"Just like rhetoric, generally accepted facts are nonsense."

"Yes, yes, as ordered."

Watanabe Toru was playing by himself just now, using the pole and bucket casually, but when he taught Kiyono Rin, he used a fairly standard posture.

In fact, it doesn't matter whether the mark is standard or not. How to place the five fingers to fix the club, the distance from the club, the angle of the feet, etc.

The key: bend your waist as far as possible; lift your hips high enough.

"... Your head should be perpendicular to the club, keep your eyes on the ball and the club, and then just find the right angle to hit it. Do you understand?"

"What the hell...why are you doing such a weird posture?"

"nothing."

"lie."

"Uh-huh." Watanabe Toru stood up straight and said as if nothing had happened, "Just playing is boring. How about the loser treating you to a late-night snack? There is an udon restaurant not far away."

"If you eat udon, you won't have a bad stomach. I agree." As he said that, Kiyono Rin had already hit the white ball.

******

"Turn off the lights!"

"good--"

The room darkened, and Kumiko buried herself under the quilt, trying hard to fall asleep quickly.

However, even after the quilt was warmed up, I still didn't feel sleepy at all.

On the wall, the second hand of the clock clicked and clicked forward, which was too noisy.

Kumiko knew the reason wasn't in the clock.

She was not used to sleeping in places other than her own home, so she stayed up all night during the summer training camp. But thanks to this reason, she was able to seize the opportunity and establish a good relationship with senior Kai Zhongkuo, who was also awake.

"...Can't sleep." Kumiko sat up angrily.

No matter how much I think about it, I still don't feel sleepy at all.

Since she couldn't sleep, she decided to go downstairs to buy a hot drink.

She did the same thing the night before the Kansai Competition, and then successfully entered the country. She couldn't sleep this time, maybe it was God's will: suggesting that as long as she bought a hot drink, the same miracle would happen in tomorrow's competition!

Because she cared too much about the competition, Kumiko put on her coat with such superstitious thoughts.

"Kumiko?"

Kumiko was so frightened that her whole body stiffened, and she was used to looking at the dark eyes. Reina raised her upper body and looked at her.

"It's Rina. It scared me to death. What's wrong? Did it wake you up?" Kumiko said softly.

"No, I haven't slept either. Where are you going?"

"I can't sleep, so I want to buy a hot drink to see if it can help me sleep." Just keep that superstitious reason in mind.

"I'll go with you." After saying that, Rina opened the quilt and picked up the coat that was placed aside.

The two of them walked out of the main shop hand in hand and came to the first floor.

It was very quiet, except for the faint sounds coming from the billiards area.

"Did you see that? Band-Aid? You won with no force, you took advantage of others' danger, fished in troubled waters, and took advantage of a weak point."

"You may have said it yourself, this is my first time."

"...Don't be complacent. You'll win six out of ten games. You're still far from winning."

"In the beginning, we won two out of three games, and then we won three out of five games. But forget it, swing the ball quickly and exercise more so that you can have a midnight snack."

"You think you won, but my true ability is..."

The two girls felt a little uneasy.

People who are still playing billiards in the middle of the night are probably not good people, and this is a strange Nagoya.

Rina whispered: "How about we go outside to drink?"

"Yeah." Kumiko nodded.

It was already eleven o'clock in the night, silence filled the streets, and the sound of the soles of shoes rubbing against the ground was alarmingly loud.

The unfamiliar night scene in the distance was dotted with stars, a bit like the color of musical instruments.

The two walked to a park that they passed by on the bus in the afternoon.

It is very small, with only benches, a sand pit and two swings. Under the street lights at night, it looks very deserted.

Kumiko and Reina looked at each other and smiled at the same time as they walked towards the swing that seemed to be prepared for them.

Kumiko sat down on it, pulled the tab of the canned drink, and shook the swing slightly while drinking.

The toes straightened unconsciously, the slippers slipped from the feet and fell to the ground.

And Rina was very well-behaved, holding the still hot jar with her hands and sitting quietly on the swing, which seemed to make her very satisfied.

Be silent for a while.

"I want to win the gold medal." Rina said suddenly, looking at the night sky in Nagoya.

"Me too." Kumiko responded softly.

"We must win the gold medal."

"Um!"

"Even if it doesn't work this time, I won't give up next year or the year after."

"No matter how long it takes, I will support you." Kumiko stopped the swing, stretched out her hand, and squeezed Reina's hand.

Rina smiled and looked at Kumiko.

When the two looked at each other, a voice suddenly came.

"Ah la ah la, I saw something I shouldn't have seen."

Kumiko and Rina turned around and saw a young girl and a boy standing under a lighted telephone pole at the entrance of the park.

The night wind blew through the barren weeds in the park, and the hair of the boys and girls swayed slightly. Eyes brighter than the stars looked at them.

The two of them were shocked by their appearance and looked at the scene as if they didn't react.

"You don't recognize me anymore? 'Sister Rina, I'm your fan', do you remember?" the boy said with a smile.

The girl beside him sighed helplessly and rubbed her temples as if she had a headache.

"Sorry, he is no longer normal." The girl explained, "We are going to eat udon, do you want to come together?"

Kumiko and Reina looked at each other.

'I'm hungry.'

'Me too.'

'Go?'

'Um.'

"Excuse me." The two stood up together.

"Ah!" Kumiko suddenly screamed, frightening the three of them.

"What's wrong, Kumiko?" Rina immediately asked worriedly.
Chapter completed!