"One two, one two, one two."
Tokyo, Japan, TBS Akasaka ACT Theater. Dozens of girls on the stage were holding what looked like hula hoops and dancing to the rhythm. There was a middle-aged woman in the audience shouting slogans. There were only people in the first two rows of the audience seats. There was no one behind.
"Actually, I don't really appreciate stage plays." The Great Condor quietly told Hori Mina.
They came today because after today's stage play, a second-generation student will be revealed, two in one day. Today, they were told that the first ones to be revealed were Ito Karin and Sasaki Kotoko. So Karin Ito was motionless on her seat now, and when others spoke to her, they just muttered in a perfunctory manner, feeling very nervous. Not to mention Kotoko Sasaki, the latter even more so.
The others were quite happy because there was someone taking the lead, so they could see the process without going up to catch them blind. And now you can still watch the students' rehearsal program.
"Um, I don't really appreciate it either. It feels so embarrassing." Horimina agreed.
"I'm a little hungry. When will dinner be served..." Terada Ranyo sat on the left side of the big condor. She was thin and sat on a slightly larger red seat, which made her look even more petite. She was also playing with a lock of black hair that was parted from the Great Condor. She was envious of the Great Condor's long hair, but unfortunately she couldn't grow her hair very long because of school.
"It's almost time. It's probably time for them to rest in a while." Sagara Iori looked at the watch on her wrist while looking at the seat over there. The first-year students on the stage had been rehearsing for more than two hours. They also watched for more than two hours in the audience. Although they were allowed to move freely, it would be too rude to ignore the seniors on the stage.
"My butt is sore from sitting down." Terada Ranyo twisted her butt and changed into a comfortable position.
"Shall I rub it for you?" The Great Eagle said, then stretched out his left hand to touch Terada Ranyo's butt.
"No, it's disgusting." Terada Ranshi knocked off the big condor's hand, but did not let go of the big condor's hair.
"Hey, it hurts. I can't move you anymore." The Great Condor rubbed his scalp, which was a little painful.
"I'm sorry..." Terada Ranyo felt that what he did seemed to be a bit too much, and immediately apologized.
The Great Condor ignored her and rubbed it to himself. His long hair hung down so that Terada Ranyo, who was sitting next to him, could not see the Great Condor's face. It seemed that he was really angry. Terada Ranyo stood up and wanted to see Look at the face of the great condor.
"I'm sorry, Eagle, are you okay?" The voice seemed to be a little crying.
Suddenly, the great condor leaned over from the left side of its body, stretched out its hand and patted it.
"Snapped."
The slender white palm of the Great Condor landed firmly on Terada Ranyo's butt, making a muffled sound.
Terada Ranshi's face turned red quickly, and then she realized that she had been tricked.
"Hahaha, it's even." The great condor pushed back his hair, revealing his delicate face with a wild smile. "Oh, Mai Mai's is more flexible."
Terada Ranyo sat back in his seat, and like the great condor just now, his little face shrugged and his mouth pouted, looking angry.
"...Lan Lan." The Great Condor realized that something was not going well and put his head into Terada Lanshi's field of vision. "Lanlan?"
Terada Ranyo did not react at all.
"Hey, Lanlan..." The Great Condor got down from his seat, squatted in front of Terada Ranshi, and held Terada Ranshi's hand.
Terada Ranyo stood up without warning, bent down and quickly touched the big condor's butt.
"It's even!" Terada Lanshi looked at the big condor with a smile.
"Hey, I said..." The Great Condor knew that she had been tricked.
Just when the Great Condor wanted to take revenge and return, the sound on the stage suddenly stopped. All the first-year students put down what they were doing and walked off the stage sparsely. It was time to rest.
"Let's go and have something to eat." The eldest member of the group, Shinuchi Mai, stood up and stretched his old arms and legs, preparing to eat.
Under the leadership of Shinuchi Mai, they also got up and followed.
"Hey, Hinako, don't sleep." The Great Condor woke up Kitano Hinako, who was sleeping nearby.
Unlike the first-term students, the Great Condor and the others entered the lounge first, but they were not in the same place as the first-term students' lounge.
"Go get something to eat?" Shinnai Makoto, who had been hungry, asked in the lounge.
"I'll go too." The big condor was also a little hungry.
"Add me one." Suzuki Ayane also raised her hand and said, "Do you want something to eat?" She also didn't forget to ask Sasaki Kotoko, whom she has a good relationship with.
"Just like you."
The three of them walked out of the lounge and walked around for more than ten minutes. The complex backstage of the theater was like a small maze. After walking for a long time, they found the consolation items, which were free food and drinks. They were just placed in the freshman lounge. door.
"Um, is this for the first-year students?" Suzuki Ayone asked uncertainly.
"Probably...right." The Great Condor looked at the words 'Lounge 1' written on the door plate.
"Why don't you ask STAFF what we should have for lunch? Gu..." As soon as Shinuchi Ma Yi finished speaking, her stomach growled, and her old face turned red.
"What's wrong? You guys?"
Just when the three of them were at a loss as to where to find food, a relatively neutral voice came from behind. The three of them turned around and saw that it was a girl with double ponytails.
"Ruoyue-san." "Senior Ruoyue."
"Hello, what's wrong? Stand here." Wakazuki Yumi still had her character name tag hanging on her body, obviously she had just come off the stage.
"We were wondering where we could find something to eat and drink..." Suzuki Ayone said shyly.
"Isn't that the front? Let's go together, I'm a little thirsty too."
"Can we take it?" The Great Condor asked the question that the three people were worried about.
Wakazuki Yumi looked at them with a strange look.
"We are all Nogizaka members, it doesn't matter, just take it, it's nothing." Wakazuki Yumi burst out laughing. "There will be a tour in the future, and we will all have to eat together."
"Thanks."
After a few people grabbed some food and some drinks for everyone, they thanked Ruoyue again and returned to their lounge. The whole process was very fast.
'Am I terrible? ' Wakazuki Yumi couldn't help but ask herself as she looked at the second-year students who seemed to be running away.
"What are you thinking about?"
At this time, captain Sakurai Reika also came down from the front desk, grabbed a piece of bread, saw Yumi Wakatsuki looking in the direction where the second-generation student left, and patted her from behind.
"No, I was just thinking, we can be considered seniors."
In the afternoon, the first-year students on the stage were having their final rehearsal, but the Great Condor and the others seemed bored. While watching and chatting, they felt that they had talked about more topics that day than before.
Finally in the evening, the performance method of this stage play performance is different from that of ordinary stage plays. The performance consists of two parts, Act 1 and Act 2. The first act is for all members to promote themselves, and then the audience will perform according to the performance of the members. Instant voting for members to appear in Act 2. The content of the second act is the musical "Aris in Nogizaka", and the role allocation is determined based on the voting order of the first act.
But this had nothing to do with them being second-generation students. After the audience took their seats, they were rushed backstage. Through the curtain, they could slightly see the fans in the audience.
The self-promotion of the first act lasted about sixty minutes from start to finish. The selected members were naturally happy, but the unsuccessful members couldn't help but feel disappointed. Some even started crying, but the others had no time to care. After changing their clothes, Get on stage and start performing. The performance lasted for more than forty minutes and finally came to an end.
The first-year students said some words of thanks on the stage. After handling the stage, team leader Sakurai Reika picked up the microphone.
"Well, thank you for coming all the way to watch our stage performance, but today, we have some grand news!" Sakurai Reika said this and paused.
Some fans in the audience whispered.
"I would like to introduce the second generation of Nogizaka46, the new members!"
"Oh!~" When the people in the audience heard the news, they immediately became excited. There was news before that the recruitment of second-term students had been completed, and it should be disclosed soon, but they did not expect it to be disclosed in the theater.
"Well, in order to maintain a sense of mystery, I will introduce two people a day."
"Eh..." There were some sighs below.
"Without further delay, please bring out our second-generation students today, Karin Ito and Kotoko Sasaki!"
"Oh!~"
Amid the roaring applause from the audience, two people walked from behind the scenes to the front of the stage. Unlike Sakurai Reika and the others, they were both wearing private clothes and each held a microphone.
"Hello everyone, I am Nogizaka46's second-term graduate student, Karin Ito. Please give me your advice."
"Hello everyone, I am Nogizaka46's second-term graduate student, Kotoko Sasaki. Please give me your advice."
Then, the two further briefly introduced themselves. Even after the disclosure was completed, the entire performance lasted from May 3 to May 12, one performance per day, and two people were disclosed every day, but neither was introduced in detail. It's just a rough reveal, after all, it has been recorded on the show before.
The Great Condor was scheduled for May 6th. If there was anything different, maybe it was that the cheers below seemed louder when she came out.
And the deadline set with Konno Yoshio is getting closer and closer.
