One of the iconic buildings of the University of Tokyo, Akamon, was originally the gate of the Kaga Domain's Imperial Guard. According to ancient customs, once the Goshuden Gate is damaged by a disaster, it cannot be rebuilt. The Akamon Gate at the University of Tokyo is the only Goshuden Gate that has survived. It has a history of more than a hundred years, which is extremely rare.
Therefore, Akamon gradually became the synonym for Dongda.
Amamiya Shiori and Shiraishi Mai held hands and walked on the street in front of Akamon.
Most of the pedestrians coming and going are students coming to take exams. Some of them were accompanied by their parents, some were accompanied by four or five teachers, and some were alone.
Many of them have been studying day and night since entering middle school to get into Tokyo University. Today is the time to test the results.
Walking into the vermilion gate, along the avenue lined with ginkgo trees, we walked towards the science and other examination centers.
Mai Shiraishi looked around curiously.
As an out-and-out academic scumbag, she thought she would never have a chance to go to university in her life. She never expected that one day she would be associated with Japan's highest university, even though she was just a test taker.
"Let's stop here." The two of them stopped before the examination center. From then on, only candidates could enter.
"Well, you must work hard! Xiaozhi." Mai Shiraishi gave Amamiya Shizaki a big hug.
"Mai, please be safe on the road. I won't go back at noon today." Amamiya Sori arranged Shiraishi Mai's scarf.
"Then I won't go back. I'll wait for you outside. I have nothing to do on the weekend anyway, and the handshake meeting won't start until next week. Let's go find a nearby store at noon. I'll treat you."
"Waiting outside the examination room is boring."
"That's boring. I can wander around the campus anyway." Shiraishi Mai didn't care.
Amamiya Soi inexplicably remembered the day when she took the college entrance examination, and the blurred faces of her parents in her previous life appeared in front of her eyes.
In the hot early June, even if the earth is scorched by the sun, you still have to stay outside the examination room, waiting for the end of the examination to ensure that the children can quickly find their parents after leaving the examination room. Handing you water to quench your thirst, wiping the sweat from your forehead, and your meticulous care are already long ago memories.
It has been almost 18 years since she came to this world, and she is like a kite with its string broken, swaying lonely in the wind. Only a piece of thread wrapped around her body can prove that she was once bound by family ties.
Now, it was also the exam to enter the university, but her parents and family members no longer worried about her and greeted her outside the examination room.
Amamiya Souri hugged Shiraishi Mai once again, and the soft body and elegant fragrance relieved a little of the emptiness in her heart.
"What's wrong, Xiaozhi?" Amamiya Shiraishi's sudden depression made Shiraishi Mai frown. Is it because of my aunt? She couldn't help but wonder in her heart, Xiaozhi said on the surface that she didn't care, but in fact, how could there be someone who didn't care at all?
He stroked her back gently, using the nursery skills he had learned for a while.
"It's okay!" Amamiya Shiori rested his head on Shiraishi Mai's shoulder, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath. After relaxing for a long time, she smiled and whispered softly, "Ma Yi, if you want to wait for me, we can meet at the cafe opposite Akamon at noon."
"Okay." Mai Shiraishi
"Then I... will go in." Amamiya Shiori loosened his hold on Shiraishi Mai's arm and said reluctantly.
The two girls with outstanding looks hugged and whispered in front of the examination room, which had attracted the attention of many candidates.
"Yeah! Come on." Mai Shiraishi clenched her fists to encourage Amamiya Shiori.
"Don't worry, I will definitely pass." Amamiya Shiori entered the examination room without looking back.
In the science examination room, there are fifty long tables in each classroom, one table for each candidate.
No last-minute cramming is allowed before the exam. Candidates can only wait silently in their seats for the examiner to hand out the test papers, and for the examiner to announce that the exam has officially started.
The test in the morning was Chinese, focusing on Japanese history books and classical Chinese texts from ancient literary works.
The afternoon test was mathematics, consisting of six answer questions.
The first question is a slightly more complicated definite integral, and the second question is a high school level geometry question. The third course is analytical geometry with a relatively large amount of calculation. The fourth question is a relatively simple number theory question in high school competitions. The fifth question is a question on the combination of sequence, inequalities and limits, which is very similar to the final question of the college entrance examination mathematics. The last question is about complex numbers and inequalities.
150 minutes, six big questions, time passed quickly without realizing it.
Amamiya Sugaru solved all the questions that he was sure of, leaving only one or two small questions and decided to give up thinking about the answers. The time saved was used to check for errors.
After passing the difficulty of mathematics on the first day, science became much easier on the second day. The final foreign language test, taking the Chinese test, was even more relaxing and comfortable for her. Many homophones and allusions that seemed unbelievable to Japanese candidates were a piece of cake for her.
"Woohoo~" Amamiya Shiori, who was walking out of the examination room, saw the pretty figure in the crowd and quickly walked forward and took Mai Shiraishi's arm. "The exam is finally over~"
"How is it?" Mai Shiraishi asked tirelessly many times in the past two days.
"It's not bad." Just like in the previous life, Amamiya Shiori's answer only contained the words "okay" and "not bad", which meant the same thing as "the exam was good." As long as you don't fail the test, it's all "ok" and "okay".
"Every door is fine, does that mean it's stable?" Mai Shiraishi opened her eyes wide and looked at Amamiya Sori, trying to get a positive response from her.
"Absolutely." Amamiya Shiori said vaguely.
It's not out of modesty, but out of habit that I can't say too much.
After the college entrance examination, candidates will usher in their first summer vacation without homework and completely at their own disposal. After the Tokyo University entrance exam, Amamiya Sori also wanted to take a vacation for herself.
For her, getting admitted to Dongda University is the first small goal in her life. Although it is still far from the small goal of a real estate tycoon - earning 100 million, it is still a staged plan.
Unfortunately, the week after the exam is also the week when work begins one after another.
The first-week sales of "Curtain Around" were 142,000, second only to Johnny's boy band Hey! Say! JUMP's new single released on the same day. It ranked second on the Oricon weekly chart, and was also the first female artist in the history of the Oricon chart. The third best-selling debut single.
Sony's brand influence, Akimoto Yasushi's appeal, and the popularity of AKB's official rivals all combined to produce such an excellent debut result.
Although it is still far away from AKB's million sales, it is enough for the girls to celebrate.
