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"She's Kita."
Kitahara Makoto then introduced Kita to the female university student.
"She's my…"
Before he finished speaking, Kita suddenly poked him in the waist.
"Don't say anything random!"
Kitahara Makoto changed his words meaningfully.
"She's a very, very important person to me. She's also a high school student, Miss Shiraishi. What do you think of Kita? Can she also act in the short film?"
"Eh?"
Kita Ikuyo froze, quickly about to refuse.
But just as she was about to speak, Kitahara Makoto had already anticipated it and poked Kita in the waist.
"W-meow—"
Kita Ikuyo let out a soft cry, quickly raised her hand to cover her mouth, her small face flushed, glaring at Kitahara Makoto in embarrassment.
"It's just tit for tat."
Kitahara Makoto responded with his eyes while pulling Kita to sit beside him.
"Don't rush, let's hear what Miss Shiraishi has to say first."
The female university student pushed up the glasses on the bridge of her nose, carefully sized up Kita, and then smiled:
"Of course, no problem. The two of you are a perfect match and can play the male and female leads in the micro-movie."
(Where are we a perfect match?!)
Kita's small face was flushed, and she wanted to escape.
Unfortunately, Kitahara Makoto wouldn't let her leave: "Miss Shiraishi, could you please repeat the filming remuneration?"
"Certainly..." the female university student said casually, "The remuneration for the male and female leads of the micro-movie is temporarily set at 300,000 Yen."
"Three, three hundred thousand Yen?!"
Kita Ikuyo's eyes widened in shock, and she couldn't help but exclaim softly:
"So much money!"
High school students in Japan generally don't have much money. Their income either comes from pocket money or New Year's money given by their parents, or from part-time jobs. However, part-time jobs have a maximum weekly hour limit, so if they're a bit extravagant, they end up like Ryo-senpai, living on grass.
Kita had already asked her parents for an advance on her pocket money for the next two years to buy an instrument, so now she was actually as poor as Yamada Ryo, eating dirt.
Upon hearing that the remuneration for filming the micro-movie was 300,000 Yen, she was immediately tempted.
"But I have to go to school, and I'm busy with Kessoku Band practice, and final exams are coming soon, so I don't have time..."
Kita Ikuyo's tone was hesitant.
"It's okay..." Miss Shiraishi said softly, "The filming plan for the movie is set for the summer vacation."
Kita Ikuyo breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this: "The summer vacation is fine then."
Miss Shiraishi sat elegantly, picked up her cup, and took a sip of her drink:
"If the movie wins an award in the department competition, I will pay the two of you a generous bonus then."
It was clear that this female university student was quite generous and not short on money.
"There's still more than half a month until summer vacation..." Kitahara Makoto took out his phone. "Kita, get your phone out. Let's add Miss Shiraishi's contact information first, and then we can discuss it in detail."
"O-okay..."
Kita Ikuyo, still a bit dazed, took out her phone, added the contact information, and then bowed to say goodbye.
"Kita, why are you two chatting?"
Ijichi Nijika asked curiously.
You were supposed to go warn Kitahara Makoto not to deceive customers' feelings, so why did you join in?
Kita Ikuyo was still a bit dizzy and said softly:
"Nijika-senpai, don't worry, Kitahara-kun wasn't being hit on..."
"Eh? That customer wants you to film a micro-movie for her graduation project?" Ijichi Nijika pursed her pink lips after listening. "The remuneration is actually 300,000 Yen... Could it be a scammer?"
It is well known that the income of actors in Japan is generally not high. Many actors earn only 300,000 Yen for filming one episode of a TV series. The exorbitant daily salary of 2.08 million Yen only exists in China.
"It should not be..." Kita Ikuyo was also unsure, "But with Kitahara-kun there, he definitely won't let me be deceived."
Ijichi Nijika: "..."
Six o'clock in the afternoon.
The performance officially began.
There were already dozens of people in the shop, mostly young people, both male and female. When the lights were turned off and the ambient lights were turned on, the atmosphere became quite lively.
Kitahara Makoto was watching the performance when his fingers were suddenly grasped by someone.
"Kita, what's wrong?"
Kitahara Makoto looked over in surprise.
"This is bad..." Kita Ikuyo said nervously, "Nijika-senpai was tidying up just now and accidentally got hit by a cabinet."
Kitahara Makoto immediately said in a deep voice:
"Take me there."
Led by Kita, the two quickly returned to the back lounge.
Upon entering, they saw Ijichi Nijika sitting on a small stool, her pretty face pale, her delicate brows tightly furrowed, holding her right hand. Bocchi-chan and Yamada Ryo were on either side of her.
"Don't delay, let's go to the hospital."
Yamada Ryo said in a deep voice.
Ijichi Nijika bit her lower lip lightly: "But tonight's performance is very important..."
Yamada Ryo frowned: "At a time like this, who cares about the performance."
"That's right..." Bocchi-chan mustered her courage and said softly, "Nijika looks like she's in a lot of pain, she really needs to go to the hospital to get checked out."
Kitahara Makoto stepped forward, his gaze falling on Ijichi Nijika's right hand:
"Nijika-senpai, is your hand injured?"
"When I was tidying up just now, I accidentally knocked over the cabinet, and my hand got hit..." Kita Ikuyo bit her lower lip lightly with her pearly teeth. "Don't worry, I'll be fine after a short rest..."
Kitahara Makoto frowned:
"You're sweating on your forehead, and from your expression, it's clear something's wrong."
Ijichi Nijika turned her pretty face away and said in a low voice:
"It was so hard to get this performance opportunity today, and everyone trained so hard during the day. To just give up like this..."
Kitahara Makoto interrupted:
"When did I say Nijika-senpai should give up?"
"Eh?"
Ijichi Nijika looked up in surprise.
Bocchi-chan reacted immediately and said softly:
"Kitahara-kun has a way to cure Nijika-senpai?"
"There is indeed a way. If we're lucky, Nijika can be fully revived in minutes." Kitahara Makoto opened his backpack, took out the game disc from it, and said with conviction, "So, Nijika, please rely on me."
"Kitahara-kun's words are very powerful." Yamada Ryo tilted her head and looked over, her gaze falling on the game disc in Kitahara Makoto's hand. "But what's the use of an 18+ game?"
"This is not just an ordinary 18+ game; it's a mystical item influenced by Hana's ability..."
Kitahara Makoto's expression was serious as he briefly narrated the special abilities of the "devil world adventure."
Of course, the scapegoat was still the Beast Eared Girl.
"A virtual reality game similar to Sword Art Online?" Kita Ikuyo said, half-believing, "That's too exaggerated, isn't it?"
"You'll know if you try it..." Kitahara Makoto said softly, "Among the playable characters in the game, there's a priest. As long as someone becomes a priest character and gets a good rating, they'll likely gain the priest's healing ability, and then they can heal Nijika-senpai's right hand."
After speaking, Kitahara Makoto directly activated the game disc.
The next second.
The game disc floated in mid-air, then quickly split into several phantoms that swiftly merged into the bodies of Kitahara Makoto and the girls.
[Team formed]
[Current team size: Five people]
[Game loading...]
[Randomizing game identities...]
[Injuries or zero health in the game will not affect the body in reality. Have a fun game.]
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