Conquer the world, young man!

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Chapter 58058 Hospitalized

When Totsuka saw Takeru and Kusanagi walk into the ward, he finally realized why they seemed familiar. As Totsuka Tatara, this was how he had met them.

"Oh, King, you're here too?" Totsuka greeted the red-haired boy with his hands in his pockets, who was looking at him.

"Who did this to him?" Suoh Mikoto's tone was lower than usual. Looking at the boy on the hospital bed with his leg in a cast, he felt inexplicably irritated.

Totsuka blinked. Was it because his current look was too unique? But thinking of those who got beaten up even worse, he couldn't help but chuckle.

“You…” Kusanagi Izumo pointed a finger at Suoh Mikoto, “If you continue to hang around Mikoto, you’ll still run into these kinds of things.”

"Don't worry, Kusanagi-nii, I'm very strong," Totsuka replied earnestly, his eyes filled with sincerity.

Unfortunately, looking at Totsuka's appearance, Kusanagi Izumo couldn't imagine how powerful he was. "Perhaps you think it's safe to follow a strong person, but the result may be quite the opposite." You should have known from the beginning that following Mikoto was a very dangerous thing.

"It's okay, I'll be careful." I'll be careful not to get messed with by the system again. Getting beaten up by ordinary people is really embarrassing.

Kusanagi Izumo pursed his lips, seeing that Totsuka had made up his mind, there was really nothing he could do. A boy's decision always seemed irrefutable.

Suoh Mikoto, however, could not control his anger and stepped forward to kick the hospital bed.

Totsuka was startled by the tremor, and when he looked up, he saw Suoh Mikoto frowning, looking impatient. "I'm asking you who did this to you?"

"Really... I really want to use that reason!" Totsuka lowered her head, her voice somewhat dejected, "Um, King, I have a favor to ask you."

When he looked up, his words were sincere, "Can you listen to me?"

Kusanagi Izumo turned to look at Takeru beside him, who simply nodded and replied directly, "Mm."

Oh no, how can Mikoto be so cute and serious! Totsuka tried her best to put on a melancholy expression, but when she spoke, it turned into a smile, "This leg is so itchy, can you scratch my toes for me?"

Totsuka pointed to her feet, and her toes started wiggling.

"Huh?" Kusanagi Izumo was completely stunned and also very shocked by Totsuka's statement.

"Hehe." Totsuka's lips curled up, his smile impossible to contain.

Suoh Mikoto's brows relaxed, he sighed softly, and walked straight forward to support Totsuka's legs.

Kusanagi Izumo, standing to the side, was utterly stunned. Could it be that Mikoto was really going to tickle Totsuka...? It was completely unimaginable!

"Great!" Totsuka smiled happily, but was immediately punched on the head by Mikoto's fist. He gasped and groaned, "Ouch...that hurts!"

Suoh Mikoto turned around and left the ward. His suppressed anger disappeared without a trace. He was an idiot for worrying about that idiot!

"What an arrogant brat!" Kusanagi Izumo looked at Totsuka, who was rubbing his head, and didn't know how to describe this guy. How could he make such a request to Mikoto? "If it were Mikoto, I wouldn't be able to stop him. If he gets killed, there's nothing I can do."

Totsuka shook his head. Takeru really couldn't resist being teased. He waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's okay, there'll always be a way."

Thinking about how Mikoto looked just now, she felt incredibly happy to see him so worried. "Kusanagi-nii, don't you think Mikoto will become a great king? He'll definitely be a king truly worthy of being followed!"

"I want to become the king's subject..." Totsuka smiled. Mikoto is a person who values ​​emotions more than anyone else.

"In short, it seems that Mikoto has accepted you." Kusanagi Izumo stepped forward and ruffled Totsuka's hair. "HOMRA welcomes you anytime."

"Kusanagi-nii." Totsuka picked up his phone, tilted his head, and asked, "Could you give me King's phone number?"

"Sigh... As expected, your initial target was Mikoto." Kusanagi shook his head and chuckled, "Even I, whom you call Kusanagi-nii, am no match for Mikoto."

"Oh dear, you and Mikoto are different." Totsuka pouted, her eyes wide open. "Kusanagi-nii, just give it to me."

"Hey, remember this well." Kusanagi Izumo recited a string of numbers. "If Your Highness asks, you can't say that I gave it to you."

“King wouldn’t ask.” Totsuka carefully saved the number in his phone. “Besides, Kusanagi-nii, do you think anyone other than you is close to King?”

"Uh..." After being refuted by Totsuka, Kusanagi Izumo finally sighed, "I'm really defeated by you." He was just a gentle and lively boy when we first met, but now it seems I underestimated him.

"Anyway... thank you Kusanagi-nii and King for coming to see me. I'll be fine soon." Totsuka tapped the cast on his leg and said softly, "It's not serious at all. Please ask Kusanagi-nii to tell King thank you for me."

"Tsk, get well soon, Totsuka." Seeing Totsuka so energetic, Kusanagi Izumo's worries vanished.

Totsuka chatted with Kusanagi Izumo for a few more minutes before sending him away. It seemed that this hospitalization had indeed been effective. Totsuka looked at the extra number in his phone, his thoughts drifting away again.

Haha, shouldn't you thank me for your help?

"No need." Totsuka rolled his eyes when he heard the extra voice in his head.

[The host has completed the main quest "Conquer the Red King" (40/100), which is quite good.]

"So, System, all you can think about is the mission?"

[I will serve the great Tom Sue without hesitation]

Shizuku was speechless about the system.

After the cast was removed, Totsuka had just started moving around when Mr. Matsumoto came directly to the hospital to pick him up.

Seeing Mr. Matsumoto's clearly displeased expression, Totsuka immediately bowed and apologized, "I'm sorry to have troubled you to come all this way to pick me up, Mr. Matsumoto."

"As an entertainer, how can you not take good care of your health!" Matsumoto Shota was genuinely shocked when he learned that Totsuka was hospitalized. "Luckily, no one noticed who you were this time, otherwise, do you want the newspapers to report why you were hospitalized?"

"I'm fine, Mr. Matsumoto." Totsuka smiled cheerfully. "It was completely an accident. I'll be more careful in the future."

Shota Matsumoto sighed as he looked at Totsuka's nonchalant attitude. This guy definitely doesn't have the mindset of an entertainer; does he still think he's just an ordinary middle school student? But seeing Totsuka like this, he couldn't say anything.

"By the way, the album sales have been very successful, and the agency has decided to select one or two songs from your album to shoot music videos for release." Matsumoto Shota took out his notebook, which was specially used for keeping track of his schedule, and carefully planned out the schedule for the next few days. "Well, you'll start shooting tomorrow. LME has already written the script for the music video, and I'll pick it up for you at the agency later."

Upon hearing this, Totsuka immediately lost her spirits. She had just been planning to have a good time in HOMRA for the next few days, and now she had a job?

Matsumoto glanced at Totsuka and laughed, "You do have acting experience, after all. Filming a music video isn't too complicated. People are very supportive of your album, so having a music video would be even better for promotion."

"Okay, I understand." Totsuka nodded. Anyway, he would finish filming the music video as soon as possible and then go to HOMRA.

Accompanying Mr. Matsumoto to LME, Totsuka casually flipped through the script for the music video. The song to be used in the music video was another song from the album that Totsuka also liked. Both "Letter Song" and "Kaze no Kyoukai" seemed to be the kind of songs that were sung quietly, and if they were to be made into a music video, there wouldn't be any story to tell.

It's understandable that the agency chose to shoot a different song for the music video. As a song from the album that celebrates friendship, the story behind the music video adaptation of "Best Friend" is naturally related to friendship.

The script for the music video was quite simple, mainly focusing on the friendship between A and B at school. When A faces setbacks or failures, B is always there for him, encouraging and comforting him. The two strive to get into the same university, helping each other through difficulties, celebrating youth and friendship. After reviewing the script, Totsuka had a good grasp of the concept; filming such a music video shouldn't take too long.

In contrast, the music video for another song was a bit more challenging. "Aishiteru" was meant to express love, and when Totsuka sang it, he was filled with love for the world. However, the script for the music video depicted romantic love. Perhaps due to Totsuka's age, the script described him expressing his love for a girl he had always liked as he approached graduation. Just thinking about it made it seem rather tricky.

Thinking of this, Totsuka said directly to Matsumoto Shota, "Mr. Matsumoto, I'll take the script back and read it. Will you be taking me there tomorrow?"

“Yes, that’s right.” Shota Matsumoto nodded. “If the filming goes quickly, it won’t take too long. I’ll take you home now.”

"I'm so sorry to trouble you so much, Mr. Matsumoto." Just as Totsuka was about to bow, Matsumoto Shota helped him up by the shoulder.

"Since you know you're troubling me, you'd better be more careful in the future." Matsumoto Shota shook his head and chuckled, "You'd better work hard. Lately, quite a few people have been envious of me for mentoring such a popular newcomer like you."

"Um..." Totsuka looked around, somewhat puzzled, "Why does LME feel so deserted today?" Compared to the usual bustling scene with people coming and going, there were really fewer people.

“The flu has been spreading recently, and quite a few people in the company have caught it.” Matsumoto Shota’s expression also became more serious. “So, taking care of your health is the top priority.”

Totsuka nodded, just about to say something, when his phone suddenly rang. He opened it and saw it was Mr. Shigeichi's number.

"Hello, Mr. Koichi." It had been a while since Totsuka had contacted Mr. Koichi, so he called first, which surprised Totsuka. "What's up?"

"Cough cough..." Mr. Koichi coughed twice on the phone, his voice nasal. "Is this Tatara?"

"Is Mr. Koichi sick?" Upon hearing his voice, Totsuka frowned slightly. "Is it serious?"

"I'm really useless. So many people have caught colds lately, and I've caught it too." Shexing immediately felt a headache coming on when she thought about her work. "Ren only has me as her assistant, and now that I'm sick, I can't do any work. The first person I thought of was you, Tatara. I wonder if you have time to be Ren's manager for a day tomorrow?"

"Huh?" Totsuka said with a hint of helplessness when thinking about tomorrow's schedule, "I'm sorry, Mr. Koichi, I have work tomorrow, I have to shoot a music video, but I will finish shooting as soon as possible and then go to see Ren-senpai."

"By the way, Tatara, you're busy too now." Koichi said with a hint of disappointment, but then said, "I'll look for someone else. But I'll have Director Matsushima arrange Ren's schedule for you tomorrow. If you're done with your work, please keep an eye on things for me."

“No problem.” Totsuka immediately agreed. “Mr. Koichi, you should get well soon too.”

"Okay..." Just as Shiro was about to say something, his phone suddenly hissed and sparked, and then it was completely destroyed.

Staring at his phone, Shiroichi shook his head helplessly. He was definitely wearing gloves, so what happened? He turned on his gloves and saw a hole in them…

When Totsuka heard no sound from the other end of the phone, he hung up.

"Is there anything else you need to do?" Shota Matsumoto asked.

Totsuka nodded. "Please wait a moment, Mr. Matsumoto. I'll go find Director Matsushima."

“It’s alright, you go ahead, I’ll wait for you here,” Matsumoto Shota replied directly.

Totsuka hurried upstairs; Director Matsushima seemed to be in that office. He knocked on the door and went inside, only to find that the flu was indeed quite severe; everyone inside was wearing masks.

"Totsuka, over here!" Matsushima greeted them immediately upon seeing them.

Totsuka stepped forward and saw Director Matsushima hand him a booklet. "This is what Koichi asked me to give you. The schedule is all in there. Take a look."

“Mr. Koichi will probably find someone else to be Ren-senpai’s manager.” Totsuka thought for a moment, then added, “Can I recommend someone to you, Director Matsushima?”

"Hmm? Go ahead." Many people have been sick lately, and Matsushima naturally hopes that someone can take over Shigeichi's job. If the boy in front of her can't, then someone else will do.

“Kyoko Mogami, a member of the Love me club, should be able to handle this job,” Totsuka recommended immediately. In his view, this should be a good opportunity for Kyoko and Ren-senpai to get to know each other well.

"Okay, I've got it." Matsushima thought for a moment and then agreed. "I'll print out another copy of the itinerary and such for her."

"Thank you for your trouble, Director Matsushima." Totsuka said goodbye to Director Matsushima and hurried downstairs.

Mr. Matsumoto drove him there and they chatted about tomorrow's filming. Of course, the two music videos will be filmed one by one. Tomorrow, they will film "Best Friend" first. I heard that the director of the music video is a director named Seiji Shinkai, who was specially invited by LME. He has directed many popular movies and is a famous young director.

As for who has scenes with Totsuka in the music video, it's unclear.

Author's Note: Koichi's ability: Touching a phone with his bare hand for 10 seconds will break it. ←Electrical Killer.

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59059 Zhangdi Guang Middle School

After having breakfast in Totsuka, Mr. Matsumoto took him to the filming location for the music video—Teiko Junior High School. Since it was still during the holidays, there weren't many students staying at the school. Furthermore, Teiko Junior High School is a prestigious school with a strong basketball team. It's said that director Shinkai Seiji specifically borrowed the school's facilities from the principal for filming, which shows that they had made considerable preparations.

Totsuka followed Matsumoto Shota through the school gate. Looking around, he thought it was indeed a rather impressive school. The initial filming location was a classroom. When Totsuka went in, he found that the school, which he had thought was empty, was actually crowded with students in school uniforms.

Since it was a music video shoot, the school uniforms they wore weren't from their own school, but rather regular middle school uniforms without any markings. As soon as Totsuka walked in, everyone's eyes immediately focused on him, and the quiet classroom instantly became lively.

Wow! I finally met her in person, this is amazing!

"It's really great to study at Teiko! I can see all the handsome guys on the basketball team all the time, and now I can even run into Randy filming a music video. Even if I'm just a minor character, I'm happy!"

"Thank you to the student council, thank you to the teachers, and thank you to the principal for giving me this opportunity. I will definitely cherish it!"

The above are the words chattering away from the girls.

"He's still just the same age as me, he looks so young."

"But the song is really good, my whole family likes it. Today, when my mom heard I was coming to shoot Randy's music video, she specially dressed me up. What do you think?"