Chapter 254 A Glimpse

Teru Komuro is from Hakodate, Hokkaido, and is an ordinary clerical worker at the cultural center.

He grew up in Hakodate. Under the influence of his parents, his greatest hobby is to listen to some classical music that seems extremely niche to others. He especially loves string music and symphony music, especially violin.

"Shirakaba Academy is caught in a controversy! The principal violinist may be replaced! Will the Holy Maiden Wind Ensemble go it alone again? The new Tachibana Kita's strength should not be underestimated. Can this year's music still be played? - The Hokkaido Wind Ensemble Representative Tournament will kick off tomorrow"

Komuro Teru held the newspaper in his hand and couldn't help but sigh.

"Why are you sighing for no apparent reason?" Kawabata Masahiko, his colleague sitting opposite him, couldn't help but ask.

"I don't know what happened to the Shirakaba Wind Ensemble! On the day before the competition, a student deliberately picked trouble with Daisho Tachibana Kita. Now, the incident was reported in the newspapers, and the whole school is embarrassed! I thought they were the dark horse this year, but the concertmaster was replaced! How can they compete?"

Every September, Teru Komuro would book tickets for the competition.

Naturally, this year too.

"So you're not going this year?"

Komuro Teru answered without hesitation: "Go, why not?"

Kawabata Masahiko waved his hand, disdainful of the trouble. "If you ask me, what's so good about it? Anyway, we in Hokkaido have always relied on a saint to break through the siege every year. Other teams are just runners-up in the national competition. This year, we finally have Shirakaba Academy, which is worth watching, but then the incident you mentioned happened.

"Why don't you take a short vacation when the national competition officially starts and treat it as a trip to Tokyo? That would be so much easier. Why waste your vacation on something like this?"

When his colleague Masahiko said this, Komuro Teru wanted to sigh again.

Because it is.

The other teams were runners-up every year. Although the Saint's Brass Band was of very good standard, it was always just a little bit short of winning the championship every year.

It's either second, third or fourth, what a pity.

Komuro Teru shook the newspaper in his hand, glanced at the title, pointed at the words above and said to his colleague:
"Look, the news said there's another Ju Bei."

"Jubei? Which school is this?"

"Taisho Tachibana Kita! Don't tell me you don't know, it's the number one girls' school in Hokkaido!"

"Oh, this school is famous, but I remember their wind band was pretty bad. They only run in the most basic competitions every year, and we can't even see their presence at all."

Komuro Teru stared at the words "The new Tachibana Kita's strength should not be underestimated" on the newspaper, stroking his chin and saying:

"I heard that Tachibana Kita seems to have changed his teacher."

"Komuro, you don't think that Tachibana Kita will stand out like this, do you?"

"That's true."

Komuro Teru nodded.

Even if Ju Bei really changed his teacher, even if Ju Bei really wanted to let the wind orchestra participate in the national competition, the strength of the entire department would not be able to be significantly improved within a year.

Because it's really hard.

For example, the "dark horse" Birch Wind Ensemble that was previously praised by everyone.

Strictly speaking, they are not dark horses.

Because we could see them in representative competitions in the past few years. Although they were always runners-up, they had basic strength and it was improving year by year.

The accumulation of the past few years has given everyone some hope.

Orange North?

Who is there?

This is a name that was only heard more than ten years ago!
If someone says that they can stand out in the representative competition this time, Komuro Teru won't believe it at all!

But as a native of Hokkaido, he still supports the local team. What if?
"By the way, do you know who Tachibana Kita's instructor is?" asked Komuro Teru.

"I don't know."

"That's it"

"Hey, have you bought the ticket?" The colleague came over again.

"I bought it."

“Can I still buy it now?”

"Of course you can. A wind instrument competition is not a concert. You can buy any tickets before the competition starts. Why, you want to go too?"

"You're already there. I thought there wouldn't be much work to do tomorrow and it would be boring, so I'll take a day off and accompany you."

Komuro Teru smiled.

The musical atmosphere at the cultural center is quite strong. He has worked here for more than ten years, and many of his colleagues have been influenced by him to like watching wind music competitions.

Masahiko Kawabata, who is standing before us, is one of them.

His family is quite wealthy. His parents are businessmen and his mother teaches at a university.

He is over 30 and still not married. He said he is a non-marriage advocate. Actually, he just can't find a partner.
As an uncle, single and with a leisurely job, he fell into the trap by accident.

He doesn't like to watch other symphony competitions, but he likes to watch the national competitions of high school departments.

According to him, he is reminiscing about his youth!

Back then, he had joined the wind band and played musical instruments!

It’s a pity that my family urged me to continue my studies and take the college entrance examination or the civil service examination, so I had to give it up.

Looking back on my busy half-life, I found that I had nothing except a relatively leisurely job.

It’s like life has come to an end, it’s so meaningless!
Right now, only some aspirational competitions are more to their liking.

As a civilian staff member of a cultural center, I do have some pursuit of art.

National Wind Instrument Competition!
Thousands of school orchestras register for the competition every year.

At all levels from elementary school to high school, college and social groups.

The competition in the high school section is particularly fierce.

Thousands of high schools and more than 100,000 people participated in the competition.

Last year, there were 4021 colleges and universities participating in the national competition! That’s nearly 20 people!
In the end, there were only 30 teams representing various regions to participate in the national competition!
If you can understand it, there is no need to describe how wonderful it is.

Of course, the most important reason is that 70 to 80 percent of the students who join the wind orchestra in high schools are girls.

Girls of this age are the most energetic and have the most youthful charm.

These uncles have no other hobbies, they just like watching young, beautiful and youthful groups.

Hokkaido's Holy Girls' College is so outstanding every year.

He even wants to send his future daughter to study there!

Of course, I don’t even have a girlfriend now.

I sat at my workstation for a while and soon it was lunch time.

"Let's go! Kawabata, let's go eat!"

"go!"

There are no canteens in government workplaces, and in most cases, people eat at nearby restaurants.

Komuro Teru particularly likes a Chinese restaurant near the harbor. He likes the fried tomato and eggs made by the owner there so much that he has to queue up every day at noon to eat there. What's even more strange is that he can't make the same taste at home using the steps he learned from the owner. It's very strange!
The two of them walked out of the Cultural Hall together and soon arrived at the snack street, near the downtown area.

Just as he arrived at the hotel entrance and was waiting in line to get his tickets, he suddenly saw a large group of high school girls walking towards him from the other end of the street.

"Hey, hey." He quickly nudged his colleague's waist with his arm.

"I saw it, I saw it."

"Kawabata, those people coming over there are all high school students, right?"

Kawabata Masahiko looked over and observed.

"From the looks of it, junior high school students are not this mature."

"You all look very energetic. Which school are you from?"

"You can tell at a glance that this Taisho-style sailor suit is from Taisho Tachibana."

"They are Tachibana Kita? Why are they here?" Komuro Teru couldn't help but take a few more glances.

The reason is simple, it’s just because some of the girls here are so dazzling!

That temperament shows that he comes from a famous family!
"The hotel they booked before the competition is nearby. They probably came here just to eat."

"Come here to eat? Eh! We went to a big restaurant. The school arranged it and their teachers treated us. They are so rich."

"Then I don't know," Kawabata Masahiko thought for a while, "but if they live near the harbor, then they should stay at the Xinghai Hotel. If they stay at the Xinghai Hotel, Tachibana Kita will provide a lot of financial assistance."

Komuro Teru became inexplicably concerned, "So, the school authorities at Tachibana Kita are very optimistic about their wind band?"

Kawabata Masahiko nodded, "I think so."

"Did you see that just now?"

"what did you see?"

"A leading girl."

".didn't notice."

"I always feel that she has an extraordinary temperament. Maybe she comes from a famous musical family."

Kawabata Masahiko took the queue number and glanced at his colleague. "Since you care so much, why don't you search online after dinner? They must have walked all the way here, so there must be footage. You will know if you take a closer look."

"Makes sense."

Komuro Teru nodded quickly.

After waiting in line for more than ten minutes, it was finally their turn to dine. This time, Komuro Teru didn't even bother to savor his favorite scrambled eggs with tomatoes. He hurriedly ate a bowl of rice and rushed to the Cultural Affairs Bureau.

He is now really interested in Tachibana Kita's wind band because of his first glimpse of that high school girl.
Of course, he wouldn't have any extra thoughts.

He is almost 35, how can he be interested in high school girls at this age? He is still self-aware.

Besides, that girl looked very high-class and had status. Even Kawabata’s family was probably not worthy of her, let alone him.

Regarding the girl with excellent temperament in Jubei's team just now.

He likes it more out of appreciation.

How to describe it?
It's just like seeing an idol or female star who is completely different from ordinary people on the street. She is a contemporary superstar, and you can't help but be attracted by her temperament, feeling, and elegance in every move.

Well, it's also mixed with a bit of admiration.

In short, Komuro Teru felt for no reason that she was very powerful.

After finishing his meal, he returned to work and took advantage of his free time to search for relevant information about the "Jubei Wind Orchestra" on the Internet.

He quickly found several videos of the performances of the Jubei Wind Ensemble this year.

He put on his special headphones for listening to classical music and listened carefully to Tachibana Kita's performance at the Nakajima Festival.

Strings, trumpets, and flutes joined in one by one. As the team moved forward, the melody gradually sublimated to a magnificent climax. The cheers of the audience could be faintly heard in the video.

Well, great.

Do not!
For a wind ensemble that was previously unknown, this is already very, very, very great!

Although he is not a music major, his many years of experience in appreciating classical music allows him to hear that some of these high school students have extraordinary skills.

For example, violin, trumpet, oboe
It is always these few voices that lead and guide the whole team.

Unfortunately, the moving images kept flashing, and he couldn't see the girl who made him feel calm and confident just now.

Then he clicked on the Tachibana Kita Wind Ensemble, the prefectural competition in Sapporo.

This time he chose to close his eyes and feel the notes echoing in his ears.

Um.
Um.
Great!
Please forgive him for making such a comment!

Because he could hear that the level of this wind orchestra had improved significantly compared to the Nakajima Festival.

"Wait. It hasn't even been a few months. How can the improvement be so fast?"

Komuro Teru was a little skeptical and continued to listen patiently.

Halfway through, he heard the sound of a violin, and the melody immediately brightened his eyes!
Even without opening my eyes, I was dazzled!
The melody is light and elegant, the technique seems to penetrate every note, and the emotion is both gentle and powerful.

Komuro Teru opened his eyes, and the video camera was just aimed at the violinist. He immediately realized that the soloist was the girl with extraordinary temperament whom he had just seen on the street!
Although he didn't know her and had only met her once, the girl's calmness and elegance complemented her performance perfectly.

"It is indeed her."

Komuro Teru muttered to himself.

While he was excited, he also felt a little bit incredible. It was rare for such a young violinist to show such mature playing skills and emotions.

The main melody of the violin ended, and he pressed the left arrow key on the keyboard to rewind the video.

Listen to it a second time, then go back.

The third time, it still went back.

The fourth time, the fifth time, the sixth time!

If he wasn't Japanese, I would really want to hold my head and call it God!
What kind of song is this? It makes him so happy!

After watching the performance, he closed his computer, leaned back in his chair with emotion, and his heart could not calm down for a long time.

Even when it came to work, he would ask Kawabata to help him out first.

Because he felt he couldn't concentrate on the work.

He felt he hadn't heard enough.

Keep listening.

He began to frantically search the Internet for videos related to the "Jubei Wind Ensemble".

but
No!

There are only these two songs on the Internet!
There is a series of videos by Ju Bei, but there are only these few.

"How can there not be!"

Komuro Teru was extremely annoyed. His heart felt like a cat climbing frame in a cat cafe, needing to be scratched from time to time.

He even wanted to sneak into other people’s school club buildings and eavesdrop!
He was itching to find out, so he could only change his target and look for more members of the Jubei Wind Ensemble.
But still nothing!
Right!

Which school would make student information public on the Internet?

If you want to know, you can only ask offline!

If you ask others, they will think you are abnormal, so why don’t you tell me?
How to do?
I really want to listen to it. I really want to hear them perform another song.

Komuro Teru took out his phone and checked the time. There were still nearly 18 hours until tomorrow's game.
Another 18 hours!

It's like waiting for someone to die!

Komuro Teru was so anxious that he kept pulling his hair at his desk.

No.

No no no.

He must go tomorrow!
Must go and see!
Komuro Teru stood up suddenly.

Kawabata Masahiko, who was sorting documents, saw his movements and asked, "What's wrong with you? Why are you in such a hurry?"

"I want to take tomorrow off!"

"what?"

"Tomorrow's a day off!"

".Watch the game? Don't worry, the section chief should not be back yet."

"No! I want to go find him now!"

After saying this, Komuro Teru disappeared without a trace.

Kawabata Masahiko looked at the place where he left, feeling extremely strange. While stacking the documents, he whispered, "Is this guy possessed by an evil spirit? Is he acting so strange all of a sudden?"

(End of this chapter)