Correct every imperfection as if meticulously, and gradually improve the completion of your performance.

"Then, today's practice ends here."

"Thanks for your hard work!"

"It's okay to stay and practice, but please make sure it doesn't affect tomorrow's game."

"yes!"

The practice the day before the competition focuses on adjusting details, such as the volume ratio and position of each instrument, whether the intervals are running out, whether the rhythm can be kept up, etc.

In order to avoid exhaustion, Rin Kiyono ended practice earlier than usual, and it was only 7:30 pm.

Everyone is going to have dinner first, and then decide whether to continue practicing, go back to the dormitory to rest or play cards.

This is a hotel that specializes in business for participating schools, so the restaurant is naturally surprisingly large.

Watanabe Toru heard that there is another school living here, but no one is there now. They are probably still practicing in the concert hall, and the time for arrival and dinner is staggered.

Dinner was arranged by Kiyono Rin, and no one was allowed to eat any special delicacies. They could eat whatever was eaten in Tokyo.

Although everyone was very sorry, they had no objections to this decision, except for Toru Watanabe.

"Why do you think I came to Nagoya?"

"Competition." Kiyono Rin picked up a chopstick of salmon and replied perfunctorily.

"It's for Horaiken's 'three eel dishes'. This is the most famous eel restaurant in Nagoya, with a history of more than 140 years."

"Eel three times?" Koizumi Aina, the accompanying teacher, showed a curious expression.

"The so-called three meals actually refer to three steps: first, put the eel rice into a bowl and taste the deliciousness of the eel and sauce; then mix in nori, sesame seeds, and green perilla to enjoy the refreshing taste; finally add chopped green onion and wasabi.

Serve with hot soup and serve as eel chazuke.”

"It sounds delicious. I really want to try it."

"Not only that, teacher, but also miso pork chop! Nagoya's unique red miso sauce is poured on the freshly fried whole pork chop. This is a unique way to eat it in Nagoya. The taste and intensity of the sauce vary from store to store. I read online recommendations.

The straw sandal pork chop at "Yaba shop" is said to be quite chewy."

"What is straw sandal pork chop? What a weird name? Is it wrapped in clean straw sandals and fried?"

"The so-called straw-shoe pig..."

"Watanabe Toru-san." Rin Kiyono's slightly cold voice interrupted the communication between the teacher and the student.

"I'm sorry." Toru Watanabe nodded solemnly and ate the grilled fish set meal before getting up.

The white meat fish is very thick, the skin is golden and crispy, and it is delicious, but - you can eat it anywhere in the island country!

"I want three eels, and I want straw sandal pork chops!" Toru Watanabe, filled with anger, ate a large piece of fish in one bite.

After finishing the meal, when leaving the restaurant, I could hear a large group of people walking towards the restaurant. It seemed that another school had finished its practice.

Watanabe Toru took advantage of this time and quickly went to the bathroom to take a shower, so as not to be unable to grab the faucet.

He was not the only one who thought this way, there were even more girls running around, pushing and shoving each other, laughing and joking back to the dormitory to get a change of clothes and toiletries.

After taking a shower, the boys gathered in a circle and played cards.

"If you think about it carefully, although we have to compete tomorrow, we don't have to go to school, which is also a blessing!"

"You can also play cards openly and openly in the name of relaxing!"

"I just took a photo and posted it to the class group. They were so jealous, hahaha!"

"But I want to study more. The last national mock test..."

"You guy! Don't say such disappointing things! Can you read the air?!"

...

Watanabe Toru lost two games. After once again realizing how bad his luck was, he quickly said he needed to go to the toilet and took the opportunity to escape.

Going to the girls' dormitory to ask for snacks is an interesting thing and worth trying, but since he is a married man now, forget about his too frivolous behavior.

Kujo Miki is not a gentle girl.

He came to the leisure area on the first floor of the hotel.

There is a pool table where you can play American billiards, coin-operated massage chairs, several sofas, and the essential vending machines.

There is an old poster posted on the wall. It is of Yamaguchi Momoe, one of the "Three Great Diva of Showa" together with Matsuda Seiko, and it is a photo of her in a swimsuit.

Watanabe Toru bought a bottle of Meiji milk, asked for a table, and played with himself until everyone in the dormitory fell asleep before going back.

There was no one on the first floor of the hotel, except for the ticking of the pendulum at the front desk, and the occasional sound was the sound of the white ball he hit hitting the ball colliding with the sub-ball.

'You're very strong. Brother, are you good at math?'

'Hehe, you must be very good at physics.'

Watanabe Toru hit all the balls into the holes, and he won anyway. He drank milk and amused himself in his heart.

As they took the balls back to the table one by one, a familiar figure appeared in the hall. This person was naturally Rin Kiyono.

Generally, only the heroine can escape from group activities and then meet the hero, allowing the plot to advance smoothly.

Kidding.

"What's wrong, Qingye-san, are you so marginalized that you can't stay any longer?" This is the real reason.

Rin Kiyono, who was taking out a PET bottle from the vending machine, heard the voice and looked over, with a look of disgust on his face like "Why is it you again?"

She walked to the billiards area and watched Toru Watanabe play the ball.

In this weather, she deliberately put on a thickened sweatshirt before going out, while he was wearing short sleeves and shorts, which made him feel very cold just by looking at him.

Under the short-sleeved cuffs are his well-shaped muscles. When he usually wears long-sleeved school uniforms, he looks thin, but he is completely unaware that he is so strong.

"Why are girls so interested in the topic of love, and they also like to play boring house games like 'telling each other who they like'." Qingye Rin sighed as if she couldn't stand it.

"Boys are also very bored. They just play cards and losers actually go to the girls' dormitory to ask for snacks."

"Are you playing this alone? Is it called billiards?"

"It's called billiards, but it's not just one person, my brother." Toru Watanabe pointed to a sofa against the wall.

There was no one on the sofa, but there were a few cigarette butts that had been there for a long time in the ashtray next to it.

Qingye Rin looked at him with pity: "If you are really lonely, I can..."

"Chat with you? Or play with you?"

"No, I will give you a dolphin at my expense. Just thank me."

Toru Watanabe showed a very troubled expression: "I prefer Alaskan king crabs to dolphins."

"I'll pay for it, so don't pick and choose. Also, I'm not buying you food, I'm buying you a doll."

"Can't Alaskan king crab do it? Canadian geoduck is okay, although I don't really like the look of geoduck."

"I told you it's not for food."

"It's still not good? Then the French Oyster Peron can be used, right? I can't change it anymore. This is my bottom line."

Qingye Rin put his fingers on his graceful chin, nodded, and said to himself: "I see, I finally know why you are here alone."

"No, I heard what people said. They said they were with my brother."

"It's you who should listen, Watanabe-san."

The ball had been rearranged. Toru Watanabe took another cue from the shelf and invited: "Want to play a round?"

"Aren't you with your brother?"

"How can a brother be as important as a woman?"

"You are indeed this kind of person."

"Don't get me wrong, it doesn't just have to be a woman. The woman here refers specifically to you, Qingye-san."

"It's not necessary for the scene." Rin Kiyono put the bottle on the table and took the cue, "How do you play this?"

"First time playing?"

"Um."

"Another first time for Qingye-san, I accepted it unceremoniously."

"I'm going back."

"Wait, wait, wait, I was wrong, don't go, really, I was so wrong!"

Toru Watanabe explained the rules to Rin Kiyono.

American billiards is very simple. There are 16 balls in total. Except for the white ball and the No. 8 black ball, the rest are divided into two groups: Nos. 1 to 7, commonly known as small flowers; Nos. 9 to 15, commonly known as big flowers.

The first person to put all the balls in his group into the pocket, and then put the No. 8 ball in, wins the game.

Qingye Rin nodded: "I understand, what about the hitting method?"

"Let me show you how. You are so smart, you can learn it just by looking at it."
To be continued...