Chapter 10 Superpower and Primate Biology Research Department
"Izumi, come here."
Behind him, Shiraishi Jing's voice made Izumi Toru sigh heavily.
here we go again.
Turning her head, Shiratori Kyoko, who was standing next to the Chinese teacher, looked at him and waved happily: "Izumi-kun, I want to trouble you again."
"I hope you can learn not to cause trouble to others."
The girl's beautiful eyes blinked, as if she didn't understand what he was talking about.
"Izumi, I need your help with something."
"Can I say no?"
Bai Shijing tilted his head, with a gentle smile on his delicate face.
"What do you mean?"
Looking at her kind smile, Izumi Tetsu felt a chill in his heart.
Okay, got it.
"Shiratori-kun, what happened this time? I lent you the ticket money, right? I was afraid that you would ride to the terminal again, so I remembered to give you double the money."
Hearing him mention what happened yesterday, Shiratori Kyoko blushed.
She defended with some embarrassment: "Well, that... there is a special reason..."
"Classmate Shiratori wants to join the club, but he doesn't know much about the school's clubs. I hope you can help introduce me. It won't take up too much of your time, please!" Bai Shijing clasped his hands together and winked at him.
Hey, you're already in your twenties, and you're still pretending to be cute?
The key is that it's really cute...
"I know, I know."
Seeing that Izumi Toru agreed, Bai Shijing showed a satisfied smile.
She patted his shoulder, then put her hands behind her back and left here happily.
His eyes followed the graceful back of the woman until she disappeared down the stairs, and then Izumi Toru asked: "Do you have any favorite clubs?"
"Psychic and Primate Research Department!"
Glancing at the girl with shining eyes, he asked: "Do you want to be a heroine like Ai-chan?"
"Huh? Huh?! You, what are you talking about? That's not true! That's not what you said at all!" Shiratori Kyoko, whose thoughts were revealed, hesitated and denied.
The girl's blushing face made Toru Izumi curl his lips.
Isn’t it all written on your face?
But this level of shyness is just right.
If one point is too much, one will be timid; if one point is less, one will be angry. The right one will look good.
"Speaking of which, our school does have a club similar to the one in Mr. Aoki's works, or a hobby club..."
"Eh?! Really!"
"But it disbanded last year."
"……oh"
The girl's mood quickly dropped at a speed that was visible to the naked eye.
"Well, the director of that club is a rotten person anyway. It would be better if he didn't exist."
Hearing this, Shiratori Kyoko was a little surprised.
"Um... Izumi-kun, do you hate that director?"
"Hate it?" Izumi thought for a while, as if he was recalling something. After a while, he smiled and shook his head, "I forgot."
"Huh? How come..."
"Sorry," he waved his hand, apologized very perfunctorily, and then easily dismissed the matter, "Are there any other clubs that you are interested in? For example, the Travel Research Club is very good, and there are
..."
"Let me think about it..."
…
Considering that he wanted to participate in club activities, Shiratori Kyoko decided to visit various clubs by herself before making a decision.
Holding in her hand a pile of club recruitment announcements that Izumi Toru had gotten from somewhere, she observed the situation of each club as she walked.
Sports clubs were excluded first because they had to work part-time at night.
Not if you are too tired.
Outdoor photography department? We need to go out frequently to collect photos.
exclude!
Photo department? Well, I don’t have much to wear...
exclude!
Flower pole? Sounds weird.
exclude!
Calligraphy and Tea Ceremony Study Club? Hmm...sounds good.
In this way, we are in the same club as Izumi.
I took a look at the admission requirements: the top three grades in cultural subjects can apply, only second graders are admitted.
Kyoko Shiratori: "..."
Just when she was about to throw away this announcement, she suddenly remembered: a minimum of five people are needed to establish a society.
If the requirement is to be in the top three, then there are only three people in the calligraphy department at most?
Maybe it’s because the top three from the first and third grade are all there, so you want to round up the second grade as well?
So there should be nine people, right?
But no matter how I think about it, it feels weird.
"Want to come in and take a look?"
While I was deep in thought, a voice suddenly sounded in my ears.
Kyoko Shiratori turned her head, and a cute girl with short hair and short hair was looking at her expectantly.
The sign in the classroom above the girls’ heads reads [Painting Department].
"Sorry, I, I can't draw..."
"It's okay, I just came in to take a look. And it doesn't matter if you don't know how to draw. Drawing is very simple! Just pick up the pen and do whatever you want on the drawing board!"
Shiratori Kyoko blinked in confusion, "Yes, is that so?"
"Come in and take a look...please." Ozawa clasped her hands together and begged.
"Well, then I'm sorry to bother you."
There are four people in the painting department classroom.
Except for a suspicious person lying on the sofa and sleeping soundly, the other three people were painting seriously.
The curtains swayed in the wind, and the spring sunshine shone in the quiet classroom.
As the light and shadow filled the air, Kyoko Shiratori looked at the scene in front of her, and something took root in her heart.
At this time, Ozawa, who walked in, suddenly closed the door and locked it.
"Minister, someone has joined the ministry! Get up quickly!"
Kyoko Shiratori: "???"
Didn't you say visiting? When did it become joining the club?
With doubts, Shiratori Kyoko looked at the suspicious man who had woken up.
Eyes look like salted fish...
"I am Kenta Hayama, the director of the painting department. I have approved your application to join the department. If you have any questions, just ask Ozawa."
After saying that, he couldn't help but yawn.
"Well...I, I haven't planned to apply to join the club yet..."
"Hmph! Once you enter the painting department, you can't help it..."
"Okay, stop making trouble." Kenta put his hand on the head of Ozawa, who was pretending to be fierce, and rubbed it.
Ozawa lowered her head and became quiet. "...Oh."
Kenta looked at Shiratori Kyoko again in the morning and asked, "Have you ever been exposed to painting?"
Shiratori Kyoko shook her head.
"No."
"So, are you interested in picking up a paintbrush?"
This time, the girl hesitated.
"Copying, training, composition... In short, there are many things that need to be understood and learned in painting. Seeing that you have many new declarations in your hand, do you want to visit a few more societies before making a decision?"
"Um."
"It doesn't matter if you don't know painting. If you want to join the painting club, Ozawa will be happy to teach you. So, what do you think after seeing our painting club?"
Shiratori Kyoko thought for a while and said something completely inconsistent with the quiet atmosphere of the classroom.
"Like fire."
In the morning, Kenta was stunned for a moment, then smiled.
"If you want to join, just fill in the department application."
"I want to visit other clubs."
"The door to the painting department is always open for you."
"Thanks."
After leaving the painting club, Shiratori Kyoko once again searched for clubs that might be of interest to her.
Although it was good for her not to join the club and go home from school to read novels before going to work, she always felt that something was missing.
After all, in each of Aoki-sensei's works, the heroine joins the club.
However......
She visited many clubs, and although some of them were very interesting and were not compulsory to participate in club activities, Kenta's words kept echoing in her ears.
【Interested in picking up a paintbrush?】
Thinking of the boy's sleeping face in the morning and the [Monster Copy] in his notebook, the girl bit her lip.
What kind of interest is that?
However, the footsteps turned back outside the painting department as if they had an idea of their own.
Ozawa, who had just sent away the school girl who had no intention of joining the club for a visit, saw the disappointed Ozawa again and her eyes lit up when she saw Kyoko Shiratori.
"Want to join the painting club!"
"That, that..."
Do you want to? Or don’t want to?
At this time, an irrelevant question suddenly came to mind.
So, she asked tentatively: "Excuse me, have you heard of the Superpower and Primate Research Department?"
"That club?" Ozawa thought for a while,
"Now it's called the Book and Tea Study Department."