Chapter 71: Chapter 70: Discovery
Shiori's group is the Elder Sisters' favorite Shota Alliance. Although the name is curious, they are not much different from other fan groups.
As the largest female fan organization, hundreds of members participate in this Detective Conan Reader Appreciation Meeting. There are almost a hundred people on weekend afternoons. The reason is that it is the time when Hinotori Publishing officially leads and the various groups compete with each other.
Ten groups are involved in the performance, and at first they were not willing to give in. Also, this is the first event, and each group is very excited to achieve good results and increase their influence in the future, so they sent their strongest representatives.
However, before that, no one knew what performances the others had prepared. As the museum was about to open in the afternoon, fans of the Older Sisters' Favorite Shota Alliance realized that they were one step behind. Several groups prepared performances similar to theirs, and there were also bands participating.
"Band?"
"Look there,"
Akari (formerly Zhou Qian) asked, pointing to the left. Shiori and Takumi looked in the direction of his finger and soon saw several young men with musical instruments surrounded by readers.
"It's a famous local band, and not only them, but also the Little Apple band over there. They're a band from southern Japan and they're also very famous on the internet." Akari shook his head and sighed: "One is fine, but if two bands appear, we don't stand a chance."
Shiori was speechless. I was confident, but the others were bands, and there was no comparison.
The meaning of Akari was already very clear. They didn't want to play the piano and sing to take on the two bands, but were ready to change programs.
"Takumi..."
Shiori looked at Takumi with some embarrassment.
Takumi frowned slightly. "I wanted to take the opportunity to release the song, but this time it wasn't him the leader. These fans had already made a decision and probably wouldn't change it.'
"What are they going to interpret?"
he asked aloud. 'If it hadn't been a particularly outstanding performance, I might still have a chance to fight for it.'
"Dancing".
Akari looked at Takumi's expression and was surprised. 'Why didn't this boy get angry? Most people would get angry after working hard for so long and suddenly finding out they didn't want it.'
But thank goodness he didn't lose his temper. There are things that do not need to be said directly to generate disputes. In fact, the girls of the Older Sisters' Favorite Shota Alliance don't believe this high school student.
First, it doesn't have a good piano level, and second, it's an original song. If it wasn't for Shiori, Takumi wouldn't even have a chance to be included in the list of candidates.
Akari's mind flashed, but he didn't stop talking.
"We have alternative presentations. Twenty sisters have practiced a group dance."
Group dance?
Takumi looked at the fans. These fans are generally attractive, and many of them wear similar short skirts. Their dancing is really very striking.
It seems that he has no hope of showing up.
"Well, I won't participate,"
Takumi said. 'He understood the mentality of these fans very well, so he was too lazy to get bored.'
After a few minutes, the cultural center opened its doors and the fans entered one after another.
Since he didn't have to go on stage, Takumi left the Older Sisters' Favorite Shota Alliance and planned to perform alone. But Shiori, feeling guilty, also followed him, and of course, the two roommates, of course.
"I'm sorry, Takumi, I made you run for nothing." Shiori apologized several times along the way. Takumi shook his head and smiled, "Okay, it's not your fault, and it's not bad. At least we have time to play."
Upon entering the cultural center, Takumi discovered that Hinotori Publishing had prepared many interesting games, such as hoop throwing, shooting, claw machines, etc. The prizes were Detective Conan pillows and mugs, and many fans gathered.
The peripheral copyright of Detective Conan had not yet been revealed, so the objects at the scene were printed directly with photos, and the appearance was rustic. Takumi couldn't find any items that satisfied him.
However, the atmosphere at the venue was very lively and the fans were excited. Although the prizes were not very good, they had a lot of fun.
Driven by this atmosphere, Takumi felt a little uneasy. Suddenly, he came up with the idea of building a manga street similar to Akihabara in Japan, so that manga and its surroundings would become a culture.
He had seen on television that there was a movie street in Yanaka (formerly Yanjing). The entire street was an industrial area around the movies, and the number of tourists it received daily was no less than that of Kyoto (formerly the Forbidden City). If you plan to build a manga street, Takumi doesn't need to beat around the bush; You can build it as a reference.
But it's too early to tell. He had no money or strength, so for the moment he could only keep the idea in his heart.
"Let's get started!"
As they walked, the crowd cheered suddenly.
Takumi looked up and saw a familiar figure climbing onto the stage in the distance.
"Welcome to all..."
Kurosawa, from the editorial department of Weekly Shōnen, took the stage and gave a speech of thanks. The content was outdated,
and Takumi did not continue to see him. When he looked up, he thought he had seen something strange. When he looked closely, he saw two people with sleeve hoods selling things in a secluded corner of the premises. "Conan and Ran!"
Shiori also saw them and shouted, "They should be staff members pretending to be them! Let's take a look!"
He got excited, ignored everything, and dragged Takumi over there.
Conan and Ran are the male and female protagonists of Detective Conan. As they approached, they realized that it was two staff members, one male and one female, who were impersonating them. Since they were wearing hoods, you couldn't see the real people, but...
"Is Ran Alice?"
Takumi thought that he had been with Alice for a long time, and recognized the woman dressed as Ran as Alice at a glance.
"What is he doing?"
Alice didn't greet him, but patted the table and said in a voice altered by a voice changer, "Guests, do you want to buy a postcard?"
On the table were postcards signed by Takumi, but there weren't many people watching.
"My signature is worth nothing..."
Takumi smiled bitterly. 'Although I didn't have many expectations, it was too deserted.' He pulled out a postcard and was a little stunned.
'Was there no signature?'
"Postcards, we have bought them these two days." Shiori didn't even look at the postcards. He asked with bright eyes, "Can you take a picture with us?"
Alice shook her head and pointed to the sign next to her.
"No photography..."
"Not that..."
At this moment, among the crowd, Arai Miyuki also noticed the situation.
"Isn't that the girl Master Mirai-sensei met that night?"
Miyuki stared at Shiori, and then slowly shifted her gaze to Takumi: "Could it be Master Mirai-sensei?"
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