Game Market 1983

“Actually, my doctor told me this morning that I should cancel my concert. It could be a very dangerous choice at the moment, and even if you suffer, if you put a lot of pressure on your neck because of the concert, you could wake up and you could lose your voice...”

Yuck!!!

As soon as I heard her on the tape, I stopped at the side of the road in a hurry.

“That's why I wanted to thank you before it was too late. ”

Tsubaki's voice on the tape felt little anxiety. Rather, her message, filled with excitement about a straightforward concert, felt as pure and clear as the voice of a young child ahead of a picnic.

“Thank you so much so far. I want to thank Joon-Hyuk and his colleagues for their hard work together. I think 1995 will be the most memorable year of my life. This precious memory... I will hold onto it until the end, even if I am no longer in this world. ”

Tak. Ziyi......

At the end of the playback, only analog noises were coming out.

&

The fans of Tsubaki wanted her to get better soon, but unfortunately, the reality was not.

After the TGS concert, she spent most of her day in the room, and she often fell asleep more and more drunk than when she was awake because her illness was getting worse.

Occasionally, when Yuki and I would stop by the hospital and watch Tsubaki sleeping, we would have regretted that she was better off stopping him, even if it was her choice.

January 1996, the following year.

She showed up in a wheelchair at a concert in Idol with a new year's celebration message, and did not lose a warm smile to her fans while fighting the bottled horse.

In just two songs, she was loved not only by the gamer but by the whole nation in half a year, and hid herself from the stage at the end.

One April, when Tsubaki's parents asked her to go to Germany for surgery, she was bitten by pink all over the world.

I heard that I slept comfortably in the spring wind.

It was the day after Kanna wrote back that she was going to hold a concert at the Tokyo Dome.

Leaving behind a promise to come to the concert in a healthier way...

&

“Ha... ha...”

After a live performance at the Tokyo Dome with a new colleague, Kanna sighed and waved her hands at the audience.

Kanna, who had almost the same tendency to sing as Tsubaki, took over all the songs she had left behind and is currently showing the most outstanding sales volume among idols.

A thunder-like box started pouring down in the audience towards the singers who had successfully completed a performance at the Tokyo Dome, the stage of their dreams.

“Excellent!! ”

“One more song!! One more song!! ”

Kanna looks slightly embarrassed at the ongoing audience's call for an anchor.

because the song that I just finished was a second encore song. As the chairman's mood settles, I nod toward Kanna, watching the stage from one side.

Then, throughout the show, her smiling face became serious.

“Today... I have some bad news for you. ”

Suddenly, the people who were obsessed with her were silent in a different atmosphere.

“In fact, Sawano Tsubaki, who made a debut with us last year and was very loved by you, passed away last April. ”

“Excuse me?”

“Huff... I heard you went abroad for treatment, but in the end...”

Kanna quickly followed the horse to the mourned audience, hearing that Tsubaki had passed away.

“Before you leave, I promise to... be well again and come back to you, but on behalf of Mr. Tsubaki, who can no longer keep that promise... we apologize for that. Thank you so much for loving Tsubaki to the end. ”

The moment members on stage greet their fans holding each other's hands.

I instructed the video team using the radio I was holding.

Then, on the silent stage, a low piano begins to sound.

“Oh... really...? ”

The first Tsubaki to receive and rejoice in his music appeared on a huge screen.

A bright smile, as if it had all the world, had a strange charm that made me smile after seeing this.

An empty platform with only two of them.

I'm worried about your silent face.

And he shall become of the adults, and shall live for ever;

You may lose something precious, but...

I know that, too, but...

In a music video compiled of all the footage she had worked on in the recording room, her various daily lives were left behind.

Kanna sharing crepes in downtown Harajuku.

Covering a blanket over a weary Azsa rainstorm.

Drinking in a tavern in Shinjuku with Cheryl's thunder…

Tears began to pour down on the faces of the thunderstorms who were on stage in her everyday appearance.

Even though we didn't make the debut with her, the new members who suffered together during the practice also shed tears in her memories.

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

No matter what trials await us,

I want to be with you forever.

At the end of the video, she walked out of the studio after finishing recording, waving her hands at the camera and smiling brightly.

Tears finally shed in my eyes, which I endured all the time looking at the screen as if it was saying goodbye to everyone here.

“Tsubaki, isn't it hard to record? ”

“It's hard, but it's so much fun to endure. Especially because Cheryl's voice is so good at acting that sometimes it feels like she's actually talking to the characters in the game. ”

“Yes, thank God. And what if I say one last word to the fans who are going to see this? ”

“Yes? All of a sudden? ”

“Just be honest and tell me how you feel right now. ”

“Uh... so, um...”

After a moment, she opens her mouth, looking at the camera with a crimson face.

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

Last comment.

It's a debut song by Tsubaki. Give me a hug. 'It was the last line from the sample record.

&

“Then the audience realized what it meant.”

“I was...”

“Even now, I think the music video of Tsubaki at that time was the best. ”

“I couldn't say goodbye to my fans. ”

Before she left for Germany. The last letter that was written to me.

- If I don't make it back, I want Joon-Hyuk to tell the fans instead. Can you... say hello to me? -

At that time, I couldn't say anything without getting her letter.

All I'm saying is, pull yourself together.

As I looked away with Hayashi at the employees laughing and chattering in preparation for dinner, I took a small sigh and turned to talk.

“How about Dragon Emblem Online, by the way? Don't you think it's almost over when you hear the pain of dying? ”

“Only eight years of production this year. This is going to be as cool as it gets. ”

“Really? I'm looking forward to that. ”

Then Hayashi smiled strangely and asked me.

“Then would you like to play formally? ”

Hayashi smiled as confidently as she pulled out a disc from her arms and gave it to me.

“I have written down the protocol address for the access inside. ”

“What is this? Did you finish your development already? ”

“No, this is another version of the Dragon Emblem online that we've prepared for you. ”

“Hmm? For me? ”

When Hayashi's words do not speak English, he raises himself up, pulling out his dusty trousers.

“So, stop resting and come back. We still need you. ”

At that moment, Kaori's voice was heard preparing a meal by the table.

“You two!! Stop fooling around and come here and give me something to eat!! ”

“Ney, I understand. ”

When I saw Hayashi running straight to her in Kaori's mourning, I felt that his cold and sharp personality had become much more harmful when he was young.

I looked at the disc handed to Hayashi and raised my mouth.

I started to wonder what kind of online games would have been born into the plans I had made and left.

“Joon-Hyuk, I think Kannada is almost here!! ”

“Oh, okay. I'm on my way.”

&

The day after I had a nice dinner with the Pentagon staff.

When I returned home, I put Seohyun who was asleep on the bed, and I organized the camping tools with Yuki.

“Oh, that was so much fun. It was a little hard to prepare a lot of people's food.”

“Sorry, next time let's just relax and go to a resort. ”

“It's okay. It's been hard, but camping is kind of romantic, too. I didn't realize it was so much fun to talk to people like that in front of a campfire. ”

“Thank you for saying that...”

“Oh, do you want to wash first? ”

“No, I have to take a shower later. You must be tired, go to sleep first. ”

“Yes, I'll take a bath first. ”

After finishing cleaning up, Yuki went to the bathroom, and I took a disc out of my bag.

In fact, I've been very concerned about what's on this disc since yesterday.

I said I'd catch Hayashi and ask, and I'd only know if I played, so I have to tell her that the thirsty man sells the well...

Cock.

I took out the optical disc that was in the case and put it in the newly launched Complex Raon 3 last summer.

The console, which automatically sucked the disc without a separate tray, started installing an enormous amount of volume into the console hard drive after a short while with the disc drive.

“What is this? Are you sure you want to install the entire disk? ”

If I'd known this was gonna happen, I should've just installed it and washed it out.

At that time, a simple illustration of the plot began to flow from the TV screen that was being installed.

In the era of the wars that followed in 2, with a simple chapter 1, I comfortably leaned against the chair, looking at the illustrations that depicted the fierce battles of the humans and the horses.

In Episode 2, King Kroel appeared as the Holy Spirit to help players under special conditions, and he had so much power that he absolutely needed the power of the Demon King Osiris to oppose him.

Although the war had been turned upside down at this point, there was a time when the horseman's union brought Osiris in first, and most of the human realms were taken away and the game almost ended…

In Prologue, players drew a detailed portrait of each other's territory and the history of it being taken from each other.

And the moment all installs point to 100%. I entered the developer protocol in the case and tried to access the online world.

Immediately, a man on the TV screen slowly got up from the majestic meadow.

“Hmm? What? Are there any initial character settings for online gaming? ”

I used an analog stick to manipulate the man standing alone on a thin grassland with nothing.

“Or is this even another prologue? What the hell am I supposed to do? We have to show them the way. ”

I was about to get irritated by the frustration of being unable to do anything...

The sky grows darker and darker in the game, and then suddenly, everything around you becomes dark.

At that moment, a man's voice echoes from his TV speaker.

- The Demon King has fallen into human hands. Reclaim your world before this world is tormented by the holy light... "Drink." -

If you're a normal gamer, just listen to this. Though I tilted my head, I was in the original plan for the Dragon Emblem, and at the same time I heard this ambassador, I remembered what Hayashi said with a proud look on his face.

I mean, you need to take a break and come back. We still need you. ’

“Hayashi... You're... pretty good. ”