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I hurried to the coffee shop at the hotel.

It was a common chain store, with non-smoking seats on the ground floor and smoking seats on the second floor.

Naturally, there were Tomiko and the hammer on the ground floor.

"Well Hammer, what's up?

And I went straight to the seat at the back. [M]

As soon as he entered the store, Tomiko and the hammer were found.

That's about it, the two of them stood out.

"First, why don't you buy me a drink?

Toshiako tells Awasaki that.

I went to the cashier and asked for an iced coffee. [M]

It didn't take much time to provide, but I kind of twitched.

"So, what do you mean?

And I went to the two of you with an iced coffee.

The hammer doesn't try to give you a face with the bottom peeled.

Wait for me to sit down, and Tomiko flicks his mouth.

"I suddenly got a call. I'm in Tokyo, and I was wondering if I could see you."

"So?"

After all, it was Tomiko who answered.

"So I answered that if it was time to meet you, and we met here... and I was asked if your relationship with me, and hence with everyone else, was true."

"Is that why you came to Tokyo?

No, it's not.

I'm watching.

On his way to the awards ceremony, he sees a well gavel entering the audition venue.

It's bad if it's something you're hiding.

"It's not just for that..."

Finally, the hammer flickered my mouth.

Where did the hostility towards Tomiko go?

The personality that has come to the fore so far is now lurking.

"I have a problem with walnuts in Tanimura."

I don't immediately understand what the hammer is saying.

I wonder why the name of Tanimura comes up here.

I speak for a well gavel that Tomiko is unlikely to speak well.

"There's a freshman named Tanimura Walnut, right?

"Oh... he's a former softball club, and now he's in the Department of Cultural and Human Studies"

"He auditioned for Idol."

Wait.

Wasn't it the well hammer that auditioned?

It's confusing in my head, but my memory must not be wrong.

I did see the back of the hammer.

"Didn't the hammer take it?

"Why do I take it?

And he looks at me surprised with a frown.

Honestly, I told him I saw a hammer before the award ceremony.

"Oh...... it's definitely me. But not to audition, I went to see Walnut Tanimura."

"Why?"

"She didn't seem to know..."

Well hammer said that Tanimura Walnut contacted us suddenly today.

It was about auditioning in Tokyo.

The surprised hammer immediately contacts Tanimura, but does not pass.

"I think I turned off my phone because I wanted to concentrate on auditions."

"Not really... are you guys in touch like that?

"Since that day, well... just a little bit of interaction"

That day would be when you met me at the coffee shop at the same time.

When I did exchange contacts with the two of them, Jing Hammer and Tanimura were also exchanging contacts.

Tomiko, who is silent, is turning his cold eyes against the well hammer somewhere.

"So?"

I urged the continuation. [M]

The well hammer flickers at his mouth after a quick nod.

"So... I thought Mr. Tanimura probably didn't know that our school was banning entertainment activities... so I rushed to Tokyo"

"I see."

So you came to the audition venue?

"Even after I auditioned for that. It's not gonna happen on the spot."

"Yes, but Mr. Tanimura's appearance also meant that he would be given a pass on the spot"

"Since I passed, 'cause I think I can say no..."

"That's about it for you"

And, suddenly, Tomiko pinched his mouth.

And when he looked straight at me, he laughed and said with a smile.

"In other words, Mr. Ikegama was contacted by Mr. Tanimura, and he panicked and couldn't think calmly, so he came to Tokyo for now."

"... no"

A well hammer that lowers its eyes and swells its cheeks.

Apparently, it's true. The puffy cheeks are dyed red.

"So, you and Tanimura met?

"That's the problem... I didn't see you..."

"Why?"

This is it.

Tomiko turned the screen on my phone. [M]

That was something I looked into before the award ceremony started.

"'Epac Music Rookie Idol Excavation Audition'... isn't this it?

"Look closely."

That's what I was told, so I picked up my phone from Tomiko and scrolled through the screen.

It says where it's the venue, but it's definitely where I saw the hammer.

"Is that it?"

However, there was some wording that bothered me to go further down.

"'It should be noted that you will proceed to either a general or a special interview at the document review. The venue for the special interview will only be contacted by the subject'... What do you mean?

"I looked it up, and this audition basically sounds like a policy of meeting with all the people who put out the paperwork"

"Oh...... so you get more applicants, right?

"I guess so. However, because of the large number of applicants, interviews will be conducted based on general and special interviews. The general interview is a group interview, and it's going on and on in about 5 minutes, but the special interview is going to be with each person, and the interview is going to be pretty long."

So we can find out in separate venues.

I mean, I sell to meet a lot of people, but in fact, the paperwork is already sorted.

Sort people with good looks by photos and hold special interviews.

Tanimura Walnut would have gone on to a very special interview.

"This... could really be what the hammer said"

"Yeah, there's probably an audition passer out of a special interviewed person. Somewhat, I'm sure we'll get it out of the general interview, but the odds are low."

"Tanimura has a pretty good chance of passing... it's just that if he passes and becomes an idol egg, he'll have to quit school... why would he want to be an idol in the first place?

Not as good as the hammer, but it's also surprising that Tanimura wants to be an idol.

"I think you're just like me..."

A light of pity dwelt in the eyes of the twinkling well hammer.

In the lighting of the dim coffee shop, the well gavel with Tochiko as its present existence is quite tiny.

"Something tells me I want to be different from what I've been."

I thought I figured out how Hammer and Tanimura got to know each other.