I live my life in Tokyo

The lowest scores of several people were in the single digits, and the large number of missing knowledge points could not be made up in the short term.

The boy used to be a math teaching assistant, and when he was busy, he could only teach two students the same knowledge points at most. But the five students were good at different subjects, which made the boy feel like he was overwhelmed.

However, it is a good thing to have dreams after all.

The boy wanted to see a counterattack, wanted to see the moment when the ugly duckling transformed into a swan and spread its wings and flew.

When they look back on this period of time in the future, the emotion that will surge in their hearts will definitely not be regret.

Yes, Todai is just an ideal goal.

The boy took out textbooks from his backpack. He was not aware of the situation of the students taking extra classes when he came here in advance, so he brought textbooks for all subjects. Now it seems like a good thing.

What impressed Sakakibara Kaede was the girls' attitude towards learning. Apart from anything else, the enthusiasm burst out by the two sisters Nakano Ichika and Nakano Nino, and the burning emotions in their eyes did not seem fake.

In an hour, the boy understood the knowledge points that the five girls currently knew. He nodded slowly, thanked Nakano Nino again for refilling the water, and stood up and left with the textbook.

The tutoring was not over, on the contrary, it was about to begin. He understood the different subjects that the five girls were good at, and he needed to go home to prepare materials and exercises for them.

The boy was escorted downstairs by Nino Nakano with a passionate look in her eyes, and he quickly left the tower.

They discussed the tutoring location again. Nakano Ichika thought it was too much trouble for the boy to go from Bunkyo to Minato, so he should go to the cafe where the boy worked after school. The boys arrived at the cafe after school, and the boy changed from a part-time worker to a customer, teaching the five girls.

The boy sent the proposal to the middle-aged man in charge of human resources management. His serious work attitude as a barista was recognized by the other party, and the proposal was instantly approved.

After saying goodbye to Nino Nakano, the boy set out on his journey home.

April, summer is coming.

Chapter 1: The Boy and the Cat: Change for Me (9/)

Tokyo’s summer is like a singer with a mysterious veil; you can hear her voice before you see her.

Barely half a month has passed since the start of school, and the weather has taken on a hint of summer. When everything is quiet at night, the sound of cicadas can be clearly heard.

"Thank you, Shiki-san."

The boy refilled his glass of iced lemonade and nodded in thanks to the black-haired beautiful store manager.

Shiki Natsume watched as the workday ended, the boy changed back into his regular clothes, and the man who had transformed from a staff member to a customer left with his meal tray and a smile.

The boy took a sip of his drink and stood up. The sun shone on his face, rendering his face and arms the same white as his clothes. In summer, the boy's clothing changed subtly. He was no longer wearing the white long-sleeved shirt that he could wear in spring and autumn, but a cheap summer white T-shirt bought in the discount area of ​​the supermarket.

I buy seven pieces at a time, change one every day, and wash them twice a week.

"Mr. Nakano, how did you feel about the math class today? How much did you understand?" The boy took the mock exercises for the second year of high school handed to him by Nakano Ichika and asked before marking them.

"Uh... one and a half percent?"

Nakano Ichika, who was originally smiling like a sunflower, immediately wilted when she heard the boy's question. She lowered her head and confessed honestly.

"That's normal. Math is a subject that progresses step by step. Nakano-san lacks a lot of knowledge in his second year of high school, so it's normal that he can't understand the third year's classes."

Nakano Ichika chuckled, with a hint of devil in her smile, "I have always wanted to be your junior, Sakakibara-senpai~"

The boy picked up the pen and began to correct the paper for Ichika Nakano.

Nakano Nino raised her head, glanced at the boy who was staring at the reason for his mistake and then glanced at his sister who was secretly watching the boy while sipping her drink, and sighed.

So she began to look at the boy silently.

The other three sisters were not so distracted. They all set the goal of getting admitted to the University of Tokyo. Although it might have been just a slogan they shouted verbally and not a real requirement for them to get admitted to the University of Tokyo, it was a clear direction.

This was the motivation for the five sisters to make up their minds.

After a while, the boy handed the test paper to Nakano Ichika and pointed at the checked questions. "I have written down the ideas for solving some difficult questions, but for most of the problems, you still need to find them yourself, Nakano-san. Some of them are simple mistakes."

"what..."

Nakano Ichika woke up as if from a dream, and quickly took the test paper and started to correct it while biting the tip of her pen.

"Take a ten-minute break first. Staring at something for too long is bad for your eyesight." The boy checked the clock on the wall. It gets dark later in the summer, so he was relieved that the five sisters could take the tram back to the port area at seven o'clock when it was still light.

If it were winter, the get out of class might have to end early. The five sisters now live alone, with no elders at home, and he is worried about letting them walk home on the dark road at night.

Feeling the sour and sweet taste in his mouth, the boy took out his cell phone and found several missed calls, all from Kei Iida.

He always kept his phone on silent mode when he was working in a coffee shop or tutoring a few people. Now that he had time, the boy called back.

"Hello? Iida-san, what's the important thing you want to talk to me about?" The boy slowly pushed open the door of the cafe, stood on the steps, half squatted down and teased the white cat that came to the cafe every day to eat and drink.

"Hahahaha! Brother Sakakibara, good news!" Iida Kei's hearty laughter came from the other end, causing an echo in the not-so-big office. "Guess what month it is now?"

The boy sighed, "...April?"

"Yes, it's summer!" Iida Kei grinned, leaning comfortably on the ergonomic chair, and persuading the impatient Lu Fengxian, "I explained to you, Sakakibara, before that there is not much room for TV dramas and movies in the spring season. But now it's April, and the summer season has begun. Are you ready?"

"Oh? From the sound of your voice, you found an audition opportunity? Which TV series are you going to be an extra in?"

The boy squatted down, and the white cat rubbed his arm, leaning comfortably in his arm, and licked his palm. In the eyes of others, the boy and the cat seemed particularly precious and beautiful at this moment.

He didn't notice that several high school students were sneaking around, taking out their phones with gleaming eyes and preparing to take pictures, but instead urged, "Iida-san, please be clear. I'm not a picky person, brother."

"If I said I was the lead actor in the movie, would you believe me?"

The boy was stunned and paused in petting the cat. The cat bit his finger lightly in dissatisfaction, turned over to expose her belly, and motioned the boy to continue serving her. The boy's movements were too gentle, and she felt a little unsatisfied.

"Really... why don't you change for me." Seeing this, the boy chuckled, scratched the back of the cat's head, and continued his service amid the satisfied meows.

"Please elaborate on the lead role, Iida-san."

"Remember the graduation advertisement?" Iida Kei explained, "There are several investors who want to invest in a movie in the summer. You should have heard of one of the investors. The one whose daughter is studying at the private Shuchiin Academy."

"There is another investor with background in Chiba, his name is... Xue or something, you are all from the same hometown, so you should be able to have some say."

The boy frowned. "Even if he's from the same hometown, he won't give me a backdoor, right?"

Iida Kei sneered, "Using the beauty trap? After all, you are a man who aspires to be a harem king. How much of the tricks of Asashi and the innocence of being a male protagonist have you learned?"

"Okay, okay, I'm exposed, right? So you are Wang Yun, the Minister of State, and I am the Diao Chan who fed the tiger with her own body, right?"

"This is also for the sake of the Han Dynasty and the general situation of the world." Iida Kei sighed to the sky with compassion.

No, Wang Yun seemed to be in great glory, was he a loyal minister? But he was also a loyal minister of Yuan Shao.

Unofficial history records that Yuan Shao's first wife was the daughter of Li Ying, a famous scholar in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Wang Yun was a member of the party, and it was not surprising that Yuan Shao, as the leader of the party, leaned towards Yuan Shao.

After some banter, the two continued their conversation.

"Filming..." the boy asked while stroking the cat's belly, "It will probably affect my studies. I have to ask for leave."

"Go for the audition first. Do you think you can easily beat the various princes from different agencies outside the city now that you are in Hulao Pass?"

"But you don't have to worry too much about your studies. Filming a movie does take some time, but the location of this shoot is in Tokyo. It shouldn't be impossible for you to rush to school to attend evening classes after filming."

"I have a morning class."

"Oh, we're done." Iida Kei gloated, laughing. "Go and ask for leave. I'll send you the address of the audition. It's less than 20 minutes away from where you live now, so you can walk there. The time is tomorrow afternoon, so you can get there after school in the morning."

"What's the subject of the movie? It shouldn't be about youth, campus, love or something like that?" The boy had a bit of youth PTSD. Apart from anything else, during the spring season he participated in several TV dramas where he did not show his face as an extra, all of which were youth, campus dramas.

"Hehehehe! Hahahaha!" Iida Kei suddenly laughed strangely. His laughter scared away a group of seagulls outside the office that were preparing to go to the dock to buy French fries. It also scared several idols passing by his office so much that the water cups in their hands trembled, wetting their trousers and black stockings.

"Hehe... Brother Sakakibara." Iida Kei lowered his voice and whispered softly, "This time the movie is a horror action movie, hehehehe!"

The boy got goosebumps all over his body from the manager's laughter. He praised with a click of his tongue, "As expected of you, Iida-san. You managed to get me such an interesting and exciting resource. Now I have to try it out, or I will be ashamed of your hard work."

"Of course. You have to know that STARS Agency has sent out several top actors this time. In addition to you, there are also Sakurajima-kun, Kashima-kun and Higuchi-kun. It can be said that they are determined to win! Brother Sakakibara, you have to give some help. The court now is dominated by women and weak by men."

"Uh... I'm prepared to be eliminated." The boy twitched his cheek. He was a righteous man and was not afraid of ghosts. If the director asked him to play a scared boy who saw a ghost, how should he act?

Raising your little fist and hammering ghosts across the room?

However, Japanese ghosts seem to be a little different from those in the past. If you give him the whole world of ghosts from the Grudge, he will directly lead the way in running away.

"Can you go by yourself tomorrow? I have something else to do here."

"The attitude between you and me has become ambiguous. What happened, Iida-san?" the boy asked sadly.

Iida Kei sighed, "I'm waiting for a good candidate. In addition to you being a brave general, I also need a wise one! STARS Agency has recently opened an actor training class. I will go there incognito and recruit any good ones I see."

The boy snorted and said, this is called greed.

After hanging up the phone amidst the intrigue, Maomao saw that his other hand was free, so she jumped into his arms, rolled around, and licked the side of his cheek.

"Arnold, can you give us an autograph?" The female high school student came forward with a blushing face and asked in a low voice.

The boy smiled and took out a marker pen skillfully. "Of course, but I need to exchange it with the photos in your hands. I will post an update on Twitter later."

"Ah... OK! It's my honor!" The little fans smiled foolishly and hurriedly took out the autograph book.

After dealing with the fans' enthusiasm, the boy returned to the cafe and saw Ichika Nakano just hanging up her phone in the lounge area.

Their eyes met, and the boy understood something. He nodded and smiled at Nakano Ichika, "Nakano-san, is this about the audition?"

"Ah! Yes, did Sakakibara-senpai receive it too?" Nakano Ichika was stunned for a moment, then she smiled with her hands covering her mouth, "That's great, maybe I can film a scene opposite Sakakibara-senpai this time."

"come on."

The boy sent his blessings to the girl.

"We should cheer together, right, Senior~"

The boy saw the smile on Nakano Ichika's face and pointed to the clock on the wall, "The break is over."

"Oh - no, it was a work call, I just didn't lie down for long..."

Horror movies in every region and country are different. For example, in European and American horror movies, there is often a killer wielding a giant axe to kill a bunch of beautiful people, recreating a beautiful landscape.

There are rarely deaths in Chinese or Japanese horror movies, but more of a psychological oppression - sometimes ghosts don't appear at all, it's the ghosts in people's hearts that are causing trouble.

When the boy was in junior high school, he watched a movie called The Grudge in class and was so frightened that he screamed in fear. From then on, he had to turn on the lights when sleeping, and it became a trauma in his childhood.

The boy readily agreed to Kei Iida's request yesterday, but after the phone call he felt a little scared and regretted that he agreed too hastily and should have asked about the details of the movie first.

But there is good news, that is, he will no longer have to worry about getting into the role in the future. Every scream and escape is 100% real, more real than Ding Zhen.

After the morning class, the boy served the emperor to the office and piled the reports on the table. After lunch with the science macho in the cafeteria, he took the subway to the audition location.

On the way to the audition location, the boy received an email from Kei Iida, which contained a concise and general introduction to the movie - at least he didn't have to go to the audition in confusion.

"Well... During the summer vacation after graduating from high school, my classmates and I planned to go on a trip to a resort surrounded by mountains..."

The boy already had a bad feeling when he read this. It's called intuition, just like when watching Deathly Hallows, the audience can clearly know that this person is going to die in this episode, and this person looks like the murderer but is not actually the murderer.

"There was blood in the resort. Who is the murderer——"

The boy breathed a sigh of relief, at least there was no ghost.

Isn't this the classic Snowstorm Manor? Being locked in an isolated, deserted holiday home, someone kills someone, and then there is a complicated process of guessing who the murderer is. In the end, a man and a woman successfully escape from the manor and kiss under the rising sun - a classic among classics.

With a preliminary understanding of the plot in his mind, the boy was no longer panicked. He bought a can of tea from the vending machine downstairs in the audition building and followed the crowd into the building.

"Huh? Sakakibara-san!"

Before the boy saw Mai Sakurajima, the latter immediately spotted him in the crowd.

The girl hurriedly closed the photo of the boy and the cat on Twitter that the boy had posted yesterday, and waved her hand to the boy.

"Senior year students have such a heavy workload, isn't it okay to skip classes at this time?" After saying hello, the boy, who was the girl's former teacher, held his chin with his hand and frowned.

"Don't underestimate my learning ability, Sakakibara-senpai." Mai Sakurajima blinked her indigo eyes and looked at the boy's refreshing outfit. "My current learning progress is among the best in the class. The deviation value of the last mock exam was 70~"

"70? Where are you going to visit universities in mid-April?"

Mai Sakurajima raised her index finger to cover her mouth and blinked, "Well... Now I'm considering Nihon University and Tokyo University. Senior Sakakibara, please treat me well when the time comes~"

Chapter 13: Loss of Sanity: Facing the Great Existence

"good afternoon."

"Good afternoon, everyone."

With the arrival of Higuchi Madoka and Kashima Yu, the four people from STARS agency gathered together, an all-star lineup. Several of them sat in a small corner, waiting for the audition to begin.

"There are so many people here." Seeing his peers from different agencies chatting with each other, some even pretending to be adults and exchanging business cards, Kashima sighed, "We really have to compete with these actors."

"There's nothing we can do about it."

Higuchi Yuanxiang, who was sitting next to the boy, stared at her smooth fingers. Her eyes swept across the boy's thoughtful profile and then nailed to the ceiling. "Competition in the entertainment industry is like this. The strong rise and the weak fall."