Tokyo: Who would still fall in love after being spoiled?

Chapter 90 There is a bird on the eaves of the cat house

Nishimoto's sudden appointment has more or less added some variables to his plans.

After the Kanto Tournament, he would inevitably have to withdraw from the wind band midway through. If he performed too well during this period, he would undoubtedly become the second Nekayada-senpai...

Therefore, avoiding the limelight is one of his main strategies this time.

Now that things have come to this, the only thing we can do is find a way to help Tamura secure the trumpet solo position.

After the ensemble practice of "Fairy Tale" was completed, the members of the wind section dispersed again and returned to their preferred positions to continue practicing.

Perhaps because of his joining, consultant Nishimoto suddenly changed his mind and made a temporary decision to start ensemble practice of "Tomorrow Spring" from that evening.

It is foreseeable that the effect of the ensemble will not be very good. Even when sight-reading, there will inevitably be some unfamiliar parts in the score that has only been practiced for one or two days.

"We can't be timid just because we are unfamiliar with the game. The ensemble practice was my decision. Don't worry too much about the performance. We still have a month," said Nishimoto.

One more month - when these words came out of Xiben's mouth, no one in the wind band responded actively, as if a thick layer of dark clouds covered the air in the entire wind band classroom.

Only one month—this is the correct statement in the minds of the wind band members.

They will have a month to practice a new free song and compete with strong opponents from various regions in Kanto, whose song selection has been decided since early April and will not be revised.

Faced with this atmosphere, Xiben wanted to say something many times, but all he could come up with were some words of taking responsibility and encouragement.

As long as the current situation of song selection does not change, any language will be in vain and will not cause any ripples.

After coming out of the wind band classroom, he was also thinking about solutions to these problems.

"Is there a video of you guys performing 'Gorgeous Dance' together at the Tokyo Metropolitan Competition?"

In the trumpet classroom, he asked Asuai.

Tamura practiced without stopping, even moving his music stand and chair a little further away from them.

"Yes, do you want to listen? My dear team leader Inoue~~" Asuka said sarcastically.

"I'll listen." He nodded. "No matter what, there must be a reason behind Mr. Nishimoto's decision, which is so risky."

"Don't you believe what I said about giving up on yourself?" Asukai paused as he was searching for videos on his phone and said unhappily.

"At least in today's ensemble practice, Mr. Nishimoto was attentive and responsible enough," he stated.

"...Line." Asukai was silent for a moment, then suddenly said.

"Line?"

"You're going to listen to it on my phone?!"

"Bluetooth doesn't work?"

"That's too slow... Tsk," Asukai said halfway, raised his head, frowned, and looked unkindly, "There are too many fish in the pond. Do you think I'm too inferior and not worthy of being kept in the pond?"

"You have a rich imagination." He admired and felt inferior to her.

Asukai's eyes turned completely cold and filled with murderous intent.

He finally handed over Line obediently.

After receiving the video file, Asukai immediately deleted his friend and showed it to him.

"You're not even qualified to enter my fish pond." After getting her revenge, Asuai felt much better and said coquettishly.

He didn't care and didn't have the energy to argue with her. He took out headphones from his pocket and listened to the "Gorgeous Dance" performed by the Kitazakura High Wind Orchestra at the Tokyo Metropolitan Competition.

"Gorgeous Dance" and "Fairy Tale" have something in common, both requiring every instrument to do its best and every part to participate.

Any shortcoming of any instrument will be magnified several times in the entire ensemble and become particularly prominent.

The alto saxophone solo in "Fairy Tale" was replaced by an oboe. However, the solo section in "Gorgeous Dance" is complex, and the oboe itself is an important part of it. It is almost impossible to change the key like in "Fairy Tale".

When the ensemble sound in the headphones reached the alto saxophone solo section, an obvious sense of disharmony swept over and continued until the end of the entire flute solo section, when it slightly dissipated.

The alto saxophone's weakness affected more than just the solo...

When the last note fell, he took off his headphones and wondered if he had chosen the wrong instrument.

If he had thought more simply and not thought too much, what he would be holding in his hand now would not be a trumpet but an alto saxophone.

In this way, the biggest problem facing "Fairy Tale" and "Gorgeous Dance" was solved, and we just had to find a way to coordinate with Amano.

"How is it?" Asukai asked him after seeing him take off his headphones.

"Senior Nekayada is really important to the wind band." He said meaningfully.

"...You think so too?"

"'Tomorrow Spring' is very suitable for the current Kitakura," he continued.

This can be heard from the duet of "Fairy Tale" and "Gorgeous Dance".

Currently, members of Kitakura have exceptionally outstanding abilities in playing the oboe, flute, trumpet, and euphonium.

The main body of Tomorrow Spring is built around the flute and trumpet. To be more precise, it is not an exaggeration to call it a flute and trumpet concerto.

The alto saxophone only occupies a small part of the composition, and can also minimize the impact of the defective parts.

It can be said to be a good choice to maximize strengths and minimize weaknesses.

The only problem is time constraints.

"Then why not just change the theme song as well?" Asukai naturally understood what he was saying. "Isn't 'Fairy Tale' also not suitable for Kita Sakura now?"

"At least we have a realistic and feasible plan for revising 'Fairy Tale'." He put away his phone and once again weighed the pros and cons of persuading Nekoyata to return, as well as the subsequent impact. "It's unrealistic to expect to practice two new songs in a month."

"One song is realistic?"

"At least it's feasible." He looked into Asukai's eyes.

There wasn't much anger in those brown eyes, but rather a flicker of slightly pessimistic expression.

She kept asking him questions, staring closely at his reactions, chewing on his answers, trying to confirm something from them.

Confirming things that she already had the answers to, confirming things that she had confirmed more than once from other places.

"You hope that Nekayada-senpai can come back, right?" He looked away and asked softly.

"Of course, for Kitakura—" Asuka said.

"It's for Nekoyada." He interrupted and corrected her, asking again, "Isn't that right?"

“…” Asukai fell into silence again.

"I hope she can go to the Kanto competition, the national competition, and play with you and receive applause."

He pursued the victory,
"Right?"

Asuka avoided his gaze.

"Maybe..." she said.

The sound fell softly, yet was heavy enough.

The ripples lasted for a long time.

(End of this chapter)