I am a teacher at a girls' school in Tokyo

Hazuki Reiya didn't even listen to what he was going to say next and interrupted him directly: "Very good, you finally admitted it. As a teacher, you are thinking about having physical contact with female students. How disgusting."

"..."

During Hirakawa Tetsufumi's silence, the girl pondered for a moment, then frowned and spoke to him.

"Hey, you haven't decided to use this hand tonight, have you?"

"?!"

"Honestly, just because of perverts like you, I will never touch the hands of men like you. Who knows what you have done with your hands before this."

"..."

"No, it's disgusting just thinking about it."

As she spoke, Ye Yue Li Ya quickly wiped her left arm, which had been touched by Hirakawa Tetsufumi, with her right hand, as if there was something dirty on it.

"..."

"Your hands didn't do that last night, did you? I won't get pregnant if you touch me, right? And what if I get pregnant? I don't want that kind of thing—"

"stop!"

No, the more she talked, the more outrageous it became. Hirakawa Tetsufumi, who had originally planned to ignore her, finally couldn't help it.

He took three deep breaths before speaking to the female student in a tone that was trying to be calm, even though it was impossible.

"First of all, I'm sorry for arresting you in an emergency earlier."

“Secondly, my hands are clean.”

"Finally, you won't get pregnant if you're touched. Please study your physiology lessons well, Ye Yue-san."

Hazuki Reiya stared at him with distrust.

"As far as I know, all men, regardless of whether they have a girlfriend or are married, will do this once they reach a certain age..."

"..."

Hirakawa Tetsufumi glanced at Ye Yue Liya's delicate face and her small and cute lips with lifeless eyes.

In my ears, the soft and sweet Kansai accent was definitely coming from her mouth.

"...Where did you know this kind of thing?"

"Online, of course."

“…The Internet is really harmful to people.”

"Then can you guarantee that you haven't done it?"

"..."

"Hmm? What do you mean by silence? Ugh—that's disgusting."

"..."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa turned his head away and looked ahead.

He really, really shouldn't have paid any attention to this student.

"I'm not going to get pregnant, am I?"

"..."

Chapter 143: Trip to Kyoto (VIII)

As time passed, the answer from Sawara Inmi had long since disappeared into the air, and the sound of continuous practice that had been ringing in my ears had also fallen silent.

Teacher Sawara left after saying something. She had other things to do and the students had already left as they still had classes to attend.

Only Hirakawa Tetsufumi was left standing there, looking thoughtful about something.

Ogasa Suzukiko, who was standing next to him, blinked her eyes and stood quietly beside him.

There was silence in the activity room.

However, outside the activity room, the sound of students reading in unison began to be heard.

"The dragon exhales air to form clouds, but clouds are not more powerful than dragons. However, dragons ride on this air, reaching the vastness of the universe, looking down on the sun and the moon, hiding in the light, feeling earthquakes and lightning, and performing magical transformations. They submerge water and earth, and gurgle valleys. The clouds are also magical..."

"Han Yu's Miscellaneous Essays, a Chinese language course for the first year of high school."

This was the first sentence Hirakawa Tetsufumi said after he came to his senses.

Ogasa Suzuki continued to be in a daze, and didn't realize it until several seconds later.

"Eh?! Mr. Hirakawa, are you awake?"

"..." Hirakawa Tetsufumi was stunned for a moment, "Awake?"

"Um... No, no, that's the wrong word. Um... what word should I use?"

"..."

Looking at Ogasa Suzukiko who was seriously thinking about the words, Hirakawa Tetsufumi couldn't help laughing for a moment.

"Okay, Mr. Ogasa, this is not important."

"Oh——" Ogasa Suzuki nodded blankly, "Then, Mr. Hirakawa, what happened to you just now?"

"Well, I thought of something about our wind band."

"Is it a problem with the wind band?"

"Ah."

"Has Mr. Hirakawa thought clearly about the issue regarding the wind orchestra?" Ogasa Suzuki looked surprised.

"It's too hasty to say that I've thought it through." Hirakawa Tetsufumi shook his head slightly, but there was a faint smile on his face. "But I do have an idea, a very important idea."

After the conversation with Mr. Sawara just now, he did get some inspiration about the wind ensemble.

Although it is not possible to have a sudden enlightenment in just one conversation, Tetsufumi Hirakawa believes that they are not far from solving the problem that has troubled the wind orchestra for a long time.

"really?"

"of course it's true."

"What is that?" Ogasa Suzuki looked up at him curiously, like a child eager for an answer.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi glanced at her, smiled again, and began to explain.

"Although Teacher Sawara just said that this matter is natural...but I have to say that what she said about the self-awareness and belief of the Uyama Wind Ensemble gave me a lot of inspiration."

"Conscious practice is the most basic. Only when you can immerse yourself in music can the instrument become a part of your body and you can play it freely. Do you think Moritani's students have achieved this?"

Even Ogasa Suzukiko could answer this question without much thought, and she shook her head.

"Only some students in the Moritani Wind Ensemble can reach this level, such as the duty village leader, the first class member Mochizuki, and Shinohara..."

Ogasa Suzuki counted on her fingers.

"There were probably only a dozen students, and you could tell they were really enjoying the music."

Hirakawa Tetsufumi nodded in agreement: "Yes, those who can find something they like and keep persisting in it are not the majority, even in Moriya. In other words... Mr. Ogasa thinks that every student of Uyama can do this?"

"This one……"

"To be honest, it's unlikely."

The word "unlikely" is a bit of a euphemism. To put it bluntly, it is impossible.

It's easy to say that you should immerse yourself completely in music and make the instrument a part of your body, but you don't have to think about it to know that this is definitely a difficult thing to do, right?

It is absolutely impossible for every student in the Yushan Wind Orchestra to be like this.

"But even in this impossible situation, the Yushan Wind Ensemble did it and made every student train consciously. This is what makes them so amazing."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa exclaimed.

"very impressive."

"Yes... yes." Ogasa Suzuki agreed naively.

"Then Mr. Ogasa, according to Mr. Sawara, if we ask: why can Uyama do it but Moriya can't, what is Moriya missing, the answer should be obvious, right?"

"Faith?" Ogasa Suzukiko tried to say.

"Yes, belief. Moriya lacks this kind of belief to emphasize and execute day after day. This is part of the reason why Moriya's wind band is not as good as Uyama's wind band."

"Part of the reason?"

"Yes, that's only part of the reason." Hirakawa Tetsufumi nodded and continued, "I think there are other reasons behind the belief, such as where this belief comes from. And in fact, this answer has already vaguely appeared in my mind."

"Eh? Did Mr. Hirakawa Tetsufumi think of it?"

"That's it--" Hirakawa Tetsufumi dragged out the words.

"Is that so?" Ogasa Suzukiko waited for the answer curiously.

"that is--"

"that is?"

"We'll talk about this kind of thing later." Hirakawa Zhewen unexpectedly changed the subject and sold it.

The expectation on Ogasa Suzukiko's face suddenly froze.

“Eh——?” She exclaimed, and a very troubled expression appeared on her face again, “Teacher Hirakawa?”

"Huh? What's wrong, Mr. Ogasa?" Hirakawa Tetsufumi looked confused.

"Don't have the bad habit of keeping people in suspense." Ogasa Suzuki reminded seriously.

"I'm not keeping you in suspense." Hirakawa Tetsufumi stared at Ogasa Suzukiko with a smile and imitated her tone.

"there is,"

“No.”

"Then why do you only speak halfway?" Ogasa Suzuki puffed up her cheeks.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi was still laughing, but his tone was much more serious: "Because this answer is just a guess, and you want to make a conclusion based on a conversation with Mr. Sawara, don't you think it's too hasty, Mr. Ogasa?"

"This……"

"That's it. There's no rush. Did Mr. Sawara say anything before he left?"

"Well...she said...she said..."

Ogasa Suzukiko frowned and tried hard to recall.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi reminded her: "The wind band will have another ensemble in the afternoon. We can come and watch it."

"...Oh, that's it." Ogasa Suzuki finally remembered and said in agreement.

"So, there's no need to jump to conclusions. It won't be too late to watch their ensemble performance later."

"Um……"

"Also, even if we solve the problem of why Moritani couldn't do it, there is still another problem - what should Moritani do next? This problem still needs to be considered."

“That seems to be the case…”

"Right. Anyway, don't jump to conclusions so hastily. There's still time." Hirakawa Tetsufumi ended the discussion on this issue with a smile. "Let's go now and talk about this in the afternoon."

"Okay." Ogasa Suzuki was convinced, "Then Mr. Hirakawa, let's go."

"Ah."

In the quiet activity room, amid the orderly morning reading sounds of students outside the activity room, Tetsufumi Hirakawa and Suzuki Ogasa slowly walked out of the activity room of the Uyama Wind Orchestra and gently closed the door.

"Now, what else can we talk about?"

"What else?"

"For example, Mr. Ogasa seemed a little off this morning."

"Ok?"

"In the morning at the hotel restaurant."

“Hey… this…”

"Didn't Mr. Ogasa sleep well?"