In Tokyo, there is a music girl training system

Nishikino Maki: “Yes!”

Ten minutes later...

"9.4, 9.3, 9.5, 9.4."

"Nishikino Maki maintained her excellent performance in the previous round. Her score in this round is 37.6!"

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Wu Geng Liu Li, 10,000 words!

All right. This time it's gone. Not a drop left.

Volume 1: Chapter 63 Isn’t there still a chance?

"Congratulations to Kousei Arima for once again beating the other contestants with a high score of 39.5 and advancing to the finals!"

In the final performance of the third round, Kousei Arima's performance was still flawless. Even when the judges asked him to play "Memories of Norma" with an almost difficult topic, Kousei Arima still did not make any mistakes.

Although she did not get the same score of 39.5 as in the previous round, her score of 39.2 was far higher than the second place Shoko Toyokawa's score of 38.4.

In piano competitions, as long as there are no problems in performance, the difference in strength is absolute.

“We would also like to congratulate Toyokawa Shoko and Nishikino Maki for advancing to the finals with Arima Kousei with good scores of 38.4 and 37.6 respectively!”

After three rounds of eliminations, Kousei Arima, Shoko, and Maki Nishikino advanced to the final.

The competition format of the final is different from the individual performances in the previous rounds. This time the final is in the form of an ensemble. The competition officials have invited three very well-known symphony orchestras in advance. The three contestants will draw lots to draw a symphony orchestra to perform in an ensemble.

"Well, first let's get to know the three symphony orchestras we specially invited for this competition!"

"They are: the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Tokyo Multi-Purpose Symphony Orchestra!"

"I'm sure you are all familiar with these three symphony orchestras, so I won't introduce them in detail here. As official members of the Japan Symphony Orchestra Alliance, the strength of these three orchestras is unquestionable. Which orchestra will the contestants draw, and what kind of magical sparks will they create with it?"

"Let's wait and see!"

"By the way, in order to allow the contestants to get to know the bands they will be working with in advance, our competition will be suspended for two hours. The audience can take advantage of these two hours to taste our local food and customs~"

"The game will officially start in two hours, at 14.30: in the afternoon!"

"Of course, all contestants are still not allowed to leave our competition venue during this time. We have already prepared food and rest rooms for the contestants. Please be informed."

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"Lu Yu, do you know these three bands?"

Although they had two hours, Touma and Sa were in no mood to taste the so-called local delicacies.

Holding the phone and typing randomly, Touma Kazusa wanted to search for as much information as possible about these three bands, and then see if she could analyze any useful information from it.

“I don’t understand, but I don’t need to understand.”

Unlike Touma and Sa, Sagi was very calm. These three orchestras were all well-known symphony orchestras in Japan. They were at the same level in terms of strength. There was basically no unfairness. Instead of investigating the orchestra, it would be better to give Xiangzi some psychological counseling.

Picking up the phone, Lu Yu called Xiangzi.

beep...

"Wait, so I can make a phone call?"

Touma and Sa were stunned when they saw someone calling Shoko.

"Why not? The organizers only said that the contestants cannot leave the venue, but they didn't say that they should be isolated from the world. If they are not allowed to come out, they will have the opportunity to cheat after coming into contact with others. With today's high technology, it's possible. But I think it should be no problem to just make a phone call."

"!!!"

"Hello? Lu Yu?"

The call was connected immediately, and Shoko's voice on the other end of the phone reached the ears of Sagiba and Touma Kazusa.

Before Lu Yu could say anything, Dong Ma He Sha snatched the phone from Lu Yu's hand and said, "Xiang Zi, are you okay?"

Lu Yu: “…”

No, Teacher Dadong, Xiangzi is just competing. Why do you sound like she is on the battlefield? Are you really bewitched by Xiangzi? If you say you are Xiangzi's mother, I would believe it!

"Sister Hesa, I'm fine!" The sensitive Xiangzi could naturally hear that Dongma Hesa ​​was worried about her.

"I'm glad you're okay. Don't worry. You will definitely win the championship by defeating that Arima Kousei!"

Although she was a little unconvinced, Touma Hesa ​​still encouraged Shoko. Anyone who is not blind can see the difference in strength between Kousei Arima and Shoko. But even so, the encouragement that should be given must be given. If more pressure is added at this time, Shoko will really be overwhelmed.

"Well, Sister Hesa, I know..."

"Sister Hesha, can you give the phone to Lu Yu? I have something to say to him."

"it is good!"

After hearing Xiangzi's request, Touma Hesa ​​returned the phone to Ruyu with some dissatisfaction. As a teacher, she really didn't mean as much to Xiangzi as Ruyu!

"Xiangzi, it's me."

After hearing Ruyu's voice, Xiangzi's huge pressure caused by Arima Kousei was slightly relieved.

"Lu Yu, I have something to tell you. Can you find a quiet place?"

Somewhere quieter?

Ruyu immediately understood that there were some things Xiangzi didn't want Touma and Sa to hear.

"okay."

Coming to an empty corner, Lu Yu said, "It's OK."

After hearing that Ruyu said it was okay, Toyokawa Shoko was silent for a while on the other end of the phone. Then she said, "Ruyu... I probably... can't win this time."

"why?"

"That boy, Arima Kousei, he's so strong..."

Although she was somewhat unwilling, Xiangzi still admitted the gap between her and Arima Kousei. In the first three rounds of the competition, she had performed very well, even perfectly, but the opponent performed even better than her.

Can't win.

This is not the kind of decision that one wants to give up because they cannot win, but rather a decision made after realizing the difference in strength.

What Xiangzi wanted to tell Ruyu was that she would try her best in the competition, but she probably couldn't beat Arima Kousei.

"is it?"

Hearing what Xiangzi said, Lu Yu did not say anything, but laughed: "Xiangzi, you have changed."

"Ugh?"

"If it was you in the past, you probably wouldn't tell others the truth so bluntly, right? Facing a strong enemy that you couldn't defeat, you would have fought with all your might and then shouldered the consequences alone. But this time, you learned to tell others about the pressure in your heart."

"I......"

Xiangzi knew that Lu Yu was referring to her withdrawal from the band. At that time, she chose to hide everything.

"Isn't this nice?"

"And ah...I don't think you can't win."

"Arima Kousei is very strong, but you......"

“Not weak at all!”

[Target name: Toyokawa Shoko]

【Age: 16】

[Current mental state: panic (appears calm)]

[Target's favorability towards host: 97 (↑)]

[Development direction: Pianist]

[Current piano performance level: Excellent 99% (↑)]

Isn't this a chance?

Volume 1: Chapter 64: Arima Kousei's flaw

"Dear audience friends, welcome back to the finals of the 114th Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, the Youth Group."

"During the past two hours, have you enjoyed the local customs and food of Hamamatsu City?"

"Haha, I guess the audience has already enjoyed it?"

"So after a two-hour break, our final will begin!"

"Now we will start with the drawing ceremony. The three contestants will draw their respective ensembles and competition topics!"

"Let's see what topics the three contestants will draw and what ensembles they will each be assigned to!"

As the host's voice fell, Kousei Arima, Maki Nishikino and Shoko Toyokawa stood together in the center of the stage. According to the previous competition results, the three of them drew lots in the order of Kousei Arima, Maki Nishikino and Shoko Toyokawa.

"oh!!"

"Kousei Arima has been selected to play the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra! His theme is Concerto No.2 in g minor, op.16."

"Next is contestant Maki Nishikino. The orchestra she drew is the Tokyo Multi-Piano Orchestra! The theme is from Mozart's Concerto G major, Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major."

"The last one is our contestant Toyokawa Shoko. Since the first two contestants have already drawn lots, her orchestra will be the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra! And then here is her topic."

"Her title is Concerto in a minor, op.16, which comes from the first movement of the Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16 by Maestro Grieg!"

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"These three questions are evenly matched."

"Equally matched? You're obviously targeting Xiangzi! Among the three pieces, the "Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16, First Movement" is the most difficult, while the "Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 16, First Movement" that Kousei Arima picked is the easiest!"

Touma and Sa were unhappy when they heard what Sagiba said.

"Where is that? The difficulty of these two pieces is about the same. If I have to say, it's just that most pianists don't practice Concerto in a minor, op.16 very often."

"Less practice means more difficulty! Are you supporting Shoko or not? Why are you speaking for Arima Kousei?"

"Yes, yes, of course I support Xiangzi, but if you compare them, the difficulty of these three songs is indeed similar. So it seems that the situation is not very favorable to Xiangzi..."

The difficulty of the three pieces is similar, so the probability of Kousei Arima failing is reduced. In this way, it seems that Kousei Arima is sure to win the championship.

"If you knew that this would be bad for Xiangzi, you should have thought of a solution quickly! Aren't you very capable? Xiangzi trusts you so much!" Although she is already in her early twenties, Touma Hesa ​​behaves like a girl in her teens at this time.

It seems that during the years of further study abroad, our teacher Dadong seemed to have only improved his piano skills and the size of certain parts of his body, and there may not have been much progress in his intelligence.

"What can I do? Rush up and smash Arima Kousei's piano?"

"Then Xiangzi is bound to lose! Xiangzi now can't win with a piece of music of the same level." Touma Kazusa was very anxious. Although she knew there was a gap in strength, it had come to this point. How could she bear to watch Xiangzi lose to Arima Kousei?

After thinking about it, Lu Yu made his judgment.

"That's not necessarily the case... Let's see how things go. I think that this round, Arima Kousei's performance may not be able to replicate the performance of the previous rounds."

"Why? How did you know?" Touma Kazusa asked in surprise.

"It's hard to say... Anyway, I think it depends on how we perform on the spot."

Shaking his head, Lu Yu didn't continue speaking.

What did this make him say?

Is he trying to say that at his current age, Kousei Arima has not experienced the ups and downs of life, and has yet to perform together with his possible future wife, so he is actually not good at playing together at all, and that Shoko has participated in a girls' band before, so maybe Shoko would do better in this aspect?

"The Riddler!"

Dong Ma He Sha was very angry about Ruyu's mysterious look. She and Ruyu had been together for some time and they were already familiar with each other, so they were not as reserved when talking to each other as they were at the beginning.

"That's not called Riddler, that's called Caution!"

"Humph......"

Unable to guess what Ruyu was thinking, Touma and Sa simply watched the game seriously.

"Let us welcome Kousei Arima and the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra!"

"Kousei Arima and the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra will bring us the first movement of Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 16 in G minor, Op. !"

“This piece of music is not difficult, I believe that Kousei Arima and the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra will give us a perfect performance!

As the host's voice fell, the ensemble of Kousei Arima and the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra began. Just as the host said, this piece of music was not too difficult to play, neither for the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra nor for Kousei Arima.