Game Market 1983

“Nakamura. Good work this month, too. ”

“Thanks!! ”

“Your salary this month is pretty good. How many hours have you been working? ”

“I worked day and night to die. I ran all over the place because of the staff. ”

“What's the hurry with the money? ”

In the manager's question, I nodded, checking the bills in the brown envelope.

“I've got some big money coming out next week...”

“I see. You said you'll rest tomorrow, right? After all the hard work, let's rest and see the day after tomorrow. ”

“Yes, sir. I'll go first, then!”

After putting the salary envelope deep in the bag, I finished saying hello to the manager and left the family restaurant ‘Siberia’, a part-time place.

“Oh, thank God. ”

It was early evening, with one or two streetlights on the street, but the hot air still held a humid energy during the day. Although the sticky air didn't feel particularly pleasant touching my neck, I thought of the salary envelope in my bag, and I accidentally climbed up my mouth.

120,000 yen a month... I think I know why the Fritters have increased lately...

The severe recession, which was about to get better, has been going on for five years, and the employment threshold has increased with the year that the fort has become a new profession.

Fritters are a new term for people who move around part-time jobs and make a living. They usually make as much money as regular people do by running two part-time jobs, so there is a growing trend towards giving up jobs and running part-time jobs.

“Ha…”

Thinking about the future makes me feel frustrated.

I didn't think jobs would be this hard just five years ago, but it's still a freshman year in college, but it's hard to think about graduating from college.

Recently, there have been jobs other than Fritters, which are said to be short-term contractual forms that are maintained until the end of a project other than formal employment, when you enroll yourself with a personnel procurer from a suitable company.

After the project is finished, the company is free to terminate the contract and the assignment is sold to another company.

Currently, most companies prefer to have affordable labor, and the Pentagon was the only game company I knew wouldn't use the labor force.

I'd like to get a job at the Pentagon if possible.

No, it was not just me, but anyone who was interested in the game.

But I'm not as talented as Kanna, and I'm not as good at studying as Mayumi. He's just a regular college kid who likes to play Pentagon games. After graduation at this rate. I also know that entering the Pentagon is as hard as picking up a star in the sky.

Sometimes, when you walk Shibuya with Mayumi, she gives you a fashion magazine and a business card, and you end up eating it with your face. The end of the industry was almost hosting, so I wasn't attracted to it.

In fact, since I was a kid, I haven't had the patience to do anything about it.

Neither studying, nor exercising, nor even the games that are currently playing, although there are many softwares that have swooped to other newly released games before viewing the endings, only a few titles have seen the endings.

"Then again, I was a very important man..."

After acknowledging myself so far, I felt like I was happy until now.

Stab, stab, stab!

You hear the weeping of the beetle under the chimney heading home. I'd rather be a high school student enjoying Street Fire 2 with my friends after school without thinking about it...

After a while, I stepped on the porch with my shoulders down, and my mother, who was preparing dinner, welcomed me.

“Are you home? Dinner? ”

“I don't think so. ”

I want you to go up to your room and manipulate the CD player next to your exposed bed and hug Mr. Tsubaki. ’was regenerated.

Is it because you're depressed? Her voice, which resonates through the speakers in a narrow room, is sadder today. I lay on the bed, covering my face with my forearms, and I heard my mother's voice downstairs.

“Kensuke. Mayumi's on the phone!”

Mayumi? Oh, by the way, I was supposed to call you after part-time, but I forgot...

“I'll be right down. ”

I got up from the bed and went back down the narrow stairs. I lifted the luggage next to the sofa.

“Hello?"

“Mr. Kenska, you're home. I haven't heard back yet, so I was wondering if the part-time job's done. ”

“Oh, I just got in. ”

After a long sigh burying myself on the couch, Mayumi spoke to me in a worried voice.

“Are you sick? ”

“No, I'm just a little depressed.”

“Depressed? Kensuke, are you...? What brings you here? The sun rises from the west tomorrow. ”

“Don't make fun of me. It's pretty serious.”

“What's the matter, my Kenska family? ”

I decided to be sad about Mayumi's behavior with a teasing tone, but I was also thankful that she wanted to comfort me in that way.

Well, I feel like I fell in love with the trap I sold today.

Maybe it's best to talk to your peers about your problems at this point.

“I just can't see the future, and I'm worried that if I graduate from college, I might be able to get a job.”

“Didn't you say you wanted to go to Pentagon Soft when you graduated? ”

“That was hope. How am I supposed to get into a giant company like the Pentagon? ”

“Expertise. You can try now. I don't know what Kenska was thinking, but we're only a year away from college. You're not a senior, so if you have something you want to do, you should think about trying for the rest of your life. Isn't that right?”

“I'm sure that's true... I don't know. ”

“Still, that's amazing! I never dreamed Kenska would worry about that! I used to play games all the time and live without thinking. ”

“ · · · · · ·. What do you see me as... ”

“Otaku's gaming boyfriend. ”

Bingo. The answer is indisputable.

Mayumi talks, but she hears the sound of them rattling over the funny handset. And in the sound of her laughter, I also burst a feast smile.

“Oh, I just laughed. Right?"

“Yes, I laughed. What do you say?”

“Tooling is still a child, after all. ”

“Tsk! Anyway, why did you ask me to call you today? ”

“Oh, I forgot. The next week, when I go to buy the Complete Raon. I want you to come with me. ”

“What are you doing here? I can't believe you asked me to go buy a game machine with you. ”

“How my brother has been taunting his parents for the past few days. I don't want to hear it. ”

“So you want to buy one for your brother? ”

“Well, there was some money left over from last month's part-time job...”

“Oh, Mayumi. Wonderful! Your brother must be thrilled!”

“Oh, by the way, you're coming with me next week for the launch of Complete Raon. Okay? Bye, then. ”

I looked at the phone and swallowed a mouthful of laughter because of her actions when she hung up like she was ashamed of me at the end.

“Kensuke. Dinner's almost ready. How about a bite? ”

“Yes, I will. ”

&

A week after that.

I got up at dawn and headed to the Pentagon Shop in Akihabara with Mayumi. Despite the weekend, the train to Akiba was filled with people my age from morning to morning.

“It's Saturday, right? ”

Mayumi, who was intertwined with people on a train that made the rush hour look like a weekday morning, tried to talk to me.

“Yes, Saturday. That's right."

And after a while. When the train we were on reached Akiba Station, the people inside the train escaped from Urr.

“Are they... all of them? ”

After holding Mayumi's hand and leaving Akiba Station, everyone around him was walking in the same direction as us.

Wow, even when the portable Raon was first launched four years ago, I don't think it was this far... Surprised, I rushed to the Pentagon, holding Mayumi's hand.

&

Complete Raon's sale is at 9: 00 a.m.

We still have about three hours left, but given that the Pentagon shop was open at 10: 30, we couldn't complain because today was an hour and a half early.

When Mayumi and I stood at the end of the purchase queue, in less than 10 minutes, there began to be a long line behind us.

“Did the people in front of us have been waiting since yesterday? ”

“Not only yesterday, some waited a week ago. ”

“Since... a week ago? ”

Mayumi looked baffling and tried to look at the front of the queue, but there was a bit of a crowd looking at the head of the queue that was already twisted like a snake.

We'll stop by the convenience store alternately, finish the morning, and then have a little chat. At 9 o'clock, I could see a familiar face.

Director Kang Jun-hyuk, who came to know thanks to Kanna's ‘Cheerleader’ mini album for you, has become a very good director inside the Pentagon.

He smiles and greets us as soon as he sees us. However, without saying a word, I had to leave to reveal the fourth character of Virtual Idol, Sawano Tsubaki.

Mayumi, who was next to me, said to me.

“Actually, it's an excuse to buy her a complete raon. ”

“Hmm? What excuses? What does that mean? ”

“There was a little greed I wanted to play with.”

With Mayumi's smile that held my hand with a bright smile, an alarm sounded to announce the start of the event.