Chapter 79 The Secret of Jiuhuayue
Teaching is one aspect of a teacher's work.

On the other hand, when there is an important announcement from the school, call the parents of all the students in the class and inform them one by one.

For example, for the three-party meeting that will begin next Monday, Fujii Itsuki will have to arrange the time to meet with each student's parents in advance.

First, he asked the students to go back and inform their parents themselves, and then he called to confirm again and reconfirm the time.

There are 33 girls in Class A, and the work is much easier than in Tokyo.

In the afternoon, during class time after lunch, Fujii Itsuki hung up the phone with the 31st student's parent, and started calling the 32nd student's parent, Mrs. Jiuhua, in order of student numbers.

(busy tone)
Unfortunately, no one answered.

Is Mrs. Jiuhua still so busy?

By the way, has Jiuhua told her parents about this?

It seems that her relationship with her family is not very good now.

Fujii Itsuki lay on the ergonomic chair and pinched his eyebrows.

He plans to take a rest first.

At this time, Akai put down the work of grading homework, slid his chair back, turned around and talked to him.

"Fujii, did Jiuhua send you home yesterday?"

Fujii Itsuki closed his eyes and faced the ceiling. After a second, he answered, "Yes, I went home and had dinner before going to bed. From 9pm to 7:30am the next day, haha~~~ I haven't woken up yet, so I'm still a little sleepy now."

"If you ask me, you're lucky that you didn't die suddenly yesterday. Don't do that next time, okay?"

".Akagi, how can you be so calm? We are still in high school?"

"Even if I'm not your girlfriend anymore, we've been friends for so many years. I can't bear to see you die in front of me, not to mention that you still owe me a favor. We were so close back then."

"Yeah, after all, she's 'Akagi who only goes home with boys after school.'" Fujii Itsuki raised the corner of his mouth and smiled slightly.

Akai Muzi didn't care about his teasing at all and laughed: "It's not like you don't know who the boy everyone is talking about is."

Fujii Itsuki smiled again and stopped talking about this topic. He said with emotion:

"But I feel like my health is getting worse day by day. It's been fine recently, but before in Tokyo I had gout every day, my knees were inflamed, and there was fluid inside them."

"No wonder you don't run much now, why don't you take more rest?"

"Akai, I still hope to be more attentive in my job as a teacher. You know, it's been my dream since I was a child."

"Of course I know. Let's not talk about that. What happened to that magazine yesterday?"

Fujii Itsuki didn't react and looked at Akai Muko in confusion, "What?"

“It’s ViVi.”

"that"

"I went home to buy steamed buns at the convenience store yesterday, and I saw the latest magazine you bought yesterday, so I decided to take a look. After I opened it, I found out that Jiuhua was a model in it, Fujii."

Akai Muzi half closed her eyes, "You wouldn't——"

"Don't let your imagination run wild, or I'll sue you for defamation!"

"Then why did you buy that magazine? To learn how to dress women?"

".Just taking care of the students and caring about their lives."

Akai Muzi could tell that he felt a little guilty and laughed, "You care about your students so much that you care about their modeling photos?"

Fujii Itsuki held his head and looked up at the sky: "Does this count? But I did buy the journal for Jiuhua."

Fujii's generosity surprised Akai.

But she also knew that Fujii was not the kind of person who would do anything to students.

To him, students are precious.

"I am too lazy to pay attention to your preferences. I know you like to look at legs. I won't continue to joke with you. I suddenly told you about this magazine because I found something yesterday."

"Some things." Fujii Itsuki looked at Akai again.

"It seems that you don't know. It's okay if you don't know. I'll tell you about Jiuhua."

Fujii Itsuki thought of those photos of Jiuhua Yue that showed a lot of legs, and asked, "Is there any bad news?"

"Not really. Listen to me first. Yesterday I was online and looked through the historical models of ViVi magazine. I found that many of them were young girls from Hyogo Prefecture. Their ages varied, but none of them were over 20 years old."

Hyogo Prefecture?
By the way, Mrs. Jiuhua said that Jiuhua Yue had lived in Hyogo Prefecture before and studied there.

Hyogo Prefecture is located in the Kinki region and is part of the Osaka metropolitan area, one of the three largest metropolitan areas in Japan. It is also considered a wealthy first-level administrative region.

It's a nice place for Mrs. Jiuhua to live with her daughter.

But Fujii Itsuki didn't hear any problem from Akai's words, it seemed like she had something else to say.

"What happened to Hyogo Prefecture?"

"No hurry," Akai Muzi pulled a chair closer and counted on her fingers in front of Fujii Itsuki, "Let me tell you about the models who have worked in this magazine before. First, Tsukishiro Otoha."

"I don't know." Fujii Itsuki looked at her fingers and answered.

"." Akai Muzi was silent for a moment, then gave another name, "Umino Tsukimi."

"do not know."

"Li Tan."

“I still don’t know him.”

"." Akai Muzi was silent again, "Where are Juryojo, Ai Xixiali, and Ryuusaki Makoto?"

"I don't even know him."

"."

Akai Muzi was dejected. She regretted talking to so many people like Fujii, who didn't pay attention to the TV series.

"Amami Yuki."

"Oh! I know this one, the national queen."

Fujii Itsuki suddenly realized.

"I watched the two TV series "Divorce Lawyers" and "The Queen's Classroom" back then. In recent years, she seemed to have starred in "Hanzawa Naoki"? As I remember, she was a female prosecutor, and she seemed to be 56 years old?"

"You seem to be an old fellow."

Fujii Itsuki: "So, what does this have to do with the Hyogo Prefecture you mentioned?"

"Fujii, don't you see the connection?"

".They are all actresses? And they are all very popular? Are you trying to say that Jiu Huayue is also an actress in a TV series?"

Akai Muzi shook her head and reminded again, "They have all been to Hyogo Prefecture."

".Hyogo Prefecture? What's wrong with Hyogo Prefecture? I just remember there's an Akashi Kaikyo Bridge over there, close to the Seto Inland Sea."

"What else?" Akai asked.

"There is a Naruto Uzumaki. The origin of Uzumaki Naruto's name."

"You only know the names of the protagonists of some old anime?"

"The hot springs there are very hot, the sake is good, but there's nothing else. Oh, by the way! There's also an opera company, the Takarazuka Revue."

clatter--

There was a crisp sound of snapping fingers. Fujii Itsuki immediately withdrew his thoughts from the ceiling and his eyes fell on the face of Akai Muko who snapped her fingers.

"You mean the Takarazuka Revue?"

"Yes, it's the Takarazuka Revue. The women I mentioned above have all been models for ViVi magazine for a period of time. At the same time, they are all members of the Takarazuka Revue, the Moon Group."

"Um"

Fujii Itsuki pondered for a while, shaking his legs, and said with a doubtful voice, guessing:
"Are you trying to say that Kuka is also in the Takarazuka Revue? That's why she's a model in ViVi."

"Yes! Don't you think Jiuhua's temperament is very different from that of ordinary women?"

"impossible."

"Why isn't it possible?"

"Don't laugh at me, okay? Although I'm not very interested in this information, what is the background of the Takarazuka Revue? How can a 16-year-old kid like Jiuhua get in?"

Takarazuka Revue.
For a moment, Fujii Itsuki didn't know how to describe this opera troupe.

Let’s just say this is the upper class society for Japanese women.

The Takarazuka Revue was founded in 1914 and has been passed down to this day, and it still retains its characteristics - all members are women, and the members are either rich or noble.

[Purity, integrity, beauty]
This is the motto of Takarazuka, and also the motto of wealthy women in Japanese society as a whole.

The daughters of high-ranking Japanese officials, ministers of various provinces and ministries, and county governors and mayors basically all come here to study and learn.

The members who graduated from here are either big stars in various entertainment industries or well-known successful people from all walks of life.

At the same time, they usually marry wealthy and powerful people such as chaebols, senior executives of large companies, officials, and top baseball players.

It can be said that Takarazuka is a cultural symbol in Japan.

The vast majority of wealthy Japanese women have the habit of watching Takarazuka performance culture since childhood. They imagine that they can also join the Takarazuka Revue and have another independent parallel life.

The wife of a certain Prime Minister named Hatoyama is a member of the Takarazuka Revue.

No matter how ignorant Fujii Itsuki was, there was no way he had not heard of Takarazuka.

This is a national treasure-level opera troupe.

Akai Muzi said this.

Yes
Jiuhuayue's temperament and appearance are indeed extraordinary.

Fujii Itsuki still remembers the first time he saw Jiuhuayue.

I was so shocked that I froze in place.
I've seen this girl a lot now. Although I'm used to it, I still think she's pretty.

At that time, he thought Jiu Huayue was the eldest daughter of a prominent family.

Although I can be considered a half-young lady now.

Akai Muzi: "In terms of age, Jiuhuayue is a little young, but her appearance, her height, and most importantly, she has qualities that others don't have.
"She is practicing trumpet in your club now, right? How is she doing?"

"It's quite amazing," Fujii Itsuki thought without hesitation, "I know it's her first time, but in just one semester, I didn't expect that she could play it so well. She can read music scores and already has a basic knowledge of music theory."

Fujii Itsuki suddenly remembered.

Didn’t Jiuhuayue tell me this the last time she ran back to Otaru from Tokyo crying?

She said that she was attending a music and dance school somewhere in Hyogo Prefecture.

Western dance, Japanese dance, vocal music, performance, drama, body shape, women's virtues, Japanese traditional etiquette. I learn everything.

Fujii Itsuki couldn't imagine that a normal school would require students to learn so many things, and he was a little skeptical at the time.

But Jiuhuayue didn't want to say more, and he didn't delve into it.

Now that I think about it, it really is similar.

Akai Muzi saw that Fujii Itsuki seemed to have thought of something, "How?"

Fujii Itsuki touched his chin and asked, "Akai, Western dance, Japanese dance, vocal music, performance, drama, body shape, women's virtues, Japanese traditional etiquette. These courses are taught in a music school. Is there such a school in Hyogo Prefecture?"

"Isn't this the Takarazuka Music School?" Akai Muko answered immediately.

"That's true." Fujii Itsuki sighed.

"We start recruiting students from the third year of junior high school. Of course, this is the condition for external recruitment at Takarazuka School. In fact, some people are trained from elementary school.

"Studying at this school is a prerequisite for joining the Takarazuka Revue. If you don't attend this school, don't even think about entering Takarazuka. This is also the reason why the members of the opera company are divided into so many classes."

"Those who can study here need to endure hardships and have talent, right?"

"This is Takarazuka! Don't you know how outstanding the women who come out of here are? Of course, I'm not interested myself, and this is also a kind of bondage."

“As expected of a progressive woman who has been to America!”

Fujii Itsuki praised her and gave her a thumbs up, then returned to the previous topic: "Then I can now roughly confirm that Jiuhua is very likely a member of the Takarazuka."

Fujii Itsuki thought about it again.

"Wait, that doesn't make sense. How is the degree from the Takarazuka Conservatory of Music calculated?"

"I'm not sure either, let's check."

Akai Muzi moved her chair to the workbench and looked up information online.

Three minutes later.

"I found out. Fujii, come and take a look."

Fujii Itsuki came to Akai's desk, leaned forward, and glanced at the information on the computer screen -

[School name: Takarazuka Music School]
[Nature of school: Private university]
[School type: Art school]
[Duration of study: one year for preparatory course and one year for undergraduate course, a total of two years]
[每学年分为上学期（4月1日至9月底）、下学期（10月1日至3月底）]
[Enrollment scope: Female students from junior high school third grade to senior high school third grade (external).]
[Students (including graduates of the Takarazuka Revue) can take classes outside of school hours to earn a high school diploma.]
"So, as long as Jiuhua gets her high school diploma, she can directly get a bachelor's degree from Takarazuka?"

"I think so. I'm not sure how it works."

"."

Fujii Itsuki withdrew his eyes from the computer. He didn't expect that Jiuhua might be a member of Takarazuka.

Is he a Takarazuka preparatory student or has he already graduated from music studies?

Jiuhuayue never told me that she was a member of the Takarazuka.

Does this mean that Akai and I discovered Jiuhua's secret together?
Fujii Itsuki told Akai Muko that Jiuhua used to study in Hyogo Prefecture.

Also, I mentioned some details about Jiuhua's trip to Tokyo in March.

Mrs. Jiuhua said at that time that this was an important node in Jiuhuayue's life.

Akai Muzi crossed her arms in front of her laptop and nodded immediately:

"It's almost certain. Jiuhua used to study at the Takarazuka Music School and has probably graduated."

When she thought of the word "Takarazuka", she couldn't help but sigh:

"This is amazing. I didn't expect that among my students, there is actually a formal member of Takarazuka, and even in the Moon Group. Jiuhua should be a male role, right? She is so heroic on weekdays. I must show off to my mother when I go back."

Fujii Itsuki understood the value of the word "Takarazuka", but he still had one thing in mind:
"Takarazuka Music School is considered an undergraduate program. Logically, Jiuhuayue should have directly joined the Takarazuka Revue and rehearsed with them. Why did she come to Otaru to study in high school?"

Akai Muzi is not quite sure about this either.

At this moment, Fujii Itsuki's cell phone suddenly rang.

He returned to his seat and checked the incoming call information on his phone.

This is the name of her mother that Jiu Huayue told her—

[Nine Flower Evening Princess]
(End of this chapter)