Tokyo Wingman King

Chapter 172 169. Apology, Salia and the Monorail
The three of them were walking in the streets of Chiba.

Due to time constraints, they did not visit Chiba Shrine, art museums, or science museums. Instead, they chose a small alley parallel to Chiba Avenue and walked directly to Chiba Station.

The sky was slightly dark, and the crows on the trees and telephone poles were chirping, as if they were mocking what Asama had just said.

"It feels really quiet, and there aren't too many people on the streets. It's a bit different from Tokyo."

Futami was wearing Converse high-top canvas shoes with white soles and black stars, taking small steps, looking back at Asama, and sighing at the River of Immortality.

The three of them passed by slightly deserted izakayas.

Immortal River replied,
"After all, the transportation is convenient and everyone prefers to go to Tokyo. In order to retain customers, a small Akihabara is replicated next to Chiba Station ~ Sega Building 4 or something."

Looking at the emotionally stable girl in front of him, Asama regretted that she had talked too much.

His ideal public welfare undertaking should be like oxygen in the air, something that people cannot perceive but can continue to benefit.

Oxygen will cause suffocation if it is too little, and poisoning if it is too much.Increasing the oxygen content and adding some natural fragrances to the life in the orphanage may cause the children to return to a closed life the moment they breathe the air of society.

In Asama's inherent understanding, music and art are necessary but not important for most people, but the weekend activities of the orphanage are all occupied by aesthetic education.

How many Chopin Prizes have been awarded on the African continent?How many Basquiats have come out of the black community?
The Immortal River brought them a yearning for music and art. Of course, there is a good side to it, but music and art are also good medicine for Asama's mental internal friction in recent years.

However, on the one hand, the individual possibilities of children are suppressed by the collective pursuit of aesthetic education. If they do not show good talents, does the welfare institution have the energy and financial resources to help the children adjust?Can this hobby without talent help them gain a foothold in society?
On the other hand, Fusigawa needs to bear some responsibility for the financial problems of the children's welfare home.There are more than 3 musical instruments per person, art supplies purchased every week, and expensive aesthetic education classes. These will increase the operational burden of an ordinary welfare home.

Can Fusukawa Rise be responsible for the future of these children without parents?

Asama looked at Fusukawa who was seriously discussing what to eat for dinner with Futami, and sighed behind him - it was obvious that he said "forget it", but in the end the only one who was still troubled was himself.The first time I came to the orphanage, I made irresponsible remarks to Immortal Sichuan, who had been doing charity work conscientiously for 6 years. He was even more arrogant than Immortal Sichuan.

Apologize as soon as possible.

"Undead River."

Fusukawa looked away from the phone and looked at Asama,

"What's the matter, Robert-kun? Do you have any suggestions for dinner?"

"I'm sorry for what I just said. I have no right to interfere with your freedom to do charity."

"Are you still thinking about this? This isn't like you, Robert-kun?"

"Many things are better explained clearly. I hope your charity career will be long-lasting and without regrets. However, the final decision rests with you, and what I just said was too arrogant."

"[If you are really smart, your arrogance will always be particularly moderate]. Mr. Robert, I accept your forced kindness~"

Fusukawa responded with sentences from Pride and Prejudice and what Asama said before.

A charming smile bloomed on her face, and the setting sun in the afternoon stained her face. The sun in this world cannot smile, but she helped the sun smile.

【As long as you are kind, you will stay young. 】

Szymborska's words may explain the reason for the Immortal River's vitality, which is as strong as a nuclear power furnace.

Er Jian saw that the slightly heavy air had softened a bit, and a small regret flashed through his heart. Of course, he breathed a sigh of relief.

She smiled and pointed to Salia Italian Restaurant in front of the three of them, and said with a smile,
"Now that we've made peace, how about experiencing Chiba's specialties together?"

"Xiaoyue, Robert-kun and I didn't quarrel just now."

"Okay, sorry, you guys didn't argue just now."

"Hey, why is Xiaoyue so angry when she talks?"

Fusukawa hugged Futami from behind and rubbed Futami's face.

While the girl was entangled, Asama politely looked away.

"So, do you want to eat Salia?"

Asama’s first impression of Saria is that supply chain and management innovations have made the cost and price of dishes extremely low. It is said that for less than 3 yen, you can taste more than 70 kinds of dishes in the store.

The second impression was put forward by the founder, [taste like air] - non-irritating, fresh, and a daily necessity.

This coincides with the life Asama originally pursued, like air.

"Just Thalia."

The three of them chose Saria, a restaurant south of Chiba Station.

Asama told Fusukawa that he would treat him to dinner this time.

"There is no need for gentlemen TIME at this time~ Since you are the ones accompanying me to Chiba, I should be the one to treat you to this meal."

Fusukawa handed the menu to Futami and answered seriously.

Asama also looked at her seriously and said,
"F-san, didn't you say you could accept my forced kindness?"

Immortal River could only pretend to regret and said,

"Oh, if I had known better, I would have gone to a more expensive restaurant~"

As soon as she finished speaking, she couldn't help laughing again.

A girl who loves to laugh will not have bad luck. I really want Pochi and Immortal Sichuan to learn from her and change her stupidity.

Asama ordered a Milanese style spaghetti bolognese, Fusugawa ordered lasagna and margherita pizza, and Futami chose a simple hot spring egg pasta.

The menu of Salia Italian dishes in Chiba will probably make any Italian go crazy when they see it.Not only the classic Canadian insult program - Hawaiian fruit pizza, but also durian pizza, bacon pizza with pineapple, and pizza with a lot of mayonnaise provide new emotional value.

Spaghetti Bolognese probably originated in Bologna, right?I don’t know why the word Milan was added.

But Asama, who has eaten Japanese-style Chinese food and American Chinese food, has become accustomed to this kind of cultural improvement behavior.

Asama filled in the order card with several dishes. The four dishes were not enough for 2000 yen, so he took the pen and looked at the Immortal River.

Immortal River understood this, pointed to a dish on the menu on the table, and asked Futami,

"Does Xiaoyue eat snails? Salia's butter garlic snails are great~"

Futami thought for a while and realized that her mouth would smell after eating garlic, so she shook her head as if she was about to kiss Qian later.

"Two desserts, then. Thank you, Boss Robert."

Asama couldn't help but smile as Kanshikawa looked like he was taking advantage.

Eating Salia would not make him poor.

On the order card, I also wrote two desserts: peanut milk cake and tiramisu. With a thought in my heart, I looked up at the Immortal River and said,
"F-san, have you ever considered hiring child labor?"

"???"

"The peripherals of the Dead Warrior haven't been developed much yet, right?"

"and then?"

"The Chiba Hanayama nougat made by the children in the welfare home, and the charity T-shirts jointly signed by the Dead Samurai and the welfare home, connect public welfare, local specialties and band peripherals, and then give the proceeds to the welfare home. If you can Forming an industry will also allow more children who have come out of orphanages but have nowhere to go to have a place to stay. So, starting from the Dead Warriors, from selling public welfare products to creating a public welfare IP industry, do you think this matter has Prospect?"

Immortal River was stunned for a moment and said in surprise,
"Can it still be like this?"

"Don't you take it for granted? Or are you starting to feel pressured by the fan base of the Dead Samurai IP?"

"Although I haven't done it yet, I imagine it would be a good thing! If we can achieve the level of B'Z, selling peripherals is feasible~" No, compared to becoming B'Z, becoming " "Light Music Girl" or "Lonely Rock" are the more correct direction.

Japan is a big country in the development of IP peripherals. From Chiba’s development of IPs such as "Harmono" and "Amei", we know how popular products sold with well-known IPs will be.

The core question is whether Fusukawa and the Death Samurai are willing to bear the name of a charity band forever, and whether the economic company behind Fushukawa and other members of the Fushukawa band can stay on the same page as her.

"Then, let's communicate with the dean first. Starting from small things, children can definitely participate in the nougat DIY. A small box sells for 500 yen, a large box sells for 5000 yen with a commemorative picture album, and 2000 fans buy small A box of souvenirs can also raise 100 million.

If the first step goes well, record a promotional video, then release an EP album, and record the voices of the children in the orphanage. Don’t feel troublesome. It will help their favorite sister Immortal Sichuan, and I believe the children will too. happy.

Talk to the band's management company and other people to see if it is necessary to hold a charity performance every quarter and develop all the peripheral products of the Dead Samurai Band into charity products. "

The Italian Milanese-style spaghetti Bolognese arrived. Asama rolled up the pasta with a fork, put it in the spoon and continued to rotate it, then stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it for a while, and continued.

"Your end point is not just to help this welfare home. If the future of the Dead Samurai Band is to be a national tour level, then there will be more forces that can be linked. In addition, the space of the Immortal Kawajia Hotel will be utilized to create a The local public welfare specialty store will serve regional welfare undertakings and will also become a major feature of the hotel. The rough framework is to connect the points to the surface, bind the band to the public welfare IP, and rely on the IP to make the pie bigger and attract more partners. As a delivery person , the more successful and selfless you are, the greater the social energy will be, and it is not impossible to connect public welfare undertakings in various places."

Asama was very happy that Fusukawa Rise went well.

If it were the market in China in his previous life, the market where "making stupid people famous", Asama would definitely have given Fusukawa some suggestions on backward compatibility in music creation.

Although Shizumi Asama doesn't listen to rock much, he feels that songs with special title, simple lyrics, single style, clear drum beats that are easy to swing, and a slightly sad theme can always be heard in the streets by those who feel they know a little bit about rock. The young artistic people and shopkeepers who followed suit played it out.

In the fragmented information age, the bad currency effect of content creation is always everywhere.

But here in the Death Samurai Band of the Immortal River, there is no problem of content that needs to be diluted, degraded, or translated.

After all, they are a newly popular band that appeared on "ROCKIN'ON JAPAN". Even underground bands are a bit underestimated by Kanshikawa.

After listening to Asama's analysis, Fusukawa had no intention of eating anymore.She picked up her notebook and scribbled down what Asama said, as well as the lyrics that came to her mind.

Although she didn't eat a few mouthfuls of food, she was very satisfied now.

Not only is he no longer bound by the marriage contract, it seems that after meeting Shisui Asama, all the fuzzy futures have become clearer.Walking at night and walking on the Sunshine Avenue require completely different courage.

The margin of maturity, the values ​​of equality, and the courage to move forward.

Water will flow from high to low, high density will penetrate into low density, and high temperature will conduct to low temperature.

Although I didn't ask for anything from him, I was actually always asking for something from him.

Too bad, I owe more and more favors.
Can I restrain my impulse to fall in love and stay with the non-romantic Robert?
There is a touch of blue in the rows of lyrics drawn by the pen tip of the girl in the yellow baseball cap.

Futama met Tsukiumi more than once and listened to Asama planning the future for others.

Even if it’s about other people’s future, she can listen to it with interest.

Lord Jingshui is like a strong wind from summer, coming and going away.

When other people were bathing in the sunshine and thanking it, they didn't know that it was the gust of wind that blew away the dark clouds above their heads.

It was a pleasure to watch him speak with a serious expression on his face.

Thinking of the Riddler-like level of conversation between Immortal River and Asama before, and seeing how Immortal River was completely unable to answer the conversation now, most of the alienation in Futami Tsukiumi's heart dissipated.

It seems that she is not the only one who needs to study harder in front of Jingshui-kun.

The mental emptiness and foggy feeling receded, the senses came online again, and Futami finally tasted the sweetness of the peanut milk cake in the small steel spoon.

"Generally speaking, IPs are visual symbols and cannot express too complex meanings. Regarding the public welfare IP jointly signed by the Rishi Band and the welfare home, does Jingshui-kun have any thoughts?"

Futami asked, looking at Asama.

Asama took out his notebook and drew three connected semicircles on it. He simply applied a little texture and drew three silhouettes of a girl on the semicircle, with her age jumping from childhood to adulthood, forming a LOGO similar to that of the British Climate Change Committee. .Next to the CCC logo, he wrote the words "Cheer Chiba Children" and pushed the notebook in front of Futami and Fusugawa.

"This is just an introduction. The modern art department should have the ability to create visual communication systems. Sugar box packaging, souvenirs, and cultural shirts can be made more refined and more recognizable."

"Robert-kun, why do you want a picture of the evolution of unknown creatures?"

".I drew little girls."

"what?"

Salia's portion was small, and the three of them ate it quickly enough. By the time they came out, the sun had not yet set in time.

The building of Chiba Station was gilded with a layer of golden light by the setting sun.

"The sky turned dark all of a sudden."

Futami looked up at the sky and lamented that time passed too fast and Asama could not take a good stroll around Chiba City. She also felt that time passed too slowly. If it was early in the morning, Asama could stay overnight with her. Chiba.

No, I forgot about the Immortal River. The plan doesn’t work!
“But you can’t miss the monorail~ Let’s leave quickly~”

Fusugawa Rise took Futami Tsukiumi's arm affectionately.

The number of people in front of the station increased significantly. The two beautiful girls who did not choose to continue wearing masks after dinner attracted more attention than the posters of Yuigahama and Yukinoshita.

The three of them were at Chiba Station and paid homage to the classic waiting landmark from "My Youthful Love Story".This fan-shaped device, which resembles a ginkgo leaf or the Mita Line logo, has become a statue of Hachiko, the loyal dog of Chiba City.

There were 2 groups of couples in the first 3 minutes before reaching the landmark.

Finally, when there was space, Fusugawa pulled Futami and stood under the landmark. The two of them made room in the middle and waved to him.

Asama shook her head and refused the group photo of the three of them, and honestly acted as a photographer and took some commemorative photos of the two girls.

After buying a ticket and getting on the train, the three of them were lucky enough to get on the first car of the Chiba Monorail with a large Harmono advertisement on it.

Theoretically, advertisements will only be placed during the animation period. The appearance of Dango and the second lady seems to be a travel advertisement customized by Chiba City for the pilgrims of the animation.

Dansha also has a familiar seiyuu voice line, and Hikigaya’s prompts make people not want to obey them at all. In addition, I want to completely return the title of Oteacher to you.

Although there weren't many people passing by Chiba Shrine, there were surprisingly many people on this monorail.

As expected, it is the Tozai Line that makes Hikigaya feel 200% crowded.

Fusukawa and Futami found an empty seat and sat down, while Asama chose to stand in front of them.

"When you come to Chiba, you have to take the Chiba Urban Monorail. After all, it has been the longest suspended monorail in operation in the Guinness Book of World Records since 2001."

Fusukawa pointed to the Guinness record sticker on the upper end of the carriage and introduced it to Futami.

To be honest, China, Japan and South Korea are all big taxpayers of Guinness’ IQ tax.

Futami and Immortal River looked at the setting sun in the southwest. The dusk was dimming, the sunset was like a ray of light, and the golden light cast a black shadow on the buildings in the distance, but the face of the girl in the car was quietly looking at the scenery outside the window. , this afterglow seems to be colorful.

Maybe their skin is made of glass.

People in the car who were watching the setting sun also started staring at their faces.It's like walking from one painting into another.

They were watching the scenery on the monorail, and the people watching the scenery looked at them. The golden light and red clouds decorated the southeast coast of the Kanto Plain, and they decorated the dreams of urbanites tonight.

[Beauty] alone is enough to give people comfort.

Asama turned his gaze to the front, watching the monorail suspended in the air, passing through white concrete support frames one after another, as if he had entered one picture after another that was inescapable from his youth.

After suppressing the throbbing for a moment, Asama thought about the stomach-ache love triangle in Haru Gaku, and dismissed the thoughts that were temporarily blinded by youth.

"As long as you don't stop, the road will keep extending. Therefore, I will not stop."

(End of this chapter)