kingnovel Chapter 261: Tokyo University Entrance Ceremony
Chapter 261: Tokyo University Entrance Ceremony
At the entrance ceremony of the University of Tokyo, Karasuma Akimitsu sat below as an ordinary freshman, listening to the whispers around him.
"Is that male or female?"
"Blond hair, a foreigner?"
"International student? That's a great achievement to be admitted to the main campus, right?"
"I'm sure he's good at Japanese... Will he join the Ori training camp? Which club?"
"Does she know what Ori-gyukyu is?"
"So pretty, but she's not wearing a suit skirt, maybe she's a boy?"
"If we're going to have a training camp with Ori, it would be great to be in the same department with her."
Karasuma Akimitsu tried hard to ignore the noises around him and looked at the admission ceremony process form distributed when he came in. He was surprised to find that this year's Tokyo University speaker was Kudo Yusaku.
Are you kidding me? A detective novel author is giving a congratulatory speech at the Tokyo University entrance ceremony?
Wait, this is the world of science.
Ok.
Just think about it, as a chairman of a chaebol, he honestly attended the entrance ceremony and was willing to come to university. The president of the University of Tokyo must be moved.
Kudo Yusaku's congratulatory speech is very interesting. The general content is: writing detective novels requires logic, but life is not necessarily logical. Many things happen with coincidences and inexplicable things, and even others' unprovoked malice. So if you face the hardships and pains in life, you should try to absorb nutrients from them and grow. It's not about being grateful for the suffering, but about not letting yourself suffer in vain.
It was quite profound, but Karasuma Akimitsu went to bed in the early hours, and he slept for a while on the way from the manor to Chiyoda. In total, he slept for less than four hours, and he closed his eyes and dozed off when Kudo Yusaku was halfway through his speech.
Karasuma Akimitsu's golden hair was really eye-catching, and his seat was a little too far forward.
When Kudo Yusaku was speaking on the podium and scanning the audience, his eyes unconsciously fell on the blond student who was dozing with his head down, but after only a moment, he quickly looked away.
When Karasuma Akimitsu was woken up from his nap, people around him were already singing the Tokyo University school song.
After the entrance ceremony, when Karasuma Akimitsu and Haba Shiro were walking slowly towards the parking lot, their cell phones rang.
Karasuma Akimitsu picked up the phone: "Sonoko, what's up? ... Going skiing?"
Habashiro looked over.
"No, I know you are on spring break, but have you ever thought about it? It's true that you are on spring break in high school, but our university has started... Yes, I'm at the entrance ceremony of the University of Tokyo today... Thank you, I don't want to send news to entertainment gossip reporters as soon as school starts: the new president Karasuma skipped classes at the beginning of the school day." Karasuma Akimitsu rolled his eyes.
After hanging up the phone, Karasuma Akimitsu complained to Haba Haku: "Sonoko asked us to go skiing at Shufuci Resort at this time."
"We?" Yuba Bai was a little surprised.
"Yeah, she originally invited me to go with you and her friends, and there were hot springs and stuff." Karasuma Akimitsu was helpless, "But school has already started. Even if my grades are good enough to not have to take some professional courses, I still have to talk to the teacher after class, right?"
"Are you going to skip some classes?"
"Well, for some subjects that focus on exam results, regular grades only account for 100%. In this case, I can talk to the teacher about not going to class, doing the homework, and taking the exam directly. I plan to try to complete 24 credits in my freshman and sophomore years. This way, there will only be credits of courses left later."
"50 credits a year?" Haba Haku looked at Karasuma Akimitsu in surprise, "Are you planning to take the full course?"
"And some courses only require homework and final exams." Karasuma Akimitsu smiled confidently, "Don't worry, I'm a good student."
Haba Shiro recalled Nagai's optical guitar and was skeptical about this.
"This classmate." A voice sounded, calling out to Karasuma Akimitsu.
Karasuma Akimitsu turned around and saw that it was Kudo Yusaku who was walking towards him.
"I noticed that you fell asleep during my speech." Kudo Yusaku smiled, "Maybe what I said was really boring. I'm really sorry."
"No, Mr. Kudo, I was rude. I didn't get much rest yesterday and I really lacked sleep. What you said was very good and very inspiring." Karasuma Akimitsu lowered his eyes and apologized directly.
Kudo Yusaku smiled and held out his hand: "Well, can I meet this classmate who fell asleep during my speech?"
Karasuma Akimitsu raised his hand and shook hands with Kudo Yusaku: "Hello, Mr. Kudo, my name is Karasuma Akimitsu, and I am a freshman in the Faculty of Literature at the University of Tokyo."
"Is that Karasuma?"
"It's that Karasuma."
"You are so young." Both of them loosened their hands. Kudo Yusaku took back his hand and rubbed his fingers lightly without leaving any trace. He noticed that in addition to the obvious gun calluses on Karasuma Akimitsu's hands, there were also some guitar calluses that were about to disappear.
"Really? Being young is always good." Karasuma Akimitsu smiled and took it as a compliment, "Excuse me today, I actually like Mr. Kudo's work."
"Which one?"
"...'Dark Night Baron.'" In fact, Karasuma Akimitsu had never read any of the novels. There was no other way. Gin had already read all of Kudo Yusaku's works, so he had never read them on the recliner, and Karasuma Akimitsu himself had no interest in detective novels.
He never opened the set of autographed books that Kudo Shinichi gave him when he was a child.
Kudo Yusaku raised his lips playfully, but did not continue to ask about this topic: "Have you decided on your course selection?"
"Yes, I don't want to be too stressed out in the later stages of the course. I want to complete the three-year course and take it easy in the last year."
"That's a good idea. Most students will take as many credits as possible in their freshman and sophomore years, and prepare for internships in their junior and senior years." Kudo Yusaku asked with a smile, "For the Department of Literature, are you interested in writing?"
"No, I just like to watch." Karasuma Akimitsu looked around. This self-service parking lot costs 400 yen every minutes, so not many people park there. Most people who come to attend the entrance ceremony choose transportation routes such as JR, and few drive themselves.
Not many people noticed this.
Kudo Yusaku noticed the obvious impatience of Karasuma Akiko and chuckled, "It seems that even if you are not sleepy, Karasuma-san, you are not interested in listening to my lecture."
"Mr. Kudo..."
Seeing Karasuma Akimitsu's embarrassment, Kudo Yusaku changed the subject and looked at Hanaba Haku: "Is this also a freshman at the University of Tokyo?"
"He is my friend - Hanaba Shiro."
Habashi stretched out his hand and shook hands with Kudo Yusaku. Kudo Yusaku was surprised at how clean his palms were. Wasn't he a bodyguard? Why wasn't there any trace of calluses?
"Mr. Kudo, Mingguang and I have other things to do this afternoon. May I ask you..." said Bai Yuba.
"Sorry to bother you." Kudo Yusaku took out a business card and handed it to Karasuma Akimitsu, "If you are free, I would like to invite Mr. Karasuma to have a meal and have a good chat."
Karasuma Akimitsu took the business card and handed it to Hakuba, motioning him to keep it. He then chuckled and said, "Okay, but school has just started and I have a lot of things to do. I will find time to visit Mr. Kudo when I'm done with this."
Sitting in the Mazda, Karasuma Akimitsu let out a long sigh: "I really didn't fall asleep on purpose."
"Now go get some sleep, and let's go to the apartment we bought first."
"Is it in Bunkyo District?" After sitting down, Karasuma Akimitsu began to feel confused again. In fact, this was not his first day staying up late, but his seventh day in a row. So feeling sleepy at this time during the day was part of his biological clock.
"Yes, Mr. Hamura bought it in advance. He couldn't find a high-end apartment for sale that was spacious enough, so he bought a whole seven-story old apartment. Each floor has three bedrooms and each unit is independent." Hanaba Haku explained, "It's been renovated now. Mingguang, you can live on the fifth floor, and I'll live downstairs from you."
"What about the top two floors?"
"Well, since it's an old house, it's best to leave the top two floors empty for miscellaneous items."
Karasuma Akimitsu nodded in a daze: "You guys can arrange it." After saying that, he closed his eyes.
When they arrived at the apartment, Haba Shiro saw that Karasuma Akimitsu was sleeping soundly. After thinking for a while, he took a blanket from the back seat and covered him. There were no classes in the afternoon after the opening ceremony of the University of Tokyo, so he could have a good rest.
It was not until around three in the afternoon that a black Porsche 356A slid into the garage.
Gin got out of the car, looked at the white Mazda, and opened the door: "Why don't you get in?"
"He fell asleep." Habashiro looked at Gin, trying to suppress the awkward feeling in his heart, "He was so sleepy during the entrance ceremony."
Gin reached over Karasuma Mingguang's body to unfasten the safety belt under his blanket, then carried him and the blanket sideways and said, "Go upstairs and sleep."
Karasuma Akimitsu opened his eyes dazedly, and after finding out it was Gin, he nodded slightly and kept his eyes closed again.
Shiro Haba followed Gin into the elevator and went upstairs.
"Did anything happen at the entrance ceremony?" Gin asked.
"The person who gave the entrance ceremony congratulations was Mr. Kudo Yusaku. He was talking to the head of the family in the parking lot."
"Yusaku Kudo?" Gin frowned.
Hababai took out a business card: "He left his contact information."
"Throw it away." Gin said directly.
"But?" Haba Shiro glanced at Karasuma Akimitsu who was still in Gin's arms, "The head of the family didn't give any instructions in this regard."
"Throw it away. From now on, you should pay attention to the people of the Kudo family and don't let them approach the head of the family casually." The elevator reached the fifth floor, and Gin walked out holding Karasuma Akimitsu.
Habashiro followed him out of the elevator: "Why?"
Gin opened the door and squinted at Hayao Shiro. It was a long-lost fierce look in his eyes, and his dark green pupils looked strangely cold under the shadow of the hat brim. The hair on Hayao Shiro's back stood up, and his heart tightened.
"Don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask, just execute them."
Watching Gin carrying Karasuma Akimitsu into the room and closing the door from the inside, Haba Shiro raised his hand and pressed it on his face in frustration: "I haven't seen Gin with this expression in a long time." But it seems that Gin hates the Kudo family very much, why?
He hated it but didn't kill him directly. He just wanted them to keep a distance from Karasuma Akimitsu. Haba Shira slid his hand down and touched his chin, put the business card back into his suit pocket, and raised the corner of his mouth: "Interesting."
(オリ合宿: A two-day and one-night training trip for freshmen at the University of Tokyo, which is equivalent to an exchange activity for getting to know classmates and the same department to facilitate discussions on course selection, etc.)