"President."
Holding Yan Huan's burning hand, Sakuramiya Hitomi pursed her lips.
Although she was filled with fear over the already ruined High Table Dinner in the outside world, at this mont, Sakuramiya Hitomi still chose to trust Yan Huan.
"Crack!"
Following a crisp sound, everything around them started turning into dust, beginning from the ceiling, revealing the darkness of the outside world where less than a second had passed.
On Yan Huan's body, his originally torn suit was reborn, and Sakuramiya Hitomi's plain pajamas transford into a pristine white gown.
"Whoosh."
The gentle sea breeze arrived, bringing the sound of crashing waves.
The two of them stood closely embraced, unnoticed by anyone, on the beach at the entrance of the ballroom.
"What's going on?"
"A power outage?"
"What happened..."
"Ah, a perfectly good ball, it's not going to just end now, is it?"
"That would be too awful..."
All around, due to the sudden power outage, the confused murmurs of students and teachers rose and fell.
"Whimper..."
Those voices were like torture. Yan Huan instantly felt the petite girl in his arms tremble slightly, constantly burrowing deeper into his embrace.
But Yan Huan simply held her tightly, looking down at her unbound, flowing hair.
He gently took out from his pocket the hydrangea hairband that Self-Doubting Sakuramiya... or perhaps Perfect Sakuranomiya, had given him earlier.
Then, he whispered,
"Don't be afraid, Hitomi... Look over there."
The direction Yan Huan pointed to was out towards the sea.
"Eh?"
Sakuramiya Hitomi paused slightly and subconsciously turned her head.
Taking advantage of this, Yan Huan reached out and used the hydrangea hairband to tie her long hair.
"Whoosh..."
The sea surface held the profound depth of the night. Tonight's clouds obscured the brightness of the moon, leaving her unable to see anything.
"Pop!"
"Swoosh!"
But the very next second, amidst the dark silence, at the very limit of the naked eye's reach...
A faint light slowly rose from the horizon, ascending into the high sky.
"Fwish!!"
That flickering faint light shot straight up towards the sky, like a surgical blade slicing through the deep and secluded silence of this mont and place.
"..."
And as Sakuramiya Hitomi stared blankly at that solitary faint light rising from the darkness, she already realized what it was...
Therefore, in stark contrast to the faint light soaring into the sky...
A single clear teardrop slid down her cheek just like that.
'We both...'
'Must definitely be holding the sa feelings at this mont...'
The live band nearby caught the young man's gaze at this mont, hurriedly raised their instrunts, and played a lodious tune.
"What's that sound..."
"Look, what is that?!"
"Are... are those fireworks?!"
The faint light slowly rising on the distant horizon now drew the gaze of all the bewildered students present.
They looked towards the darkness of the sea, only to see a faint light dragging a luminous tail, having already reached mid-sky.
"Bang!!"
Imdiately, the faint light that reached the high sky suddenly blossod, bursting out in colorful and resplendent brilliance high in the air, completely illuminating the sea and the entire venue of the High Table Dinner!!
The surface of the sea was instantly covered with a sparkling rainbow, and even the beach rippled with rhythmic streams of light, not to ntion the glass-dod venue itself...
The gazes of everyone, originally drawn by the small beam of light, were allowed to clearly see the boy and girl standing on the beach the mont the fireworks blood.
The boy wore a crisp suit, his posture perfectly straight.
The girl's white dress fluttered, elegant and incredibly beautiful.
Then, under everyone's astonished and watchful eyes, the boy took a step back and turned to look at the girl beside him, who was still staring blankly at the sea.
He placed one hand behind his back and extended the other holding the hydrangea, inviting the girl.
"Hitomi, may I invite you to share the first dance of the day with ?"
"..."
Sakuramiya Hitomi turned her head blankly. Under the illumination of the dazzling fireworks, the tears on her cheeks sparkled like jewelry.
But facing the invitation she had waited for for so long...
The next second, she smiled, sniffled to wipe away her tears, and nodded.
"Yes, President..."
She simultaneously reached out her hand and placed it in Yan Huan's extended palm.
"Wow!!"
"So it was a segnt designed by the President?! I really thought it was a power outage!!"
"To pull off such a romantic confession, that's really against the rules, President Yan!"
In an instant, the students in the entire venue fell into a state of boiling excitent once again.
Fireworks were a fleeting brilliance.
But at this mont, the fireworks on the distant horizon rose one after another.
It was as if the seeds planted on the day Yan Huan fell in love with Sakuramiya Hitomi were taking root and sprouting at this mont, turning the dark venue bright.
The distance was just right—far enough that the fireworks could be seen, yet their sound was very faint.
Therefore, it allowed the band's music to flow freely like water, connecting the emotions of everyone present.
'I've already done my howork regarding the research on you.'
'Interests, thoughts... I know them all like the back of my hand...'
To the side, countless staff mbers conducting the live broadcast pointed their caras toward Yan Huan.
It was just like what Sakuramiya Hitomi had done countless tis.
Hiding behind the cara, under Nara's speechless gaze, she used a pen to record everything about him.
And after recording, Sakuramiya Hitomi would slowly stand up and examine herself in the mirror to see if her posture was elegant...
"Look, Nara, how do I look in this..."
"Ugly."
"Nara!! Seriously!!"
But now, she no longer needed to use a cara to observe the young man so close at hand.
'The only problem left is the activation timing, following the natural flow set by the plan.'
'Let's check and see the areas prone to making a mistake.'
'And eradicate them completely.'
The fireworks rising above the venue were a spectacle that had risen countless tis in the South Ward's night sky.
In the days before the Modifier descended, it had illuminated the desk in Yan Huan's bedroom and his eyes countless tis, witnessing his efforts to bridge the gap between their family backgrounds.
Until one day, he twirled his pen, gazed at the soaring fireworks, and suddenly paused.
Then, he imdiately opened the calendar in front of him and flipped to January 1st.
On it, written with a red pen, was:
"Sakuramiya's birthday"
He solemnly picked up the pen and added a line below it:
"Go see the fireworks together"
But now, he had fulfilled this promise buried deep in his heart ti and ti again.
'Alright, absolutely certain! I have a feeling you will confess to .'
'Tugging the red thread connecting us.'
'I can't wait anymore!'
On the beach, having received Sakuramiya Hitomi's agreent, Yan Huan took a deep breath.
Facing the night breeze, the hem of Sakuramiya Hitomi's dress swayed, and her hair, tied with the hydrangea hairband, danced along with it.
"Look quickly!! That hairband!! I gave that hairband to Sakuramiya to give to the President!! It was !!"
Inside the venue, Yurianna was so excited that tears stread down her face. She grabbed the neck of Ashley, who was untying Yabashi Ki nearby, and shook her back and forth.
"Yes, yes, yes..."
Ashley looked utterly helpless, but seeing Sakuramiya Hitomi pin the received hydrangea to Yan Huan's chest, she couldn't help but smile.
'You are so dazzling.'
'So radiant that I can hardly see you, as if engulfed by an incandescent halo.'
In the center of the scene, Yan Huan could no longer hold back and gently pulled, bringing Sakuramiya Hitomi closer.
That was the starting pose of a waltz.
"Are you ready, Hitomi?"
"Mhm..."
In his arms, Sakuramiya Hitomi pursed her lips and nodded tremblingly,
"Yes... but... but President, I slept for a long ti, my body might... Ah, ah, ah!!"
"It doesn't matter!"
Hearing this, Yan Huan simply wrapped his arm around Sakuramiya Hitomi's waist and suddenly spun her around on the beach, startling her.
The traditional opening dance led by the Student Council President began right now!!
'Whether straightforward or beating around the bush.'
'Before the teardrops fall, let your specialness take shape!'
This dance almost cost the two of them their lives.
One had just fallen from a great height; beneath his bright and neat clothes were wounds covering his body, hurting wherever touched.
The other had slept for an unknown amount of ti and had only just woken up; coupled with her naturally frail constitution, she began panting after only a few turns.
As a result, their original dance began to deform little by little.
"Ugh... Pre... President, I'm already a little... As expected, I..."
Feeling her stamina failing more and more, the worry on Sakuramiya Hitomi's face started to surface again.
Even so, although Yan Huan had already made up for the High Table Dinner's power outage with fireworks, Sakuramiya Hitomi still worried that her lack of stamina would ruin the opening dance.
"..."
Seeing this, Yan Huan raised his eyebrows.
He suddenly reached out and pinched his own injured thigh, instantly causing him to gasp in shock from the pain,
"Hiss!"
In an instant, their originally neat dance steps also staggered a bit, causing Yan Huan to hop on the spot a few tis with Sakuramiya Hitomi.
"President, are you okay?!" Seeing this, Sakuramiya Hitomi's expression imdiately changed, and she looked him up and down.
"I'm fine, I'm fine..."
Yan Huan smiled helplessly and quickly adjusted his footing.
But looking at the worried Sakuramiya Hitomi in his arms, he couldn't help but laugh. Then, without saying a word, he just pursed his lips toward the direction of the venue.
Seeing this, Sakuramiya Hitomi quickly looked over.
Over there, everyone was still applauding and holding up their mobile phones to take pictures, only there was much more cheerful laughter from the students.
"President!! Is Vice-President Sakuramiya too close to you, making you nervous?!"
"It's okay, we all understand!!"
"Hahaha..."
The atmosphere remained very joyous and didn't worsen because of his mistake.
On the contrary, it seed even better.
"So what if you didn't dance well because you're unwell? That doesn't matter at all, Hitomi."
Yan Huan leaned close to Sakuramiya Hitomi's ear and whispered gently,
"Right now, we are leading the dance together... That is the most important thing!"
"..."
Hearing this, Sakuramiya Hitomi's eyes shrank slightly.
She watched as Yan Huan pulled his head back, looked at the students in the venue, and jokingly scolded,
"Nonsense, the sand just tripped ! If you don't believe it, let's dance again inside the venue!"
"Bang!"
At this mont, high in the sky, the colorful fireworks persisted, illuminating his everything.
Feeling the lively and happy atmosphere all around, what Yan Huan had said earlier to Perfect Sakuranomiya... or rather, to her, was only now truly and deeply etched into her mind.
Yes, right now, as long as she was with the President...
Anything was fine.
'I have thousands of words I want to say to you, but the result is often contrary to my true feelings.'
At this mont, on the calm sea, a speedboat was rapidly approaching the island.
On the speedboat, Nara, dressed in a cheongsam, held up a telescope and observed the young boy and girl walking together into the venue on the island, a smile forming on her lips.
"Have you finally done it, my Eldest Miss..."
Behind her was the generator that Yan Huan had asked her to bring earlier...
As well as Tong Yingying, who had a sour face and crossed arms.
"What on earth is going on? Is Yan Huan really dancing?! With who?"
"..."
Hearing this, Nara smiled slightly and turned her head to look at Tong Yingying.
"One piece of good news and one piece of bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?"
"Ah?"
Hearing Nara's words, Tong Yingying blinked and imdiately stood up.
Could there be a plot twist?!
"Let's... let's hear the bad news first?"
"Well... the bad news is, he's not dancing with you."
"Screw you!"
Tong Yingying's face imdiately fell, and she sat back down on the boat.
"Hey, hey, hey, what about the good news?!"
"Heh, there is no damn good news..."
Nara adjusted the direction of the speedboat, ignoring Tong Yingying's outburst, and simply continued,
"The good news is, apart from my Eldest Miss, I didn't see any of the other girls who were close to Yan Huan at all..."
"Huh?"
Hearing this, Tong Yingying was slightly stunned.
'I originally thought quietly waiting by the stump for a hare was very smart, but the hoarse shouts eventually made
slow to catch on.'
At this mont, all across Linn.
With the shattering of the Jiejiè, massive spatial rifts appeared once again, just like in Sakura Country before.
Fortunately, this ti, they had Sakuramiya Hitomi's centipedes sending them off, preventing them from ending up in a foreign land.
Luoqiao District, inside a quiet park.
"Ouch!"
"Aowww!!"
Spencer and An Le landed lightly on a grassy slope, rolling several tis on the ground before finally coming to a stop.
North Sea District, inside the won's restroom of a high-end shopping mall.
"Eek!!"
Bai Yi was scared out of her wits, her small face turning pale, until the next second, she was gently placed on an unoccupied toilet.
Kyogo Ward, Ye International.
Ye Shiyu was the last to leave the Jiejiè, and because she broke free from the centipede, she also fell the hardest.
"Thud!"
At this mont, the lights in the office had long been turned off, leaving it pitch black.
Inside the building, almost all electronic devices bizarrely malfunctioned in an instant, flashing screens full of static.
And Ye Shiyu crashed heavily onto an office desk, directly knocking over a cluster of desks and chairs.
Ye Shiyu herself sprawled in the midst of the wreckage, her fingertips trembling slightly.
"...I... I succeeded... Xiao... Xiao Huan?!"
But the next second, she abruptly raised her head and hurriedly picked up her mobile phone.
Not just her, the rest of the hosts who landed on the ground also all took out their mobile phones.
Yes, there was a live broadcast of the High Table Dinner.
Now that she had successfully used hypnosis on Perfect Sakuranomiya and destroyed her Jiejiè, presumably Xiao Huan was...
"Bang!"
However, when Ye Shiyu unsteadily raised her finger and tapped open the live broadcast...
What she saw...
Was only a screen full of dazzling, romantic fireworks, as well as...
"Hahaha, it doesn't work inside the venue either, President!"
"As expected, it's because the person you like is right in front of you, so you're too nervous! And you still won't admit it!"
The person... he likes?
In the pitch darkness, Ye Shiyu stared blankly at her mobile phone, at Yan Huan and Sakuramiya Hitomi, who looked like a match made in heaven.
They were dancing clumsily, but both had happy smiles on their faces. Their bodies were close to each other, and anyone could tell at a glance...
That it was a dual affection, both physical and emotional.
"..."
Seeing this, Ye Shiyu instantly widened her eyes and froze in place.
On the other side, inside the shopping mall in Kyogo Ward, Bai Yi also panicked and helpless, lifting her dress as she ran out.
"No way, no way... Is this real?! Hey, hey, hey?! No..."
Of course, she had also seen the live broadcast, and since she was in the North Sea District, she was closest to the venue!
If she rushed over now...
"Yan Huan!! Sakuramiya Hitomi!! Ugh!!"
As she ran, her mobile phone was still broadcasting Yan Huan and Sakuramiya Hitomi's dance live!!
'We are both still constantly exploring, how should we start a romantic relationship?'
At this mont, inside the High Table Dinner venue.
As ti ticked by minute by minute, due to their physical conditions, the two's dancing beca less and less standard.
But slowly, Sakuramiya Hitomi stopped caring about whether her dancing was perfect or not...
Under the illumination of the resplendent fireworks, right now, her eyes only held the lover so close at hand.
"It's almost over, Hitomi, do you still have stamina?"
"Mhm!"
As the musicians of the band took a deep breath simultaneously, it was obvious that the climax of this dance was fast approaching!
'Whenever I am gazed at by you, it's hard for my heart to remain calm, always feeling like a deer is thrashing about...'
"Bang!!"
At this precise mont, high in the sky, the dazzling fireworks burst forth once again.
Those colorful fireworks shone through the transparent glass, scattering across the entire venue.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd and amidst their laughter, the colorful light struck Sakuramiya Hitomi, who was dancing gracefully.
Through the prismatic wine glasses filled with liquor on the tables, through the glass ceiling above...
Her silhouette seed to be split apart, displaying entirely different appearances from every angle and every part.
"President, slow... slow down!"
In one glimpse, the one Yan Huan was leading was Frail Sakuramiya, wearing a hospital gown, panting but with a burning gaze.
"Bang!"
"Ah, sorry, sorry, I accidentally bumped into it..."
In another glimpse, Rash Sakuramiya touched the samurai helt on her head and gave an awkward smile at the edge of the table she had just bumped into.
"Waaah! I'm flying!!"
A mont later, she was the incomparably small Petite Hitomi, flying while hugging his fingertip in Yan Huan's palm.
"Hmph, well, today has been... pretty fun, right?"
And slowly, she changed back into the cool Cool Sakuramiya, whose words never matched her feelings.
"President, your body is really..."
In an instant, she seed to have turned into the doting and loving Mama Sakuramiya.
"Clang clang clang!!"
Until the very end, the string section, acting as the backbone of the orchestra, reached its peak!
Gritting his teeth, Yan Huan held Sakuramiya Hitomi's waist, while a panting Sakuramiya Hitomi tilted her head back in his embrace, completing the incredibly elegant final pose of the waltz.
"Amazing!!"
"The opening dance is a huge success!!"
'Please take the un-candid
outside...'
Amidst the thunderous applause, both Yan Huan and Sakuramiya Hitomi felt a bit embarrassed, but even as they tried to avoid eye contact out of shyness, they both tacitly looked at the lover by their side.
The mont their eyes t, they both smiled faintly at the sa ti and held each other's hands tighter, reluctant to let go.
"Bang!!"
In the high sky, the faint light of the fireworks lasted only an instant.
In that instant, Sakuramiya Hitomi's shadow was dismantled into countless different versions of herself.
Every Sakuramiya, every mask, blood on her body at this mont.
Yet, the only one missing was Perfect Sakuranomiya?
That didn't seem entirely true, did it?
Because...
Right there in the boy's eyes as he gazed at his lover, right there in his rapidly beating heart, right there amidst the words of confession he had brewed day and night...
That flawless Perfect Sakuranomiya had long ago transford into eternity.
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