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Just by saying so, the audience burst into applause.
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(Wow! ......)
As for Jin, he was under nothing but pressure. The saving grace is that Reiko, who is performing, is unperturbed.
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"Well, I'm off."
Reiko said shortly and walked to the performance hall.
In the center of the hall, she made a curtsey bow to the audience, who applauded her.
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As if on cue, Reiko began to sing.
"...... the cherry blossoms that bloom and fall, who do they go to on the wind?"
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Then she began to dance with graceful movements.
Reiko has had this ability ever since she met Reinhardt's
"What do you think of, maidens in the wind of falling flowers, the days of your childhood that pass in a moment, or the feelings of your ardent bosom?
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Their movements are more like dancing than dancing.
"Time goes by, flowers fall, but what should I do with these feelings?"
Reiko moved around the performance hall dancing with fluid movements.
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Unlike humans, she is able to sing and move without losing her breath, which is an advantage.
I've never heard it before, says Zion.
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"The flowers have bloomed again this year, but you are far away in the sky..."
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The audience is listening to Reiko's song and watching her dance.
"I want to cherish this moment, believing that it will continue into the future. ......"
The speed of the dance slows down even more and Reiko returns to the center of the performance hall.
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The time limit is up.
Reiko bowed slowly.
The audience cheered and applauded.
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Momoko also walks to the center of the performance hall and stands naturally.
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Momoko bows loosely in her curtsey and begins her performance.
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Momoko pulls out a knife from under her skirt and starts juggling.
She juggled 20 knives.
"This is amazing," she says.
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She looks like a street performer, but what she is doing is incredible.
Each of the 20 knives is spinning in the air at high speed like a propeller and moving in turn like a cue ball.
It is an impossible feat unless one has excellent dynamic vision and reaction time. Moreover, the height of his throws increased with time, until finally he reached about 5 meters.
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After about two minutes had passed, Momoko quickly backed away. Before she could do so, 20 knives fell and stood in a clean straight line on the ground.
Momoko then began her next move. It was an acrobatic juggling act.
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Unlike the floor exercise, the emphasis is on jumping and twisting in the air.
It was as if she were jumping on a trampoline.
It is noteworthy that despite the intense movements, the dancers' clothes are not disheveled.
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Even though she was wearing a skirt, it was not billowing, and she had what is called an "ironclad" defense.
After about two minutes of such acrobatics, Momoko jumped up and spun around in the air, landing beautifully.
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Momoko then spent the remaining minute performing an up-tempo dance.
Zion summed up.
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Momoko bowed to the audience as the time limit expired, and was given a hearty round of applause.
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Hanako stands on the stage to loud applause. The knife used by Momoko has been put away neatly.
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Hanako starts to move slowly. But...
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"I'm thinking of marrying off my daughter.
"Well, how about marrying her off to the most high and mighty of the heavenly deities?"
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If you know what you are doing, you will be more interested in it, and it will be easier to understand the contents.
"...... What? I'm better than the clouds because the clouds hide me?"
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"Then, let's ask Mr. Cloud to marry you."
(Ah, the mouse's marriage.)
Jin, who had been listening to the line, was struck by it.
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（You are quite good.)
A monologue depends on how one can express multiple beings through acting.
"...... you say that Kaze-san is better than Kumo-san because Kumo-san is blown away by the wind?"
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"Well, let's go to Mr. Wind."
Most of the audience had never heard of this old tale before, and they listened intently, their eyes fixed on the story.
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"...... What? No matter how hard the wind blows, the wall will always protect you, so you are better than him?"
"Then, let's go to the wall to build a frame.
This is one of the old stories that Jin told Vivian.
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(I wonder if there were other members at that time. ......)
At least Marikka seemed to have heard and remembered it.
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"...... what? No matter how strong Mr. Wall is, the rats are better than him because they can make holes in him?"
"Oh, so we rats are the best. Then let's give our daughter in marriage to a mouse.
"My childhood friend Chutaro seems to be the older of the two."
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That's good.
"......Thus the mouse's daughter was to be married to the same mouse."
Hanako concluded her speech with a narrative.
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"......Let a dead tree bloom."
She concludes her performance by receiving praise and rewards from the lord, and it is just about time to go.
Hanako also received thunderous applause and cheers.
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