Naruse to watch the mangai performance.

"Forget it, let's watch the movie first."

Grand Chapter

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