I play wind instruments in Kansai.

"Miyare, do you have any experience in this area before?" Gu Huayin asked, sitting in a chair and looking at Miyare Nozomi standing to the side.

Gongling Wang shook his head and said:

"No, I used to be quite lazy."

"You used to be so low-key."

Gu Huayin smiled at him, and because her smile was so charming, her words seemed to have no hint of sarcasm.

"Junior Miyamune, aren't you going to sit down?" Nana Shida asked, noticing that he was still standing.

"Oh."

Miyamine Nozomi originally hoped that Daidouji Seiko would say those words, so that he could sit next to her openly and without guilt.

However, the chief's words are still words.

He pulled over a steel pipe chair and carried it directly to Daidoji Seiko's side.

"Daidouji-senpai, may I sit here?"

Daidoji Seiko crossed his arms, glanced at him, and said expressionlessly:

"can."

"Thank you, senior."

Because they got so close last time that their bodies almost turned negative, Gong Lingwang now doesn't dare to get too close to her and keeps a distance of half a meter.

He leaned forward slightly and said to Nana Shida:

"Shida-senpai, could you give me a copy of the full score?"

"can."

Shida Nana did not refuse and handed a full score to Tani Hanane.

Tani Hanane handed it directly to Daidouji Seiko, and after passing through the hands of the two girls, it landed in the hands of Miyamine Nozomi.

Hayami Tenma Sei sat upright in the chair with his legs together, watching the trombone audition, and swallowed hard.

You should be able to understand it, there shouldn't be any problem, after all, you've practiced for so long.

Unless everything that happened before was a dream.

Daidoji Seiko picked up her phone and glanced at the time; the screen showed it was already 3:50 PM.

Normally, in a band of more than seventy people, each person would need three to five minutes to complete tasks such as entering and leaving the band and organizing sheet music.

In other words, the entire audition usually takes more than three hours.

It was already dark.

"Let's get started, Ryūno-kun," Daidouji Seiko said.

"Ah."

Ryūno Sawamura glanced at Miyamine Nozomi, who was raising his hand and giving a thumbs-up.

Compared to his seemingly relaxed junior, the burly Tatsuno Sawamura, the voice section leader, was extremely nervous.

He wasn't lacking confidence in his clarinet skills; he was just nervous about playing in front of people.

In his friend's words, he is a typical "test anxiety type" personality.

Tatsuno Sawamura placed the sheet music on the music stand, picked up his clarinet, and got ready.

However, Tenma Hayami remained silent for a long time, while Kanon Tani, standing next to him, smiled and tilted her head, saying:

"Supervisor Hayami, is there anything else I need to prepare?"

"Huh? Uh? Ah, no."

When asked, Hayami Tenma Sei seemed flustered and quickly nodded.

"You can begin, Ryūno-kun, please introduce yourself."

Previously, Miyamine Nozomi had said that she should familiarize herself with the name of every member of the brass band, and she did so diligently.

“Three years, Tatsuno Sawamura, the instrument I played was the clarinet,” Tatsuno Sawamura said with a tense face.

Nana Shida picked up a black pen and lightly tapped the audition list, saying:

"Let's begin."

Tatsuno Sawamura took a deep breath and played the designated part of the theme song "Guardian".

"The Guardian" is actually not difficult, and the selected sections are few, only a short segment.

Although Tatsuno Sawamura looks rugged, the tone he produces is extremely melodious, warm, and full of "heart".

"Okay, next we'll play the freestyle and the solo section."

In the freestyle piece "Murdoch's Last Letter," there is a clarinet solo that needs to be played in one breath, requiring strong breath support and high-pitched endurance.

The clarinet solo and the audition are connected; the solo is from measure 38 to 43.

Next is the test measure for each voice part, from forty-four to fifty-four, spanning two octaves, testing the ability to unify the timbre of high and low notes and the continuity of breath control.

Meanwhile, measures 48 to 54 are the clarinet's virtuoso section, mainly consisting of rapid groups of sixty-fourth notes, and including multiple elements such as scales, arpeggios, arpeggios, and large leaps.

If this section can be reproduced perfectly and clearly, then this person is undoubtedly the main force, and a solo victory is absolutely guaranteed.

Gong Ling looked at the score.

The selection of these instruments for audition had nothing to do with him; they were all chosen by Daidoji Seiko alone.

It seems she is well aware of exactly what the difficulties are.

Tatsuno Sawamura played the clarinet, his fingers flying across the keys.

The dazzling sixty-fourth notes were handled relatively smoothly by him, but could only be considered barely pleasing to the ear.

What amazed Miyamine Nozomi was that, whether it was a rapidly ascending scale or a leap across two octaves, the leader of the Ryūno group remained as steady as a rock.

It's totally worth his big size.

Overall, Miyamine gave it a fair score in his mind, but he would still give it a score of 100 to use as a basis for judging the abilities of the other clarinet members.

After all, auditions aren't about getting a perfect score; they're about finding the best among the worst.

After a melody, the clarinet's tone echoed in the classroom.

Even after playing for such a long time, Tatsuno Sawamura didn't blush or get out of breath.

Miyamine Nozomi leaned back in her chair, crossed her legs, and glanced at Hayami Tenma Sei. Her brows were furrowed as she stared intently at the trombone passage on the score.

When he wanted to say—

"Supervisor Hayami, what do you think?" Daidoji Seiko suddenly spoke up when she was checking her audiovisual performance.

"Gong Ling, go and call for help."

"what?"

"Call the next person in."

"Oh oh oh."

Everyone here is a "leader," and he's the only subordinate. This is something that really needs to be done by him.

Miyamine Nozomi got up and walked to the door with Tatsuno Sawamura. Only then did the third-year team leader dare to speak:

"Gong Ling, am I alright?"

"I don't know, it's not my decision."

"Daidouji asked you to stay because he wanted to hear your opinion. Do you think I still have a chance?"

"It should be fine."

Gongling Wang didn't have time to chat with him any longer and simply saw him out.

On one side of the corridor, thirteen members of the clarinet section were already waiting.

As expected of the musical instrument department, there are fourteen people in total, including Tatsuno Sawamura, which is quite a lot.

The A section also had the largest number of participants among all clubs, with a total of ten clarinets selected.

"Who is next?" Gongling Wang asked.

"I."

A girl with short hair stood up. She had delicate features and seemed to be an ordinary girl in every way.

"Suzuka-senpai".

Suzuka Nanami blinked in surprise:

"Gong Ling, do you know me?"

Gong Lingwang turned to the side and looked at her little face as she squatted on the ground taking off her shoes, looking up at her. Her eyes were blinking, and she was quite cute.

"Of course I know. There are only three bass clarinets in the section, and Suzuka-senpai plays them the best."

"Thank you." Suzuka Nanami blushed.

"Gongling!"

Hayami Tenma's voice came from inside the classroom.

Gong Lingwang turned his head and found her looking at him with a frown. The lights in the music room were already on.

"What are you talking about for so long? Why don't you come in?" Hayami Tenma said, tapping his fingers lightly on the table.

"oh oh."

He sat down again next to Daidoji Seiko.

When he saw Suzuka Nanami sitting in her seat, her face flushed, Hayami Tenma's breathing quickened unconsciously, and his tone became less gentle:

"What year was it from? What's it called? Which part of the instrument is playing which instrument?"

Suzuki Nanami is also a third-year student, but there has never been an audition or selection process within the club before; all selections were made internally.

This is her first time auditioning, so it's impossible for her not to be nervous.

Not to mention, the way Hayami, the supervisor, spoke was different from how he usually treated them, which made her even more nervous.

"Three years, bass clarinet in the clarinet section."

“Okay, let’s begin,” said Hayami Tenma Sei.

Gong Lingwang glanced at her; he rarely saw this woman show such an expression to her students.

It seems she was serious; she was referring to the audiovisual aspect.

Then you can't be irresponsible.

◇

The long and short flute parts.

Half an hour had passed since the audition, and Erika Toda was in the practice room, but she had no interest in practicing at all.

She glanced to the side and saw Shiraishi Hitomi fiddling with a flute. It wasn't a public instrument from the wind band; it looked like she had brought it from home herself.

It's so convenient to own a music store; you can just pick up whatever instrument you want.

"Does Shiraishi-senpai also want to play the flute?" Erika Toda asked.

"Mm." Shiraishi Hitomi nodded.

"Don't be nervous, just blow it the way you normally do."

Erika Toda smiled at her. Although she was saying those words to Hitomi Shiraishi, it seemed as if she was comforting herself.

Hitomi Shiraishi looked up, met her gaze, and said:

"I won't take it from you."

"Well?"

Erika Toda's eyes flickered slightly, and a look of surprise flashed across her face in an instant. She quickly explained,

"I didn't think that way."

Hitomi Shiraishi didn't continue speaking, but simply lowered her head, her fingers resting on the keys, as if practicing fingering.