Tokyo: Who would still fall in love after being spoiled?

Chapter 50: "Newlyweds are bound to have some bumps in the road, but only by accommodating each other can they last."

Putting aside the influence of factors such as Takeda's acquaintance with him and his body shape and appearance.

Director Suzuki's judgment was quite correct. Even the male voice actor named Ono from Aoyama Studio was circled. Only Ueda's was given a triangle.

"How is it, Ms. Ueda?" Director Suzuki watched Takeda bow and leave the radio studio, then looked away and asked.

He was trying to drive the image of Takeda as an adventurous receptionist out of his mind.

In his self-introduction before the audition, Takeda only gave his name, and his views on rules and regulations were very similar to his.

It’s a pity that we don’t know which voice actor training school Takeda attended.

"There's another one..." Ueda was silent for a while after being asked this question, and he tapped the form with his pen.

However, the last poor female college student couldn't even speak her lines fluently and was directly expelled by Ueda himself.

"But, Mr. Suzuki," Ueda no longer objected to Takeda's victory and continued to talk to Suzuki, "was that girl just now really a so-called 'free agent'? You can tell she's received systematic training, right? And she's only sixteen. It's impossible that she 'learned it before, but gave it up because of livelihood'. She only started high school at sixteen..."

"When the preliminary list was confirmed, it was indeed screened through dubbing submissions."

"Haven't you investigated it?" Ueda circled Takeda Inori's name with a ballpoint pen as if he was bored.

"That's going to have to wait until the official dubbing starts." Director Suzuki responded, signaling the staff to invite the next round of audition voice actors to come in.

"Hey, Ono—" Ueda turned around and discussed with the male voice actor next to him in a low voice, excitedly, "What do you think, if I introduce her to Yuna, will she fight for me to get a chance to play the main role in a popular anime?"

"Are you sure you won't directly fight for the main role spot for her then?"

"There's still some gap between your level and mine..."

"But when you encounter the right energetic character, like the one in 'The Wasteful Hero', it's very competitive, right?... Aren't these types of characters also within your business scope?"

"Yeah—boring..."

Despite this incident, Ueda still maintained basic professionalism in his job and completed the entire day's selection process relatively seriously.

The working schedule for this supporting role audition was quite tight, and even lunch was provided by the staff who went downstairs to buy set meals.

The set meal was quite generous in terms of specifications, unlike the affordable meal for manual workers that he and Takeda had eaten at yesterday.

The tempura used good shrimp and the steak was better quality than what you'd find at Edo Yakiniku, so it wasn't a bad treat.

By the time the last round of auditions was over, we were already busy until six in the evening.

Leaving the venue to the staff to clean up, he went downstairs with Ueda, Ono, and the animation supervisors to a restaurant near the office building. They had a dinner that felt like a celebration, but it was completely unclear what they were celebrating.

Even after an audition for a supporting role, he took the opportunity to have a meal to "celebrate". It was hard not to suspect that he was eating and drinking at public expense.

I can only sigh that the animation budget for "The Waste Hero" is really sufficient.

"Mr. Inoue has made a profit this time." The animation director sat on the same side with him. After chatting for a while about the painting techniques used in anime, they became a little familiar with each other and joked.

"Is that so..." He raised the can of soda and clinked it with the glass in the animation supervisor's hand.

"Kuroki-sensei was supposed to be here for dinner," the animation director chuckled. "But we finished work yesterday and it ended."

"Then I'll enjoy it for him."

"That's how it should be!" The animation director might be a little drunk, even though he had only drunk two glasses of sake.

After the celebration banquet, on the return train, Kuroki asked him about the audition.

He said everything went well and mentioned the celebration party.

[Inoue: I've eaten a lot of expensive ingredients for you. Just focus on finishing your manuscript.]
[Kuroki: Why are you saying it like you're doing me a favor?]
[Kuroki: When I finish the manuscript, I'm going to invite you and Arima to a celebration party. I'm going to make you pay me back!]
Arima is Kuroki's editor-in-chief.

[Inoue: As long as you can finish the manuscript before the real deadline, don't drag me down with it. You'll be indispensable when the time comes.]
[Kuroki: That’s what you said!]
The topic ended, and he couldn't think of what to do for a moment. He emptied his mind and looked at the night view of Tokyo outside the car window.

It's already 8:30 in the evening.

If he still lived in the boarding house, he would be ready to go to the grocery store to buy some wine by now.

As his mind relaxed, a slight feeling of fatigue rose in his heart, causing him to yawn.

Today I can say that I have been busy since I was woken up in the morning and now I am on the tram, and I have just had time to relax and rest.

I wasn't busy practicing painting or something like that, I was just working all day long, which had little benefit to me.

He thought of his labor remuneration, and when he came to his senses, he noticed that the points reward for the system task had not yet been calculated.

The audition celebration dinner was over... He called out the system to check the situation.

[Task: Participate in the voice actor selection for "The Useless Hero". (Unfinished)]

At least it's not a "mission failure" and there's still a chance to make amends.

Recalling the many details of the audition, he thought for a moment, found Asakura on Line, and sent her a message: "Congratulations on the animation of "The Wrong Love."

When the message became read, Asakura also sent a response. [Asakura: Huh? Where did Mr. Inoue get this information...]
[Inoue: I found out by chance while chatting with someone I know in the industry.]
[Asakura: Well...thanks.]
Doesn't look very excited.

It's not surprising. Judging from the sales of "The Wrong Kind of Love", it's almost certain that it will be animated. It's just a matter of time before the project is launched.

After chatting with Asakura and waiting for a while, the reminder that the task was completed still did not pop up.

It seems that the unfinished part is related to Takeda...

He opened the chat with Takeda, and the message was still stuck on the three sentences they had spoken when they met in the morning.

He didn't respond, and there was no new message from Takeda.

[Inoue: Congratulations.]
[(read)]
Takeda soon saw his message.

But it was like a stone sinking into the sea, with no response at all.

He waited for five minutes, but there was still no movement, so he simply put away his phone and closed his eyes.

The tram arrived at the station, he got off and walked out of the station. A cool night breeze blew on the street.

When he returned to the rental house, the water and electricity had been connected, and there was a light on under the eaves outside the front door, as if it was left for him.

When I opened the door, there was not a pair of Takeda's shoes on the entrance stairs.

He turned on the indoor lights and went to the bathroom to turn on the water heater. The toiletries and towels that Takeda had placed on the sink were nowhere to be found.

...Let's go to the grocery store.

When I went out, I passed by the second-hand bookstore I had visited before, and the owner of the bookstore called me and asked me to go to the front door of the store.

"Did you have a fight?" the shop owner asked him straight to the point.

"Maybe..." He was actually a little confused.

"In the afternoon, I saw her running away with a suitcase and a lot of stuff on her back... I have to coax her back, she's such a nice girl."

"...Yes, yes." The neighbors' impression of them now is even more puzzling.

"There's still a long way to go... Girls, just coax them."

He said goodbye to the woman and walked slowly to the grocery store.

Takeda was still wearing the brown sweater and the beige wide-leg pants.

For the first time, I didn’t wear an employee hat, took off the mask covering my face, and lay at the front desk staring at the screen of my mobile phone in a daze.

The ponytail was undone, and her smooth and beautiful black hair fell behind her.

"Why did you undo your braid?" Takeda hadn't noticed it was him when he first walked into the store. "It suits you very well."

"..." Takeda raised his head, glanced at him, and then fiddled with his phone, "Looks good?"

"This outfit is beautiful too," he continued, praising her. "Brown and beige. You asked me about the day I went to collect the debt, too. Fleece jacket, brown plaid shirt, knitted skirt... Do you like this?"

"...I like it." Takeda turned off the phone screen. The original screen seemed to be the playback page of a music instrument with English lyrics.

But she didn't wear headphones and didn't play the music out loud, so I didn't know what she was listening to.

She folded her arms and stared at him from across the table.

"Angry with me?" he asked.

"...I'm angry with myself." Takeda stared at him for a long time and sighed.

"Why?" He was even more puzzled.

"I've moved my bedding to the boarding house," Takeda continued, "How am I going to sleep tonight..."

【mission completed】

[Reward: 30000 points]

"I have a spare set. If it doesn't work, I can just buy another one." He came to his senses and suggested casually.

"No way!" Takeda said unreasonably, "You have to accompany me to climb over the wall of the boarding house once! Otherwise, I will start to get angry with you."

"Okay...As you wish."

He also looked at Takeda lying on the front desk for a long time, and finally agreed.

It’s not about points tasks and the future.

But that night, he suddenly thought it would be nice to climb over the boarding house wall and try something new.

(End of this chapter)