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"Dragon Ball Z: The Galaxy in Crisis!! A Master of Skill!" was released during this period, which can be considered as a gift from the students.

The movie ended, and the applause continued.

The audience at this stage is mostly Dragon Ball fans.

The production quality is good, the supervision and music are decent, and the audience is forgiving and very satisfied.

Afterwards, I went home and arrived at the garage.

Akemi Akemi suddenly said, "Wait a minute, I need to buy something else."

Higashino Hibiki was terrified. "Hurry up!"

"It'll be quick! Just wait here and don't wander off."

Sure enough, she returned with a bag about 10 minutes later.

"That's it!"

When we got back to the village, the sky was still bright at 7 a.m.

The sun hangs high in the sky, seemingly never to set.

The Toriyama couple were not home, and Akemi Akemi hurriedly went to change her clothes, while Hibiki Higashino waited in the living room.

Thirty minutes later, Higashino looked out the window and realized it was already dusk.

The bright light softened.

Suddenly, a pleasant sound, like the tinkling of glass, came from behind.

Higashino looked up and saw a beautiful woman with light makeup and graceful figure walking down the steps.

Her face was bathed in the soft light of a summer sunset, and for a moment, this face, which I had seen many times before, became gentle and full of artistic conception.

Her hair was styled in an updo, adorned with a pale pink hairpin with dangling tassels and beads that clinked together with each step.

Higashino Hibiki was stunned for a moment.

Just like a person who stepped out of a painting.

Until she casually spoke up: "Let's go! The fireworks festival is about to start!"

Chapter 15 Goodbye, Miss Akimiya

The fireworks display in Nishi-Haruhi Town was very well done, with bright red lanterns hanging everywhere, many stalls lining the roadside, and children running around, creating a lively atmosphere.

Hibiki Higashino walked beside Akemi Akemi, the two only a few centimeters apart in the crowd.

On the way, Higashino met an old man selling masks. He thought the fox mask looked nice, so he bought one and put it on his face.

Akemi Akemi teased him, "You're so childish."

"It's a pity there's no Monkey King," Higashino Hibiki shrugged. "Don't you want one?"

“Me,” Akemi Akemi looked at the mask, her eyes suddenly lit up, she took off a white cat mask and put it on, put her hands behind her back, and skipped away, “Higashino-kun, please take care of me.”

Higashino Hibiki took out his wallet and handed the money to the stall owner.

Miss Akimiya paid for the movie and dinner today. It's just a mask, nothing special.

After paying, he looked up and saw that Akemi Akemi had already run far away, so he quickly chased after her.

She was squatting in front of the goldfish pond, looking at it with great curiosity.

"Higashino-kun, how do you play this?" She turned to look at Higashino Hibiki, her eyes glistening like a pool of shimmering water.

"I've never played this game before, but it's basically about using a wastebasket to scoop them up, depending on the strength and speed of your hands," Higashino Hibiki said to the stall owner. "I want ten servings!"

"Ok!"

Akemi Akemi started catching fish, but all the paper she was holding was torn. Apart from getting splashed with water by the goldfish, she didn't catch anything else, but she was still quite happy.

"Shall we continue?"

"No need, I've already tried it."

Then came candied apples, air guns, ring toss...

Unfortunately, there was nothing to be gained.

Ms. Akimiya was really happy tonight. Higashino saw through the mask that her eyes were often narrowed into crescent moons, and she was laughing heartily from under the mask.

They encountered burly men carrying shrines, dressed in naked loincloths, chanting work songs as they went.

Full of passion.

Akemi Akemi blushed.

"Let's go." She grabbed Higashino Hibiki's hand and ran to the side.

When there were fewer people around, he belatedly realized and let go of Higashino Hibiki's hand.

The crowd remained lively, and Akemi Akemi's heart also burned with excitement.

"Thank you so much, Higashino-kun. I'm very happy today."

"Me too." Hibiki Higashino crossed his arms and glanced at the starry sky.

Akemi Akemi spun around. "This is my first time attending a fireworks festival. It's so much fun!"

"Is that why you're so enthusiastic?" He remembered participating before, but this time was the most enjoyable.

“Yes,” Akemi Akemi nodded, looking at Hibiki Higashino. “Sometimes I really forget that you’re still a high school student who isn’t an adult yet. You’re like someone my age, no, more mature than me.”

"I just know what I'm supposed to do."

"Higashino-kun, I really envy you."

"what?"

"If you want to do something, you have the courage to do it."

You can too.

Fireworks soared into the sky with a loud "Boom!" sound, and then the sky brightened as colorful fireworks burst forth.

Like an umbrella, like a galaxy, dazzling and radiant.

Higashino Hibiki was involuntarily dazzled.

"The east wind at night releases a thousand trees of flowers, and blows down stars like rain."

He murmured Xin Qiji's poem.

“Hmm,” Akemi Akemi nodded, her eyes glazed over. “You’re really working hard, Higashino-kun. You’ve memorized quite a few poems.”

"Miss Akimiya, do you know the last sentence?"

Akemi Akemi looked at the sky, captivated by the beauty of the moment, and instinctively answered, "No."

Higashino pulled his baseball cap down, the flap behind his head, and then pondered, "Suddenly I turned around, and there he was, in the dim light."

"Huh?" Akemi Akemi looked over instinctively.

Hibiki Higashino moved closer, and the mouths of the two masks touched lightly before they moved away.

"What...what are you doing!" Akemi Akemi stepped back.

"Miss Akimiya, I really regret buying the mask. The moonlight is so beautiful tonight."

"I..." She covered her face with her mask, her face already flushed red.

……

The fireworks display ended, and I was on my way home.

In the countryside in 93, streetlights were scarce, and only occasionally could one see a faint light.

“Please don’t do that again,” Akemi Akemi said, walking ahead. “You’re too young.”

"Yes, yes." Higashino Hibiki nodded obediently, "I'll do whatever you say."

When they returned to Akira Toriyama's house, the couple had already gone home and were sitting in the living room watching TV.

“I’m back,” Hibiki Higashino said.

"Welcome home." Yumi Toriyama smiled. Today, she was different from her usual housewife self; she was wearing makeup, and you could see some resemblance to her younger self.

"Akimiya, how was the fireworks display?" Akira Toriyama asked, expecting her to respond enthusiastically, but Akemi Akimiya went upstairs absentmindedly.

"What's wrong with her?" Akira Toriyama asked in surprise.

"They're probably just too happy," Higashino Hibiki said with a smile. "The fireworks were beautiful."

“Young people these days are so naive.” Akira Toriyama shook his head, preparing for a long speech, “Back in our day, we were…”

"I'm going up." Higashino took a big step and headed up to the second floor.

"This kid..." Akira Toriyama was speechless. "What's wrong with him tonight?"

……

The next afternoon, someone came to visit. Akira Toriyama greeted them at the door and invited Akemi Akemi to join him.

Out of curiosity, Higashino Hibiki followed him down.

A black, extended Lincoln was parked at the entrance, with the rear window rolled down halfway, revealing only the elderly man with white hair sitting in the seat.

"My daughter has disturbed you."

“No, it’s alright.” Akira Toriyama said reservedly.

Higashino Hibiki was puzzled. Who was he? He didn't get out of the car, which was very impolite.

They're ridiculously arrogant.

He looked at Akemi Akemi, who was trembling and her face was pale.

"Are you alright?"

Akemi Akemi forced a smile, lowered her head, and whispered, "It's nothing."

It's strange, the usual lively atmosphere is gone, it's like it's become a place for social anxiety.

She seemed perfectly normal this morning, and I was happy because of her charm.