Nogizaka's Synchronized Coincidence

Chapter 53
The mini-personal handshake meeting held in Sapporo, Hokkaido on July 7, was the same as the usual ones. Six people participated, including Ikoma Rina, Shiraishi Mai, Kurokawa Aoi, Takayama Kazumi, Hashimoto Nanami and Matsumura Sayuri. member.

If Kurokawa Aoi were to rank the hardships of various jobs, the personal handshake would be the most well-deserved number one.

Like today, I started to shake hands with the first fan who came at 10:8 in the morning, and didn't send the last one away until [-]:[-] in the evening. The whole day was divided into five parts, each part was an hour and a half.

Except for an hour for lunch in the middle, there is half an hour between each session for them to drink water and use the bathroom. Of course, the more important thing is to let their bodies rest. They laugh so hard that the muscles on their faces are almost petrified.

Of course, this work is a bit hard, but compared to what they have gained, this little bit of fatigue has become insignificant, at least Kurokawa Aoi thinks so.

Every word of encouragement from fans and the love they expressed for her seemed to transmit a little bit of energy to her heart, enabling her to give back her strength to them with smiles and words, forming a positive attitude. Virtuous circle.

Kurokawa Aoi's fans are both male and female, covering all age groups, but according to her own rough estimate, female fans account for more than half, and the majority are those in their teens to under [-].

In the lounge, Yikuma and Sha Yuli, who had just finished their lunch, were discussing the latest anime series in full swing. Maiyang and Xiaoshi seemed to be talking about cross talk, talking and laughing endlessly.

"This cup of honey citron tea is for you"

Kurokawa Aoi came to Nanami Hashimoto with two cups, and handed one of them to her.

"Thank you, um, it's delicious!"

After taking a sip, Nanamin closed her eyes and savored contentedly.

"By the way, you stood for quite a while just now, how is your waist? How about I give you some time to press?"

Not to mention it's okay, once the sunflower sauce was lifted, I immediately felt my waist sore and my legs weak, so I was disrespectful.

Nana Hashimoto was lying on the sofa in the lounge with her back turned upside down, the hem of her blouse was rolled up, and Aoi Kurokawa was sitting on her lap, stretching out her hands to press Nanamin's lower back bit, massage it up one by one.

The warm hand touched the slightly cold skin, causing Nanami Hashimoto's body temperature to rise slowly, and she was attached to that familiar comfortable feeling.

"Aren't Nanamin's family coming today?"

"I told them not to come. My mother has to go to work, and my younger brother is also working during the summer vacation. It costs money and time to go back and forth, so I told them not to come."

She won't believe it if she doesn't miss herself, but Hashimoto Nana doesn't want her family to suffer for seeing her, so it's better to wait for the next opportunity.

"Speaking of which, apart from work, I haven't traveled to Hokkaido yet. How about I come to your house to disturb you for a few days next time when Nanamin comes home, and take a tour, is that okay?"

Kurokawa Aoi remembered that apart from work, she really hadn't left her footprints in this northern land. Maybe it was subconsciously because she was afraid of the cold?

"Of course it won't bother me. I'm welcome to come whenever Aoi-chan wants! But Asahikawa is a small place, and there aren't any particularly good attractions. Why don't we go to a hot spring hotel? Noboribetsu Onsen in Hokkaido is famous. What about the whole country?"

When Nanamin heard that Aoi wanted to travel to Hokkaido, she suggested excitedly.

"I've also heard that Hokkaido's hot springs are very famous. As long as I don't expose myself to the cold air, Nanamin will arrange the itinerary."

Hashimoto Nanami, who couldn't help nodding, was already caught in the imagination of a two-person world where Aoi and herself were alone.

"Nanamin? Nanamin~ are you okay?"

Seeing Nana Min, who seemed to have turned into a puppet, and didn't answer her, Kurokawa Aoi leaned forward to stick to her, and called out and waved her hand in front of her.

"Ah? What's the matter?"

It made the heart beat faster, and the fantasy full of pink bubbles was interrupted. Hashimoto Nanami, who came back to her senses, said in a daze, why did Aoi sauce suddenly press down on her?There are others here.

"What's wrong with you? I was in a daze when I was talking to you, and I didn't respond when I was talking to you. Are you okay?"

"No! There's nothing wrong, I just lost my mind just now, don't say I'm much better, you should try to get more time to rest yourself."

This incident was lightly brought up by Nanamin, but she kept the matter of traveling with Aoi firmly in her heart.

When the time went from the end of July to the beginning of August, as expected, their itinerary was like taking a Shinkansen express train and moving forward at full speed.

The work of publicity seems overwhelming, because there are only more than 20 days left after the release date of their three singles.

It was the members of Under who started the first shot. Starting from July 7th, for two consecutive weeks, they will conduct public recordings for half an hour every day at the observatory of the Tokyo Tower. The program will be broadcast live online.

On August 8nd, Yikuma, Lingxiang, Aoi, Maiyang, Sayori, Nanamin and Nachan attended an event held by Fuji TV in Odaiba. Representatives of the national women's football team also attended the event them.The reason for their attendance is that the song "Why Do People Run?" by the third single has been confirmed and will become the theme song of the 2 FIFA U-2012 Women's World Cup. As the host country, of course they must fully support their own people.

On August 8, they were still in Tokyo yesterday, and they were already on the road before dawn this morning. According to the teams assigned by the operation, they went to the destinations they selected by throwing darts, and rode bicycles on the ground. publicity.

Located in Kawashima Town, Yoshinogawa City, Tokushima Prefecture, Shikoku, they took a plane from Tokyo to Takamatsu Airport in Tokushima Prefecture, and then transferred to a car. After an hour, they finally arrived at their destination.

"For a while, please pretend to be ignorant, take off the blindfold and express surprise at the scene in front of you, okay?"

The director in charge of filming made demands on them.

Under the clear blue sky and white clouds, the place is surrounded by the beauty of nature, and the surrounding scene is like a paradise, so that the few people who have lived in a densely populated city for a long time, like a steel city, have liberated their bodies and minds.

"Yes, I understand!" ×5
Aoi Kurokawa, Erika Ikuta, Marika Ito and Kazumi Takayama started their bicycle promotion tour under the leadership of team leader Mai Shiraishi.

The promotional souvenirs distributed this time are stickers with the names of the theme songs of the three singles, but there is an urgent problem that needs to be solved before them, that is
Under the direction of the director, the cameraman opened the lens and started shooting.

"There are barren mountains and wild mountains here, and there is not even a single person!"

Kurokawa Aoi couldn't help but turn her eyes back and said.

"Be Positive! Say Positive!"

Kazumi Takayama had a smirk on his face, and Nogizaka's pistachios played a role in this important moment.

"Positive!"×5
Five girls in uniform rode bicycles and embarked on a journey with a positive mood.

The place where they started was in the middle of the mountain, so they started the journey down the mountain, so it was quite easy.

After riding for about 30 minutes, they came to a village and finally saw a figure.

On the baseball field of a school, a group of passionate baseball teenagers are sweating in the hot summer, and at the same time, several people are doing rugby practice.

"Let's simply promote it here!"

The captain has an order, so don't dare to disobey.

But if you really want to take the initiative to say hello to a group of strangers for publicity, Ru Huahua and Wan Lihua in the next year are still a little embarrassed, like Huahua is uneasily sticking to Kurokawa Aoi's back at this moment, and the shy people say they don't want to see people , even the older Maiyang and Xiaoshi half-hid on both sides of Aoi.

Seeing this, Aoi Kurokawa could only step forward, and first expressed their intention to come to the teacher in charge, and after getting permission from the other party to publicize in the school, they began to carry out promotional activities for this Yoshinogawa high school.

"Good afternoon, everyone!" ×5
Several beautiful and lovely girls greeted the students on the court, and immediately attracted enthusiastic responses.

"Does anyone know who we are?"

Huahua, who had already entered the state, asked the boys with a sweet smile and voice.

"Nogizaka46～!"×n
I really didn't expect someone here to recognize them. Of course the girls were overjoyed.

"As for us, this time we are here to promote the new single, here are some stickers, I hope everyone can accept them, please!"

Under the sun's rays, Mai Shiraishi's skin seemed to glisten and spoke. Do the teenagers have any reasons and excuses to refuse?
After the girls put stickers on their baseball caps and belongings, the jubilant teenagers formed a half circle in front of the girls and talked with them.

One of the baseball boys said, "I'm drinking the "Megashaki" you endorsed."

Another boy followed suit: "I also drank "Megashaki" today."

"Ah! Thank you for your support."

Doesn't this just prove that their endorsements are effective?
"It's great to see everyone so energetic! Then everyone will buy our new single and show their support for us, right?"

Aoi Kurokawa took advantage of the happy atmosphere and invited the teenagers to contribute to the sales of their new songs.

Of course the teenagers agreed verbally, but in order for them to do what they said, Maiyan made a proposal.

"Aoi and I used to be members of the softball club. If we can successfully hit your pitch, I ask everyone to buy two CDs, is that okay?"

"Yes!"×n
As a result, an impromptu batting duel started, and it was Mai Yang who played first.

"If you hit it, please buy a CD."

Said the Maiden standing in the batter's position.

The girls standing by also cheered her on loudly.

Baseball pitchers use a standard hardball, which is half the size of the softball they are used to, so it is much more difficult to hit.

Of course, the opponent was also merciful, using the down-hand throw method, which was much slower in speed than the over-the-shoulder upward throw method, and the opponent obviously didn't use much strength.

Therefore, on the first ball pitched by the opponent, Maimo hit a hit that passed between the opponent's second baseman and the shortstop, and the opponent's pitcher also knelt on the ground cooperatively, with an annoyed expression .

In the situation of winning the flag, it was Kurokawa Aoi's turn to stand on the hitting zone. The opponent's pitcher thought that even if it was water, he should at least let himself throw a good pitch first, so he pitched to Mai in terms of strength and speed. Such a ball is more than twice as fast.

But it seems that he underestimated Aoi Kurokawa. It was not for nothing that she became an ace player back then. Over the head of an outfielder, she could at least reach third base with Aoi's speed.

This time, the pitcher really knelt, and the members of the entire baseball team couldn't run with two CDs each.

"I'm sorry! Then please go and buy our new single, two copies per person."

Aoi and Mai came to the boys and thanked each other with smiles on their faces.

"For this smile, even selling a kidney is worth it!"

A group of youths who are full of vigor have been captured since then.

It is rare to come to this Yoshinogawa high school, of course they will not let go of any opportunity to promote, after inquiring about the school, they really came across a good time.

"Good afternoon everyone, sorry to bother you, we are Nogizaka46!"

After entering the classroom, the members greeted the students inside, and the other students showed enough enthusiasm to respond to them.

"I heard that you are members of the student council and are discussing about the school's cultural festival?"

Once again, Kurokawa Aoi, as the representative, directly entered the theme.

After getting confirmation from the student council members, they proposed on the spot the possibility of using this opportunity to promote their new single.

"Well, let's make a poster together and post it on the school's publicity board!" said the president of the student union.

"Is it really possible? That's great! I'm very grateful." They applauded and thanked each other quickly.

Just do what you say, the students from the student union provided them with the materials to make posters, sat down with everyone, and started making posters.

During the conversation with each other, I talked about the students' impression of Nogizaka46.For example, the male classmate sitting next to Xiao Shi happened to be their fan, and said that the member he recommended was Yikuma.

With the full support of the other party, five simple posters were quickly completed and immediately pasted on the publicity board by themselves.

After saying goodbye to their classmates, they left Yoshinogawa High School and set off on their journey again on bicycles.

After another ten minutes, they came to a store called "Green Willow". It happened to be lunch time, and Huahua also looked at Mai with longing looks because she was hungry.

Seeing this, Maiyang looked at Aoi Kurokawa, and Aoi had no choice but to go to the director and the accompanying scholar-bureaucrats and propose to have a meal and rest here.

After the scholar-bureaucrat communicated with the store owner and obtained the other party's permission to shoot, the smiling girls went in.

It’s a normal local shop, but there’s something a little special about it. The menu of this shop is made of wood, and the dishes are handwritten on it with a whiteboard marker. It just so happens that one of the menus still has half of the blank space. Wanli Hua proposed to discuss with the store to see if they could be allowed to promote the three orders.

Of course, this matter was negotiated between the scholar bureaucrats and the shop owner, and after obtaining the consent of the other party, the members were arranged to make a request to the shop owner in front of the camera, and the other party readily agreed, a harmonious and friendly scene.

After that, Nogizaka46's name, the name of the theme song of the third single, and the release date were written in the blank space of the menu. After that, it was a happy lunch time.

When saying goodbye to the owner after filling their stomachs, the aunt knew that they were looking for a place to promote, so she provided a little information.

Then, they rode their bicycles again and headed towards Tokushima City.

Following the advice of the proprietress just now, they came to the shopping street in Tokushima City, and the team was also divided into two groups: Maiyang, Aoi and Wanlihua in a group, Huahua and Xiaoshi in a group, and carried out publicity in the shopping street. , Distribute stickers and posters to every pedestrian you meet, as well as various shops.

When many young girls saw them, they screamed with excitement, thinking that the popularity of Nogizaka46 has been further improved compared with when they were promoting their second single a few months ago.

Vendors in various shops were also very friendly and asked them to post the promotional posters in conspicuous places.

After the promotional activities in the shopping street were completed, they rushed to the "FM Tokushima" radio station before 3:4 p.m., participated in the half-hour live broadcast, and then caught up with the online TV live broadcast before [-]:[-] p.m.

In the end, I stepped on the live TV program at 4:45 and appeared on a bicycle. It took a few minutes to introduce and publicize. The title of Nogizaka46.At the same scene, I also met a member of a local girl group, who was so excited that he couldn't stop crying because he saw them in real life.

The girl named Masaki Mayu cried, "I like Shiraishi-san and Kurokawa-san very much!" Well, it seems that this is a face control.

After finishing this messy live TV program, they rode their bicycles again, and according to the arrangement of the scholar-bureaucrat, they came to an Awa dance hall.

Awa dance is a kind of Bon dance originated in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It is a group dance with shamisen, taiko drum, gong drum and shino flute in two beat rhythms, with dancers' voices and hand movements, but it is not special. A fixed pattern, a dance that is quite casual.

Every summer, related festivals are held in various parts of Tokushima Prefecture. Among them, the Tokushima City Awa Odori Festival held in Tokushima City is the largest. We are rehearsing for a performance of Awa Odori.

After communicating with the person in charge of the other party and expressing their intention to come, the other party readily accepted their request.

"If possible, would you please dance to the music of our new single "Go! Bicycle"?"

This time, the captain, Mai Yang, went into battle in person, and handed the CD in his hand to the person in charge.

"Well, it's hard to say without listening to music!"

So "Come on! Bicycle" music spread throughout the venue through the broadcasting equipment in the hall.

"The speed is a bit fast, but if you use snapshots to jump, it will work!"

The answer from the person in charge made them very happy.

Person in charge: "Then ask the dancers, can you dance this song?"

The dancers in traditional Awa dance costumes nodded to show that there is no problem.

"That's great!"

The girls jumped for joy.

So, a few members of Nogizaka 46 wearing sailor uniforms mixed in with a group of Awa dance performers, and they appeared in "Let's Go!" Bicycle" and traditional musical instruments, and danced the Awa Odori.Because this dance does not have too complicated dances and movements, rookies like them can also keep up, creating a somewhat magical scene.

After a happy dance, their first reaction was to feel their arms sore and sore. Although the Awa dance performance is not complicated, the whole process of raising their hands and dancing is another time for those inexperienced. It's over.

In the end, I thanked everyone in the hall and left. Their four-nation promotional activity was officially over, and they were finally able to go home.

(End of this chapter)