Chapter 197: 197
Study, exercise, interpersonal communication.
Time flies and four years later, as Karuizawa Kei enters the senior year, the campus bullying in the class finally begins to show signs.
Because I had prepared for a long time in advance and made many friends, the initial bullying did not fall on Karuizawa Megumi.
Karuizawa Megumi knew this girl who was bullied, because when she was bullied in her previous life, the other party did not participate, but did not lend a helping hand. This is actually the current situation of most students in the class.
The students who were pushed to the corner were surrounded by insults, while the students on the other side were leisurely flipping through textbooks or writing homework. Some were humming songs and swaying their feet under the table. Keep the beat.
It was as if two worlds were separated in the same class for an instant. Everyone built a wall around themselves, dividing all bullying and being bullied outside the wall.
Now, Megumi Karuizawa pushed back the wall that divided the sideline.
Megumi Karuizawa knew very well that if she stood idly by, she would remain imprisoned in the past.
She is the one who knows the evil consequences of bullying best, and she is also a bad child who tastes it personally and bestows it on others.
Because human thinking cannot transcend the limitations of the present, and things in the past will always be infinitely magnified.
That's why I long for a chance to do it again and make up for my regrets.
Is this an attempt to stand out?
Puzzled, resentful, doubtful, questioning.
Karuizawa Megumi felt the pressure of standing in front of others.
But she knew very well that compared to the pain she endured now, the pain Karuizawa Megumi felt in the past was much heavier. The meaning of the irreversible past was to instruct her to take action now.
Karuizawa Megumi recalled the scene when he saw Kitagawa Ryo blocking the vicious stabbing in front of him.
Even though the person standing behind her now is not Liang, if she sees him again one day, she will probably be able to proudly tell her about it.
Not as the bullied, not as the bully.
But——
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"Guardian?"
Faced with Kitagawa Ryo's somewhat surprised inquiry, Karuizawa Megumi just smiled and replied:
"Well, if I had to choose, I prefer the black and white guardian cat in "Cats"."
"Cats" is a musical with a fairy tale color, and naturally the collision between the good and evil camps is indispensable. There is a plot in the middle where a bad cat named Macavity kidnapped the old leader of the entire tribe, but in the With the help of other cats, his conspiracy was also foiled. In this play, there is a scene where the guardian cat named Munkustrap steps forward to fight the bad cat heroically.
"But I remember that this character didn't seem to have a solo part."
Kitagawa Ryo frowned and thought for a moment. One of the features of "Cats" is the creation of a large number of cat images with distinctive and lifelike personalities. The guardian cat is indeed an important plot character, but unlike other characters who have solo passages to show themselves. Compared with cats, the guardian cat only appears in the chorus, and the part where he fights the bad cat is just a simple action scene.
"But I just love the character Duck."
Karuizawa Megumi shook her restless legs, and even added a deliberately cutesy tone at the end of the sentence.
She stretched, and the range of the mountains, which were beginning to take shape, formed a graceful arc in front of Kitagawa Ryo's eyes.
"Although Ryo is the director, actors also have the right to choose their own roles."
Karuizawa Megumi knocked on the table and joked, this was a common sentence used by Kitagawa Ryo to contradict the troupe leader.
"I was just doing it casually, I didn't plan to be formal."
Kitagawa Ryo turned the pencil in his hand. He just wanted to let Horikita Suzune train the heroine of "Cats" so that she could temporarily help Horikita take over. As a result, it became a drama club. There are solid rumors about plans to remake Cats.
In addition, a member of the student union confirmed that Director Kitagawa Ryo of the Drama Department had submitted a relevant application, and the truth of the rumors suddenly increased. Kitagawa Ryo even received encouragement from the school chairman.
Obviously, at first, he just wanted to find a legitimate reason to bring Firefly to the school legally and let someone help raise her.
Sighing sadly, Kitagawa Ryo thought for a while and said:
"But the guardian cat's appearance is black and white, and Megumi's hair color is a bit too conspicuous."
"You can tie them up then."
Karuizawa Megumi shook his head, and whether it was accidental or intentional, his long single ponytail was thrown directly into Kitagawa Ryo's face.
"Alright."
Kitagawa Ryo rubbed his nose. There was a very obvious shampoo scent, probably citrus.
"Actually, I think the actor's own acting skills should be more important than the performance of this character."
As Karuizawa Megumi spoke, he took off his hair tie, and his long honey-colored hair fell smoothly on his shoulders. It was obviously just a simple hairstyle change, but it seemed to have gained a bit more gentleness out of thin air.
"I really like this kind of character who is kind to his companions, harsh to his enemies, and at the same time can stand up to protect others in the face of danger."
[It's the version of myself I've longed for before]
She added silently in her heart.
"That's why they are called guardian cats."
Kitagawa Ryo understood Karuizawa Megumi's thoughts after just a moment's thought. In the other party's first simulation, Karuizawa Megumi was willing to fabricate and exaggerate the extent of her bullying in order to retain her, hoping to be completely parasitized. , but chose to let go in the end.
In the other party's second simulation, Karuizawa Megumi worked hard to grow into a powerful self through his own step-by-step design. Even if he finally passed the level, it cannot actually be said that Karuizawa Megumi His life was completely changed by this.
Because in these two simulations, she played essentially a guarded, puppet-like role, which may be better than a completely useless parasite, but it is also quite limited.
"Mei, do you still remember the first time we met at the theater?"
The sudden topic raised by Kitagawa Ryo made Karuizawa Megumi stunned, but she quickly nodded:
"of course I remember!"
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"ha..."
The slight sigh miraculously reached the ears of every audience in the audience.
"Although we are blood relatives, you and I are not the same kind."
[Yes——Cool! ]
When Karuizawa Megumi saw the familiar figure on the stage, she suddenly burst into tears for no apparent reason after a brief surprise.
Even under the makeup, the eyebrows, eyes, mouth, nose, tone of voice and way of sighing are still familiar.
She almost had the extreme idea of rushing onto that stage immediately.
Fortunately, because the lights in the auditorium were dim, her parents did not notice anything strange about her, so Karuizawa Megumi wiped away her tears with her hands.
Karuizawa Megumi had also thought before that there might be no Kitagawa Ryo in this world, or that they would never meet again.
But she still waited and saw it.
Liang's eyes were still as dark and deep as they had been when they looked at each other countless times, like a pool of deep water.
But Karuizawa Megumi could only find a sense of peace of mind in it.
She suppressed her impulse and focused all her attention on him alone.
As the climax of the story arrives, Hamlet, who has been poisoned by the sword, is taking his final revenge. On the stage, he forces the king to drink the poisoned wine. His eyes sparkle with chilling resentment, completely making people forget what happened before. He looks like a graceful prince, but at this moment he is a simple vengeful ghost:
"Go away, you incestuous, murderous, and cruel King of Denmark!"
There was no emotion at all, the look of a naked wild beast.
"What an amazing acting skill."
The father next to him unconsciously praised him, but Karuizawa Megumi just stared blankly at the crazy Hamlet.
"Follow my mother!"
His throat growled hoarsely.
Megumi Karuizawa doesn't know much about drama, but she can also guess what kind of effort it takes for a child to perform such a performance on the stage.
So after the play, she pestered her father to buy a bouquet of flowers for the actors.
"Ryo! Your performance today was outstanding!"
Karuizawa Megumi had wiped away her tears, and she showed her brightest smile in front of Kitagawa Ryo.
"Thank you for your appreciation, I will continue to work hard."
This was the first conversation between them. After a brief hesitation, Karuizawa Megumi heard Kitagawa Ryo's next words.
"Thank you for coming to watch this play today. The next performance is scheduled to be the tragedy "Oedipus King" by the ancient Greek playwright Sophocles."
"The oracle from the Temple of Delphi was mentioned in it, and I give it to you here to encourage yourself."
"γν θι ζεαυη ν—Know thyself."
It sounded like an advertisement for promotion, but Karuizawa Megumi immediately understood that these were words sent to him by the other party.
Because Kitagawa Ryo's eyes were staring at him.
He remembers.
Only at this moment did Karuizawa Megumi feel that she was truly "reborn".
So she also made her own choice:
"I also want to be a theater actor like Ryo!"
"Drama Troupe Leader, Troupe Leader, do you still accept apprentices?"
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"Actually, at that time, I really didn't expect that Hui would join the troupe, let alone that Hui would persist longer than me, a dilettante like me."
"If Ryo is half-assed, then there probably won't be many professional theater actors in the world."
Karuizawa Megumi covered her mouth and smiled softly.
"Don't worry about the script and actors tomorrow, just go to bed early."
Looking at the phone, the time on it was already close to eleven o'clock in the night. Karuizawa Megumi ordered while changing her shoes and preparing to leave.
"knew."
"I will call you at twelve o'clock to check."
"Is it necessary to go to this point?"
"Because coolness does make people uneasy sometimes, like last time."
Karuizawa Megumi waved her hand, and she was just about to close the door of Kitagawa's house and leave.
But Ryo Kitagawa walked over in slippers, and he said with some worry:
"It's so late, why don't you just stay at my place all night? Hotaru's room is still empty, so tell your parents to spend the night at the troupe's place."
"All right."
Karuizawa Megumi nodded and walked into Kitagawa's house again.
Then...
The two happily wrote the script all night long.
"so sleepy--"
Karuizawa Megumi fell down on the bed without any grace. This was Hotaru's room. Although Hotaru was receiving treatment abroad, the room was tidied up diligently and there was no problem with it being occupied.
There is also a promotional poster for Kitagawa Ryo's drama on the bedside.
"Super explosive new star - great praise for her acting skills!"
"Leading Starring:
Macbeth - Ryo Kitagawa, Lady Macbeth - Megumi Karuizawa"
Karuizawa Megumi fell asleep in a daze.
[It really... feels like a long time has passed]
It's just that he still needs to grow up, to the point where he can protect Ryo.
But for now, let's just stay with him.
ps: This chapter is a supplement to Karuizawa Megumi's life and the entire mentality change. After reading it, it is recommended to go back and read the last few paragraphs of the second chapter of this volume.
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