Game Market 1983

“I want to. ”

I could feel her strong will in my eyes. The more I felt sorry for her, the more I wanted to avoid her eyes, but I also knew that it wouldn't be avoiding her.

“I know all about Sawano's heart...”

“ · · · · · ·. ”

Tsubaki's eyes, which broke his lips, were filled with tears.

After the announcement of her audition pass, she came to Pentagon Soft in person and said she wanted to talk to me, the main director of Virtual Idol.

After a while, I was taken to the main interviewing room of the temples, saying that I wanted to talk to you alone. I heard a shocking story about her being in battle.

I looked at her dazed with a cup of coffee in my hand, saying that she could die in six months, or a long year, if not right now.

A Hokkaido from the far north of Japan, she really had white skin like snow.

Her audition application said she was 25 years old.

Although she was a little old to make her debut as an idol, she was a pure beauty with a slim neck and protective instinct at first sight.

As I was leading her to a private interview room, the eyes of the Pentagon staff were on her.

But it is not.

No matter how good she was at singing, this Virtual Idol project was a content that would be dragged for a long time.

Also, if the illness worsens in the future and an accident occurs during the recording process, or if she falls, not right now. For the Pentagon, it was too risky.

I remember thinking with my mug wrapped around the table.

‘With her voice and skills, she doesn't need vocal training alone, so she can get in as quickly as Kanna. The problem is her health...’

Of course I don't want to, but what if I get worse during the recording and I can't sing anymore? If you're no longer able to make a sound, what should you do?

I appreciate her coming to the company in person and telling us all about her illness without hiding it, but I think it's best if she refuses.

“... I want to.”

“Yes…? ”

“I want to show you.”

“What...? ”

“Proof that I existed in this world. I want to show my parents that a lot of people loved my song... that after I left, they would still be there.”

At that moment, I also remembered the thought of my parents that I had left in the far future.

"My son, have a good trip."

A final greeting with my mother before returning to 1983.

Why I didn't tell my mother I loved her back then... I still felt sorry for her.

After she leaves, the character's voice remains forever. Sawano now wanted to leave evidence that he had lived in this world through a content called Virtue Idol.

“Please, Director...”

“Phew... This... I get it. ”

“I... really!? ”

“But I have two conditions. ”

“Wha... what is it? ”

“Number one, at least some staff should know about your illness. You can't hide it completely. Because if you do, you may collapse during the recording, and someone who can move quickly should always be by your side. ”

I said I wanted to hide it from the staff as much as possible about the illness, but I refused to do it on the first condition. Sawano nodded his head thinking about my first condition.

“Yes, I understand. ”

“Yes. Second condition. ”

Is it the first condition? Sawano waited for my words to fall with a slightly stiff expression.

I looked at her and said with a smile that was as comfortable as possible.

“Please make every effort to maintain your current health. ”

“Yes? Oh, yes! I will do that. ”

“I will also do my best to support you. If you have any problems with your recording schedule, please contact us in advance. ”

“Yes, thank you. Thank you so much."

“Please take good care of me. Sawano Tsubaki…”

After a while, Sawano, who was about to get up after the interview, looked at me with a well expression.

“Anything else you'd like to say...? ”

“Well, I know it's inconvenient, but I have a favor to ask you. ”

“Please speak comfortably. If there's anything I can do, I can help you. ”

“Have you decided on a name for the character I want to play?" ”

“Yes…? No, so far… we are going to put together the voices of those who have passed the audition and place them in the most appropriate image…”

“Then, can I name the character I want to play? ”

“Sawano, what's your name? ”

&

‘Give me a hug.’ The song made the crowd in the concert hall freeze.

The atmosphere of the song itself was similar to Erica's song except that the tempo was a little slow, but the more I heard Tsubaki's "hug me," the more I heard her loving voice burrowing in my ears and stabbing me in the chest, unlike the "cheerleader" who feels warmer for you.

“What... is this song...? ”

Sad... Is this how the singing person's feelings are conveyed?

After finishing recording all of his character's voices, Tsubaki fought the bottled horse without having to do any hard chords among the many recordings. He is currently hospitalized due to deterioration.

On the other side of the stage, Tsubaki asked me to look at the atmosphere of the scene, and I saw Kaoru with a small camcorder that captures the faces of the people currently gathered in the concert hall.

Let me turn my head to the stage as well.

Someone was dumbfounded and listening to her song, and someone was silently feeling her voice with their eyes closed.

Give me a hug and I'll break my body...

No matter what the day with you is going to be,

I don't know if I can laugh as well as we do now...

The lyrics of the song asking for a hug to help him hold his wavering heart felt very sad as Tsubaki's deep voice became more appealing.

- I want to sing for you until the end of my life. -

Those who are listening to this song will not know the true meaning behind her last words... I look at those who are smiling happily, just intoxicated by Tsubaki's voice, and make a smile of my own.

Soon after Sawano Tsubaki's promotion video with her goodbye, I moved to the center of the stage and grabbed the microphone.

“This concludes the promotional video of Virgil Idol's first trainees coming out next month. The last appearance of Sawano Tsubaki will be revealed on the launch day of Complete Raon, so we look forward to… please. ”

Virtual Idol was expected to have a total of 11 characters, but it was to be released quarterly without all of them appearing from the beginning.

I auditioned for myself to bring together talented people from each region, but not everyone had the skills to do it right away.

I chose four of these men who were capable enough to give the song to Terrada right now, and the other seven decided to make their debut quarterly.

Terrada, who had heard about Sawano Tsubasa's health, was also greatly surprised, but opposed to what she did on the Idol project.

‘Strong mental strength to smile at the camera in this difficult situation. And above all, her voice has a deadly charm. It's a sin to tell someone with a voice like this not to sing. Look forward to it.

Let me show you her stage with the best songs. ’

And Mr. Terrada's prediction was correct.

“Wow!!!!!! ”

“Excellent!! I'm going all in with Booro Sawano Tsubaki today!! ”

“Cono Azza was fine, but I have to admit, the last character's song was a real one.”

“Well, it's actually me. I shed a few tears at the last frown.”

“Oh my... Erica's Cheryl... Azza doesn't have any money. I don't know what to buy first!" ”

Sawano Tsubasa, who captured their minds in an instant, was still enjoying immense popularity before revealing his appearance.

With this kind of response, you'll be satisfied with Tsubasa in the hospital. ’

Imagining her joyful appearance, I looked at Kaori standing beside the stage.

With a small camcorder in hand and a slight nod towards her signatures, she hides behind the stage, smiling at the application.

Have you been preparing for an event that you prepared for me three days ago? ’

When I thought about Mr. Tsubaki, I felt a little relief from Kaori's smile.

Okay... It's not like anything happened to Sawano right now, so don't worry too much... We should focus on the concert right now.

After holding my heart, I lifted my head and looked at the people in the audience.

“This time, we are going to give you some answers to some of the questions you are most curious about in the Q&A for those attending today's concert. ”

Whether I took out the questionnaire handed to me by the event staff before going onstage, I read the first question first.

“I am a user eagerly awaiting the issuance of Virtual Idol. The last time I exposed Cheryl at the Pentagon, I fell in love with her mood. I want to know who played her voice. Are you a real singer?”

Then I heard loud noises everywhere in the audience.

“I'm curious about that, though. From Erica to Tsubaki today, you're not missing anything. I wonder if the real singer actually did it, and if he did, I wonder who he was.”

I took a moment to look at the audience's reactions and slowly replied.

“First of all, thank you for your interest in Miss Cheryl. And I think the meteor who played her is very fond of her. Well, the answer to your question is, at the moment, the Moors of Virtue Idol are not just good singers. We've been auditioning separately since autumn last year for acting and vocal training so that we can properly play the characters' expressions and feelings in the game. But some of them were able to digest their schedules from the very beginning, and some of them were not. We picked four of them, and this year we launched them as Idol's first meteor. Those who played voices were selected through auditions, but some were aspiring singers, some were aspiring meteorites, and some weren't celebrities that everybody knew about. How... how did you come up with this? ”

In my answer, I could see the heads of some people sitting in the audience nodding up and down.

The first question, which was relatively light, I looked at the second questionnaire with a slight smile.

“We are looking forward to releasing the Pentagon's first retention console, the Complete Raon. Recently, I was looking at Virtual Idol and I was wondering about the performance of Complex Raon. The information from the magazine is that it's a game aimed at raising Idols and putting them on stage, and I'm really curious about how their stage is going to be represented on a real console device. For the Pentagon, can you show us the stage of a polygon character as neat as the animation shown in the promotional video? ”

The second question is pretty sharp.

Looking at the audience with the questionnaire in hand, I saw quite empathetic to the question.

Well, he was pretty disappointed in the real fighter of the NEGA, and it turned out that the Sensoni's Gear Station also enjoyed the game as much graphics as the Tyrannosaurs showed at CES.

I thought about the answer to the question for a moment and slowly opened my mouth.

“Once I've reached the conclusion, it's impossible. ”

Then the disappointed users frowned at my answer.

I was talking with one tail up for them like that.

“But I have found an answer that you will be pleased with. ”

“Hmm…? ”