Nogizaka's Synchronized Coincidence

Chapter 62

"OK, that's fine. Now take a 30-minute break"

The director's words were like some kind of spell, erasing the smiles that the members had forcibly decorated on their faces, they all became expressionless, and then walked towards the lounge in twos and threes.

"The greatest harm to a person is not hostility, but ignorance"

I don't know the sentence I read from that book, but now Akimoto Manasuma finally experienced it personally.

No one came to greet or speak to her, or even look at her as if she was transparent.

Matsumoto Akimoto stood there blankly, not knowing what to do, or how to survive in this group called "Nogizaka 46".

Suddenly, a hand appeared on her shoulder, accompanied by a sound.

"Everyone is a good boy in essence, but they can't accept it emotionally for a while, so give them some time! Don't think too much, do what you can, and other things will gradually get better. Time is the best medicine. Can heal wounds”

Kurokawa Aoi patted Akimoto Manatsu on the shoulder lightly, and left the recording studio.

"Kwai sauce, thank you!"

Tears flowed from the corners of Akimoto Manatsu's eyes who bowed to Kurokawa Aoi's back, but this time the reason was different from just now, it was no longer because of hesitation and fear, but was relieved and moved.

Kurokawa Aoi came to the lounge unhurriedly, and just opened the door before stepping into the room, a loud shout came out.

"Why! Why! I don't want to do this!"

Crying and shouting there is Nakata Hana, who was selected as the first row of Fukami in the second single. She was selected at the beginning of her debut single, but this time she became under. Unable to bear the blow, she lost control of her emotions and broke out.

Surrounding Hana were Wan Lihua and Youdan who also lost the selection, weeping while gently comforting Hana.

Kurokawa Aoi saw that the members in the lounge, those who entered the selection or those who were not selected, were all gloomy and gloomy, filling the whole room with depressed emotions, so she made a decision in her heart to open the door just opened Close it, turn around and head somewhere in the building.

"Kono-san, can I bother you a little bit?"

Yoshio Konno, who was watching the presentation just now behind the camera, stood alone on a corner of the rooftop of the building where the recording studio was located, looking at the visible Tokyo Tower in a trance.

"Kurokawa? What do you want me to do?"

"I have something I want to discuss with Konno-san"

When Aoi Kurokawa was still considering how to speak, Konno first said: "It's about Akimoto, right? How are the members now?"

Since the other party had already prepared, Kurokawa Aoi said straight to the point: "It's not very good, everyone is a little depressed, and I can't accept this arrangement for a while. I think especially since everyone has just experienced the performance of a stage play, the backlog Negative emotions burst out all at once.”

Nodding his head to express his understanding, Konno continued: "I feel it's unfair. The result of hard work is another disappointment. Then Kurokawa, what do you think about this?"

Organized his thoughts a bit, Kurokawa Aoi said: "I can understand the intention of the operation, and I hope to use the way of hyping the topic to increase the exposure of the newly returned Manasuma in the eyes of fans, and at the same time create a topical attempt. Let’s increase sales! But has the operation considered the ability of the members? No matter for Manatsu or other members, this will cause discord and even hostility to each other. If it is serious, it may cause members to lose hope and choose to give up and leave, or It's the whole team falling apart"

"You can think so much, which proves that you have a perspective on the overall situation and value the Nogizaka team. I understand what you said, and I have made different suggestions for this, but although I am the general manager of the operation committee in name, In fact, it is essentially an executor, and many things are not decided by me.”

When Yoshio Konno spoke, there was a faint helpless smile on his face.

"Is it really okay for Konno-san to say this to me? I guarantee that these contents will not spread from me"

Kurokawa Aoi instantly understood the details expressed in Konno's speech, and immediately expressed her mentality and position.

"Hahaha! Don't worry, I believe that even if you did something wrong or directly offended Mr. Qiuyuan, he would just laugh it off and not punish you. You, you are too underestimating yourself behind the power"

Yoshio Konno felt that this moment of laughter was the happiest and most relaxing time in the past few days.

"This is the end of the matter, if there is anything I can do, Kurokawa, just say it"

After thinking about it, Aoi said, "Actually, I don't have too many ideas. I just hope that at least the members of Under will not despair, so can Konno-san give them more resources? More work means less time to think wildly." , if there is anything I can do to help, please just tell me."

"There is really something you can do to help! Can you fight with your mother to let the members of under appear on TV shows? Even if it's just a few seconds, it's okay, I really want to let the members Let us have more exposure opportunities outside the village. In exchange, I will disclose the content of the future selection to you in advance, and I will also bring your opinions back to the operation committee. I think Teacher Akimoto will accept you to a certain extent Suggestion, but you must promise not to disclose it to anyone in advance.”

"In this case, wouldn't I become a so-called committee member outside the establishment? Konno-san, are you not afraid that I will use power for personal gain?"

Kurokawa Aoi asked suspiciously.

"But the question is, will you do it? Last time you voluntarily gave up the chance to become the heroine of a movie and chose to stay and fight with the members, didn't you show your attitude? And to be realistic, with your parents in The right to speak in this circle, you don’t need Nogizaka46’s idol status if you want to be famous and successful, it’s like a burden to you.”

In this way, Aoi Kurokawa became a "non-staff member" similar to member representatives, and she also promised to try her best to fight for the opportunity of appearing on TV shows for the members of the under.

Kurokawa Aoi, who returned to the lobby of the building alone, just stepped out of the elevator when a figure approached her, and a voice not far away also sounded at the same time.

"Nishino-san! Nishino-san, don't run away! Can you talk slowly if you have something to say?"

Kurokawa Aoi recognized that it was the voice of one of the manager's sisters.

The subconscious reaction made Kurokawa Aoi hug the person who rushed to her with her head down, into her arms.

"Ah! Let me go! I want to go home, I want to go back to Osaka!"

Nishino Nanase, who was emotionally confused, subconsciously resisted, and blurted out what she wanted in her heart.

Gently let go of Na-chan in his arms, squatted down slightly so that he could meet the eyes of Nanase who lowered his head, grabbed her shoulder and said softly: "No problem, I will send Na-chan back Home, but there is still work to be recorded for the show, can Na-chan be patient and finish the work before going home together? I beg you."

Seeing Aoi Kurokawa, whom she trusted and was closest to besides her parents and elder brother, Nishino Nanase began to calm down a little, and after thinking about it, she nodded and agreed.

I took Na-chan back to the waiting room, and saw that the members' emotions had calmed down after all this time, and the next recording was only for the selection of members, so the under members left first.

Taking Nanase to sit next to Xiao Mi, and stroking the heads of the two, in exchange for their white eyes, Kurokawa Aoi found Maimo who was sitting with Sayu Ri.

"So you want to accompany Na-chan to Osaka? How long?"

After hearing Kurokawa Aoi's explanation, Maiyang glanced at Nanasai, who was like a soft little animal, and asked softly.

"Maybe three or two days? Rangna will come back when her anger subsides. I'm sorry."

After clasping his hands together, he grabbed the sackcloth-like arm and made Aoi Kurokawa act coquettishly. Mai Shiraishi had no choice but to agree. Who told Aoi that she was so loyal to her friends and soft-hearted.

The rest room seemed to have regained a little anger from the past, but the only corner where Akimoto Manatsu put on a uniform was relatively alone.

The last recording task for today is a program with the theme of introducing Akimoto Manatsu, a new member.Among the sincere or forced smiles of the selected members, driven by the MC banana man, the atmosphere warmed up, at least in front of the camera.

First, I opened up the topic by asking and answering ten questions quickly for Manasuma, and then each member asked the same question to see if they could give a consistent answer to test the unity of the team.

The more interesting thing is that in the last question "Large animals", all the members answered "Elephant" and when Manatsu who was asked the question showed "Bear", Kurokawa Aoi felt that Manatsu seemed to be I found the way I wanted to go.

In the end, all the members jumped the big rope. After repeated failures, complaints from the Banana Man, and the full force of Shile Rimura, they danced intermittently for nearly an hour, but failed to reach the goal of jumping "46" times. After successfully completing this link, the program team proudly lowered the difficulty to challenge "35" times to match the number of all their members, and thus finally achieved the goal.

Although they deliberately tried to challenge the goal of 46 times again, they failed in the third time because Asuka tripped over the rope because of the unsustainable physical strength.

After Xiang Jiaoren and the recording team at the recording site apologized repeatedly for wasting each other's time, the members returned to the dressing room next to the rest room and began to change their clothes.

Maybe after working together just now, some members like Huahua and Xiaonan started interacting with Manatsu again.

Aoi, who was taking off her uniform, saw Nana Sai who was staring at her, and asked, "Na-chan, do you want to eat something before boarding the Shinkansen? Or buy a bento and eat it on the train?"

"No, no problem, I can do it"

Feeling caught, Na-chan hurriedly lowered her head and answered.

"I'll be ready soon, wait a little longer. The drive will take more than two hours, why don't you buy a bento and eat it in the car?"

"I'm sorry! I'm too self-willed, and I've got Aoi sauce to accompany me"

Nana Sai spoke weakly and authentically in her unique soft and waxy tone.

"What nonsense are you talking about! Do you want to care about getting involved or not? Na-chan's business is my business, that's it! We can go now"

Putting on jeans, a short-sleeved T-shirt and a thin lady's short suit jacket, the tall and long-handed Aoi Kurokawa is charming and has a capable heroic spirit.

Picking up the absent-minded Nishino Nanase, after buying a ticket and a train lunch at the station, the two boarded the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Shin-Osaka and embarked on the journey home for Nishino Nanase.

(End of this chapter)