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Duanmuhuai walked up the hillside and looked forward. However, the festival venue across the mountain was still bustling with activity. No one noticed that just now, a disaster that almost destroyed the entire city was about to happen...

But this is also good, after all, the Inquisition does this kind of private work.

Most people just need to live in ignorance, and the Tribunal will naturally handle the rest.

 “Dududu——”

While Duanmuhuai was standing on the hillside, staring at the festival venue in the distance, suddenly, a burst of music came from not far away. Hearing this sound, Duanmuhuai was stunned for a moment. Then he became curious and walked towards the place where the sound came from.

Following the sound of the music, Duanmuhuai came to the other side of the hillside effortlessly, where he saw two girls sitting on the small viewing platform.

Hmm...we are still members of the wind band club, Kumiko Huangzen and Rina Kosaka, they are indeed a couple.

Duanmu Huai didn’t say anything, he just leaned against the tree not far behind and watched the two people playing. Kumiko Huangzen was dressed more casually, while Rina Kosaka was dressed in a pure white dress, which looked very romantic. But having said that, it's quite interesting that they are actually so close.

Watching the two people playing, Duanmu Huai couldn't help but laugh when he thought about the scene where the fallen angels and demons were fighting just now on the other side of the mountain. Perhaps this is the dividing line between reality and unreality. For these ordinary girls, they only need to care about their own lives. As for world crises and wars between fallen angels and demons, they may not be able to care about them. Never thought about it in your wildest dreams.

Soon, the song ended, and Duanmuhuai also raised his hands to applaud.

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Hearing the applause, the two of them were startled, and then turned around. When they saw Duanmu Huai, they screamed in fright!

"ah---!"

 “What’s your name? It’s me.”

 Duanmu Huai walked out of the shadows, and after seeing Duanmu Huai clearly, Huangmae Kumiko and Kosaka Reina's originally tense bodies relaxed.

"Huh...it's the teacher. It scared me to death. I thought it was..."

 “What do you think it is?”

"a ha ha ha……"

Facing Duanmuhuai’s gaze, Huangqian Kumiko turned her head away in embarrassment.

 “I thought it was a bear…”

　　　…………”

“Speaking of which, why did you come here? Aren’t you going to the festival?”

 “It was Rina who brought me here...”

"oh……"

Hearing Kumiko Huang's answer, Duanmuhuai glanced at Reina Kosaka, who lowered her head uncomfortably.

“Forget it, it’s already late now, and it’s not safe in the mountains and forests at this late hour. Although I’m sorry to disturb your date, it’s time for you to go down the mountain and go home.”

“What a date, teacher, you are too exaggerated...”

Hearing Duanmuhuai's words, Kumiko Huangmae laughed. On the contrary, Reina Kosaka did not speak, but just stared at the ground silently, as if there was a flower growing there.

In the end, Duanmuhuai sent the two of them down the mountain before returning home.

 The others have now returned contentedly.

 “Ah, Mr. Duanmu.”

 Seeing Duanmuhuai come back, Mary also hurriedly said hello to him.

"You're back."

"I'm back."

“Just in time, we bought you a lot of delicious food, Mr. Duanmu.”

As she spoke, Mary also handed over a candy apple.

 “Oh, thanks, and takoyaki?”

“Yes, we were worried that Mr. Duanmu would be lonely alone, so we bought a lot of food for the festival. There were also many interesting things at the festival, such as fishing for goldfish and playing with balloons..."

 Mary, who lived in the foggy city, had obviously never had this kind of experience, and she was very excited at the moment.

“And nothing happened. The journey ended smoothly and no one died. It’s great!”

“No, no one will die in ordinary festivals...”

Hearing Mary's emotion, Naruse Mio broke out in a cold sweat, while Mary looked confused.

“Huh? Aren’t Japanese festivals supposed to sacrifice someone as a sacrifice?”

 “It sounds so scary! How could such a thing happen? Don’t you see everyone having a great time?”

This is no wonder, after all, the only Japanese festival that Mary has come into contact with before is the one on Hito Island - a festival where all the islanders are sacrificed to the old rulers. Maybe she thought this was some kind of unique Japanese custom.

“I thought it was because I was about to be sacrificed, so I wanted to make everyone happy before I died…”

 “There is no such thing, okay!”

While gnawing on candy apples, Duanmu Huai also watched the conversation between Mary and Naruse Mio with a smile. Speaking of festivals...it felt similar to the temple fairs he went to when he was a child. The only thing Duanmu Huai remembered now was the candied haws, and then It was all kinds of snacks, and then there was laser tag, traps, snails and so on, but after growing up, he had never been to a similar place. This festival here is probably something similar.

I have to say, this is quite interesting.

 So, Duanmuhuai also enjoyed the evening ceremony in his own way.

However, unfortunately, this good mood disappeared the next day.

 “I’m so sorry.”

Looking at Asuka Tanaka who lowered her head in front of her, Duanmuhuai was completely speechless. The reason was very simple, that is, her mother came to make a big fuss again. It seems that Tanaka Asuka came to the wind band club for training without telling her mother, but somehow her mother found out, and then she went through the process and went through what happened before.

However, Duanmu Huai was not as easy to talk to as Long. Facing the shrew, he just held his arms and stared at her coldly. The latter himself shrank back in fear and quickly made excuses to slip away.

 “You can’t do this.”

Duanmuhuai stared at Asuka Tanaka and shook his head.

“You said everything went well before, and you thought everything was taken care of, but this is the result? So what are you going to do starting tomorrow?”

  “…………”      Hearing Duanmu Huai’s emotion, Tanaka Asuka was silent for a moment, seemed to have made up her mind and raised her head.

“I think that under the current circumstances, I should quit the wind band club and give up my position to Natsuki Nakagawa.”

“Nakagawa? Although I don’t understand music, but she is from Group B, that is, the one who was eliminated...can she do it?”

 “I believe in Nakagawa’s efforts.”

“So, you are finally going to do what your mother wants?”

"Yes."

Tanaka Asuka nodded.

"After all, it was that person who raised me to this age. It must have cost a lot of money to raise me so big. It also took a lot of effort to take care of me. I owe that person a lot, and I must pay it back. OK."

Hearing Tanaka Asuka's answer, Duanmuhuai narrowed his eyes, looked at her for a moment, and then sneered.

"Okay, don't talk about these useless things. I'm tired of seeing them. I'm going to ask you if you still want to participate in the national competition. If you want to, I have a way for you."

 “Teacher, do you have any ideas?”

"certainly."

Hearing Tanaka Asuka’s curious inquiry, Duanmuhuai raised his eyebrows.

 “Just threaten her.”

"threaten………"

 Listening to the word spit out from Duanmu Huai's mouth, Tanaka Asuka's expression was a little complicated.

“I’m very grateful for your kindness, teacher, but this is illegal, and my mother may really call the police...”

"What are you thinking? I never said it was me who threatened your mother!"

Duanmuhuai directly interrupted Asuka Tanaka. Who does she think she is? Just because I look fierce doesn't mean I'm a gangster, okay?

 “I meant for you to go!”

 “I... threaten my mother?”

Hearing this, Asuka Tanaka, who had always remained calm, couldn't help it.

 “That’s right.”

Duanmuhuai nodded.

"I can finally see that you and your mother have no feelings at all... Don't deny it in a hurry. I almost vomited when I saw you in the staff room that day playing a loving mother and a filial daughter. Come on, admit it happily. You have no feelings for your mother at all, and everything you perform is just for outsiders to see."

Duanmuhuai sneered. In fact, he saw it that day. Asuka Tanaka had no feelings for her mother at all. The reason why she behaved like a good child outside was simply to cope with social moral values. If Asuka Tanaka's mother is regarded as a madman who has gone crazy, then Asuka Tanaka is just a very calm actor who has been acting with the madman.

Just like those patients with Alzheimer's disease, if you say I am your grandson, I will act like your grandson. What else can you do? I can't hit you.

　　　…………”

This time, Asuka Tanaka didn't speak. She just looked at Duanmuhuai quietly without saying a word.

"Listen, I've seen people like your mother a lot. She just projects her own unrealized life value onto her children and expects her children to realize her own unrealized life value. So for her, the most unbearable thing is It’s just that this value cannot be realized, which is why she came to protest again and again.”

"So? How does the teacher think he can threaten her?"

"It's very simple. Just tell her directly that the reason why you can maintain such good academic performance now is because you have time to participate in the activities of the wind band club to relax. If you don't participate in the activities of the wind band club, then you will be in a bad mood. Well, you will be under a lot of pressure, and if the pressure is too great, you may perform abnormally, and once you perform abnormally, you may not be able to get into college—see if your mother dares to bet on this possibility!"

　　　………………”

Hearing what Duanmuhuai said, Asuka Tanaka's eyes widened and she was completely speechless. It took her a long while to hold back a sentence.

 “Is this okay?”

 “What’s wrong with this?”

Duanmu Huai is very calm about this. Aren’t all parents before the college entrance examination like this? No matter how loud or rude he is on weekdays, he always keeps his mouth shut during the period before the college entrance examination. He speaks softly and doesn't dare to close the door hard for fear of disturbing his children's studies.

It is even more impossible to endure someone like Tanaka’s mother.

If she finds out that she is the culprit who interferes with her daughter's happiness, then she may have the intention of hanging herself.

 “But...isn’t this a strong statement?”

At this moment, Asuka Tanaka's expression is quite complicated, and the whole Ten Thousand Flowers Mirror is extremely exciting.

 “So what?”

Duanmuhuai looked at Asuka Tanaka as if she were a fool.

"You are just a teenage brat. Isn't it normal for children to have tantrums? Of course, it's just empty talk. If you just argue with your mother like this, it will definitely be fruitless. Just pass it. Aren't there going to be mock exams soon? If you can get a particularly good rank, preferably among the top ten in the country, then you will be much more confident when you go to your mother, right? Then you can just give her your transcript. When I looked at it, I said it was all because of the wind band club activities that I was able to pass the exam. If you didn't let me participate in the activities, my ranking might drop if I wasn't happy. I wonder if your mother wasn't scared to death."

 “Is this also okay?”

 Tanaka Asuka looked incomprehensible. She felt that this was completely fallacious. But for some reason, Tanaka Asuka felt that this trick seemed to be really useful against her mother.

but……

“Teacher, this is not what you should say as a teacher.”

After staring at Duanmuhuai for a moment, Asuka Tanaka chuckled and said. Indeed, as Asuka Tanaka said, as a teacher, Duanmuhuai should not have come up with such a bad idea at all. After all, most teachers either don't interfere in private matters, or they just talk about hello, me, everyone, and everyone. There is no one like Duanmu Huai who makes special suggestions, just to make other people's homes uneasy.

To be honest, if Asuka Tanaka’s mother knew about this and complained to the PTA, Duanmu Huai would have no choice but to pack up and leave.

“I can say whatever I want, no one cares.”

Duanmu Huai snorted coldly, he was really not afraid of this.

"I see."

At this moment, Asuka Tanaka couldn't help but laugh, lowered her head and saluted Duanmuhuai.

 “I will consider the teacher’s suggestion.”

 Then she spoke.