Tokyo Wingman King

"What is this teaching assistant you're talking about?"

"Did Shizumi really say to Mr. Sasaki, 'I will be your teaching assistant after I have accumulated more basic knowledge of art.'"

Asama shook his head woodenly. He remembered his original words were [I think it might be more appropriate for teacher to find someone with a better foundation in art to be your assistant]!
"No."

Because Asama is so good at lying and often instructs others to lie, the girls, led by Pochi, showed a unified look of suspicion - he has never been honest in the face of desire.

It was this dishonesty that made the girls who had been with him for a long time always believe that after countless defeats, they would be able to plant the victory flag declaring sovereignty on his heart.

Futami lowered his head to his cell phone and quickly began to gather intelligence - Sasaki, this new opponent, had the [uniqueness] advantages of being the only adult and the only teacher, which could not be ignored, and he should not be underestimated!
Futami noticed early on that Sasaki-sensei was paying special attention to Asama. This art teacher, who was usually very polite but never enthusiastic, treated Asama in a way that was very different from how he treated other boys.

She found clues on Sasaki's INS that this "fairy in the art classroom" was following Asama, and then quickly found a lot of evidence.

Sasaki Laoshi and Shizumi-kun actually had a date during the activities at the Forest School!

[Morning DATE, the little gentleman who loves to worry]——In the photo released by Mr. Sasaki, there is a boy who only shows his back, and his white hair is too obvious. Even if Shizumi-kun wears a hat and wraps himself up like the man in "Kiss", she is confident that she can recognize him at a glance.

Of course, the term "date" is a bit suspicious. Because on her and Jiandao's Instagram, they would also describe any time they were with Shizumi-kun as a date. Judging from the environment in the photos, they probably just met and had breakfast together, right?

Another piece of evidence that Sasaki-sensei likes Shizumi-kun is that among the works she posted on her Instagram this year, at least 10 out of 5 were of Shizumi-kun!
The earliest one was a painting taken in April when school just started - [The weather is nice today, so I drew a picture of an artistic boy].

The thin and weak boy leaning against a big tree reading a book is obviously Jingshui-kun.

The last piece of evidence is that last year and the year before, Mr. Sasaki rarely posted updates for several months. But this year, the frequency has become several times a week.

Isn't this the same as herself? Before she met Jingshui-kun, she had no interest in Twitter or Instagram.

After 5 minutes of brainstorming, the great detective Futami Tsukiumi discovered the fact that Mr. Sasaki liked Asama and it was unrequited love.

The rumors disproved themselves.

While Futami was browsing his phone, Jiandao whispered to Pochi about his own judgment.

"The cup size is wrong. Shizue doesn't have a tendency to like older sisters, right?"

Pochi heaved a sigh of relief after hearing that.

"I can testify that when I was jogging with Ah Shui in the morning, Ah Shui always rejected any advances from men older than him."

"You're so naive. Men's preferences will change."

Fujiwara, the only one who exceeds the standard of [Asama Ai's CD], always believes that Asama will like something bigger one day.

"No, men are very particular in this regard - they only like young and beautiful girls."

Fenghuangyuan rejected Fujiwara's outrageous statement without hesitation, and Pochi immediately nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, Ah Shui is still like a man in this respect."

Pochi soon received a ruthless punishment of having his head shattered.

Asama later found out that someone in the Yinghe forum anonymously responded to the relevant information in the post "Journey to the West: Lord Asama touring the European Art Hall".

What is the purpose of hyping up the fact that he likes female teachers?
The person who replied could not possibly be Mr. Sasaki, so without an answer, he could only put the question aside for the time being.

Everyone in the Love Consultation Department talked about the topic of "Does Asama like female teachers?" in front of Jacques David's "Napoleon Crossing the Alps at St. Bernard Pass" for about 10 minutes before setting off again.

They looked at some works by Rembrandt and Monet, as well as a large number of paintings and sculptures with religious themes.

In front of "The Plains of Auvers", one of the last works of Van Gogh before his death, Asama and the girls stare at the distorted lines on the picture, which seems to depict the steaming summer heat and also shows that Van Gogh was extremely unstable emotionally at the time.

The painter's tragic life has paved the way for the most intuitive interpretation of his works.

"Did Van Gogh commit suicide because there was no one in the world he cared about?"

Erjian felt that if he found the love of his life, his courage to live would increase by at least 50%. If he could see him every day, then there would be no reason to die.

"He should still care about his family, like his brother Theo who always supports him?"

Jiandao folded his arms and observed Van Gogh's twisted, chaotic yet self-consistent brushstrokes.

Phoenix Court also sighed,
"Although suicide is a personal matter, if Van Gogh knew that his brother died of a mental breakdown because of his suicide, would he still commit suicide?"

Obviously they are not Van Gogh and have no way of knowing the final answer.

"Quiet water, what do you think?"

"He just lacked a bit of luck."

Although the curves remind people of Munch's "The Scream", Van Gogh did not depict too much pain in this painting. Instead, he used colors to depict the joy of the summer heat and the blooming of all things. He was much more sunny than Klimt's apprentice Schiele.

In the paintings we are viewing today, three men who move towards modernity and abstraction have three different destinies.

The difference in their fates can be seen from the paintings he made for the women.

Gustav Klimt, who founded the Secession and influenced all aspects of Vienna's literature, art and architecture, has always been questioned and criticized, but has never been ignored. The noble ladies of Vienna are very willing to have their portraits painted by him, and there are countless famous paintings such as "Baroness Echt", "Mrs. Marie", "Adele", etc. He has always been one of the most successful painters, and has become a master who has integrated and influenced many art schools such as Impressionism, Expressionism, Symbolism, and Decorationism.

Claude Monet, who escaped from the rut of the Barbizon School, was questioned for many years in Paris. He could only paint landscapes, still lifes, himself and his wife. He even slowly adapted to this situation and gained the reputation of only painting one woman in his life. After his wife died and he gradually became a master of Impressionism, he finally began to achieve success.

Vincent van Gogh, the post-Impressionist master, rarely had the opportunity to paint portraits of women except for his mother. The plain-looking cafe owner he met with Gauguin in Arles was the most important portrait model in his life. The times and the market did not recognize him, and the master suffered mental breakdowns many times and eventually committed suicide.

Does this prove that people who move towards abstraction but have no luck with women will definitely fall into the spiritual abyss?
After entering the exhibition area full of abstract modern art, Asama became the only guide. He often read gallery magazines. The right to interpret abstract art did not devolve from the altar and become a public power as Duchamp thought when he carried the urinal. Instead, it was firmly controlled by galleries that hyped art. The gallery's interpretation was more official than the artist's interpretation of his own work.

The tour guide listened to the incomprehensible book until noon. He just brought Asama and the others to the entrance of the cafe in Kamiya Palace, took Fujiwara Ai's camera, took a group photo of everyone, and then left as if escaping.

Wearing a fake smile mask is indeed more painful than wearing a mask of pain.

The narrator's employer Fujiwara checked the photo and complained again,

"The quality seems to be even worse than the guide at the Louvre. It would be better to let Asama Asama take the photo."

“Could it be that they are Koreans pretending to be Japanese?”

Pochi has expelled the commentator from his nationality.

After taking some photos of the girls at the door, Asama walked into the cafe, communicated with the waiter in German, and put three small round tables together to accommodate six people.

The food in the cafe was reviewed as average, so the girls only ordered some snacks.

They each ordered a Sacher cake, which is known as the "national treasure dessert of Austria", a chocolate cake with apricot jam filling, chocolate chips with a brandy flavor, and a cloud of fresh cream next to the cake. At the next table, a girl also ordered a Sacher cake, cut off a small piece with a fork, and handed it to her male companion.

The old comrades in the Love Consultation Department looked at each other.
"Jingshui-kun/Jingshui/Ashui, come, ah~~~~"

"Don't eat."

Asama reiterated his stance that he didn't like sweets and took a sip of his unsweetened espresso.

He was disappointed that the cafe didn't have any grape-flavored Fanta.

"Asama Asama, you really don't want to eat? Here~"

Fujiwara pushed the cake he had cut into small pieces in front of Asama, then tilted his head slightly and opened his mouth——"Ah~~~~"

It means letting Asama feed her.

Pochi stuffed all the desserts on Fujiwara's porcelain plate into his mouth, and the two started playing around in the cafe.

You two look Korean, don't you?
During the coffee break called lunch, the note-taking girl Majima was still discussing with the erudite girl Fenghuangin the painting they saw today, the Klimt who tried to deconstruct love and desire as mentioned by Asama.

"Teacher, do you think that love in the modern world will be more equal?"

Phoenix Court suddenly asked.

"The ethical values ​​constructed by patriarchal society will definitely be eliminated. The reason why they have not been eliminated now is only because modern times are not modern enough."

Listening to Asama's irrelevant answer, Jiandao said thoughtfully,

"Jingshui means that modern love will become equal, but love today is still unequal? ​​So, you who accept modern concepts think that love today is not love?"

"That's roughly the case. But in modern intimate relationships, women enjoy much more equal rights than in the past, and sometimes it's not just women who are on the lighter side of the scale."

Second Look asked,

“What is true equality?”

"In the words of British sociologist Anthony Giddens, [pure relationships produce self-identity and personal independence.] Love that is selfish, independent, and free for both parties may be equal love."

Pochi asked, "What is a pure relationship?"

Asama gave the definition without hesitation: "Sincere, selfless, altruistic, and does not involve any form of exchange of interests under any conditions."

Ai Fujiwara, who was also recording on her phone, asked,
"Isn't this kind of selfless and unrequited love contradictory to selfish and independent love?"

“It’s not contradictory, it’s just still very far away from us.”

Jiandao's eyes lit up.
Asama nodded with satisfaction.

Hououin looked at Asama. The slight trembling of her body and the joy in her heart told her that discussing such philosophical issues with the Great Sensei did give her a kind of enlightenment.

"So, now we are in a historical discontinuity period where old love is denied and new love has not yet been born?"

"Well, this kind of fault has happened many times. Whenever the rituals and music are in decline, there will always be people who hold high the slogan of self-discipline and restoration of rituals and actually promote new ideas."

"What is the new love then? Has anyone ever created or possessed it? In my opinion, even among those who are praised as models of equal love, men shine far more brilliantly than women."

After hearing Fujiwara's complaints, Futami swallowed the love story between John Lennon and Yoko Ono back into his stomach.

Fujiwara continued,

"Asama Asama, you are trying so hard to make everyone listen to you. Can this unequal behavior be understood as a declaration of singleness?"

Asama automatically filtered out the question that Fujiwara wanted to know the answer to the most, and said frankly,
"Pure and equal love is what modernity really calls for, but both pure and equal are too sharp words, and many cases cannot stand up to their test."

"Is that why religious stories say that God is disappointed with humans and that humans are born with original sin?"

Fenghuangyuan seemed to have realized something. No wonder she felt that there were too many stupid and ugly people in the world.

"Jingshui mentioned before that love is transcendental, a psychological experience in which the more you consume, the more immersed and satisfied you become. However, it takes enormous energy to transform a person from a selfish animal that follows his id into an intimate relationship subject that constantly turns to his superego.

Therefore, love requires qualifications. If an unqualified person wants to establish a love relationship, he will either become a prisoner of hedonistic desires or fall into the trap of being exploited and enslaved by others. "

Jiandao took out the notes from his phone and said seriously.

Erjian also nodded and endorsed.

“That’s why Jingshui-kun said that [love is a kind of ability], and people need to constantly learn and improve themselves to reach the state of [selfless selfishness].”

After saying this, Jiandao and Futami looked at each other and were moved by each other's determination to consume themselves to heal Asama.

Bochi was confused by these stinky old men in the love consultation department.

"Is the love in the past no longer love?"

Qianjian thought for a while and said,

"Yes. Love is not a fictional concept. Throughout history, love in private life is about showing devotion and tenderness, and love in public life is about embodying benevolence and justice.

Instead of looking at the past, look at the problems of the present.

To use Zizek's alarmist words - [modern society is killing the ability to love]. We find that people who are kidnapped by popularity, or who choose popularity to please others, the price of their popularity is that they smoothly conform to a kind of injustice.

Those who are loved continue to create injustice.

Because of this, any pure justice will quickly degenerate into something less just. In a world without justice, love cannot be seen, but love is precisely what redeems pure justice and prevents it from degenerating.

From a macro perspective, we have entered a vicious cycle of love."

Asana's words confused all the other girls in the love consultation club.

If it weren't for the fact that Belvedere Palace wasn't so hot, they would have suspected that they had heatstroke.

But they enjoyed this dizzy feeling similar to heatstroke very much, and they liked the way Asana recited scriptures in their ears.

Asama originally wanted to explain to them that love in modern times has a strong freedom that was not available in the past, which makes love more diverse, uncontrollable, and incomprehensible. This freedom also breeds the freedom to refuse.

But when he saw the way the girls looked at him, he shut up. (End of this chapter)