Tokyo Sound

"Really? Then let's update our understanding of his peers' abilities. He's very smart and making rapid progress." Matsuoka Yoshitsugu grinned.

"Do you guys talk about this often?"

"of course."

"happy?"

"Quite pleasant."

“…He basically never tells me these things.”

"No way?"

Matsuoka Yoshitsugu hesitated. In his impression, although the two had a big difference in age and status, their relationship seemed to be very good and harmonious. At least under someone's circle of friends, he could see the two of them bickering happily every now and then, and sometimes there would be many layers of posts.

"So what do you guys talk about?"

"I can't really explain it. When I think about it carefully, it seems like a lot of meaningless things happen on a daily basis." The girl was stunned.

"We are doing the same job?" Matsuoka Yoshitsugu asked subconsciously.

"...Yes, it's obviously the same thing." The girl was slightly stunned and said belatedly.

It’s obviously the dubbing set, my favorite behind-the-scenes job.

It is the origin of their communication and friendship.

Sakura Ayane looked at the script in her hand. Her character did not have many scenes, but next to the few lines there were a lot of notes and reflections added in marker.

She slumped her thin shoulders in frustration, but soon regained her focus, a fierce desire to swallow the words swam through her body.

The conversation ended without a beginning or an end.

Matsuoka Yoshitsugu felt a little confused and glanced at the girl secretly.

Although there is not much communication, we cannot say that we understand each other.

But I always feel that she is different from the past.

It seemed that he was not the only one whose mood changed today.

Chapter 97 Hokkaido and Hawaii

Yin Ze arrived on time, neither late nor early. He was holding a plastic bag of convenience store meat buns in his hand, and the script was rolled into a stick and stuffed in his back pocket, like a vicissitudes of life wanderer holding a wine pot and a sword behind his back.

The moment he pushed open the door, he met several gazes head-on. Sparks flew.

In the not-so-spacious recording studio, there were already the female lead, the second male lead, the third female lead and several passing roles.

Matsuoka Yoshitsugu, who had been caught between his peers and seniors in the same company for a long time, finally showed a look of joy, but before he could make any move to seek risk transfer, the man standing at the door turned around and left neatly, and returned with a bulging mouth five or six seconds later.

"Hello everyone, I'm Takizawa Satoru, the voice actor of Fujigen Kai, affiliated with IM. I'm very happy to work with you all today." The man mumbled the greetings, unable to straighten his tongue.

"He's actually talking to his senior with a meat bun in his mouth. Today's juniors are really casual." Seeing this, the heroine, who had a bun hairstyle that looked very student-like, raised her eyebrows in criticism.

"I think if we don't eat it, it might smell bad if it's left on the set." The man was used to this man's bullying and was chewing vigorously. "But it's not good to leave you guys hanging out for a few minutes."

"If you really want to think so, you should have eaten it before coming. Are you planning to use this method to strengthen the impression of you on your seniors? Eh~ today's juniors really like to use clever tricks." The heroine's tone is very unique, sticky and light at the same time.

"Oh, when it comes to scheming, how dare I show off my skills in front of an expert?" The man muttered as he quickly swallowed the bun.

"Ok?"

"This must be Mr. Kugimiya, right? I've admired you for a long time! Influenced by you, I once fantasized about becoming a fire mist warrior living in the shadow of human society, and wanted to be summoned to another world as a familiar... I saw you from afar at the spring cocktail party before, and Mr. Nakajima often mentioned you to me, praising your superb acting skills and kind personality, and specifically told me to learn from you." Yin Ze changed direction in time and spoke to the other woman with respect, his words full of emotion.

Rie Kugimiya is a quiet woman in her early thirties. Although her acting style is that of a tsundere, she looks very quiet at first glance. I don’t know if it’s because she has studied the role of a girl, but she still has a girlish feeling under her mature and steady temperament. At this moment, she was sitting on the sofa and saw a junior from the same company expressing admiration. She naturally showed a friendly smile and even stood up and bowed slightly. Every move well interpreted the heavy word "senior". It is tolerance, encouragement, and guidance, not like a high school female voice actor from another company who only adds fuel to the fire and persecutes.

"The host is here, please sit down quickly." Matsuoka Yoshitsugu couldn't wait to give up his seat and made a two-level reversal with his good friend, using the king-rook castling technique.

"I'm sorry, but this isn't the seat I should sit in." Yin Ze was arrogant, snorted, and walked straight towards the microphone in the center... and finally sat on the right side. Because the center was occupied by a younger senior, who said this work was a light yuri.

"What did you just say?" Hidaka Rina continued to ask with a smile, even though she knew the answer.

Anyone with experience knows that this sentence is the beginning of a combo that requires no explanation and no reason, and the best way to deal with a battle is to not accept the challenge and surrender early.

So the man changed direction again.

"Hey, Sakura-san, you're here too? Why didn't you tell me before?" Yin Ze tactically ignored the female lead, waved to the left corner with a bright and sunny look, and greeted softly.

"...Yeah." The girl looked up at him, squeaked symbolically, and then lowered her head again.

The voice is weak and very listless.

Where is the energetic guy who left many marks on his body with the toes of his shoes?

In this situation, it seemed like he was trying to strike up a conversation, but was met with resistance and perfunctory response, which was very stupid and dull. Having failed to divert the conflict, Yin Ze withdrew his hand in dismay.

As soon as he sat down again, Hidaka Rina looked at him and smiled, clearly saying, "You're thinking about flirting with girls."

Yin Ze did not answer, but pulled out the script from behind. Seeing that there was still some time before the official recording began, he took out his phone, opened Tetris, and quickly played the Nine Lines Elimination.

Hidaka Rina deliberately said, "You must have been watching a large-scale variety show with bad taste last night, enjoying watching idols being teased and pranked. No wonder you are disliked by people who know your character."

Yin Ze opened his eyes wide and said, "How can you slander someone's innocence like this..."

"What do you mean innocent? I saw with my own eyes that your account retweeted a set of swimsuit photos, saying something like 'You should also consider whether you should actually support it and buy a few physical copies.'"

Yin Ze's face turned red, with black lines appearing on his forehead, and he argued, "It can't be considered bad taste to covet the body of a photo artist...Photography... Can it be considered bad taste for photographers and artists?" Then he kept on talking about things like "graphic composition" and "wild healthy beauty", which made the high school girls laugh and the seats were filled with a happy atmosphere.

"I want to play Tetris, too." Hidaka Rina thought of something else, "I have it on my phone, too."

"Please go ahead." Yin Ze replied casually.

"Let's have a duel. The difficulty is the same. Let's see who has more points." Hidaka Rina was eager to try.

"It's too troublesome. I'm not interested." Yin Ze simply refused.

"Hey, you're obviously fighting."

"No way, I was clearly playing connect the dots." Yin Ze lied with his eyes open, quit Tetris and started playing other games.

Hidaka Rina watched for most of the day. She thought she was very good at the game, so she chose the highest difficulty level. She saw hundreds of fruit blocks in a square array on the screen, which was dazzling. At first, the man was happy to eliminate them, but then he started to frown and was forced to slow down. Seeing this, she said with gloating: "The time is about to end. You are going to lose."

"Are you kidding? I will lose?" Yin Ze laughed coldly, "The reason why humans can stand out among many creatures is because we are intelligent and can use tools. I am a smart person. Watch carefully, Ritaka, this is how the power of technology is used."

I thought he was going to use some ultimate move, but he paused the game first, then took a screenshot to save the battle situation, then returned to the desktop, opened the album, and carefully observed the screenshots. He hesitated for a few minutes, looking for various options, and then returned to the game, his fingers danced wildly, like splashing ink, and he eliminated them in a flash, winning perfectly.

"Oh, I can't afford to lose." Rina Hidaka, who was watching the whole process, complained.

"For pure victory, I am willing to give up my so-called integrity." Yin Ze's expression was as indifferent as plaster.

Matsuoka Yoshitsugu felt a little uneasy.

At this time, on his right was the rumored big shot, Kugimiya Rie. From time to time, she looked at him, a newcomer in the same company, with a caring look like an elementary school teacher. He was an introverted young man, and he had no resistance to this kind of career-oriented, yet gentle and kind sister type. To put it bluntly, he was thin-skinned and easily blushed when shy.

On his right was a girl of the same age, Sakura Ayane, a cute girl with a bit of masculinity. In the past, he could feel her cool and decisive side. Now, she was giving off an oppressive aura from time to time. When she occasionally raised her head and looked in his direction, the resentment in her eyes reminded him of the heavy snow in his hometown, and he shuddered.

Matsuoka Yoshitsugu looked at his good friend again, and felt that the situation over there was completely different from his own. They were talking and laughing, and the atmosphere was harmonious, just like the colorful flowers of early spring in March.

It turns out that people cannot be generalized.

Fortunately, this kind of atmosphere did not last long.

Finally, a polite cough from the sound director was heard over the speaker.

"Uh, ahem, everyone, we're about to start recording. Please turn off your cell phones and other electronic devices to avoid interfering with the recording."

Yin Ze, who was named by Shadow, followed the instruction and turned off his phone.

"Well, it's been a long time since we last met, so let's work hard together." Hidaka Rina switched to work mode at the right time and said to Yin Ze.

The two men then straightened their clothes and stood in front of Mike holding the script.

Chapter 98: What a big deal

Her hair, wet from the rain, clung to her pale face. The girl, nestled in the corner of a dark alley, slowly woke up from her coma.

Above my head were gray electric wires crisscrossing like a spider web, and farther and higher was a dark sky covered with dark clouds and rain. There was nothing but coldness, loneliness and pain, and the feeling of weakness was not relieved by the short slumber.

The temperature of her body had long been taken away by the cold rain, and the chill that penetrated her body seemed to penetrate into her bones. She fell into the shallow water, as if falling into a dark deep sea.

Even the stray cats that were rummaging through the trash cans nearby were unwilling to approach this frail life and avoided it vigilantly.

The girl's consciousness was hazy.

It’s so cold.

She was like the tragic girl in the fairy tale who longed for the faint light of a match. Her frail body could not help but curl up, and she trembled and blew hot air into her bloodless palms to keep warm. Her dry throat, which was still filled with blood foam, moaned in pain, and the sound echoed in the dark alley where no one was.

The girl struggled to get up, and instinctively squeezed into a deeper, drier corner. Her beautiful long hair was dragged up and stained with mud. She closed her eyes, which had just been opened, and let her light red pupils sink back into the darkness.

The sound of rain falls continuously.

The chaotic, steel-heavy sound of torrential rain and flooding, the crazy red eyes of her familiar friend, and the declaration of desire all seemed to echo in her ears again, making her feel so unfamiliar, like a sharp knife piercing her heart.

The overflowing emotion made her clench her hands.

In this way, I am really alone.

She breathed softly and licked her cracked lips subconsciously. She could clearly feel her strength slipping away and the miracle drifting away from her at every moment.

Even so, as a living being, her five senses are always more acute than those of ordinary people. For example, now, if she concentrates a little, she can hear the approaching footsteps amid the dense sound of rain.

Quiet.

dark.

A subtle sadness.

The girl tightened her ankles and waited in resistance.

Hey.

Hey.

An umbrella shielded her from the rain.

"…Are you okay?"

A student boy in uniform, holding an umbrella, passed by and looked at her in surprise. The lunch box in the plastic bag in his hand had just been taken out of the microwave and was still warm.

The girl raised her head with difficulty.

The two people stared at each other across the cold air in the drizzle that had been falling for several days and nights.

……

"I don't know when it will clear up. Here, wipe your hair with a towel. It's not good to have a fever. If you don't mind, can you wear mine for now? We'll have to wait for the hot water."

Yin Ze looked at the stickman pouring hot water in the storyboard. He was very familiar with how to portray this kind of warm-hearted man. He was very into the role and spoke in a harmless, templated, herbivorous, gentle voice.

"By the way, what's your name? Can I know your name?"

"...Qiuyue." The younger senior spoke up, his voice was emotionless, "Qiuyue Mingmeng. Why are you helping me?"

"You didn't refuse, did you?" Yin Ze wondered.

"I'm asking about your reasons." Hidaka Rina said in a cold voice.

"I can't just remain indifferent when I see a girl lying covered in mud, right? I don't know what happened to you, but just like no matter how much you refuse, tomorrow will always come. There is no hurdle in this world that cannot be overcome. Life will always kick you in the butt and push you forward. Are you hungry? I only have some fast food here. Oh, I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Teng Yuanhai." The man said gently.

"You are unconditionally showing kindness to others without asking why?" Hidaka Rina shook her head. "Hasn't anyone around you told you that there's something wrong with your way of thinking?"

"I have very few friends."

"...Anyway, thank you. I'll drink some water and take a rest, and leave soon." Hidaka Rina let out a perfect, pitiful groan of pain in time with the character's staggering movement on the screen.

"But I see that you still have some wounds on your body. Why don't you at least go to a nearby clinic to disinfect and bandage them?" Yin Ze said quickly.

"No need." Hidaka Rina replied coldly.

"Do you need to call family or friends?"

"Need not."

"I think we should send them a letter. They will be worried." Yin Ze muttered.

"Fujigen-kun."

"what?"

"You'd better not get involved with me." Hidaka Rina's expression was as serious as the stick figure on the screen. She spoke word by word, "Because something terrible will happen."

"Yes, yes, yes. Mysterious lady, would you like some side dishes with your tea rice? I have some fermented bean curd imported from abroad. It is nutritious and tastes good." Yin Ze laughed.