In the rehearsal room, the nervous beating of the heart could be clearly heard.

Rin Kiyono said to Misaki Komatsu: "Minister Komatsu, please say a few words to everyone."

"Me?" Misaki Komatsu pointed at herself.

Since Rin Kiyono became a consultant, her role as director only plays the role of supervising training, and she is not responsible for the performance department's expenses.

But she doesn't care who has the right to speak. As long as the music club can move to a good side, anything is fine.

"Yes." Qingye Rin nodded, "Although I believe that everyone is strong enough to enter the national competition, everything has accidents. This may really be the last game. As a minister and a third-year student who is about to retire,

, it would be better for you to finish it in the end."

"If possible, I would like to leave the finishing touches until before the national competition." Misaki Komatsu said jokingly, making everyone laugh.

Misaki Komatsu took a deep breath: "Everyone, until mid-June, for us, even winning the gold medal in the Tokyo Contest was unbelievable, and the Kanto Contest was an unattainable dream."

She faced everyone.

"We in Kamikawa are famous for our admission rate, and everyone will go to first-class universities in the future. In this way, we set the national competition as our goal and have worked hard for it. I don't know what everyone thinks, but I don't want to lose to those deviations.

There are no schools as high as ours.”

Misaki Komatsu's eyes shone with a strong and stubborn light, which was the stubbornness of a top student.

"Forget it if we don't work hard. Since we are serious, we can't lose to anyone!" The person who spoke was actually Tamamo Haomi.

"Yes! That's right!"

"Number one in Kamikawa!"

"Kamikawa! Come on!"

"come on!"

The shouts of members of the Kamikawa Ensemble Club echoed in the rehearsal room.

What kind of person you think you are is really important.

Those who are first in grade will fall into pain and self-blame if they get tenth in the exam; those who are second to last will even be complacent and show off everywhere as a source of conversation.

Watanabe Toru insists that he must and must be a great person in the future.

For him, being third in grade is a hurdle he must overcome, and being first in the country is where he should be. Whether it's sports or anything else, forget it if you don't work hard. As long as you think about it, you must do better than anyone else.

This is what he requires of himself.

Watanabe Toru looked at the dark oboe in his hand, his heart beating slowly and violently, and his whole body became excited.

Originally, the national competition was not necessary for him, but now he decided that he must win this gold medal, otherwise how could he be worthy of the adjective "amazing"!

A female staff member opened the door and came in: "Everyone from Kamikawa High School, it's your turn."

"Come on." Kaoru Hayami, who was sitting next to Toru Watanabe and hugging Bassoon, whispered.

"I can't wait." Watanabe Toru responded with a smile.

Hayami Kaoru was stunned for a moment, then nodded gently: "I'm looking forward to Watanabe-kun's solo."

Apart from them, everyone else also encourages each other and shouts to cheer up, no matter whether the relationship is good or bad.

Taking their respective music stands, Kamikawa High School walked to the stage together.

"Next, No. 22, representative of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and classmates from the Kamikawa High School Ensemble Department, will perform for everyone."

"The designated song is "March for Endless Dreams" and the free song is "Four Seasons" composed by Kawahide Aiichi. Conductor: Rin Kiyono."

After the curtain call ended, Toru Watanabe was already sitting in his seat, opened the music score, put his fingers on the oboe keys, and looked at Rin Kiyono standing in front.

The lights suddenly dimmed and the stage became even brighter, as if a large spotlight was on.

The sound of swallowing saliva came from all directions, and a tense atmosphere enveloped everyone.

With an expressionless face, Rin Kiyono looked at everyone's face in turn, and finally stopped at Toru Watanabe.

'nervous?'

'Didn't I say that only when you are nervous can you perform exceptionally well?'

'Yeah, I'm looking forward to your performance.'

'Your satisfaction guaranteed.'

Rin Kiyono looked away and raised his arms, and everyone immediately picked up their instruments.

The front end of the conductor's baton sank slightly, and the sound of everyone's breathing passed through the mouth of the instrument, creating a huge resonance.

As the baton waved downwards, the main melody of "March for Endless Dreams" sounded, and the tension disappeared without a trace.

The bass sounds from the euphonium and double bass made the ground shake;

The brass is courageous and the woodwind is delicate and melodious. In the competition between the two, the flute and clarinet come and go freely between them;

Immediately afterwards, the soft euphonium submelody blends smoothly into the underlying music.

The performance is full of enthusiasm, rushing towards the finish line in one breath. The speed is getting faster and faster, and it is getting more and more intense.

Slowly, everything gradually returned to silence.

But the moment the baton in Rin Kiyono's hand suddenly stopped, the performance reached its climax - the oboe took over.

Rin Kiyono once again set his sights on Toru Watanabe.

Toru Watanabe held the reed made by himself in his mouth, and his slender fingers gently slid on the keys.

The sweet, melancholy and gripping sound resounded throughout the concert hall.

At that moment, everyone present stood still, and their brains were violently shocked.

In the concert hall, which was dyed golden by the lights, except for the silence, only the notes with a hint of melancholy melody weaved by Toru Watanabe and his oboe were left.

It seemed like there was a huge colorful bubble covering the stage.

One of the judges at the judging table couldn't help but bend forward, but he didn't notice it at all.

Everyone in the Kamikawa High School Musical Department looked proud.

Compared with last time, the oboe tone is more beautiful.

This is the strength of our Kamikawa High School solo!

...

When Rin Kiyono, who was sweating profusely, turned around and bowed, the audience, which had been silent for a long time, was suddenly awakened and burst into loud applause.

The faces of everyone in the instrumental section showed both joy and confusion, and they had not yet recovered from the previous state.

After getting off the stage, Kiyono Rin said to everyone: "You can move around freely before the results are announced. However, everyone must gather in the large concert hall when the results are announced."

"yes!"

Just after disbanding, Toru Watanabe hadn't seen Ayako Honma yet, but he wanted to see Osamu Kunii and Keisuke Saito who rushed to the venue later.

The two walked towards each other with excited faces.

"It's really yours! Watanabe!"

"The performance is very good! If you can't win a gold medal at this level, then there is definitely something shady!"

"Of course." Toru Watanabe said with a smile, "Kunii also brought him into Koshien, so I can't even enter the national competition, right?"

"Hey, do you have any conscience? I haven't gotten over my failure yet!" Osamu Kunijing wailed.

The Kamikawa Baseball Club took a trip to Koshien and came back with only a handful of dirt from the field - the custom of losers.

"Let's go, I'll buy you a soda." Watanabe Toru patted him on the shoulder.

"That's pretty much it!"

"Should the fare for coming here be reimbursed?" Saito Keisuke pushed further.
Chapter completed!