Kato Yusuke didn't care about the reporter's departure and just tried to drag Sayu back to the class team.
However, the girl was obviously not used to doing such embarrassing things under the gaze of countless eyes, so she did not condone someone's behavior, but lowered her head and returned to the team alone.
Kato Yusuke pretended to be disappointed and sighed, and followed her back.
Not long after, Teacher Shibata came back with the pass.
Several second-grade teachers distributed them evenly according to the number of students in each class and distributed them to the students.
The teams from other schools are in a similar situation.
Everyone hung their passes on their chests and lined up under the teacher's instructions, forming two rows in the order of their student numbers, ready to enter.
As luck would have it, the one next to Kato Yusuke's student ID is Mika, whose sportswear was stolen earlier.
Faced with this situation, he didn't react at all, but Meijia obviously cared about this very much, so she ran to the teacher and asked if she could change the position.
Teacher Shibata didn't say much, and just silently asked her to exchange places with Sayu, and put the two monitors in the last row, which seemed a bit laissez-faire.
Kato Yusuke was so happy that he even made a joke to Sayu next to him.
"Does this mean the two of us are on Shibata's blacklist?"
"Are you scared?"
"Um?"
"I warned you not to contact us."
"You have done this before, but Shibata has probably been unhappy with me since I helped Class 1 win the game."
"?"
"That is to say, it's not you who have caused me trouble, but my influence on you."
"..."
Sayu stared ahead, followed the team forward slowly, and muttered: "You are just changing the concept."
"Maybe, but what I want to say is, except for you, nothing will stop me from getting close to you." Kato Yusuke said, smiling slightly.
…
Under the guidance of the Taiwanese staff, the students entered the studio one after another, preparing to watch the live broadcast of the next program.
The studio was very bright, and the ground was covered with many black cables of varying thicknesses like vines, connected to many devices and instruments whose functions were incomprehensible.
"Okay, so cool!"
"This is... the studio!"
"Can we go on TV?"
"Idiot, how is that possible?"
The students were talking excitedly. Although they did not understand the specific function of those devices, it did not affect their sighs.
——Pap.
The staff clapped their hands to attract the attention of the crowd, and then announced loudly: "Everyone, please be careful not to step on the lines under your feet. The areas of each school have been divided, please teachers to lead students to sit in their own areas.
"
The auditorium is made up of countless folding chairs, facing the studio. The familiar scenery made many people unable to help but speak out again.
"This is the news program my dad often watches...!"
"Really, my family is too!"
"Wow, can you actually see the host live?"
"Hehe, just watching the news makes people feel a bit subtle."
Like an audience waiting for the movie to start, everyone was sitting on folding chairs and chattering away.
Kato Yusuke didn't quite understand the atmosphere in the venue, so he asked around him: "Do people in Asahikawa City like to watch the news?"
"...Although there are some, but most of them are parents." Sayu said this and looked at him sideways, as if she thought he was stupid.
"Then why are they so excited?"
"Did you watch TV when you were a kid?"
"Um."
"Then imagine if one day you go to the show you grew up watching, how will you react?"
Kato Yusuke nodded suddenly and said, "Probably he will be taken away."
"take away?"
"After all, it is a restricted program."
"..."
Sayu stopped talking and just uttered two words coldly, "Bad."
"Huh? I'm referring to horror movies. Why do you show such a disgusted expression?"
"……horror movie?"
"That's right." Kato Yusuke nodded seriously.
Sayu was doubtful and looked forward, ignoring him.
At the same time, some people who looked like staff also came in and walked towards the equipment that had been set up.
Just as they were fiddling with the equipment, changes also occurred at the studio.
I saw two men and women wearing professional suits, holding documents such as manuscripts in their hands, walked onto the studio together, and then sat down behind the table.
When the two sat down, several spotlights set up above also turned on, and the light focused on the table, illuminating the studio.
See this.
There was a commotion in the auditorium, but the teachers immediately lowered their voices due to the warning in their eyes.
Many students were fidgeting on the folding chairs and looked at the host on the stage with excitement. Those lucky ones who caught eye contact with each other would receive a smiling nod, and thus excitedly communicated with their friends around them.
Show off.
Kato Yusuke watched for a while, then put his mouth to the ear of the girl next to him and whispered: "I think I understand why they are so excited."
Sayu raised his hand to cover his ears. In a blink of an eye, he pinched his earlobe with his thumb and index finger as if it was itching, and there was a hint of questioning in his eyes.
Yusuke nodded and continued: "You see, most of the boys in the class are watching the female host, so they are from the senior class."
The girl who thought he was going to say something lowered her eyes, and then as if she thought of something, she asked sideways, "What about you?"
"Me what?"
"You're happy too... No, it's okay." After saying this, Sayu returned to the right angle and turned his face back to the front, his beautiful eyes staring at the performance stage, reflecting the lights in the venue.
Kato Yusuke smiled dumbly, said nothing, and looked forward.
With the countdown from the staff in the venue, the interview program began.
…
Shortly after the program started, a taxi stopped in front of the TV station.
After paying, Yuko Masaka got out of the car and looked in front of the door for a while, then walked into the building.
The empty and bright lobby on the first floor appears in view.
Yuuko looked around, her eyes falling on the reception desk, her eyes hesitant.
At this moment, a curious inquiry rang out from behind her, "Huh? Which school are you from? Why are you still here?"
"——!"
The sudden sound from behind made Yuko startled, and she immediately jumped two steps to the side, then turned around and looked again.
What appeared in front of her was a man in business attire with an HBC employee badge on his chest. He was looking at her strangely.
"Well... I'm a student of Xu Gao. I accidentally forgot to pick up something just now. I'm sorry for being late."
"So that's it. Can you let me see your student ID card?"
"Yes, yes, please take a look." Yuko Masaka lowered her head and said, handing over her student ID card.
The man who took the student ID card checked it and confirmed that there was nothing wrong with it, so he gave it back to her.
"Well, no problem, you come with me."
"OK!"
The man took her to the access gate, swiped his badge on it, and the passage opened with a beep.
"The studio is on the third floor. It should have started now. Please hurry up."
"Yes...thank you!"
Yuko Masaka bowed, then came to the elevator and quickly got on it.
The elevator stopped on the third floor, but Yuzi did not step out of the car. Instead, he pressed "6" on the control panel and waited for the door to close on its own.
After a while.
Ding--
With a crisp beep, the elevator reached the sixth floor smoothly.
Yuko Masaka walked out of the car and came outside.
The first floor here seems to be an office, and the long corridor is empty.
She couldn't help but feel relieved, and then entered the stairwell after observing it for a while, and raised her feet towards the stairs to the upper level.
Her steps were very slow and heavy, and she seemed to have to think for a while each time she went up a level, but her steps never stopped.
Until they reached the last door leading to the top of the building, Yuko Masaka stood there for a while, her thin body seeming to blend into the darkness.
Her body could not stop trembling slightly, and she could only pinch her left arm tightly with her right hand to suppress her inner timidity.
As time went by, Masaka Yuko gradually became calm...or numb.
His gray eyes fell on the door in front of him, then he raised his hand to hold the door handle and pressed down hard.
Squeak——
…
After the talk show ends.
"Please maintain order when leaving the venue. Thank you everyone for your cooperation." The staff on the stage reminded loudly in the studio.
Crowds from various schools began to exit in an orderly manner.
After arriving in the corridor, Kato Yusuke said to Sayu: "I'm going to the bathroom, you go down first."
Sayu nodded to this, said "I understand", and then followed the team of the class downstairs.
Many students are still talking about the program just now and exchanging their thoughts with each other. The topics are all about the excitement of participating in a live broadcast for the first time.
Sayu saw Yuzuki among them, accompanied by Kaga and Ebina.
The three of them were laughing and talking about handsome guys from other schools and sharing their own experiences of being chatted up by someone. There was no sign of being reprimanded on their faces, they were still so arrogant.
This scene made her feel very dazzling, so she slowed down her pace, not wanting to get too close to them.
At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared beside him.
"How did you..." Sayu, who thought it was someone coming back, subconsciously turned his head to look, then closed his mouth the next second, his expression becoming cold.
"Hi, Ogihara-san." Saito greeted with a smile.
Sayu nodded indifferently as a response, and then pulled away to the side.
She thought that the other party would leave in a sensible manner, but what she didn't expect was that after being stunned for a moment, the other party followed her.
Sayu simply stopped and asked, "What can I do for you? Saito-san."
"What's the matter...can't I talk to you even if it's nothing?" Saito said with a wry smile.
"Well, that's it. We're not familiar with each other. It's best not to talk if it's okay."
After hearing her words, the other party suddenly showed an expression of extreme astonishment, then frowned again, pondered for a while and said, "There are actually some misunderstandings between us, and I have always wanted to make it clear to you."
"Sorry, I don't think so, so please don't follow me anymore, Saito-san." Sayu said, and then walked forward quickly.
Saito followed quickly, "Then just answer me one thing, please."
"..."
"School is over on the day after the sports meeting. Why didn't you come?"
"On the day of the golf tournament...?"
"Yes, that's when I asked you to go to the atrium."
Sayu thought for a while, then shook his head, "I'm sorry, I don't remember promising you anything, nor do I remember such a thing."
After finishing speaking, she stopped chattering with Saito, quickened her pace, and nimbly merged into the crowd, using the crowd to block him behind her.
Whether it was the time when I was leading the rhythm in the class, or the time Saito's name appeared in the recording.
Sayu has always distrusted him, and instinctively felt that there was some kind of connection between Saito and Yuzuki, but she had no evidence to prove it for the time being, but this did not prevent him from hating this person.
Just like this, we arrived all the way outside the city, and just when I was about to go back to the bus...
"Hey——! Look there, is there a girl on the top of the building?" A pedestrian on the street suddenly exclaimed loudly.
The crowd that was still moving instinctively stopped, and Sayu subconsciously looked in the direction that the other person was looking up.
The end of his gaze was on the roof of the TV station he had just walked out of. There was a figure wandering on the edge, only half of his body exposed, looking down at the ground.
The strong sunlight makes it difficult to open one's eyes.
Sayu had to raise a hand to cover his forehead, and then carefully identify the situation above.
He has a small head, his hair is tied into two braids on both sides of his shoulders, and he vaguely wears a pair of glasses on his face.
Is it a staff member...?
She couldn't help but think so, but the situation changed the next moment.
The man slowly raised one leg and stepped over the edge of the top floor of the building, then raised the other leg and repeated the steps just now.
In full view of everyone, the man sat unprotected on the edge of the stage, with his legs hanging in the air, swinging back and forth.
"Huh? That seems to be... our school uniform??" Some Xugao students recognized the clothes the man was wearing. After his reminder, others also reacted one after another.
Immediately afterwards, more details began to be revealed.
"Hey - it seems to be a girl!"
"What is she going to do??"
"That girl...is Masaka from Class 3, right—!"
The moment I heard this...
With a sudden explosion, Sayu's head was completely empty, and then he opened his eyes wide in shock and tried hard to see.
Although it still can't be seen clearly, there are indeed shadows of Yuuko's past in the hazy place.
In order to confirm this, she immediately took out her mobile phone and started calling Yuko.
Du——, Du——, Du——.
The phone rang three times before being answered.
"...Sayu-chan."
Masaka Yuko's vague voice came out from the receiver, which was also mixed with a large amount of wind noise.
And at the edge of the roof, the girl sitting there also held a mobile phone and was holding it to her ear to answer the call.
"…………Eh?"
At this moment, Sayu seemed to hear the sound of his own heartbeat.