I am a teacher at a girls' school in Tokyo

In the sight, drops of transparent water were thrown out from the edge of the umbrella, spreading out in all directions, drawing a parabola, and falling to the ground.

Amid the sound of dripping rain, Ogasa Suzukiko hummed a beautiful melody under her umbrella.

The sound of rain and melody are intertwined, spreading out from the world under the umbrella.

Entertain yourself.

But not long after -

"Teacher Ogasa."

Suddenly, a young man's greeting sounded in my ears.

"..."

Thus, the humming melody and the rapidly spinning umbrella stopped in an instant, and the water droplets that had originally leaped out along the edge of the umbrella drew an arc for the last time.

Ogasa Suzuki raised her umbrella and followed the raindrops flying in a parabola until they landed at the feet of a man about two meters away.

The water droplets scattered, scattering into smaller droplets.

She looked up.

"Teacher Hirakawa?"

She blinked in surprise.

"Ah."

With a polite smile, Tetsufumi Hirakawa glanced at the umbrella that was no longer moving, took a step closer, and the two-meter distance between them became one meter.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Ogasa."

"...Um, Mr. Hirakawa, good afternoon."

It seemed a bit caught off guard, and after a small surprise, Ogasa Suzukiko asked hello.

Then she asked, "Why did Mr. Pingchuan come to the wind band again today?"

"… Well, as a teacher, I have to come and check on the progress of the wind band's practice from time to time."

"I see. It's rare to see Mr. Hirakawa so serious."

"..."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa opened his mouth and closed it again.

Hmm... I really don't know what to say.

After thinking for a while, he smiled and changed the subject: "Teacher Xiaoli, what song were you humming just now?"

"Is it the song you hummed?" Ogasa Suzukiko mentioned the topic after picking up the golden frame. "It's the 'Dance of the Crescent Moon' composed by Ms. Horikawa. Mr. Hirakawa should know it, right? The free music selected by our wind orchestra last year was this one."

“…Ah, so that’s it.”

Tetsufumi Hirakawa first showed a look of confusion, but then he quickly turned serious and nodded firmly.

"No wonder it looks so familiar."

Although I actually have no idea, it would be too... unprofessional to say it out loud.

He is a professional and dedicated instructor.

Ok.

Also, seeing that Ogasa Suzuki was planning to continue talking about this topic, Hirakawa Tetsufumi quickly interrupted her.

"Um, right. Actually, I came to see Mr. Ogasa because I want to discuss something with him."

"...Hmm?" Ogasa Suzukiko opened her mouth, and the professional knowledge that was about to come out turned into a question, "Teacher Hirakawa, is there something you want to talk to me about?"

"um, yes."

"Then please go ahead."

Ogasa Suzuki took a step closer to Hirakawa Tetsufumi, and the one-meter gap between them was quickly shortened. The umbrella's top and bottom edge also came together.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa took a look at the two umbrellas that collided with each other and raised his own umbrella slightly higher.

"Mr. Ogasa, what do you think of the recent wind band practice?"

"Practice?"

Ogasa Suzuki looked up at Hirakawa Tetsufumi, a look of serious thought appearing on her face.

"Why do you ask that, Mr. Hirakawa? Is there something wrong?"

"Maybe... I just want to inquire about the situation."

"Well... I don't think there's anything special going on."

After thinking for a long time, Ogasa Suzuki shook her head.

"Is this so..."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa did not give up asking questions.

"Well, let's be more specific. Mr. Ogasa, after the band came back from the training camp and extended the practice time to 7pm, do you think the band's practice progress has become faster than before?"

"After returning from the training camp, our practice time has become longer, and the progress of practice is of course faster than before." Ogasa Suzuki said with certainty.

"What about the efficiency of practice? Is it more efficient than before?"

"...I haven't paid much attention to this." After hesitating for a moment, Ogasa Suzukiko shook her head and answered.

"I see." Tetsufumi Hirakawa nodded, understandingly.

Normally speaking, with the sound unified, the practice efficiency of the wind band will definitely be more efficient than before.

If not, something is wrong.

"Have you finished your questions, Mr. Hirakawa?"

"Yeah, okay."

After all, Teacher Ogasa is just a music consultant. It can be seen from the beginning that she is not very familiar with student work.

Therefore, the puzzle set by the willful eldest lady had to be solved by him personally.

Chapter 115 Should we say that this young lady is honest, or that she has a bad personality...

The afternoon wind band practice was the same as yesterday. Tetsufumi Hirakawa sat on the side, observing the students' training and trying to find out possible problems.

During this time, she exchanged glances with Shinohara Shiori several times. The young lady smiled slightly, and her eyes were probably saying, "Teacher Hirakawa, if you are a mentor and you can't even find the problem, it would be a great dereliction of duty."

So, sometimes this young lady's personality is really bad.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa complained silently in his heart.

In short, in this way, with the music constantly echoing and under the supervision of Miss Shinohara, the practice time passed quietly. Finally, at dusk, the sound of the practice music disappeared in the sound of rain.

"Everyone, go home early, see you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow, Mr. Ogasa."

The students packed up their instruments and began to disperse.

Shinohara Shiori also cleaned up her trumpet and put it on the instrument stand. When she walked out of the concert hall, Hirakawa Tetsufumi was standing in the corridor, looking at the night that had completely fallen outside.

On a rainy night, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and the moonless night was extremely dark. Of course, this was only limited to the campus. In some places outside the campus, Tokyo at night was even more noisy.

"Teacher Hirakawa."

Remember URL

Shinohara Shiori withdrew her gaze from the lights in the distance.

"Hmm? Shinohara-san."

Hirakawa Tetsufumi turned around and nodded when he saw Shinohara Shiori.

"Let's go."

"Ah."

As Shinohara Shiori responded, Hirakawa Tetsufumi slowly turned around and walked ahead. He could hear footsteps behind him, and the girl was following him.

Now, Tetsufumi Hirakawa is actually still thinking about the wind orchestra.

I already had a vague feeling yesterday, and today, after observing the wind band practice again, that vague feeling in my heart has become even clearer.

He felt like he had the answer almost immediately.

As he walked, he lowered his head and thought.

Shinohara Shiori, who was standing behind him, watched him thinking without disturbing him and just followed him silently.

The two of them walked forward and backward, all the way into the shoe closet, and then, holding an umbrella, walked into the rain.

"Shinohara-san, I think I should know now."

Amid the sound of rain hitting umbrellas, Tetsufumi Hirakawa broke the silence that had lasted for so long.

"Really?" With the help of the dim light in the distance, Shinohara Shiori looked at the face of Teacher Hirakawa beside her in the night.

"Yes."

He had already thought of some answers to the test that the young lady had put forward on a whim, as to the problems with the wind band.

Of course, in order to avoid the embarrassing situation of saying the answer confidently but guessing wrong, Tetsufumi Hirakawa decided to ask about the situation first and compare it with his guess.

"Before I tell you the answer, I would like to ask Shinohara-san a few questions."

"Okay, but..." Shinohara Shiori thought for a moment: "Teacher Hirakawa only allows you to ask two questions."

"..."

Hirakawa Tetsufumi's train of thought was interrupted by the condition suddenly proposed by the girl. He blinked his puzzled eyes and looked at her in surprise.

Facing his inquiring eyes, Shinohara Shiori smiled and gave the answer: "Teacher Hirakawa, this is more interesting."

"..."

Interesting... ?

Tetsufumi Hirakawa was speechless.

After a moment, he nodded helplessly: "Okay."

As a student he is really willful. Because of his previous negligence, he is now asked to find the problem himself and is also subject to restrictions.

Is it revenge?

After some secret complaints and thoughts, Tetsufumi Hirakawa asked the first question after a helpless smile.

"So, Shinohara-san, first question: Do you think the efficiency of the wind band's training has improved since returning from the training camp?"

“There is naturally improvement.”

Shinohara Shiori gave the answer without much thought.

"Okay." Tetsufumi Hirakawa nodded without much surprise.

After unifying the goals and eliminating the internal differences among students, the efficiency of daily training will definitely improve normally.

Of course, since Tetsufumi Hirakawa is a complete layman, even if he were allowed to audit the class, he could only tell from the atmosphere that there was probably no problem - for example, the relaxed and leisurely environment at the beginning of the school year, which was like an interest class, was completely gone.

As for deeper issues, for example, is the training of students really effective? How efficient is it? Will they not adapt to the current atmosphere and lead to low efficiency?

This kind of question is not something that an outsider like him can figure out by just listening for two days, so he has to ask.

The girl's answer also confirmed some of his inner guesses: the problems with the wind orchestra did not appear in regular training.

The problem lies elsewhere.

More likely -

Somewhere that Mr. Ogasa can't see.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa still remembers the scene when he asked Mr. Ogasa about this at noon.

Although Mr. Ogasa is not very sensitive in this regard, if there is a big problem——Shinohara Shiori had previously sworn to him that "the problem of the wind orchestra is very serious"——

In this case, if the problem occurred in a place where Mr. Ogasa could see it, he should not be unable to find any trace at all... right?

"..."