I am a teacher at a girls' school in Tokyo

"should not."

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Ogasa Saiko followed Hirakawa Tetsufumi's gaze and looked in a certain direction.

"Teacher Hirakawa, what's wrong?"

"Ah, nothing."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa turned back.

"I guess I'm a little too tired. I'm going to have a good rest when I come back this Saturday."

"..."

"By the way, what did Mr. Ogasa want to tell me? Should we talk here or in another store?"

"I'll say this right here. I want to talk briefly with Mr. Hirakawa about visiting Uyama High School, but—"

Ogasa Sakiko hesitated for a moment, found a pretty good entry point, and asked.

"Is Mr. Hirakawa tired?"

"If it's just for a while, it won't be a problem. Don't worry, Mr. Ogasa."

"Nah."

Ogasa Sakiko shook her head.

"I want to ask, if Mr. Hirakawa is so busy with work and so tired, why did he agree to go with me to Usan High School?"

"Ah...this."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa thought about it and said it as a matter of course.

"Mr. Ogasa himself said that he is not good at solving the current problems of the wind orchestra. As the instructor of the wind orchestra, I must go out of my duty."

"Is it just because of this?"

"of course."

"But." Ogasa Sakiko tilted her head and put on an innocent look, "Teacher Hirakawa usually doesn't care about the wind orchestra, why does he care about it at this time?"

To be honest, Ogasa Saiko's impression of Hirakawa Tetsufumi... can be said to be quite bad.

Because in the perspective she constructed from her sister's description, Tetsufumi Hirakawa is a teacher who often fails in her duties, throws all the work to her sister, and constantly finds fault with her sister (for example, she said before that her sister's teaching method is not right).

Just think about it, as a younger sister who loves her sister very much, how could she possibly have such a good impression of him?

So, when it comes to the business trip together, my elder sister is a simpleton and won't say anything, but as the younger sister, I must find out whether it is the teacher's duty or some other reason.

Faced with the somewhat tricky questions from "Ogasa Suzukiko", even Hirakawa Tetsufumi fell silent for a moment.

After a long time, he turned his head and looked away.

"Actually, I usually care about the wind orchestra as well."

"Huh?" Ogasa Sakiko was puzzled.

"Very concerned."

To emphasize, Tetsufumi Hirakawa repeated it again.

"I have actually been paying close attention to every move in the wind band. So, whenever there is a problem in the wind band, I can find out about it immediately, right, Mr. Ogasa?"

"Eh...?" Ogasa Sakiko was confused.

"As for not joining the wind band, it's just because I always know that professional matters should be left to professionals."

"I believe that Mr. Ogasa is a professional music consultant and does not need an outsider like me to give him instructions."

"This also represents my trust in Mr. Ogasa."

Hmm... this sentence about trust sounds so familiar... I think I’ve said it twice before... Never mind, it’s not important.

After a brief pause, Tetsufumi Hirakawa continued speaking.

"Practice matters are entirely left to Mr. Ogasa, and Mr. Ogasa can also leave student affairs to me without any worries."

“We have reached a certain unity by complementing each other and working together for the wind ensemble, and that’s our job.”

"This visit involves student work, so I naturally have no choice but to go. No matter how tired I am, I have to go."

These words by Tetsufumi Hirakawa are powerful and resounding.

Of course, if the audience is someone familiar with him, such as Hisada Masaki or Shinohara Shiori, they will definitely be able to see through his rhetoric - after all, he is just cunningly avoiding the issue of laziness and covering it up with other things.

Especially Hisada Masu, just by looking at his actions or listening to his tone, you can guess whether he is serious or talking nonsense.

But Ogasa Sakiko is not any of them.

And it can be said that I am not familiar with him at all.

"..."

So facing the dazed "Ogasa Suzukiko", Hirakawa Tetsufumi looked at her again and said seriously: "Anyway, that's it. Do you have any questions, Mr. Ogasa?"

"..."

After a long time, Ogasa Sakiko said blankly: "No more..."

"Okay, goodbye, Mr. Ogasa."

"...Goodbye, Mr. Hirakawa."

Chapter 136: Trip to Kyoto (I)

"That's it."

After returning home, Ogasa Saiko told Ogasa Suzukiko what happened that evening.

"Complete the work in a complementary way?" Ogasa Suzuki was very interested in what Hirakawa Tetsufumi said. "Come to think of it, it seems to be true. Just like this time, I felt that if I went alone, I might not be able to solve the problem. So, the first thing I thought of was to ask Mr. Hirakawa to go with me."

Ogasa Sakiko stared at her sister: "Sister, even if this is the case, what Mr. Hirakawa said is very reasonable and there is nothing wrong with it, but sister still can't take it lightly."

"Take it lightly?" Ogasa Suzuki didn't quite understand why he said that.

"That is to say, we still need to continue to be on guard against Mr. Hirakawa."

"Eh...why are you on guard?"

"Because my sister is so easily deceived."

"I don't have any."

"Yes."

"Absolutely not."

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"That's right." Ogasa Sakiko said with certainty, "So, I still want to go with my sister."

"…I'm glad that Saeko is going with me, but I won't be fooled."

Ogasa Sakiko ignored the second half of her sister's sentence and said to herself: "Anyway, it is my responsibility as a younger sister to take care of my sister. I will not let my sister be deceived easily."

"Why does Sakiko care so much about this matter..." Even Ogasa Suzukiko seemed a little troubled.

Sakiko seemed to care too much about this kind of thing, to the point of losing her mind.

Obviously, in Ogasa Suzuki's opinion, it was just a normal business trip.

However, Sakiko was worried about what Mr. Hirakawa might think.

Ogasa Sakiko leaned forward and said, "Because my sister is mine. I would be very sad if someone took my sister away from me."

"..." Ogasa Suzukiko blinked, "I am not your property."

"No, sister is mine."

"But, you'll have to get married one day, right? Sakiko wants to get married too." Ogasa Suzukiko still has very traditional ideas in this regard.

"..."

"Right?" She looked at Ogasa Sakiko's expression.

At this moment, Ogasa Saiko was thinking about the scene of her sister being kidnapped.

After a moment, she frowned and shook her head: "No."

"..." Ogasa Suzuki didn't know what to say, so she reached out and tidied up Sakiko's hair, "Okay, okay, your hair is all messed up."

Ogasa Sakiko is now childish again: "Sister is mine."

"Yes, yes, yes." Ogasa Suzuki sighed.

"I will go with my sister this time too."

"Ok."

"I will protect my sister in secret."

"In secret?"

"Because the game of pretending to be the older sister is not over yet. Once it is exposed, I can no longer pretend."

"it is good."

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At night, at Shinohara's house.

Shinohara Shiori, who was reading in her room, received two lines.

It was sent to her by Hitomi Takao, and the content was a photo and a sentence.

In the photo, there are two figures that are slightly blurry due to the distance, but they can still be distinguished. One of them is Tetsufumi Hirakawa and the other is Suzuki Ogasa.

As for the content of the words, it is:

【6月3日晚19：32，平川老师与小笠老师于电车站出口遇见，交谈5分钟后离去。】

"..."

Shinohara Shiori stared at the photo intently.

If it were just this, it wouldn't mean anything, but... she still remembered what Takao Hitomi had said to her.

She said that during the training camp, she saw with her own eyes that Mr. Ogasa entered Mr. Hirakawa's room, closed the door, and did not come out until ten minutes later.

Taking all these factors into consideration, Shinohara Shiori felt that something was wrong with this photo.

Meet at the train exit? Chat? What? About work?

Right?

Mr. Hirakawa had already gone to the wind orchestra in the afternoon. Why didn’t we have so much time to chat? Why did we have to talk in private after school?

So it must be something else personal.

Thinking of this, Shinohara Shiori's face turned cold.

She knew very well that some things could not be rushed and that perhaps a turnaround would only be seen after graduation.

But, but...

She was a little confused again now.

I made up my mind not long ago. Since I can't ignore it, I should face my heart and don't escape.

Even if you cannot express your feelings for the time being, please keep them in your heart until the day you can express them.

But what if, what if it's too late by then?

Shinohara Shiori thought about this question, and finally, when she came to her senses, the phone screen had somehow turned to the chat interface of Amemiya Yo.

"..."

After a long silence, she sent a message.

Shinohara Shiori: [Amamiya-san, I have something to ask you...]

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