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Horikita Gakushu Furui Muha's expression showed shock for the first time. He looked at Horikita Suzune in front of him and said:
"You have changed, Suzune."
The brother, who was relieved to see his sister's change, said softly.
"Actually, I also thought about whether Suzune would shave off her long hair without authorization after getting the news, trying to show her growth in front of me."
"Does my brother think that I think so?"
"Because Suzune has always made such judgments in the past."
Horikita Manabu's eyes softened:
"That's why I'm so happy to see you like you are now. You've returned to your original ring tone."
"No - it's wrong to draw conclusions without authorization."
"One year, no... it should be just over half a year. What is Suzune doing?"
Horikita Suzune slowly answered her brother's question while adjusting her breathing.
Although it sounds like the familiar greetings between relatives reunited after a long separation, asking each other what they have been busy with during their time apart, Horikita Manabu obviously does not mean this simply.
He glanced at Kitagawa Ryo who was leaning against the wall. The change in Suzune's tone should be related to this person.
"Too many things have happened. I was an executive committee member of a school cultural festival, and I was a leather mascot in front of a dessert shop..."
All she could think of subconsciously was what happened in the past few months. Horikita Suzune pursed her lips and her words were a little confused.
But Horikita Manabu just looked at her with gentle eyes while waiting for her to organize her words.
"I tried a lot of things that I had never thought of or tried before."
There is no way to say it in one breath. If Horikita Suzune was asked to choose a keyword for herself in the past six months, it would be "try".
It's like seeing countless roads extending out at the turning point of fate, and wanting to find your own one.
"But, this is the only thing I can say clearly. Before... I had always just followed my brother's footsteps. But, that kind of me is no longer here."
Horikita Suzune, who only thinks about her brother and has lived her life only for her brother.
Whether it's studying or playing sports, it's all about getting approval from my brother.
"Although I don't know where I will go, there are many roads ahead of me."
"Is that so?"
Horikita Manabu chuckled, and looked at Horikita Suzune with approval:
"From this aspect, Suzune is better than me."
"�G?"
Horikita Suzune looked stunned. This was probably the first time she had heard such direct praise from Horikita Manabu since she was a child.
"Because until now, I only have the same idea as you, Suzune."
"Along the way, I actually only had a vague goal in my heart - to become an excellent person, but I didn't decide the final destination."
"In other words, I didn't find where I wanted to go."
"Politician, doctor, researcher, teacher...even I don't know what I want to do ultimately."
Horikita Manabu opened his heart to Horikita Suzune for the first time, and Horikita Suzune listened quietly.
"That's why I'm confused about you, Suzune, treating me as your eternal goal and destination. It's like chasing a locomotive with no destination. It has no meaning other than making myself tired."
"Ever since I was a child, I just quietly completed the tasks that others prepared for me and spent every day."
"Later, my family hoped that I could serve as a [role model] and a [role model]. At that time, I firmly believed that this was the right thing to do, and I never had any doubts in my heart."
"I made the same mistake as Suzune. I proactively defined myself based on other people's ideas and suppressed myself in a small space."
"That's why I feel that the current Suzune is stronger than me in this aspect, because when I was fourteen, I never had such an idea."
"[Try], no, or rather it's the idea of [opening up]."
Horikita Manabu stroked Horikita Suzune's head with his hand. Along with the intimate movements, there was unprecedented expectation:
"So Suzune will definitely become stronger and gentler than me."
In a sense, they are indeed biological siblings.
Kitagawa Ryo looked at Horikita Manabu and Horikita Suzune from a distance.
In fact, he knows Horikita Manabu better than Horikita Suzune. Although Horikita Suzune herself is extremely bad at interpersonal communication, Horikita Manabu was also a troubled person in interpersonal relationships when she was a student at Tokyo Advanced Education Middle School, but this is not the case. It just has to do with his style of doing things.
Kitagawa Ryo still remembered that Horikita Manabu himself said that he would not deliberately make close friends. If Tachibana Akane hadn't spent three years making his old tree bloom, she might not even be able to find a true friend in the end. arrive.
But it's not like the two were just friends.
Moreover, although Horikita Manabu is known as the best student council president of Tokyo Advanced Education High School, the only trusted confidant is Tachibana Akane, and the junior whom he values before graduation is a lowly person like Kiriyama.
Kitagawa Ryo has had two simulations of dealing with Horikita Manabu. In one of them, Horikita Manabu was still his good friend, so he understood better that Horikita Manabu was never a perfect person, and what Horikita Suzune was looking for was just someone he knitted. The phantom that emerged.
So he was still happy to see Horikita Manabu and Horikita Suzune open their hearts to each other and have a hearty chat.
"Ringyin, in a year and a half, I will wait for you outside the main gate."
"I'm looking forward to that time."
Horikita Manabu held his sister's shoulders, and Horikita Suzune looked at each other's faces.
And Horikita Suzune nodded vigorously, and she also made a promise:
"I will come here, but not to catch up with my brother, but to show a better version of myself."
Both Horikita Manabu and Horikita Suzune understand that after today's cultural festival, the next time the brother and sister meet may be the day when Horikita Suzune enters this Tokyo high-education high school, so they seem to want to make the present As if the image of Horikita Suzune was deeply imprinted in his mind, Horikita Manabu smiled as he looked at his sister's pupils.
He is not a man who never smiles.
However, this was also the first time Horikita Suzune saw such a gentle smile on his face.
Kitagawa Ryo smiled in the shadows.
He didn't participate in the whole process, let alone say a word. This was also deliberate.
He must not interfere too much in Horikita Suzune's life.
However, all the things that hindered Horikita Suzune's growth have been removed.
From now on, Suzune will probably continue moving forward without stopping.
Although I don't know the path she ultimately chooses, it will definitely be better than before.
Kitagawa Ryo calmly left from the other end of the corridor, putting his pockets in his pockets and thinking about his next move.
His original plan was to watch Horikita Suzune go through this simulation, but another recent incident shook his mind a bit.
Posters promoting Class A's cultural festival performance are posted on the wall.
There is a lyrics copied above:
[Day light, I must wait for the sunrise
At dawn, I have to wait for the sun
I must think of the new life.And I mustn"t give in
I have to think about a new life, I can't back down
When the dawn comes.Tonight will be a memory,too
When dawn comes, tonight will also be a memory
And the new day , will begin
A new day is about to begin]
This is the aria of the famous song "Memory", and Kitagawa Ryo recognized it immediately.
It's from one of the world's greatest musicals.
"cat".
Kitagawa Ryo looked back at Horikita Suzune, who was already some distance away. He hummed the last line of "Memories" softly:
"You"ll understand what happiness is.Look a new day has begun. "
[You will understand the meaning of happiness, look, a new day has begun]
After hesitating for a while, Kitagawa Ryo dialed someone's phone number.
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Horikita Manabu originally planned to chat with Horikita Suzune for a while, but Tachibana Akane, who hurriedly came out of the classroom, interrupted the exchange between the two with an anxious look, because she just heard that the girl in front of her was Horikita Manabu's biological sister was also a guest of the school, so she had no intention of avoiding it and spoke directly to Horikita Manabu:
"There's something wrong. Fujimaki and Amahara haven't come yet, and some of the props used in the performance are missing or damaged."
"What?"
Horikita Manabu immediately returned to his usual mode of being the leader of Class A for the first year. Horikita Suzune on the side also took a step back and blinked curiously to observe the development of the situation.
She had noticed it since she first entered this school. The smell of gunpowder in this school seemed to be quite strong. It was obviously just a cultural festival, but all classes were working hard, and even competed with each other for customers. It's not uncommon, and it seems to make people think that today's cultural festival is particularly important.
"Can't you contact me on your mobile phone? Then get in touch with the class teacher first and ask him to adjust the nearby surveillance. As for the props, let's see if we can temporarily buy replacement ones of the same type. Repair the ones that can be repaired as much as possible, and then let the lights Master, be sure to cover up."
Horikita Manabu, who quickly entered the state, issued instructions in an orderly manner, but judging from his frown, the situation did not seem too optimistic.
Fujimaki, as the second-in-command in Class A of the first year, also played the leading role in this performance, while Tenmaki was responsible for all musical instruments and background music. She even knew how to play a very beautiful piano, and specially prepared a An original song.
If these two people could not be found in time, today's performance of Class A would not be possible at all.
Horikita Manabu walked to the window and took a look down. It had been more than an hour since the cultural festival. No matter how slow the guests were, they had basically reached the second floor of the special building. In other words, no matter how deserted the third floor was, they would still be there. If it takes more than ten minutes, there will definitely be a lot of guests coming.
"Yes, I'll contact the class teacher right away."
Tachibana Akane quickly used her mobile phone to contact the class teacher of her class. Because according to the rules of the cultural festival, the class teacher, as a school employee, also has 10,000 consumption points, but is not allowed to consume in stores of this grade, so Tachibana Akane and the others I don't know where the class teacher went.
Ishikura of Class B of the first year leaned against the door of his class and squinted at Class A of the First Year who suddenly started to take action. The reason why he chose the location on the third floor was for secret surveillance. Looking at this situation, Class C and Class D should have already taken action.
As the first joint operation of the three classes, they had been planning for a long time, and finally decided that the first-year Class D would be responsible for kidnapping people, the first-year Class C would be responsible for sabotage, and the first-year Class B would be responsible for surveillance and public opinion offensive.
Ishikura, who is also on the third floor, publicizes to the guests the mistakes made by Class A in the preparation work of Year One. Even if Class A of Year One finds the missing actors and repairs the props, by that time, no guests will think about it anymore. Went to their venue.
Although the methods are indeed despicable, in this strength-oriented school, if you are not in Class A, you have nothing.
Ishikura lowered his eyes. As Class B, which is closest to Class A, he must lead his classmates to rush forward.
Ishikura, who was thinking about it, noticed Kitagawa Ryo walking from the other end of the corridor. Although he didn't know why he separated from his female companion, Ishikura, thinking that a business was also a business, quickly stepped forward to greet him:
"Do you want to try our concert, classmate? Since you are the first customer today, the price can be halved for you. At the same time, our store is also linked to the maid coffee shop downstairs. It will be noon soon. If you go with our concert tickets, you can enjoy a 20% discount."
Kitagawa Ryo raised the phone in his hand towards him to indicate that he was still talking to someone. Ishikura on the side noticed that he had not noticed that the other party was on the phone because he was too excited, and he smiled awkwardly for a moment. laugh.
"Ok, I know."
"Okay, no need to explain, anyway, this is the fact now."
Kitagawa Ryo avoided this passerby and walked to the corner.
"How is Arisu's physical condition?"
"Well, if I have a chance next time, I will take her to a cultural festival."
"No need to apologize, I like my sister very much."
"I'll go see Arisu and die."
When Ishikura saw Kitagawa Ryo put away his phone, he immediately planned to start selling again, but unexpectedly Kitagawa Ryo walked downstairs without looking back.
He looked at Kitagawa Ryo's back and suddenly realized that the voice he just heard from the other party's cell phone seemed a bit familiar.
Why does it feel a bit like the voice of the chairman I heard at the opening ceremony.
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Horikita Suzune, who had basically listened to the entire situation, roughly understood the current situation, and asked with some confusion:
"Brother, doesn't he know how to play the piano? Since there are music scores, it should be fine."
"..."
Horikita turned around and said after a moment of silence:
"I didn't take piano lessons."
"�G? But Liang Mingming said..."
