Tokyo: They say it's just dating, but they're serious about it.

Sayuri had also read "Paradise Lost," since it was written by her husband, so she read it very carefully and easily associated Rinko's temperament with Hitomi Kuroki.

She turned her head, first looking at Kuroki Hitomi's face, then at Katsuhiko's, blinked, and asked the two of them, "Am I now that original wife who has no feelings for Mr. Kuki?"

"Stop it, I'm not the kind of person who gets bored easily." Sheng Yan held Xiao Bai He's hand and tickled her palm. Xiao Bai He giggled and twisted her shoulders.

Kuroki Hitomi, standing beside him, raised her slender eyebrows slightly, tilted her head slightly, glanced at the stage to the right, and said softly with a smile on her lips, "Mr. Kuki, you like the new things too, don't you?"

"After all, it's Rinko, so she's bound to have some feelings for her. But Rinko's husband will probably have some objections, right?"

“Although he’s not an actor, he knows how hard actors work. He understands me very well. We talked about it last night, and he said he doesn’t mind.”

"Alright, as a newcomer to acting, I'll ask for your guidance, Hitomi Kuroki. For the sake of art, I'll follow your instructions. Now, I'll go back and prepare. See you this afternoon."

Kuroki Hitomi didn't say anything more, but simply turned her face slightly to one side, her ears turning slightly red.

Katsuhiko understood her subtext: "I'm willing to sacrifice myself for art, and my husband doesn't mind and understands." Since no one has any objections, why refuse? After all, Ms. Rinko is quite charming. After filming the bed scene where they "drink poisoned wine" together, it will be over. Isn't that how it is in the entertainment industry?

Katsuhiko took Sayuri around the company and collected two gold coins, which they exchanged for two Naruto theme songs: "The One I Love" and "The Size of the Moon".

The only Japanese anime that Katsuhiko has ever watched is "Naruto," so he is quite familiar with these two songs.

As is well known, Katsuhiko only listens to songs and is not very interested in songwriters, so he still doesn't know that the singer of "Ai no Hito" is the male-female rock band Sevenoops, and that another song, "Yue no Ota" is a series by the female idol group Nogizaka46.

Whether these two songs will instantly make the singers famous is uncertain. After all, the mood and lyrics of the songs are matched with the plot of the "Naruto" anime. Singing them out on their own would at least halve the effect.

However, the production of the Naruto anime has now been put on the agenda by Yutaka Tanaka, and it is expected to be broadcast on anime television in a few weeks. At that time, these two songs will become a huge hit.

Katsuhiko, considering that both songs were for a group performance, entrusted them to Tanaka Yutaka, letting him decide how to allocate them. He explained that while composing for *Naruto*, he had a sudden inspiration and, on a whim, created these two songs that matched the *Naruto* storyline within two hours… and there will be more in a few days…

After delivering the song, Katsuhiko took Sayuri into Eiyo and Kotoha's office and asked them if they were interested in traveling to Karuizawa.

The first scene of "Paradise Lost" was filmed in Karuizawa, located in Nagano Prefecture in the central highlands, which is a tourist destination.

Qin Ye scratched her head with a bitter expression. She was too busy. It was good enough if she could make sure she didn't work overtime at night. She simply didn't have time to travel to other places.

Yingdai is fine. After all, she has a team of lawyers under her, and her main business in the company is music copyright licensing and cooperation. She can postpone it for a few days, go there for a few days, and then go there after she has finished dealing with it.

Katsuhiko then went to Yumi Kanzaki's studio and asked the same question.

Yumi Kanzaki was also very busy. Although she had turned down various commercial performances and variety shows, she hadn't finished recording her own song yet and still needed to work on her collaboration with the "Aurora Five Girls"... However, Oriko hesitantly asked Yumi Kanzaki if she could have a few days off. She didn't mean anything by it; she just wanted to clear her head. Lately, she didn't know why, but she felt empty and a little restless...

Yumi Kanzaki was both amused and exasperated, but she understood her situation and gave her a few days of free time. It was similar to Hideyo's free time vacation—go there, come back to work, and if she felt uncomfortable, she could go back again… Yumi Kanzaki told Katsuhiko: "I'll let her go once and never dare to go again."

Zhizi lowered her eyes, pursed her lips, and remained silent.

Katsuhiko called Yuma Kamisaki, who was at home creating manga, but she was still designing characters for the One-Punch Man anime and had no time to work.

Finally, Katsuhiko took Sayuri back to the convenience store.

She also told Mikoto and Masako about going to Karuizawa. After they learned that many people had gone, they said they wouldn't go and cause trouble, since it was inconvenient for them to do anything while pregnant.

Of course, Sayuri was quite interested. She had never seen what it was like to make a movie behind the scenes, and she also wanted to travel. She had lived for twenty-three years and had only ever traveled between her hometown and Tokyo.

In the end, it was decided that Sayuri would be a permanent member, Eiyo and Oriko would be randomly selected, and the others didn't have time.

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Summary:

She is transported to 1990s Tokyo and becomes someone who "shouldn't exist."

Fortunately, there's a cheat code that allows you to "lock onto someone and know what their secrets are."

I'll work part-time as a detective first. I happen to save the detective agency president who was about to hang himself because he thought "the child isn't his" and "his wife ran away with someone else."

The real-life detective industry is completely different from "Conan-style crime solving": catching adulterers is the main job, and miscellaneous tasks are part of daily life.

Detectives have virtually no power; the only investigative methods permitted by law are: tailing, surveillance, and interviewing.

The first task: Investigate a beautiful woman and obtain evidence of her infidelity.

The client was not the wife's husband, who was away on a business trip, but a colleague from the high school where the wife worked.

Xiuping obtained accurate information: the woman had not cheated on him, did not have a husband, and was single.

The client insisted on obtaining evidence of her infidelity, otherwise he wouldn't pay...

So, how do I resolve my "unregistered" status?

Chapter 139 Filming on the Road

I'm about to go on a long trip to film a movie.

Tanaka Yutaka estimates that the crew will be in Karuizawa for at least half a month. Of course, this is assuming everything goes smoothly. If things don't go smoothly, for example, they might encounter a director, assistant director, cinematographer, art director... and a male lead making his acting debut, though it's not really related to the male lead. Anyway, it might take a month or two!

Tanaka Yutaka was still worried that Katsuhiko might find the process too long and suddenly back out, so he put it rather tactfully.

Of course, even half a month is a long trip, so you'll need to pack your luggage, prepare a change of clothes, and bring toothpaste, toothbrush, and other daily necessities.

Mikoto took a brand new black suitcase from the convenience store, and then, together with Masayuki Shiraki, Sayuri, and Yuma Kamisaki who had rushed over, they packed Katsuhiko's luggage.

Several ladies stood in the alley with their suitcases, bewildered, unsure of which lady's house to go to, because they suddenly realized that Sheng Yan had no clothes to pack at all.

I did have some old clothes when I lived in the Okubo apartment, but I just threw them away as trash after I moved out.

Now, Katsuhiko only has the set he's wearing and the work uniform Mikoto gave him from the convenience store when he first arrived a few months ago.

As for the shoes, one pair were work boots he bought at the Mikoto convenience store, which he had already thrown away because they were stained with paint, and the other pair were the leather shoes he was wearing.

As for toothpaste, toothbrush, towels, slippers, shampoo, razors, bath towels... there are quite a few, each wife has a set, a total of seven sets.

The seven sets of daily necessities were all brought home by the wives from Mikoto's convenience store.

"Honey, you're so frugal! You don't even have a pair of underwear."

Katsuhiko doesn't have the habit of wearing underwear...

Finally, in Katsuhiko's suitcase, he packed some clothes for Eita to change into, and also toothpaste, toothbrush, water cups, etc. from each of the wives' homes. Their idea was that when he picked up these items, he should remember that they were waiting for him at home.

June 29th, the rainy season is not over yet.

It started to drizzle when we set off at 3 o'clock.

It just so happens that the day they went to Karuizawa in the script was a rainy day.

Furthermore, there is a scene where the male and female leads are driving a car on a highway in the rain.

Tanaka Yutaka suggested that they try shooting some film today, since they had plenty of film on hand and wouldn't worry about wasting it. Besides, the sooner they finished shooting, the sooner they could go home...

Tanaka Yutaka mainly wanted to see if his president, Takenaka, could perform in front of the camera as Ms. Kuroki Hitomi had previously praised: "He acted very relaxed, which drew me in. He has a real talent for acting..."

Katsuhiko naturally cooperated, after all, Tanaka Yutaka was a famous director.

Tanaka Yutaka prepared a four-seater sedan as the vehicle for Katsuhiko and Kuroki Hitomi to use when they were filming their scene together in the rain.

Katsuhiko sat in the driver's seat, and Hitomi Kuroki sat in the passenger seat.

The photographer set up his camera in the back seat of the two people, while in the other seat behind them sat Xiaobaihe, who was following along curiously.

Then, on either side and behind Katsuhiko's car, Tanaka Yutaka's car followed, with cameras number 2, 3, and 4 sticking out of the windows to film the exterior scenes...

With everything prepared, the car exited the congested Kyoto Expressway and entered the smooth, sparsely trafficked Kan-etsu Expressway. Tanaka Yutaka leaned halfway out of the car window, holding a large megaphone, and shouted into the light rain, "Action!!"

The scene depicts Kuki, the male protagonist, driving a car and looking at the rain-soaked road ahead through the windshield wipers, feeling as if he and Rinko are fleeing Tokyo.

The preceding emotional buildup involves Kuki being pressured by his daughter to divorce his wife. However, Kuki is unwilling to be close to his wife, yet he also doesn't want a divorce.

Because his daughter was pressuring him to get a divorce, Kuki felt that she was criticizing his indecisiveness, which made him feel that his relationship with his family was becoming more distant.

Meanwhile, Rinko, another female protagonist, also encountered a problem. After having an affair with Kuki, she returned home and found signs of strange women coming and going from her house. This meant that she suspected her husband had brought strange women into the house.

Then Rinko comforted herself, thinking, "This way I'm finally free," but she felt very uncomfortable inside. Even though her husband had another woman, he wouldn't agree to divorce her.

It's very similar to the situation of the male protagonist, Kuki, who is having an affair with Rinko but doesn't want to divorce his wife.

After the emotional recap, the dialogue in the car scene begins with Katsuhiko looking at the road ahead as the windshield wipers sweep by and saying, "It feels like I've seen this kind of scene in some movie before."

Hitomi Kuroki responded to the line, "It's not one of those police dramas, is it?"

"They are not murderers, but two people in love who escaped from the city to another place."

As Katsuhiko recited his lines, he inwardly despised the male lead he was playing, Hisaki. He couldn't find the right words to describe him, but he just felt that this guy wasn't very good.

It's probably a difference in values ​​and beliefs; there are too many conflicting aspects, and no words seem quite right to describe it.

"Cut!!!"

Outside the car window, Tanaka Yutaka was yelling through a megaphone, "President Takenaka, your eyes are wrong, wrong! There's no love in your eyes, only contempt! You and your beloved Rinko escaped the city, how can you look at her like that? You've gone too far, too far!!"

Hitomi Kuroki, standing beside him, smirked. During their earlier rehearsals, Katsuhiko had mentioned his disdain for Kuki. "So what if he has a wife? Bringing Rinko home to live with my wife, isn't that what I did? I've brought so many girlfriends home, and our lives are perfectly harmonious..."

Kuroki Hitomi wasn't worried about Katsuhiko's performance. During their previous scenes together, he had convincingly portrayed Kuki's hesitant nature, but the reason he hadn't quite captured that now was probably because he was too relaxed. It felt like he also wanted to win Rinko over, which was rather awkward.

Katsuhiko's acting style doesn't require him to immerse himself in the role; he relies entirely on his acting skills and solid abilities. An actor like that can handle any role with ease.

He's so much better than me. I need to completely immerse myself in the role before I can perform it. That narrows my acting range. I'll probably only be able to play the kind of wife who cheats on me or the seduction of middle-aged women... Lately, I feel like I can't get out of the role. I can't tell if I like my husband at home, Katsuhiko in front of me, or Hisaki in the script... It's so annoying.

Katsuhiko gave Tanaka Yutaka an "OK" sign through the car window, then Tanaka Yutaka raised the megaphone and shouted again: "Attention all units, Action!!"

Next, Katsuhiko repeated to Hitomi Kuroki in a melancholic yet loving tone, "...two people in love escape from the city to another place."

After Katsuhiko's character, Kuki, finished speaking, a while later, Hitomi Kuroki, who played Rinko, said, "We're not much different from murderers."

Hisaki, played by Katsuhiko, asks, "Who did you kill?"

Katsuhiko is now bringing the character of Kuki to life so vividly that Hitomi Kuroki is somewhat dazed. Fortunately, she has already memorized her lines perfectly, so she replied, "I didn't kill anyone, but I caused a lot of pain, such as your wife, daughter, and those around you..."

When Kuroki Hitomi mentioned "Madam," her eyes unconsciously glanced at Sayuri, who was staring intently at them from the back seat.

Whether the photographer had a brain fart or was simply being led astray due to his inexperience, the camera lens shifted slightly, catching a glimpse of Sayuri's wide-eyed, bewildered face.

"Cut!!!" Tanaka Yutaka's body was half-out of the car window, and the people behind him were still holding onto his clothes to prevent him from falling out. Tanaka Yutaka's face was already contorted, and the light rain had soaked him to the bone.

He waved his fist and yelled through a megaphone, “Damn it! Cameraman Number One, where are you turning the camera?! Where are you turning it?! Tell me, what are you doing! Hitomi Kuroki! What’s wrong with you? Where are you looking? Where are you looking! Are you feeling guilty?! Aren’t you known for your immersive acting?! Where have you gotten into that immersion? What are you looking at Mrs. Takenaka for? Feeling guilty? Worried she’ll find out you like her husband…”

When Katsuhiko's eyes started acting up, Tanaka Yutaka was seething with anger, but he didn't dare to vent it on his president, Takenaka. Now that he finally found an outlet, he yelled and cursed for five minutes straight.

Kuroki Hitomi blushed red from his scolding, feeling both ashamed and embarrassed. She shrank back into her car seat and secretly wiped away her tears.

Whether it was because her secret was touched or because she felt wronged by Tanaka Yutaka's scathing critique of her acting, she knew she shouldn't have looked back at Sayuri. It was an extremely stupid and low-level mistake; she must have lost her mind.