"Phew, the collection is almost finished!"
In the backstage corridor of "NOGIBINGO! 2", the Great Condor stretched as if relieved, with his hands behind his back, walking like an old man. Now she is no longer the submissive girl she was a year ago. After a year of getting along, she has already become close to the first-term students.
At least it's not as strange as it was at first.
"Yes, I can finally rest for a while." Akimoto Manatsu said next to her.
The two of them were kept in the recording studio because of some things. The director told them some things about the two of them in terms of lens editing, but after he said it, it had nothing to do with the two of them. It was equivalent to informing her. It was just a moment, and the Great Condor didn’t know what the director’s intention was.
"I'm sorry, you two. We haven't tidied up the lounge yet, so you should rest in this room for a while. We will call you when the lounge is vacated."
In the corridor, a STAFF led the two people to a small lounge.
"Ah, hi, thanks."
Although the Great Condor had doubts, he didn't think much about it.
The two people walked into the lounge one after another. The lounge was not big, with a small table, a few chairs, and a dressing table with a light on next to it.
"Senior Akimoto, when will the next time we shake hands be?"
"Hey... let me think about it..." Akimoto Manatsu looked at the ceiling and pondered for a while, "Is it No. 5? What's wrong?"
"Oh, nothing, I just forgot, I have to add it to the memo..."
The Great Condor opened the phone, pressed the button, and added the '4.5 National Handshake Meeting' to the memo. There are a lot of things in her memo, and her memory is not very good. Sometimes she just thinks about what she wants to do one second, and then forgets it the next second.
"Speaking of which," Akimoto Manatsu suddenly changed the topic, "Shitara-san and Himura-san, when I first returned, they were worried about me because I was in a daze alone."
The Great God Eagle nodded to show that he knew about this. When Akimoto Manatsu returned, it was because of the suddenness that he squeezed Nishino Nanase, who was supposed to be the God of Fortune, into the back row, so there was a gap between the two until the second anniversary concert not long ago. The two finally settled their differences.
"Tell me, 'Let's go to dinner together and listen to your complaints.' Then the four of us, Bananaman-san, my manager and I, went to dinner, and we talked a lot during the meal." Akimoto Manatsu said Elbow said, "I heard when I was having dinner recently that the program will change starting from April, right?"
"Uh-huh."
"Shitara-san should be gone by then."
"Eh?" The Great Condor's eyes widened. She didn't quite believe that the Banana Man, who had been partners for many years, would separate. "Why?"
"It seems that there was a little disagreement with Himura, probably about activities."
"oh..."
The great condor nodded.
"Shitara-san likes "Where's Nogizaka" very much, and Himura-san also likes it very much, and they won't give in to each other. But Shitara-san is an adult after all, and it seems that he quit on his own initiative and gave it to Himura-san."
"Um..."
"Do you feel a little uneasy?" Akimoto Manatsu smiled.
"A little bit," said the Great Condor. "But if that's the case, then both of them are too naive."
Da Shenying really can't imagine that two middle-aged people would part ways because of such a trivial matter. After all, they have been partners for decades.
Akimoto Manatsu paused for a moment, then continued,
"To be honest, Shitara-san is in charge, right?"
"Um...?"
The big condor poked its mouth with its right hand and tilted its little head to think.
"It's true that Shitara-san is the host most of the time, but we can't just look at the surface. On the other hand, Himura-san's support also plays a big role, doesn't it? It's just that the division of labor between the two is different, I'm sure It’s not that one of them is much more useful than the other, otherwise they wouldn’t have formed this combination in the first place and lasted for such a long time.” The more the Great Condor talked, the more he felt that what Akimoto Manatsu said was not true. "Peace of mind."
"Yeah..." Akimoto Manatsu put his hands on his neck, his voice carrying a hint of disbelief.
"They are not children. The friendship between the two for so many years cannot be measured by money. Let's think about how we can avoid Okada-san's harassment during the collection..."
When the Great Condor said this, his expression was a little ugly. She knew that this was just the character of the wretched Okada, but when it was used on her, it really... made her sick.
"You two, the lounge is freed up."
Not long after, the STAFF who was in the corridor just now called the two of them out again and took them to the previous lounge. Other members also came back one after another.
The Great Condor took the lead in grabbing the seat on the sofa, and the person competing with her was Saito Asuka.
"Hey, it's mine!" The Great Condor looked proudly at Saito Asuka who was kneeling on the ground without grabbing the sofa.
"Get your legs off! Give me some space."
Today's Saito Asuka is a little different. He wears a pair of black-rimmed glasses, which makes him look even cuter.
"Here, give it." The Great Condor originally didn't want to occupy the entire sofa by himself, so he moved his legs to make room for Saito Asuka.
Then, she took out the book Nana Hashimoto gave her and continued reading where she left her last bookmark. She originally thought that the literary works would be boring. After all, they were books about some big principles. She didn't think they would be very interesting, but she opened the book with the thought of "It's from Nanamin, so I have to read it." of the first page.
Then I couldn't stop.
"This book of yours? Is it Nanamin's?"
Saito Asuka, who was sitting next to him playing with his mobile phone, saw the book in the hand of the great condor and looked familiar, so he asked tentatively.
"Well, Nanamin gave it to me."
"Hey~" Saito Asuka's eyes returned to the phone screen, but he still cared about the book in his peripheral vision. "Nanamin never lent it to me before."
"Well, maybe I think you can't understand?"
"I'm almost 16 years old!" Saito Asuka said with a frown.
"A 15-year-old child is not suitable for reading this kind of book. You should just watch cartoons." The Great Condor waved his hand and said.
"You're younger than me!"
"That's true, but is there any direct connection between this and my ability to understand?" The big condor revealed one eye behind the book that covered his entire face, glanced at Saito Asuka, and then retracted.
"you!"
Saito Asuka wanted to refute, but upon closer inspection, there seemed to be nothing wrong.
"Oh yes, Asuka."
The Great Eagle suddenly remembered that Shinnai Mai was moving out recently and she had to find a place to live. It would be best if there was someone to share the house with and take care of each other.
"What's wrong?"
Saito Asuka, who had been scolded a bit miserably just now, responded reluctantly.
"Are you moving out soon?"
"Move out? Alone?" Saito Asuka's eyes lit up.
"Well, if possible, we can share a room."
"Eh~" Saito Asuka sighed, but quickly replied.
"No, my mother said that she won't let me live alone until I'm 18 at the earliest." Saito Asuka's eyes dimmed instantly.
As a rebellious girl who is almost 16 years old, she is still eager to prove herself and prove that she can live well even if she is alone. This idea is very common at her age.
"Oh, okay. I'll ask someone else."
"By the way, I remember that when we chatted last time, Sasaki-san seemed to say that he was looking for a house to rent?" Saito Asuka recalled with squinting eyes.
"Kotoko?"
"Hi."
"Then I'll ask her later."
