The two of them walked out of the shop one after the other and went down the escalator to the first floor.
When they reached the square, they saw the long queue at a glance.
The queue started at the entrance of Auction and snaked all the way out, bypassing most of the open space and was filled with people.
Some people were talking in low voices, some stretched their necks and looked ahead, and some were looking down at their phones to pass the time in line.
Kushida Kikyo looked at this long dragon and his steps slowed down for half a beat.
"This... is longer than I thought."
Kazehara Tetsu followed the line, glanced forward, and then looked at the rules card at the entrance.
The sign says that in order to ensure order in the venue, only twenty people are allowed in each batch. Those who enter will leave from the other side of the exit after enough time or the Auction round is over.
He made a rough estimate in his mind.
Based on the length of the team, there were at least seventy or eighty people in front of them.
If twenty were put in at one time, it would take four or five rounds to get them.
"There are four or five rounds. By the time we get in, the things inside will have been turned over several times."
Kushida Kikyo puffed up his cheeks, feeling a little annoyed, "If I had known better, I wouldn't have eaten this breakfast."
"It's the same thing if you don't eat. We were upstairs just now and didn't notice when the queue started downstairs."
The two people were standing at the end of the queue, debating whether or not to just wait. Suddenly, a voice came from the queue not far ahead.
"Senpai."
The voice was clear and clear, with a slightly deliberately lowered tone, but it was enough for them to hear.
"Come here, I'll hold a seat for you."
Kazehara Tetsu and Kushida Kikyo look at each other simultaneously.
In the middle of the team a little ahead, two people were turning back and looking towards them.
The one who spoke was Amasawa Ichika.
She stood in the queue and waved to Kazehara Tetsu, with a sly smile on her face.
Standing next to her was Nanase Tsubasa. Nanase looked much calmer and just nodded slightly as a greeting.
Their positions are in the middle of the queue, much further forward than the end where Kazehara Tetsu and the others are standing now. If you follow this group in, you shouldn't have to wait too long.
"Amasawa school girl?" Kushida Kikyo was a little surprised when he saw the person clearly.
Kazehara Tetsu did not move immediately.
He looked at Amasawa Ichika's "Come here quickly" look and felt a little hesitant in his heart.
They have good intentions when they help you hold a seat, but after all, they are jumping in line.
The queue is so long, and everyone is lining up honestly. If the two of them squeezed in from the end to the middle, the people around them would inevitably have thoughts in their hearts.
He was just thinking about whether to decline or say thank you, and then waited in line at the back. Kushida Kikyo beside him had already spoken first.
"Although, I'm a little embarrassed."
She whispered, glancing at the long queue and then at Amasawa Ichika in front of them, "However, everyone has helped to hold seats. It would be too disrespectful for us not to go."
"Let's go."
She wasn't shy at all. After speaking, she already grabbed Kazehara Tetsu's sleeve and walked forward.
"... Okay."
Kazehara Tetsu thought about it and realized that it would be too stubborn to stand at the end of the queue instead of standing in a ready-made position.
As for jumping in line, there were friends who had reserved a seat in advance. They met up in the past, so it doesn't count as jumping in line out of thin air.
The two walked along the outside of the team and walked forward to Amasawa Ichika and the others.
Amasawa Ichika Seeing them coming, he moved inside to make room for the two of them.
"I just said, I will definitely meet Senpai today."
She raised her head and said, "I guess I can calculate it accurately" with a proud look on her face, "Nanase and I came to line up early on purpose."
"How did you know we would come?" Kazehara Tetsu stood next to her.
"How could I know?"
Amasawa Ichika chuckled, "I was just waiting here to try my luck. Unexpectedly, I was actually made to wait."
As she spoke, her eyes fell on Kushida Kikyo next to Kazehara Tetsu, with a look in her eyes and an inexplicable meaning.
"However, there is a new person next to Senpai today."
She drawled her voice, "Senior Kushida."
"Amasawa school girl, hello."
Kushida Kikyo smiled, that smile was impeccable, "I didn't expect you to be here too."
"Hmm."
Amasawa Ichika responded and moved closer to Kazehara Tetsu, "Originally, I wanted to wait for Senpai alone, but it doesn't matter if there is one more senior sister."
"Anyway, I occupy a big enough position."
Nanase Tsubasa stood aside and listened to the conversation between the two people without interrupting. He just looked at Kazehara Tetsu and then at the front of the team.
"Kagihara Senpai, Kushida Senior, there are about forty people in front of us. It is estimated that in two rounds, we will be here."
"That's good."
Kushida Kikyo nodded, "Thanks to you, Amasawa, if you hadn't helped us hold seats, we would have been at the end of the queue today."
"No need to thank me."
Amasawa Ichika waved his hand, but kept looking at Kazehara Tetsu, "I took it for Senpai. Senior sister, you are here by the way."
As soon as these words came out, Kushida Kikyo was stunned for a moment, then laughed.
"Oops."
She drawled her voice, turned her head and looked at Kazehara Tetsu, "It seems that this elementary school girl is very interested in you."
Kazehara Tetsu did not answer the call.
He lowered his head and glanced at Amasawa Ichika beside him.
This girl came so early today and got a good position. Rather than trying her luck, she had already made a plan to block him here.
Hokkaido When she came back, she had been thinking about the so-called souvenir, and even promised to take him into her pocket. After a while, she came up with it again.
"Don't you have to go somewhere else today? It's so early in the morning for a first grader to run so fast to queue up."
"In order to wait for Senpai, I won't lose money wherever I go."
Amasawa Ichika answered confidently and without any embarrassment, "Besides, Xiaoyi is here too, so it's just right for us to be together."
She paused, then suddenly lowered her voice and moved closer.
"By the way, Senpai, Hokkaido's souvenir, the one you gave me last time..."
"Didn't I tell you that it was an exclusive gift."
Kazehara Tetsu interrupted her, "What else do you want?"
"I didn't say the gift was bad."
Amasawa Ichika blinked, "I just want to ask, can Auction and Senpai help me take some pictures today?"
"I'm a first-year student, and I don't have many Pointss. I definitely can't get it if I compete with others."
She raised her face with a little expectation in her eyes, "Senpai, please help me."
"You will look for opportunities."
"Of course."
Nanase Tsubasa next to him couldn't help but shake his head slightly when he heard this, but there was no blame in his expression, just a bit of accustomed helplessness.
"Amasawa, from the beginning of the queue, I have been saying that I have to wait for Senpai."
She looked at Kazehara Tetsu and told the truth, "If I try to persuade her, she may not be able to wait, but she won't listen."
Amasawa Ichika puffed up his cheeks and said, "Xiaoyi, how can you destroy my stage?"
"I'm just telling the truth."
Several people stood in the queue, chatting one after another.
Team, move forward little by little.
People from the front were let in one by one and came out from the exit on the other side in twos and threes.
Some people already had the things they had photographed in their hands, with expressions of satisfaction on their faces, while others had empty hands, but still looked excited, talking to the people around them about the excitement inside.
Seeing this scene, the people in the team felt even more itchy. They stretched their necks and looked towards the entrance.
"Soon, soon."
Amasawa Ichika stood on tiptoe and took a look, "There are only a few people left in front."
"Are you so excited?" Kushida Kikyo asked with a smile.
"Of course, I haven't seriously participated in Auction yet."