On Wednesday, with Yotsuya Station twisting almost like a mirage under the sunshine, Toru Watanabe High School's first swimming lesson began.

When I was in elementary school in my hometown, the school had swimming lessons. Although Watanabe Toru could swim at that time, it was only for fun, and he could swim breaststroke and doggy style as he pleased.

The only teacher will not give any teaching. He will only sit there, eat watermelon and cold drinks, and look after their safety.

Fitness swimming really started after the Ochanomizu incident - not just swimming, many things changed from that time.

Now, he can swim like an athlete.

Classes 1 and 4 were still together, but the men and women were completely separated. Only the seductive screams and laughter of the girls could be heard through the wall.

After putting on their swimsuits, the boys gathered by the pool.

The sky was very blue and beautiful, like an oil painting, but the sun hurt my skin.

The physical education teacher hung a whistle around his neck and talked about things to pay attention to when swimming.

"Ah, I really want to go there." Osamu Kunii looked at the daughter country on the other side of the wall and put forward an idea.

"Sneakly put on a women's swimsuit later and sneak in." Toru Watanabe said the method.

"That's it!" Osamu Kunii exchanged fists and palms.

"The question is, where do we get the water from the dead reservoir?" Saito Keisuke further analyzed.

"Um......"

The topic is over.

After the physical education teacher finished speaking, everyone washed their bodies in the shower area first, walking in front and getting in behind, much like queuing up for a car wash.

The air is full of water vapor and the pungent smell of chlorine disinfectant.

Afterwards, after doing warm-up exercises, everyone entered the water.

After the first half of the class, you can swim freely in the second half.

The boys jumped into the swimming pool one meter apart, and the physical education teacher scolded them loudly. They stopped this dangerous behavior this time.

"Lane 3! Watanabe swims so fast!"

"Ah! Kunii's player didn't dare to fall behind and used Triple Kaioken! He is overtaking! He is overtaking!"

"Oh! Look over there, that, that's!!! Saito's five times Kaio Fist! So fast! So fast!"

"What? After receiving the latest news, Watanabe is going to use his special skill - swimming seriously!"

...

It was just three people who wanted to compete on a whim, but this group of first-year high school boys enthusiastically explained it as the 99th Universe Martial Arts Conference.

By the way, triple and quintuple Kaioken. Toru Watanabe doesn't know what they are, but the so-called serious swimming means just swimming hard.

"Watanabe, why are you so powerful?"

"First it's tennis, then swimming, and if this keeps up, I won't be your opponent in baseball from now on!"

"Swim like a dolphin! So fast!"

The boys made fun of him one after another, and some even thought it would be okay for Toru Watanabe to become a swimmer.

Toru Watanabe doesn't want to be a swimmer.

If he just did whatever he was good at, he would probably be exhausted.

And for the sake of textbook compilers, it’s better not to be too pushy.

Scholar, Olympic swimming gold medalist, world-class oboist, world-class boxer - he is only sixteen years old, it is hard to imagine how many more titles he will be called in the future.

In the evening, in the activity classroom of the Human Observation Department, Rin Kiyono walked in with a record player with the Audio-Technica logo.

The world was silent, it was so dark outside the window that nothing could be seen outside, and the face of the person was clearly reflected in the glass.

Except for the music department on the third floor opposite, not a single light was on in the school building.

Watanabe Toru felt a little lonely, remembering that he came to the big city alone and was far away from his hometown in Iwate Prefecture.

In order to dispel the sudden unpleasant mood, he withdrew his eyes and watched Qingye Rin playing with the record player with curiosity.

"Kyono-kun, can I ask you a question?"

"Huh?" Rin Kiyono carefully took out the vinyl record from the square paper bag.

"What do you think about the fact that life obviously originated in the ocean, but humans cannot breathe in water?"

"I have no opinion." Qingye Rin replied without raising his head.

"Don't you find it strange? Why don't we humans evolve into amphibious animals such as frogs, turtles, and red chain snakes? The ocean is much richer in area and resources than the continent."

"You could choose to become a biologist and figure out these questions instead of asking a girl in your grade at night for answers to these annoying topics like frogs and snakes."

"Biologist... I don't really want to do this." Watanabe Toru thought for a while and rejected the proposal.

"It sounds like you can do it."

"If I hadn't played the oboe, I would be one now!"

Rin Kiyono looked solemn: "Watanabe-san, your mental illness is getting more and more serious. Now you also have problems with your self-perception. It is really urgent to seek medical treatment."

Just as Toru Watanabe was about to retort, Rin Kiyono placed the needle on the slowly rotating record.

The sound is bright, and the cheerful and lively melody like a cat's footsteps slowly sounds.

The trombone roars, the horn ensemble, the clarinet harmonizes, the bass drum roars, and the oboe solos.

The sound is continuous, like the water of the Yangtze River filling the ears, and then the wave of sound quickly recedes like an ebbing tide.

Toru Watanabe picked up the record paper bag and read the title of the song.

"Four Seasons: Wind Music Version", composed by Akiichi Kawahide, performed by the Essence Girls High School Wind Music Department.

On the opposite side, Kiyono Rin walked to the left, resting his elbow on the table and supporting his chin, while holding a pen in his right hand and writing down something continuously.

Watanabe Toru listened silently, tapping his fingers in the air along with the music score.

Beautiful music and a mobile classroom with lights on in an unoccupied school building create an intimate and harmonious atmosphere late at night.

"Do you want to choose this one?" Toru Watanabe asked after the music ended.

"Yeah." Qingye Rin nodded.

In the wind music competition, each wind band must perform a theme song and a free song. "Prosperous Four Seasons·Wind Music Version" is one of the free songs that can be selected this year.

The piece was produced by the Wind Music Alliance inviting first-tier composer Kawahide Aiichi.

A few years ago, this piece was selected as a free song by the elite girls' high school and won a national gold medal, making it instantly famous.

It is now one of the regular songs in the competition.

Speaking of the characteristics of this piece, we have to mention its composer - Kawahide Aiichi, who graduated from Musashino Music University.

When Kawa Hideaki was young, he was active on the music stage as a professional oboe player, so his arrangement was also biased towards the oboe.

To put it a bit exaggeratedly, the lower limit of this piece depends on the entire band, and the upper limit depends on the performance of the oboist.

"Wise choice." Watanabe Toru said confidently.

Rin Kiyono pretended not to have heard this beautiful words that seemed to be praising himself, but were actually Toru Watanabe's boasting.

Watanabe Toru added: "But, is it really okay for you to make your own decision without consulting them?"

"If you want to make society progress, democratic voting is the stupidest choice."

"Ah, ah, I understand." Toru Watanabe nodded with approval, "Ultraman's mission is to forcefully guide stupid humans to evolve, isn't it?"

Rin Kiyono couldn't understand what Toru Watanabe was talking about at all.

She looked at Toru Watanabe with an idiot look.

Watanabe Toru changed the subject without blushing at all: "So you don't allow yourself to fail, so you decide to choose the track yourself?"

"That's not the only reason."

"Uh-huh." Toru Watanabe said noncommittally.

Seeing his attitude, Kiyono Rin felt inexplicably angry and wanted to punch him.

She explained:

"Their music knowledge is uneven, and they will only choose based on whether the part they belong to is easy to perform, and the popularity of the repertoire. The decision of the conference repertoire affects the survival of the Human Observation Department. I will try my best to eliminate all options that lead to the abolition of the department.

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"That's it." Toru Watanabe still looked unbelieving.

This man knew that he would not lie... Qingye Rin took a deep breath.

"There is another reason. The biggest advantage of the wind section at present is your oboe. This is also the biggest reason why I decide the repertoire myself."

Given how much the wind section hates Toru Watanabe, there is a high probability that they will not choose this piece that relies on the performance of the oboe.

Toru Watanabe held his head in his hands, leaned back on the steel chair, looked at the ceiling, and sighed with contentment.

Qingye Rin endured it again and again before smashing the eraser at hand.
To be continued...