《Game Market 1983》 161 < EP. 38: Shining Star. (2) > ¡°How do you know that? ¡± ¡°Because I cleared it to All S rank. ¡± Nakamura asked me, expressing a shy expression for a moment. ¡°You cleared to All S rank? Kanna, how could you? ¡± In fact, it''s not hard for Nakamura to make such a fuss. I also repeated the rehearsal mode so that I could clear all the plays to S-rank. Repetitive practice is important to get rid of a single play. It was also part of the same application when dealing with real instruments. When I looked at the rhythm bar carefully from the beginning, I suddenly thought, ¡®You should not simply look at the rhythm bar with your eyes and adjust the timing. ¡¯ The moment I chased him down with my eyes. It was because I felt a slight twist. There, this is purely my guess, but this is the director of Kang Jun-hyuk who created this game... "I deliberately misplaced the rhythm bar..." In fact, no matter how well the rhythm bar was timing at a few points, there was a time when the Good timing, not Perfect timing, would appear. Work with a slightly strange feeling When the cracks loosened a bit, I could immediately see the Perfect sign. At that moment, I felt like going inside my head. The protagonist''s play was not just a rhythm game that only adjusted to the timing. I felt that the ¡®interpretation of the song¡¯, which only the protagonist had, was prepared as if the actual musician was beating the keyboard with emotion. From then on, I considered the flow and atmosphere of the song more important than the timing of the rhythm bar as far down as possible. Then, no matter how many times I repeated it, I started filling the song with S rank one by one, which was only rank A. "The first time I hit Chopin, I''m not trying too hard to be as excited as I felt when I hit Chopin, but I''m relaxed..." And the rest leave everything to the atmosphere that flows throughout the play. Surprisingly, my fingers were moving naturally in response to the piano notes being heard over the earphones. After how many iterations, is it because the pattern is cooked in my hands? Nakamura asked me who the real culprit was if I said Yukinozo Kaori wasn''t the culprit. I opened my mouth, grabbing a warm lemon to his question. ¡°That... I won''t say it. ¡± ¡°Hmm? Why?? ¡± ¡°I don''t want to take away Nakamura''s feelings after clearing the game. But I can give you an easy hint to get an S rank in your playing part. ¡± ¡°What''s that? ¡± ¡°Feel the music. Don''t pay attention to the rhythm bar, focus on the protagonist''s scenes and focus on the music to be perfect so you can reach the S rank naturally. ¡± This may also be the intention of the creator, but there are too many devices to dazzle the player''s eyes in the God-given part of the play. Downhill rhythm bars and timing zones. In addition, when I focused on the reminiscence scene at first, I often missed the note. At first glance, the reminiscence scene with music felt very loving, but in fact, to play the rhythm game a little more efficiently, I could show it separately after playing it. I tilted my head with an unfamiliar look on my words that told me to focus only on the music of Nakamura. At that moment, after opening the cafe door and finishing part-time, Maui approaches us. ¡°Have you been waiting long? Sorry, I''m late for my shift...¡± ¡°No, it''s okay. I didn''t know Nakamura was spending so much time looking at magazines. ¡± ¡°Kanna, are you a gift from God these days, or are you obsessed with that game? Is that so funny? ¡± Mauri asked me to look back over the past month. I closed my eyes slightly and opened my mouth smiling at Mauri, recalling the concertos of the five, including the protagonists from the last scene. ¡°Yes, I had a great time. And on the other hand, it''s a very sad story...¡± Just thinking about the last scene, it seemed like drops of tears would come to my eyes. Then Maui, who was looking at my face, opened his mouth with a silly look. ¡°Hurry up?? Are you crying? ¡± ¡°Oh, can we just talk about the real ending? I''m really curious. ¡± Nakamura snatches his head and starts cursing his hands. ¡°So far I thought I could clear any game, but I don''t know what to do with God''s gift." Especially since Satsuki-sensei and I have two pianos working together... ¡± Looking at the Nakamura army, I wanted to show him the gin ending using the raon in my bag, but in the end I decided to endure it for him. & After dinner that night with Mauri, I returned home and took out my guitar in quite a while. Today is a resting day, and my father isn''t home either. I carefully pulled out the guitar with the guitar case on the bed and ricocheted the rope. When the clear guitar sounded in the narrow room, a smile was drawn on my mouth. When I was a kid, my dad didn''t really care that I was a singer''s dream. But she was different. Eventually, my mom secretly gave me a guitar, and my dad would sometimes leave the store, and my mom would sit next to me and listen to the guitar I was playing and look happy. ¡°That''s amazing. My daughter. I''ve never been taught that song, but I can play it just once. It''s not a Mozart...¡± ¡°Mozart? What is that? ¡± ¡°A genius musician in Austria. Your favorite song," Twinkle Twinkle Stars, "is actually a classic by Mozart. ¡± ¡°Oh, I know how to play that song. ¡± ¡°Really¡­? ¡± & Twinkle, twinkle little star... I left the house with my guitar when I bounced the guitar strap in the room in my old memory with my mom. The cold winter breeze in January lifted me up, but I always headed to the place where I used to play on the street, holding the handle of the guitar case tightly. Because of the cold winter, no one performs on the street like last fall. After a while, I found a record store near the station, and I opened the glass door and greeted the owner. ¡°Hey, mister!¡± ¡°Oh, Kanna, welcome. ¡± ¡°Mister, can I borrow an amp from the front of the store today? ¡± ¡°Yes¡­? Are you going to sing in this cold weather? ¡± ¡°Yes. Is it... not working? ¡± ¡°I don''t mean to pry, but you''ll catch a cold. ¡± ¡°I''ll call you back in a minute. What?¡± ¡°I''d love to promote the shop, but the one in the circle... Wait a minute, then. ¡± The man kicked his tongue at my request and entered the inside room of the store. After a while, he came out with a small stove and a chair. ¡°Mister, you don''t have to do this...¡± ¡°Playing this and singing next to it is the condition of lending an amp. If you catch a cold singing, how sad would your mother be in heaven? ¡± ¡°Oh... thank you. Mister...¡± ¡°Seems like yesterday I bought a guitar with my mom holding my hand like this, and I''m already this big...¡± He smiled gladly at me. After a while, there was a small theater just for me in front of the record store. The cold breeze on the street is still breezy, but the stove next to it doesn''t seem to make your fingers hard at least. I leaned against the door frame, smiling slightly at the man who was looking at me, and paused the steps of those walking busy by bouncing the guitar strap gently. ¡°Huh? Playing on the streets this winter? ¡± ¡°Let''s take a quick look around. ¡± Suddenly, I looked down at the people around me, lowering my head slightly. He lit the fire. It was my own ritual to light the candle in the little glass jar before the song began. ¡°I''m going to tell you the story of my ¡®unforgettable love,¡¯ which I wrote in my first song. ¡± After clearing my throat for a moment, I immediately bounced the guitar strap and lifted my voice in the cold wind. You look lonely, and I care why... My heart turns towards you someday. How can this heart be reflected in the mirror that you are... I felt so happy only now that I was singing with all my emotions in my eyes closed. When I opened my eyes after finishing my first song, twice as many people gathered in front of the record store to applaud and cheer. The shop man was smiling brighter than ever with a satisfied face. ¡°Your singing skills are good, but your guitar has improved a lot. Do you go to guitar school these days? ¡± ¡°No. Do I have to say that I''ve learned more about the mood of the song and how it flows than just playing it correctly? ¡± ¡°Oh¡­? Not bad? Well, you certainly can''t feel anything when you''re playing it correctly. Who taught you that? ¡± In his question, I just smiled slightly and bounced the guitar string again. And then some of the audiences who recognized this song said, "Huh? ¡¯I made a resilience. ¡°This song... where did you hear it so much? ¡± ¡°Really? What... I''m familiar with it. ¡± ¡°W-wait a minute. Is this real? The endgame of" Gift of God "? ¡± ¡°Huff!! It''s real!!" The record store owner tilted his head, but slowly nodded back to see if he liked the music. When I first saw you... I knew my love was sad... It can''t be done, it can''t be done... All by yourself. & After a few days, I snuck out of my dad''s house and sang in front of the record store. When it was time for me to come, the boss used to prepare a stove and a small chair in front of the store. Whether singing lyrics to the endsong of God''s gift became the talk of the PC communication community, more and more people started popping up in front of the record point every day. Then one day. I''m about to leave the house in a warm parka, and the phone rings. When I picked up the phone surrounding the guitar case, I heard Nakamura''s voice over the phone. ¡°Kanna... let me ask you a question. Is it true that the Gene Ending of the Gift of God you saw came after the negotiation of five characters? ¡± ¡°Yes, that''s right. Have you seen Nakamura?¡± ¡°Uh... did you just...¡± ¡°How was it¡­? ¡± ¡°What the hell... After all, neither hero nor perpetrator was in the first place. The prayers of a genius musician with multiple personality disorder... what the...?¡± 162 < EP. 38: Shining Star. (3) > Genius A gift from heaven. or when the perpetrators refer to a person with natural abilities that cannot be followed. The protagonist of God''s gift has often been told by people around him since childhood that he is a genius. That''s why he only thought he was special to others. No, he certainly was a special man. ¡®He was able to talk to the instrument through music. ¡¯ Such abilities were perhaps a special "gift" that only the almighty "God" could make. But for him, "God''s gift" was a blessing close to a curse... The protagonist who could handle all the instruments in the world had four instruments that he loved. The most important among them were the pianos and violins that had been with them since childhood. In fact, the main character wanted to become a violinist rather than a pianist. The original lively character became increasingly inwardly changed while playing the piano by the coercion of parents. The characters derived from him were ¡®Yukinozo Kaori¡¯ and ¡®Igwa Ray¡¯. Kaori''s bright and lively personality was the same as when the protagonist turned on the violin, and Ray''s quiet and reserved personality resembled that of playing the piano. Similarly, the challenge of getting into the climax and learning as a hobby was to create a character called Haruka, and as a world-class pianist... he created a character called Satsuki who was cynical and strict. They''re the heroes'' lives. It was itself and I did not doubt that I would always be with him. ¡®But God gave him all his abilities and took everything away at the age of 28. ¡¯ Alzheimer''s disease, also known as organ memory loss, causes people around you as well. Even the four women he''d been with since he was a child were fading away in his memory. The true end of God''s gift was another illustration of what the main event in the game was, in fact, from the time of the main character''s childhood after the staircase. I was somewhat shocked to hear that his collaboration with the heroes, which had changed over the course of the quarter in Chapter 2, was actually his liquor with instruments representing each of the heroes. "Everything was a vision of a man losing his memory..." In each chapter, the reminiscence of the heroine in the prepared part of the performance was actually a story of his musical instruments and his breakup that was still incomplete. Because of his lack of socialization, the main character who had a narrow relationship was four heroes who had been friends and companions all his life. Among them, violin Yukinozo Kaori, who first spoke to the protagonist as a child, grabbed a bouquet of flowers at the last end, approached him and smiled shyly. ¡°Well done...¡± The protagonist''s mouth was closed up with a Hiro smile around him, allowing him to hear his voice for the first time. It was as bold and calm as I imagined. ¡°So far. Thank you...¡± Beep--------- & The last moment I realized what the beep meant. A drop of tears that were hanging from the edge of my eyes poured down again. Just as I covered the last chapter in one novel, this time I also had a long fortune in my heart that was bothering me. ¡°Ha¡­¡± The sound of a sudden exhale echoes through the quiet room. After hearing Nakamura''s story, I retrieved the save file from the last chapter and cleared it once more, but I thought it was a very impressive ending even if I saw it again. ¡°Cough... cough...¡± At the sound of the crow crying outside the window, she turns her head to the window, and the evening sunset sets lie down like a picture of a cloud. ¡°Oh, record point. I''ll be waiting for you.¡± I swiftly wiped my tears and grabbed the guitar case. & Sweetheart! After entering the store with the clear sound of Charimbell hanging from the record point door, the man with a familiar face stood up with the boss. ¡°Kanna, you''re just in time. This is...¡± ¡°No, I don''t need an introduction. That''s the third time I''ve seen it. ¡± The man in his early 30s who looked at me with a relaxed look on his face was talking with a smile toward me. ¡°Right?" ¡°Kang Jun-hyuk... Director? ¡± When I mumbled his name, the record store owner came to me and asked me. ¡°from a company called Pentagon Soft. I want to hear the song you''ve been singing for the past few days...¡± ¡°Ah¡­¡± ¡°Tell me about Mr. Kanna... You''re getting quite the buzz from the online community, don''t you know? ¡± ¡°Yes? Is that my song? ¡± The online community he talks about is probably the PC communication community Nakamura talked about. I remember hearing something from Nakamura the other day, but I had no idea that my story would spread like this in a place where we didn''t even know each other''s faces. ¡°Do you mind if I listen for a second? ¡± ¡°Oh... well...¡± ¡°You don''t have to be so nervous. I came here because I really, really, really wanted to hear Kanna''s song again. ¡± I glanced at his face for a moment, then slowly nodded. Shortly after, I heard one or two people walking in front of the station around a small venue prepared by the boss. Since when? At first, about four or five people listened to my music, and now four or 50 people are gathering to see where I heard my story. Could this be the power of the PC communications Nakamura Army was talking about? After bouncing off the guitar string and tapping his voice a few times, I took the match out of my arms and lit the candle on fire. Time is suddenly in early February... There is still a cool breeze in the streets, but at least it doesn''t feel as bitter as January. As the small candle roared quietly in the glass jar, the voices of those around me gradually rang out. Director Kang Jun-hyuk was staring at me while talking next to the store with the record shop owner. That alone made me feel awkward, but I decided not to care about it. The important thing is to feel the music and the atmosphere of the song. That''s enough. Every day that passes by is increasing. We think each other''s minds are always there. You said it was okay if we didn''t get together. Pretend you''re strong, but you''re only sighing. A jewel I''ve left in the passing seasons It''s an unfinished puzzle that''s lost precious pieces... Like white eyes watering the streets. Fill this album with memories ~ When I opened my lips with my eyes closed to tell people my song, I felt like I was relieved of my tension like a lie. ¡°Oh, I''ve heard that before, but it''s great. ¡± I felt my face burning with praise from Director Kang Jun-hyuk, but I didn''t look at him. Simply closing my eyes, I finished considering that I had to call verse 2 and then take a small breath and lay down my hands on the guitar rope. Then a round of applause poured out from those around me. ¡°Wow!!! I love it.¡± ¡°Mwah! You have a great voice...¡± ¡°But when does it come out? ¡± ¡°Wait a minute. ¡®That song¡¯ is almost at the end. ¡± ¡°Did you really write the lyrics to the end song of God''s gift? ¡± ¡°I overheard it once, but my heart got cold as soon as I heard it, so you''d be surprised to hear it. ¡± ¡°I may not have won the S rank, but the community finale... it was amazing.¡± ¡°Oh, that was a second impact on history since the real ''street without me''...¡± ¡°And how many times did Director Kang Jun-hyuk kill the protagonist? There''s no such thing as a real live demon. ¡± I almost burst out of laughter, but I endured the conversation of the audience from somewhere. What were you thinking when you heard them talking to you? I cleared my throat for a moment and then I started a second song. After bouncing the guitar string a few times, elasticity leaked from the mouth of the person nearby. ¡°Huh? Is this...? ¡± ¡°It''s the song of God. ¡± ¡°Already? ¡± ¡°Oh, good. I came here because I wanted to hear this, but it''s just in time. ¡± Looking at Director Kang Jun-hyuk, turning slightly to people''s reactions, he raised his thumb toward me with his arms closed. When I first saw you... I knew my love was sad... It can''t be done, it can''t be done... All by yourself. On my way to see you... I knew my love was sick. The tremors that run deep inside my body... Fear is bigger than excitement. & After a total of five short street performances, he walked into the store and brought cocoa. ¡°Have some of this and melt yourself. ¡± ¡°Thank you, boss. ¡± ¡°Hmmm! Rather, I thank you more. Kanna, thanks to you, there are a lot of customers in the store these days!¡± ¡°Oh, really? ¡± The boss deeply wrinkled and smiled at me. Director Kang Jun-hyuk behind his back was also looking at me with a happy expression. ¡°I... heard the song. ¡± ¡°How was it...? ¡± ¡°Excellent lyrics for a quiet song. I think Yuki would have loved it, too. ¡± ¡°By the way, Yuki. You gave birth on December 24 last year...? ¡± Then Kang Junhyuk tilted his head and asked me again. ¡°Huh? How did you do that? ¡± ¡°Actually... I went to buy it every day for God''s gift. By the way, I heard that the director rushed to the hospital to give birth to his wife that day...¡± ¡°Ah! Kanna was here that day, too. I''m sorry. It would have been a lot easier if I had met you back then...¡± Director Kang Jun-hyuk scratched the back of his head and smiled. ¡°I wanted to give you a call at the contact you left me the other day, but I didn''t have the courage to...¡± When I swallowed the cocoa that the boss had brought me and dropped my head to the ground, Director Kang Jun-hyuk opened his mouth with a grin. ¡°Do you have a good time? ¡± ¡°Yes? Oh, yes, today is a day of leisure. ¡± ¡°Well, can you go to a cafe and talk to me for a minute? Actually, I have a favor to ask you. ¡± ¡°Please...? ¡± ¡°Yes, I would like to distribute the ending theme song of God''s gift I just heard to Laon''s download shares, if possible. What do you think? ¡± 163 < EP. 39: The Idol Project. (1) > If ¡®Street Without Me¡¯ captured the attention of players by motivating Tokyo''s street and everyday romance, in the case of ''God''s Gift¡¯, it was through classical music that was one of the devices in the game. It is said that in the case of Chopin Piano Concur, which is scheduled for mid-February 1995, all seats were sold out which could not be found approximately. Thanks to God''s gift, the game is also a game, but the sales of Raon bodies have increased greatly. I felt that Light User had entered the birth of another Graphic Noble, carrying on the last ''Street Without Me¡¯ reputation. ¡®God''s gift is more like a fantasy literature than a game. ¡¯ A reviewer in this month''s new magazine, "The Fully Qualified Raon," gave a final game review to God''s gift. And I also agreed with his assessment. When I was working on the scenario with Yuki, I felt like I was trying to write a novel rather than a game... After reviewing the final scenario, Yuki tilted his head and asked me, looking at the end that was completely different from the original story intention. ¡°Why did you change the last ending like this? ¡± ¡°Well, when I first designed the gift of God, I felt like I was planning a fairy tale. But given the scenario you mentioned, I feel like things are getting more and more thrilling...¡± ¡°Hmm... well, that, too. Did I say something I shouldn''t have? ¡± ¡°No, rather, this fake scenario will feel like a bigger reversal at the last end. You don''t have to worry too much. ¡± At that time, Yuki, who was holding Seohyun in his stomach, slowly nodded and opened his mouth. ¡°That said, I don''t think the ending I just said is bad either. ¡± ¡°But I''m sure they''ll get a kick out of you. Users who buy this simply think of it as a beauty romance game will feel devastated after the end, and it will come as an unparalleled emotion for those who focus solely on the story. ¡± Yuki blinks, slightly tilting her head to see if I don''t understand. I smiled as I stroked Yuki''s head like that. ¡°When the game is released later, you will naturally know what I have said. ¡± & And now... Most of what I said before the launch was true. Distribution of trials significantly increased the flow of new users, and also severely divided the ratings of gaming communities and magazines. Fortunately for me, it was the influx of a lot of light users who laughed much more than I expected. In these cases, they purely accepted the scenario for "God''s Gift." For them, the protagonist''s playing part was accepted as a kind of mini-game that plays while enjoying the story, but in some cases the story was running faster than the existing hard user. And among such light users was Kanna''s role. [Info] I heard a rare song in Harajuku today. This is Raon user in Harajuku, Tokyo. I was enjoying playing ¡®God''s Gift¡¯ from Pentagon Soft, which I bought last month, and I saw a really fun view during work today. A girl in her late teens, who looks like a college student, was singing in front of a record store near the station. I love the sound of his voice, so I hear some familiar songs, don''t you think? I must have heard it somewhere. I was humming along in a melody, and then I realized what it was. I felt like I was being punched in the back with a hammer. It was a BGM on the end-stamproll of "Gift of God." Originally, there was no lyrics, but it felt so good to see if he had written them himself. Honestly, I wanted to buy a recording tape, but he wasn''t selling it separately. Anyway, apart from that, it was a very happy song as a user who recently played God''s Gift. --- I went to Harajuku today after hearing Boon''s story below. Oooh!!! I just heard. But you''re good at singing, but you''re beautiful!!! Beauty is in the house. It was a very clean image. Before I started playing, I lit a candle in a little glass jar, and I just opened my mouth and looked at it. I don''t know how long her performance will last, but I really want to cheer her up and go to Harajuku tomorrow!! --- Having listened to Uchimura''s story and logged into the PC communication community, I thought she might be Kannaar in Harajuku. ¡®I was going to try again because I didn''t hear from him, but it was good. ¡¯ I studied the articles of the community a few more times, looking roughly at the day she performed, and decided to find her. And right now... When I first saw you... I knew my love was sad... It can''t be done, it can''t be done... All by yourself. As her warm voice resounded, a smile flashed across the faces of the people in front of the record point. And I also felt one thing about her after seeing people''s reactions. ¡®There is definitely a pull to her voice. ¡¯ Record Point''s boss looked at Kanna''s performance with a happy smile as if he was looking at his granddaughter. ¡°What do you think?¡± ¡°Good interpretation of the song, good communication of lyrics. Maybe the composer who wrote the ending would be surprised to hear Kanna''s song. ¡± ¡°That''s not all. He has a talent for guitar when he hears a song. When I first came to buy the guitar with my mom''s hand, I simply taught her how to hold the basic code, and then I came up here on my own. ¡± You''re telling me you can play a song you once heard without a musical score? Genius! Is there a prosthetic in regression? If Uchimura, who I bumped into by chance, was a figure worker, then Kanna had another type of genius to lead the Pentagon together. By the way, Kanna met Yuki first, so maybe I''m just burying Yuki''s body...? I quietly listened to the song with the boss until Kanna''s song was over. With this level of singing, you can even acknowledge an idol producer called "Hello Project." How long has it been? By the end of her fifth song. The record store owner who was next to me opened his mouth quietly. ¡°It''s almost over. I''ll have some hot cocoa in there. ¡± Finally, Kanna thanked the people who listened to her song, and put the lid on the glass bottle and extinguished the candles inside. It felt like her own ritual was conveying the beginning and end of the LIVE. As I stepped back into the record with people clapping, the boss who was holding water in the coffee pot asked me. ¡°By the way, what brings you to Kanna? I''m not a father, but I wonder if he''s a child I''ve seen since I was a child. ¡± When the boss asked me, I replied, looking at Kanna outside, tidying up her guitar. ¡°I''d like her to be a singer if possible. ¡± ¡°Yes? But didn''t you say you were from a game software company called the Pentagon? Is something on the line with the record industry or the broadcasters? ¡± Hmm... Less. I could bring as many connections as I wanted, but the project I thought of was a little different than a normal debut. I''ve been thinking about how to explain him. The shop owner''s expression became dark and he shook his head. ¡°But even if he did, Kanna''s father would disagree. ¡± ¡°Yes? Why? Wouldn''t it be nice to have your daughter? ¡± ¡°Well... actually, it has something to do with Kanna''s mother. ¡± ¡°Kanna''s mother? ¡± Hearing the water boiling in the coffee pot, the boss opened his mouth, smiling bitterly, to see if he remembered for a moment. ¡°Actually, Kanna''s mother was a very famous Enca singer. ¡± If it''s Enka? If it''s Korean, isn''t that the Trot genre? Japan, like South Korea in the mid-90s, was undergoing a major transformation in the music scene. Or is it a little faster than Korea, to be exact? Recently, metal groups such as X-JAPAN have been in full swing with the appearance of Janis, a male idol professional promoter, in the mid- ''80s. Among them, Enka was supported by more middle-aged people than by younger ones, and reigned in the top tier of the flexible world. But Kanna''s mother was a famous Enca singer... Are you saying that blood can''t be cheated? ¡°Did something happen to Kanna''s mother? ¡± In my question, the boss still put boiling water in the cup with a bitter smile. ¡°Kanna''s mother died the year Kanna was 10. ¡± ¡°Yes¡­? ¡± ¡°I wasn''t always in good health, but it was mostly because I was bruised during the event. Moreover, when I married Kanna''s father, my family and the media also disagreed. The famous Enca singer married the Ramen boy... who''s probably been under a lot of stress for her, too. ¡± The fragrance of cocoa spreading through the store tickled the tip of my nose, but I couldn''t say anything when I heard the boss''s story. ¡°It hurt a lot to spread bad rumors about Kanna''s father, especially in the entertainment industry.¡± ¡°Ah¡­¡± ¡°If he says Kanna is going to debut as a singer, I doubt he''ll agree with you. ¡± The owner of the record store who worries about Kanna was genuine. Knowing enough about what the boss was thinking about, I opened my mouth in a calm voice to ease his worries. ¡°That''s never going to happen that you''re worried about. ¡± ¡°How can you be so confident? Is there anything you can think of? ¡± ¡°If Mr. Kanna were to debut as a singer in response to my proposal, he probably wouldn''t be on TV. ¡± ¡°Yes¡­? ¡± Kanna opens the door after clearing out in front of the shop. When the chime on the door ring rang, the boss hid his embarrassed expression and gave her a warm cocoa. ¡°Have some of this and melt yourself. ¡± ¡°Thank you, boss. ¡± Kanna swallowed a sip of warm cocoa while looking at the notice I had behind her. ¡°I listened to the song. ¡± ¡°How was... me? ¡± To reassure Kanna of her tension, I laughed and complimented her singing. One interesting story I heard during a short conversation with her was the day Yuki was born. Kanna also went to a premium shop to buy God''s gifts. You found me? Maybe this will make things easier for you. I offered her the ending theme song of God''s gift to the Pentagon, and she glanced at me with her surprised rabbit eyes for a moment and opened her mouth. ¡°I only put lyrics on the finished songs anyway. ¡± & A few days after meeting Kanna at the record store in Harajuku. In the meantime, I left the office with the profile of Idol aspiring students who had been selected for regional auditions. ¡°What? Where are you going? ¡± Morita sighed after finishing her God-given project, and greeted me with a greeting. ¡°I''m meeting someone for a while, do you want to come with me? ¡± ¡°Yes? Can I go, too? Who the hell did you meet? ¡± ¡°Terrada, the vocalist of the group HaranQ. ¡± ¡°Yes!? Mr. Terrada of HaranQ!? ¡± 164 < EP. 39: The Idol Project. (2) > ¡°Yes!? Mr. Terrada of HaranQ!? ¡± Terrada Matsuo is currently a renowned vocalist and producer of the group Sound HaranQ, which is quite popular in Japan. Morita was so surprised that she became a big fan of Terrada after hearing HaranQ''s "Single Bed" announced last year. Maurita''s favorite song, "Single Bed," was a lyricist''s song about a famous singer''s longing for a woman who had been separated during the time of anonymity, and was not very popular initially, but it was one of HaranQ''s iconic songs, who had been gossiping about it for quite some time. I mean, come to think of it, Morita. You''re a maternal solo. How can I empathize with a woman who was never separated in the first place...? ¡°Slowly prepare yourself. I''ll be waiting in the break room. ¡± ¡°Yes, I understand!! ¡± Morita headed to the development room in a voice that had never heard of my proposal. Looking back at him, I turned my eyes to the TV set in the break room after a while. Yuck... It was a smoking area for employees, but also equipped with beverage vending machines, as well as consoles and large TVs. I turned on the TV with the remote control because it was still morning and there was no employee using the break room. Strange... Recently, I''ve been paying attention to one incident that will take place in Japan. It was the Kobe Earthquake, which became a global issue. January 1995, originally. So the earthquake that should have happened in the last month hasn''t happened yet. Of course, there is no complaint about the disaster not occurring. If the recession overlaps even the current Kobe earthquake, it could have a big impact on the volume of future consoles sold in the Pentagon. This is why we are currently coordinating the timing of the launch of Complex Raon. The so-called Hanshin or Kobe earthquake was a supermassive earthquake that devastated Japan''s Kobe in just 14 seconds. Although living in Japan for the past decade has become accustomed to small and large earthquakes, it is also true that I am honestly afraid of this earthquake that will take place in 1995. Over 6,000 deaths. 43,000 injured. A great tragedy that cost nearly 140 billion dollars in property damage. I wanted to reduce earthquake damage in advance if possible, but to be honest, no matter how much money I had, it was not something I would do with my individual strength. If I told Masscom I''m not from geology, how am I supposed to convince them? Moreover, the Iwazi region where the earthquake was originally built as a carpentry site on giant crackers, the ground itself had to be vulnerable to earthquakes. In that situation, all I could do was encourage people I knew not to go to the Kobe area of Osaka for a while. ¡®I don''t know until the exact date, but I thought it was roughly mid-January, so why is it still quiet? ¡¯ Rather, I felt a strange anxiety about the twisted past I knew. ¡®No, it''s not Kobe. It''s not like there''s an earthquake in another part of town. ¡¯ I turned on the news channel and heard about the incident and turned on the TV as Maurita knocked on the break room door. ¡°Let''s go, Director. ¡± ¡°Yes." Maurita walks forward to the elevator holding the briefcase I was holding for her. ¡°Does your meeting with Terrada have anything to do with the Idol project you mentioned earlier? ¡± ¡°I asked Mr. Ueno, and he suggested that the public side is not his area of expertise...¡± ¡°Ah, Mr. Ueno. I can see it in your eyes. HaranQ I really like this group. ¡± ¡°I know. Sometimes you''re the only one who can sing Haranq. Is it a single bed? ¡± ¡°Yes, that''s right! ¡± Morita has her mouth stuck in her ears, wondering if she''s excited to see Mr. Terrada. So I was leaving the company, talking about Morita and HaranQ, and headed for the parking lot. At that moment, I stopped walking with the feeling of the ground twitching. ¡°Huh¡­? ¡± I wonder if Morita felt weird, too. I stopped and looked around. Looking at the parked cars shaking slightly to the left and to the right, Morita and I looked at each other without anyone having to look first. ¡°That was an earthquake, right? ¡± ¡°Yes, I think so. ¡± Even the people walking around seemed to be looking around blindly, everyone felt the same way. ¡°It looks a little strong this time, but I''m glad it didn''t last long. ¡± ¡°I see...¡± Just thinking about the earthquake until just now, I felt anxious about it, but Maurita, who was like her everyday life, moved on as if it was no big deal. ¡°Hey, but with an earthquake like this, it''ll be at least Grade 4. If you move so fast...!! ¡± It was then. Kuoooo...!! ¡°Oops!! What!?" Morita falls forward, losing her center with a brief scream. I also lowered my posture in a sudden earthquake and quickly looked around, and the cars standing in the parking lot began to sound a loud alarm. Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep...!!! Queek, queek!! Queek!! The road signs on the highway are shaking, so it looks massive. ¡°Hey, Morita, you okay? ¡± ¡°Oh, yes. I''m fine. Are you okay? ¡± ¡°Yeah, I''m fine.¡± Among the people in India, there were not one or two people who had lost their minds and fell like Morita. However, there was no accident with the sign falling, so everyone was looking around with a confused look. Whoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo! I opened my phone and got a call because I heard a vibration in my waist. I heard Yuki''s voice. ¡°Joon-Hyuk, are you okay? We just had a big earthquake!? ¡± ¡°Oh, it''s okay. Seohyun??¡± ¡°Other than being shocked by the shaking of the bed, it''s fine. ¡± ¡°Really? Phew... I''m glad. ¡± I sighed for relief and raised Morita to her feet. Beyond the phone, I heard Yuki''s anxious voice, but I tried my best to calm her down and get into the car. ¡°Yes. Yes. Okay. I''ll be in as soon as I can. ¡± After the call with Yuki, Morita, who was in the passenger seat, was frowning at her phone. ¡°What? What''s wrong? ¡± ¡°Family is good. As soon as the earthquake hit, I called to say hi... and I don''t know why I bought this expensive phone. It''s only Uchimura and Hayashi...¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± Fight this motherfucker... & Fortunately, after the earthquake we had, there was no more margin. I was thinking about the earthquake, but my heart trembled so much that I could not stop. ¡°Breaking news. Around 11: 13 a.m. today. A magnitude of 4.8 has occurred in the Tokyo Strait. The quake swept through a nearby strait with a high wave of three meters, causing three people, including 42-year-old Mattaka, to go missing and search for the paramedics. ¡± ¡°The bird... earthquake is bigger than I thought. Close to five...¡± Maurita also opens her trembling mouth, wondering if she was too surprised. ¡°Even though it was the same 4.8, this earthquake felt very different. ¡± ¡°I could see the ground shaking, so I was probably trembling up and down. ¡± As Morita said, there are two types of earthquakes: shifting from side to side and from side to side feels stronger even with the same intensity. If you don''t understand it well, you will understand it at once if you think about shaking the wide, thin pudding slightly to the left and to the right and to the bottom. ¡°I''m glad there''s no more room, though. ¡± ¡°Is it true? ¡± ¡°Yes? What the...? ¡± ¡°No, it''s nothing. I was just talking to myself. ¡± Morita tilts her head slightly at my words, then turns her gaze out of the window. & Even outside of Tokyo, it was not easy to find the offices of Terra HaranQ in a fairly complex neighborhood. ¡®How has the phone been resolved over time, and when will it wait for navigation...¡¯ When I drove the car, I got relaxed, and I parked in a nearby public parking lot, looking for an office. Unlike the exterior of the building, HaranQ''s office was neatly decorated inside. But it was a group sound-only office, not a big promoter, so it was a little cramped. ¡°Welcome, Pentagon employees. I''ve been waiting for you. There was a sudden earthquake, but how are you feeling? ¡± I walked into the office with Mauritata, a little tall, juicy skin. A little rustic Terrada welcomed us. Then why is he wearing sunglasses indoors in broad daylight? Isn''t it dark? ¡°Hello, I''m Kang Jun-hyuk, who came to see you with the help of Ueno. ¡± After exchanging business cards with Terrada as a habit to say hello. He led me and Morita to the reception table couch in the middle of the office. ¡°Hey, I heard from Ueno, but I didn''t know Director Kang Jun-hyuk would come here himself. God''s gift from the Pentagon last December. I had a lot of fun, too. More than anything else. The theme of the Classic Genre was very fresh. ¡± ¡°Thank you for your kind words. In fact, I found Terrada for a similar reason. Did you hear anything from Mr. Ueno about that? ¡± ¡°Yes!! Yes. After I told Ueno about Virtual Idol, I was also very excited. Perhaps in the gaming world, in the entertainment world, I think it''s a great initiative for history. ¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± Why is he overreacting so much? I heard from Ueno that he has always maintained a high tension, and I really felt that way. Later, Terada did not hold a grudge against the Pentagon and God''s gift with her own PR. ¡°Actually, no, if you''re looking for a producer for a female idol, you''ve come to the right place. because I''m also a big fan of Kikuchi Momoko, the first idol. ¡± Of course... I am grateful to be represented by the next female idol company Hello Project. Thirsty people dig wells, so if they don''t have a group of idols they want to make it... Terada asked me, looking at the prospectus handed over from me and the profiles of the audition passers. ¡°By the way, do you have any songs in mind? For example, a group of female idols can emphasize the atmosphere of first love... a little bit lively, right? ¡± ¡°... I hope it''s more energetic than that. ¡± ¡°Ooh, a cheer song? ¡± ¡°If there is an area that energizes those in need... such as an earthquake today, isn''t there something like that that you can run to and cheer people up? ¡± ¡°It''s a cheering song worth cheering for. It''s a little difficult. I wish I had a sample song to illustrate...¡± In Terada''s reply, I nodded softly and pulled a tape out of my chest. I knew it. I brought a perfect sample. Terada fixed the sunglasses by looking at the music tape on the table. ¡°What is this? ¡± ¡°This is my favorite Korean music. ¡± ¡°Oh, right. The title...?¡± ¡°To you, infinite orbit. It''s called.¡± ¡°Oh!! Thank you. I''ll be right with you. ¡± Terrada taped into the stereo box on the back of the office and pressed the play button immediately. ? Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-bam ? Chang Chang ? Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba ? Oh, yeah!! Oww!!! ¡°Ugh¡­ this is¡­¡± 165 < EP. 39: The Idol Project. (3) > Oh, yeah!! Oww!!! ¡°Ugh¡­ this is¡­¡± When Shin Hae-chul''s voice echoed in the cramped office, along with the boiling of blood, Terrada and everyone in the office looked at the speakers on their own. Even as I live a short life, We feel so sorry for each other! All the days I still have left. I want to share it with you! Even if I lose everything I love!! I can''t give up on you!! ¡°Wow¡­ what the hell is that song, Director? I can feel my fingertips tingling just by listening. ¡± Maurita, who was sitting next to me, asked me, amazed. ¡°This song was won at a university yoga festival in Korea in ''88. ¡± ¡°Something is very good. The feeling of cheerfulness and loveliness is completely different from Japanese music. ¡± ¡°Isn''t that right?" On Morita''s solemn assessment, I raised my jaw. Even if you don''t understand lyrics, it doesn''t matter. The whole genre of music is already a universal language. And as proof of that, Mr. Terrada was also listening to the song of infinite orbits frozen in front of the speakers. ¡°In Korea, was this the birth of music in ''88? ¡± ¡°I''m currently a leader in a group called N.EX.T. Next is also a group that I really like. ¡± ¡°I don''t know the Korean lyrics, but I''ve had a tremendous immersion since the previous week. ¡± Therada listened to a few more songs that continued ever since, and sat across from the couch where Morita and I were sitting. ¡°Well... I was impressed, to be honest. As expected, music has the power to move people''s minds. Thanks to you, I''m really happy to know a good song. LOVE & PEACE. ¡± All of a sudden, LOVE & PEACE, you''re a little unusual, like Mr. Ueno said. Moreover, he speaks standard language, but sometimes his accent or tone is not communicative because of the dialect of the official province. However, the moment you handed over the profiles of the participants who auditioned for Virtual Idol. He certainly began to show more of a producer than a musician. After taking all the demo videos of each participant, he turned the tape around again, numbering several girls who seemed likely. Some of our Pentagon employees were then removed from his screening. ¡°Wasn''t that a good four and seven? He doesn''t have a bad voice, and he can do some high-pitching...¡± Then Terada surprisingly gave me a simple answer. ¡°I don''t have a smile. ¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°Idol is in a slightly different position than a normal singer. There are more singers than Idol. However, Idol is always exposed to the rankings of popular albums. Do you know why that is? ¡± ¡°Why¡­? ¡± ¡°The public doesn''t really care about the songs of the idol group. ¡®I can''t listen to this.¡¯ If it''s not enough, it just goes away. Instead, what they really report is something else. ¡± ¡°What''s that? ¡± ¡°Looks.¡± What is this? The stone orb that flew at this speed? Then Uchimura, who was next to me, asked Terada in a puzzling voice. ¡°But the seven times I just dropped it, or the 13 times my voice dropped it, it looked pretty bad. ¡± ¡°I just told you, there''s one thing I have in common with those I dropped. ¡± ¡°Common ground? I don''t know. Do you know the director? ¡± I opened my mouth to Mr. Terrada, who was blinking for a moment at Morita''s words when she asked me a few questions. ¡°Except for Mr. Terrada, the participants didn''t smile at the camera. ¡± Then Terrada flicked her fingers and shouted, terrified to the end of what I was saying. ¡°That''s it!! You''ve got a good eye!! ¡± Oh... Shut up. I can''t hear you. You''re right in front of him. Why is he reacting so big...? ¡°The word idol means¡® idol. ¡¯And that idol is the definition of admiration. Anyone can do anything on TV to impress a singer with a song and a voice. But the idol has to show something that goes beyond the voice. No, we must tell him. The thumping and excitement of people watching themselves outside the TV!!! To do that, a smile is paramount. Idol''s first condition is not to lose his smile in any adversity. ¡± As if I were preaching a religion, he suddenly asked the office staff for some cold water to spit on Maurita and said again. ¡°In that sense, the 11 participants who best fit my intent are the 11 participants who have been checked in here. ¡± When I received Terrada''s confusing paper letter with a very solemn expression, I took a moment to look back and check his checked entry numbers. "Phew... Luckily, Kanna survived number nine. I mean, how is that even possible? ¡¯ Kanna was a type of ¡®wildcard¡¯ in which I, the host, was specifically nominated for the nomination. Having been approved to film a street performance on the condition that I never show my face but only my voice, I showed the final screening data about her to employees, and Kanna was unanimously added to the audition before the meeting room, including Mr. Kawaguchi. In fact, even if she hadn''t auditioned, the rumor had spread that there was a singer-songwriter singing lyrics to the ¡®Gift of God¡¯ endings inside the Pentagon, so she might have already won the audition. Morita, who was reviewing the documents together, asked me with a cautious tone. ¡°But if you were 11, how many of these characters would you be angry with? ¡± Maurita seems to be more concerned about her workload than expected. So I opened my mouth, smiling warmly at him as always. ¡°Eleven of them. ¡± ¡°Ugh... 11 of them!? ¡± Then Terada quietly applauded my decision. ¡°That''s a very sensible choice. The eleven I''ve chosen are the owners of a truly unique set of charms. ¡± After just playing the video a few times, there was tremendous confidence in Terada''s face. When Morita took my side even on Terrada, she came out with a ridiculous look and channeled her voice. ¡°No, if 11 people sing as a team, that''s the choir, right, singer? ¡± ¡°That''s okay. We''ll just take turns and hand out the parts. ¡± ¡°Huff... The songs you sing are usually 3-4 minutes long, but apart from Jeonju and Ji-won, does that mean that you have an average of 10 seconds or less to get up on stage and sing?" What kind of singer is that? ¡± ¡°What did you just hear, Mauritata? The public doesn''t care about their songs; there are 11 unique idol groups that will be more enthusiastic than a normal group of 3-4. Wouldn''t that be nice, you know, like," I didn''t know what you liked, so I prepared everything. "¡± ¡°No, the Idol Group is not a buffet restaurant...¡± Maurita tried to convince me somehow to stay out of trouble, but every time I did, I was caught up in Terrada''s rebuttal, and I ended up with 11 illustrators. Morita''s cries echoed out of the sunset window one day in a cramped office. After a while. A way to get Mauritata next door to her house. Earlier, Morita mutters to herself, looking out the window. I wanted to hear what he was saying, so I turned down the radio volume, and I heard something he was saying. ¡°Heeheehee... Uchimura. If we die, we die together. Bury the bones on the Pentagon''s second team...¡± Heeheehee... Did you finally choose a companion? Well, in the old days, if you can''t help it, enjoy it. I shook my head to the left and to the right, thinking of Uchimura, who is about to make a figure without knowing anything. & After taking Morita home, Yuki held Seohyun in her arms and opened the door. ¡°Welcome. Joon Hyuk. Seol Hyun! I met my dad!" Just when Yuki was in the hospital, the family that felt so sluggish finally felt like a human being. When I shook Seohyun''s little hand, shaking it up and down, he smiled at me with a big smile. ¡°Hurry up and wash up. I made dinner for you. ¡± ¡°Yes, you were surprised by the earthquake earlier today, right? ¡± ¡°Don''t say that. I was worried that I would have to run out of the door with Seohyun in my arms. It''s a good thing we don''t have a day. If I had been here all day, I would have run away with one in each arm...¡± My cat ''A day¡¯ is living in my mother-in-law''s house soon after Seohyun was born. Unlike the puppy who insists on playing surprisingly, the cat never harms the baby, but I had to send a feast to my mother-in-law''s house far away just in case. After putting Seohyun on the bed, Yuki took my suit instead and asked me. ¡°Did Kanna pass the final audition for Mr. Terrada''s advice? ¡± ¡°Yes, of course. ¡± ¡°Oh, thank God. So you get a Kanna-motivated illustration and voice from a game called Virtual Idol that was released with" Complete Raon "like Joon-Hyuk said before? ¡± ¡°Probably, right? But I think 10 more people will be accepted than Kanna, and eventually 11 will become one group...¡± ¡°Th-there are 11 of us...? ¡± Yuki also looked embarrassed by the number of people he could not imagine. I stroked her head for a moment before heading to the bathhouse. Yuki soaked his whole body in the hot water prepared for him, and my senses curled up with the feeling of his whole body''s muscles spreading out. I closed my eyes for a moment and slowly opened my eyes when I thought about the ''earthquake¡¯ that happened this morning while I was drawing in my head members of the Pentagon who were planning the ''Virtue Idol¡¯ project together. ¡®Certainly not from talent, but from natural disasters, depending on various environmental factors, the time of occurrence may change a bit. But with the seismic activity, maybe in the next few days, there will be a catastrophe called Kobe Earthquake... " And my guess is that the next day at 5: 28 a.m. Correct. 166 < EP. 40: Social Activities. (1) > It was 5: 00 in the morning when I was drunk in my sweet sleep. I lifted my heavy eyelid to Yuki''s urgent voice as if it were coming from a dream. ¡°Joon-Hyuk!! Joon-Hyuk!!" ¡°Hmm¡­? ¡± ¡°Get up quickly!! ¡± ¡°What? What''s wrong? ¡± ¡°The whole house just thumped and rang. Didn''t you feel anything? ¡± I know you feel a vibration on this soft bed...? For Yuki, who was expressing anxious, holding Seohyun in her arms, I woke up tired and looked for a remote control. The moment I tried to put my hand on the TV remote on the little table next to the bed... Wooooo... The remote control shivers away from my hand on the table. ¡°You just did it again, didn''t you? ¡± ¡°Calm down. You''ve never been in an earthquake like this before...¡± ¡°I''m still nervous about the earthquake that happened this morning. It''s been almost 30 years, so...¡± To reassure Yuki who was still shaking, I pressed the power button on the TV remote. The moment the TV screen lit up with a ticking sound. Me and Yuki lay down on the bed and became stiff. ¡°What... hey? Where is that?¡± ¡°If it''s Awaji, it''s near Kobe. ¡± The word "Kobe" came to my mind. Kobe Earthquake!? How can you be so abrupt? The scene of the disaster beyond the TV screen was already just after a straightforward 7.2 earthquake swept through everything. At the time of the earthquake, the CCTV inside the station was shaken so badly that household appliances inside the office were destroyed in just a few seconds. I was staring at the TV dazed, and I could feel Yuki''s trembling hand gripping my hand. ¡°What should I do? They...¡± Soon, the scene was even more devastating, reflecting the residential streets of people who were not stations. Time for everyone to go to sleep. Because of the earthquake that hit the residential area, many people were buried alive in the pile. In addition, the hot tubing in the house breaks and the gas leaks out, and the sparks from the nearby telescopes have set the housing on fire. A broadcast helicopter flew up and lit up the disaster area, and it looked like it was watching a scene from a disaster movie. Among them, what caught my eye was that an expensive road designed to be enormously thick with a column was bent and collapsed like a flint. ¡°Oh my¡­¡± The station''s helmet spoke with a pale face to see if it was no longer possible to fly in the blazing smoke. ¡°Since the shoot is no longer possible, I will follow up with you in the morning about the incident. Now, the Hanshin, Awaji and Kobe areas, as you can see, are still burning up all over the city due to the devastating earthquake damage. We will conclude the emergency report by informing you that the interior is gathering at the disaster site, including in the area of the accident, as well as firefighters in Osaka, Nara and Kyoto. ¡± Reports from the accident site ended, but TV continued to show alternate footage taken on CCTV and helicopters at the time of the crash. After watching Yuki and the disaster broadcast for a while, I looked up at the clock on the wall. 6: 10 a.m. I got out of bed, picked up the phone and immediately called Mr. Kawaguchi. The tone rang for a moment, and there was a slightly bewildered voice of Kawaguchi behind the handset. ¡°Mr. Kawaguchi, have you seen the show?" ¡°Yes, I was just getting up and watching the news. God, I don''t know what''s going on in the morning...¡± ¡°First, use the Emergency Contact Network to notify the General Employee of the temporary leave, and gather only as many people as possible in the meeting room as 10 am. ¡± ¡°Yes, I understand. I was going to give you a leave of absence because there are temples with families in the Kobe area. Good. ¡°Then I''ll see you in the conference room. ¡± At that time, Yuki and Seohyun left the living room. ¡°Joon-Hyuk... should go, right? ¡± ¡°Yes, I think we should. Why don''t you go with Seohyun to his family for a few days just in case? ¡± Tokyo would be safe if the situation was the same as the past I had originally known, but today''s earthquake was about a month behind the events of the past I knew. So? I couldn''t be sure that Tokyo would be safe. Your mother-in-law''s house is a private house, so it''s relatively easier to evacuate than the mansion, and even if the house collapses, even if it''s a timber building, even if it''s buried there, it''s easy to get out if there are people nearby. However, in the case of high-rise mansions made of concrete, if the entire building collapsed in a single straight earthquake, it could cause tremendous life damage. Like a giant highway that just collapsed on TV... ¡°Okay, I''m just going to go to my parents'' house for the day. ¡± ¡°It''s going to be okay. Don''t worry too much.¡± After a while, I finished breakfast a little early with Yuki, and her wife dropped her off at home. As soon as Yuki arrived, her mother-in-law ran out surprised, but she was nervous. She said she was welcome and took Yuki and Seohyun inside. The father-in-law was also appointed on temporary leave today, and was waiting for him at home without going to work. ¡°Are you still going to work today? ¡± ¡°The general staff turned to temporary holidays, but the Executive Group has a countermeasure meeting. ¡± ¡°Countermeasures? What kind of countermeasures does a gaming company have against earthquake damage? ¡± When my father-in-law asked me a question, I hesitated for a moment, then I stopped. ¡°We should also take a look at the relief supplies we need in the affected area in advance, and at some point during the stabilization period, we should also review our service activities. ¡± ¡°Oh, well, that, too. You won''t be able to use electricity or water right now, so you''ll need a lot of help in the affected area. What an extraordinary thought... Yes, I''m sure you''re busy. Go now. ¡± ¡°I''ll be back to pick Yuki up from the situation until evening. ¡± I greeted my father-in-law with a happy smile and hurriedly got into the car. At the same time, when the phone that was sitting in the car rang a rather trivial ringtone, I put the car in the ignition and pressed the call button on the phone. ¡°Director, it''s Hayashi. ¡± ¡°Uh, what''s going on? ¡± ¡°Well, I heard about the summons...¡± Unlike usual, Hayashi''s voice felt uneasy. ¡°Are you...? ¡± ¡°Yes, I have Bonga in Awawa, but I can''t reach her at the moment. I think I need to go back to the mainland for a while. ¡± ¡°Yes. Yes, Hayashi. You used to be a handyman, okay. I''ll talk to Jules. Have a good trip. ¡°Yes... thank you. ¡± ¡°It''s going to be okay. Don''t worry too much. Drive safely. ¡± ¡°Yes, I understand. We''ll get back to you when we get there.¡± ¡°Yes. Yes. ¡± After hanging up the phone with Hayashi, I sighed a little and drove straight to the company. On the radio, we were talking about the magnitude of the damage and casualties of the Kobe earthquake on every channel, and it was growing over time. The casualties increased dramatically, unlike when we first heard the news, because the area was so devastated. While waiting for a signal, I bit the tip of my hand in nervousness, hoping that nothing would happen to Hayashi''s parents. The Kobe Earthquake must have caused a great deal of casualties and caused a tremendous amount of despair for the affected villagers. Also, many Koreans who lived there were also there, so it was heartbreaking in many ways. However, the Japanese government, as I know it, has taken the crisis of the Kobe earthquake as an opportunity to boost the economy. Because of all the work that has been done to rebuild a ruined city. Then, companies called Japan stood up for the fallout effect. Among them are Minten and Sensoni. It also included the NEGA. & Could it be the Kobe earthquake? I parked my car in the company parking lot just past a particularly thin central road in Shinjuku today, and took the elevator straight to our meeting room. At that moment, Morita was rushing to the conference room to see if she had just arrived at the company. ¡°Hey, Morita. ¡± ¡°Ah, Director. Good morning. In fact, Hayashi...¡± ¡°Yeah, I heard that on the way over. But, Mauritana, are you okay? You have a principal''s office. ¡± ¡°I''m fine. Mainland is in Osaka, but she said she''s doing well because she''s on the phone this morning...¡± ¡°Yes, thank God. Hayashi''s supposed to call me when she arrives. Let''s wait. ¡± ¡°Kaori from the design department went with him, so he should be fine. ¡± ¡°Kaori? He teases Hayashi all the time, but he''s really creepy too. ¡± ¡°I see. ¡± After speaking with Morita and entering the conference room, several team leaders greeted me. ¡°If you''re in the accident area, you''re welcome to go. The content of the meeting is not more important than the family. ¡± Then Ueno, who planned a "gift of God" with me, replied. ¡°I would have contacted you this morning. He said it was fine.¡± ¡°Well, that''s good, then. Everyone except Hayashi, who''s more than just a team leader, is fine. ¡± ¡°Mr. Kawaguchi. He''s coming.¡± The secretary said, and all the staff gathered in the conference room stood up. As he entered the meeting room, he told the staff to sit comfortably and sent a small greeting to me. ¡°First of all, I''m glad you have no earthquake victims. I hope everything goes well with Hayashi, the head of the second development team. ¡± An urgent summons with a short greeting from the Kawaguchi delegation announced the beginning. The agenda was to discuss the list of relief supplies needed in the affected area and which companies would win. Once the electricity and gas are blocked, living supplies such as water and food are assigned as priority relief items, as well as blankets or sleeping bags. Various opinions came out, such as clothing items. Everyone was genuinely concerned about the inhabitants of the affected area, so they decided to select all the relief supplies they could say. At that time, the Kawaguchi representative asked me with a cautious look. ¡°Joon-Hyuk, do you have any other opinion? ¡± His question opens his mouth, tapping the tip of the ballpoint pen against the desk. ¡°I already have a lot of good opinions about the necessities. But I''d like to suggest something a little different. ¡± ¡°What part? ¡± ¡°For example... if you bring a broken Raon and a game cartridge against the villagers affected by this incident, will you get a free A/S?" ¡± ¡°Yes? Do you really want me to trade you for a broken console for the earthquake? ¡± I smiled, raising one lip slightly at the head of the Kawaguchi delegation, looking embarrassed. ¡°There are definitely people who like our games in the affected areas. Companies are sustainable with the help of every single one of those customers. In the past, when the company was struggling with Final Frontier 1 and 2, as many of you believed in our Pentagon games and bought them... I think it''s time for our Pentagon to help them. And I think that''s exactly the kind of social action a candidate would have to take. ¡± The staff gathered in the conference room looked dumbfounded by my words. Then Morita slowly clapped her hands at me, and two of her staff started clapping with him. ¡°That''s right, relief supplies, but we''re a gaming company, right? Moreover, in the case of Raon, a portable device, it would be a good play for the kids in the affected area. ¡± ¡°Oh, that''s good. It''s dangerous to wander around an earthquake, so why not create a playground for the kids in the shelter? ¡± The atmosphere of the meeting, which was going on rather rigorously, began to reverse in one word. I leaned on a chair and smiled as I listened to the ideas pouring out of their mouths. Then the Kawaguchi representative who was sitting near me asked me. ¡°If Joon-Hyuk is right, I think the amount of the propulsion will be substantial, is that okay? ¡± ¡°It doesn''t matter. Consider it Complex Laon''s promotion fee, which will be released later...¡± 167 < EP. 40: Social Activities. (2) > Two days from now. When the action is halted somewhat and the rescue activity in the affected area is short-handed¡­ I found the scene with about 20 Pentagon employees volunteering to volunteer. Normally, I would come at least a week to 10 days, but the schedule was pulled a little ahead because of the overlap of ¡®personal¡¯ matters. ¡°Director!! Over here! ¡± As we got out of the car, we heard a good voice from a distance, when we arrived in the Awaji area that was most affected by the earthquake. ¡°Huh!? Isn''t that Kaori?¡± ¡°Wow, Team Leader Morita is here too!! ¡± When the happy staff got out of the car one or two, Kaori ran toward us with almost a crying face. Behind her, Hayashi in the hood smiled at me with difficulty. ¡°You don''t have to rush into this...¡± ¡°But the parents of the employee I work with are hurt, so come as soon as you can. How''s your mother? ¡± ¡°You got pinched leaving the collapsing house, but fortunately, there''s nothing else. ¡± ¡°Really? I''m so glad...¡± ¡°The house that I lived in since I was a child, however, collapsed very badly. Haha!¡± As Hayashi was helping with the restoration, there was a black soot on her face to see if she had left a ride. We took a walk to the middle school auditorium where the refugees gathered, guided by Hayashi. In the beginning, the scene was more severe than what I had seen on TV, so I couldn''t tell where it was long and where it was. Other employees also began to utter a word about the situation that was more serious than they thought. ¡°Now, that''s not funny. ¡± Miyazaki, backed up from the Pentagon Shop, swallowed a dry saliva as he saw 119 rescue workers crumbling through debris from all over the crash site. ¡°Shouldn''t we just be in the way? ¡± Kaori, who was walking with her, replied. ¡°It''s okay, Miyazaki. We''re not supposed to be doing rescue work here!¡± Since we went to CES together last year, they''ve been hanging out together like sisters recently. Especially after the company finished, he ran to the Pentagon shop to help Miyazaki and entertain his guests, although he was quite popular with customers even though he was not an official salesperson. The Pentagon operates its own premium shop, and unlike other gaming companies, it has taken a fairly open distribution approach. In addition, he was regularly hosting unique events inside the shop, but if it wasn''t for this earthquake, he would have prepared a Gala Show themed "Gift of God" event at the end of February. ¡®There have been many disruptions to the schedule. Thanks to you, we were able to keep up with the launch of Complete Raon. If you release a new product, will you sell it? It''s perfect for a headwind¡­¡¯ But my concern was very light compared to other companies at the same time. Complicated Raon is a new product that''s been getting a lot of attention from Mitch''s users since last year, so even if it''s a little late for launch, it won''t hurt much... However, small and medium-sized businesses had different circumstances. Specifically, it was a survival game called ''The Saved City¡¯, which was released next month through Raon. The ''Emerging Cities¡¯ were the main survival adventure games aimed at surviving a major disaster, and the theme was'' Earthquake ¡¯. Thanks to this work, just before cartridge production, the Kobe earthquake made it impossible to guarantee its release. As CEO, I thought it was clearly the right decision, but considering the company''s finances, it was a significant risk. It was such a pity that the game that I worked so hard for a year to get rid of without seeing the light of the world. After a while. Hayashi and Kaori Couple (?), a trailer was already parked in front of the middle school auditorium containing all sorts of relief items in advance from the Pentagon. Originally intended for street events in Akiba, this trailer had a clear pentagon logo, meaning the Pentagon Soft. ¡°Hey, Director!! ¡± After escorting the trailer back to the other route, we met with the Kawaguchi Representative and said a quick hello and quickly started distributing relief supplies to the evacuees. When I lowered my drinking water with the blanket I ordered in bulk from the Pentagon, some of the migrants in the auditorium came with me to help us. A middle-aged man who appeared to be the emigrant representative approached us and greeted us. ¡°Thank you for coming. I was absolutely out of drinking water...¡± ¡°You seem to be devastated by the sudden disaster. I only brought what I thought I needed right away, but if you need anything else, just let me know. ¡± ¡°I''m glad you came all this way. Where are they from, by the way? ¡± ¡°Oh, we''re a game developer called the Pentagon. ¡± Then the evacuee representative slightly tilted his head and asked me again. ¡°Game development? Not a relief organization?¡± ¡°Yes, it is. ¡± Even in Japan, where there are people of all ages from children to adults who play games, there are some who don''t like games very much, so his reaction was not disappointing or disappointing. At that time, a young man carrying a bucket next to us was surprised and cried out to us. ¡°These supplies are from the Pentagon? ¡± He glanced at me alternately with the logo of our company that was clearly embedded in the bucket he was holding and looked at me in horror. ¡°Are you Kang Jun-hyuk? ¡± Ugh... Someone recognizes me here. Recently, though, it has been published many times in game magazines, and now when I travel around Akiba, there are a lot of users who recognize me. At that time, the evacuee representative asked the young man, ¡°Takuya, do you know this company? ¡± ¡°I told you before. Dad, when I graduate from college, I want to go to Tokyo and get a job at the Pentagon...¡± ¡°Was this the Pentagon you were talking about? ¡± ¡°Yes, that''s right. ¡± I said, "Wow, I want to be in a game company. I was worried I''d never heard of it. Sounds like a pretty solid company. ¡± ¡°Dad, if you''re a gaming company, you only know Minten. The Pentagon is the number one company I want to go to right now at my age. ¡± Haha... I appreciate the compliment, but I can''t be happy in a place like this... I said something to the evacuee representative while clearing the air for a moment. ¡°Anyway, if you need anything, please let me know or let my staff know nearby. ¡± ¡°Thank you for your attention. Can I get a business card, please? ¡± The evacuee representative picked up his business card from me and opened his mouth with a strange expression for a moment. ¡°You''re the director. That''s a strange name... are you Korean? ¡± ¡°Yes, it is. ¡± ¡°I see... volunteering like this from a far-off land. Thank you so much." ¡°I''m going to go down with the rest of the staff. ¡± ¡°Yes, we''ll help you. ¡± & During the morning, Pentagon workers who dropped off supplies along with drinking water wore aprons and rushed to lunch with migrant women. The meal prepared simple cream stew and bread, as it was difficult to supply these people with proper meals with just a kitchen appliance installed in a mobile vehicle. But even just that, the people gathered in the auditorium had put their hands together and thanked him several times. I looked at the people eating for a while and left the auditorium to talk to Hayashi. Just when I saw the Pentagon staff carrying relief supplies and simply taking off their food, I got up in a squat. ¡°Don''t mind me. Eat. Thank you all very much. ¡± ¡°Thank you very much, Director. Have you eaten?¡± ¡°Yes. I just baked it with bread. ¡± Among the Pentagon staff, the second development team members all volunteered to come here, and many of the employees I had known had followed me. Well, the second development team is now the head of Hayashi''s team, but it''s only natural that he should come because his boss has been turned. However, I couldn''t find Hayashi''s face either. ¡°Do you know where Hayashi is? ¡± ¡°She went to school to see her parents for a while. ¡± Somehow, when I told you there were no patients in the refugee ward, the people who were injured in the disaster were at school. I told the dining staff to finish their meal and headed to the school building across the playground. Soon after, however, Hayashi, who was burning cigarettes on the bench in front of the school, met me, smiled slightly and leaned against him. ¡°How are your parents? ¡°That''s okay. Some of the neighbors I used to know were hurt, and some of them are dead, so I''m a little disappointed. ¡± Hayashi brought the cigarette to her mouth with a bitter expression. I stood up after preaching consolation and tapping Hayashi on the shoulder. Maybe he just needed some time alone. Today, on the third day of the big earthquake... Rescuers who were still trying to save lives were busy. I heard from the evacuee delegates that less than a tenth of the people in the auditorium today lived here. I felt uneasy because I was recording a huge number of missing persons in the auditorium. That''s how I turned my foot towards the auditorium. I saw a child sitting alone on a swing set in the school grounds. I was worried about the child with his head down, but I approached him and asked him. ¡°Why are you here alone? ¡± The boy who held his head tightly in my voice lowered his head and opened his mouth. ¡°My brother is gone...¡± ¡°Bro...? ¡± ¡°When the earthquake hit, Mom and Dad are trying to get me and my brother out of the house, and all of a sudden his room collapses...¡± ¡°Oh... my parents...? ¡± ¡°Mom and Dad went home. I have to find my brother...¡± ¡°Don''t worry too much. If you wait a little longer, the rescue workers will find you. ¡± Then, the boy''s shoulders slowly flutter up and down, listening to me. ¡°Hehe... If I had known this, I would have given it to my brother when he said he wanted to play... I shouldn''t have...¡± ¡°Did you have a fight with your brother...? ¡± The boy nods as he wipes his forearm with tears falling like a marble. ¡°It was... it was game night, and I was just... ugh...¡± The boy wept in horror about what happened that day. I stroked the boy''s head for a moment and comforted him. ¡°Don''t worry too much. You''re gonna be fine, okay? If you find your brother today, ask those people in the auditorium over there and come see me. I''ll give your brother a good gift. Okay?" I just stopped crying and walked again, giving him a card and a loaf of bread that I had. "This is worse than I thought..." On my way back to the auditorium, I decided to take a look outside for a moment and left the school and entered the affected area. Then I heard the voice of the paramedics scared to go outside. ¡°Ordinary people shouldn''t be out of school yet. ¡± ¡°Yes, I understand. I''ll take a quick look around and be right back. ¡± I walked slowly down a long road in front of the school. Along with the ruins of the houses on the floor, household goods were scattered that didn''t even know who they belonged to. Among them was a portable gamble boy from Mintendo, who was lying on the floor with broken liquid crystal plastic. Kneel on the ground and slowly pick it up, I sighed a little and looked up the power button. Tsk, tsk. Ugh... It works! Although we couldn''t find where the cartridge flew to, the device was still alive. I think it was yesterday that Kamachi threw it on the floor to make it strong, but you and I made it well at the time... I suddenly woke up slowly, smiling in my old memory, and this time I saw Laon''s cartridge case underneath my feet. ¡°Huh¡­? Dragon Emblem 1, right? ¡± By the way, everything around here is just a game cartridge, right? What is it? Was it the house of a great game collector? However, my question was immediately solved by a man nearby. ¡°Hah... we''re screwed. Damn... What''s this in a week...¡± 168 < EP. 40: Social Activities. (3) > ¡°Hah... we''re screwed. Damn... What''s this in a week...¡± The man who muttered to himself with a disdainful look, he naturally met me and headed toward the portable gamble boy in my hand. I hurried to stop thinking I might be mistaken for a thief. ¡°Oh, well...¡± ¡°Never mind. You can''t even sell a broken product anyway. It''s rubbish now.¡± The man looks sad and stares at the Gameboy for a moment, then sits down on a broken plank that was nearby. This is a very strange situation... I looked at the Gameboy for a moment and approached him. ¡°Did you run a game store here? ¡± The man who was about to light a cigarette was shaking the lighter nervously, whether he didn''t even listen to the lighter. Then I lighted him up with the lighter I had and asked him again. ¡°Are you the owner of this item? ¡± He glances back at the portable gambler I gave him, and his eyes turn red. You may laugh at the fact that all grown-ups smell like children, but once they''re really open and in just a week, everyone''s left to their own fucked-up reality... He frowned and took a deep cigarette and accepted the gamble I gave him. Then I turned up the same broken Gameboy power switch as I did. Heave-ho! Even though the plastic screen was broken, the sound of a clear effect sounded to the ears as if he was still alive, and the man swallowed a ridiculous smile. ¡°I''m surprised it worked after all this trouble...¡± ¡°We made it strong because it''s a toy that kids play with. ¡± Then the man opened his mouth, staring at me. ¡°Sounds like you just made this...? ¡± ¡°Yes, that''s right. I made it with Gunpei when I was working in Mintendo. ¡± ¡°Ugh¡­? So you work for Minten, too? ¡± ¡°No. I quit Mintendo and work for the Pentagon now. The last super family we built in Mintendo or LaTemperature is pretty sturdy, so if you look around, there might still be some intact products left. ¡± ¡°Now, wait a minute... what if I worked at Mintendo and then moved to the Pentagon... and developed a super family? ¡± As the owner of the gaming store, how well do you know the industry news? He seemed to know who I was with just a few clues at once. ¡°Yes, this is Kang Jun-hyuk from Pentagon Soft. ¡± ¡°Ah... I see. By the way, what brings you here to Pentagon Soft at the scene of the disaster? ¡± ¡°One of our employees is from here. I ran as soon as I heard what I had, but I was also worried about the staff and wanted to bring relief supplies to help the affected area. ¡± ¡°So the soup and bread from lunch was from the Pentagon? ¡± ¡°Well... I don''t mean to brag, but yes. ¡± ¡°I thought I was from a government aid organization. It was the Pentagon. It was so chaotic, I didn''t even check where the relief supplies came from. ¡± ¡°You don''t have to worry about that. I heard you talking to yourself a while ago, and you must be devastated. You look like you''ve only just opened the shop...¡± The man smiled at my comfort and took out another cigarette and asked. You know, if there''s a gas leak anywhere around here, we''ll both be on the express train to Hwangcheongil... I was anxious, but if it had happened and this much time had passed, the city''s gas pipeline would have been locked... The man stares at the end of the cigarette burning as black as his insides, and after a moment, he opens his mouth with a burst of white smoke. ¡°You may not remember, but I''ve actually seen that one before. ¡± ¡°Me? Have we met before? ¡± ¡°It''s been a while since I met you. It was because of him that I touched you. ¡± I rolled my head for a moment and replied to the man looking at the portable gamble boy, crushing the cigarette filter. ¡°Did you come to the launch ceremony of the portable gambler¡­? ¡± ¡°Yes. It was a snowy winter day, and it was cold all the way from the day before. My mouth was frozen and I couldn''t speak. And just then, as you were passing by, you gave me a warm cup of coffee. I wanted to thank you properly, but my mouth froze shut... ¡± ¡°Oh, you mean the one who said, ¡¯I''d appreciate it...'' when I got the coffee? ¡± ¡°Huh? You remember? ¡± I couldn''t remember his face, but I could not believe it was him. I almost burst out laughing in front of this situation. ¡°Of course. I never thought I''d see him here. ¡± ¡°I''m sure it''s Kang Joon-Hyuk, but I''ve heard a lot about you in magazines since then. You were recently married...¡± ¡°Oh, yes. I recently had a daughter. ¡± ¡°Haha... That''s nice. Time flies. I was a bachelor then, too, but now I have a three-year-old son who''s married. After beating up a good company, he said he would do what I love and set up shop just 10 days ago¡­¡± The man sighs, gazing helplessly at the place where his shop had collapsed. Phew... The story is back to square one... But if you''ve come to see this broken shop, your wife and son are safe. I looked at the silent man for a moment and asked him. ¡°What are you going to do? ¡± ¡°Well, we should wait for the government to take action. I don''t know how much of this is going to cost me, but I think it''s going to cost me a fortune. Once you get your reward, you''ll need to set up a home near you and get a job again. ¡± ¡°Aren''t you going to reopen the shop? ¡± Then the man swallowed a laughter and said, "Are you tired of me asking you to set up shop again?" ¡°Do you have any money left to set me up in this situation? ¡± Of course there won''t be any. But that doesn''t mean there''s really no way. ¡°I don''t know about the other companies, but at least our Pentagon has decided to compensate our Pentagon owners who run gaming shops in Hanshin, Awaji and Kobe for 100 percent of their gaming cartridges. ¡± ¡°Yes...? You''ll reward me 100%? ¡± ¡°At least as much product as we ordered from the Pentagon means it can be recovered. We''ll return 50% cash to the owners who fold up their stores. ¡± In the beginning, Kawaguchi cried out for such a dramatic proposal. Even though my proposition to publicly distribute the new console was clearly outrageous in the face of mass manufacturing soon¡­ However, the owner of the shop next to me, unlike Kawaguchi, said to me with a stuttering voice, wanting to catch a straw. ¡°Y-you sure? You''re returning 50% of the order...? ¡± ¡°He still looks like he''s a director at Pentagon Soft. I''m not in a position to make promises that I can''t keep to a CEO who''s been affected by a disaster. ¡± ¡°Th-that would be unfair of me to take a breath.¡± ¡°By the way, like I said before, when you get paid in cash, would that be okay with you? When you get your inventory back, you''ll be 100% rewarded. ¡± ¡°I''d love to, but even if I get my stock back, I still need a store to display and sell it in... if I''m going to move to another area, it''s going to cost a lot to settle there, but I don''t have enough money to get it back. ¡± ¡°What if we get you a shop instead? ¡± ¡°Yes? What did you just say...? ¡± ¡°If we were to get the store for you, would you accept the product you bought from us again? ¡± ¡°Well, if you''re going to do it, then I have no reason to refuse, but... why are you so...? ¡± The man asked again, starting to look anxious about my proposal. Even if you''re too good for no reason, you''re suspicious. I replied with a slight smile toward the store owner who looked odd. ¡°There are a few conditions instead. ¡± ¡°Condition¡­? ¡± At that time, an employee in a Pentagon uniform who had left the school''s front door shouted my name whether he was looking for me. ¡°Director Kang Jun-hyuk!! Where are you!! ¡± Is that Kaoringa? As I sat with the man on the pile of ruined debris, I slowly got up and shouted toward Kaori. ¡°Over here!! Is something wrong? ¡± ¡°Ahhh!! Director! Mr. President is looking for you!! Reports from the station!! Oh, and Jun Pyo, a pammy reporter, is here too! ¡± ¡°Okay. I''ll be right back!! ¡± After speaking with Kaori from afar, I still open my mouth to the man with the strange look on his face. ¡°Let''s go back to the evacuation center for more details. ¡± After dusting off the clothes, I gave him a business card and ran to the place where Kaori was waiting. ¡°Th-thank you!! We''ll be in touch!! ¡± The voice of the man coming from behind my back is a little brighter than the first time I met him. & After a while, after returning to the school hall with Kaori, a happy face greeted me for a long time. ¡°It''s been a long time, Kang Jun-hyuk. ¡± ¡°Huh, Misato? What are you doing here? ¡± ¡°What''s going on? Isn''t it natural that a news reporter is on the scene? ¡± ¡°Oh, right. Yes¡­¡± As she scratched her back head and smiled softly, Jun Fei waved her hands at me behind her back. ¡°I''m here, too!¡± However, I asked Misato, ignoring Junpei''s greetings lightly. ¡°So it was Mr. Misato who requested an interview with our Pentagon? ¡± ¡°Yes, that''s right. I know you''re busy, but could you give me a minute with Jules? Kawaguchi said he really wants to do an interview with Junhyuk. ¡± ¡°Oh, it doesn''t matter. So, shall we go where Jules is? ¡± ¡°Hey! Hey! I''m here, too! ¡± Jun Fei keeps talking back to us, smiling face to face. ¡°Hey, Mossimo! Can''t you hear me? I''m here, too!¡± ¡°I heard from Jules briefly that the Pentagon will not spare the aid and support of the displaced villagers. Is that true? ¡± ¡°Of course, we also have a little bit of a backup plan for the gaming shops and the self-employed people we can help out with the game. ¡± ¡°Oh, that''s interesting. ¡± ¡°Of course, I''ll tell you more about that too. ¡± ¡°Hey, man!! Kang Jun-hyuk! I''m here too!! Pretend you know!!! ¡± 169 < EP. 40: Social Activities. (4) > ¡°Hey, man!! Kang Jun-hyuk! I''m here too!! Pretend you know!!! ¡± ¡°Got it. Got it. Do you and I see each other for a day or two? Why are you mumbling so much today? ¡± In fact, I already knew why Jun Fei wanted to be next to me. An interview? Well, if it wasn''t for me, you''d have a much easier interview if you asked the Pentagon clerk around. What he really wants is to be with Misato a little more, who we''ve been reunited with for a long time. No more or less. And as I expected, he was grumbling at my face and chasing me behind Misato. As I swallowed a smile into Jun Fei''s actions, I suddenly heard someone''s urgent shout behind my back, rolling my head slightly over what to say in the interview after a moment. ¡°Come out quickly!! Our oldest son was just found by the paramedics!!! ¡± ¡°What!? ¡± Then Misato, who was next to me, opened his eyes wide and asked him. ¡°Where is it? ¡± ¡°Yes¡­? Oh, it''s... it''s not that far from here...¡± ¡°Show me the way!! ¡± At the end of the conversation, Misato takes his cameraman and disappears like the wind. I mean, I can do it anytime, but I can''t miss that kind of specialty. Jun Fei looked at the rest of me alone and said with a bloody smile. ¡°How does it feel to be ignored? ¡± ¡°Um... I''m sorry. ¡± ¡°It''s okay. My friend''s kid.¡± Jun Fei lightly tapped my shoulder, imitating a shy bureaucracy, and said after. ¡°You were rescued almost 60 hours after the earthquake. What a miracle...¡± The people in the auditorium were gloating with relief that the child, Tayama, was alive. Among them, some people I used to know quickly started running behind Misato, dressed in their clothes. And then I saw a little stranger running out of the auditorium with his naked eyes, and I chased him with my own two eyes. He was a kid who had just been sitting alone on a swing in the playground crying. ¡°Huh¡­? ¡± ¡°Why do you know him? ¡± ¡°It can''t be...¡± ¡°Huh? What is it? What''s wrong with you?¡± I heard Jun Fei''s voice behind my back, but my feet had already started running along those who were heading to the rescue site. ¡°Hey!! What''s wrong with him all of a sudden? ¡± & After a while, how long would it take to run through a pile of crumbling contours in an alleyway turned to rubble? I saw the back of Misato''s cameraman with the paramedics dressed in orange. And next to him, the little boy earlier was holding his parents'' hands and watching the rescue site. Is that it? When Jun Fei and the paramedics arrived on site, they were using the ledge to lift the concrete heap. Then a middle-aged man, who appears to be the head of the paramedics, shouts over the radio. ¡°Is the crane ready yet!? How long is this going to take? ¡± ¡°Cheeky!! We''re on our way there now, but there are a lot of obstacles on the way, so it''s going to take some time. Ticktock.¡± ¡°Hey, man. Is that what you want me to see? The patient is exhausted! ¡± ¡°Tsk!! We''ll ask you to move as quickly as possible, and we''ll ask you again. ¡± From what I hear on the radio, it looks like there''s still a lot of rescue going on... Around the pile of crumbled contours, the villagers who were watching the scene were holding their hands together and praying. The rescue captain frowns and shouts at the crew holding the foundation. ¡°Don''t ever put your hands there!! Even if it collapses, it''s really bad!! ¡± ¡°Yes, I understand!! ¡± The three rescuers who were holding on to it with full body strength, forcefully replied with their heads held high. ¡°All right, just hold on for a second. I''ll go in. ¡± ¡°Yes? But, Captain!? ¡± ¡°I think it''s a long way to get the crane to the hospital, but it''s the only way to get it to the hospital fast. ¡± The head of rescue, who had let go of the equipment he was wearing, lightened his body as much as possible and headed for a narrow crevice where the child fell down. However, the gap seemed too narrow for the middle-aged and extremely sturdy head of rescue to enter. ¡°Dammit... can''t you just open up a little more?" ¡± ¡°No. That could break the foundation. ¡± ¡°Ugh... Damn it.¡± The child''s mother, who was trapped under the scene of the accident, cried as she looked at the head of the rescue, with a mournful look on her face. ¡°Oh my baby... Please save my baby. ¡± However, it was difficult to stand up to anyone in an urgent situation. The child''s parents wanted to go in and save the child, even if they could, but they were both so heavy that they seemed to be quite difficult to get into. It was then. Misato, who had reported some urgent news from the scene a little distance from the people, lowered his microphone and headed to the rescue supervisor. ¡°I''ll go in. ¡± ¡°Yes!? ¡± ¡°I think I might be able to get into that gap. ¡± ¡°No. But considering the second incident, we can''t have civilian help...¡± ¡°That''s not the point. If you just hang in there a little longer, I''m gonna go in there and get him out first. ¡± Then the people around her looked at her in surprise. I felt it from the first moment I met you, but your personality is broken once. I was amazed at my inner self. I took a moment to look at the crevices of concrete and slowly stepped forward. ¡°I''d rather go in there. ¡± Then some Pentagon employees who followed me shouted in an urgent voice. ¡°Director!! It''s too dangerous." I took off my suit and tie and left it as comfortable as possible for the staff to move around. I don''t know how to squeeze it a little bit, but I think I''ll get in. I tried to loosen up a little and walk to the scene, but someone grabbed my shoulder. ¡°Wait.¡± ¡°Yes¡­? What is it, Junpei? ¡± ¡°You fool. You and Seohyun are just born now. What if it breaks?¡± Jun Fei took a moment to look at the crack in the scene and opened his mouth, swallowing a dry saliva. ¡°I''d rather go. ¡± ¡°Yes. That''s a good idea, since you''re thinner than me. ¡± ¡°Huh¡­? No, wait¡­¡± ¡°Jump in, send the kid up, and you''re out. ¡± ¡°No, wait, wait. I was thinking about my parents...¡± Suddenly, I whispered in Jun Fei''s ear, quickly pulling Jun Fei out of the way to see if something was wrong. ¡°If you make it back alive... I''ll give you a figure for the ''Psychic Force¡¯ exhibition you wanted back then. ¡± ¡°Give me two. ¡± ... you daft bastard. I never thought I''d hit a deal like this. Eventually, I nodded and replied to Jun Fei''s offer. ¡°Cole.¡± ¡°¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ Yes. I''ll go.¡± Eventually, Jun Fei, who was skinny, decided to go to the rescue site to pick up the child, threw his thick parka away and shoved his leg through the crack in the concrete. I and the paramedics stood around the site and stood against a huge concrete wall. When Jun Fei turned on the flashlight that went down, I noticed the child who had fallen over the dark space. He was a little taller than the kid on the swing, but he was skinny and could easily escape through the gap. ¡°I''m breathing!! Alive!! ¡± Then you hear a bass of concrete debris falling in response to Junpei''s voice. The rescue manager relayed the message to Jun Fei in a calm voice. ¡°If you scream too loudly, the vibrations will make the interior ring dangerous. Is there any injury to the child first? You''re bleeding or something.¡± ¡°I... don''t think so. You just look very tired. ¡± ¡°Okay, now just slowly drag the child up to this side. ¡± ¡°Yes, I understand. ¡± Jun Fei slowly pulled the child along with the rescue captain''s advice and came close to where we were. ¡°Okay, you''re doing great. Just point her head up and over here. ¡± As he carefully lifted the child''s head against the concrete, the rescue supervisor put his hand under his armpit and dragged him out. ¡°Wow!!! That''s it!! That''s it!!" As his body left the scene of the accident, the people around him began shouting in unison. Even Misato and the cameraman, who were capturing the scene of the rescue, were delighted with their excitement. ¡°Hey, well done. That''s cool." ¡°You... you have to keep that promise you made to me earlier...¡± ¡°Got it. Got it. What do you want me to do, donate the entire diorama to Pammy? ¡± ¡°No, I don''t like that. Then it''s not mine. ¡± I went down with a nervous look, and my mouth was still alive. I gave Jun Fei the strength to hold Jun Fei''s hand reaching towards me with a smile, revealing white teeth in the dark. It was then. Fazec... Huh...? ¡°The foundation is broken!!! ¡± A concrete wall twice my height struck us with the voice of an urgent lifeguard. ¡°Stop it!! ¡± Kuang!!! At that moment, I stood against the concrete wall on my shoulders instead of the embarrassed paramedics at the broken ground. The weight of concrete was greater than I expected, and my legs almost faltered, but the rescue commander and his crew pushed the wall up in a hurry and managed to make it through. ¡°Hey, man. Hurry up and come out!!! ¡± ¡°Oops!!! ¡± Suddenly, Jun Fei, who had a white face, crawled out of the ground four times, and the rescue workers slowly put the concrete on the ground. At the same time, I sat down on the floor and breathed out loud. ¡°Phew... Ten years.¡± ¡°Wow!! Thank God. I''m so glad...¡± I felt sore on my shoulder, but I was also very proud of myself thinking that I saved a friend. Then why are your shoulders so wet...? I''m not sweating. He turns his head and looks at his right shoulder, and his white shirt is covered in blood. ¡°Oops!! Director!!" As soon as the Pentagon staff saw my shoulder, they rushed toward me. Apparently, the steel that was protruding from the concrete was torn apart. Gosh... If this had been a little twisted, it would have gone through your arm...? Luckily, it wasn''t a big wound, so I slowly got up and stood up because the torn wound wasn''t hot enough to use my arm. Then Misato, who was watching all this, approached me and opened his mouth. ¡°This is going to be more of an interview, are you sure you want to do this? ¡± & A month has passed since I traveled to the earthquake with the Pentagon staff, and the news revealed my interview with Mr. Misato. I felt a completely different perspective on the Pentagon Soft. The first company to find the scene of an accident after hearing about the earthquake. Director Kang Jun-hyuk, who jumped into the rescue site and saved lives. With the active support of relief supplies required for evacuees, a special A/S policy to replace broken consoles for free for disaster regional gamers has contributed to a massive rise in corporate imagery called the Pentagon. Previously, if it had been a company that was only familiar with gamers, this would have been a way to grow into a likable company that was loved by the people of the archipelago. Meanwhile, the media commended the Pentagon in an interview that they had developed a policy like this to repay users for their generosity, and the resulting image promotion effect began to rise above expectations. However, when he did not stop there and announced that he would automatically use some of the proceeds for migrants when purchasing DL editions of games released to Raon through game magazines, he began to double his downloading revenue using handsets. What was also interesting was the child we saved, and the first thing the child said in the hospital opened his eyes. ¡°Been locked up in the dark for 60 hours, Hiro. May I ask what you most wanted to do at the time? ¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± ¡°Anything''s fine. Can you say something?¡± ¡°Raon...¡± ¡°Hmm?" ¡°Raon really wanted to do it. ¡± 170 < EP. 41: D-125 (1) > ¡°Raon really wanted to do it. ¡± Thanks to the first words that came out of the mouth of a child who lived in his old life, Raon caused a big social issue. This is unexpected. ¡¯ While smiling at the newspaper I brought from the hospital this morning, Yuki, who was carving an apple next to him, pouted his mouth and gave him a pinglass. ¡°What do you like so much? I came back hurt. I''m so frustrated...¡± Thanks to the bandage wrapped around his right shoulder, I folded the newspaper gently into Yuki''s words while wearing an armband around my neck. It''s because I decided that nothing good would come of messing with her. ¡°I don''t need to be admitted...¡± ¡°No. You need to be hospitalized to get some rest. ¡± ¡°Oh... Seohyun rested for a month because of the birth...¡± ¡°Hmmm! I just didn''t leave the company. You think I didn''t know I was talking to Rob and Chandra? ¡± ¡°... a ghost.¡± ¡°I''ve felt it for a really long time, but Joon-Hyuk, do you know you''re a workaholic? Someone really thinks the Pentagon representative is you, not Kawaguchi. ¡± After being stabbed by Yuki''s complaint, I clear-headed my throat and looked out the window. Meanwhile, she put a beautifully cut piece of apple on the plate and wiped out the parchment. I glanced back at Yuki and opened my mouth with a slight smile. ¡°After the launch of Complete Raon, should we go on a trip together? Leave Seohyun to his mother-in-law for a while...¡± Then Yuki looked at me with his eyes wide open. ¡°What brings you here? With all that talk about traveling first? ¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± Have I been working too hard? After the honeymoon, I''ve been to a hot spring in Fukuoka. Yuki''s reaction was not that he didn''t understand. ¡°Come to think of it, I''ve been working too hard, so I think I''ll take my time...¡± ¡°Hmmm, that''s a great idea, but isn''t the console called The Complete Raon getting really busy again? ¡± ¡°Well, the Pentagon isn''t as small a corporation as it used to be, and you wouldn''t have to worry about that without me. ¡± ¡°When did Joon-Hyuk put me to work? He''s a self-made type. ¡± ¡°That''s right...¡± Yuki gave me a slice of apple, raising her mouth tail in joy because it was fun to embarrass me. But even with this exhilarating atmosphere, momentarily, an enormous disruptor appeared... ¡°Joon Hyuk! How are you feeling? ¡± The one who appeared shaking the fruit basket with the door combination was Jun Fei, as expected. ¡°Welcome, Junpei. ¡± ¡°Yuki, there you are. How''s he doing? ¡± ¡°The doctor said that besides the skin being torn, the muscles were damaged, so I should rest for a few days, so I forced him into the hospital. ¡± ¡°Well done. You''re absolutely right. ¡± Oh my... Have you seen a bear like that? Soon after looking at Yuki''s tail, I said something to Yuki. ¡°Do you know who saved your life? ¡± ¡°Ah! That was awesome... Grabbing the collapsing concrete wall, ¡®Junpei is dangerous!! Get out of here!!" who used to say... ¡± ¡°Wow! Joon-Hyuk really said that? ¡± ... No, I think it''s a bit much. Jun Fei nodded at Yuki''s question and swung his wink at me. ¡°But what are you doing here? ¡± ¡°It''s no big deal, but I brought some of our magazines from this month in case you get bored. ¡± ¡°Huh? I thought the issue was tomorrow? ¡± ¡°Well, I didn''t have anything to bring, so I took it out the day before I left. ¡± ¡°Oh, I''m so proud of you. ¡± Yuki urged Junpei to hand over a fairly thick magazine to me with a chopped apple. ¡°Oh my, I''ll eat this well. ¡± Jun Fei smiles as she pours a piece of apple from Yuki into her mouth, wondering if she was hungry. Then I looked at the magazine and asked him. ¡°How is the industry doing after the earthquake? ¡± ¡°It''s no big deal. Mintendo also had a problem with the production line because of the earthquake damage to Kyoto. In the meantime, since the Pentagon is leading the relief effort, we can''t just sit back and watch... We''re going to hate them a lot. You¡­¡± ¡°Isn''t life supposed to be the time? ¡± And I said, "Yeah, that''s exactly the kind of timing that''s been on the news with you and me, and it''s been the most varietal thing that''s happened to me lately. ¡± ¡°But now that I have Misato''s contact information, isn''t that good for you? ¡± ¡°Ugh¡­ how could you do that? ¡± ¡°Oh, Jun Pyo, did you exchange your contact information with Misato? ¡± ¡°Oh, how did that...¡± The day I went to volunteer at the avoided area. Suddenly, Junpei and I, who had rescued the child together with the rescue workers, became the talk of the 9pm news. Yuki was surprised when she got the news on TV that she wanted to come to my place right away, but... But then I clearly saw it. I was talking to Misato about the case. I saw the guy who was handing her his contacts. ¡°Wow¡­ did you see that? ¡± ¡°It''s better to deceive demons, isn''t it? How dare you answer my calls? ¡± ¡°You have Yuki...¡± Yuki''s suspicious gaze shifts toward me in his strange nuance. ¡°Hey. What''s Yuki doing out there? I''m just a broadcaster, so I thought it''d be nice to get along. ¡± ¡°Hmmm! Is that real? ¡± At this time, I looked Yuki straight in the eyes and said, knowing that there is no backing. ¡°Of course.¡± & After the Kobe earthquake. Japan''s economic situation has been severely affected. If not, the economic recession that followed from the ''90s to disaster damage began to flow in a worse direction. In particular, some companies that had production plants in the Kobe region saw an enormous shortage when the earthquake knocked them down. Mintendo, closest to the earthquake affected area, made a donation of 300 million yen to migrants, and Sensoni and the NEGA also made small contributions following Pentagon Soft. However, the Pentagon continued to regularly find the affected areas and did not stop volunteering, as well as refunding some of the inventory, depending on the hopes of the self-employed players running the game shop, or assisting them in opening a new shop. - Pentagon Soft is the hope of the underprivileged. - This morning, Kawaguchi''s representative smiled satisfactorily as he saw the headlines of the Mainichi newspaper. Sitting face-to-face in the representative''s room, I swallowed a cup of coffee prepared by Sayuri and leaned on the couch enjoying his reaction. ¡°Every article is very favorable. ¡± ¡°Of course. Because in the case of a typical self-employed person, the policy itself will be very helpful. ¡± If you look at the news articles, you''ll think you''re spending a lot of money on self-employed people who run game shops in the Pentagon, but it''s not that big. Why? Well, considering the area affected by the earthquake, how many of them actually run game shops? Especially since the disaster was a typical residential complex, most people who bought the game used Dendentown in Osaka, so the damage radius we presented was only about eight game shops, including small second-hand stores, that have submitted formal support requests to date. Two of them asked for a refund of the Pentagon''s products, so there were only six places we could help open a new store. After signing the contract, they were soon to leave the affected area and move to a new city to run a game shop. But if there''s one thing that''s different from the usual game shops, it''s that all the games they play are released by the Pentagon¡­ Since we had already pledged full support for the six outlets, the owners decided to follow our opinions. The ¡®full support¡¯ presented to them was the right to sell the product a week earlier than the other regions when Complied Raon was subsequently launched. Of course, even within the Pentagon, the provision of such a biased device has been described, but no one has argued that if there is a company or business owner who cannot tolerate a week of complaining for the reviewing of displaced people in the affected area, it is necessary to revisit their agreement. In the last meeting, the Pentagon brand name was building tremendous trust in Japan as it triggered the earthquake, so I decided to launch ''Complete Raon¡¯ at once, but I quietly raised my head. ¡°You seem to be mistaken, and one thing to be precise about is that Complete Raon is a game machine. And this is completely different from doing community service in disaster areas. The reason Nanko was dragged into the Sensoni to launch the ¡®Iron Fist¡¯ for the Gear Station and the ''Large Racer¡¯ was highly acclaimed is because the completeness of their console was just as good and the software they had prepared to support it. On the other hand, our complete raon still lacks content to engage core and light users. In a situation like this, if you''re just ahead of the corporate image and you launch a new console, you''re going to be devastated. ¡± ¡°So... when are you thinking about launching the Pentagon''s new console? ¡± One weekly question ringing in the conference room, I looked at him for a moment and opened my mouth. ¡°The marketing of Complete Raon is going to be more software-oriented than consoles. ¡± ¡°Hmm? Are you referring to the next generation of games to be launched with Complete Raon if it''s software? ¡± ¡°I can''t tell you the details just yet...¡± With the laser pointer switched down for the presentation, I raised my harpoon tail and smiled as confidently as I could. & In the spring of April, 1995, when the cherry blossoms bloomed... A piece of promotional content was distributed around disaster affected areas and Osaka game shops. Inside the CD with the Pentagon Soft logo was a video of a girl playing a guitar represented by a silhouette and a song she sang. - A song titled "Cheerleader-" began to catch the footsteps of those who crossed the street with their unique sound and lyrics. You''ve had a hard day. A day like that when you don''t do anything at all. I know your sad heart... You''ve been a very busy day. A day like that where you can''t even breathe. I understand how you feel! In a very different reality from the future I had dreamed of. I''m getting tired, I''m getting frustrated. But your world will come to pass. I will always cheer for you. ¡°What the...? Whose song is that?¡± At the end of the video that caught people''s ears with just one barrel and a voice, there was only a line of phrases without any further explanation. [Full Blast D-125.] I mean, maybe I know someone who''s quick to notice, but... The day she debuted was the day of the launch of ''Complete Raon¡¯. 171 < EP. 41: D-125 (2) > [Full Blast D-125.] I mean, maybe I know someone who''s quick to notice, but... The day she debuted was the day of the launch of ''Complete Raon¡¯. & Only a few of the Pentagon employees knew Kanna existed, and her song began to spread slowly to the beginning of the disaster. At first, those who didn''t even realize that song was a game thought it was just a ¡®cheerleader¡¯ for migrants composed by a singer. However, the feeling of the song being delivered from the lyrics made me feel like it not only cared for migrants but also cared for the day of those who had done the hard work. Kanna''s original story is about people coming home at the end of the day. I was hoping that her vent music and sweet voice would bring something fabulous, but I didn''t think it would be this good... The day I got my first tape from Kanna. I remember looking at each other''s faces when I first heard the song on tape with Yuki back home. Kishimori Kanna. She had a genius sense as a singer-songwriter, as she proved in the end song of God''s gift. When I tested her recording to Mr. Terrada, HaranQ''s vocalist, he also admired Kanna. ¡°Brilliant. Truly a genius!! because few singers I know are as good at lyrics as she is. And even the dark-appealing Voice... this kind of music will happen in the streets at the same time as the announcement. ¡± ¡°A miracle? ¡± At that time, I didn''t really understand what he was saying. Mr. Terrada had a big, slightly overreacting reaction to the officials, but it was more than that... ¡°Is this like the miracle Mr. Terrada was talking about? ¡± Me and Maurita, who had just delivered a promotional CD to a fairly large game shop in Dendentown, Osaka, were watching people''s reactions while drinking coffee at an outdoor table in a nearby cafe. After opening the store for the first time, the clerk tilted his head and played music to the CD player installed in front of the store, a quiet vent beat flowed through the speakers. And after a while. Kanna''s voice echoes through the streets, and the people on the road start to stop one by one. ¡°Huh? What... Never heard of yellow? ¡± ¡°So who''s the singer? I love that song." Those haunted by Kanna''s high-pitched voice from the speakers gathered in front of the game shop. Then, even the clerk who just played the CD was dumbfounded, listening to her song, and he surprised the people who had just arrived. ¡°Director... this? ¡± ¡°Wait, let''s wait a little longer. ¡± I said with my finger in my mouth, the voice of Morita calling me with a embarrassing look. Can I honestly just listen to someone''s music like I''m possessed by something like this? ¡°Hey, there''s music coming from the speakers. Who is the singer?¡± ¡°Yes? Well, I don''t really know. I brought you a promotional CD from Pentagon Soft...¡± Then customers who heard the shopkeeper''s story began to talk speculatively. ¡°If it''s a Pentagon, isn''t it a gaming company? ¡± ¡°That''s right. And he''s famous for volunteering in the Kobe area of recent earthquakes. Then why are you promoting this music? Are you trying to start an entertainment business? ¡± ¡°Oh... you can''t be just promoting a new game. God''s gift used to be about music. ¡± ¡°Huh? What if it''s a new game this time of year...? It can''t be...¡± ¡°Complete Raon!? ¡± The two men who were talking in front of the shop asked the cashier with an urgent look on their faces. ¡°It can''t be that CD. Is this a new game made in the Pentagon? ¡± The clerk scratched the back of his head with an embarrassing face and was consistent with the customer''s question again. Well, of course not, because we didn''t really explain CDs... Of course, promoting with ''Complete Raon¡¯ would be doubly effective, but more than that, I wanted people to listen to Kanna''s song without any prejudice. At that time, the cashier, who only answered that he didn''t know all the questions, lifted his head and asked the customer. ¡°You know, if you have clients who want CDs, do you need them to distribute, like, 50 of them from the Pentagon? ¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. You should have said that sooner!! Give it to me now!! ¡± ¡°Me too!! ¡± ¡°Me too!! ¡± After a while, the cashier glances at the frozen chest, slightly tilting his head and muttering to himself. ¡°Oh, I... I should''ve taken mine...¡± Having swallowed coffee with Kanna''s cheerful voice echoing under the moody spring sun, I raised one jiggly tail towards those who were returning with my promotional mini CD in their hands. & The first flare of the Virtual Idol project, themed ''Cheerleader¡¯ for you, has been successfully orbited. Kanna''s song will soon be heard by people in Kobe, Osaka. Then we went through Kyoto and Nagoya and came to Tokyo. She was giving birth to a landscape that was waiting in line to get this CD distributed in small quantities to the regional gaming shops about 3-4 days apart. The promotional CD, which was about one-third larger than the regular CD, was a mini-disk often used by normal singers to contain 1-2 songs, and the vertical CD cover had a silhouette illustration of Kanna as an image. Is it because it is not sold separately to a general record store, but only made and distributed from promotional discs, so it is rumored to be ¡®rare¡¯? People''s reactions were extremely explosive. In Akiba''s Pentagon shop, I sprinkled about 500 CDs in all 1,2 stores, but I threw them all away in less than an hour. Of course, if you''re thinking of users looking for the Pentagon, we should probably prepare a lot more... This is a promotional CD. Rather than spraying generous quantities, the effect can be doubled. Many guests came from afar expecting a large quantity of Pentagon shops, but they were not the only ones to complain about the free CDs. I turned my eyes to a couple of people walking around Akihabara like zombies, just in case there weren''t any CDs left in the game store. ¡°Ahhh!! Nothing!! Nothing else!! Nowhere!! ¡± ¡°H-calm down, Nakamura. Huh?¡± ¡°I told you to come early in the morning. I knew it.¡± ¡°So I''ve told you many times that I didn''t get it right!! I had a situation!! ¡± Now, the man who appeared to be a freshly college student looked like heaven was about to fall because he said that all the ¡®Virtue Idol¡¯ promotional CDs had run out. From the conversation I heard, I tried to come early in the morning, but it was too late because there was a situation on the woman''s side. He was a fan of the Pentagon Soft guy. He was surrounded by a Dragon Emblem backpack that could be exchanged for Goods item points for a Raon Soft. ¡®Scream... There was no one else who actually wore that...?'' ¡¯ Anyway, the man was asking Miyazaki, the manager, if he was very unfair, but she had no choice as long as she didn''t have one or two such guests. Finally, after a few moments of restlessness, the man left the store with a face that lost everything in the world. ¡°Nakamura... I''m sorry. Huh? I''m angry...¡± ¡°No, it''s okay. There''s nothing I can do. I''ll stop by the Saitama Gameshop tomorrow or the day after tomorrow... But if I can''t, I''ll definitely go to Hokkaido and save him. ¡± ... Hokkaido is a bit over the top when it comes to shuttle fares...? ¡°Oh, really. A little manly... will you keep doing that? What song are you so desperate to save? If you want to save it like that, Fukushima has relatives living there. I''ll ask him to save me. He''s probably in the country. He''ll save you in no time. ¡± ¡°S-really? ¡± The man smiled as soon as his girlfriend said so. Just then, Kanna''s voice begins to come from the speakers installed in the Pentagon Shop. You''ve had a hard day. A day like that when you don''t do anything at all. I know your sad heart... You''ve been a very busy day. A day like that where you can''t even breathe. I understand how you feel! At that moment, the man''s face was lively and he turned his eyes to the speakers. Then he flicked his finger lightly and said to his girlfriend. ¡°Oh!! Yeah, this song!! ¡± ¡°This song...? How nice.¡± The girlfriend seems to be focusing on the sound of the music coming from the speakers with her eyes closed for a moment. I was bored, but I looked at her as she was listening to music with one hand clenched her chin. ¡°What do you think, Mayumi? You like the song, right?¡± A girl with a slight red face with a bright smile nodded, pretending not to win. Hmm... By the way, that guy is quite handsome. Big eyes and a nice nose. I think women like him better than men. But you don''t seem to know much. He''s a typical milkman. ¡°Th-that''s okay. Yeah, it''s not bad, to be honest. But¡­¡± ¡°But¡­? What?¡± ¡°I think I''ve heard a lot of voices before. Nakamura, right? ¡± ¡°Well... anyway...¡± ¡°Really? Look at that. Aren''t you?¡± ¡°Gift of God... sounds like the voice of a singer with an ending song...¡± That''s not a good answer. If it''s Yuki, it''s Jean. Phew!! ... Yeah... Somehow I thought I''d get hit soon. Watching them, I burst into laughter as if I were watching a scene from Sitcom. ¡°Hey! Blind spot! Do you have a game in your head? Not that, Kanna. Our friend Kishimori Kanna!! ¡± Did you just say Kanna? The man''s back smashing is hard to reach, and he grimaces and bites back. ¡°Kanna? Why would Kanna sing in a place like this? Wait a minute. I think that''s what you''re saying. I''m pretty sure I''m familiar with that voice. ¡± ¡°Right? Right!? This is Kanna''s voice, right? ¡± Huh...? Are they... Kanna''s friends? 172 < EP. 41: D-125 (3) > ¡°Right? Right!? This is Kanna''s voice, right? ¡± Huh...? Are they... Kanna''s friends? I asked my manager, Miyazaki, to bring them into the office, noticing that they were acquainted with Kanna by chance. ¡°Director, I have the two of you you mentioned. ¡± ¡°Thank you, Miyazaki. ¡± A couple of men and women came into the office drawn by Miyazaki, who was walking around with an awkward look on his face. ¡°Sit comfortably over here. Miyazaki, I''m sorry. Can I get you something to drink? ¡± ¡°Yes, I understand. ¡± Miyazaki nodded slightly at my request and left the office. I still looked at them sitting halfway up the ass with a left anxiety seat ( ? 24109;), and I smiled as comfortably as I could and told them about me. ¡°I''m sorry to call you into such a place all of a sudden. I think I have some other customers'' eyes, so I don''t need to tell them anything. ¡± At the same time, as I took out a mini-album from my arms, a screaming elasticity leaked from the mouth of the man sitting in front of me. ¡°Wah!! ¡± Is this guy... a very unpleasant character, or is it just about the game? As I tilted my head to his character, which was lighter than I thought, I put down the album for the table, and the man''s eyes chased after the album. I wanted to make fun of the album from side to side, but I couldn''t because of the woman who was looking at me with suspicious eyes. ¡°You said this album is... pretty hard to come by. I have other guests. Can you just do this? ¡± A woman can ask a sharp question more than a man with eyes on his publicity album. I looked at her with my CD up for the table. ¡°Of course not. That''s why I''m giving you a sneak. ¡± ¡°Why¡­? ¡± I smiled at her who still wouldn''t let go of my guard, and her boyfriend sitting next to her poked her in the side. ¡°Didn''t you hear me when I came in? He''s the director. That''s the level...¡± Then, the man who met me blindly muttered, forgetting what to say for a moment. ¡°Do you know Director Kang Jun-hyuk...¡± ¡°Oh, by the way, I''m late for my introduction. This is Kang Jun-hyuk from the Pentagon, just like you said. ¡± ¡°Oops!! It''s real!! Sometimes you stop by the Pentagon shop, and it''s true!! ¡± ... Is it so amazing to see me? Watching him being frightened as he ran to the saliva reminded me of Jun Fei, who was in a panic for some reason, and I almost burst out of laughter. ¡°Do you mind if I introduce myself for a moment? ¡± ¡°Oh, I ''m-I ''m Nakamura. This is Mayumi, his girlfriend. ¡± ¡°Greetings, Nakamura. And Mayumi, actually, I called you both here because I overheard a conversation that you had that I didn''t mean. ¡± ¡°Our conversation? ¡± ¡°Weren''t you listening to a song in the store and putting the name ''Kanna¡¯ on your mouth? I''m sure that''s what I heard. ¡± ¡°Huh? You mean Kanna really sang this song? ¡± When asked by a woman named Mayumi, I slowly nodded and replied. ¡°Yes, that''s right. This time, in a new project we''re planning in the Pentagon, Kanna''s song was released as" The First. "¡± ¡°Oh, I see... Nakamura, am I right? I knew it all at once... this gluting...¡± ¡°Wow, I see. I didn''t even know it was real. Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. ¡± Then again, I nodded my head up and down to Nakamura''s question. ¡°Ugh... I just got goosebumps. I can''t believe Kanna sang that ending... but it''s disgusting. I never thought you''d keep it a secret from us as friends. I''m disappointed.¡± ¡°There must be something you''re not telling us. ¡± With Mayumi trying to understand Kanna''s situation, I slowly nodded and agreed with her. ¡°Actually, it is. The project we are preparing is also part of a private project, so we keep all information about her strictly confidential except for the team leader who is directly involved in the development. And this is her request. ¡± ¡°Oh... so if this song of Kanna succeeds, that... debut is also possible? ¡± ¡°Hard for me to say. ¡± Nakamura, who was listening to us silently, asked me. ¡°You know, one of the things you said before... I have a question. ¡± ¡°Tell me. I''ll answer what I can. ¡± ¡°In your new project, you said Kanna''s song was published as the ''first'', what does that mean? ¡± Oh-ho...? He''s pretty quick on the game. By the way, I also said "first" unconsciously in my mouth. But this was not particularly important, so I picked up a mini-album on the table and replied. ¡°In order to explain that, I have to first explain what this album was made with. But before you do, I want you to promise me something. ¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°About this album. And especially about Mr. Kanna. It should never be known externally. If you''re Kanna''s friend, keep it a secret for her, too. ¡± After listening to me, the couple nodded with a meaningful expression. & One day, a week later, a friend of Kanna''s from Nakamura University went to visit. At a private meeting after work, I was swallowing a pint of beer filled with 500cc Junpei. ¡°Puha!! Khh!! ¡± ¡°Drink slowly. Dude.¡± ¡°Hey, do I look like I''m not drinking right now? ¡± ¡°You must be busy, too, so you can''t get in touch well. Mr. Misato isn''t white. He''s been chewed up a few times. ¡± ¡°Chewed? Yeah. That''s the right expression for my situation. Yes, chewed... chewed...¡± After the last earthquake, I''ve been wanting to get in touch with Mr. Misato, and I can''t tell you how grouchy I''ve been since I lost contact with her 10 days ago. I ordered another beer from the master across the counter and then chewed the goroke out of my snack. ¡°The more you do this, the more you just focus on your work. That way I can think less. ¡± ¡°If you think about it, it''s me, right? Right?" ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± Of course, if Misato liked you, he would have called first if he hadn''t waited for your call. I''m not in a position to advise you, not that I''ve been in a lot of relationships, but if you''ve been out of touch for about 10 days, you could say it''s over. I gently tapped Jun Fei''s shoulder and comforted him. ¡°Beer''s on the house. ¡± When the host pushed the beer in front of Junpei, he sighed for a long time and picked up the beer. ¡°Hey, hey, take it easy!! ¡± ¡°Hey¡­ customer. ¡± ¡°Oh, I''m sorry. We were too loud, weren''t we? ¡± ¡°No, that''s not it. Do you mind if I put some music on in the store? I have this CD that my son gave me recently, and I can''t help but overhear how much he loved it. ¡± ¡°Yes? Oh, yes. Of course. We don''t care. ¡± ¡°Thank you. Then...¡± The host asked the other guests to understand and then secured the small CD in the player. ¡°Hiccup. Tsk, I feel like I''d be mad at a girl if I didn''t...¡± ¡°Hey, are you drunk? ¡± Jun Fei grumbled in ridicule, wondering if he heard Jun Fei''s voice or not, and a familiar guitar came out from a small CD player in the store. ¡°Oh, this? ¡± ¡°My son says it''s a hard record to get right now. I mean, I like Enka a lot better, but I like this sometimes. ¡± At that time, Jun Fei, who was standing up to the music, looked at me with his eyes half closed. ¡°Huh? Isn''t this cheering for you? Hiic. Oh! I love this song!¡± ¡°Right? You know something. ¡± ¡°Yes, I know. But...!! I think this guy next to me knows better. ¡± ¡°Yes¡­? I don''t know what you mean.¡± ¡°Haha... Nothing. He''s a little drunk. Never mind." ¡°Haha... I think so. Be careful not to fall behind your friends. My shop doesn''t have a chair backrest, so sometimes it gets worse over its guests. ¡± ¡°Oh, yeah. I understand.¡± ¡°There''s the master. Can I get another beer, please? ¡± ¡°Yes ~ I understand ~¡± While looking at the host hurrying to place an order at the opposite table. Jun Fei quickly emptied the beer 500 that had just come out and left the glass empty. ¡°I''m getting tired and frustrated with a different reality from the future I dreamed of, but your world will come true one day. I will always cheer for you. ¡± The man who had been drunk for a long time, singing along to the song from the speaker, suddenly grabbed an empty beer and said to me. ¡°You. Have you met the singer? ¡± ¡°Yes? Oh, yes, of course. ¡± ¡°Is she pretty?¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± By the way, I think that question is for men everywhere in the East and the West. I nodded, thinking of Kanna bouncing the guitar strap for a moment. ¡°Yes, it''s beautiful. He''s a little naive. ¡± ¡°Really? Then introduce me. In fact, I haven''t told you, but the girl who sings well a long time ago was my ideal type. ¡± ¡°Oh, you did? I''ve known her for almost a decade, but I didn''t...¡± ¡°Isn''t that right? I''ve got a better angle. Is that possible? ¡± ¡°No.¡± ¡°Ah! Why!! ¡± ¡°Jun Pyo, what did you do in the first grade of high school? ¡± ¡°Huh? Well, you were paralyzed, hanging out with your friends, right? Why are you bringing up high school all of a sudden? ¡± ¡°Ah, that singing child. She was born then. ¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± Since then, all he''s done is talk about Kanna. 173 < EP. 41: D-125 (4) > Early summer 1995. The gaming industry is currently experiencing a significant transition. In fact, this transition period has always been a persistent problem with the next generation of consoles, but this time it seems to be a more severe year. Anyone with a little bit of knowledge of the game''s history would have noticed, but this was the most important time in the mid- ''90s to design existing 2D games and next-generation 3D games. Unlike traditional 2D games that had only manipulated characters on either side, 3D games that were moving transversely in virtual space were enough to give users a different feeling. Ironically, it was the NEGA that was behind the most supplies of console companies that were now wrinkling the 3D gaming market, starting with the first real fighter in the arcade center. And it''s like the NANCO is following right after him. Since they''ve both been studying polygonal games for a long time, how far ahead do they feel? In addition, Minten also used polygon graphics in the superfamily. Well, how does 3D graphics get back into the superfamily? Well, there''s nothing you can do about it if you don''t have the texture to overlay it with polygons... but to be honest, it''s hard. But A-ZERO, the shooter. In Shigeru''s "The Legend of Karin" title screen, three triangles in 3D come together to form one tri force, a memorable moment for any gamer¡­ However, polygons were difficult to deal with at that time, and even if it was done, the results could never be said to be beautiful, so it was just a technology that was ignored by developers. Until we developed texture technology. Textures are bitmap images that overlay the surface of the finished polygon graphic. There are bones and muscles in the human body, and just as there is skin on it, the same technology is applied to polygons. It was a very simple idea, like painting on a clay doll, but very few people in the industry were able to come up with such a clever idea at the time. No, even if I thought about it, the high-performance devices that would support that imagination were too expensive, but... However, it was time for the overwhelming graphics that were available over time and in the entertainment room to be found on the home console. That was the year 1995 that we are living now. ¡°As I said before, in the case of Saturn released from NEGA, it is basically a console based on precision 2D sprites. Designed for home use, for example, by the SMK''s King of the Series or Samurai, which is currently the highest coin collection in the Arcade Center. ¡± ¡°Hmm...¡± A university hall in Tokyo... A few days ago, at the request of the principal, I held a seminar on the current gaming industry, where I was gathering students to lead the gaming industry in the future. Thankfully, the Pentagon wants a job for its students. But anyway, why is the brightness of the projector hanging from the ceiling so strong? I''m not even gonna weld it, but it''s gonna make my eyes hurt... I closed my tired eyes slightly and continued to explain, but one of the students in the auditorium raised his hand. ¡°Hey¡­ but isn''t the most popular game in the country right now a real fighter? Why have you built a console based on 2D sprites, even though you have such polygon technology? ¡± ¡°Before I answer that, could you... turn down the projector? Two seminars and you''d be blind. ¡± The seminar, which was somewhat formal, felt a little sluggish with my jokes. The teacher in charge of the projector flushed her face and lowered the brightness of the projector. ¡°Now I can see the faces of the students. So let me start by answering a question. Oh, but first, one more thing. And I''m here to tell you that all the stories I tell about the NEGA and Mintendo are personal conjectures. I can only tell you about Peck for the Pentagon, but I could get sued for embezzlement in other companies. ¡± ¡°Hahaha!¡± ¡°Now, let''s actually write a novel about the NEGA Saturn. First of all, as you just asked, the most popular game in the country right now is" Real Fighter. "Has anyone here recently launched Real Fighter 2? ¡± Then, almost the placental male students who were gathered in the large hall raised their hands. I''m almost done trying to figure out who''s a gamer... ¡°Yes. I expected quite a bit, but the boys did most of the work. Now, the sex ratio in the auditorium is about 8: 2, so almost 80 percent have tried RealFighter 2. ¡± My words echoed once more in the hall. Don''t laugh at me... I thought I''d never been in here before, and I thought I was doing some kind of military air show. ¡°How did you compare to Real Fighter 2? ¡± ¡°The graphics have improved tremendously. ¡± ¡°Texture improved. ¡± ¡°Sarah and pie are beautiful!! ¡± ... I agree with what you just said. Obviously not a person at all... but not the answer I was looking for. ¡°The frame has gotten very soft. It was a little snowy...¡± I flicked my finger at the last student''s remarks and put the microphone in my mouth. ¡°That was a very good point. Frames. So obviously, if there''s a difference between existing 2D games and current 3D game development, it''s keeping a constant frame. ¡± I drenched my throat with cold bottled water prepared on the top of the statue and continued to speak again. ¡°Recent research from a university has shown that the human brain is remarkably different in recognizing 2D and 3D. A simple example is if you''re watching a TV animation, a Dragon Ball. Anybody know how many frames a Monkey King uses per second in a Dragon Ball? ¡± ¡°We know about 15 to 20 frames per second. In combat, sometimes up to 10 frames drop. ¡± Aww, I wonder who goes to the gaming department... ¡°Yes, that''s right. Whereas in the case of" Aladdin "or" Lion King, "made in Disneisa in the United States, we use between 48 and 60 frames per second per scene. It''s showing very gentle movements relative to the Dragon Ball. ¡± Then the students who thought of Disney''s animation in their heads silently nodded to my words. ¡°I''m not here to tell you that the Dragon Ball is worse than Disney''s animation. When you look at the Dragon Ball, is there anything you can''t imagine or understand that you don''t have enough frames? There''s probably no one like that here. And what''s interesting about the human brain is that, in a 2D cartoon, the human brain can imagine an empty middle frame. So even in rough, frameless scenes, you can''t feel the camouflage when you watch TV at all. But 3D is a little bit different. The moment the frame drops because it uniquely recognizes 3D objects in the human brain as one object. He said he was going to feel very awkward. ¡± ¡°Ahh¡­¡± ¡°In other words, 3D games require you to maintain at least 28 frames throughout play so that you don''t get overwhelmed by the game. The NEGA recognized this and secured the real Fighter 2 frame at 60 frames, which is twice the size of the masterpiece. ¡± ¡°Oh...¡± ¡°Huh? Doesn''t that mean the 3D technology of the NEGA is at its best? So why is Saturn 2D-based? ¡± ¡°Hmmm, the story is back to square one, and as the student has just said, only companies in the gaming industry who have IP to 3D fighting games are recognized for their skills. NEGA and NANCO. But at the time when the NEGA was planning Saturn, it was a time when 2D games were going to shine. Lowered by Mintendo''s super family and our Pentagon''s Raon in the past generation, the NEGA was the first to step away from the 16-bit console business. And we launched the solar system project to get a 32-bit market. ¡± ¡°Solar System Project? ¡± ¡°In Saturn, NEGA, Saturn was originally the name of the project. I''ve been working on a series of projects in alignment with the solar system, and one of the most responsive projects was the Saturn Project, which was the sixth one. And when word got out that one of the magazines was creating a new breed of machinery for the NEGA, the NEGA officially announced a device, literally called Saturn. In fact, depending on which project won, it could be a NEGA Mercury, or Jupiter. ¡± ¡°Oh, I see...¡± ¡°Of course, when Saturn was first published, their reactions were hot. It was full of anticipation that the next generation of devices would be able to enjoy most of the arcade centers'' most popular 2D fighting games at home. Of course, the NEGA was aiming for exactly that, so I didn''t doubt that the new console would succeed. However... in late ''93, one of the¡® Real Fighters'' produced by Suzuki, a signage producer at the NEGA, was a huge hit at the arcade center. But on the contrary, the Saturn Project was hit pretty hard. ¡± I added more details about the official specs of the NEGA Saturn by smiling slightly at the seminar-focused students'' faces with curious expressions. Students who had not heard so much about the gaming industry had not noticed that it was too late to take a break from my story. I nodded slightly at the teacher''s gesture, crossing my hands in X from the left side of the stage, and looked at the watch. ¡°Huh? I didn''t even know time had passed. Before finishing my novel-like story about Saturn, before the first part of the seminar, the biggest minority in Saturn''s failure was Mintendo Sensoni... and Tim Kills, who was neither our Pentagon nor our producer. You can see that. On top of that, the next generation of consoles is the" Gear Station "of Sensoni because of NEGA''s" Real Fighter. "After a short 15 minutes of relaxation, part 2 explains Sensoni''s gear station¡­¡± I take off the microphone for a moment and pause the tempo. I opened my mouth, smiling slightly at the students. ¡°The next generation of our Pentagon... television cradle console will be here today. ¡± ¡°Hurrah!!!!!!! Oh, my God... I''m presenting here!? I''m on the stairs.¡± ¡°Crazy... awesome. Amazing!!" In my last words, the students in the auditorium screamed like screams. At that moment, the atmosphere of the auditorium boiled to the point that I told him to go away at the CES event. No one would have thought to announce a new type at a university seminar like this... I finished swallowing the remaining water on the single phase and put my bloody mouth up. 174 < EP. 41: D-125 (5) > After a 15-minute break, I returned to the auditorium and looked at the students sitting in their seats and put the microphone in their mouth. ¡°Looks like you have more students than before...? Is it the mood?¡± I heard laughter from all over the auditorium, but I felt like there was more people rushing after hearing the announcement in part 2. Well, I don''t mind, but... When I looked at the students sitting occupying all the way to the stairwell, I felt their passion for the game conveyed. I had a drink with Jun Fei before, but I thought I was no longer young in this world. ¡°Now, let''s proceed with the second part of the sequence, as I said earlier. ¡± I followed the descriptions of both engines, floating photos of the NEGA Saturn and the Gear Station on a giant screen installed on the ground. I was amazed at the look on the students'' faces by the birth of the Gear Station, as well as by the additional explanation of why Minten and Sensoni''s collaboration project had failed. There was no big problem with Sensoni and Mintendo because it was briefly addressed in a magazine interview earlier. Finally, the story concludes the story of Sensoni with a story about the specifications of the Gear Station. ¡°So simply put, the Gear Station is not Saturn''s specialty, but 3D technology. And the development tool is a lot easier than Saturn. It allowed Sensoni to bring in big developers like NANCO on his own, even in the face of a lack of awareness. It''s a console where development environments are easy and powerful, and that''s what developers like the most. Perhaps the difference between Sensoni and NEGA will soon become apparent. ¡± At that time, a horny male student in the front row raised his hand at me. As I nodded, the student asked me, sweeping off the glasses. ¡°But last month''s magazine showed no significant difference in sales of Saturn and Gear Tape. Rather, Saturn''s a little ahead of us. Didn''t you say the importance of the penetration rate when you were describing mintendo in Part 1? ¡± ¡°Yes, that''s right. But it''s a little early to tell you the prevalence of a six-month-old console Rather, the situation in the country is very humiliating. It''s not mintendo, it''s upside down in sales for the first time in the console industry. Originally, it was their goal to hit far more than they do now and take over the market without mint tension. But the trend is slowing considerably beyond the expectations of Sensoni and NANCO. It would have been a much tougher fight without the Real Fighter. In the future, however, the differences between the two companies will become increasingly apparent depending on the direction of the game market. ¡± The student slowly nodded, expressing his satisfaction with my answer. Then another student behind me asked me. ¡°But the Gear Station is a 3D focused device, so the 2D performance is very vulnerable. And the loading is too slow for Saturn. Is there no solution to this? ¡± ¡°Unlike Saturn, we''ve been focusing on 3D performance from the beginning, but Sensoni probably had to make a choice, because if they cover 2D performance, they would never have come up with the price of the consumer they were aiming for at 29,800 yen. As with everything, I think it''s because I''ve read the direction of the gaming industry going forward. and a second loading question..¡± ¡°Unfortunately, there''s nothing we can do about this now. Of course, depending on the programmer''s skills, the loading speed can be reduced, but now the entire machinery is using CD media. because they need time to get used to it. I think it''s going to get better and better over time, depending on what the programmer is capable of. How did you become the answer you wanted? Do you have any more questions? ¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± ¡°If you don''t have any more questions, I''m going to tell you about our Pentagon, is that okay? ¡± Then the students who were sitting in the seat all began to look at me with excited eyes. ¡°Ouch!!! I''ve been waiting for this moment!! ¡± Until now, all the stories about Raon''s model of roughness, ''Complete Raon,¡¯ have been the talk of the day to day in online communities. His relatives are in the Pentagon, and I heard that the new console does not include a controller. ''I was blamed for how that made sense, and someone posted on a bulletin board that they heard that computer HDDs were going to go in, and I was silenced when they said that the size would be a joke. ¡°Last year, CES demonstrated a second episode of Dragon Emblem coming to Complex Raon and performance footage of a street I don''t have. The local reaction was hot, and it was breathtaking for our Pentagon as well. I wanted to get back to you as soon as possible, but it took me a little while to build a device that never lags behind the new Sensoni and NEGA announcements. Before we announce Complied Raon, there''s a developer I''d like to introduce you to. ¡± I turned my head for a moment and looked at a man waiting by the stage. A man who looked strange with black horn-rimmed glasses nodded slightly when he met me and sent me his autograph. ¡°Introducing Houjima Hideki, Director of Full Metal Gear. ¡± Houjima showed up on the stage with a slightly shy look on his face and approached me and finished a simple greeting to the students. Then the students slightly tilted their heads, rethinking his name. ¡°Houjima Hideki...? Who is it?¡± ¡°I know. He invented a stealth action game called Full Metal Gear. I used to have fun with MSX and his family. ¡± ¡°Oh, what is that? 2D game from top to bottom. I''ve done that before. I think it was up to two... but it was a different kind of fun. ¡± ¡°Yes, yes. ¡± Although it was definitely recognized for its unique gameability, it was a time when full metal gears were launched when RPG games such as Dragon Warrior or Final Frontier were incredibly popular, and very few of them had ever played full metal gears except for some enthusiasts. Fox Soft''s misjudgement has also led to the release of his full-metal gear for non-alcoholic consoles, which has taken some time. And he was here because of the game that was going to be launched as a simultaneous launch of Complete Raon. Houjima stood in front of the people and opened his mouth with a slightly trembling voice whether this place was also a burden. ¡°It is my honor to introduce you to the ¡®Full Metal Gear Solid'' that I have created for you to work with us in the gaming industry going forward. Ah... Joon-Hyuk really helped me to get here with Kang Joon-Hyuk from Pentagon Soft. Now, if any of you have ever tried one of these full-metal gears that I''ve made, would you raise your hand just once? ¡± At Hougima''s request, about half of the students gathered in the auditorium raised their hands. Seeing that he specialized in gaming, there were quite a few students who enjoyed his game. ¡°Thank you. Thank you very much. There''s more of you than I thought. I guess the department is overeducated, but it looks like there are a lot of people who have played, and in fact, according to the general statistics, the game that I created was not that exciting. Two After production, they were disappointed at headquarters, and they no longer accepted the proposal for their next film. ¡± ¡°Ah, I had fun...¡± ¡°That''s what happened...¡± A sad voice leaks from the story of Houjima. ¡°At that time, Joon-Hyuk, who was here, called our headquarters directly to ask for the next installment of ''Full Metal Gear¡¯. You know, in Fox Soft, we have a lot of popular works, including real-life football, baseball, the Devil''s Needle. Among them, Joon-Hyuk wanted the next piece of" Full Metal Gear. "¡± I smiled as I looked at Houjima, relaxed and telling her stories to the students. I was surprised when Kawaguchi''s grandson told me he wanted to launch a sequel to "Full Metal Gear." On the day of the launch of Complex Raon, it is no surprise that you want to connect with Fox Soft''s more famous work. But I was confident. Because... the world view of "Full Metal Gear" that he thought was a real start. ¡°In return for your hard work¡­ I want to show you a completely different style of gaming. ¡± ¡°Waaaah!! ¡± As the students applauded, the lights of the Great Hall slowly began to dim. And at the same time, I heard the voice of a man in my ear who was so familiar. ¡°This is Snake. Do you copy, Commander? ¡± The bass man''s voice began to grab the atmosphere of the left in just a few words. ¡°Ah! I can hear you. Snake. Looks like the nanomachine is fully loaded in the blood. ¡± ¡°From now on, we will enter the mission as a solo tidal wave towards the enemy base. ¡± ¡°You already know that, Snake. This is a solo infiltration mission never to be seen by the enemy. The state will deny your existence, even if you are captured by the enemy. Therefore, all equipment must also be procured locally. ¡± ¡°... The root of the firearm could be traced back to the station...¡± ¡°Yes, Dr. Halle Emerhi, aka Otachon, is currently in the lab. Your mission is to rescue Dr. Emery safely. Can you do that? ¡± ¡°Roger...¡± ¡°Then let the mission begin. ¡± As the individual species submarines that looked like underwater torpedoes were launched with the two conversations in the deep depths, elasticity leaked from the students'' mouths who were looking at the screen. ¡°W-what? That''s... like a movie, right? ¡± ¡°Yeah... and all that stuff in the footage... it''s all pool polygons, right? ¡± The students were staring at the screen with their mouths wide open on the stunning screen for the first time in their lives. Hideki Houjima. He was more interested in movies than the original game, but in the ''80s he made'' full metal gears¡¯ and always had cinematic appearances and stories in mind. Unlike normal action games, there was a deep scenario in which the final boss was his boss, but there were few people who looked at the story of the action game at the time with difficulty, so the ''Full Metal Gear¡¯ I didn''t notice much. But the emergence of polygons makes a new point of view possible now. Houjima''s ¡®Full Metal Gear Solid¡¯ was one of the most prominent games to watch. Originally launched in 1998 for the Gear Station, the game was a case of Hojima''s persistent request to enter production and explode. So when I asked him to make his work the next time, Hojima already had about 80% of the "Full Metal Gear Solids" in his head. All I did was fund him to launch the game he was going to create into Complete Raon... And now this moment. The five-minute Tidal Wave that he created began to overwhelm the students in the auditorium. 175 < EP. 41: D-125 (6) > The demo footage prepared by Mr. Hojima shows that the protagonist Snake, who broke into the lab basement, headed for the elevator to avoid enemy surveillance. I showed them all the stylish acts from the movie 007, either by knocking on the wall while hiding in a corner or by using a first-person tranquilizer gun while hiding in a vent. Moreover, in the case of anesthetic guns, the precision of the effect is slow-acting depending on the area of the head or legs, indicating that it is different from the game so far. ¡°Wow, that''s amazing.¡± ¡°Is that really the full metal gear I knew...? ¡± The main character in the game ''Solid Snake¡¯ was one of the charismatic characters that was always in the top 10 in popular game characters until the 90s and early 2000s. His presence, tied tightly to a Bandana (hairband) and infiltrated the camp alone, was someplace lonely, lonely, but full of the charm of the solid-snake bay. However, Houjima''s innate sense of humor stood in front of an enemy on guard, either distracting his gaze or disguising himself as a pack of paper boxes. Although opening the enemy''s cabinet could replenish potions, "racing" or ammunition, devices such as hot actress bromide were enough to bring out the laughter of students gathered in the auditorium. The promotional video, which was held in harmony while enjoying a little tension and wit, reached its peak with the emergence of ''Cyborg Ninja¡¯, who simultaneously emitted an enormous presence while saving Dr. Otakon. Snake, who pushed the Ottacon with the slow motion technique used in the movie, shot his pistol at the distance from the ninja. Tsk!! Tinting!!! The ninja in the white armor bounces off all of the protagonist''s bullets with a single Katana in her hand. ¡°Huff, puff, puff...¡± ¡°Wow!!!! ¡± Ha... It''s really creepy to see that scene again. After halving the last flying bullet, Cyborg Ninja turns Katana around between her arms and turns the tip of the sword to Snake in reverse. As the camera angles gradually drifted away, a white title appeared between them pointing a gun and a sword at each other. -Full Metal solid- Soon after the promotion video ended, thunderous applause started pouring out from the students. Thus, the first third-party title of Complex Raon completed a successful debut with great interest from students. ¡°I... I''m creeped out.¡± ¡°Really. Awesome. ¡± ¡°Does this mean that the Pentagon''s next generation of machines is also a 3D specialized console? ¡± ¡°Of course. Don''t you see that graphic? That cyborg ninja is awesome... Is that a playable character, too? ¡± Guns and Katanas... what better way to make a man''s gamer boil blood? Mr. Houjima looked at me with a satisfactory smile, whether he was impressed by their reactions. His planning skills, which originally loved movies, tended to be way ahead of the times. Traditional 2D sprite graphics were hard to capture in his head. Houjima has adapted the direction of the game to top view format to ensure optimal gaming with fewer polygons by appropriately combining the instrument performance of Complete Raon with his performance. In the event scene, he performed his own unique look using camera angles, which recently became incredibly popular inside the Pentagon. At the end of the title screen, in the bonus cookie footage, Snake exited the vent and hid himself in a nearby wooden box. As an enemy soldier on patrol passes by him, howling his nostrils, he hears a radio from the headquarters. ¡°Cheeky. Snake. Do you have any idea what that soldier just sang? ¡± ¡°No, I have no idea. Do I need to know?¡± ¡°Being alone in a hostile camp can be overwhelming. Sometimes singing a nostril helps ease tension. ¡± ¡°I don''t need it. You can burn a cigarette then. ¡± ¡°Oh, snap. I wouldn''t recommend smoking personal DNA on a stealth mission. Smoking in particular includes carcinogens such as naphthylamine, nickel and benzene¡­¡± ¡°Commander... Commander!! ¡± ¡°Hmm? What? ¡± ¡°Are you on the radio right now to talk about it? ¡± ¡°Oh, well, I have business to attend to, so why don''t you radio me? When I heard that soldier singing his nostrils, I remembered the old days. ¡± ¡°Old school? ¡± ¡°Oh, yeah. That song is 1995. This is the first song by Virtual Idol, from Pentagon Soft, Japan. Maybe the title was" Cheerleader for You "? ¡± ¡°I don''t care. ¡± ¡°Oh my... Snake. Your emotions are pretty dull. ¡± ¡°Virgil Idol. The Colonel''s personality seems a little unique to me. You used to love that song? ¡± ¡°Snake. If you make it back alive on this mission, I recommend you play. ¡± ¡°Phew... I''ll keep that in mind. ¡± ¡°I beg your pardon, Snake. Cheerful!!" After the radio talk between Solid Snake and Commander Zero, Houjima stepped off the stage in applause with a simple goodbye. And after a while. The students in the auditorium began to murmur with a puzzled look on their faces. ¡°What was that...? ¡± ¡°A cheerleader for you... Did you promote another game using a game called Full Metal Gear Solid? ¡± ¡°Something very fresh...? ¡± ¡°It''s ridiculous and ridiculous for serious characters to talk like that. ¡± I took a step towards the students and pulled out a mini album that was in the suit''s pocket. ¡°For those of you who are here, I think you know what this album is. ¡± As I held up the case of longitudinal paper containing the CD and presented it to the students, voices poured out with cheer. ¡°Ah! I really wanted to save it, but I couldn''t in the end...¡± ¡°I solved that for free, and now it''s worth 6,000 yen...¡± ¡°I wanted to buy it for 6,000, but I didn''t see anyone selling it...¡± ¡°There was a guy who had dozens of those in each of the local gaming shops to save them, I saw on the PC. They''re selling it in the Gulf of China...¡± ¡°Oh, I hate it when people like that...¡± ¡°Who says...¡± I smiled bitterly at their reactions. There is a "repeat blower" in every age. Sold for 10,000 yen for free. The students who looked at the CD in my hands with jealous eyes felt sad. I straightened my neck for a moment and put the microphone in my mouth. ¡°When this mini-album was first released in the game shop, it was D-125. And the D-DAY is 100 days from today. In the next 100 days, you will be raising one virtual idol to suit your tastes. ¡± ¡°Raise an idol? Is this a new breeding simulation game? ¡± ¡°Hey, the genre doesn''t matter right now. Did you not just hear that? It''s a ¡®one¡¯ virtual idol to your liking...¡± ¡°One? Hey... have you seen this scenario before? ¡± ¡°A second coming in the streets without me.¡± ¡°So you''re saying there''s another singer who sings a different song than the one who came out for you the first time? ¡°What, what? I like anything, so I need you to open up about the content of the game...¡± I barely swallowed the smiles on the faces of the struggling students, and I smoothed my throat for a moment and calmed the mood of the left. ¡°The ''Virtual Idol¡¯ project, prepared as the launch of the Complete Raon, was built on a new way of gaming than ever before. With this game, you will become a manager for one of the organisers, debut her and schedule concerts and events. More information about the game will be in the next month''s game magazine, and today we will unveil the first character, Katagiri Erica, who has been on the veil. ¡± ¡°Oh!!! Finally!!" The students in the auditorium were impressed by the fact that they could see the character illustration that had been hidden in the silhouette, and they looked at the screen with excited eyes. And after a while. 2D animations made for promotional use on white screens were played. After pulling out the vent, the girl surrounded by her shoulder then bounced the guitar string a few times, clearing her voice, and sat on a small bench underneath the cherry tree. ¡°Hello, I''m Erica Katagiri. ¡± You hear Kanna''s voice playing the character through the speakers, and a smile is drawn on your mouth without even knowing it. Erica pulls the microphone in front of her and touches the tip of her lip. Her close-up lips, full of screens, hear a tingling saliva. ¡°I''m going to play you a song today called ¡®Cheerleader,¡¯ which I wrote. For those of you who are tired from a hard day, I will try to comfort you for a while. ¡± Later, her pretty hand bounces off the guitar strap, and a brown, single girl flashes across the screen. No one spoke, no one listened to her voice, as she sings with her eyes closed. Some of the professors who attended the seminar together showed an uncomfortable look on their faces that the students'' reactions didn''t make any sense, but they didn''t say anything. You''ve had a hard day. A day like that when you don''t do anything at all. I know your sad heart... Like a scattered pink cherry blossom in a promotional video, her cozy voice had the power to comfort the mind by listening. So? At first, even the professors with hard expressions nodded and whispered to their neighbors as they approached the middle of the song. Perhaps he told me that the song was better than I thought, and the professor who was listening to the whisper nodded and agreed. With a brown single braid and a long braid, Erica was as good a character image as she imagined. When I smiled at the students outside the middle screen, some seemed to have already become her followers. ¡°Ah... I''ll definitely live as Erica once I launch Virtue Idol...¡± ¡°I... think Erica would be the best for anyone else to come out. ¡± Soon after her cheerleader ended, she got up from the bench and greeted the students with a whistle and applause. I don''t know if it''s for me or Erica, but... It was then that the sound of the whip resounded in the promotional footage that only knew it was over, and another charming voice resounded with Erica. ¡°Listen to my song!! ¡± At the same time, another protagonist, whose whole body was covered with silhouettes, appeared. 176 < EP. 41: D-125 (7) > ¡°Listen to my song!! ¡± At the same time, the protagonist Vol.2, a cheerleader for you, whose whole body is again hidden in the silhouette, reveals itself. Unlike Erica''s quiet song, band music that has been playing with Electric Guitar since its inception has been spectacular enough to make the concert scene. Concealed in silhouettes, the second protagonist who appeared to have the same sensual figure clearly had a completely opposite character castle to Erica''s. My heart, against gravity, against you. You know, Beating Heart in my heart. A delusional galaxy. But it won''t stop. I will approach you with a bold kiss that will transcend even time. This hunger for love, do you know it? I want to be with you a little more... Take it!! My heart that loves you... Although the lyrics were very disturbing, the second character of Virtue Idol, Canno Cheryl, was the owner of an ability that penetrated deep within his heart. If Erica''s song was focused on warm lyrics and warm voices, Cheryl''s song was dominated by her spearhead stretching as cool as an empty highway. ¡°Wow... I got goosebumps when I went up the treble...¡± ¡°As soon as Erica''s face was exposed, another Vale character appeared...¡± ¡°Oh, Erica''s great to see for the first time, but something about this character feels sexy. ¡± ¡°Sister..? Or the Queen? It doesn''t matter which way. This is my favorite!! ¡± The screen was long and lively with a smooth waistline that emphasized her character, and the students began to frenzy, forgetting the existence of Erica. ¡°Oooh!!! So sexy!! ¡± ¡°I... need you to pick up some silhouettes... I want to see your face. Why are you doing this to us since it was a gift from God...¡± ¡°It will be. The Pentagon has Morita. No doubt his girlfriend is beautiful!! ¡± I just didn''t expect Morita to be involved in this. As expected of gamers, Mauritania''s craftsmanship is an icon of trust... As I watched the video with the students, I smiled gladly at Cheryl''s sensual body that glowed with a bright orange glow. Shortly after the second video of Virchur Idol ended, I met some students who were excited about what I did, and I smiled slightly and asked them. ¡°That''s it. Beating Heart, the second character of Virtual Idol, Canno Cheryl. Did you like it?¡± ¡°Yes!! ¡± At the end of the sentence, I nodded my head and added to the students'' voices, answering in a terrifying voice. ¡°The ¡®Beating Heart¡¯ of Canno Cheryl you heard about today will be spreading throughout Japan around Tokyo starting next Monday. ¡± ¡°Huh? This time it''s Tokyo!? Nice!!" ¡°I remember Osaka the other day, but is there a law against Tokyo? ¡± Of course there is. Every song has a different neighborhood because it has to do with the birthplace of the singers who sang it. At this rate, perhaps the third song was first published in Hokkaido province. In the midst of a series of speculative conversations, I quietly followed the seminar with the microphone. ¡°Before the announcement of Complete Raon, I released two new pieces. I don''t know if you liked it. ¡± On my behalf, the students applauded my question with the same applause. ¡°Now, for the last time, I''m going to release the information from the Heavyweight Console Complex Raon, created by the Pentagon. ¡± ¡°Oooh!!!! ¡± It was then, just before the end of the first seminar among the cheering students, as if they had waited. The teacher who announced the break time crossed his arms toward me and announced that the end of the seminar was near. Did you spend too much time talking about Sensoni in front of these two parts...? I turned my head slightly to look at the electronic clock on the wall and swallowed a dry drink for about 10 minutes left in the seminar. Phew... This is gonna get busy. ¡¯ & -Next generation console complete raon. Shock announcement in unexpected places. - Last week, at a gaming industry seminar at a university in Tokyo, the Pentagon announced information about the next generation of complete raons in an unexpected location. Kang Jun-hyuk, who was a speaker, wanted to be the first to show the next generation of talent to lead the gaming industry in the future. I told my fans who were waiting for Laon''s information that I would be kind enough to understand. It is also the first character of Virtual Idol who has gathered his hopes as the new Fox Soft''s ''Full Metal Gear Solid¡¯ and the ¡®Cheerleader¡¯ for you. It reveals the image of Erica the Katagiri. The second character, Canno Cheryl, has raised the bar for Virtue Idol. I heard a student attending the seminar that day, and in a 3-hour lecture, I honestly felt that it was an enjoyable seminar that could not be bored with the opening of the game industry or a new game. ¡°Whew! It''s hot. It''s hot this year, isn''t it? ¡± I covered up the magazine I was looking at. I opened my mouth looking at Jun Fei, who was doing elongated debt earlier. ¡°Aren''t you... a different character from the last time you drank with me? ¡± ¡°Hahaha... Really? I thought I was being consistent, but is it too much for you to compare? ¡± ¡°Then I drank like the Earth was doomed, and I got drunk, and I cried and blew...¡± ¡°Hey, hey, stop it. Shame." ¡°Embarrassing? Well said. Do you have any idea how ashamed you were that day? You put no money on the vending machine, and there''s no water, and you''re kicking me with your feet...¡± ¡°S-stop...¡± ¡°You''re the Terminator''s T-1000, and you stick your hand in the side of a passing couple, and you force it...¡± ¡°Please... stop...¡± ¡°Plus... at the end of the century, Moses'' miracle was unleashed on the subway station.¡± ¡°Enough!! Please, I''m sorry. Dude...¡± ¡°What''s up, man? Let''s see, Misato''s contact information...¡± ¡°Got it. Got it. I''ll do everything you ask. Let''s stop. ¡± In case anyone saw, Jun Fei, who pressed his hat tightly, quickly dried me trying to pick up my phone. As she took her hand off her phone with a bleeding smile, Jun Fei took a long sigh and leaned against the chair. ¡°Well, if you''re going overseas, would you like me to call and tell you I''m coming? ¡± ¡°I haven''t heard from you in days, you''re making such a fuss. You''re lucky they didn''t drag you to the precinct that day. ¡± The day after he drank himself to death in Izakaya. Jun Fei, who had suffered at the bottom of hell in one phone call from Misato who had been sent abroad, suddenly went to heaven. Jun Fei, who faced heaven and hell with one phone call, returned to normal after that day. I looked at the guy who was swallowing coffee with a straw and asked if he was jealous. ¡°By the way, are you sure you don''t want to take the figures I promised you? ¡± ¡°Yeah, I''m fine. ¡± ¡°What are you doing up in the middle of the night when you''re a game figure? ¡± ¡°Well, even if you''re a male figure, you can''t be a female figure...¡± ¡°Huh? Did Misato come to your house? ¡± ¡°Yeah. Came in once last month. ¡± ¡°Oops! Looks like it''s going well! Did you two eat noodles together? ¡± ¡°Ramen...? Why are you eating ramen at my house? ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. No, it''s just something. ¡± What am I talking to this guy? Anyway, it''s a good thing it''s a good thing. I swallowed a cup of coffee in a mug and opened the magazine again. Looking at some columns. A pretty interesting interview article caught my eye It was an interview by Kamuchi, President of Mintendo, about the current game market. At the time of his entry into the next generation of defensive consoles, including Sensoni, NEGA and the Pentagon, Kamauchi was firmly confident in Project 64. ¡°Our users will only want our mintenso back as soon as possible. Before that, we didn''t care who owned the market. Project 64 -- or Mintendo 64 as it''s now officially called. Our current signage director, Super Maridge 64 in Shigeru Kumamoto, is going to show you the Maridge Series -- or the 3D World, where all the games are very different from all the other ones. ¡± ¡°Again, the next generation of consoles is with the new Super Maridge. ¡± ¡°Absolutely. Super Maridge is the iconic character of our Mintendo. In addition, the newly created Rom Cartridge has increased memory width by about 10 times, and we will promise users a comfortable gameplay without loading as long as they use the cartridge. ¡± Kamachi''s head knife, which was in the photo with the interview article, was carved white. ¡®Ha... It''s been a long time. You have white hair... " However, from what he said in the interview, he still seemed stubborn and stubborn. Do I have to say, it looks stubborn because of the deep wrinkles? After you split with Sensoni. Mintendo 64, who completely destroyed the existing project and developed a new console, was fully the concentration of desire pursued by President Kamauchi. Particularly, the cost of licensing the newly loaded high-capacity cartridge was significantly reduced when contracting with the intended minten. You say you''ve increased the capacity 10 times over, but it''s still a lot less than a CD, so it shouldn''t be that hard to put in the most popular voice system recently. ¡°Oh... Kamauchi is old, but very refined. I thought my ears were burning the whole time I was interviewing you. ¡± ¡°Well, that stubbornness. Where will you go?¡± ¡°Of course. ¡± But that didn''t last long. Console is way ahead of its time, and it shouldn''t be way behind. If the console of the NEGA fails because it''s too premature... Mintendo-64 is so obsolete, it''s ruined... Next D-80 days. Can the Pentagon''s complete raon really ride through time? Like it or not, that day was coming. 177 < EP. 42: Gala Show (1) > Early summer 1995. Cheryl''s second character, Virtual Idol, ¡®Beating Heart¡¯ was hugely popular with Erica''s supporters. Although they were not on the Oregon chart because they were not an official album, their songs performed enormous rippling power compared to music in the top 10 volumes. J-record, a well-known Japanese record label, has been making requests to the Pentagon for official album distribution. The explanation was good enough not to mention it. Of course, I didn''t intend to create an album, but I think I need to be a little more careful when regular albums are released. Several composers have helped us enter Virtual Idol, including HaranQ''s terrada and renowned composer Kanno Yorko. At the very moment, there were a lot of songs accumulating in Idol''s database. Me and Mr. Ueno. He also matched the appropriate songs through individual interviews with those who had passed the audition, and they were currently trying to publish their songs in the practice room prepared by the Pentagon. And I''m also their successful debut.) I was having a busy day in the East and West for the stage. Complex Raon, a new Pentagon model with powerful performance under the name ''full enjoyment¡¯, was poured out to users at the same time as a formal announcement at the last seminar. The heavy black color, contrasted with the portable Laon, was brushed and showed a luxurious appearance. Users were only clicking on the needle all day long, looking at the complete raon on the Pentagon shop''s interior glass tube. ¡°Oh, I really want it. ¡± ¡°Still three months till launch, I feel like my blood is drying up...¡± ¡°Who says it''s not? I have a gear station at home, and the ''Full Metal Gear Solid'' won''t leave my head...¡± Two men who appeared to be high school students have not left Complex Raon''s presence for 30 minutes. "He''s going to be embarrassed..." As I stopped by the Pentagon store to cool off, I laughed at Miyazaki for a cup of tea. Is there anything as breathtaking as the appearance of a new console for gamers? I was also a moment when I understood their minds as a gamer before I was a developer. ¡°Apart from them, we have visitors almost every day. You asked the staff if they would sell you a copy of the exhibition. ¡± ¡°Exhibitor replicas...? ¡± What the hell are you gonna do with that? It''s just plastic shells anyway. I shook my head, holding my tongue to the unfathomable expectations of the users. Next to both sides of the exhibiting Complete Raon, Fox Soft''s "Full Metal Gear Solids" and "Virtual Idol" videos were playing repeatedly at the last seminar. The two students watched the promotional video and talked about it, and then hid themselves from the store. & After releasing information at the seminar. It was good to raise expectations for new consoles, but the more they did, the more they couldn''t ignore the other companies. Previous generations, we dug a niche market called a portable gaming machine and hit it hard, but this was a frontal battle. Moreover, Sensoni and NEGA have been pouring enormous amounts of marketing into engaging new users to capture the market now without mintendo. Specifically, the NEGA reduced Saturn''s price from $399 in North America to $299 in gear stations. The dual CPU also saw a big deficit of $399, and the NEGA threw a divine move to catch Sensoni. Even in Suzuki''s case, he was able to adapt to Saturn''s perverted development tools, and the real Fighter 2 was launched in a quality that was not too great compared to the arcade edition. In response, Iron Fist 2, now called the Dual Mountains of the 3D Fighting Games, is also relentless. Of course, the Iron Fist 2, which was implanted into a gear station, was praised for its'' transcendental ''by adding a variety of modes that could be enjoyed only with home consoles, although it was somewhat more rigid than RealFighter''s colorful graphics. Level-level ending videos prepared for each character brought a different level of story immersion to the arcade plate. (It would have been a bizarre scenario for a father to climb off a cliff and throw his son into a burning volcano¡­ but it wouldn''t have been easy to get that many characters'' endCGs in one CD¡­) Then the real Fighter 2 with one Swing VS mode on the same vain end as the arcade was once again comparable to the Iron Fist, even though it was a great graft. Unlike Minten, Sensoni was not aware of his new console business. With huge capital, we have been relentlessly trying to catch the current market with no mint in any way. Sensoni''s marketing, which gives a thrilling counter every time an enemy comes in and out of the guard carefully, was frustrating even for our peers. From the point of view of the National Assembly, how desperate could this situation be? However, even such a sensony seemed to be quite resistant to the complete raon being released from the Pentagon. ¡°Yes, it is. As I understand it, Sensoni has requested the implantation of the Full Metal Gear Solid through the top of our Fox Soft. ¡± Sensoni approached Fox Soft in order to multiply the 3D undercover action games that are currently gaining the most attention. In Foxsoft, Sensoni''s proposal must have been very sweet, as he had already placed a million generations ahead of him through North America and Japan. But it was also overlooked by Sensoni, and Hojima''s "full metal gear" was one of the results of a massive amount of Pentagon capital. In other words, more than half of full metal gear solids are owned by our Pentagon. Two months after that, in mid-July. A month ahead of the launch of Complete Raon, the Pentagon held a small concert for its users. It was a Gala concert of ''Gift of God¡¯, which had been annihilated in the previous Kobe earthquake. & The tickets to the concert were drawn through magazines, as expected, sparking the user''s enormous interest. Some people bought five magazines to apply for a concert that had one ticket. Due to last month''s magazine sale, Jun Fei was working late without a date with Misato for several days. ¡°How many goddamn applications are there...¡± ¡°I asked the other magazines, but they''re not that far. As expected, Pammy Communications seems to be popular with gamers.¡± ¡°Wouldn''t it be more likely to go to another magazine than the competition? ¡± ¡°But you gave Pammy 150 tickets. ¡± ¡°How many times have I told you that selling a lot of magazines doesn''t bring in more of my salary? ¡± ¡°I don''t know, but I''ve got to go. I''m busy getting ready for the show. You''re coming to the concert with Misato, right? ¡± ¡°It''s a long way, but I have to cover the story. Well done, anyway.¡± ¡°Okay, got it. See you then." After finishing the call with Jun Fei, I turned my head to the stage. ¡°Hey!! It doesn''t balance with the center of the left-hand stage. Pull it up a little more!! ¡± ¡°Yes, I understand. ¡± In July, when the air was humid and hot... For the workers working without air conditioning, I and the Pentagon staff worked hard. ¡°Here''s your lunch box!! Come down and eat!! ¡± Back in the fall, Kaori''s voice, which shocked the company with Hayashi''s wedding announcement, echoed in the auditorium, and the people who were working nodded their heads off the stage. Three days until the concert. The workers who received the lunchbox, sweating with the towel wrapped around their necks, sat down in the hall and swallowed cold water. ¡°Puha! I feel like I can live now. Bring me some more bottled water!! ¡± A worker who took about a liter of water in a heartbeat shakes an empty petting bottle, and Kaori smiles and brings him another jar of cold water. ¡°Here you go. If you drink cold water quickly when it''s this hot, you can act like it, so drink slowly. ¡± ¡°Ouch. You''re killing me. Welcome?¡± ¡°Oh, boy. Wouldn''t you know it if you listened? He''s from Tokyo. ¡± ¡°Haha. That''s right. I''m from Tokyo.¡± The cute little Kaori was popular with the workers because of her unique attachment personality. Kaori, who gave him the bottle of pett, ran to me after talking with him a few more words. ¡°Well done. ¡± ¡°Thank you, Director. ¡± Kaori, who had received his lunch box, sat down next to me and opened the lid of the lunch box. ¡°Isn''t it hot? You''ve come a long way. ¡± ¡°It''s okay. I didn''t do anything. Recovery is much faster than that. I think I remember yesterday being a complete ruin...¡± It''s not hard to say what Kaori said. I never thought I''d be able to recover in four months. This was the auditorium where residents used to base camp when the Kobe earthquake occurred in February. The Japanese government, which used the Kobe earthquake as an opportunity to regain the game, put all of Japan''s construction into the recovery work. The earthquake debris was eliminated at an incredible rate, and a temporary residence of damaged residents is now located around the school. The building itself was a rent-level apartment type environment, but it seemed that Japanese people who were using a narrow house did not feel much discomfort. ¡°I wish Hayashi had come with me...¡± ¡°Well, it''s him, because he deserves the development room more than here. If the wedding isn''t coming up soon, we''re still developing a game. ¡± Kaori''s words reminded me of what Yuki said before the marriage, and his rice balls got stuck in his throat. I was so busy with Dragon Emblem 2 before I married Yuki... ¡°Oh, what''s the matter? Director?¡± I swallowed the water while smiling like a cat and avoiding Kaori''s eyes looking at me. That''s when the Pentagon staff in the auditorium found Kaori. ¡°Hey, Kaori. I''m sorry about dinner. Can you come here for a second? ¡± ¡°Yes!! So, Director, I need you to take care of my lunch. I''ll be right back.¡± ¡°Uh... yeah. ¡± As I looked behind Kaori running towards the employee, I turned my head to the setting. On a stage where a giant projector screen is tightened... Three days from now. Their first stage was approaching with the Gala concert of God''s gift. 178 < EP. 42: Gala Show (2) > In fact, when the name of the disaster area was mentioned in Gala''s first draft, There was also a voice of concern within the company. Could it have caused a misunderstanding among the earthquake victims? Galasho itself was recognizing it as a celebratory performance after the event, so I was worried that it would hurt the good image of the Pentagon that I had created. But this Gala concert in me meant something a little different. I wanted to comfort people tired from earthquake damage rather than just promoting the game software we created, and to give gamers from all over the country a chance to tell them the seriousness of the disaster area. For this reason, we will be raising voluntarily for those participating in the concert. Fortunately, whether they recognized my heart like this or just because of a simple psychological expectation, Galashow tickets from God were showing tremendous reactions. Though God''s gifts were dramatically fragmented by the end, it was clear that the rhythm game was a unique game where the complete framework of the game could be enjoyed with the story. OST sold separately also showed the highest volume of sales in the gaming market of all time, and given the recent delay in calls with Jun Fei, the gala concert did not seem to have much engagement for Light users than for Core users. After a while, I put down the lunch box I had eaten and gave it back to Kaori after working with the staff and swallowed cold water. ¡°The stage will be finished by tonight. ¡± ¡°Seating should be set up tomorrow and we should check the exterior of the building...¡± ¡°I just did that. ¡± ¡°Really? That''s good. Thanks to you, we have one less job to do. ¡± ¡°Oh, and he''s coming here tomorrow after work. ¡± ¡°If you''re a team leader... Hayashi? We''re getting married, and you still call me Chief? ¡± ¡°I''ve been calling you that, but the title''s been a little tricky...¡± Well, that was Yuki and me, too. The other person understood Kaori''s heart for ten minutes, but I nodded and swallowed the water in the bottle. ¡°But, Director, You used to force Yuki to propose. How did you feel then? ¡± ¡°Huff!! Keluk... Kuluk!! ¡± I coughed as I swallowed water in Kaori''s crazy question. ¡°Who told you that? ¡± ¡°Kick, kick. What are you so embarrassed about? I''m sure every Pentagon employee knows that, but you''re very famous!¡± ¡°Hnng... Can''t you just pretend like you don''t know? ¡± ¡°You don''t want to tell me? ¡± ¡°No, well... that''s not exactly what you''re bragging about, is it? ¡± ¡°Why? You''re quite popular with our staff. It was very homely and the proposal of the day was very cool...¡± Hmm... Maybe it''s just a memory correction...? I was, to be honest, ugly that day. But the way men see it and the way women see it, maybe the way women see it... Kaori gives a grim look as she wriggles her food in the lunchbox. ¡°What''s wrong with you suddenly? What happened with Hayashi? ¡± ¡°No. Not really, but...¡± I turned around and put down the bottle of pet I was holding and asked her. ¡°If you have something to say, say it. I''m not your boss, I''m your senior in marriage. ¡± ¡°Well... actually...¡± I smiled at Kaori and told her, noticing the situation roughly. ¡°Why? Are you upset that Hayashi didn''t propose? ¡± ¡°Huff!! How do you do that?" ¡°It''s written all over your face somehow. ¡± Kaori lets out a short sigh and nods, touching his face for a moment. ¡°Yes. That''s right...¡± Kaori answered, and I nodded, shouting, ¡¯As well.'' ¡°It''s not that you don''t know the nature of Hayashi, and it''s hard to get a proposal in the middle of it. ¡± ¡°You''d better give up, too, right? But I''m disappointed that you''re marrying Yuki because I like her so much. If you''ve said that much, you should have noticed. Not so fast...¡± At that moment, I hurled a bloody smile at Kaori''s words. ¡°Stubborn? That Hayashi I know, and not Mauritana? ¡± Hayashi was the Pentagon... and he realized I was the Dragon Emblem''s developer before any of the Mintendo employees at the time. Moreover, he was as thorough as he was about his ability to coordinate developments and manage schedules as he was, within the Pentagon, a highly top-class programmer and owner of a highly computational nature. He couldn''t not have understood Kaori''s words much younger than he was. It''s just that I don''t want to suffer the humiliation I suffered before the wedding. I stared at Kaori and slightly rolled up one side of my mouth. ¡°Hayashi really doesn''t understand what you''re saying, so he doesn''t propose? ¡± ¡°Yes? What do you mean? You don''t think...? ¡± I gave Kaori a slight nod, noticing the meaning of what I said. At that moment, the chopsticks in her little hand broke with the sound of a pop. ¡°If that''s true, I won''t forgive you. I''m going to get the proposal somehow...¡± (?), I quietly agreed with her commitment. ¡°Kaori, I have an idea. Would you like to hear it? ¡± ¡°Yes? What is it!? ¡± ¡°Well... heh.¡± Farewell, Hayashi. & Three days from that. At the Gala Concert of Gifts from God, Hayashi looked up at the upcoming concert stage and told me. ¡°Director, why are you keeping me here? ¡± ¡°What do you mean, you''re holding him? Here''s Kaori, and Virtual Idol went to Golden last week. Sometimes it''s best to watch a concert like this for your own good. ¡± ¡°... for some reason you''re thinking very highly of me today. ¡± ... he''s so fast that he''ll notice... At that time, Kaori, who was across the stage, looked at me and circled her hands over her head. Fortunately, I was facing Hayashi, so I couldn''t see her looking at me with a suspicious glance. I fled Hayashi''s eyes, lifting my thumb at Kaori, and slightly winked. Oh, I have to go to the show, I have to prepare for the upcoming launch, and I have to take care of the staff proposal. I''m really busy. I''m really busy. 179 < EP. 42: Gala Show (3) > The Gala concert of God''s Gifts was scheduled for 8 p.m., but is now 3 hours before the concert begins. There were a lot of people around the theater. Are all these people here to see our show? Actually, no. The result of the Hanabi (Flame) Festival and Gala Concert in the village were due to overlapping events. Anyway, there were women and children in Yucata all over the street. Lots of Yatai (street vendors) were installed in the middle of the town, and the children liked sugar apples or the aroma of Osaka''s famous takoyaki. I suddenly wanted to see Seohyun when I saw 5-6 year-olds sitting on a goldfish fishery that would make him fall in line after failing three times. ¡®Is that why all fathers in the world who have daughters naturally become fools...? ¡¯ I slowly walked into the town''s public parking lot, swallowing a bloodsucking smile. While wearing a power ranger mask, the kids nearly tripped over the crowded narrow passageway, but they weren''t particularly angry. I used to be that age. ¡°Rather, I''m worried they''ll fall and get hurt. Does that look right to you? ¡± Kudang!! ¡°Waaaahhhh!!! ¡± The guy who was running in front of the horse scared of falling fell down on the pavement block that was still under maintenance. Oh my, I knew it... At that time, the child who was chasing me lifted the fallen child lightly and lifted him up and took off his broken mask. Then a familiar child''s face filled with tears came into my eyes. Huh? Those guys...? ¡°So I told you not to run when you go. ¡± ¡°Still, my power ranger mask is broken because my brother just chased me! Hehe...¡± ¡°Don''t cry. I''ll give it to you. ¡± ¡°You''re Red. I hate red." ¡°Then I''ll go to the street vendor and change him to blue. It''s only been a while, so he''ll probably replace it with something else. ¡± ¡°Really?" ¡°Let''s go. ¡± After taking off his dusty brother''s pants, he picked up his mask and held his brother''s hand with one hand. I watched their brothers for a moment and followed behind them after checking the time with my wristwatch. ¡®Yuki still has time to arrive. Can I say hello? ¡¯ The brother who was walking along the street that was lit in colorful colors stopped in front of the store. A well-sized middle-aged man tilts his head toward the children carrying masks. ¡°Mister, could you switch this mask to blue, please? ¡± ¡°Hmm? What''s the matter, you don''t like the color? ¡± ¡°My brother fell and my mask broke, so I wanted to change what I bought to blue...¡± ¡°Tsk, tsk, tsk... Did you get hurt? ¡± ¡°Yes. I''m fine...¡± The shop man looked at his brother who was sniffed out with red-eyed eyes, and he took out a new mask that was hanging from the ceiling. ¡°Kid. Is a power ranger good for crying? You have to be strong to protect Earth!! Now, don''t cry, I''ll give you a new one. ¡± ¡°Huh? Really? ¡± ¡°You shouldn''t run around wearing masks. Okay?" ¡°Yes!! ¡± Thanks to the friendly masked man, the brother accepted the new mask and replied graciously. As I watched them for a moment, I slowly walked back to the store. Then he opened his mouth pointing to a cute fox mask that was only half the size compared to the other masks. ¡°If I go, will you give me one? With that little fox mask over there...¡± Then the brother who received the new mask and was excited looked up at me and cried out at the same time. ¡°Huh!? Mister!!" ¡°Hello! How have you been? ¡± ¡°Wow! What are you doing here? ¡± ¡°I have some business here today...¡± Then my brother clapped his hands and shouted. ¡°Ah!! I hear there''s a" collar "concert at my school tonight. ¡± ¡°It''s not a collar, it''s a Gala concert...¡± Well, I''m not familiar with the names of elementary school students. After a while. The way back to the parking lot when you go to the shop owner to pay for it. The two brothers have been following me around and saying things like that, depending on whether I''ve been happy to see you for a long time. At that time, the child who was exhausted from the earthquake debris, I also felt relieved to see him fully restored health. ¡°You don''t fight with Raon anymore, do you? ¡± ¡°Yes, of course. Thanks to you, I now have a brother and me. ¡± ¡°Yes, thank God. ¡± Right after they were rescued. As soon as he woke up from the hospital, the child was transferred to the hospital, and it was written on the front page of the newspaper that Raon wanted to do it. That''s why they call him "Raon" at school? Anyway, thanks to that, we were able to achieve almost enormous marketing results for free, so we promised to provide all the devices and games that are coming out of the Pentagon for free. ¡®If there is one problem, it is that there are very few games that we have released to date that elementary school students can play...¡¯ But I guess I''ll just have to grow up and play later... At that time, he was walking around, holding his brother''s hand, and staring at a shop. He naturally turned his eyes and saw that there was a sugar apple coated with candy, half a slice of apple, placed neatly on a stick. If you eat it, it''s so sweet you can''t eat it all, but it''s still like liquorice. ¡°Bro, I want to eat that...¡± ¡°Huh? No. We spent all our allowance on that last trip. That''s why I told you to think carefully when you go. ¡± ¡°But I still want to eat...¡± I stared at the two brothers fat and opened my mouth. ¡°Do you want me to buy it? ¡± ¡°Wow!! Really?" ¡°Hey, you really...¡± Unlike the younger brother who answers straight away, the older brother hurriedly stopped him. He wants to eat, but he''s acting like an adult. ¡°No, it''s okay. You buy it to listen to your brother. ¡± I don''t think I understood what I was saying, but he nodded. I gave two sugar apples for 100 yen each to the children who bought them. As he received the candy apple, he chewed and smiled deeply. ¡°Is it good?¡± Even though I didn''t have to answer, I could not help but see my brother telling me everything with his face. ¡°Then I should probably get going. I have someone I want to meet...¡± ¡°I''ll go to a collar concert with my mom later. ¡± ¡°You''re coming to the concert? ¡± ¡°Yes, my mom''s taking me there. ¡± ¡°Really? Hmm...¡± I looked at the children''s power ranger masks for a moment and knelt on my knees and set my eyes high with them. ¡°Hey... if you and your mom come to the concert later, can you do me a favor? ¡± ¡°Yes, I will. But what''s the favor? ¡± ¡°Well, only a power ranger can do that...¡± & ¡°Joon-Hyuk!! ¡± After a while, Yuki and his older sister Yuko came in the car and waved their hands at me. ¡°Hello, Yuko. It''s been a long time." It''s been a long time since I saw Yuko dressed in a very sophisticated semi-formal. Yuko, who looks like Yuki but has a different charm, greeted me with a little head salutation. ¡°Hello." ¡°You''ve had a hard time driving. ¡± ¡°No. I just drove here myself...¡± Yuki, who was next to me, whispered in my ear. ¡®Liar. I''m a big fan of my sister''s gift to God. All S rank players. ¡¯ ¡°Yuki, what did you just say? ¡± ¡°Huh? Nothing! Huh? Joon-Hyuk, what''s with the mask? ¡± She turns her eyes away from Yuko''s vertebrae and looks at the Fox Mask in my hand. ¡°Huh? Oh, here''s your present. ¡± ¡°Oh! Cute!¡± Yuki placed the mask in my hand directly over my head. A fox mask that was a little smaller than the other masks was an accessory mask that gives points slightly across the side of the head, not on the face like the power ranger masks of the children we met earlier. ¡°How does it look? Does it look good? ¡± ¡°Yes. Cute!¡± ¡°Tsh, I came all the way here to see... everything. ¡± ¡°Marry me if you''re jealous!¡± ¡°Hmph. Never mind. ¡± Why is it my illusion that the level of conversation between the two of you is similar to the brother I met earlier? I slowly shook my head and looked at the watch. ¡°I should probably get going. The show is about to start¡­¡± ¡°Oh, let''s go, then. We...¡± Slowly beyond the red-hot sunset, under the pitch-dark sky, we hurriedly walked to the concert hall. & Shortly after Yuko and Yuki entered the concert, Gala concert of God''s gift lifted the veil. Compared to concert venues that mainly cover classical or orchestral performances, the stage facilities were crude, but the God-given Gala concert itself was a place to celebrate the completion and clearance of the game and listen to the music in the game as an actual instrument. As the thick curtain lifted, Ueno, the Sound Director of the Pentagon, along with the giant piano in the center of the stage, began to play Chopin''s waltz directly in a suit. ¡°Wahhhh¡­¡± The warm piano''s reverberation at the Grand Piano contained a luscious sound that could not be captured on Raon''s tiny speakers. Is it because the first song is Chopin''s waltz? The Gala concert of God''s gift gave me an incredibly solemn and luxurious feeling that it was an event for gaming content. I''m staring at Ueno onstage, dead of breath. Sitting at the front of the stage next to me, Yuki and Yuko held their hands together and looked at him with dazzling eyes. That was enough to catch everyone''s attention when Ueno was getting his spotlight on the stage. When Waltz''s melody, which seemed like it wasn''t going to end forever, began to fade... Suddenly, the elasticity of the mouths of those who fell into his music leaked out. Darla, darla, darn. After finishing the first song with a clean ring, Ueno slowly got up and held the microphone in his hand. ¡°Hello, everyone. I''m Ueno Cyto, the sound director at the Pentagon. Thank you so much for coming all the way to our Gala concert. First, a gift from God, our Pentagon signage director. It started with Yin Kang Jun-hyuk''s little idea. It''s simply a very monumental piece that has pioneered a new genre of ¡®rhythm games¡¯ in the framework of RPGs that beat, break and grow so far, or action dominant games. And I think it''s an honor to be able to put my music in such a great piece. ¡± Ueno lowers his head slightly, looking at me in the front row. In the applause poured out by the president, I also lowered my head slightly in return, and he smiled at his mouth and turned his eyes to the audience. ¡°Then the next piece I''m going to play is the second collaboration with Yukino Kaori. It''s the grief of Chrysler''s love. ¡± Yuko said to Yuki, as the crowd clapped. ¡°Oh, I love this part of the game...¡± After facing the piano again, Ueno closed his eyes for a moment and breathed. You move your finger very slowly, touching the piano keyboard. When the sound of a fluttering piano filled the concert hall and even the people sitting in the audience were enjoying his piano with their eyes closed... Yuki whispered in my ear. ¡®Joon-Hyuk... Didn''t Ueno say this song was a violin collaboration before? ¡¯ In Yuki''s question, I pointed my finger to the screen of the stage with my jaw. And then after a while. The lighting on the ceiling darkened and the blonde woman appeared on the screen. 180 < EP. 42: Gala Show (4) > Her appearance in a pure white dress made the viewer self-inflexible. Kaori, who was listening to Ueno''s piano, grabbed hold of the violin''s bow and quickly entered the correct timing at the beginning of the violin. The audience may not know it, but in fact, this was the result of Ueno''s efforts to sync with the characters on the screen. Ueno''s ¡®Love Sadness¡¯, which had been changed from a piano solo to a violin seminal song, began to raise the mood of the concert with Kaori''s violin. Is it because of the feeling of a classic performance? Yukinozo Kaori, who was the protagonist of the play, created an atmosphere of unknown maturity in the Gala concert version, and it brought a different feeling to the audience watching the performances than the game. ¡°Something very grown-up about it? ¡± ¡°I see... a little different from Kaori I used to know. Do you think it feels like I''m seeing her again after a while? ¡± The joy and sadness of love, the representative song of Chrysler, was certainly a song of love, but it contained a very contrasting song atmosphere. Among them, the ¡®sorrow¡¯ of love that is currently being played contained a somewhat heavy and emotional feeling, unlike the ¡®joy¡¯ of love that was announced together. If the joy of love is just the excitement of lovers who are growing love, what is the sadness of love... the feeling of love being left and left alone and missed? Though music may be interpreted differently depending on who accepts it, at least the grief of Chrysler''s love was so. That''s when Ueno and Kaori''s playing got closer and closer to the highlights. Her face in the screen is closed up and covered in white light. "To you, listening to my violin..." ¡°Huh? What is it? ¡± Suddenly, the people sitting in the audience with Kaori''s voice made a confused look. But Ueno''s accompaniment has not stopped yet, and the concert has continued. ¡®The day you and I first met. Do you remember? A very small child was holding her mother''s hand and staring at me...¡¯ ¡®It was you who gave me my first chance... to be on the stage...'' ''... at Tokyo''s small instrument stand, through the hands of countless instruments...'' ¡®When I looked up with you in the small moonlight room, the sky was so beautiful that the stars were shining... and I still remember the tip of your hand when I first encountered the audience in the spotlight of the stage. ¡¯ ¡®Leaning against your shining talent, I could once again shine. And now. This moment is the last time I can play with you...!!! ¡¯ Along with Kaori''s farewell beyond the screen, the days of her memories passed one by one. At the same time, Ueno''s grief of love began to beat the keyboard more aggressively, and then came to the end of the collaboration, and the two provoked notes ended simultaneously. ¡®Hello... thank you so much.¡¯ The last greeting ended with a scattered Kaori with a white light on the screen, and you heard a snickering sound around the auditorium. No, Yuki next to me was already pouring out tears, holding my hand tightly from the highlight of the performance, without even having to look for someone to sniff from a distance. ¡°Wow... I just came here because I thought it was a classic concert based on a song from God''s gift... It''s like another end after the end...¡± I felt more proud than ever of seeing someone coming from behind. As he said, this Gala concert was about goodbye from each of the heroes. The Gala concert, which was originally canceled due to the Kobe earthquake, was planned to be a mediocre concert based on the song that just appeared in the game as the user had said. However, because the concert was due to be extended indefinitely, I felt the need to slowly check feedback from the users and revise the last scene of God''s gift. Like right now... Beep, beep, beep, beep. At the end of the game, the beats that meant the protagonist''s death were heard regularly through the speakers of the concert, and the faces of those sitting in the audience became stiff. ¡°Ah... I see... The story wasn''t finished yet!! ¡± ¡°Wow!! Awesome...¡± The sharing of reality and the game worldview. As I planned this Gala concert, it fits perfectly with the ideal scent I had in mind. For those who still remembered the last scene of God''s gift, today''s performance was a memorable experience. Ueno also smiled satisfactorily as he watched the audience cheering and applauding. & The Gala concert with four heroes who appeared in God''s gift in turn made the audience a sea of tears for about an hour. In particular, the violin concert with Kaori, which brought the protagonist to life until the end, moved many people after the concert. After the performance of the God''s Gift Finale, which was the theme of the performance. A rest period of about 15 minutes took place. ¡°Oh... I think I cried too much the whole time. ¡± Yuki came out for a moment to get some air, stealing tears with a handkerchief and approaching me. ¡°Did you like the ending? ¡± ¡°Yes, very.¡± Yuki nodded with red eyes, looking at me and smiling calmly. Yuko, who was with her, asked me. ¡°But what about the people who didn''t see the show today? It feels like it''s connected to a story...¡± ¡°Well, at the end of the show today, I''m going to be producing a video or a VCD to sell. ¡± ¡°Oh, I''ll have to buy one when it''s released. ¡± ¡°I''d appreciate it. The proceeds from the live VCD will be donated to the disaster area, so you''d better sell as much as you can, right? ¡± Yuko smiled and replied, smiling at the praises of the people who were heard here and there. ¡°Hmmm, if you hear the rumours of the people watching the show today, I think everyone who has played God''s gifts will buy one. ¡± ¡°Well, I have a friend who can write a good article for an event like this, even if it doesn''t have to be through the gossip. ¡± At that moment, I heard his voice behind my back, terrified of falling. ¡°Hey! Good show. It''s worth it to come this far!! ¡± I turned my head to Jun Fei''s familiar voice after the earthquake beside him. It''s been a long time since I''ve seen you. Is it the short hair? Misato, who feels more relaxed than before, met me and greeted me with a friendly greeting. ¡°How are you? ¡± ¡°Ah, Misato. It''s been a long time. Did you enjoy the show? ¡± ¡°Yes, I had a great time. Jun Pyo lent me God''s gift and Raon that it was best to try it before coming to the concert. ¡± Game reviewer meets broadcaster... It was a rare combination, but I had nothing to do with Yuki, so I hope it goes well... At that time, a broadcast was heard through a speaker installed outside the building. Please take your seats, as the break is over and there will be a performance in Part Two. Again, After a while¡­ - ¡°Oh, I think we''re about to start our second act. Should we stop going in? ¡± ¡°Then Joon-Hyuk. I''ll see you after the show. ¡± ¡°Yes, it is. We hope you enjoy watching. ¡± & Beep! When the curtain opened with a ringtone to announce the beginning of the second act, I slowly raised my head, waiting at the center of the stage. Thanks to Ueno, I was able to comfortably attend the concert with Yuki in part 1, but in part 2 I had to take charge of the concert. I smiled at my mouth and greeted the users who were looking at the stage with excited eyes for a moment. ¡°Hello, Gala Concert for God''s Gifts. I''m Director Kang Jun-hyuk from Pentagon Soft, who is in charge of part two. ¡± ¡°Waaaahhhh!" I felt a trembling sensation in my whole body as the enormous shout coming from the audience. I was so desperate to see what their eyes were looking at me with the eyes of an angry beast that I almost leaked out. The Gala Concert of God''s Gifts was enough to catch the attention of God''s Gift itself, but in fact, those who wanted to get tickets to the concert in the second place never did¡­ After the announcement of your first cheerleader. The second song, Beating Heart, hits its peak. Already in Japan, idols have become a huge topic of conversation since they were released. At the same time that the second character was revealed last month, users who were waiting for the release of Idol with their minds at their heart were divided between Erica and Cheryl Par. As soon as Erica, in a pure image, supported her as the main character of Idol, turned out to be a sexy voice and instinctive body line of Cheryl against the Erica family with a weapon. However, Cheryl''s appearance was revealed, which meant that the third character appeared privately, and today was the third character announced in last month''s magazine. People were already showing tremendous interest in the third character, because of the voice of the third character. Of course, Erica''s voice was clean and clear, as well as Cheryl''s strong and alluring voice, but the third character''s voice was mixed with a unique touch of loveliness. - First one''s clean. The second one is sexy... and all that''s left is cute! - There has already been a chain of mentions among the PC communities, so fans are already starting to emerge waiting for her publication. Some people spread image rumors based on concealed public silhouettes... I took the microphone to my mouth, biting it one step back in the atmosphere of a riot after another mob. ¡°So let me introduce you to the third character, Kono Az, the character you''ve been waiting for. ¡± 181 < EP. 42: Gala Show (5) > Pa!! Azsa, who had a third charm called ''Cutie¡¯, appeared on a brightly lit screen, and a thunder like that of Idol''s true enthusiast, Virtue, who had been hiding in the auditorium until now. ¡°Wow!! I''m out!!" ¡°Yes!! Look, I knew this would happen. He''s so cute!! ¡± A hair style reminiscent of an apple leaf by braiding only one of her bright brown hair, she posed for her small figure and held an electric guitar in one hand. The third generation, who had waited for her until now, cried out for quality beyond expectation because the red electric guitar in short uniform skirt was giving her a very strong feeling. ¡°Aaaah!! You''ll get out!? You''ll get out. Azsa Figure!! ¡± A burner that boils like a furnace, unlike the one that used to boil in a relatively quiet atmosphere. Chu. Ah (Gamers are calling Virtual Idol so short these days?) The maniac began to shout for joy enough to swallow the ileum. "I had a fair expectation, but the 3rd generation''s response is no joke. ¡¯ When Kono Azsa first unveiled the silhouette, the hem of his clothes and skirt. Azsa has been drawing attention from gamers since before it was released, as someone had prophesied to be a high school student in ROCK''s musical direction dealing with the Electric Guitar. ¡°Cono Azsa, 18!! I''m going to sing now!! ¡± Even the 1,2 fans who had come to examine the 3rd generation''s comradeship were shaking their faces as she waved towards the audience with her unique, eloquent voice. How did you know they were 1 ,2? He was wearing a character t-shirt from Ayaka and Cheryl last month. In the gaming industry, the content of the game itself can generate some profit, but in fact, we can never underestimate the sales of these Goods. A simple example was the OST of God''s gift, or the OVA and figures on the street that I don''t have, which is almost equal to the net revenue of the script. But I didn''t make you wear that outfit. I''ve even thought about people hanging from their clothes hangers, but I never thought there''d be anyone brave enough to wear them... Recently, the struggle between Erica and Cheryl''s forces has escalated, and Goods sales on them are becoming a popular measure, so it seems like more and more people are promoting their favorite character (their most passionate character) in that way. ¡®The gaming industry isn''t bad, but Otaku Industries is evolving at the speed of real light¡­¡¯ I''m already looking forward to selling Goods for Virtual Idol. Goods may seem like a cruel detail of the gaming company in some ways, but in fact, he was a favourite item for the gamer. It''s these Goods items that need to be made at the request of the gamers, even if they don''t want to sell¡­ I want to collect character figures from my favorite games. I want to buy OST for my favourite games I want to buy an illustration house of my favourite game No matter how much it takes... No matter how hard it is to get, I will hold it in my hand. Even if he only eats foods from the convenience store triangle for a month... Especially in the case of figures made by Uchimura, the quantity is very limited. In the future, there were often times when people had to buy twice or three times the regular price. Therefore, it was this Goods Market that was used for the consumption psychology of screaming and seeing without money. In this case, of course, there were those who first bought the item, then stored it in a sealed state, then sold it back at a high price if the price went up later, but it was inevitable to call the price for the personal property. Goods could not pick a lot because the value of the product was determined by its scarcity, and it was very rare for one piece to be long. In that regard, I really picked out something that I didn''t have, and I won the case until I ate it. By the way, there was a friendly power struggle with three heroes on the ''street without me'' ¡­ but I didn''t expect the gamer''s propensity to change this much in just a few years. If I had known this, I would have felt sorry for coming to see more girl games or animations before returning to ''83... In 1995, Japan was also a game, but it was an enormous revival of TV animation. Among them, EXgelion, director of Ano Hideki, who is the pinnacle of Otaku culture, was scheduled to be broadcast later this year, and Lina Inverse''s slayers are the pinnacle of comedy. It was a time when animated works such as'' Helgua Matji Tanpei of Flame, ''which was called¡® Tonki the King of Figu ¡¯were pouring out in the country. Even in my mansion parking lot, I told him that I had never been hit in the back by a miss ball of a kid throwing a ball, shouting, "Fireball," "Lightning Shot," with a fireworks painted ball. Despite the bubbling economy and the ¡®decade lost¡¯ recession in Japan, the strange Manzi gaming industry has been avoiding a straightforward hit of the recession. But in the case of animation, things were a little different. When the viewership rate was not as good as I thought, it also impacted Goods sales, and since I was having a golden age, my tricks that would have been okay at other times were often very underrated. Today''s most popular animation was the New Motor Electric Gundam Wing, which began broadcasting TV in April, and it was a kind of reboot for new children to embrace a rather stiff view of the world. Given the times when there were all these swanky objects and idols, the five young pilots and the colorful threats they were riding were contradictory to existing gundam enthusiasts, but they were very successful in attracting new generations. At the beginning, the rather childish scenario also contained a serious atmosphere that eventually absorbed even the existing cases of mania, but Gundam W could in fact see all the means to sell Goods. Since the wing can be transformed into a flying eagle, it must have been a Pagodan gas, aiming to sell the model properly. Now that I think about it, the Death Size model was a very childish gimmick. A sandlock that wields a cloak even though it''s mechanical in a sandstorm in the desert. Heavy Arms inspired military & weaponry enthusiasts. Shamrong modeled the Chinese Ancient Blader to see if he had a big Chinese market in mind. And Jax Marques, the masquerade character, is a tool for attracting existing users. Their marketing, as if to say, ''I don''t know what you like, but I''ve got it all ready¡¯, is now showing the most successful examples in the market. This new Gundam animation series was soon borrowed from the upcoming ¡®Superrobot Battle'' game. The original animation and the game are actually the same family... One Source Multi-Ussing. This technique of creating one content and turning it into another was one of the fastest working marketing for consumers in this era. ¡®Then I can''t just sit here and suck my fingers. ¡¯ Kiiing!! Da-da!! Da-da! Azsa''s song was on its way to the top in the beats of a drum with a sharp electronic guitar playing. Powerful voices emanating from small sizes were enough to excite the crowd at the current concert hall. - All that matters is loving yourself. You can''t love anyone else unless you love yourself!! - ¡°Cute... ears!! ¡± When Kono Azsa first reacted, everyone reacted the same way. Her appearance, which reminded me of the high school student in the after-school band, clearly had a very realistic feeling, unlike the unrealistic beauty characters I had seen in many works up until now. Like a friendly sister who lives next door to the same apartment. Like in high school, after school, on the playground, you would have grabbed me once. Characters who aren''t as glamorous as the second idol Cheryl, but are as simple and cute? ¡°Thank you. I''ll sing hard from now on!! ¡± After the song, Kono Azza waves his hands to the audience and smiles widely. Kono Azza disappeared from the screen after a successful debut until his leg caught on the amp line and he shot a buttock while disappearing from the stage. Then, the shouts of those who have been shouting so far as to leave the concert hall were often heard in a moment. Why? So far, if one character has revealed himself, then another character''s silhouette has been revealed, so everyone can breathe and look at the screen... But this time, she was in charge of the voice of the character she was going to reveal, and in fact, even I was hesitant to recruit her at first. Because you''re better at singing than everyone else? No, but her voice was good enough to match Kanna, the top class, among the current participants... If not, because of the lack of performance when you recite? No, she kept her schedule stricter than anyone else''s until she finished recording the game, and her acting level was... - The problem was on the other side. - Then, through the speakers installed in the concert hall, a quiet piano reverberates and her image appears on the screen. Again, her appearance was mostly concealed by the piano, but it was clear that she was a short figure with long, raw hair. 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... Give me a hug and I''ll break my body... No matter what lies ahead, I don''t know if I can laugh as well as the two of us right now... My honest feelings. It means something every day. You taught me that. I don''t want to forget. Even when we''re apart. I''ll be with you... ¡°I want to sing for you until my life is over. ¡± At the end of her voice, one of her breasts resonates. Savano Tsubaki, the fourth character of Virtual Idol. She received the name of the only actual actor who played the voice in Virtue''s idol character. It was due to Tsubaki''s uncompromising request to be sentenced to indefinite service. 182 < EP. 42: Galasho (6) > ¡°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¡­? ¡± 183 < EP. 42: Gala Show (7) > ¡°But I''m sure you''ve found an answer that you''ll be happy with. ¡± ¡°Hmm¡­? ¡± In response, some users in the audience tilted their heads. In fact, I could have sparked the crisis of a moment by blowing up the performance of the complete raon like Kurakagi, the developer of the gear station, but I didn''t want to lie about being discovered in a month. I straightened my thoughts in my head for a moment, then slowly opened my mouth. ¡°When developing a game, you should always compromise on the performance of the device that drives the game. In my case, I''m very developmentally driven, and I want to somehow make the game the way I thought it would be, but I often can''t because of a number of factors. It was the same for Virtue Idol. ¡± ¡°For those of you who are still students, some of you may wish to join our Pentagon, or Mintendo, or NEGA in the future. I was 21 when I joined Mintendo, so it''s been exactly 12 years. The most famous game at the time was Super Maridge by Shigeru Kumamoto, you know. If you compare the Super Maridge at the time with the Real Fighter that was launched in the year of manufacture, you''d feel a sense of confusion. How the game market has changed in just 10 years¡­¡± ¡°Apparently, yes.¡± ¡°Nothing right now, but even Super Maridge''s cross-scrolling system was shocking at the time. ¡± ¡°All of a sudden, I bring up the old story and I want Super Maridge to tell me... Should I take out the family when I get home?" ¡± I smiled gladly at the shaking users. ¡°The gaming industry is now in transition from 2D graphics to 3D. Of course, every producer who''s making the game has a new approach, and it''s going to be hard for you to really like. We are also adapting to a new realm called Polygon. I also dreamed of doing more than the promotional footage I showed you earlier when I was planning my idol. But the performance of the hardware at this time wasn''t that difficult to express Morita''s fancy character design. Due to be released next month, Complete Raon will be the best performing console in the market. But nevertheless, we also found that the concert performance of idols remained somewhat compromised with the performance of the device. And then, with the suggestion of Uchimura, a figure designer from our Pentagon, idol concerts took off in a new direction. ¡± ¡°If it was Uchimura, he wouldn''t have made that limited edition figure...¡± The first time Uchimura recommended him as a character designer was Maurita. Around the time RealFighters are released in NEGA and gaining huge popularity in the Game Center. We''ve been doing a lot of research on polygon technology as well. Then one day. Morita has asked me to come and say hello to Uchimura and put him under her feet. ¡°It''s a huge loss for the company to keep Uchimura focused on making figures like this. ¡± Unlike the usual look of Morita, I looked at him with a blank look, sitting at my desk and rolling a pen in his confident expression. ¡°Uchimura... as the second development team? ¡± ¡°Yes, it is. ¡± ¡°Hmmm¡­ well, I can consider interpersonal, if you want to, but why the sudden urge? ¡± ¡°Because Uchimura is a genius with a completely different perspective than I am. ¡± ¡°Genius...? ¡± I''ve been working with Morita for seven years, and it was rare for him to say so much about someone, so I put down the pen that rolled between my fingers. ¡°Tell me more about Uchimura''s skills. ¡± Then Morita, hesitant for a moment, bites her lower lip, and opens her mouth as if resolved. ¡°You know, you''ve been making figures so far, and you''re not very good at stereotyping characters. When Uchimura came to the headquarters a little while ago, he briefed me in staff training, and in a brief brief briefing, he built an awkward airplane. It was like creating a promo del in a virtual space, a monitor, and in just a few days he was able to get ahead of the rest of the staff. Recently, we''ve completed a gas that almost resembles Macros'' Valkyrie alone. ¡± Through Mauritania, Uchimura surprised me as well. ¡°Is that true? ¡± Morita nodded to my question and asked me to meet Uchimura separately. And then a few days later. I met Uchimura separately and handed him an illustration. After looking at the illustration received from me for a while, Uchimura slightly looked up at me. ¡°Hasegawa Miyuki in the street without me... It''s been a long time since I''ve made a street series without me, but is the next figure to be made Miyuki? ¡± ¡°It was you and I who met because of Miyuki, right? ¡± Uchimura smiles, scratching his back head lightly, reminding me of an old memory for a moment. I smiled at Uchimura''s smile and spoke behind his back. ¡°Like you said, the characters I want to ask you to do this time are Hasegawa Miyuki on the streets where I am not. ¡± ¡°Leave it to me. It''s been a while, but I''m confident that all the heroes on the street are without me. ¡± In Uchimura''s reliable answer, I nodded and replied. ¡°Yes. If you''re ever unsure of anything, ask Maurita and let her learn about 3D modeling this time around. ¡± ¡°Yes, I understand. This is an opportunity for sure. ¡± Looking at the illustration, Uchimu nodded, looking at me dazed to see if he felt anything strange about the conversation. ¡°Sir, did you just say something? ¡± ¡°Take this opportunity to learn more about 3D modeling. ¡± ¡°... Are you asking me to make this Hasegawa Miyuki into a polygon character?" ¡± In his question, I nodded my head up and down for no reason. ¡°Eek!!! H-sir. It''s a herd. It''s a herd. Absolutely not!! ¡± ¡°Why? I even got a recommendation that you were the right one...¡± My answer was so simple and clear, Uchimu stared at me quietly and jumped. ¡°Yes? No, that''s the difficulty. No one can do that except for you, Morita. I just stepped foot in Low Polygon!? Who the hell recommended me? ¡± ¡°The very same Morita that you don''t admire nominated you. ¡± ¡°Team Leader Morita? ¡± ¡°Yes. No one else. He picked you up and talked. If you don''t believe me, go ask Maurita yourself. ¡± ¡°No, it''s... it''s...¡± ¡°But I''m not forcing you, either. If you''re satisfied with what you''re doing, and you''re that enthusiastic, I can take care of this greeting with something that wasn''t on my side. But I''m sure there''s a reason Maurita, who''s been working with me for so long, came to me personally and recommended you. Isn''t that right?¡± Uchimura bites his nails, thinking about the bear. Whenever I focused on something, Uchimu always had a habit of biting his thumbnail. I leaned on the back of a chair with my arms folded and waited for his reply. How long has it been? Uchimura, a tenacious personality, was still biting his nails and adding to his conscience. "He''s gonna eat all my nails..." I clapped my arms and patted around my forearms and waited for my answer. I finally couldn''t bear it, so I stopped talking first. ¡°Hey, Uchimura. ¡± ¡°Yes? Oh, yes...¡± ¡°You don''t have to be so hard on yourself. If you think about it, Morita recommended you for a reason. Morita told me that you have the ability to see all the characters from an angle. I don''t know if this is a good metaphor, but I think Maurita''s character illustration is great. I wonder if I''ll ever get out of here again. You''re a sculptor, Uchimura. ¡± ¡°Sculpture?¡± ¡°Yes. Based on Mauritania''s character illustrations, you''re always creating new figures. ¡± ¡°That''s because Morita''s boss painted it in detail from various angles to make it easier for me to work...¡± After enduring the rising fever in Uchimura''s steady reaction to still being unsure, I took a small sigh and picked up the illustration on the table. ¡°So you can''t do it? ¡± ¡°No, that''s not it.¡± ¡°So you can do it? ¡± ¡°I''m sure of that...¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. Are you fucking kidding me? ¡± ¡°Oh no! No way." ¡°Then take it. ¡± I gave Miyuki''s illustration back to him, and he gave up half his face and got the illustration in my hand. ¡°Now, get up from your seat. ¡± Then Uchimura stood up slowly like a robot responding to my voice. ¡°Go straight to the second development team where Morita is. Execute.¡± ¡°Poetry... done!! ¡± Eventually, holding Miyuki''s illustration in my hand, I saw Uchimura running toward Fuddak, sighing for a long time and touching his wrinkled forehead. But in return? Uchimura gained a lot of traction next to Morita, so he freely extracted the 3D modeling of Hasega and Miyuki a month before entering CES. In the birth of the bonus mode that will enter the Fullvoice edition of the street without me, there was a hidden narrative. That''s why Uchimura was with CES back then. & And now. The second development team, Virgil, as a 3D character designer for Idol, came up with Uchimura''s work on the screen. ¡°Wow! Cute!! ¡± ¡°Oh, I see. All characters are represented in SD, replacing them with illustrations in the middle of the show. ¡± ¡°Is that how you reduced the overload on your device performance? The Pentagon is full of them... Good choice. ¡± Inside the concert hall, you hear an overload of consoles to see if several people in the gaming industry are intermingling. On the big screen, four second-in-command 3D characters were singing Cheryl''s Beating Heart, shaking the transverse stage. I was impressed with Maurita''s vision for recommending Uchimura as a 3D character designer, looking at the satisfied faces of people. & The following questions were solved with live footage I just showed you. It was because the stage where cute characters ran along with luxurious illustrations was satisfying for everyone to see. When the order of the two parts comes to an end... I noticed Kaori preparing for the other side of the stage. After returning home wearing a golden wig on a pure white dress, Kaori glanced at me with a shy expression and held out his tongue. Yuki looks at me and draws a ''V¡¯ with her fingers. Yuki, who helped put Kaori''s tinted makeup and dress on in the waiting room, shouted small fights with a fierce fist toward Kaori. I waited for the two women to finish preparing and then signaled to the lighting team. Then the Pentagon staff at a distance slowly dimmed the lights in the concert hall. He was with me in the first part of the audience, but Hayashi was left alone because of Kaori, who came into the second part and hid himself. I glanced at Hayashi for a moment, then rolled up one side of my mouth. 184 < EP. 43: Absolute pleasure. (1) > ¡°I just finished answering a few questions and would like to remind you that all of our events at this event have ended. And we''ve prepared a special event that one of our employees would love to hear right now. ¡± Sadly, half curious, Hayashi looked at me in the grave with one hand on his chin in the audience. I smiled and added. ¡°Four years from now, December 1991. In the presentation of the arcade game Psychic Force, I once proposed to a woman. Did any of you attend the event at the time? ¡± At that time, Miyazaki, the manager of the Pentagon Shop, raises his hand with a playful smile. I turned towards Hayashi, throwing a bloody smile at her like that. ¡°In fact, when I think of those memories, my face is still burning. I would not have had to be so ashamed if I had been brave enough to propose before. Oh, of course, I don''t mean that I regret the proposal. Rather, I got married the year after that, and now I have a daughter named Seohyun, and I have a happy day every day. ¡± Having brought it up to this point, Hayashi looks around for Kaori, wondering if she felt any anxiety. ¡°Unfortunately, we have a temple with the same name as Yukinozo Kaori for God''s gift. Winning the top of the Tamago Monster Contest, she joined the Pentagon to create a cute monster character called Rabbi in the New Sword Legend series. She, who is a bright character and an ambiance maker, has the courage to stand here because she has a story she wants to hear from a man. ¡± When Jun Fei used to secretly squeeze Yuki and force him to open the proposal, did he feel this excited too? It''s a pleasure to set someone up. Of course, I don''t want to get hurt, but... The people sitting in the audience were also smiling similar to me if they had noticed the situation. Only Hayashi looks pale and stares at the stage twice... Soon after the spotlight turned on onstage, two power rangers blocked his way in front of Hayashi, who was about to leave the concert hall in a hurry. ¡°Where are you going? ¡± ¡°Where are you going!? ¡± I smiled unknowingly at the fact that my brother posed for the battle of the Power Ranger, following his words. ¡°F-move. You bastards. Hurry!! ¡± ¡°No. Kang Jun-hyuk, who bought me a sugar apple, told me not to let anyone go outside. ¡± I hurriedly summoned Kaori onstage, avoiding his gaze of grief and turning my head toward me. ¡°Well, that''s all I have to do. I want you all to give her a big hand. ¡± ¡°Wow!" Oh, my God! ¡°Yippee ~ ~¡± Kaori appeared on the stage in the cheers of many as he whistled, resembling Yukinozo Kaori''s last concert outfit. Like Kaori in the game, she was also a cute girl with a lively atmosphere, so the reaction was good in the auditorium. ¡°Thank you. Thank you. Gentlemen...¡± With his hands tightly wrapped around the microphone, Kaori''s slightly red cheeks feel very cute. When I stepped off the stage and stood beside Yuki, she held my hand tightly. ¡°Well done. ¡± ¡°It reminds me of old times...¡± He smiled gladly at the stage, and Yuki asked me. ¡°Who are those kids who got in front of Hayashi? ¡± ¡°A little taller was saved by Jun Fei and me a long time ago. I ran into him earlier at the night market, and I bought him sugar apples in advance in case something like this happened.¡± Hayashi eventually turned to the stage to return to her seat. ¡°Awesome!¡± ¡°Whee! ¡± Eventually, as I approached him onstage, giving up everything, Hayashi gripped my hand with a bloody smile. ¡°So this is what the director was after. ¡± ¡°Well, that''s a good thing. Just close your eyes for once and do whatever Kaori wants. These moments are only once in a lifetime. ¡± ¡°... have you forgotten that this is my home? How am I supposed to find this place? ¡± ¡°I did it at the Pentagon Shop No.1. If you''re embarrassed to propose here, can I move you there? ¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± Hayashi stares at me dumbfounded and turns to Kaori. I gave Yuki a round of applause looking back at Hayashi. Then I thought, maybe it was because of Kaori that Hayashi''s demeanor had always changed. Initial Hire. She makes frequent mistakes because of her grumbling nature. She always scolds Hayashi, but she doesn''t shrug her head like a sunflower. Rather, I did everything I could to get recognition from the people at the company. Maybe Hayashi didn''t like Kaori at first, but eventually he fell in love with her. A moment later, as he approaches Kaori, Hayashi suddenly kneels before her and picks up something from her pocket. Huh? Did he...? ¡°I used to carry it around with me when I had the chance...¡± ¡°Oooh!!!! ¡± ¡°The ring!! Ring!!" ¡°Cool!! ¡± Kaori glances at him quietly, covering his mouth if he was surprised by his unexpected gift. ¡°Hmm, Mr. Hayashi, you''re sensible. Unlike someone who was forcibly proposed to me at that time.¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± ... Shit. It''s backwind. Reverse wind. I was going to return the disgrace I suffered, but Hayashi''s precision was much higher than I expected. & There was one song recently that ended with Gala''s concert and the launch of Complex Raon entering the unofficial Oregon chart at a tremendous rate. That song is like Savano Tsubaki''s hug. ¡¯It was a song. If there was a user camped out in front of the Pentagon two days ago to save her public mini album, there was a person holding a pet saying that he would buy all three albums for 30,000 yen. As I watched the line grow hotter and hotter for the summer, I was worried that everyone would fall into this state. ¡°Otsu!! Hello!¡± As I turned my head to the voice behind my back, Nakamura and Mayumi, Kanna''s friends, approached me the other day. Among them, Mayumi, Nakamura''s girlfriend, gave me a cool drink. ¡°It''s you. I gave Kanna some of Tsubaki''s albums in advance. Didn''t you get it?¡± The Nakamura soldier smiled and replied. ¡°No, thank you. Today I just came to look around while I was out in Akiba. ¡± ¡°Really?" ¡°By the way, there are a lot of people. Are these the people who came here to save Tsubaki''s album? ¡± In Nakamura''s question, I nodded quietly and slashed my neck with the drink in my hand. Mayumi, who was listening to us quietly, asked me. ¡°Who sang the Tsubaki song this time? As soon as I got the album to Kanna, I loved it so much that I kept listening. I heard from Kanna that she''s a very nice, caring sister. She said she sings a lot better than you...¡± ¡°I see. That''s how everyone feels, but a lot of people are after the Tsubaki album this time...¡± Then Nakamura interrupted the conversation with an excited voice. ¡°After the Gala Concert, Hokkaido was announced for the first time in the area, and there was tremendous interest. The Virtual Idol community is looking forward to releasing local albums. ¡± In Nakamura''s story, I looked at the queue with a bitter smile. Tears burst into tears as I watched the camcorder video of his song and people''s reactions at the Gala Concert. Then Mayumi, who was looking at me, asked me. ¡°What... are you doing? Is there something wrong? ¡± ¡°Oh, nothing. I''m busy. I have to go inside. It''s hot, and we need to get drinks back to the people who are waiting. ¡± ¡°Well, we''ll be going, too. The day complete raon is released. I''ll come again!¡± ¡°Okay, go in safely. ¡± Looking at the back of the couple heading back for a moment, I turned my head and looked at the line stretching slightly. If so many of those people who love her songs come across news of her illness one day, what enormous things will happen? I wouldn''t want to see that if I could. & A month later, August 19, 1995. The issue date of Complete Raon, which has made competitors in the current gaming industry tense from the ground up, is approaching. Exactly four years after the launch of Raon in August 91, the defensive follow-up model was launched for 32800 yen at a price similar to that of the competition model. On top of the white box was a stereoscopic depiction of complete raon painted with fluorescence. It was a hot day in the middle of the summer, but the long and happy smiles of those who were looking forward did not leave their faces. Nakamura and Mayumi waved their hands at me in the queue as they now go to the streets to check on the volume of Complete Laon to be sold with Hayashi, a legendary Pentagon romance gaio. ¡°There you are. ¡± Unlike Nakamura, who looks a little tired a month ago, dark circles came down to the ball. ¡°Three days ago, I was so excited about the launch of Complete Laon that I couldn''t sleep...¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± Thank you for being a developer, but apparently your mind control wasn''t very good with the game Nakamu. Mayumi, who was looking at Nakamura like that, kicked her tongue and asked me. ¡°When will Sawano Tsubaki characters be revealed? ¡± When she asked, I looked at her watch and answered. ¡°Open in 10 minutes, and we''ll start selling right away. ¡± Those who stood near my words roared with elasticity. ¡°I think they''re about to start. ¡± ¡°Khhh! I can finally play idol with virtue. ¡± ¡°I have to start with full metal gears. ¡± Even with the console price, it seemed that people were thinking of one or two titles in each head. Then I heard Hayashi''s voice behind my back. ¡°Director, shall we begin? ¡± ¡°Yes. Let''s get started. ¡± 185 < EP. 43: Absolute pleasure. (2) > ¡°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. 186 < EP. 43: Absolute pleasure. (3) > ¡°There was a little greed I wanted to play with.¡± With her smile holding my hand with a bright smile, an alarm sounded to announce the start of the event. Afterwards, Sawano Tsubaki, the last character of Idol, came through the speakers, and his whole body suddenly trembled. An empty platform with only two of them. I''m worried about your silent face. It''s a voice that comes in from the CD every day, and I can''t believe my heart is shaking like this... At that moment, Mayumi, who was next to me, took her mouth off with a trembling voice. ¡°This... is live, right? ¡± ¡°Excuse me?¡± ¡°I can feel my breath in the middle of the song. Don''t you see?¡± ¡°That''s... that''s what it looks like.¡± And he shall become of the adults, and shall live for ever; You may lose something precious, but... I know that, too, but... Ah... I definitely heard Mayumi''s story, and I listened to her voice, and I could definitely feel it in my voice, unlike what I heard on the CD. Mayumi''s right. The protagonist is hiding somewhere, singing a song. After a while, her conversation with me began to spread throughout the queue through the people around her. ¡°I thought this was live. ¡± ¡°Huh? Your breathing is subtly different from what you hear on the CD. ¡± ¡°Right¡­? ¡± ¡°That''s... creepy!! ¡± The person in front of me folded his arms and swept down his forearms looking at the stage set in front of the Pentagon Shop. In view of the intense summer day sunlight, Tsubaki playing the piano in the screen with a veil on the ceiling was revealed. The elasticity starts to flow from the queue. Hug me. My body is breaking apart. ¡°Ah, finally.¡± Her fluffy black hair blew in, and her exposed face gave her a sad feeling, out of nowhere. As my thin fingers flew up like dancing on a white ledge, Mayumi, who was staring at the blank screen, stumbled and leaned against my shoulder. ¡°What''s wrong with you? ¡± ¡°I don''t know... I was so numb, I couldn''t feel my legs...¡± But Mayumi''s story was not wrong at all. Her life was so captivating that I could feel her breasts rising in the highlights of the song. That''s when the people around me began to praise her voice. ¡°Oh, I was just about to lose my mind at the peak. ¡± ¡°Is this how you sing with your emotions? I''ve never felt it before, to be honest.¡± Although I don''t know what makes her voice so loving, she is currently at Virchur Idol, sorry to her friend Kanna, but she is the best of them all. ¡°I have decided. I will choose the Sawano Tsubaki version of the Virtual Idol title. ¡± ¡°Me too.¡± ¡°Oh, shit. I want to buy the Tsubaki version too, but I hope you don''t buy it all in front of me!? ¡± After the end of her live with a quiet piano sound, me and Mayumi hear Kanna''s familiar song. ¡°Oh, Erica!! ¡± Her song, which announced the beginning of Virtual Idol, warmly touched the hearts of those who had been touched by the tsubaki. ¡°Ah, Erica''s not a bad choice, either. If Tsubaki is in love, Erica is like," The sweetness of the song. "¡± ¡°That''s right. I''ve been at work all day, and when I come home and I hear Erica''s songs, I feel like all the fatigue of the day is gone.¡± As I also felt in Tsubaki''s song, Erica''s ¡®Cheerleader¡¯ also went live. Having been busy with Virtual Idol''s recording schedule recently, it has been a long time since I and Mayumi have heard Kanna''s live. While listening to her song, I whispered to Mayumi beside me. ¡°Like the storm in Tsubaki, Kanna must be nearby. ¡± ¡°I haven''t seen your face in a while, but I''d love to see you around...¡± I used to feel like Erica looked like Kanna somewhere on the screen, but I felt sad because I felt like a friend I used to know had gone far away. I''m getting tired of different realities, more and more disappointed than I''ve ever dreamed. But your world will come to pass. I''ll always cheer for you! Soon after Kanna''s song, Cheryl and Kono Azza''s song naturally came together, and the atmosphere of the venue began to heat up. Obviously, unlike the two previous songs, the intense two songs were enough to excite those who were waiting¡­ The more people who were waiting, the more hesitant they were to find out who to buy from among the idols. Cheryl''s Beat Heart, which has been buzzing since Saturday morning, was enough to stop the fever that had been hiding in the man''s mind. ¡°Aah!! Dammit! I don''t know!! Let''s just buy them all!! ¡± ¡°Yes. We''ll manage one day anyway!" ¡± ¡°Yes, this is what cards are made for! ¡± Mayumi grabbed my hand in the air just as I was about to stretch out my arm to help the shouting of the users. ¡°You''re not going to buy all four of them here, are you? ¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± Oh... I shouldn''t have brought Mayumi. Eventually, I agreed to switch with Tsubaki and Mayumi when they bought and cleared the Kanna version, but my mind was still a little twisted. I said, "You know, maybe I should just buy two silent songs, so why don''t you buy one more Cheryl or Kono Azza version? ¡± ¡°Do one thing. There''s only one soft card in the game machine anyway. ¡± ¡°No, but if you get bored playing, you can do it halfway...¡± But I could see in her eyes that my words were lightly silenced. There were people around me who were either jealous of me for buying games with their girlfriends or staring at me with their murderous eyes... "Actually, I''m tired of this..." What have I been struggling with for the last month? It was all an investment for today that I dragged my bicycle to save on transportation costs even though I was going to fall hungry. I have to use my head somehow... I waited in haste for the line to drop, avoiding the look in her eyes of suspicion. & At the end of the celebration stage of Virtue Idol, when the full sale started, I felt excited and nervous in a slowly decreasing queue. We took a quick look inside and found that there are five cash stations. So if I just scatter with Mayumi, I can buy all the titles I want, put them in a shopping bag and go home. Maybe she wants to see what''s inside, so why don''t you tape her shopping bag? While I was thinking of ways to avoid her gaze, I noticed five calculators in front of my eyes that had just entered the Pentagon Shop. Where are we going? We need to calculate as far away from Mayumi as possible. ¡¯ If she heads for the central calculation, it''s over. But if they were to be placed on both ends, that would be the best position... For quick calculations, whether I secretly took out a thick envelope from my bag, I shoved the money into Mayumi''s back pocket as soon as she turned to the other side. ¡®That''s it. First mission clear. ¡¯ Wait. My Complete Raon...! I looked around pretending to look inside the store while swallowing dry saliva and looking at the decreasing queue, looking at the shifts of people heading to the counter. ¡®The average time to buy a device body and soft per person is 3-4 minutes. If this is the case, Mayumi will be placed in 4 places. Not 1 or 5, but 4 is not bad. If you count at least once or twice, Mayumi won''t be able to see the items I calculate. ¡¯ Ah! I paid for a game, but it''s so hard... Fortunately, virtually none of the idols were out of stock. However, it seemed to be the fastest running out of the Tsubaki version. ¡°Ah, it''s our turn next. ¡± ¡°Y-yeah. You''re only gonna buy the Idol Erica version with the main body, right? ¡± ¡°Yes. I''ll buy it and get Kanna to sign it. ¡± ¡°That''s a great idea! Maybe I should, too!¡± ¡°Hmm? Didn''t you say you live in the Tsubaki version? ¡± Ugh! What a stupid... What an important moment!! I turned my head away from Mayumi looking at me with suspicious eyes already, and I heard the Pentagon staff''s voice behind me in a good time. ¡°Next customer, please proceed to bill number four. ¡± ¡°Oh, yes! ¡± Following the staff''s instructions, I looked at Mayumi heading to calculator 4 and waited for my turn to come. "Buy one or two quickly... please!! ¡¯ But my expectations were imperceptible... ¡°Please proceed to bill three for the next guest. ¡± ... Damn it. I can''t believe I''m stuck next to Mayumi. If you want to get as far as you can, head to the register, and suddenly the guy at counter number one is leaving with his shopping bag. At that moment, I stumbled for a moment, staggering toward the first calculation. ¡°Ah, this way! ¡± I heard the voice of Cashier 3 calling behind my back, but I quickly ran to Cashier 1 and spit out the prepared comment. ¡°One complete raon, four versions of Virtual Idol. All for the first time only!! And give me a full metal gear solid and a street makeup version that I don''t have!! ¡± ¡°Oh, I see. You''re asking for all of the products launched with Complete Raon today? ¡± ¡°Yes!! ¡± I quickly nodded, looking at Mayumi who was listening to the product description from the employee. Then she took the product out of the back room, one by one, and piled it up like a pile on the counter. He then shouts the microphone next to him, and announces the announcement in a voice. ¡°We are pleased to announce that we are out of limited edition Erica packages, including Idol Savano Tsubaki, as well as the customer you just ordered. ¡± Me, Nice!! I bought the last limited edition of Tsubaki and Erica!! Wait, Erica...? I was supposed to buy the Tsubaki version... and tell Erica? When I turned my head to the ominous feeling, Mayumi looked at me from Casher 4. ¡°Sir, may I briefly explain the Complete Laon you bought? ¡± ¡°No. I have an urgent matter to take care of. ¡± ¡°Then please refer to the documentation before playing. So 80,080 yen for all the soft drinks you bought with Complete Raon. ¡± Since the limited edition of Virtual Idols is 9,280 yen each, the combined four are more expensive than Complete Raon. But is it the thrill of having won the last limited edition? I hurriedly handed the staff eight Man-En bills and one Hundred Yen coin in an envelope. ¡°Thank you. 80,100 yen. Here''s 20 yen change. ¡± Looking at the two copper coins returned from handing over eight bills, I felt a sense of emptiness for a moment, but now is not the time to feel that way. I helped an employee with a heavy complete raon in a massive shopping bag and then rushed out of the Pentagon shop with a one-time receipt. ¡°Kensuke!! ¡± Later, Mayumi, who left the store, walked toward me with a shopping bag the size of my hand. ¡°How long have you lived? ¡± ¡°Oh, no, I just bought another version of Erica for Kanna to sign. ¡± ¡°Then why did the shopping bag burst? Come here for a second. ¡± ¡°I''m not. Even if I only bought two of them!! ¡± ¡°So show me for a second!! ¡± ¡°Oh, what a childish thing to do. ¡± I retreated to the side of the car, avoiding Mayumi rushing towards me with enormous force. I persistently avoided Mayumi reaching for the shopping bag. Fortunately, there was a railing that prevented me from falling, so I pushed the shopping bag as far as I could towards the road and stopped her. Buaaaaaah! Bam, bam!! While Mayumi''s voice could not be heard from the horn coming from somewhere, I felt heavy as she was trying to examine the contents anyway, but even more so, I tried to stay away from her by hiding the shopping bag towards the car. At that moment. Ta-da! I think someone hit my back. Something''s missing... ¡°Huh?" I turned my head and looked at the hand that was on the side of the car, and all I could hold was the handle of a large shopping bag. ¡°Huh? What is this? ¡± Booooooooooooooooo! I turned my head to the noisy sound of the motorcycle, and the chunky shopping bag that had just been in my hand was in the back of someone sitting on the motorcycle. Are you sure this is gonna fly? 187 < EP. 43: Absolute pleasure. (4) > ¡°Tsk!! Kenska!! You okay!? ¡± The people who were still waiting to buy with Mayumi''s scream, the eyes were all over me. Fluffy... Immediately, I was relieved of my legs and sat down on the floor holding the shopping bag handle tightly. ¡°Are you okay? Are you hurt?" ¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± I heard Mayumi''s voice filled with worry, but I couldn''t say anything. The perpetrators who blew up my shopping bag had already made a quick left turn at the next range and disappeared from view... In my hand, only the handle of an 80,000 dollar shopping bag remained. ¡°W-what just happened? ¡± Did they say they can''t perceive reality when they''re so shocked? Mayumi, who was touching my body, sat down next to me, sighing for relief as she stuttered like a lost little child. ¡°No injuries. You''re welcome." ¡°You''re welcome... thank God? ¡± Where are you so lucky? I lost 80,000 yen in front of my eyes, but I can''t even buy a limited edition of Idol if I want to buy it again!! It''s over. It''s all over. When the Dragon Warrior series was launched, I never thought I''d get blown up like this, even if I heard bad students dragged me into the back alley and took the cartridge. It was strange and unfair, so I felt like tears were going to pour out soon. ¡°Kensuke, are you crying? ¡± ¡°Noona, someone''s crying. ¡± I stood up, rubbing my eyes against Mayumi''s voice. I felt sorry for the way the users looked at me with a blank look around us. I hurriedly made my way to the train station, thinking it would be nothing more than a laugh if I were here. Even if I could buy Complete Raon again with the money I have left in my hand, I still had no money to buy the title of the game. ¡°Keke, Mr. Kenska. Come with me.¡± After pausing in Mayumi''s voice, you hear another woman''s voice behind your back. ¡°Hey, customer!! ¡± Turning his head, Casher, who had just helped me calculate the Complete Raon, hurriedly ran to me and handed me a piece of paper. ¡°You left in such a hurry, I forgot to give you this. ¡± As I stared at the ticket with the number written, I raised my head and asked her. ¡°What is this? ¡± ¡°This is the ticket to the live stage for the afternoon. ¡± ¡°Draw Ticket?¡± ¡°Hand-picked by the patrons of Virtue Idol. ¡± I was number 231 in her hand. ¡°LIVE is scheduled for 2 PM, so be sure to attend. ¡± ¡°Oh, well...¡± The Pentagon clerk handed me a ticket and immediately returned to the shop. Thanks to the long procurement matrix, it was difficult to leave for a while. One raffle ticket in place of the heavyweight Complete Raon that you just had in your hand. Honestly, I didn''t think this was going to win. The number 231 means that 230 people have already purchased Raon in front of me, and if I include the people in the current line, I could almost double the draw number. At this rate, you can''t wait until the afternoon live for only one lucky draw number. Then Mayumi, who was next to me, asked me. ¡°Kensuke, aren''t you going back to see Kanna? ¡± ¡°Oh, right. Then I decided to take a look at Kanna...¡± I was so distracted that I forgot to promise to see her... In fact, I felt like going back home and doing nothing, but seeing Mayumi''s face made me feel very sad to go back to this. ¡°Do you want some food? ¡± I ran in from even the morning, but I was so hungry that I asked her with a bitter expression. ¡°Yeah. Let''s...¡± & After a while, we moved to a nearby family restaurant and sat across from each other with our shopping bags on the side of the table. ¡°Are you okay...? ¡± The voice of Mayumi looking at me with anxious eyes was just a silent nod. He seems to think I blew up the Raon I bought because of him. To be honest, I didn''t notice any boiling anger or devastation until just now, but I calmly thought that all of this was a mistake caused by my greed. I''d rather listen to Mayumi... Regrets came, but it was too late. After feeling discouraged even Mayumi, I took a short breath and told her. ¡°It''s okay! I''ll get paid next month and buy it again. ¡± ¡°I would have expected more...¡± She opens her mouth, gazing at the Complete Raon who is next to her, smiling as if she was about to burst into tears. ¡°I''m fine. You want to take it and play first? ¡± It is true that you were just tempted by Mayumi''s offer with an honest heart. But when I thought of Mayumi''s sister, who was waiting for her to return from home, I secretly leaked a bloody smile. ¡°What are you going to say to your brother...¡± ¡°No, I''m just saying I can''t buy it for a reason...¡± ¡°But you said you wanted to try. Virgil Idol...¡± Honestly, I didn''t think it would come from Mayumi, so I didn''t reveal it to the outside, but I felt very good. When I talked about the game until now, I felt like she finally admitted to my hobby. During the meal, we took out the Complete Raon and looked at the reality. A luxurious body with a matte plastic finish was designed for use even when standing up. Unlike Gear Stations and Saturn, the part of the tray with the CD inserted could be pushed aside rather than open the lid. ¡°Just open this and plug in the CD, right? ¡± ¡°It''s the same as a CD player: insert the CD into the middle drive shaft, close the tray. And press the power button. ¡± Mayumi nodded earnestly in my explanation. Though my heart was empty, I felt very cute in her appearance, listening to each of my actions and learning how to work the Complete Raon. Well, her brother would know how to hot-wire a cable. No further explanation is necessary... ¡°But what''s this hole in Kenska? ¡± In Mayumi''s question, looking at the lower front end of the Complete Raon, there was a unique port just next to where the controller was mounted. ¡°Huh? I see...¡± In the case of gear stations, memory cards could be placed on the controller ports, but Complex Raon did not need to purchase a separate storage device to use the built-in memory. It was a pretty thick port, so when I opened the manual and looked at the name of the small site, I realized what the port meant. ¡°This is a portable Raon connecting device. ¡± ¡°If it''s a portable Raon, are you referring to the game machine Kenska has? ¡± Surprisingly, the body of Complete Raon was able to link the existing Raon. What was interesting was that if you put in the CD and linked Raon on the play screen, you could download mini-games for the game. This means that if you buy one game, you can play two games for Complete Laon and Portable Laon. As a simple example, installing the game data of Idol on a portable Laon allowed you to enjoy a simple mini-game that could nurture your own Idol on the outside. ¡®The launch of a new console is not an introduction to existing users, but rather, if they have an existing Laon, they are naturally encouraging them to buy a complete Laon..¡¯ Additionally, the TV mode allows you to display the game screen on the portable Laon display, so that you can play the game freely with the portable Laon even at home with only one TV. ¡®Wait, this structure has been planning Complex Raon since we designed Portable Raon!? ¡¯ I was amazed by the way the Pentagon interlocks closely. ¡®Even if Mintendo-64 is released later, this level of completeness would be quite dangerous. ¡¯ Then, beyond the manual, I heard Mayumi''s worried voice. ¡°There''s Kenska. Are you going to see Kanna live later...? ¡± ¡°Of course. I was so busy that I couldn''t get a straight answer. ¡± Then Mayumi smiled brightly, exhaling relief. I guess I just thought I''d go home because I was upset about you. ¡°Live in the afternoon. Let''s go to the cafe and buy some time. ¡± ¡°Yes.¡± & The Pentagon''s complete raon took a picket for full power consumption before 12 o''clock. After the sale opens at 9 o''clock. It was a triumph in just 3 hours. The long purchasing procession that was camped out in front of the Pentagon Shop was soon dispersed, and Akihabara was returning to his usual state. People wandered around the street carrying huge shopping bags, but they all seemed to know what was in them, given their similar sizes. But it''s 1: 55 p.m. Aren''t people overreacting to the recent months of the fascinating live event of Virtue Idol? ¡°Mr. Kenska. Are you sure you want to do a live event here in Kanna? ¡± Mayumi, sitting across from me, minding her own ticket, asked me. By the way, the little stage I put in front of the Pentagon Shop is gone? I pulled out the live ticket I had stuffed in my pocket and looked around. And the moment I saw the directions to the venue, I was suddenly elastic. ¡®Oops. You can''t live outdoors in the sun like this. Somehow, the time was running out, and the streets were empty. ¡¯ ¡°Sorry, Mayumi. Virtual Idol''s live event wasn''t here. ¡± ¡°What? Where, then?" ¡± ¡°There''s another Pentagon shop nearby called the Dragon Emblem Shop, and I think they''re performing there. Luckily, it''s not far from here. Let''s hurry. ¡± I ran to the event with the Complete Raon shopping bag in my hand instead of Mayumi. & Shortly after arriving at the Dragon Emblem Shop, we showed the staff a live ticket and headed straight for the event hall on the second floor. The passageway to the second floor has been cleared to ensure all users have already entered. Pow! Pow! Soundproofing caused a huge scream from the inside, even though there were thick doors installed at the theater or in the theater. ¡®Yes. This is how popular Virtual Idol should be...¡¯ Moment after swallowing a dry saliva and opening a tightly closed door. The sound of the enormous shouting of the users coming from inside caused a tremor all over my body. Ta-da!! At that moment, you hear Cheryl''s provocative voice with a familiar whip. ¡°I''m going to rock this stage with my song. ¡± At that moment, one thought crossed my mind. It was a conference about the new launch that Raon showed at the Pentagon store when it was launched four years ago. ''Yes¡­ the Pentagon''s launch ceremony was not yet finished¡­'' 188 < EP. 43: Absolute pleasure. (5) > Starting with Cheryl''s appearance, LIVE quickly captured the minds of the users gathering in the live hall. The character on the screen was dressed in a blue officer''s uniform, and the leather boots all the way to the calf were strangely sexy. ¡°Wow!!! First song is Cheryl!! ¡± With the concert opening, Cheryl''s Beating Heart was a very good song. Cheryl, one of the four heroes with the most powerful force, had a charisma that overwhelmed even the appearance. When her brightly bleached pink hair and clear, shining eyes met my two eyes, I froze into a haystack. Soon, the moment she smiled with a slight clench of her tongue over her tiny lips. The real singer appeared on the stage. ¡°Huff!! What!?" She dresses up in the same outfit as her character as if it were popping out of the screen. She puts her cool extended leg on the speaker and brings the microphone. My heart, against gravity, against you. You know, Beating Heart in my heart. Her gesture of singing with her eyes closed between the falling scalps resembles Cheryl of Virtue Idol. No, in this case, it wouldn''t be too much to say that a character named Cheryl made her a motive. By the way, Erica, who Kanna is in charge of, looks just like her. A delusional galaxy. But it won''t stop. I will approach you with a bold kiss that will transcend even time. A little excitement with the users, she reaches for those who support her at the peak. Then those who knew her title song began to sing along to the peak of Beating Heart, cheering. ¡°Take it!!! My heart to you!! ¡± She raises her jaw slightly, looking at the users who are responding to her posture, turning around and throwing off her outerwear. ¡°Oops!!! ¡± ¡°Huff!! Awesome. Of course, she was wearing a tank on the inside, but I couldn''t help but notice the heat on her breastbone, sweating from the stage. At that moment, Mayumi''s hand, which had dug into my side, stabbed me deeply with the strength to rip out the entire rib. ¡°Khhhhh!!!!! ¡± When she screamed at the pain that seemed to pierce her lungs, Mayumi blamed me for staring into her eyes. ¡°Can''t you just blink your eyes? ¡± ¡°Arrgg! Wait a minute. It was instinct.¡± ¡°Instinct? What!? ¡± ¡°Okay. Wait, wait!! ¡± ¡°W-well, if you''re going to fight, go out and fight. ¡± I heard a noise here and there about whether I shouldn''t have fought with my girlfriend at the performance venue of Idol, which is full of men. ¡®Nakamura Kenska. I''ll pay for Kanna''s performance. ¡¯ ¡®Oh, yeah. Got it.'' Lively atmosphere rose at once for Cheryl''s dramatic appearance. Her appearance of playing her character onstage seems to pierce her frustration as she waits for the release of Idol. ¡°Yippee!! ¡± ¡°Excellent!! ¡± ¡°Khh... my queen. You have no regrets about purchasing your package. ¡± After finishing the song with a lot of applause from the audience, she took the courage to fix the crooked veremo in the middle of the massive. ¡°Today, I would like to sincerely thank you for coming to Virtue Idol Live!! Thank you all!! ¡± Finally, her face properly met our eyes about the early 20s. With one hand on her sexy pelvis, she breathes heavily for a moment and continues live. With a simple self-introduction, I became an idol. After a while, she continued a simple torque on her favorite character. I asked towards the audience with a playful expression. ¡°Raise your hand if you''ve ever bought an Idol Cheryl version of Virtue here! ¡± At that moment, I suddenly raised my hand to her question without even knowing it. However, I slowly lowered my hand, remembering that I had been hit by a whole bag of shopping bags. However, about a third of the people in the audience raised their hands to ask her questions. Whether she was surprised by more than she thought, she thanked the users with a final kiss on her fingertips. ¡°Actually, I heard the sad news before I got here. Complete Raon and a user who bought all of the games that came out today were flying on the highway. I heard you weren''t hurt. Are you here right now? ¡± As I slowly raise my hand in Cheryl''s presence, circling the audience, holding the microphone in her hand, she glances at me and smiles. ¡°There''s a drawing after the live event today. So you have to stay until the end. ¡± ¡°Th-thank you. ¡± ¡°Good luck to you... Then ~ the next song I''m going to play for you will be from the stage of Kono Azza, the youngest character of Virtue Idol. ¡± After her stage of acting Cheryl, all the lights went out on the live stage and all of a sudden the surroundings became very dark. And the sound of the drums banging against each other. ¡°One, two, three, four. ¡± Kono Azsa appeared on the screen with a tense voice of a girl coming in the dark. Then Mayumi, who was next to me, burst into laughter and said to me. ¡°Kono Azza is a very cute character. He''s popular, isn''t he? ¡± If Cheryl''s nickname was Queen, Azsa''s nickname was her sister. Bandages on her knees and pointy hair styles that represent her fluffy personality. And unlike Cheryl''s glamorous stage outfits, her ubiquitous outfits are strangely intimate. So her cognitive fans consisted of various age groups ranging from children to adults. Also, Kono Azza''s popularity was undeniable because it absorbed even female users who felt repulsed by Cheryl, like Mayumi. If idol had appeared as a three-person system other than Tsubaki, it would have been much more popular than now. That was a lot of Tsubaki songs at the end. - All that matters is loving yourself. You can''t love anyone else unless you love yourself!! - Her recurring thunderstorm was also dressed in the same outfit as the characters in the game. ¡®Am I the only one who looks like him this time? ¡¯ Even when I was listening to Liv in her nervous voice, unlike the stage where I used to play Cheryl leisurely, she did not lose her smile, but she finished the song to the end. ¡°Ha... ha... Thank you. ¡± Although the stage was less complete than Cheryl, many people cheered and applauded as if they had seen a high school academic event. Well, they were supposed to be on their debut today, so I''m sure they''re thrilled... After two songs in a row, I thought it might be Kanna''s turn next. As the stage became brighter, Director Kang Jun-hyuk stepped onto the stage. The main director of Virtual Idol, the developer of Complex Raon, stood in the center of the stage and greeted the users. I smiled relaxed. ¡°I would like to sincerely thank you for attending the live performance of Idol with the purchase of Complete Raon. Then, before I show you, I''d like to pause for a moment to give you a brief description of how Idol plays. First of all, the Virtual Idol that you bought just looks like a foster simulation of raising an idol, but it actually means something different. ¡± Those who did not understand the meaning of Director Kang Jun-hyuk looked at him, tilting their heads toward the stage. And it included, of course, me and Mayumi. Just like enjoying people''s reactions, Kang Joon-Hyuk, who was looking at the atmosphere for a moment, bounced his finger and the PPT screen behind him popped up. After experiencing the heroes performing in various stage costumes, the appearance of the four characters who made their debut today began to be revealed in four parts. If there was one question, it was written on a schedule table next to their profile, with the names of each region of Japan written almost every two to three weeks. ¡°What is that? ¡± ¡°Well... what''s the occasion? ¡± Director Kang Jun-hyuk pointed to the screen and added an explanation to the voices of the noisy people. ¡°In a nutshell, the schedule next to them is the date of the live event. ¡± ¡°Ugh¡­? ¡± The people in the audience seemed surprised by his sudden remarks. Are you saying that after the game is released, you will continue to perform live? However, people''s questions were only getting deeper because their schedules all contained their respective locations on the same day. ¡°As I said before, Virtual Idol is not just a breeding simulation game. To give you a little bit of clarity, the game disc you bought is a kind of audition device that can help with their full debut...? ¡± ¡°An audition?¡± And in Kang Jun-hyuk''s description of Virtual Idol, I was forced to tremble at the unique gamesmanship of the Pentagon''s name again. ¡°Virtual Idol is a growing content game. And the points that you get by fostering your favorite characters are going to be very versatile. For example, a character''s costume on stage, or regular clothes. You can customize your characters, like accessories, or get new live songs and new stage outfits updated every month. And lastly, the most important...¡± His narrative of deliberate moxation at a crucial moment gave a breathtaking tension to the listener. ¡®What the hell... what''s the most important thing!? ¡¯ ¡°You have the right to vote. ¡± Voting? What''s the vote for? At that moment, I remembered the word ''audition¡¯ that Director Kang Jun-hyuk said in my head. Is that what he''s saying? ¡°Yes, you have to compete with other users so that you don''t drop the precious characters you bought. The method is very easy. You can attend the concert on the day of her live event. If the distance is too far and you can''t attend, you can run to a nearby Pentagon shop and transfer your points through a portable Raon communications terminal. ¡± At that time, one user who could not resist the curiosity asked Director Kang Jun-hyuk. ¡°Ho... What happens if the character I bought has the lowest points? ¡± Then, Director Kang Jun-hyuk sighed a little and answered his question. ¡°After the live event, the update to her will end. Of course, you can continue to enjoy in the game, but the event footage of her or the updates to her costume will be completely terminated. ¡± ¡°Huff...¡± ¡°So anyone who has bought more than one title can vote? ¡± At one user''s question, Director Kang Jun-hyuk still shakes his head with a bitter smile. ¡°That''s very inefficient, so I wouldn''t recommend it. because as you can see, there are overlapping performances between the characters. If Erica, Tsubaki, Cheryl and Azza''s performance were to take place in one day, whose performance would you attend that day? ¡± His answer was that the faces of the people in the audience were white. Th-that... evil bastard... Now you actually want me to spin around and wear the internal injuries that your character is failing? 189 < EP. 43: Absolute pleasure. (6) > ¡°You don''t have to buy tickets to go live. Everything can be replaced by the points of development for the heroes you played. ¡± Director Kang Jun-hyuk''s description of Virtual Idol was very simple and had a huge effect. This shocking announcement with the launch of the game... Since I had just seen Cheryl and Azsa''s great live stage, there have been complaints from users in the audience that the policy is too harsh. But you know what? In retrospect, all the games that Director Kang Jun-hyuk created were never harsh from one to ten. Already, he has been challenging his users since the time of the family with a game called ''Dragon Emblem¡¯. The game in which the play data flew when the character died was also equipped with a similar system in 2. Even back then, users had said that the way dragon emblems play was too harsh. Players who ignore tactical behavior properly during party play have frequently destroyed the entire party. One day, Director Kang Jun-hyuk cut those users'' feedback in a single sentence in a pammy magazine. ¡°That''s what the Dragon Emblem Series are all about. ¡± Although there was an opinion in the industry that he was arrogant in his responses to users who were not considerate at all, I completely agreed with him. Users who already had the same idea as me gathered trusted players to create a clan and together they challenged Dungeon Raid. It''s as if bonding with your peers in RPG games was a reality due to the dragon emblem''s crazy difficulty. Some game magazines have compared the difficulties of ''Kang Jun-hyuk¡¯ to the difficulties of EASY, NORMAL and HARD. So strange excitement that the name Kang Jun-hyuk itself conveys to users. Is it because of that expectation? To date, his games have always been a hit. If he''d taken their opinions and taken the easy way out, he would''ve blamed himself for losing his beginner''s mind this time... It''s always the same with people''s eyes. If there is anything against his standards, he will insist on digging it up to suit his tastes. In fact, there were games that launched the Light version that were too difficult in the Super Family period and then were dumped as a result of a shortage of sales¡­ In that sense, Kang Jun-hyuk was a director with tremendous determination that would never be swayed by the user''s evaluation. But no matter what kind of person he is, he wouldn''t have put such a cruel system in the Idol foster game... "Anyway, the unique style of tying the user to the edge of the cliff is genre..." On the other hand, I really admire his consistency. At that time, the user sitting at the front of the stage asked him. ¡°What is the cultivation point that I just described? Do we really have to bring the complete raon to the live president? ¡± Well, that''s what I heard, right? How the hell do you pay for points? When everyone looked back at Kang Jun-hyuk, he asked us with a silly look. ¡°Everyone in this room has a Raon in their bag. ¡± At that moment, I remembered the description of Complete Raon I saw in the restaurant earlier. No... then? ¡°Select the sync menu from the main screen of Virtual Idol to link your play data to the portable Raon. Please note that these interworking features will be mandatory for all Pentagon games in the future. For instance, Virtual Idol lets you play mini-games outside of Raon. Additionally, the Pentagon Shop''s handset allows you to see the points figures for each of your heroes in real time and download new stage outfits that are updated every week. ¡± ¡°Wow... Phew... Cool. ¡± As soon as I heard Director Kang Jun-hyuk''s explanation, elasticity leaked out. The complete raon he created completely destroyed the framework that the console game used to have. I can''t believe I''ve used my existing portable gaming device to expand my game''s variations like this¡­ Portable Raon''s connection port, which I thought was just a device for caring for existing users... However, I just realized at once that what I thought was the exact opposite of his intentions in Kang Jun-hyuk''s explanation. ¡®We are using the connection ports to increase the sales of our existing portable Raon...!! ¡¯ Portable Raon itself was a great peripheral of Complete Raon. In addition to the mini-display that sprinkles the screen of the game, Raon itself could also be used as a gamepad without having to purchase a spare controller. However, due to the interworking function with Virtual Idol, the portable Raon has emerged to be a ¡®must¡¯ peripheral, not just a great peripheral. Moreover, his subtly provocative remarks were enough to scratch off the pride of users who didn''t yet have Raon. It''s like, "What? You still don''t have Raon? So how are you going to deal with the points you''ve earned? ¡¯His attitude seemed to be beyond insolence. ¡®But not a penny or two of Raon''s portable... and if he didn''t already have it, it wouldn''t be an easy thing to buy. ¡¯ At that time, I remembered the portable Raon on the screen behind Director Kang Jun-hyuk. There were many features that could be used in a chiseled device simply by using the traditional Raon. ¡°Ah ~ With the portable Raon in Full Metal Gear Solids, you can receive MAP screens and radio transmissions to Raon...¡± ¡°You can use Raon''s interlock function at third-party parties. ¡± I felt a great reality even though the wireless audio was just heard through the portable Raon. The multi effects of the two displays leaked again from the mouths of people in the audience. ¡°Khh... I can''t stand it. When this is over, I think I''m going to have to go downstairs and buy some razor temp...¡± ¡°No... I''ll get it from here to Raon and I''ll get kicked out by my wife.¡± ¡°Why don''t you leave the box and put it in your bag? ¡± ¡°You''re crazy. How can you just leave the package box and carry the egg!? ¡± ... That''s right. You have to treasure the box before you can call it an unknown gamer. If you sell it second-hand, you''ll get paid more. But even if you play the same game for some reason, you might find it even more fun to play with a portable Raon¡­ Then I showed the end of the purchase psychology in a makeup video of ''The Street Without Me¡¯ which appeared next. It was a secret album mode in the streets where I was not present at the same time as Complete Raon. A user in the audience stood up and shouted, introducing the album of her memories that the protagonist had kept in his drawer, as well as the 30-passer letter he had left for the hero before he died. ¡°Aah!!! Dammit!! I''m going to buy it now. ¡± Users who had still liked the Pentagon''s ''streets without me¡¯ began to leave without holding back. Probably trying to buy them in advance and come back in case they ran out of stock. At that time, I caught the ankles of those who were heading to the entrance with a cheerful sound from the speakers, but at this point I also had to fear the meticulous marketing skills of Director Kang Jun-hyuk. -Commissioning the launch of Complete Raon, we are reducing the existing Raon''s consumer price by 30% for one month starting today. - ¡°Wow!!! ¡± ¡°Damn. Even if I get kicked out by my wife, I have to buy this. ¡± ¡°I already have one, but I have to buy another one for the collection. ¡± ¡°Damn... the purse is getting thinner. ¡± I can''t believe you''re dropping your prices at this hour... It was truly a terrifying strategy. One day, I took a marketing class at the university as an educational subject, at which point the professor praised the Pentagon for its marketing practices. With the unique costume event I showed you on Valentine''s Day, including using the public count of sales to drive sales of my own streets, does Director Kang Jun-hyuk have a genius sense of marketing other than game development skills? By the way, Mintendo Karin''s legend also mentioned that the "golden cartridge limited edition" was actually his idea. ¡°Then I''ll leave you with an additional explanation on Raon''s interworking functions, including Idol. Stay tuned for Erica and Tsubaki''s next stage. ¡± Mayumi, who was next to me, muttered to Kang Jun-hyuk who left the stage without losing his time to the end. ¡°Fantastic. I''ve felt it before, but he seems confident in every action." ¡± I... I hate to admit it, but I absolutely agree with Mayumi''s opinion. The atmosphere of the Live Hall was already flowing in the direction he intended. After a while, Erica appeared on the screen as the team''s lights dimmed for the live performance and Kang Jun-hyuk disappeared into the dark. ¡°Ah, Kanna''s song. ¡± ¡°Shh. Junhyuk said Kanna''s name was a secret...¡± ¡°Oh, right. I don''t even know...¡± As Erica flicked her guitar strings calmly on the screen, I felt the mood of her disorientation subside gradually. And after a while. Kanna, who played Erica''s voice, revealed herself to Spotlight and swallowed dry water in her stunningly innocent beauty. I had felt her when I met Mayumi before, but I doubt she was this beautiful, but now her appearance is glowing on the stage. Her song, which supported the minds of weary people in everyday life with her unique bright voice, was gaining explosive popularity mainly in the 2-30s. Of course, I don''t feel any less impactful than Cheryl''s Beating Heart, but her song is Tsubaki''s hug. ''I was confident that I wouldn''t get tired of hearing it a few times. But something''s different today. Mayumi, who was watching Kanna, opened her mouth to see if she felt similar to me. "What happened to Kanna? Why do you look so sad today?" "Yeah, I''m sure I''m singing, but I don''t feel the same bright tone as usual..." A moment later, Kanna steps down from her chair to play the guitar, her eyes closed and she grabs the mic in her hands. ¡°Hello, I''m Kishimori Kanna, and I''m playing Katagiri Erica at Virtual Idol this time. I just wanted to say hello for the first time to you, and I''m very nervous, but I have to give you some bad news. ¡± ¡°Hmm¡­? What is it?¡± Kanna looks back inside the stage, anxious for a moment at the reaction of those who tilt their heads. She received a message from someone there shortly after. I opened my mouth, biting his lower lip. ¡°My next stage, Mr. Tsubaki''s meteor shower, is out of tune today. ¡± ¡°Ugh... No!! ¡± ¡°What a disappointment...¡± ¡°Are you nervous about the first stage? ¡± ¡°When I heard it on the speaker this morning, I felt so good that I wanted to hear it again...¡± ¡°Ugh... I can''t believe you didn''t reveal yourself...¡± Kanna was making a very sad face on the stage because of the complaints from the hearers. ¡°So this is where the live ends? ¡± ¡°I can''t see the last stage. Something''s leaking. ¡± ¡°You know...¡± I thought it was the climax of live today, but this is how it turned out. It made some sense for users to be disappointed. Mayumi was also very disappointed that she couldn''t see the Tsubaki stage. Kanna slowly brings the microphone to her mouth, looking at the loud audience. ¡°... hug Mr. Tsubaki, if you don''t mind." ''May I call on your behalf? ¡± 190 < EP. 44: Tsubakis Request. (1) > ¡°How''s Sawano? ¡± The doctor, who was too old to ask my questions, swept his glasses up and expressed his colors. ¡°We''ve overcome dangerous odds, but honestly, it''s a miracle we''ve survived so far. I think you should be admitted now...¡± So that''s it? No, I''m just thankful for Tsubaki''s mental strength, which he''s endured to this day. But Terrada, who came to the hospital with me from the live hall, didn''t want to acknowledge the teacher''s words. ¡°No, sir. Her voice has just begun to ring!! We have a lot of work to do. ¡± ¡°Mr. Terrada, you need to calm down...¡± ¡°Teacher!! Teacher!!! ¡± I led Mr. Terrada on an excitement trip to a small park in front of the hospital. Sitting on a bench with a hollow face, Terrada asked his mouth about the cigarettes in the pockets of his shirt. Looking at him quietly, I snatched a cigarette from his mouth. ¡°I understand the feeling, but I don''t like smoking in hospitals. ¡± ¡°Oh, I guess so. There are other patients¡­¡± He tucks his pack of cigarettes back into his pocket and asks you. ¡°What are you going to do now? ¡± ¡°What can I say? I''ve been ready since I took her in anyway. Now I''m just thankful that she''s gone through a dangerous ordeal. ¡± ¡°You''re calmer than I thought. But I can''t do that. because the whole time I was coming to the hospital, that''s all I could think about if she didn''t get it right. ¡± Terrada, who started her first job as a producer because of Virtual Idol project, spent a lot of time with the trainees who had passed the audition. I had left everything to Terrada and Ueno about the trainees because my knowledge of music was similar to that of the general public. The four debuts were also decided after reflecting on Terada and Ueno, of which Tsubaki was also heard to be a particularly dear trainee. Not if the penalty for her illness had any effect. Tsubaki already knew how to carry emotions in his voice, so hug the song that everyone was reluctant to hear because it was the most difficult of all. ¡¯I chose it without hesitation. When she first sang her song in the recording room, Terrada once saw the cigarette she was biting falling and falling into her voice without even realizing that her thighs were burning. ¡°I was so excited about the debut yesterday...¡± ¡°This is a bad time. It was the first time we were all on the stage together, so...¡± So what happened after she got admitted to the hospital? At the start of my conference, she collapsed and was immediately transported to an ambulance waiting outside. It was a good thing we had an ambulance standing by in case her health deteriorated or an accident could have occurred during the event... While sighing for a long time, my phone was ringing on my waist. ¡°Yes, I''m Kang Jun-hyuk. ¡± ¡°Ah, Director. How''s Sawano? ¡± ¡°Miyazaki? I was going to call, but good. Tsubaki''s fine. The doctor says he''s out of danger. ¡± ¡°Oh... thank God. Suddenly I thought I was losing my mind and collapsed, and I was in trouble. It was okay until this morning, but I guess it was a lot of pressure to go onstage. ¡± Miyazaki didn''t know about Tsubaki''s illness, so she didn''t know why she came to the hospital. I surprised her and asked her about the event going forward. ¡°The Tsubaki stage must have been chaotic because it was canceled, and there was no rebuttal from the users? ¡± ¡°I was very sorry, but something miraculous happened. ¡± ¡°Miracles...? ¡± ¡°Yes. Kanna suddenly decided to sing for her, along with Sawano''s songs. ¡± ¡°Kanna...? ¡± Obviously, Kanna''s skills aren''t enough to replace Tsubaki. Kanna was fortunate enough that the live event itself could have ended in vain. ¡°Anyway, the event was a complete success. Oh, and the board''s conference ran out of extra portable rayons yesterday. We may have additional orders in case of a portable Laon sale going up in the meantime. ¡± ¡°Yes. Good work today. ¡± ¡°Should I clean up and go to the hospital? ¡± ¡°No, it''s okay. Sawano''s parents are here now, and so are we. You must be tired from the launch, go in early and get some rest today. ¡± ¡°Yes, I understand. Oh, right. I had a great time at the last draw of the launch ceremony today. ¡± ¡°Funny thing? ¡± ¡°Do you know who was on Complete Laon and all the launch softs? ¡± ¡°Oh, by the way, there was a raffle. By the way, who was on board? Do I know you? ¡± ¡°Are there any other Nakamura couples who used to be Kanna''s friends? ¡± ¡°I know that couple. By the way, I met them in the purchase queue again today. ¡± ¡°Yes, that''s right. Jules picked a number, and they were so excited that they won Nakamura''s girlfriend''s number. You''re lucky Nakamura got blown up by the Complete Raon he bought today, right? ¡± ¡°No way. Was the Nakamura military the one who stole Laon in front of the Pentagon? ¡± ¡°I guess I did. Even if I could blow up the game console, this would be news to me. ¡± ¡°Don''t tell me life''s a joke." Nakamura''s heart must have gone back and forth between heaven and hell today... You don''t know her, and if Kanna told you, I''d make it up to you, but I''m glad things worked out. ¡°Well, then. The report for today will end here. ¡± ¡°Yes, thank you. ¡± & August 19, 1995. Complete Raon was launched. The third generation of console complete raon since the release of the NEGA Saturn and Sensoni gear stations has all become a headline at the same time. The flying incident of Complex Raon, which first bamboozled Nakamura, frequently occurred not only in Akihabara but also in gaming shops throughout Tokyo. At first, I thought it was a simple theft of gamers aiming for Complied Raon, but when I learned that there were many robberies of Raon in Tokyo, I even thought it might be an organized crime. And then a few days later, As the demand for Complex Raon surpassed expectations, all of the initial output dropped, a second-hand online trading community began to emerge with sealed products at twice the regular price. Among other things, I caught a user changing his ID and uploading the same content while maintaining some price, and I used the Pentagon staff to buy his complete raon at a high price. Of course, whenever I made a deal with him, I sent another employee, and the police always followed me near their place of business. How many times do I have to repeat myself? A young man carrying a complete raon had always been the same person with a different identity, demanding receipts for where he had purchased it, but constantly stumbling upon his suspicious police presence, while investigating him, he witnessed a flying scene with a friend. In his room, dozens of raons poured out, and on his desk, a checkbook popped up when items from the Tokyo game shops came in. In a planned crime, a young man in his mid-20s had an unfortunate incident in which he was incarcerated directly with a friend. This crime, aiming for a console that is not valuable, has become a big topic to be seen on the news, and ironically, it has had a little marketing effect. The original Complete Raon was issued a week before its official release. Although it was scheduled to be launched at a gaming shop in the earthquake affected area, the schedule was cancelled due to the size of the store of the owners who had opened the gaming shop in the affected area. The fact that you can play a new game device for a week first suggests that almost all gamers across the country are preparing for a massive migration could have caused a very serious accident, so the owners asked you to postpone your order¡­ There was some understanding. Instead, I nominated Virtual Idol''s first formal concert as the Kobe area. Katagiri Erika and Kono Azza are the first characters to compete live there. Their stages will start at separate venues at the same time on the same day. How far will your chosen character go? Will Virtue Idol actually have his own units to make a formal debut? Since they were all in the game they were playing, the gamers couldn''t hide their excitement either. Plus, the stage costume, which was released as a live item on the first day, became enormously popular as soon as it appeared in the magazine. A cute green checkered costume and a cute bread hat on his head pierced the hearts of the users. Of course, the person behind them smiling silently is the head of our second booth design team. Morita, but... ¡°Heheheh... This should work for the gamers. I don''t think anyone can cut it down without coming to Kobe. ¡± At first, he was moaning about how hard he was going to die, and then he got into it. Recently, it seems that he is only planning to wear Idol''s costume with Uchimura, who fits well with him. Sometimes when I see Morita at work, I feel like she''s shining crazy in my eyes. ¡°How much for this flower over there? ¡± ¡°Aren''t you going to the hospital? ¡± The florist came to my question with a warm smile. ¡°How did you know? ¡± ¡°Our shop is close to the hospital, so guests often come to buy flowers. And everybody asks each other for a flower that you picked. ¡± The owner said, I scratched the back of my head and replied. ¡°Oh... it just seems okay...¡± ¡°Patients also need some kind of stimulus. This flower is already full of one in the room, so how about a little glamour? ¡± I was the only one who could distinguish flowers from roses, so I didn''t know what flowers she recommended, but I didn''t hate the taste of pastel tones. ¡°Well, I''ll do it your way. ¡± ¡°Yes, thank you. ¡± After a while, when I arrived at the hospital with a beautifully wrapped basket of flowers, I stopped in the parking lot and looked up at the building. In the bedroom window of Tsubaki, under the bright sunlight, there were white flowers that I pointed to earlier. ¡°Haha... Good to hear from you...¡± As I looked into her room, I took a small sigh and moved on. - If we operate now, we''ll probably never sing again. Please... help me sing on stage for once. - What? When Tsubaki woke up, she reminded me of what the surgeon who recommended surgery immediately said. I could not answer her request to sing on stage more than anyone else. ¡°Perhaps I should give you an answer today...¡± Even if she''s disappointed in me... 191 < EP. 44: Tsubakis Request. (2) > ¡°Twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, twinkle." ¡°Wow!¡± Peek-a-boo! When I entered the special room in Tsubaki''s room, I heard the children laughing somewhere. And in that smile, I slowly walked to the place where I heard the children''s voices. ¡°Sis!! Let''s do it again. What?¡± ¡°Yes, I understand. Wait a minute." Then the chubby, full-bodied child in his patient outfit pressed her with a wave next to Tsubaki. ¡°Hurry up!¡± ¡°There''s Massao. You have to let go of your arm to play the piano!¡± ¡°Oh, right. ¡± ¡°Hahaha! Masao is a fool!¡± ¡°Yes, yes!¡± ¡°Kids, don''t make fun of your friends. What did you say yesterday? ¡± ¡°Be friends!! ¡± ¡°Great!¡± This place is full of teachers. Seeing the bright smile of Tsubaki singing with the children, I felt lighter and lighter all the way here. But was there ever a place like this on the first floor of the special wing? I don''t think I''ve seen you before. ¡°Ah!! Strange man is watching us!! ¡± Hey, kid. Strange guy. Where did I...? At that time, I looked up at Tsubaki, who turned his head to his voice, and I smiled awkwardly and lifted a bouquet of flowers. ¡°Wow! He must be my boyfriend!! ¡± ¡°Are you her boyfriend? ¡± ¡°No. He''s married to a very pretty woman.¡± ¡°Ahhh!! Then it must be an affair. An affair!! ¡± Then the girl next to me tilted her head and asked the boy who shouted that he was having an affair. ¡°Hey, brother. What is an affair?¡± ¡°Huh? It''s... oh, it''s a long trip with another woman after we get married. I saw it on TV.¡± ¡°Hmm? Why go on a trip with another woman? ¡± ¡°Well? I''m not sure about that...¡± ... There''s nothing the kids can''t do these days. Tsubaki stood up with a red face, wondering if he was embarrassed by what he said. ¡°Hello, Joon-Hyuk. ¡± As the sun shines down on the window, she smiles brightly at me as she walks towards me. ¡°How are you feeling? ¡± Then Tsubaki lifted up his casualty''s robe, expressing his forearms, smiling and returning. ¡°I''m very good at it!¡± I looked at her like that for a moment and smiled at her face. ¡°Is that a doomsday gift? ¡± ¡°Oh, right...¡± ¡°Wow, you''re pretty! You have a good sense, Joon-Hyuk. I can see why Yuki likes Joon-Hyuk. ¡± Looking at the happy Tsubaki with a basket of flowers, I thanked her again and again in my heart. ¡°By the way, was there ever a piano in that room? ¡± ¡°No. The hospital told me that Ueno donated the piano. ¡± ¡°Ugh? Mr. Ueno? ¡± I can only recall a few days ago when I agreed to a list of supplies for a piano purchase that Ueno requested. I thought I needed it for the sound team, so I bought it. Was it a donation to the hospital? ¡°I''m glad I got to know my kids, and I didn''t forget the piano sense. ¡± ¡°Yes¡­? That''s good." As expected, Mr. Ueno has not missed the strings of hope for Tsubaki... However, the more difficult the moment of separation will be, Ueno is three years older than I am, and he is still married to the Kawaguchi Representative. A 36-year-old single woman is quite old, but she still doesn''t seem willing to get married. ¡°But what brings you here today? ¡± Tsubaki, who was walking earlier, pressed the button of the elevator going up to the room and asked me. I was momentarily lost in thought, smiling awkwardly at her sudden question. ¡°I was just on my way to work, and I had some business at the Pentagon, and I thought of Tsubaki...¡± ¡°Oh, right. By the way, it''s been a month since the launch of Complex Raon, and it''s September, so it looks like the heat has broken...¡± ¡°Yeah, that humid air feels pretty refreshing now. ¡± ¡°Hehe. Right? ¡± Ding! With the ringtone, the door of the heavy elevator opens, revealing an empty metal space. Tsubaki was being beaten by Ringer, so he moved the iron hanger with Ringer Pack on her behalf. Soon after the elevator door closes with a thumping sound, you begin to climb to the seventh floor of her room with a rumbling sound. Would it have been easier if there was someone else besides us? Just the two of her in a barricaded space. My heart was getting darker and darker again. Then Tsubaki, staring at the elevator door, opens his mouth. ¡°Joon-Hyuk is a terrible liar. ¡± ¡°Huh?" ¡°When Yuki came to the hospital earlier, I heard where Joon-Hyuk lived. If you really wanted to go to the Pentagon shop, the hospital here is completely opposite Junhyuk''s house. ¡± ¡°Oh, well...¡± ¡°It''s okay. I didn''t mean to insult Joon-Hyuk. ¡± I could only say this when she looked back at me and held out her tongue. ¡°Sorry...¡± ¡°It''s okay, I understand. But¡­¡± During her brief hesitation, the elevator suddenly arrives on the seventh floor and rings a ringtone. The warm sunlight in the hallway flashed golden, and Tsubaki pulled me out of the room while standing still holding the Ringer hanger in my hand. ¡°Ah, the weather is so nice. The room''s getting a little overwhelming, so can we talk about it here? ¡± ¡°Yes, do whatever you want. ¡± ¡°Yuki said she pretended to be careless, but sometimes she was very delicate, so I guess she was wrong about her eyes. ¡± ¡°Yuki said that? ¡± ¡°Sure. Oh, right. I saw Seohyun too. The smile on his face in the bathroom was so cute...¡± Tsubaki trembles with his hands wrapped around his balls, wondering if he remembered Seohyun. I threw a bloody smile at that Tsubaki. ¡°Ah, now you smile. Joon-Hyuk''s face is too stiff. ¡± ¡°No, I smile well. ¡± ¡°Of course I laugh well. Especially when it comes to hitting gamers in the back. A cynical smile that I make with my mouth. ¡± ¡°What...? ¡± ¡°Kick-kick. Surprised? ¡± ¡°No. Like what? You''ve seen more of my conferences than that. ¡± ¡°Of course. I''ve kept it a secret so far, but I''ve been playing all the Pentagon games." ¡± I was not surprised by her answer. I just wanted to sing, and I thought she was auditioning for Virtual Idol, but she was actually a Pentagon gamer... ¡°The first thing I knew about the Pentagon was the Final Frontier. My dad bought me a family for my birthday at the time, and the game I bought with him was the Final Frontier. The father who gave the game machine to the little girl, which is weird to think about right now, but that''s how I found out it''s a game. ¡± ¡°I see...¡± ¡°Then one day. I asked him what happened because my classmate went to school with a very frustrated look on his face, and he was very upset that the game he bought for a lot of money was over at the end. So I asked him to play again from the beginning, and he said, is that an impossible game? ¡± ¡°Dragon emblem...¡± ¡°That''s right!¡± In her gesture of reaching a finger toward me with a frown on one eye, I now felt quite refreshed. ¡°Of course, I didn''t know Joon-Hyuk that well at the time, but I was there. ¡± ¡°Hmm..? Where?¡± ¡°I was one of the participants at the Dragon Emblem Punitive Ceremony at the time, hosted by Pammy Communications. ¡± ¡°What!? ¡± I remember there were a few female players at the time, including Yuki, but I didn''t know there was a Tsubaki in there... Looking at her with a silly look, Tsubaki opens his mouth with a pudgy smile. ¡°You look just like Yuki. ¡± ¡°I had no idea...¡± ¡°Of course. I was quickly dismissed, and I was very young. Was it freshman year in high school? But I watched Joon-Hyuk finish clearing the Dragon Emblem. I was going to talk to Joon-Hyuk on the way back from the event, but I stopped giving up because I had a player right in front of me. ¡± ¡°Ah¡­¡± Then it really was the day you met Yuki. Tsubaki was looking at me when I was a kid. I was stunned by the impact of a hammer on the back of my head, and I looked at her, and I said, "That''s pretty amazing, right? ¡¯I smiled warmly. ¡°I hadn''t played a game for a while, but one day I happened to see a game magazine in a bookstore and read an article about Joon-Hyuk. The truth is, you were the developer of the Dragon Emblem, and the whole community has been making up these crazy streets ever since... and you left Mintendo and went to a place called Pentagon Soft. ¡± ¡°I see...¡± ¡°Since then it has taken some time, but I''ve tried all of Junhyuk''s games. Then one day last year, I was auditioning at the Pentagon for an article about idols. He knew I was sick at the time, but I wanted to see him again. I used to know Joon-Hyuk so closely...¡± ¡°Tsubaki, you...¡± ¡°What do you think? On the contrary, I feel like I''ve been hit by a user...?" ¡± ¡°Haha... I don''t have anything to say...¡± ¡°Funny, isn''t it? Don''t worry too much. I didn''t tell Yuki about this. ¡± As I stare at her side, face full of sunlight, my chin curled up in the window frame, I sigh a small sigh. I couldn''t look at that smile and tell him to give up Idol and get the surgery. ¡°Joon-Hyuk.¡± ¡°Yes..? ¡± ¡°Hey, I... I''ve been writing a song with Kanna''s help lately. ¡± ¡°Yeah..? ¡± ¡°So do me a favor, this is a little cheesy, but do me a favor as a girl who used to like you a lot? ¡± ¡°Boo... Tak? ¡± ¡°It''s not that hard, so don''t be too nervous. ¡± Her face turned and looked at me was full of life that had never existed. 192 < EP. 44: Tsubakis Request. (3) > Ten days after I went to Tsubaki''s hospital. As Virtual Idol''s first live battle approached in a week, strange tensions started to flow among Japanese island gamers. Or is it because I''ve never come across one of these before? Even the ordinary people who didn''t like the game felt they were quite interested in their walk. Is that so? Recently, the PC communities have often heard that they are cheering for their favorite heroes by purchasing Complete Raon. ¡°Honestly, when the director first told me he was making idols, I couldn''t get enough of it, but it''s a huge hit after the launch. ¡± Hayashi, who was in charge of Virtual Idol''s system, took out a cigarette from the rooftop and smiled deeply. Recently, the Pentagon Soft prohibited smoking in its offices, which forced Hayashi and other smokers to climb onto the roof of the building. Up until last year, I had a separate smoking room inside, but I didn''t like the way the raccoon''s lair looked. While the benefits policy for smoking cessation has resulted in significant awards for smoking cessation for more than three months, Hayashi has yet to be successful at quitting smoking. He was as sharp as Snake, the main character of the Full Metal Gear, and he was one of the most important reefs in the Pentagon. However, he filed a smoking cessation application this morning. Although the reason was written down as'' for your health, ''it was clear that this was Kaori''s pressure. ¡°Is that the last one? ¡± ¡°I left you another one. How would you like to hang out last? ¡± Hayashi handed me the mattress on an empty backpack. After a deep smoke, I leaned against the rooftop ledge and looked down at Shinjuku City. ¡°It''s been six years since I left Mintendo. Time flies...¡± ¡°I see. Between those six years, the game trend had definitely changed. Japan still has a strong console, but we''ve recently heard that PC gaming sales have been significant in the United States. ¡± Hayashi was right. In the future, the gaming industry will have a fairly long division of PC games and console games. Especially after the recent announcement of the Diablo series by Frost, I felt the time for quarterview nuclear & slash games to finally reveal their claws. Hayashi also couldn''t help but be amazed at the first-ever game screens of the Diablo series, because the RPG method against the never-ending enemy in a dark dungeon was taking a completely different form than the RPG he had always enjoyed. ¡°To be honest, I didn''t think there were any countries that would follow Japan in the content of ''The Game¡¯ until now, but I felt a lot about this. As expected, the world is wide. ¡± ¡°That''s why I never get tired of this floor. Monsters with frightening porting abilities are making new ones every year. ¡± ¡°Such a director is also one of the scary monsters! The unique gamesmanship that makes users mute in every game that is released. ¡± ¡°Stop it! What''s wrong with you? Not like you. ¡± ¡°Is this awkward?¡± I shook my head to the left and to the right with a bitter smile on Hayashi''s face, emitting white cigarette smoke. For some reason, I''m still not used to this compliment. Clearly, my assessment of time has gone beyond Japan in North America and Europe, but what should I say is that the emptiness is not filled as it used to be? Sometimes I get caught up in such a strange feeling. Do I have to tell you how much I missed myself 10 years ago when I was running around with everything on my shoulders like that? ¡°Hey. Hayashi.¡± ¡°Yes, Director. ¡± ¡°Why don''t we put it all down and start over? ¡± Then Hayashi''s glabella split open and asked me for a few steps. ¡°Don''t tell me, Director. Is that the story of Dragon Emblem 2? ¡± Oh, my God. Did I say that without thinking? Still, I can''t believe that poker face turned white after just one spit, and you turned the project upside down like it was dinner, including the Psychic Force... ¡°No, no, no. Hayashi, that''s not it...¡± ¡°So what project are you referring to? ¡± ¡°Hnng... No, thank you. Just pretend you didn''t hear that. ¡± It is undeniable that I have changed my mind a little since I visited Tsubaki''s hospital. It''s not just because she liked me, but because I definitely felt like I''d lost my passion at the time compared to 10 years ago when I first returned to 1983. Of course, I still like games and enjoy the content I create with users every time with a unique system. But sometimes I think, "Why me? ¡¯ In 2015, there were definitely more outstanding planners than me. Sensoni had almost dominated the console industry at the time, their first party was a developer called Nutikat, who drew a graphic quality and storytelling plot in game history, and Frost, who built a huge worldview that no one could follow on the PC game side. Although Mintendo lost his glory in the past because of the successive console business failures, Kumamoto Shigeru became like the ¡®god¡¯ of the gaming industry, and various games he created were being inherited by his successors. If a pretty good main director had dropped in here on my behalf, wouldn''t this world that I''m in really be happening? Suddenly, when I thought about it, I felt small without ever being there. Am I leading the gaming industry in the right direction¡­ Will the gamers like the games I make in the future? Recently, I feel like I''ve become a protagonist of the ''Gift of God¡¯ I made. Do I feel like I''m living my past over and over again in a slightly different form? ¡®At times like this, I really want to see my grandfather again who sent me here. There are so many things I''d like to ask you if I meet you¡­ " When I rubbed the ashtray with the cigarette that had been burned to the end of the filter, Hayashi, who had been watching me silently for a while, told me. ¡°Director.¡± ¡°Huh?" ¡°You''re still doing quite well. ¡± ¡°Yes¡­? What does that mean all of a sudden? ¡± ¡°You don''t look so energetic. It''s no big deal, but I''ve always wanted to say that. ¡± ¡°... Yes. Thank you." I slowly walked toward the elevator, grabbing Hayashi''s smiling shoulder with one tail up. It''s been 12 years since I came here anyway. My grandfather, who came to my wedding, told me to run all I want, so at least I''m not going the wrong way. If we live like this, the day will come when we will see him naturally. Like it or not, when it comes to the day of 2015. & Early October 1995. Huge crowds gathered at Kobe and Osaka''s live venues. I hired my own security company to run the event smoothly, but the number of visitors who gathered at the live chairman had already exceeded my expectations. I was in the Kobe area, Kanna''s live location, where users gathered from different parts of Japan were overwhelmed by people outside of the event, despite the somewhat uncomfortable traffic conditions. ¡°Oooh!! I ran from Fukuoka to live today!! ¡± ¡°This must be Erica''s victory. ¡± I grabbed the paper I was holding in my hand with a somewhat tense expression, with a loud sound coming from outside the window. Leaning against the window, I turn my head and talk to Kanna, who is stiff. ¡°You don''t have to be so nervous. First, Erica, the game character, will present a new song on your behalf. All you have to do is focus on the last live stage. ¡± ¡°Yes, but...¡± ¡°Huh?" ¡°The length of this skirt. I think it''s too short. ¡± ¡°Haha¡­ isn''t that right? I''ll tell Maurita the next time I plan on making a live costume. ¡± ¡°What about the Osaka stage? Aoi is in charge of Kono Azsa. You were very nervous.¡± ¡°You must be enormous, too. Osaka''s better transportation than Kobe, and you should be more nervous. ¡± ¡°I''m fine. ¡± A smile was drawn on Kanna''s smiling face when she applied the script. ¡°But what have you been writing down? ¡± ¡°Oh, this... is a song for Tsubaki tomorrow. It was only completed in the car that came in this morning. ¡± ¡°Really? Can I see it for a second? ¡± Kanna hurriedly smiles at the back of her waist, hiding the sheet music with the lyrics. ¡°I''m sorry, but Tsubaki told me never to show it to Joon-Hyuk. ¡± ¡°Ugh? Why? ¡± ¡°Well, Joon-Hyuk really wanted to do it onstage for the first time... and now we and Ueno. And only Mr. Terrada knows this song. ¡± ¡°Hmm! I''m sure it''s a good song if they admit it, but it''s still a little disappointing." ¡± ¡°But you can''t. I made a promise to my sister. My sister gave me the lyrics, and I wrote the songs, and both of them complimented me on how great they were. ¡± ¡°Yeah? That''s exciting. ¡± ¡°It''s Tsubaki''s performance next week, so don''t miss it. ¡± At that time, a Pentagon staff member who was in charge of the event opened the door to the Staff Room looked for me. ¡°Director, the first LIVE is about to begin. Be prepared." ¡°Yes, I''ll be right up. ¡± After the staff retreated, I looked in the mirror and recalled it in a low voice, pulling at the collar. ¡°Let''s go, then. ¡± ¡°Cheer up, Director. ¡± With a slight nod to Kanna behind me, I set foot on the steps leading up to the stage. So Kanna''s "Tsubaki" is finished... Honestly, I could sneak a peek during Kanna''s performance, but there must be a reason for you two to hide like this... After all, Tsubaki''s performance is in a week, so let''s be patient. I slightly raised my mouth and recalled Tsubaki''s request that day. ¡®Joon-Hyuk, if you''re having trouble performing outside because of my health... why don''t you do it here at the hospital. And, of course, it can be very upsetting for other patients, so with their permission, a very small performance. " 193 < EP. 44: Tsubakis Request. (4) > Before going onstage, I swallowed a dry saliva in the form of people filled with event halls who had glimpsed the curtain of the stage next to the loud noise of the audience coming from the audience. "I''m a little nervous, but this is more than I imagined." ¡¯ Of course, it''s only a fag hemostasis compared to ''Anyo Namie¡¯ or X-JAPAN, which is currently the most popular in Japan, but more viewers are gathering for the live game characters than they think. Moreover, the potential for Idol was considerable, given that the content had only been officially started for about a full month. How did you end up with so many fans in such a short period of time? But when I think about it for a moment, there was a certain degree of acceptance of what they had gathered like this. The correct answer was'' content ¡¯. The tension of so-called survival matches over a formal debut of your favorite idol. But what led the gamers even more was the downloadable content from the concert hall here. Visitors may be the first to hear the latest songs from Erica and Azsa, but most importantly, they have the ability to dress new characters and new songs on their devices first. If you ask why you use the word "seaweed," in fact, the songs and illustrations used in the second LIVE were already data stored on the CD. This data is also referred to as unlock content. It is a special function designed to dissociate large amounts of data contained in CDs using very small capacity key data, forcing the contents of Virtual Idol to last for a long time. This was mainly used by other gaming companies, typically using the term lockout method in Nanko''s ¡®Iron Fist 2¡¯. I borrowed from Idol a similar way of giving up the hidden characters that were open when I played the 100 games in the arcade version, or the memory of users being excited about the sudden and emerging performance of the characters depending on the number of times I cleared the final boss. However, it was not just relying on unlocked data to rely on all content. As Kanna created the song for Tsubaki, Complex Raon included a hard device of approximately 128 mega to allow sufficient custom data to be accepted. Thanks to this free space, Complex Raon did not need to use the memory card like Sensoni''s gear station, so it did not cost any extra money. Though Sensoni''s gear stations did not feel particularly expensive just thinking about machines, there was a disadvantage that game play could only be stored using memory cards, resulting in additional costs. Moreover, the data storage itself was blocked, accounting for close to 2-3 data according to the data figures occupied per game, but it was not a bit uncomfortable because it was necessary to erase past data when using all memory cards later. In that sense, hitting the hard drive inside the home console was a very strange and disruptive service at this time. Of course, it was the position of competitors like Sensoni and NEGA, and the striking thing was the position of a two-armed welcoming user¡­ However, injecting the hard drive into the new console was not just due to download content and data storage. ¡®Complicated Raon contains the OS. ¡¯ The age of CDs began, and the biggest problem was the copy CDs. Complete Raon contained version up data to update the internal OS whenever a new game was released. When using a mode (MOD) chip that recognizes genuine CDs within the console, it forced over the CPU clock to include the ability to physically break the CPU inside the console. We have also informed the seals on the back of the body, including the manual, of these effects, so far no movement has been seen to use the replicating CD. If the cartridge used in the previous generation itself was too expensive to produce a counterfeit product and sell it for a deceptive price to consumers, this CD was so cheap and mass producible that it could only receive 500 yen to 1000 yen per page. The current gaming industry has suffered considerable headaches as Taiwan has developed modechips for gear stations and NEGA Saturn to force consoles to be converted more frequently. In that sense, 128 mega of hard was passed unanimously inside the company because a significant merit acted on the fact that the manufacturing unit price could be raised, but could be countered by replicating CDs. After a while, the speakers in the event hall hear a ringtone announcing the beginning of the live event, and the voices of the people are gradually becoming more frequent. While waiting by the stage, I slowly walked to the center of the stage and organized the chandelier. ¡°Sh... I guess they''re starting. ¡± Did you hear the sound of my footsteps walking onstage? The moment I heard someone trembling in the crowd. The curtain across from me flew up and faced the audience in front of me. ¡°Wow!!! ¡± I glanced at the people who were filling the audience once and for all. ¡°Welcome to Miss Katagiri Erica''s New Songs Presentation. ¡± After greeting the audience with open arms, I held the microphone in my hand at the center of the stage in applause from the pouring audience. ¡°This is a year I''ve had many encounters with you. ¡± Then I heard a small laugh on the side of the audience who understood the meaning of my words. We usually have conferences about once a year, but this year we suddenly launch Complete Raon, and in a month and a half we get back in front of the users. ¡°Before we begin Miss Erica''s LIVE, I''d like to make a quick announcement to each of our current heroes. First of all, idols have shipped 200,000 chapters in the last month and a half, and each hero has been issued 50,000 cards. Among them are two heroes who are currently recording the end game. ¡± The audience sitting in the audience at my words began to stare at me, swallowing dry saliva. Apparently, the people gathered here were fans of Katagiri Erica and wanted her name to be called, but unfortunately, the script I was holding didn''t have her name. ¡°Cheryl and Tsuba. ¡± ¡°Ah¡­¡± When I looked at the long sighing users as if the sky had collapsed, I also felt like a lump. However, the true stage of Virtue Idol began now, so the final result could be reversed any time. ¡°One interesting thing is that Complex Raon is out, and the sales section is just over 100,000 now. Virtual Idol''s sales have already surpassed the console. Here we can infer that the idol must have more than one title per user who enjoys Complete Raon. This is one of the hardest to find results in the console market to date. which means that that''s how many people are interested in idol heroes. ¡± ¡°Wow... that''s amazing.¡± ¡°A game machine sold 100,000 copies, and Soft exceeds that. ¡± ¡°I bought all four of them myself. I kind of get it...¡± There were also quite a few users who responded naturally to my presentation. At that time, a woman running from the inside of the stage forwarded me a note and left the stage in a hurry. After a brief review of her note, I raised my lip slightly and held the microphone in my hand. ¡°Looks like you''ve just completed the guest count on the live stage in Osaka. ¡± ¡°Oh¡­ what happened? ¡± ¡°No wonder Erica won. ¡± ¡°Well, I heard from a friend that Osaka''s side is massive.¡± I looked at the anxious stage for a moment and put the microphone to my mouth. ¡°Currently attending Kono Azza''s live event...¡± ¡°Ugh... Please...¡± ¡°Dear God...¡± Those eyes that want to know the results as soon as possible with anxious expressions... Inside, some people held their hands together and raised their prayers. With a small note in my hand, I sighed and shook my head. ¡°Oh, you can''t be...¡± ¡°Did Miss Erica lose? ¡± ¡°No way!! ¡± For those who express anxiety with their whole body, I shoved a note in my pocket and opened my mouth. ¡°Check it out for yourself. ¡± Pa!! At the same time, the giant screen behind my back was illuminated with the Osaka Live Hall. ¡°Wow¡­!!! ¡± ¡°Wahhhh!! What''s all this!! ¡± ¡°Dammit... were there so many Aziza fans!? ¡± There was a strange tension in the faces of the users in the audience in the Osaka Live Hall, which filled the live hall with almost the same number as them. - Dual live from Virtual Idol Live - I waved my hand at Kawaguchi, standing in the center of the stage on the screen. After a while, he also waved his hands at me. ¡°As you can see, live is happening at the same time. However, there are also users who support live today from afar using handsets installed in gaming shops across the country, so we will let you know the results when LIVE is over. Now, let''s get this live. ¡± ¡°Oooh!!! ¡± Looking at the audience full of opposing camps, they start screaming with both fists burning. ¡°Great, but first I''m going to show you a few simple rules for enjoying LIVE. ¡± ¡°Rules?¡± ¡°The next live event will check your response. After the LIVE ends, your screams will be measured in decibels and added to Hiroin''s debut points. So as much as you enjoy LIVE, I would like to offer you a lot of support for Miss Erica. Oh, and one more thing. You don''t have to think that the tone of the song will be low. because we have a sequence of songs that we''re prepared to do today, which is to change each other''s songs. ¡± ¡°Oh!!! Awesome. It''s not polite to have users come all the way to Kobe for a new song... Erica appeared on a huge screen as she clapped her microphone onstage in the same applause as the users. The first time I imagined her pure-looking cheerleader calling for you, the users began to react to Erica''s cute green tick skirt. ¡°Cough!! ¡± ¡°Ears... cute. ¡± ¡°This is my taste!! It''s my favorite!! ¡± At that moment, a perceptive gamer shouts, wrapped around his head. ¡°No way!! Is the singing meteor the same outfit today? ¡± ¡°Oooh!!!! ¡± At that moment, the live hall began to burn in a slightly different sense. Standing on the stage, I slowly shook my head to the left and to the right as if I were looking at a live hall reminiscent of a military air show. ¡°This is why I don''t like quick gamers...¡± 194 < EP. 44: Tsubakis Request. (5) > If Erica''s first song, "Cheerleader" for you, was a song for people who had finished their weary everyday lives, then her second song was a very impressive song of heartfelt lyrics by a girl in love. Unlike the first song in a relatively quiet atmosphere, her appearance of singing along with the fluttering rhythm of Ukarelle had the power to make her smile on her own. Her face, closed up on the screen, winks at the audience, instantaneously heating up the live hall to the point that decibel points to 100 dB. ¡°Wow¡­ it''s huge! ¡± Kanna, who approached me one day, looked up at the audience and was amazed. I shrugged my shoulders in surprise when I couldn''t even hear the sound of her approaching steps due to the music coming from the speakers and the screams of the gamers. ¡°Are you a little relaxed? ¡± ¡°I didn''t know it when I was in the waiting room, but I''m trembling at how full the audience is. I bet Aoi''s preparing a live event in Osaka right now feels a lot like me, right? ¡± ¡°Maybe so. ¡± Hamazaki Aoi, who plays Kono Azsa, was the youngest of the trainees chosen to be the Virtual Idol Group. She''s 12 years old this year, a freshman in middle school. Thanks to him, I was also a one-of-a-kind creature among the trainees. It was the same at the launch event before, but I was a little afraid of the stage, so I was not more anxious than other heroes. I took a deep breath and looked at Kanna for a moment and spoke to her. ¡°You gonna be okay?" Kanna opens her eyes and replies. ¡°I''m going to rock the stage with my song. ¡± ¡°Huh¡­? I think I heard it somewhere. ¡± ¡°That''s what my sister said at the launch ceremony. ¡± ¡°Oh, right. ¡± The knight was the name of the asteroid that played Cheryl in Virtue Idol. She always played the role of Idol''s eldest sister with confident tone and mobility. He was the same age as Tsubaki, but like the characters in the game, the articles in the mature image were popular with other trainees. "It''s kind of heartbreaking to limit one person here..." Looking at Kanna calling out to herself while checking her stage outfit, I turned my head to the screen to try to hide my bitter expression. & Virtual Idol''s first live. The Erica VS Azsa performance was fortunately underway. After the announcement of a new song. Kanna''s experience in street performances was truly a shining moment in the part that changed each other''s title songs as scheduled. With her singing without losing her smile in the spectacular light and spotlight, many people applauded her, and Kanna finished greeting the audience after the last stage, the last stage, and a small voice came out of the audience, wanting an encore. ¡°Anchol!! Anchor!! Anchor!! Anchor!! ¡± ¡°One more song!! ¡± ¡°I came all the way from Fukuoka. Too bad to go back like this!! ¡± ¡°I''m from Hokkaido!! ¡± ¡°Sing Tsubaki''s song for me again!! ¡± ¡°Oh, right. Erica''s version of" hug me. "" It was good. ¡± ¡°Anchol! Anchol! Anchol!¡± Kanna looked at me with an embarrassed look on the stage for a seamless request from the audience. Even I was stunned at her live that was so great that I was only listening to her songs, so the reaction of the audience was a moment that made sense to me as well. But here, singing Tsubaki''s song again allowed me to finally play another song that she used to sing before, just in case it would have some effect on her life next week. Then Kanna also nodded, looking at me from the center of the stage, and took off the first verse of the song with her eyes closed. ¡°The first moment I saw you. I knew my love was sad...¡± At that moment, the expressions of the users who were shouting anchor in the audience became stiff. ¡°Huh? This song... is it? ¡± ¡°No way... No way!! ¡± ¡°Phew... awesome. ¡± ¡°Was she the one singing the endings of God''s gift? ¡± Earlier this year, Kanna''s "Gift of God" ending was a song that brought the online community to life. Many people found a record point in front of the station that they could hear it at a street performance in Harajuku, but she no longer sang there after contracting with me. Instead, she was able to download her music separately through a handset installed in the Pentagon Shop, which to date has been so popular that it was almost 100,000 downloads. ¡°I never thought I''d hear this song here...¡± The users were dumbfounded by the unexpected gift they received and were immersed in her song. ¡°I wanted to say I love you, but I''m walking around with you all day, afraid I''ll find this feeling in my heart. ¡± The end song of God''s gift that seemed to warm up the living hall that was full of heat calmed the atmosphere of the audience according to its name. Soon after her last song ended, the people in the audience got up from the couch and applauded her as a curtain approaching Kanna''s head bowing to the audience. I didn''t sing this song myself, but seeing this scene makes me so overwhelmed. How did Kanna feel when she sang it onstage? I also applauded her courage for overcoming fear and successfully completing the LIVE. & [Amazing. Amazing!! It really creeped me out in the last anchor!!] [Oh, if I had known this, I would have gone too. I can''t believe Erica''s meteor was the one who sang the ending to God''s gift.] [I told you before that the two songs sound alike. I was too mean to say anything funny at the time...] [Zephyr, this is one of the people I was posting nonsense about. It''s too late now, but I sincerely apologize. Hung Hung...] Two days after Erica''s live event. Virtual Idol''s online community was full of stories about Erica''s rainfall. As a result, the end song of God''s last gift from Erica''s Live worked for users. Thanks to this, Erica''s debut point for two days showed an enormous impact that would have caused her to leap up about 1.5 times. ¡°Director, are you in Virgil Idol''s community chat room again? ¡± ¡°This is also market research, of course. ¡± ¡°Yes, of course. ¡± Hayashi, who was looking at me at the side seat, nodded with a bleeding smile. As I looked back at the monitor, I said a word to Yashi Yashi. ¡°You said you were going to see Kaori''s wedding dress tomorrow, right? Is this the third time?¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± ¡°Tomorrow, will she be able to pick out her favorite dress? ¡± There was one thing he couldn''t endure, no matter how stubborn his personality was, it was shopping with Kaori. Thanks to her checking out at least five stores to buy one item, Hayashi chose furniture to enter the newlyweds, but now she was nervous when she only heard the ¡®show¡¯ in shopping. Having such a simple attention to life, Hayashi, who didn''t have much household appliances at home, was putting all her strength into her newlyweds these days. However, due to Kaori''s whimsy that she didn''t like the wedding dress to wear at the ceremony, Hayashi went around the wedding shop all weekend and had to write until tomorrow to pick out her dress together. ¡°Director, was marriage this hard? ¡± As I stared at the monitor for Hayashi''s question, I swiped my chin down and polished my voice for a moment. ¡°Hayashi, this shopping with Kaori you''re doing...¡± ¡°Why are you suddenly so anxious?¡± ¡°It''s like a prologue of a very, very long story. ¡± ¡°Huff...¡± ¡°Do you remember how I was delivering ice cream to Yuki all last year on my way home? ¡± ¡°Ugh...¡± However, when I think about it, Yuki was not as polar as Kaori, so it was also true that Hayashi felt a little pity. ¡®Cheer up.Hayashi... But there''s a good side to getting married. ¡¯ & Erica''s battle with Azsa ended with Erica''s victory. The number of visitors to the live event was similar, but as a result Kanna had a far superior advantage in attracting the audience. I finished one big event like that, but I had no time to breathe. Immediately, there was a live performance of Tsubaki and Cheryl this weekend. In particular, I was also very excited about this performance because a new song by Tsubaki was scheduled. On behalf of the second song that I recorded in advance, there were many things to prepare inside the company, but I had to give up the animated live footage that I had prepared for the first time. And secondly, the hospital wouldn''t let her out, so she had to broadcast from the hospital''s installed auditorium to a two-way live feed. Thanks to this, the staff preparing for the performance had to give up quite a lot to consult with the hospital where Tsubaki was hospitalized. And as time passed, Cheryl and Tsubaki''s performance day approached. First, Tsubaki''s live event took place at the event hall at Pentagon Shop No. 2. Originally, her live, which was supposed to be the day of the launch of Complete Raon, took a full month and was back here. And Cheryl''s stage against Tsubaki was held in an event hall in Ueno Park, where a lot of people were gathering in front of the live hall from before the event, like the protagonists who recorded the game''s soft finish. I suddenly thought, when I was using the camcorder to capture the crowd before the performance. "If Tsubaki had seen this, he would have loved it..." Buying Goods items for Tsubaki at the event. And after the photo shoot, the fans who confirmed the live tickets using Raon finished filling the auditorium, a message from staff at the hospital said they were ready to perform. As I confirm the text messages, I give the instructions to the staff, a ringtone announces the start of the performance at the speakers in the live hall. ¡°Wow, you''re finally listening to LIVE. ¡± ¡°Too bad I didn''t see the show at the launch, but it won''t be cancelled again today, will it? ¡± I sent a call-in to announce the beginning of the performance with a resolute heart in the voices of the audience full of anticipation to face her. Tick... As the light from the ceiling turned off and the surroundings became dark, I remembered her wearing stage clothes on a giant screen. She smiled at the camera as she grew taller than before. She smiles at us across the street as the camera lights come on, and starts singing straight away without any explanation. As soon as I heard the first verse of the second song she wrote herself, teardrops began to fill my eyes as I looked at the screen. Hey, what if... If only I could give up everything. Would it be a little easier to live with a smile? My heart aches again. Don''t tell me anything else. Hey, what if... If only I could forget everything. Can we live without crying? But now that I know I can''t, Don''t show me anything else. No matter how close I came to you, I only have one heart. Too much... Too much... My heart goes like this It''s breaking, it''s tearing. And yet you hold me. I''m not letting go... That''s it. 195 < EP. 44: Tsubakis Request. (6) > Her singing on the screen looked like an angel, so everyone was breathing and listening to her voice. "Give me a hug." ¡¯This song felt so different that it felt like Tsubaki was the first and final salutation for everyone here. Soon after her song, she slowly raised her head and faced the audience, opening her mouth in her usual voice. ¡°Hello, this is Savano Tsubaki of the same name who plays Savano Tsubaki of Virtual Idol." First of all, I apologize for coming to see my LIVE and for greeting you on this screen. ¡± In the screen, she picks her breath and grips the sharp spot. ¡°The day you came to see our performance is almost over, and I want to get better and stand up with my colleagues. Will you come back then? ¡± When she asked, I walked to the stage and put the microphone in her mouth. ¡°The footage on the screen right now is cross-streaming, not recording, so we can tell her exactly what you''re screaming about. Please give her a big round of applause for her recovery. ¡± At the end of my speech, thunderous applause started pouring out from the audience. ¡°Of course!! ¡± ¡°I''ll be there!! ¡± ¡°I hope to see you on stage as soon as possible!! I look forward to it!! ¡± ¡°I''ve been a fan since my first single song was released. I hope you get out soon!!! ¡± Did the screams from the users reach her? She began to drip tears in her big eyes. ¡°Thank you. Thank you. Gentlemen...¡± She bows a few times towards the users sitting in the audience, then smiles as she sweeps up her flowing hair. However, even after just one song, her cheeks were already reddened, and she never seemed to be in a good mood from the sweat on her neck and forehead. Are you sure you''re gonna be okay? ¡¯ I felt anxious, but I couldn''t stop living here by myself, thinking of Tsubaki''s face that I had been waiting for today. ¡®We''ve got doctors on standby just in case, so if something happens, we can deal with it right away. ¡¯ Then she opened her mouth to the audience on the screen. ¡°And the next song I''m going to play for you...¡± Tsubaki... you''re not going to sing Cheryl''s song in this situation, are you? Of course, if her body was intact, it would certainly be a special stage, but it seemed a bit difficult to digest a single Cheryl in her current condition. However, her nominated opponent, Collabo, breaks everyone''s expectations. No, if you just rolled your head a little bit more, maybe that''s a natural choice... ¡°The day I fell down and was transferred to the hospital. There was one person who sang on my behalf. ¡± ¡°Oh... so it can''t be? ¡± ¡°Oh!? This feels new again. ¡± The users who were there that day shouted at the screen, whether they realized her intentions at once. At that moment, another man appeared behind Tsubaki''s back. She sits on a chair on the stage with a brown single head and holds it over her knees as she sprays her vent. "Kanna...? ¡¯ In her surprise appearance, she made eye contact with Tsubaki before an unsuspecting audience even made an elastic appearance, bouncing off the other accompaniment of her first title song, ''Cheerleader¡¯. ¡°You''ve had a hard day...¡± During the song, even the users who were sitting in the audience, smiling at each other, began to enjoy their live with warm eyes. ¡®This one. I was going to try out the heroes'' duet live later¡­ ¡¯ However, looking at the two people on the screen, it felt more natural than forcibly adjusting the settings for the performance. The surprise appearance of Kanna left the audience briefly unattended, but the cheerleaders listening to you in Tsubaki''s voice gave them a different feeling than Erica''s version, so they were enjoying the two live. ¡°I will... support you all the time. ¡± At the end of the song, everyone who was sitting in the audience, facing each other, started to applaud. Whether she heard it on the screen, Kanna smiled shyly and approached Tsubaki and finished greeting the audience with her. ¡°Wow!! Excellent!!" ¡°Yippee!!! ¡± ¡°That was the best live scene ever...¡± ¡°The combination of Tsubaki and Erica...¡± The Tsubaki stage, which demonstrated a performance beyond expectation in the appearance of Kanna, showed me the best live stage I have ever seen. Not just Erica''s title song in Tsubaki''s voice, but Kanna''s heart came to the stage worrying about her. The applause from the audience could not be stopped, and tears poured down the cheeks of Tsubaki and Kanna holding hands on the screen. & After Virtual Idol''s second live match, Tsubaki and Cheryl''s performance became incredibly popular with gamers. While the Kanna and Collaborative Tsubaki stage was great, the intense charismatic Cheryl also managed to capture the fans with glamorous performance and singularity. ¡°At this rate, Virgil Idol has successfully settled into a new genre market. ¡± Kawaguchi, who was looking at Idol''s sales graph in the conference room, nodded with a delightful smile. Expecting a two-month sales trend, Virtual Idol, which is a record speed to fit within five fingers of the software currently released at Pentagon Soft, is the most popular title that remains well retracted and portable, as well as complete Laon. But what scares Virgil even more is that there are still seven more reserve characters left to launch... It suddenly occurred to me that if it continues to be popular, I could one day play the Tokyo Dome Live, the stage of Idol singer''s dream. ¡°Then I''m going to end Idol''s sales report with more than that. ¡± Mr. Hayashi, the second development team leader, politely bowed down to the staff in the meeting room and returned to his seat. Then the Kawaguchi representative, who was sitting next to me, opened his mouth to Hayashi. ¡°How did you and Miss Kaori have a great honeymoon? ¡± After finishing the second LIVE, Hayashi went on a honeymoon with Kaori for a week and came back with crunchy skin, scorched by the sun. Hayashi scratched her back head and nodded, and the conference room came and went to celebrate Hayashi''s wedding for a while. As always, I left the meeting in a warm atmosphere, but the Kawaguchi representative called me apart. ¡°Joon-Hyuk, please come to the representative room for a moment. ¡± ¡°Oh, yes. Come with me.¡± A moment later, I leaned on the couch and loosened my stiff neck as I entered the room with the Kawaguchi delegation of a pleasant view. ¡°You must be tired. ¡± ¡°I see. Even at a high rank, it doesn''t diminish my work. ¡± ¡°The fact that someone at a high rank is busy without a hitch means that the company is doing just as well. ¡± The Kawaguchi leader sat across from me, rubbing his shoulders, even though he was tired. Suddenly, he had a piece of paper in his hand, and he reached out to me on the table and opened his mouth. ¡°By the way, Joon-Hyuk''s request was passed in consultation with Sensoni. ¡± ¡°Oh, I thought I''d catch my breath...¡± ¡°You can''t rest, can you? ¡± ¡°Still, it''s better than going on a long trip to the United States. ¡± ¡°I agree with you there. ¡± ¡°By the way, what happened to Mintendo? ¡± Then the Kawaguchi representative shook his head in sadness at my question. ¡°I tried to convince him somehow, but it was hard to find a settlement with Mintendo. ¡± ¡°I see.¡± ¡°Joon-Hyuk would have gone better than me...¡± ¡°No. It would have been counterproductive for me to be there. ¡± ¡°Still, it''s a bit of a shame that Mintendo is missing from a show that enjoys gaming content. ¡± ¡°I can''t. But it''s going to happen every year, and you have to put the first button in so you don''t have to do anything about it. ¡± ¡°I agree with you 100%. ¡± ¡°How likely are you to participate? ¡± ¡°We, Sensoni and other large third-party producers, including NEGA, have expressed their willingness to participate. Together with small and medium-sized companies, approximately 83 companies will participate. ¡± ¡°Your participation rate isn''t worse than I expected? ¡± ¡°If we finish well, more companies will be attending next year. ¡± As I watched the documents and listened to the Kawaguchi representative, I put the documents on the table with a satisfactory smile. ¡°Let''s get ready, shall we? No. 1. Tokyo Game Show. ¡± ¡°A game show... that''s a very exciting name to hear. ¡± & The Tokyo Games Show, scheduled in early December 1995, disappointed many gamers with Mintendo''s lack of news. Mintendo, who unexpectedly betrayed his expectation to see the graphics and reality of the new Super Maritime Series and Mintendo 64, rated the first Tokyo game show. - A game show without mintendo is not a real game show. - Of course, it is true that Mintendo has led the gaming industry around the world ahead of their families and super families, but they have not always been recognized as kings. I left the throne empty for too long. In 1995, Mintendo was still extremely protective of information on Mintendo 64 when Sensoni, NEGA and the Pentagon were at war with their latest breeding grounds. Only known uses a Rom cartridge, not just a CD. It will be the best performing console on the market. Super Maridge 64, made with Mintendo 64, will completely change the framework of the game to date. The propaganda in Mintendo magazine has made the user''s expectations to go beyond the explosion and become suspicious of a flare. So when the time is right, you have to detonate the detonator. Like this. In the next chapter of the Pammy Communications Special Issue with news of Mintendo''s disappearance, this phrase was written: - Second episode of Dragon Emblem 2. Full Version First Release at Tokyo''s First Game Show. - 196 < EP 45: Tokyo Game Show. (1) > The second week of November 1995... Three weeks before the world''s first gaming fair, the online gaming community was teeming with festive atmosphere. He would do the same thing because each year at the International Electronics Fair, the genre of the game was recognized as one ¡®cultural content¡¯. After last year''s home appliance fair in America. Japan''s Computer Entertainment Association (CESA) is the most popular exhibition attraction for Mintendo and Sensoni. He also offered the Pentagon a new gaming fair to expand Japan''s gaming industry. In fact, behind them was one of Japan''s government agencies, the Japanese Economic Industry, who sponsored CESA to broadly promote the content of the Game to attract foreign tourists. But because Mintendo had declared he would definitely participate, the Tokyo game show had to be called a halfway show before it even began. The impact of mintendo, the so-called king of the gaming industry, at this time was really great. Nevertheless, the CESA decided to put on a Tokyo game show, with the exception of Mintendo, because it was unable to give up the game fair with enormous funds pouring in. Mintendo''s disappearance was reported in the international media, and gamers from around the world also expressed their condolences, but Mintendo was rigid. However, despite Mintendo''s insubordination, there were many companies that could fill his space. First of all, Complex Raon showed another possibility for the game genre with Idol and Full Metal Gear, alongside Sensoni, who have emerged in the gaming industry earlier this year and are rapidly eroding the market with strong funding. And at the arcade centre, even the most prestigious country... These three companies were enough to meet the expectations of users of the Tokyo game show. Moreover, in addition to the companies described above, there were about 84 small businesses and third parties to participate in the first Tokyo Games Show on the Tokyo Vicsite. Literally a yard for gamers'' festivals, the Tokyo Game Show was a huge event that would become one of the world''s top three game shows in the distant future. Knock, knock. I looked at the event planner for the staff to prepare for the conference, and I gently tapped the cluster of documents on the edge of my desk and placed them neatly on the desk one by one. Because of all the conferences at the Pentagon? The event planner in front of me was filled with glowing ideas. Especially, there have been a lot of interesting ideas that have attracted a lot of interest from users recently, such as watching the planning book has overwhelmed my heart. In addition to the dragon emblem, the Pentagon was expected to announce new pieces from each development team, and all the third-party games that were being produced with Complete Raon were put on hold for the TGS (Tokyo Game Show), so we felt that we were quite excited about the event. I don''t have mintendo. This could be a huge opportunity for TGS to take control of the future... & The seating arrangements for Sensoni, NEGA and the Pentagon were extremely intense until the TGS ''official pamphlet came out. Together with CESA, Nikkei, TGS ''co-host, has proposed to cast lots for three seats, but due to the recent extreme marketing disagreement between Sensony and NEGA, the placement has ceased at the labyrinth. So Sensoni and the booth of the NEGA wanted each other to fall to the pole, but the Pentagon''s entry in the middle was nonsense. But that wasn''t the only problem. When the large gaming company was unable to place their booths properly, it took me time to finish the third party below, and I made the overall results very slow down the event, so I appealed for a three-party position in the conference room in the form of a V. ¡°Hmm... I can''t. I''ll take it from the line. ¡± Kurakagi, the Gear Station''s father, seemed reluctant to convey my opinions, but he finally nodded his head because there was no alternative. Then Yamanaka, the president of the NEGA, turned his head and agreed to something. I wanted to get out of here as soon as possible because of the bizarre fights between two companies that didn''t acknowledge each other as rivals but cared about each other. ¡°So you want to get as far away from Sensoni and the NEGA as possible. ¡± The facial expressions of Kishimoto, who was in charge of assigning booth locations for each company, were exhausting. He was a typical Japanese guy with a very impressive protruding front teeth. About my age? ¡°Of course, in NEGA, we tend to follow our marketing strategy all the time. Thank you very much. ¡± Yamanaka''s head turned to Kurakagi, who was making an overwhelming face with one lip up, immediately revealed an uncomfortable look. ¡°Don''t get cocky about a chick who just joined the gaming industry...¡± ¡°Mr. Yamanaka, what did you just say?¡± ¡°Mr. Yamanaka...? Even if you have no manners!! ¡± I sighed for a long time in an increasingly speechless office. Why didn''t you just ask Kawaguchi to come? I looked at the two companies'' representatives who were still chattering for a moment and turned to Kishimoto. ¡°Then I will determine the Pentagon from the letter V down to the point where the vertex touches. ¡± Then the two people who were raising their voices toward each other simultaneously turned to me and shouted. ¡°What!? ¡± ¡°What authority do you have to take your place?!" ¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± If I hadn''t come back in ''83, I''d be with you guys. ... but in their eyes, I guess I''m just a young man, a pretty high-ranking gaming director, right? I opened my mouth with a scratch on the back of my head, looking at the two people staring at me with the strength of my eyes. ¡°Look, I just agreed that you two would want to be as far away from each other as possible, right? ¡± ¡°Th-that''s right. ¡± ¡°Well, it''s just here and here. ¡± I was a horse, taking pictures of the interior view of the exhibition hall of Big Site, and positioning myself in the booth of Sensoni and NEGA. ¡°I have a meeting later with another company. I''ll leave you to it. I don''t want to waste my time picking just one spot. ¡± Then, in my words, they looked up at me with a stupefied look. ¡°Well, I''ll be going. ¡± As a courtesy, I loosened my tie and walked out of the office towards the parking lot where I had parked my car. At that time, Kishimoto ran out after me. ¡°Hey, Joon-Hyuk! Kang Jun-hyuk!! ¡± ¡°Huh? Kishimoto. Something wrong? ¡± ¡°Oh, that''s not... that''s...¡± ¡°Hmm? Something else? ¡± ¡°W-Would you like to join the heroes of Idol in TGS? ¡± ¡°Yes, of course. because this is our current Pentagon Soft feature. ¡± ¡°Ahhh!! ¡± ¡°But why is that? ¡± ¡°This is personal, actually, but I''m also a fan of Erica''s at Virtual Idol. So I wondered if TGS was planning an event. ¡± Wow... I didn''t think of this again. The event planner is a fan of idols. I opened my mouth with a glancing smile in my heart. ¡°Thank you for your interest. Kishimoto, Erica''s going to love this. As you can see from your upcoming event planner, we have a small concert ready for you, so stay tuned. ¡± ¡°Ah, I see...! ¡± Kishimoto nodded, smiling satisfactorily at my answer. ¡°I look forward to the concert. ¡± ¡°Oh, by the way, Kishimoto. Can I ask you a favor regarding Virtual Idol''s event? ¡± ¡°Yes?¡± When Kishimoto heard that Idol''s event was being planned in the hallway for a while, he shouted with a fierce fist. ¡°That''s wonderful. I also believed that even without mintendo, the Pentagon would give us great planning. ¡± ¡°What do you think? Can you share my thoughts with your superiors? ¡± ¡°Oh, but I''m also not in a position to answer Joon-Hyuk''s suggestions. Plus, there''s going to be a lot of booths and tourists inside the venue...¡± I smiled slightly and replied to Kishimoto, looking embarrassed as he stole the sweat that was pouring out. ¡°I didn''t say I was hosting an event at an event? ¡± Then, Kishimoto, who was staring at me with a blank expression, just let out a sigh for a moment, and he looked horrified. ¡°No way!? ¡± ¡°We will send you a separate fax during the morning for detailed event formats. ¡± ¡°Joon-Hyuk!! Wait, wait, wait. ¡°Then Kishimoto. Please take good care of it." After holding Kishimoto''s hand and waving him up and down lightly, I bowed my head slightly and left the CESA headquarters. & After a while. After leaving the association, I got in my car and headed to the club room of a Japanese electronic school near Shinjuku. When I opened the door of the club with a large bag of bread in my hand for the students who waited for me until late, I was choked and choked by the hot heat coming out of the PC. ¡°Hello!!! ¡± Approximately 10 students sitting in front of the PC gathered to greet me on my visit. ¡°Why didn''t you turn on the air conditioning when it was hot? ¡± ¡°Oh, by the way, it''s so hot. ¡± At that moment, the students sitting in front of the computer were flocking to the table with their hands. ¡°What is this, sir? ¡± ¡°Choux cream bread. I bought what I could because I didn''t know how many of them there were, but I didn''t have enough. ¡± ¡°Oh, I was hungry! I''ll eat well!¡± I smiled as I turned up the air conditioning on the inside of the room with the remote control. ¡°By the way, are you all done with your assignment? ¡± ¡°Knng!! ¡± ¡°Cough..¡± ¡°Ugh...¡± The children who swallowed bread in my words hurriedly swallowed the beverage. They don''t even touch their dogs when they''re eating. I opened the window at the end of the room to ventilate with a bleeding smile. When the pleasant breeze of late autumn touched the end of my nose, a smile was drawn on my mouth. But where am I? This is a Japanese school specializing in electronic gaming planning. In South Korea, it''s like a two-year college. And... where my secret weapons of a different color from the Pentagon are gathered. 197 < EP 45: Tokyo Game Show. (2) > There is not necessarily a degree to the path of learning. It does not mean that you have to come out of middle school and high school to get a good job only when you go to university. And I, of course, agree with that idea. However, as the economic recession continues, students who graduate from high school and jump right into the line of work began to decline. The Japanese government said the game would be restored in a few minutes, but it''s been six years... and it''s only been getting worse. In the early ''90s, a number of unemployed businesses emerged, with some large and small businesses lined up to collect bank bonds, but no company was able to accept them. So unemployed people were mostly flocking to day-workers and part-time jobs, and as income decreased, consumption naturally decreased. On the other hand, the company that reduced headcount wanted people with the skills and academic skills that could be put into practice to achieve the same performance as before, so job thresholds increased and young people knocked on university doors for stable job activities. Perhaps it was at this time that an institution called a university became part of a job activity rather than an academic institution to build academia. However, not all students in Japan have a large number of universities, and in a short period of time, it appeared to be a "professional institute" for young people who want to build their job specs. Unlike normal universities, a ¡®professional institute¡¯ that tightly transfers all the skills needed for practice as a two-year graduation course was strongly appealed to the fact that it was a professional institution for employment, leveraging 9 hours a day from Monday through Friday compared to the school''s extensive schedule. The Japanese Institute of Electronics where I am now was one of those institutions. The whole school was like one giant department of computer engineering, where almost all skills using PCs were distributed by academics and taught in different curriculum courses such as games, hands-on programming, and design industries. Among them, it is renowned for its expertise in ¡®gaming production¡¯ among many curriculum courses, and many of its graduates are employed by Pentagon and other gaming companies. I felt sorry for the children who leaned against the window and swallowed empty bread. ¡°Are you guys hungry for lunch...? ¡± ¡°No, I ate it all. ¡± A male student swept his glasses with a cream on his lips and smiled at me. If you''re 18, you can eat anything, but if you turn around, you''re hungry. But no one eats it. It''s a combat meal. At that time, Suzuko, a few girls from the club, approached me and gave me a loaf of bread. ¡°Aren''t you going to eat? ¡± ¡°Don''t worry, I was hungry on the way here, so I ate first. ¡± ¡°Well, thank you. ¡± Still, I appreciate you thinking of me as a woman. With a puff of lamb balls and a mouthful of creamy bread, she smiles at me as she sprays them. In fact, the students here were comprised of children belonging to the top group among the many Gamemaking academies that existed within the professional institute. The Japanese Institute of Electronics specializes in game design and game programming. In addition to character design, it was a group of four students, including a 3D graphics department, which was created last year. Last May, after holding a seminar on the gaming industry from this institute''s grand auditorium. At the request of my students and the request of my advisor, I chose the most talented students and assigned them a ''secret'' special class. The total number of people in my class is 20. Among them, there are students who make money as a part-time student, although there are changes in working only 10 people as of today, in addition to regular classes... With only the top five students in each department, the club was a project team for the Tokyo game show at the institute. At the Tokyo Games Show, they also received booth applications from gaming companies as well as educational institutions to foster new talent, which allowed them to enter the game show as much as they wanted by creating a playable game. It was an institution that teaches practical skills, and because the department was run by teachers in the field, it was somewhat basic for students. ¡°How''s the project going? ¡± In my question, Suzuko said, swallowing the bread that was in his mouth. ¡°There are still bugs everywhere, but I think it''s okay. ¡± ¡°Really? Do you want me to take a look at it for you? ¡± Then the students who had finished packing the bread bags from the back shouted at me. ¡°No! That''s okay, we want to take care of this by the end. ¡± Tsk... Everyone was stubborn... And raised their disciples well! In fact, I was assigned to this club for a number of reasons, one of which was that everything I did was hidden from the public. Recently, the industry has been focusing solely on the volume of games sold, so freshness has fallen due to the trend that major gaming companies have been focusing solely on existing series water instead of new IPs. Besides, it''s still Sensoni and the NEGA. And at a time when one of the Pentagons didn''t have enough leverage over the industry, everyone rushed to take care of major companies and the indie games caught their eye... ¡®But wait and see. Maybe you''ll think differently after the show starts. ¡¯ I returned someday and gladly looked at the students who were engaged in the work. ¡°Before we get to work, I want to tell you something. ¡± In my voice, the heads of the students turned toward me as one. ¡°You do know that this project replaces the graduation piece, right? ¡± ¡°Yes, of course. ¡± ¡°Speaking of which, my guess is that once this game is in the Tokyo Games Show, there will be offers to join you here and there. ¡± ¡°Oh... is there a Pentagon among them? ¡± In one student''s question, I raised my head slightly. ¡°No, I''m sorry for you, but the Pentagon won''t take any of you. ¡± ¡°Yes!? ¡± All the students in the classroom were surprised at my reassurance. When I met them for the first time and introduced myself, almost everyone chose to join the Pentagon as one of the companies I wanted, so it was probably a natural reaction. I looked at the faces of the students who were almost getting depressed for a moment, and I smiled and followed them. ¡°I''m going to take you with me, and I''m going to start a little game soft company. ¡± ¡°Yes¡­!? ¡± ¡°Of course, on a company scale, it''s nothing compared to the Pentagon, but salary and welfare levels will apply equally. ¡± ¡°Sir, can I ask you a question? ¡± ¡°Of course.¡± ¡°Aren''t you the director of the Pentagon? So most of the games we make will be in the Pentagon, so why are you doing such a tiresome job? ¡± When I answered the student''s question, I stroked my mouth for a moment. ¡°Because it''s fun.¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°If you settle down on one of the platforms like you said, you can extract a certain level of gaming in a very stable environment. But in the case of Nankoh in Iron Fist or Capco in Street Fire, they are not satisfied with one platform and they launch their games in a wide variety of different ways. And in the meantime, you get a Sensoni or a love call from the NEGA, and that goes for our Pentagon. I want you to grow up in more diverse environments. In order to do that, I want you to create a great game that increases your own value. I have no doubt that this game show will bring a great transition to your lives. Everyone deserves that, and they''ve tried. ¡± ¡°Ah¡­¡± ¡°So let''s start with the last-minute work, shall we? ¡± ¡°Yes!! ¡± To what degree did my advice go, I felt a change in the atmosphere of the students'' work. In fact, I''ve been thinking about it for a long time. The games I make are, of course, sold and distributed to Pentagon devices. And the final frontier series created by Kawaguchi will also be released as Complete Raon. Because the Pentagon, unlike its past history, has become the first party to build a console... Kawaguchi and his sub-director, Nomura, who recently created numerous Final Frontier series, were in charge of the lead of the new Final Frontier series, and the seventh series was anticipating an unprecedented ¡®big talk¡¯ in the gaming industry. Using 3D polygons, the first RPG game ''Final Frontier 7¡¯ was originally famous for its ending in the battle between the Gear Station and the NEGA Saturn in history. But, um... Now that Complete Raon has been released. Final Frontier 7 was in a state of unprecedented anticipation that it would be released to its console once production was complete. But not being able to see the war between the consoles that was so exciting, I had a funny thought, whether I felt like I was committing a great sin against the gamers of this age. "If one fire burns down, it burns up another..." & The first weekend of December, 1995. ¡°Whoa!!!!! ¡± A large crowd gathered in front of the Big Site building in Odaiba, Japan. It has four inverse pyramid-like structures, a total of 10 exhibition halls and a free observation deck, which was frequently used as an international showroom. Soon after the opening of the event, everyone was nervous, and I left the Pentagon for a moment and headed to the ''Japanese Electronics Studies'' booth. ¡°Teacher! ¡± The size of the booth assigned to the professional school was so small compared to the Pentagon and other companies, but the children seemed to have no problem with it. Unfortunately, it was adjacent to a booth in the NEGA, so when I showed up, I sent a cold glance from the NEGA side, but it had nothing to do with that. ¡°How''s it going? ¡± In my question, Suzuko, who was sitting in front of the PC, smiled with his thumb raised. ¡°Don''t worry. ¡± ¡°Okay, I''ll stop by at the conference later. ¡± It was then. ¡°Hah! Haaah!! Hah!! Oorah!! ¡± ... What kind of fighting pits are we in here with no eggs...? Turning to the walking voice, a man in a karate gown at Saturn Bushwith, NEGA, was practicing screaming onstage. ¡°Oh... he''s...¡± ¡°Wow!! Amazing!!" ¡°It''s Sansiro Negata!! ¡± It''s called the NEGA saturn poem.) A model of CF, born out of a pun, his name made him an ambassador for NEGA Saturn. But it''s not just the name that''s famous... The fact that he''s the main character of Japan''s first masquerade film. ¡®No matter how bad-mannered the NEGA may be, this game show in Tokyo is a very important event for them. ¡¯ Future console fights are games, but marketing will be very important¡­ 198 < EP 45: Tokyo Game Show. (3) > After a few punches and a shout, Negata shows up moments later carrying a model of a much larger NEGA Saturn console. At that moment, the students who were gathered in the small booth burst into laughter and smiles at his solemn expression. ¡°I''ll be back, then. ¡± ¡°Please. Mr. Negata! You have the future of our Saturn in your hands. ¡± ¡°Yes, Yukawa. Leave it to me." Negata-san lowers his head slightly, and the NEGA booth attendant nods, smiling with white teeth. ¡°Huh? That guy? ¡± Looking at the event manager, Suzuko, next to a word that I didn''t know, tilted his head and asked me. ¡°Do you know him? ¡± ¡°Well, I don''t know him personally, but he''s quite famous. ¡± ¡°Really?" Yukawa... do you think you''ll become a senior rank now? Those two people holding hands at the NEGA booth were CF stars representing each other. As you can see from the Saturn model on his back, Negata Sanshiro uses his name as a pun... Yukawa was also a full-time publicist, despite being an executive for Saturn''s next generation console, the last console, Illusion Cast. From the time the Illusion Cast was issued to the time the NEGA gave up its console business, he was one of the few people who truly worked for the NEGA. After Yukawa pressed the power button on the NEGA Saturn surrounded by Negata Sansiro, splendid music began to flow from a prop she had never known to be a model. "Heeheehee... was that a juke box? ¡¯ Along with a splendid sound that reminded me of ''Advance Guard¡¯, a somewhat imperial CF came to mind on various screens installed in the NEGA booth. Entertained One man is leaving today. For those who don''t take it seriously. I''ll make you realize with my body!! Negata Sanshiro!! Negastan Shiro!! (Try NEGA Saturn!!) ¡°Hiya!! What is that?¡± ¡°Did you just kick a flying baseball with a karate kick? ¡± ¡°And it was a home run...¡± The contents of the CF made by inhaling the pill shook the pupils of the professional institute. After finishing verse 2, "NEGA Saturn Sea," a confusion dedicated to gamers in the Japanese Archipelago. The following considerations included Mr. Negata Sansiro''s narration. Young man, are you seriously obsessed with something? Is there anything you''re passionate about risking your life for?! Do the NEGA Saturn. Till I break my finger!!! ¡°Hiic... Should I play the game until I starve to death and break my fingers?" ¡± ... when I was a kid, I used to feel really cool because of my mid-box buff, but after all these years, I can see it in front of my eyes, and it''s just so corny. I think my fingers will curl up and degrade. However, the boys who were with me in the booth chanted for Negata passing by. ¡°Mr. Sansiro Negata!! Cheer up!!" ¡°You are my Mask Rider forever!!! ¡± As he ran toward the entrance, he turned around and waved to the students. ¡°Ouch!! Yes, cheer for me and make sure you do the NEGA Saturn!!! ¡± And after a while. Carrying a box of almost a mattress thick NEGA Saturn Juke, he stepped out of the chair and a huge shout started pouring out of the mouths of those waiting for him. ¡°Woo!! Mask Rider 1!! ¡± ¡°Unh!! What is that? ¡± ¡°Guys!! NEGA Saturn!! ¡± He lowers the giant Saturn pad, which is connected together to the juke box, and starts joyfully slapping the controller''s button with the bottom scream. Those who were bored waiting to enter the venue began cheering and cheering for NEGA. ¡°Ouch!! I can feel my spirit!! ¡± Ugh... That''s enough. Tell me honestly. As he performs, his hands and feet deteriorate. I sighed a little as I looked at the external relay camera installed in the event booth of the NEGA. ¡®Why did that look so cool when I was a kid¡­? Has the calibration effect on your memories gone a little too far? ¡¯ After briefly explaining the conference schedule to Suzuko, I had a moment to recall some of the Japanese CF''s that I used to enjoy. ¡°Oh, and CF Fantasy Beverage was so much fun...¡± Although the gag code was a little different from Korea''s, some of the CF''s that were viewed as children remained the most impressive. Suddenly, I remembered an old memory, and I returned to the Pentagon booth with a bleeding smile. & An hour later. As the alarm sounded throughout the venue, visitors started pouring in from six entrances. ¡°Where''s the Pentagon Booth?! ¡± ¡°What do you mean, we have to get to the first place where the conference is taking place!! Sensoni... to Sensoni''s Booth!! ¡± ¡°Wow, that''s a lot of size. That''s a different level than CES for a professional gaming fair.¡± Visitors entered the venue each with a happy smile, admiring the size of the Tokyo game show. If the expo showed the future science of humanity to the public, then the game show would be the first place gamers would go to show all the game information that would be released in the future. Before the event began, the quiet exhibition hall began to fill up with spectators from all over without even an instant gap in validity. "When I was in middle school, I used to wish I could come to this Tokyo game show..." However, I didn''t have enough excitement when I heard the name, so I was preparing for the conference in the afternoon, so it felt strange. As soon as the exhibition took place, gamers who visited Pentagon Soft were disappointed and excited at the same time, looking at the Pentagon area covered with white curtains until 1 pm at the conference. ¡°Ah, I came to see the Dragon Emblem. It''s not time yet¡­¡± You hear Kaori and Miyazaki''s voice on the side of the Raon terminal installed near the Pentagon booth. ¡°Virgil Idol. Please use this handset if you would like to use the Tokyo Gameshow Limited Costume. ¡± ¡°Ahhh!! That''s right, Virtual Idol. You had a special costume!? ¡± ¡°Let''s take it in advance before the conference starts. If the lines get longer later, it''s going to take a lot longer. ¡± The reason why users don''t end up at a Pentagon event that hasn''t started any events... It was thanks to the limited time special costume of the Virtual Idol Heroes. He also gifted a badge, one of the Goods items of idol, to visitors who had visited in advance, and occasionally saw users lining up several times to get all four heroes. I looked at the staff helping me run the event until the formal conference, then put on my white hat and walked to Sensoni''s booth. On the way to Sensoni''s booth, there were several third-party companies, and even though I wanted to take a quick look around, there were so many visitors that I was drawn to the event by people heading to Sensoni''s booth. ¡°Wow!! Iron Fist 2!! ¡± The main game of the Gear Station, which is highly acclaimed by gamers with powerful 3D graphics, was, of course, the ''Iron Fist''. At the time of its initial release, the Iron Fist was evaluated as a real fighter''s subterfuge, but as it repeated the second series, it showed no regrets about its unique system. 10 stage combos that are available in order for beginners, including pleasant air combos. Characters that look about twice as unique as real fighters... Although the overall graphics did not fall below the realfighter, this time the ''Iron Fist 2¡¯, which was implanted into a gear station, was fitted with a variety of modes that could be considered a faux transcendental implant. In addition, the arcade version complemented the story mode, which was somewhat poor, and inserted prologs and end-videos of all characters to bring cheer to the users. ¡°Excellent!! ¡± ¡°Isn''t it wonderful? I find Iron Fist easier and more fun than a real fighter. ¡± ¡°Right? I''m not joking about putting a set of air combos in the right place. ¡± I felt the thought as I stroked my chin with the acclaim of the overheard users. RPGs and girl games are great, but there''s nothing like a fight game to entertain your friends when they come to play... Then I heard the voices of users who were a little annoyed behind my back. ¡°Why don''t you go ahead? ¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°Let''s go quickly. ¡± Huh? What is it? Turning back to their complaints, they were standing in front of a demonstration device that was pushed by people. The student holding the gray pad next to me made eye contact, and I held the pad in front of me for as long as I could. Can I play with you for a second? ¡¯ As I looked at the screen with my hands around the pad, I noticed a lot of fighters. The student next to me chose Kazuya as soon as the character screen appeared, and I momentarily thought about the main character in my old memory and chose Baekdu San, a Korean character. ¡°Round 1!! ¡± Phew!!! From the start, Kazuka''s joyful digging distance is separated from his opponent by the distance he travels. Baekwondo Mountain, which uses Taekwondo technology, was not part of the strong axis in the Iron Fist series, but was an exclusive character with the spectacular Taekwondo staff, Eizzaida and Flamango, which distract others. ¡®But it''s been a long time? Why is it so hard to play? ¡¯ It feels like my thumb is stiff. But you used to have a skill in the arcade. Is it going to collapse like this? After handing over one round of Kazumi''s relentlessly dug attacks to me, I found the problem of my play in the next two rounds. ¡®Oh, right. This is not how you play. ¡¯ At that moment, my right hand, which was wrapped around the pad, spread two fingers over the button like an artisan making sushi. ¡°Huh? He''s a bit of a padded rat. ¡± There were a lot of voices coming from behind, and I started playing skillfully with my two fingers. As time went on, I remembered the forgotten technology and even the axial movement that adds flamingo during the crossing, and I won two games in a row. "If it were a gallery, I would have stepped on it more easily." I throw a bloodsucking smile at the disassembling opponent and walk away from the demonstration. At that moment, a beautiful woman, represented by computer graphics, came to mind in a huge screen set up in the booth with a cry to announce a new piece for the Gear Station. And then there''s the intense sound of braking. Yuck, yuck!! In the form of a sports car sliding into a huge hairpin corner from the exit course, users gathered in front of the Sensoni booth were staring at the screen with a blank look. In this era of gaming, CG videos were used a lot to complement the lack of polygon expression, but beautiful women appearing on the screen were also CG videos, not polygons. Her name, which caught the eye of users in racing girl outfits for the motor show, began to flow from the mouths of users gathered at Sensoni''s booth in the delightful drift scene of the ''Rage Driver 4¡¯, known as the all-time opening, among many games launched as the ''Nagase Lako¡¯ Gear Station. ¡®Ha... I can''t believe I''m seeing that opening again. Memories... " 199 < EP 45: Tokyo Game Show. (4) > ¡®Ha... I can''t believe I''m seeing that opening again. Memories... " The opening of Raige Racer 4, which started with cybernetic punk music, started when Nagase Lako woke up. The light source effect coming from the window showed the possibility of advancement of CG technology in the 90s as a whole. Shortly thereafter, as she was dressed up and headed for the tunnel in the city, five or six sports cars appeared to be drifting cheerfully as they walked down the street, and Lear sliding into the video as if touching the guardrail was making the viewers feel uneasy. ¡°Oh, cool. ¡± Although it may have been thanks to the popular cyber formula on TV recently, the drift shown at the opening seemed to have pierced the blockage. At that moment, as the scene changed, she was walking through the tunnel, lifting up her broken heel, making a sad face, and eventually leaving the tunnel barefoot, she stopped the sports car approaching her on a hitchhike and finished the opening video. Finally, people applauded her smiling face toward the driver''s seat. In fact, I didn''t understand why a woman was walking in the tunnel on her way to work, but this video was considered to be an all-time opening because of her facial performance. The expression on his face when he sighed, looking at his broken heels. After escaping the tunnel, her long sigh leaves her head wide open. Finally, the smile on her lower lip towards the protagonist was an unprecedented scene in game history. ¡°Let''s go, Reykora...¡± ¡°Wow, CG technology has improved a lot...¡± ¡°Shit. When does that launch? I want to try it fast. ¡± But only one opening video was released today. NANCO is due to launch next year and has closed new conferences with Sensoni, including Iron Fist 2. ¡°Just... next year? Damn. Should I buy three on the way home? ¡± Sensoni''s new conference set the user''s expectations on fire with stunning opening footage has since launched a variety of games. Among them, a 3D game called Crash Banter, where a wolf fled a massive rock, brought unexpected tension and elicited a good response. Due to Sensoni''s impactful support policy for gaming companies, their introduction to many third-parties in a short period of time has continued endlessly. I checked a text message looking for me and walked to the Pentagon booth while I was watching their conference for a moment. ¡®Now that I''ve been sober, I should start preparing for our conference. ¡¯ Coming back to the Pentagon booth, through waves of spectators, there were numerous users gathered 30 minutes before the conference. He squeezed the gap between the narrow crowds in front of the Pentagon booth, which was tightly surrounded by the impossible to move forward. ¡°Hey, excuse me. ¡± ¡°Mister, don''t let this fool you. ¡± ¡°Ugh? No, it''s...¡± ¡°This is our spot. Go around back there. ¡± As I turned my head as much as I could, this time, I had to meet the visitors who were waiting at the terminal to receive Idol''s special costume. ¡°Hey, over there!! ¡± ¡°No, I''m just going to pass through. ¡± ¡°I almost got into a fight over a guy who snitched. If you say something nice, step back quietly. ¡± Oh... shit. The road back to the booth is blocked by visitors... In the end, I had only to go around the Pentagon booth once before returning to the event. As I showed up, Kaori, who was rolling his feet in the booth, came to me screaming furiously. ¡°Director, where have you been? ¡± ¡°Oh, well...¡± ¡°We''re less than five minutes away from the event. ¡± ¡°Really? I''m glad. Perfect timing. ¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. You really don''t have a crisis, do you? ¡± ¡°I''m in crisis. I''m not preparing for a conference for a day or two. ¡± ¡°But today...¡± I took off my coat and changed into a suit for the conference. I checked my watch and asked Kaori. ¡°What about the dragon emblem? ¡± ¡°We left an hour ago. ¡± ¡°Okay, then.¡± When I received the microphone given to me by staff, I turned to the staff in charge of the curtain surrounding the stage and shouted. ¡°Let''s get started.¡± Uhhhhhhh!!! As the dragon emblem 2 theme song flows from speakers installed at both ends of the stage as the curtain rapidly rises, the screams of those who have been waiting for the Pentagon conference begin to spill. ¡°Whoa!!! ¡± ¡°Here we go!! ¡± ¡°Dragon emblem!! Information about the second episode is finally here!! ¡± Even though I had just announced the start of the event, the temperature inside the booth became hot as if it had risen 2-3 degrees. With gleaming eyes, the gamers'' eyes feel like angry predators wanting to quickly spit out information about Dragon Emblem 2 and swallow their chubby saliva. ¡°Shall I say hello first? Or should I start with information about the dragon emblem? ¡± Like a boxer throwing a light chuck, I relaxed and lightly blew a comment towards the people in front of the booth. ¡°I''ve been waiting for a year since CES last year. Now that the Complete LaTemperature has been launched, please do it every single day...¡± I almost burst out of laughter in the voice of a user who appeared to be a fan of the Dragon Emblem series. After the first episode, leaving so much pastry behind, it''s already been three years, so... I put the microphone in my mouth, smiling at the cries of such users. ¡°I''m sorry to keep you waiting for so long. And now, thanks to your support, the second episode of Dragon Emblem 2. Let''s begin our presentation about the age of wars. ¡± ¡°Oooh!! ¡± Lowering the microphone, a woman appeared on the screen installed onstage with the lighting fixture darkened, lowering her waist slightly towards the people gathered in front of the booth. A woman in a dark temple with her hands together in a priestly garment raises her prayers. She is a hero who can be recognized at first glance by her fans of Dragon Emblem. It was the High Priestess Katrina. ¡°Ahhh!! Right. Last year, at the end of the CES campaign, the Holy Father Croel was resurrected. ¡± ¡°Khh... I was more excited about the resurrection of the previous protagonists. No one ever appeared in the first episode...¡± As he said, when CES released the Dragon Emblem, Katrina and Croel''s appearance at the end caused tremendous response to spectators at the time. Does that mean that for those of you who enjoyed Dragon Emblem 1 so much, their absence was a terrible waste? Thanks to this, after releasing promotional videos at CES, I heard from Jun Fei that magazines were very tired at the request of gamers who wanted to release more information in the second episode. Bright lights spread out in Katrina''s hands, praying to God in the dark, and the power of God in response to her prayers began to illuminate the shape of a single person. Viewers were elastic with their eyes wide open in an incredibly high quality promotional video compared to a year ago. ¡°Wait, that''s 2D or 3D...? ¡± Clearly, it looks like a hand-drawn 2D, but the odd heterogeneity of the character''s movements is starting to tilt the heads of those who were looking at the screen. ¡°What you''re seeing here is a cartoon rendering of a cell animation. The Dragon Emblem event cutscenes and ending footage will all be produced with cell animation. ¡± ¡°Cough...¡± ¡°Awesome. Awesome. ¡± On the screen, King Croel appeared as a young man who appeared in the first episode of the Dragon Emblem. Croel, clothed in simple, gorgeous blue armor, leaves the temple with Katrina, and her old fighting companions begin to appear one by one in front of them. ¡°Ahh!! Mirea of the Flame!! ¡± ¡°Karas the Sniper!! ¡± Every time one of the heroes appeared, even the users began to shout the name of one person, because they were impressed. King Croel glances at his colleagues, whom he has met for a long time. ¡°Sure. Let''s strike back. ¡± After that, everyone who was gathered in front of the temple flew up into the battlefield in a blue light. Around the time the light of the Heroes disappearing Asrahi fades. As the title of Dragon Emblem 2 appeared in the center of the screen, visitors started screaming like screams. In the subsequent playback screens, Dragon Emblem 2 showed a magnificent map (MAP) that seemed to have shifted a huge fantasy world. And as I moved to the center of the stage, I recited the prepared words. ¡°In this dragon emblem 2, you can choose between two forces. ¡± Then the battlefield on the screen began to turn red and blue, revealing the current state of the exhibition. ¡°This is the current exhibition situation on the continent of Dragon Emblem. You will live as mercenaries in this battlefield at the beginning of the game. Of course, those of you who enjoy the masterpiece will be able to inherit Raon''s data and import characters. ¡± No one was so surprised about the character succession because it was the part that was announced in this episode 1. He didn''t want to get rid of the protagonist of Episode 1 because everyone was such a hardworking character. ¡°Now, before we begin the real driving of the second episode of Dragon Emblem... let me tell you about the release date of Dragon Emblem. ¡± ¡°Oh!! Finally." ¡°It''s already December, so even if it''s hard within the year, it''ll be early next year, right? ¡± In the midst of all the speculations, I opened my mouth, glancing at the watch. ¡°It is now 1: 15 pm. ¡± When they told me about the issue date, they looked at me, checking the prime time, and they looked odd. I opened my mouth, raising one''s tail as if I were enjoying the reaction of such gamers. ¡°Well, I guess... about 15 minutes ago, you were handed over to the Pentagon in Akihabara, Tokyo. ¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± ¡°What...? ¡± ¡°In other words, today is the release date of the second episode of Dragon Emblem. ¡± ¡°Cough!! ¡± 200 < EP 45: Tokyo Game Show. (5) > ¡°In other words, today is the release date of the second episode of Dragon Emblem. ¡± ¡°Huff, today!? ¡± ¡°Today!? ¡± Gamers who thought they could make it through the launch day looked frightened at the fact that the dragon emblem had already been released. The big site is now a Tokyo outdoor bar. It was about an hour by train to Akihabara, where the Pentagon Shop is located, so it was not that far. Is that so? The gamers gathered in front of the booth look anxious and shake their butts and don''t know what to do. If we run to Akihabara right now, can we buy the Dragon Emblem? ¡¯ "But you can''t just ignore the presentation you just started..." There must have been a lot of thoughts crossing my mind. ¡°I''m not the only one uncomfortable standing here, am I? ¡± ¡°Oh, this is driving me crazy...¡± I wanted to run away right now, but I couldn''t miss the game show, so I felt hesitant just looking at my face. I spoke in a calm voice to reassure them. ¡°We have plenty of dragon emblems. We will also be in the 2nd quantity starting at 7pm, so you can buy a Dragon Emblem at all events on the Tokyo Games Show. ¡± ¡°Oh... thank God. ¡± ¡°Yeah, I was thinking of running to Akiba right now after the real Pentagon presentation. ¡± I clenched my neck for a moment to concentrate the gaze of the louder users, then opened my mouth. ¡°Then let''s finish our presentation. First, let me explain the world of dragon emblems¡­¡± As I progress, a huge map appeared on the screen. ¡°The second episode of Dragon Emblem is a subtitle of ''Age of Wars¡¯ in which two forces, the human and the maestro, are fighting each other. Humans'' Node shines in blue. And the red glow area is the Horse Node. ¡± ¡°Oh, this looks like a giant piece of land. ¡± In an appropriate analogy, people nodded and looked at the screen. ¡°That''s right. After clearing Hardcore Mode in the first episode, users were able to choose between two forces. If you have masterpiece play data in Raon, you can start a second episode and create a character with a slightly special title. That is... the position of commander. ¡± ¡°Ugh¡­? Commander, what is that? ¡± Then, like answering the user''s question, I remembered the commander''s appearance expressed in 2.5D on the large screen. The knight who flew his cloak armed with pure white armor was a human commander even as he pretended to be, and the devil who spread his huge wings and wrapped his arms around him meant the Demon Commander. ¡°A commander is literally the leader of each force. They can carry up to five people depending on their command level. They are unusually able to leave for hostile territory. There you will find rare items including armor. As a precaution, the second episode of Dragon Emblem is a completely different option, even if it''s the same weapon. Some armor increases critical hit rate by 3%, while others increase critical hit rate by 8% on the same armor. ¡± At that moment, an inventory of human commanders is opened on the screen, with helmets, armor, shoulder guards and bracelets. And huge jewelry, including panties and boots, passed by. But what''s even more amazing is... ¡°Huff!! The graphics vary depending on the armor!! ¡± ¡°Wow!! Amazing!!" Though it was practically natural to think that the graphics would change with armor, in the mid- ''90s it was not uncommon to play games where the graphics would change with equipment. Although there were several models that only changed colors in the same armor, at this rate, the users almost turned their eyes to get new armor and weapons. I opened my mouth with a satisfied look at the character who quickly switches between different equipment on the screen. ¡°There is also a legendary item inside which only 1% of the users of the Drug Dragon Emblem can have. For those of you who are curious, I''m here to show you a set of rare grade equipment. ¡± Pa!! As all the jewelry compartments returned to the rendum, people flourished in the appearance of a set of legends. ¡°Karas the Sniper!? ¡± A Ranger in a slick leather armor with a giant bow shows Karis, one of the heroes of the Dragon Emblem. ¡°Can you match the equipment of an old hero? ¡± ¡°Oh, it''s kind of cool, to be honest, but at the same time it''s really nauseating. What kind of trouble do I have to go through to get that? ¡± ¡°Look at the stat next to it... I don''t know what level it is, but it''s equipped with 40 full stat corrections. ¡± ¡°What a legend...¡± ¡°I still want it. If I had charis, I''d have croel or some other set of heroes. Like the pyrotechnicist Mirea...¡± ¡°M-Mirea!!! ¡± ¡°Oh, that''s good!! ¡± Gamers started bragging about the heroes they liked one by one. ¡°Of course, all the hero equipment you''re talking about is ready. and it''s going to be updated later. Let me leave the introduction to the character for a moment and explain how it actually works this time. ¡± Next to the stage, Uchimura and Hayashi were seated at the complete raon, respectively. They picked up a CD case of dragon emblems on the table and presented it to the users, then mounted the CD on the complete raon. ¡°Oh!! Dammit! I can''t... see the CD and I want to buy it again.¡± ¡°I can''t. After the game show and all, I''m going to Akiba right now. ¡± Uchimura and Hayashi also grabbed the gamepad with a slight smile, whether they enjoyed the reaction of unsettled fans. Shortly after a different profile screen appeared on both sides, people turned their elongated heads to the left and to the right and started comparing Uchimura and Hayashi''s characters. Uchimura''s class, which had nothing, was'' unknown mercenaries¡¯ and Hayashi''s class, which spanned a whole body in pure armor, was¡® first class commanders¡¯. ¡°Let''s get this game started right away. ¡± 201 < EP 45: Tokyo Game Show. (6) > ¡°Let''s get this game started right away. ¡± First, he nodded his head, Uchimu, whom he met. Then, with an opening animation that briefly illustrates the story of the last episode 1, a theme song began to flow that announced the beginning of the second story of the dragon emblem. The Dragon Emblem was a time of despair when humans were on a massive continent. The two towers were destroyed by the warriors who fought against the Horsemen, but the warrior Osiris, who had fallen into the temptation of the resurrected martin, became the new Demon King and the continent was facing a new era of war. The name of the Demon King, who almost became Osiris, still makes me sad to think that I asked you to change my name, but... Shortly after, as the angle that illuminated the area that had become the backdrop of the masterpiece rose to the sky, a large continent of Dragon Emblems appeared and came up with the title DRAGON EMBLEM. ¡°Ugh¡­ that was the only stage in Episode 1? ¡± ¡°I have no idea how Episode Two works...¡± Approximately 4 seconds of loading followed by the landscape of a shabby barracks in Uchimura''s screen. When he opened his inventory in shabby clothing to check out the equipment, he saw the ''unknown mercenary¡¯ class of worn cloaks and torn leather armor as well as other humble equipment. Even one of the swords I had was inscribed as'' Longsword with missing teeth ¡¯, making it even more embarrassing for users to look at the screen. ¡°Crap. It''s such a crap...¡± ¡°Damn it. Anyone who doesn''t have hard core mode clear data should just head to the ground?¡° ¡± You hear a sigh here and there on Uchimura''s equipment that is more brutal than you think. However, there were also users who understood the world view quite well. ¡°It''s natural to throw away your weapons in the first place, what everyone''s so afraid of. Where is the RPG game that starts with all the items from the beginning? The dragon warrior in the Dragon Warrior series also fought with a bat at level 1...¡± ¡°Well, yeah.¡± After closing the inventory without any reluctance in the voices of the users named Urimura, I returned to the barracks screen. The basic interface shown on the Dragon Emblem was very simple. The area where Uchimura is now was already human territory, so it is definitely safer than the battlefield. Therefore, the way to play was to go through the list of available quests, check the rewards and jump. ¡°In Dragon Emblem, mercenaries can build characters within their own forces. You can explore the dungeons around your reclaimed territory, or join the battlefield as commander when you reach a certain level or higher. Of course, we are prepared to embark on an epic journey to find the legendary weapons of the past heroes.But to do that, we need to expand the realm of the current Humans. First, watch Uchimura play for basic dungeon exploration. ¡± I finished preparing for a basic expedition called Uchimu, and accepted a quest in the barracks. When Uchimura pressed the YES button to ask you to explore the cave to the west, Uchimura''s character on horseback appeared. At the same time, monsters appear all over the field. Roll the dice for transport. - ¡°Ugh¡­? ¡± A strange elasticity leaked from the mouths of users who thought it was a simple field mobile RPG in an unexpected phrase. However, when I pressed the button without saying Uchimu, the cubic dice began to roll as if they were bouncing off the screen. -5. You can move your character anywhere for 5 MAS. - ¡°Cough... What is this? It''s a board game, right? ¡± Yes, while leaving the barracks and heading to the quest location, the player was able to roll the dice himself to move his horse. At the end of one turn, nearby enemies chased the protagonist and could head to the quest area to evade them and battle them on the field like SRPGs. There were also monsters everywhere that were guarding the gray and glorious treasures or specific artifacts, so it was the mind of the player wherever he headed. Although I was unfamiliar with the gamers of this era, the field screen where Uchimura is standing now seemed to me as if I was looking at the field screen of the MIT & Magic Series. ¡®Of course, the time-consuming turn-off battle system was eliminated. ¡¯ Fighting in the field should be as simple and pleasant as fighting in it. That''s why I only used the SRPG''s Battle Method for the above fields. Enter attack command while moving against an enemy. In this simple way, it was possible to deliver the appropriate tension factor during field travel to users. Uchimura quickly attempts to roll the dice to the quest location, but is not fortunate enough to accept a blow from the monster following him, leaving the entrance to the dungeon in front of him. If you delay any longer, Uchimu fears that the monsters around him will surround him, and goes straight into the dungeon from the next dice. ¡°Wow... you can fight like a simulated RPG with your enemies walking around on the field. ¡± After a bit of a loading screen, Uri Mura''s character reappeared after healing her wounds. I drew my sword. In the dark dungeon, Uchimu began searching by layer. In the middle of the quarter view, looking at the angle from above, Uchimura, a humble piece of equipment, with a sword in his hand, began to walk in the dark. ¡°It felt like SRPG on the World Map, but now it feels like Action RPG...¡± Uchimura swung his sword in front of the audience, showed a dodge move by rolling, and began to look at the maze like a maze. Pa!! Immediately, a green Goblin and Cobalt protrude out of the darkness, and Uchimu quickly rolls his distance from the enemy and swings his sword. The Goblin with the shield bounces off Uchimura, this time Cobalt rushes into Uchimura from the side. ¡°Oops!! ¡± The moment elasticity emanates from the user''s mouth due to a tighter combo attack than they thought. Uchimura dodges Kovolt''s attack with a fabulous forward roll and grabs the Goblin with his shield and stabs him in the back with a repentant blow. Phew!! After pulling out the sword that pierced your abdomen, you leave the shield at the bottom of the Goblin and the rest of Cobalt is no match for the skilled assistant Uchimura. Uchimura, who finished the battle, wears a Goblin shield on the ground and takes another step into the darkness. Fortunately, I got my shield sooner than I thought, so I was able to cope well with momentary attacks from my enemies. ¡°That was pretty cool when you killed that Goblin. ¡± ¡°Is that the kind of motion you get when you''re aiming and stabbing? ¡± At that time, Uchimura''s play screen showed a glowing treasure chest, and the users shouted. ¡°Oh!! It''s an item.¡± ¡°Do you have something rare in there? ¡± Treasure chests in RPG produce a very strange excitement. Whatever''s in it, it''s a good thing it''s an item. Especially if you have a sword or equipment you can use. Uchimura, a cautious personality, raises his shield and approaches the treasure chest. At that moment, the treasure chest becomes blurred and falls far away again. ¡°What is it?¡± ¡°Mimic (a treasure chest shaped monster.)?¡± Uchimura tilts his head for a moment and steps back towards the treasure chest. And then again, almost another moment. The treasure chest reappears from afar. However, it was not that monsters appeared around him, so he took a quick step toward the treasure chest with Uchimu''s shield. Shush!! It seemed as if someone was trying to lure Uchimura deeper into the dungeon. Uchimura also notices something strange, raising his shield again and slowly headed for the treasure chest, this time the treasure chest did not disappear before his eyes. ¡°Huh? It''s not gone anymore? ¡± Uchimura looks around at the treasure chest rather than opening it at once. Then something pretty big happened at the end of the screen. Because there was a black fog on the unknown, Uchimu came close to look at it more closely... What he saw in front of his eyes was a giant snake scale. ¡°Hiic...¡± I was about to leave on my way in with my shield up, feeling ominous... Shhh!! Tae-in!! As Uchimura''s shield flickers, which was full of tension, the giant Anaconda reveals itself. Monsters using treasure chests to lure players were already blocking the escape route and surrounding Uchimura. ¡°We''re screwed.¡± Automatic sighing came from the mouths of users due to the pressure from Anaconda''s size. Why is it that when you play a game... Even if I don''t take any action and stay still, I can''t overcome the oppression caused by the appearance of monsters. ¡¯when you make up your own mind. I also had some games that felt like that. Especially in the Dax Soul series, which I enjoyed before I came back... When I see a giant knight waiting for me in a vast space, I''m like, "How many times do I have to die to wake him up? ''I used to think. However, Uchimu, our skilled assistant, was different. The shield bounces off and loses balance, but he quickly dodges a massive Anaconda attack with a rolling motion. ¡°Wow!! ¡± After the evasive action, he swings his sword at the same time as he did, hurting the monsters, and his appearance is resilient to the users seen here. ¡°You can evade it with control!! ¡± Fortunately, the size of Anaconda was so large that Uchimura''s attack was quite effective, and although the HP was snatched away, he managed to retreat Anaconda only winterly while swallowing the potion during battle. ¡°Oh!! ¡± ¡°Fantastic.¡± Soon after that, Uchimura, who was left alone in the turnempty space, opened a flashing treasure chest and began to pour out a lot of items inside. The dungeon of Dragon Emblem has a different rank and number of items based on the size of the treasure chest and the glow, and in return, you acquired a decent piece of equipment called Uchimmu. After a while, when we equipped the inventory with new armor and swords, the characters on the screen seemed acceptable. Uchimura walked back into the dungeon after finishing his repairs, and the users who watched him play applauded him. I continued to play Uchimura and this time I faced Hayashi, who nodded at me and played a game. ¡°Your character starts playing. ¡± As the colorful knight dressed in pure white armor raised his sword and proceeded with the game, the Lord''s words came to mind on the screen. - Death in the battlefield will result in equipment loss or significant penalty to stats. - Please be careful. ¡°Yes, that''s the dragon emblem I know...¡± ¡°Why is the mercenary mode a tutorial, and this feels like a headquarters..¡± Kuaaang!! The sound of a cheerful bombing and barracks in the battlefield area reveal themselves, and Hayashi quickly moves the pads to start repairing his character and his subordinates'' equipment at the same time. - 30 seconds to prep. The battle is about to begin. - ¡°Huff¡­ what? Is there a time limit? ¡± The second skilled assistant, Hayashi, finished servicing faster than the system suggested 30 seconds before pressing the start button. Formation in 10 seconds. - Hayashi places her men back, and then stands at the front of the line in a tanker position. As soon as he finished setting up the formation with the priest and the dealer''s archer and wizard in the rear row, the phrase immediately came to mind with an urgent sound. - Commence combat. After a while, eight characters in a giant screen point their weapons at each other. -FIGHT- 202 < EP 45: Tokyo Game Show. (7) > -FIGHT- Caaang!!! A, B, Y, and X buttons, respectively, for the heads of the four characters, along with a message announcing the battle, came to mind. A very intuitive combat form that anyone with the slightest sense of the game will notice with a diamond-shaped formation and what four buttons mean. Needless to explain, the coin that determines the merit and the succession bounced off, and as Hayashi announced the merit, he skillfully charged his mercenaries using the button on the pad. As the stunning effects of the dealer''s relentlessly pouring fire magic with three arrows loaded at a time spread across the screen, the users were gazing at the blank screen with their mouths wide open. As soon as the turn starts, the opposing faction survives a dazzling attack by Hayashi''s troops, raging. A huge shield of light rises in the middle of the battlefield, emanating from the tanker''s shield standing at the forefront. Kuaaang!! The opposing wizard''s ice attack shatters into pieces without piercing its thick shield and fails to finish attacking the thief. The character who appears to be the commander breaks through Hayashi''s shield with a giant sword. Then another wizard who was the last to remain rained flames on the Hayashi camp and inflicted damage on all of them. ¡°Wow, the operation is very simple and the effects are spectacular. ¡± You need to know when to hit and fall on the battlefield as you fight four-man parties to keep appearing enemies. The more battles you fight, the more prestige and precious you''ll get, but the more penalty you lose with a swift judgment. Hayashi uses a priest to restore the health of her injured allies in the next turn and then repeated the Workshop a few times. You won a difficult victory in the first battle. - Are you sure you want to proceed with consecutive battles? If you win the next battle, 1.2x XP will be applied along with more valuable items. - The phrase that came up on the screen was like a gamble that cannot be rooted in a gamer. A peculiar item and an EXP bonus to gain strength... But on the battlefield of the Dragon Emblem, there were more important items than the two listed above... -Accept a winning streak and submit an application that will take you to the front of the line once your reputation has reached a certain threshold. - ¡°Hmm? Front line? ¡± ¡°Application...? ¡± The appearance of an unfamiliar system led users to tilt their heads, and I sent them a sign to proceed with the next battle to Hayashi. Caaang!! Contrary to the thrilling dungeon exploration mode, commander mode was delivering a tremendous amount of tension just by holding the pad with the thunder of the battlefield and the thunder of the monsters. In the next battle, Hayashi finished repairing within the allotted time and put the broken pieces of the Sword in his sword that each commander had before the battle began. ¡°Oh, I can use the Sword Fragment I got from the masterpiece here. ¡± A piece of the sword that was an evolutionary material from the masterpiece to the final weapon was used in this piece for a special purpose. Like right now. - If you win this battle with the ability of a Sword Fragment, you can get one of the enemy commanders'' equipment at random. - ¡°Are you taking the equipment? ¡± Yes. When fitted with a broken Sword, the Dragon Emblem was able to perform special abilities that could hit the opponent''s back like a card battle. As a simple example, if you win a battle like this, you can steal an opponent''s weapon or stun one of the opponents for 3 turns. The only reason we need to take this strategic move against AI is to operate the battle more easily, but in fact, it was all a device to hit the back of the opponent in the front-line system. Again, Hayashi won the battle with the spectacular effect, and the users applauded with cheer. Meanwhile, some gamers laughed at Uchimura''s play of running away because he had attracted too much attention from the dungeons. - You won the streak. As a reward for the broken Sword, I have placed one of the enemy commanders'' equipment in your Collection Box. - - Achieved a reputation of 100. We have obtained a copy of your application to join your colleagues on the frontline. - ¡°Huh? Here we go again. A front-line application.¡± In another mysterious message, the users tilted their heads and looked at me. At this point, I took a step to the center of the stage and asked Uchimura. ¡°Uchimura, would you mind ending your play for a moment? ¡± ¡°Oh, yes. ¡± When Uchimura nodded his head at my request to end the game, the dragon emblem''s title screen came to mind. ¡°Then I ask you to play as the commander of the hostile forces for a while. ¡± Hayashi, who was watching Uchimura''s actions, also left the battlefield and switched to the initial character selection screen. Soon after Uchimura''s glorious armored character appeared, the two of them moved to Laon, where they had already reconnected the commander''s data, and then approached me. ¡°In the last episode 1, you targeted Boss Raid with colleagues you learned from your friends or communities. using the portable Raon that these two people are holding. Like Virtue Idol, Dragon Emblem also offers a unique system with portable Raon this time. a system called PVP. ¡± ¡°PVP?¡± When users tilted their heads in strange words, Hayashi, who was holding a portable Raon, suddenly opened his mouth with a microphone in her hand. ¡°PLAYER vs. PLAYER. So you''re going to fight each other on the front lines for power of your choice. Using the power of your broken sword...¡± ¡°Huff... So... In that case, if I lose the battle, I could lose my equipment, right? ¡± ¡°Oh... that''s ridiculous. I''d rather not. ¡± ¡°That''s right. You don''t have to fight. You just have to enjoy the story. RPG.¡± Of course, their story is also true. In the beginning, however, words against their opinions were poured out. ¡°I think it''s going to be fun. ¡± ¡°What, it''s just a game, like a character fighting game? ¡± In the opinions that were pouring out everywhere, I took a moment to refine my voice and followed up with further explanations. ¡°As you just saw Hayashi play the coding role of the Dragon Emblem, the battlefield of the Dragon Emblem takes a very simple form of command. Before the battle begins, anyone can battle splendidly by simply pressing the button from the moment they enter the battle. Even beginners can play easily. However, if you later acquire skills and attack motion, you can also perform these attacks. ¡± At the end of my speech, I recalled the Dragon Emblem battle scene from the screen in the center of the screen. ¡°Hot!! ¡± With a short clamor, Mudhunga''s kick to the enemy raises the target high, and the archer who was preparing his skills at the right time starts shooting arrows straight at the enemy in the air. ¡°Oh!! Are there any connections between colleagues? ¡± The Aerial Character is defenseless, hit clean by enemy arrows, allowing it to reach the Grand Wizard''s Ultimate Meteor, and oxidizing fiercely. ¡°All of these attacks are handy couplers that can be used by anyone with just the right amount of time to use a skill. In fact, there are many patterns other than this. However, the commander''s EXP is important to acquire these various skills. because you can distribute your experience to your subordinates. The higher your Commander''s level, the less experience you''ll get in the battlefield. Higher honor and equipment. And we expect more and more users who need front-line applications for XP. ¡± ¡°What the hell is the front-line application? ¡± Eventually, one impatient user raised his hand and asked me. ¡°A front-line application is a kind of challenge. It''s like a ticket to help your commander compete with other players. There are 5 battles in total that can be challenged with a single application. In other words, if you want to fight other users but don''t have an application, you won''t be able to enjoy PVP. This is because I felt that there needed to be some regulation about one person enjoying battle for too long. because the PVP system is not playing with your complete raon. ¡± As I finished explaining, Uchimura and Hayashi each took their own Raon and connected Raon''s data cables to the unusual electronics either in the arcade centers on either side of the stage. Then a map of the continent appeared on a large screen and a woman''s voice rang out. - Welcome to the world of intense combat. The Sixth Border is the area where the battle between Humans and Horses is becoming more intense today. The current landscape is 50: 50, and the charter has not yet tilted either way. Are you sure you want to join us here? - -YES.- - Front line application confirmed. Then I wish you luck. - At that moment, Uchimura and Hayashi''s characters appeared at both ends of the screen. ¡°Right after the conference started. You know the one who said you looked like you were looking at a giant piece of land? Yes, you did. The second episode of Dragon Emblem will change for each sector as you dive into the battlefield and win. ¡± ¡°Huff... So it was a real land grabbing? ¡± ¡°Once a month. With the odds on the frontier, the map of the Dragon Emblem will continue to change. And in the occupied territory, you will have a new dungeon that will allow you to acquire rare items that can only be obtained from that region. provided, of course, that the occupation is not taken back. ¡± In the distant future, the second story of Dragon Emblem 2 was controversial about whether or not it was recognized as the first online game using data exchange between the two parties. late 1995. When online games in text form, Mud Games, were active in the PC communication community. But in the beginning, it was almost time for online games using character design. "Ultima Online," which anyone who''s played since the mid-90s has heard of, or "Country of the Wind," which is recognized as the world''s first online game. These two games, which will appear in less than a year, will leave the gaming industry with tremendous achievements¡­ In the midst of that great achievement, I was currently building a world called Dragon Emblem Online. In the meantime, it didn''t really matter whether or not Episode 2''s PVP system was the first online. I just needed a platform for future users to embrace the online world more deeply... 203 < EP. 46: A lot of time has passed. (1) > Saaaa... A moment later, I opened my eyes to the sound of the wind shaking the leaves of the lake. I woke up in a frenzied position because of Fondant''s fishing stew underwater. I''m back!! It''s here!!! ¡¯ It must be quite a big one, given the sensation at the end of his hand. ¡°Khh!!! ¡± A fishing chair makes a ruckus, rolling back, but I quickly start winding the tightened fishing line as I tighten my legs. "I think someone caught a tuna by the seashore. Why are you so strong about the fish in the lake?" ¡¯ Bang, bang, bang!! You don''t want to get caught by me. I can''t believe you''re going this far. Ha. G. Manna''s been here for two hours. If I catch you, I''ll lose face! Tsk!! With a sinister hand, the creature that was lifted up in the air twists and sinks back into the lake. ¡°Oh... this is crazy.¡± ¡°Daddy, did you miss the fish? ¡± I nodded with a red face in Seohyun''s voice coming from behind. ¡°I don''t think I''ll be able to catch a single one until Grandpa gets here. ¡± ¡°Hmm... I see. You''re gonna hear this from your father-in-law again. ¡± Seohyun came next to me, who picked up the fishing line with a sigh, and he crouched. ¡°When are you going to catch the fish?" she asked. Grandpa''s almost here. ¡± ¡°Y-yeah? ¡± Oh my... this is bad. I shouted aloud that I would boil some Korean spicy soup, but I haven''t caught one yet. Then Seohyun, looking at me with his hands on his chin, smiled and asked me. ¡°So what happened? ¡± ¡°Hmm? What? ¡± ¡°Daddy''s Tokyo game show. You called Hayashi on the way to camping to talk to him. ¡± ¡°Oh, right. That''s right." I put bread on an empty fishing hook and swung a fishing rod toward the golden gleaming shore of the lake. After a while, when the stew rose above the surface with the sound of fondant, I sat Seolhyun on the floor with an iceberg smile. ¡°Let''s see, where were we? ¡± ¡°Even the PVP system!! ¡± ¡°Oh, right. Our Seohyun has a good memory. ¡± Seohyun looked at me, sticking out his tongue with a playful look in my compliment. ¡°So what happened? ¡± ¡°It was... it wasn''t a riot. As soon as the Pentagon conference was over, people didn''t look back and ran to Akihabara. ¡± ¡°Wow... that must have been fun. ¡± ¡°There was a conference scheduled for the NEGA after the Pentagon, and Negata, Saturn''s public relations model, wasn''t trying to catch any of the users leaving the venue. ¡± If I still think about what happened back then, I can get a bloody smile out of my head. & ¡°You there!! You go, Saturn! ¡± ¡°You should do more!! ¡± ¡°What!? ¡± Negata Sansiro, who was shouting at the users like a tough concept, frowned at the response of the young user returning to him. At the end of the Pentagon''s conference, about a quarter of the spectators escaped and the venue was in complete chaos. ¡°What!? What''s wrong with them? ¡± ¡°The Pentagon is announcing the Dragon Emblem!! ¡± ¡°What? When does it launch? ¡± ¡°Today!! I''m buying first!! ¡± ¡°Gee, wait. I''m coming with you!! ¡± I had some expectations, but after seeing the entire venue onstage, I was forced to get off the stage because I could see the number of spectators dropping rapidly. & ¡°Hahaha. You''re mean. If you do that, you''re troubling other producers who have been waiting for the Tokyo game show until that day. ¡± ¡°Yes, but the Tokyo game show isn''t just for one day. There were some outsiders, but many visitors came back the next day. ¡± ¡°I see...¡± At that time, Yuki''s voice came from a camp built near the lake. ¡°Seolhyun, can you help me?¡± ¡°Yeah. I''m on my way. Hey, Mom. I didn''t catch any fish, Dad. What do we do? ¡± ¡°It''s okay. I''ll bring all the fish to the lakefront next time Grandpa comes. ¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± ¡°You came over here to rest. ¡± ¡°Hmm... I suppose...¡± Yuki said I fixed a fishing rod and headed for the campsite. ¡°Dad, will you buy me a cell phone next week after the exam? ¡± ¡°Mobile? What kind of mobile phone do you need for elementary school students? ¡± ¡°I have almost all my classmates! You said you''d buy them for me the last time! And I''m already 10 years old!¡± Seohyun, who was grabbing my arm all the way back to the camp, finally let me go after hearing Yuki yell. ¡°Did Seohyun ask you to buy him a cell phone again? ¡± ¡°Blood, you heard what Dad promised you the last time. ¡± ... so I went into the bedroom and got my back smashed. What kind of phone is that for a kid? Yuki''s eyes turned away from Yuki, who was slicing vegetables on the cutting board. ¡°La, where''s the radio? Did you leave it in the car? ¡± Is that why you said that child education needs enough consultation with your spouse? Of course, it''s a mobile phone. It''s a necessity that everyone has these days, but it wasn''t easy to convince Yuki that it was bad for education. After I had just bought a camper car to get back on the topic, I took out music or portable radio and hung it on the hood of my camper car. Cheers!! Tsk!! As we stand up the antenna and dial to adjust the frequency, a moment later a familiar song flows out of the radio. Hey, what if... If only I could give up everything. Would it be a little easier to live with a smile? My heart aches again. Don''t tell me anything else. ¡°Ah¡­¡± Yuki, who was cutting vegetables, also stopped his hand at her song and looked at the radio. At that time, Seolhyun, who was moving the ingredients to the plate next to Yuki, tilted his head and opened his mouth. ¡°Huh? Isn''t this Kanna''s song? But your voice is completely different...? ¡± ¡°Tsubaki''s voice... It''s been a long time. Joon-Hyuk.¡± ¡°I see...¡± I sat on a table chair nearby with the radio hanging on my forehead, and I narrowed it down. ¡°It''s been a long time, Tsubaki...¡± Closing my eyes still reminds me of that day sometimes. A clean hospital hallway that has been wiped clean enough by the sun. Leaning against the window, her smile staring at me... We didn''t say anything for a moment until the end of Tsubaki''s song. ¡°I, uh, need to use the restroom...¡± After Yuki couldn''t help but cry, Seohyun tilted his head and asked me. ¡°Mom... I think I just cried. Are you crying, too? ¡± ¡°No, I''m not crying. ¡± I tried so hard to steal tears with my fingertips because of Seohyun''s voice. - You''ve heard Sawano Tsubaki''s "What if" song, which is 10 cycles since he died this year. This is the first song in the game, virtue idol, about a decade from now. If any of you are listening to the radio right now, and you''re enjoying Virtual Idol at the time, I''m worried that you''re secretly crying on your own right now. Time flies like this... 10 years... I used to love this game... Have you ever played idol, Mr. Sakai? - - Sure, who am I? The first celebrity to punk the broadcast and go all the way to Akiba to buy Dragon Warrior 3. - - Oh, right. At that time, I heard that the owner of the agency was very upset. - - Well, I almost got it right then. They didn''t make it to their live feed because of the broadcast schedule, but 10 years ago, Virtual Idol was amazing. The year after her debut, she even performed in Tokyo in the fall. - - I remember a month before the show, Mr. Tsubaki finally died, didn''t he? - - I didn''t actually see it, but they said the show that day was a real sea of tears. especially Kanna, who succeeded her song on behalf of Tsubaki, fell exhausted after singing the last song, "What if?" - I remember a lot of fans coming to her funeral... As I listened to the radio broadcast talking to her in her memory, I swallowed an forced smile. ¡°It was truly enormous...¡± Sawano Tsubaki. I still feel sad when I think of her name. All five songs she left in the world, including "hug me" and "if." And one of the best rated songs was the song "What if" by Kanna. Her death was one of the most unacceptable cases for gamers at the time. The funeral was delayed by visitors from all over Japan to commemorate her and several suicidal prayers to follow her. Five of them actually died. Because of this, it''s become a social issue, and the Pentagon is asking its users to refrain from making extreme choices and to hold press conferences. It was right around the time I left the Pentagon when I finished the Tokyo Dome event at Idol. After Tsubaki''s funeral, I took some time off and officially resigned as director of Pentagon Soft. Maurita and Hayashi and many others tried to stop me from making my decision, but I couldn''t reverse it. Over the next few years, Kamucci, president of Mintendo, tried desperately to bring me back in, but I shook my head every time. Mintendo was having a very hard time in 2005. Kamauchi tried to seduce me into becoming his own boss, but I didn''t want to go back to Mintendo without Gunpei. Summer of 1997, eight years from now. After leaving Mintendo due to the failure of a virtual reality game machine called ''Virtual Boy¡¯, Gunpei soon died of illness. Using the future I knew, I was able to avoid the car accident that drove him to his death, but I suppose there was always an infectious disease. Then I heard Seohyun''s voice who was listening to the radio with me. ¡°Huh!? Grandpa!!! ¡± ¡°Oh my! How have you been, my granddaughter? ¡± When he got up on the table in his voice, he threw a bloody smile and said to me, with his hands full. ¡°You. You said you haven''t caught one yet!¡± ¡°Fishing. It''s harder than it looks. ¡± ¡°In the meantime, gamers have been fishing well. Tsk, tsk...¡± Author''s Words I was very troubled when I posted this side. It''s actually something I''ve been thinking about for the past few days. I said I would end up with about 10 copies of the game market. I felt like writing one more volume would be a repetition of a similar episode. I''ve also been a part of a recent episode. I can''t tell you exactly how far it''s going to end, but I''m going to end up in the game market 1983 in a way that''s going to help you remember the story. We''re not done yet, so we''ll postpone this farewell later. Thank you for reading today.. ^ ^ 204 < EP. 46: A lot of time has passed. (2) > After a while, Yuki and her mother-in-law, who came with a bag full of hands, greeted me as soon as they saw me. ¡°What have you packed so much for? That should be enough for us. ¡± ¡°It''s much better than not having enough to eat when the employees of the company come over later in the evening. And you didn''t catch any fish? ¡± ¡°Haha... Have you heard? ¡± At that time, the father-in-law, who pulled out a fishing rod behind his back, opened his mouth with a laughing voice. ¡°I''ve been fishing with Joon-Hyuk for years, and I''m terribly incompetent. Kick-kick...¡± ¡°But whenever you want to go fishing, it''s only Joon-Hyuk who hangs out with you. ¡± ¡°Well, that''s just it, but here we go, son-in-law! ¡± ¡°Oh, yes. Sure." ¡°Grandpa, catch more fish!¡± ¡°Hello, Seohyun! I''ll feed you fish for dinner!!" ¡± After a while, his father-in-law grabs the point a little distance from the campground and throws it toward the shore. ¡°Nice view, so secluded...¡± I pulled the cigarette out of my pocket, and my father-in-law pulled out a pack of cigarettes toward me, but I refused. ¡°I''m done.¡± ¡°Eeew ~ You. It''s no more fun than last year. ¡± ¡°Haha... Is that so? ¡± Sitting next to his father-in-law with an awkward smile, he asked me with a long smoke. ¡°So, how have you been? ¡± ¡°Well, it''s the same every day. I woke up in the morning, dropped him off at school, went home to do some housework, went to a secluded park in the afternoon, read a book...¡± ¡°... why? Why don''t you go to the Old Town Housewives'' Club? ¡± My father-in-law kicked his tongue and inhaled a cigarette deeply to make sure that my answer was not appropriate. White cigarette smoke is dispersed in the air with clouds flowing in the wind over a clear lake. After a while, the craftsman who rubbed his cigarette in a portable ashtray slashed his throat with a knife or bottled water, and he heard snowflakes from a distance. ¡°Grandpa!! Did you catch a lot of fish? ¡± ¡°Queek! Will you rescue me as soon as I throw a fishing needle?" ¡± Seohyun ran into the rifle step and sat down next to me, wondering if he was bored by Yuki preparing food. ¡°If you get your clothes dirty, your mom will scold you again. ¡± I put Seohyun on a small chair with a fishing rod by the lake and sat on the grass instead. ¡°I talked to my dad about something. Grandpa?¡± ¡°Hmm? It''s just grown-ups talking. ¡± ¡°Hmmm ~ My dad told me about the Tokyo game show in 1995 on the way here, and it was so much fun!¡± ¡°Really? Well, your father was famous there. But the fact is, after the Tokyo game show, things are much more fun. ¡± ¡°Yes? Why? What happened to you? ¡± Suddenly, I just smiled and looked at the two of them. & The second episode of Dragon Emblem sold one million copies within Japan within a month of its release. Million sellers have been on the market since the recession. The dragon emblem has brought great energy to the gaming market. Users began to build their own commander characters and mercenaries until the front-line system opened. And then a month later. Arcade centers across Japan have seen PVP-specific devices that battle opponents with their own characters so far. To check the reactions of the gamers, the Pentagon shop unloaded the device a day earlier than in other areas, and as soon as it was light that day, it phosphorylated users who were running with a portable Raon in their hands. ¡°Damn it!! No!!! ¡± It was a simple system that attempted an attack with just a button, but every turn it needed to be discreet, as it required a pretty profound strategy to deploy mercenaries in the commander''s own line of work. In addition, the number of cases increases indefinitely when the special ability of a Sword Fragment is added. Ability to manipulate the goddess of destiny to bring about an unconditional preemptive turn. Ability to maximize the Defense Strength of allies instead of delivering postponement. Ability to seal one enemy character at the start of a battle. Some users sometimes share the ability to disable the opponent''s equipment with the ability of a sword that is close to deception. Among them, the ability of the Sword Fragment that the user fears the most is the ability to steal equipment worn by the opponent when winning battles. ¡°No!!! Claymore, +6!!! ¡± Gosh... I can''t ignore the user content consumption rate of +6 steel daggers a month. Users who came to enjoy PVP were close to 2,000 people a day, but the device rotation was still very fast. The PVP Battle of Dragon Emblem was not only a coin, but a special item called a front-line combat support form. There was a ¡®battlefield contribution¡¯ in the PVP system that competed for power in one sector, which recorded how many battles the commander had participated in and how many victories he had won and was able to earn legendary items as a reward for his subsequent victories in that sector. In total, the Pentagon prepared 16 battle zones, and the two forces fought endlessly to occupy more realms and items from each other. Thus, a community of experts began to emerge about the second episode of Dragon Emblem naturally, and without a separate announcement from the Pentagon, fast users began to announce to the community what was going on at the front. And the community was becoming a massive virtual nationalization created by dragon emblem users themselves. There were detailed bulletin boards that allowed players to enter by authenticating their battlefield contributions, and in the case of higher boards, there was also room for the brains who predicted the game of war to gather and discuss the next sector to attack. A truly fun online game is not about operators using their authority to control the world as they please¡­ All you have to do is keep the world intact in order for the player to learn how to live in it and realize the joy. At least I knew of the early online games. Dragging horses to the scenic waterfront and talking about Dorado amongst my close friends, there was definitely a fun game¡­ In this sense, the Dragon Emblem community was like a field of dialogue created by weary users themselves. The chat rooms there didn''t expect to disappear for 24 hours, and the information boards were filled with information about the pieces of the Sword and equipment that could be obtained by crafting new items each time, and each party''s free board was filled with players chatting about everyday life. I''ve been working with the users in that space for a while. I don''t know, but there must have been quite a few Pentagon employees hiding their identities and enjoying the community like me. Interestingly, when calling other users in the community, they were given the title ''Sir¡¯, which would appear in the fantasy world as anyone other than ''Mr.'' Anybody. ''Many people enjoyed playing real roles in the community by naming users'' King of Mercenaries¡¯ who are currently taking the top contributions on the battlefield. But the really amazing part about the second episode of Dragon Emblem... & ¡°We haven''t unified the continent yet. ¡± ¡°Really!? ¡± ¡°As far as I''m concerned, Isn''t that right, Joon-Hyuk? ¡± ¡°That''s right. I heard a lot of force has been leaning toward Humans lately and that the Horsemen are still holding out for about two sectors. ¡± In my answer, Seohyun opened his mouth with a bored expression. ¡°Are you saying you''ve been playing the same game for 10 years? ¡± ¡°Well, technically, it''s not quite the same. I''ve done five upgrades in the last decade...¡± Honestly, I thought it was going to be a long five years at first, but in version three, Hayashi is making a lot of improvements to the online system, so the game life has doubled... But the coin returns from those decades were not to be ignored. Even in the early days of the PVP system, it was a misunderstanding whether all the coins in Japan were flowing into the Pentagon... ¡°Heave-ho!! I got another one. ¡± ... But you''re telling Seohyun stories and luring him like a ghost... I can''t even tell if the stew is shaking at the surface or if the fish have caught it... ¡°Wow! This is huge!! ¡± You can''t catch any more powerful fish in a bucket the size of an adult''s forearm. ¡°Joon-Hyuk!!!! The Pentagon staff are almost here!! ¡± ¡°Yes!! I''ll be right there.¡± Suddenly, the sunset setting over the mountain flooded the lake red, the bright stars in the early evening sky without any light, and his father-in-law started throwing fish into the bucket and into the lake one by one. ¡°Grandpa, why are you throwing the fish you tried so hard to catch again? ¡± ¡°We need to get the young ones back to the lake. Otherwise your grandmother would have packed so much food, she probably wouldn''t even need fish. ¡± Seohyun nodded at his grandfather''s words and put his hand in the bucket. ¡°Well, hello to you too!! ¡± ¡°Seolhyun!! That''s the one I just caught!! ¡± Boom. With a loud noise the size of an adult''s forearm, the father-in-law smiled blankly at the missing fish. What does a game like the feeling of a user who has lost a +9 Dagger to an enemy? ¡°Ah-ha-ha! Goodbye!! ¡± Only Seohyun''s voice waving his hand towards the fish that disappeared quickly resounded on the quiet shore of the lake. & ¡°This ~ ~ ~ is ~ ~ Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ¡± After a while, Kaori, the first bus to arrive at the campground, rushes towards me. ¡°Long time no see, Director!! ¡± ¡°What took you so long? I saw you with Yuki in Shibuya last week. ¡± ¡°Ugh. Old and new. ¡± ¡°Hmph! Just your husband? ¡± ¡°Yes? What did I say? ¡± Havashi came to the table with a load on his shoulders and swallowed a mouthful of laughter as he lowered his food on the ground. ¡°I told you to come empty-handed, why did you buy me this...¡± Later, associates who were familiar with Kawaguchi representatives, including Maurita, Uchimura, Miyazaki, etc. were revealed. ¡°Wow, what a view! It would have been better if you had come during the day¡­¡± ¡°Welcome, everyone. You''re hungry, right? We just finished eating, so let''s get this party started. ¡± Yuki, wearing a pink apron, greeted the Pentagon employee, and Kaori and Miyazaki started wearing extra aprons as well. Early in the evening, the campground quickly became crowded with Pentagon staff. ¡°Looks like you''ve come to play...¡± While I was watching the employees with my hands at my waist, Hayashi came to me with a cigarette light on. ¡°Phew... how are you? ¡± ¡°Well, that''s just it. How''s the fortress?¡± ¡°Thank you so much, Director. Dragon emblem online. As scheduled, when the continent is unified in the second episode, it will be released. ¡± ¡°You must be busy...¡± ¡°So will you stop coming back and help us?" ¡± ¡°Are you saying that again? ¡± ¡°It''s your first project, so you have to finish it. ¡± ¡°Hmm. Finish... Huh? By the way, aren''t Kanna''s people here? ¡± ¡°... look at this. I thought I''d tell you again. Kanna says he''s running a little late. Because of the broadcast schedule...¡± ¡°Really? I hope it''s not too late...¡± ¡°Oh, I see. I heard that song on the bus on the way over. ¡± ¡°Oh... I heard that, too. ¡± ¡°It''s been a long time since I heard of it. Tsubaki-san''s voice...¡± ¡°I see. ¡± ¡°Director, were you at Tsubaki''s last live performance? Do you remember the first greeting I said to you? ¡± ¡°Yes, of course. ¡± At Hayashi''s words, I suddenly remembered that day, and I saw a smile leaning against a nearby wooden fence. Author''s Words Thank you for reading today. Some of your readers have said that the sudden development of the story will be the end of the class... Not at all ^ ^ Unlike so far, I wanted to tell the story in a different way. Due to sacrifice tomorrow, Yeouijae may be a little late..; Your back isn''t clean yet. You''re in parallel with physical therapy.; The nerves seem to be slowing down my recovery. Thanks for your patience, we will protect daily events even if it is late. 205 < EP. 46: A lot of time has passed. (3) > ¡°How are you feeling? ¡± ¡°Well, strangely light. ¡± Tsubaki, who held two fists with a bright smile, felt more beautiful than ever. An hour later, the first Tokyo Games Show was just two days away from closing. Although Mintendo did not participate, the Tokyo Games Show was successful in establishing itself as a meaningful event for users and industry, as all content was concentrated on the game under the name "Game Show." A total of 88 gaming booths were set up, but about half of them were amateur clubs of high school and university students, including some of the work I coached at the Japanese Institute of Electronics that was quite popular. 500 titles that had been prepared in small quantities without much expectation were sold out so quickly that they had to be booked separately... Their game is called Queen of Hearts. It reminded me of the Top of Fighters series created by SMK. It was actually a parody fighting game using beauty characters. ¡°Unh!! Cute!!" ¡°Is that... Hasegawa Miyuki in the street without me? ¡± The crowds who passed by her as if she was wielding a pink purse, a proprietary weapon, watched the playback video and blew up the barrel. ¡°Huh? Besides, they''re Kaori from God''s gift, right? ¡± She swings the violin''s bow like a sword, and as she puts her distance between her opponents, she turns the violin on and shoots a note. ¡°Unh!! What is this, some kind of crazy character concept? Did the developer get mulberries...¡± Moreover, not only the heroes who appeared in the Pentagon, but also the heroes who appeared in Fox Soft''s ¡®Biceps Memorial¡¯ were struggling to survive the battle without opening their wallets. ¡°Is this for sale? ¡± On the first day of the game show, Suzuko nodded and replied to a user''s question while looking at the monitor. ¡°Yes, but Queen of Hearts is a game made for Windows 95, do you have it? ¡± ¡°Yes, there is!! How much?¡± ¡°Thank you for purchasing our graduate work title. Title amount is 2000 yen. ¡± ¡°Ugh... so cheap. Give me two. ¡± ¡°Sorry, we only sell one piece of graduate work per person. ¡± ¡°Ah... one I was going to collect as a seal, unfortunately. ¡± Shortly after, the 250 titles that I was aiming to sell on the first day were sold in about 20 minutes, unexpected excitement brought students to the Pentagon booth to find me. ¡°Teacher. Que... Queen of Hearts!! Our Queen of Hearts!!! ¡± Just after the dragon emblem conference, I came down and stole the sweat with my handkerchief, and I opened my mouth to my disciples with an unconcerned voice. ¡°Is it sold out? ¡± ¡°Yes? Oh, yes! It sold out less than 30 minutes ago. ¡± Among the games played by the amateur team at the Tokyo Games Show, there were also many shooters because they were easier to create than other genres. If you set the trajectory of a certain shell depending on the enemy that appears, the rest of you will only need to set the movement of the protagonist gas. Perhaps it was not the easiest genre to create an entry in a short period of time. However, Queen of Hart, a Japanese Institute of Electronics, has broken the framework of amateur work and launched a Feud Action Game. Of course, it was not easy to create a fight game with students. Even with low resolution dot graphics, the player needed reasonably good motion graphics, and it was a difficult task that required three to four frame rates per technology. But there was more to it than that to make students feel uncomfortable... ¡°Sir, how do I set up an A.I. for an enemy character? ¡± Often when playing combat games, an enemy character that your computer deals with has a variety of reactions depending on your behavior. As a simple example, if you compare it to the Street Fire series, will you block the hurricane you shot, will you avoid it, will you retaliate against it, or will you stand back... One of these possibilities was that the A.I. was very difficult to adapt to the students'' level in response to the unusual behavior of players who were approaching them in time. In this era of development, however, using test play to build databases is an unimaginable time... Anyway, I taught my students how to set up a simple AI that I often used in early game fights. It was using timers and stamina gauges. ¡°A timer?¡± The first time I heard my explanation, the students turned their heads to see if they didn''t understand well. In fact, the behavior pattern of the initial fighting game was adjusted by this timer, which determines which timing the character will play aggressively or take defensive variability. As soon as you look back at all the fighting games, there will be very few characters running like crazy towards the player as soon as the battle begins. This is usually because developers have pre-set their defensive postures to keep their distance from the player for 10 seconds after the battle begins. Before accumulating a database of play patterns during development, it was common for developers to change patterns based on their daily timer and remaining HP gauges¡­ Thanks to this, Queen of Hearts, created by professional academy students, had a decent form of fighting game even for a short time. Not to mention a street without me and a gift from God. Last but not least, there were eight bonus characters in Fujisaki Shiori who appeared in the Brain Memorial, so Queen of Hart''s popularity was probably already planned. Of course, in addition to the Pentagon character, the character Fujisaki Siori of Fox Soft is engaged in a battle, and he''s also suggesting that he may or may not have fallen for copyright. First of all, Queen of Hart was an amateur work by students and the game development of professional institutes, and she did not throw up every day because she did not damage Fox Soft''s image. I complimented my disciples with a smiley smile when I heard that Fox Soft''s officials also laughed and passed on, because it was a game for Windows only, not specifically aiming at either console. & The second day of the game show. Pm The disciples'' Queen of Hearts won the best amateur game award at the first Tokyo Games School. I was delighted to see the students who were running around with trophies in their hands, but I was only able to return to the Pentagon after a group photo shoot with my students in a professional institute booth. ¡°Phew... I''m so busy...¡± Tsubaki, dressed in a gorgeous burrito costume, laughed at my suit that was crumpled around by the students. ¡°You''re popular with students. ¡± ¡°I was actually a decent teacher. ¡± A voice was heard from all over the president announcing the closing of the Tokyo Games Show. Then outside the waiting room, I heard the voices of the mourned users. ¡°Oh, is it over...? ¡± ¡°You could do this all week...¡± ¡°I know. When do we wait till next summer? ¡± ¡°I feel like two days is too short since I left yesterday for the Dragon Emblem...¡± ¡°The dragon emblem was amazing, but did you see the new video on Capco? ¡± ¡°Oh, that zombie thing? The opening was amazing¡­¡± ¡°Right? I didn''t think I''d faint from that crouching scene, but I thought I''d fainted when I saw that half of his face...¡± ¡°I don''t think the game graphics are going to get any better. How can you make such a terrible scene happen? ¡± I secretly smiled at the sound of the user''s conversation with good game experience. ¡°Everyone must have enjoyed it. How many times did I only hear the elastic sound of people while I was in the waiting room...¡± I nodded and said to Tsubaki, smiling at me. ¡°That voice will soon turn into cheer, right? ¡± ¡°I''ll give it a try. But first, I have to tell Joon-Hyuk. ¡± ¡°Hmm? To me? ¡± ¡°I want to tell people about my illness on the live stage today. ¡± ¡°What? Why? You said it was getting better. ¡± ¡°Even if it gets better, it''ll be a long year next year. Maybe today is my first and last day in front of the fans. I don''t want to leave without saying goodbye to people who loved my song. ¡± In the eyes of Tsubaki looking at me, there was determination. Tsubaki seemed to already know that nothing I said was just a good persuasion to her. So in the end, I smiled with a small sigh. ¡°Yes. Okay...¡± -The performance of Virtual Idol, celebrating the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Games Show, will be held in Odaiba Beach Park. Visitors, please check your pamphlets and move on to the scheduled time of the show. - ¡°Oh, we''re just getting started. ¡± ¡°Yeah, the first stage started with Erica? ¡± ¡°That''s right. We should be ready by now. ¡± ¡°Let''s go, then. ¡± & A glamorous video of the next generation of consoles with RidgeRacer''s openings. And after Valentine''s Day, Capco''s series of ¡®Resident Monsters'', which sparked incredible interest in the event, appeared with the dragon emblem that caused chaos. And finally, just before the announcement of the end of all events, a concert of Virtual Idol, prepared for an agreement with the Tokyo Gameshow Authority, Kishimoto, was about to begin. ¡°As expected, the end of the event is music!! ¡± After the event ended, users who left the Tokyo Vicsite began to run towards the beach in news of the concert on Virtue Idol. It was a pretty cold day because it was early December, but it didn''t matter how cold the gamers were. ¡°Erica, Azzaa!!! ¡± ¡°Tsubaki!!! ¡± ¡°Cheryl!!! ¡± ... before boarding the bus to the event site with Tsubaki. Seeing people running busy shouting the names of their favorite characters, I recalled a scene from the movie ¡¯28 days after¡¯ that I had seen before the regression and shook my whole body. ¡°Huh? Sir!! ¡± Turning to the familiar voice that came from behind, the disciples were rushing towards me. ¡°Hey, guys! How did you get here without clearing out the booth...¡± Approaching them with open arms with a warm smile... ¡°Woo!! Mr. Tsubaki!! ¡± Like a paddle-grade boxer, the students who dropped out of my arm immediately swarmed around Tsubaki. ¡°You''re Mr. Tsubaki of Virtual Idol, right? ¡± ¡°Oh!! Reality!! Reality!! ¡± ... Suzuko approached me and smiled on behalf of the students who left the inner circle like rats. ¡°Good job, sir. ¡± ¡°Yes, you did well. ¡± ¡°Like the teacher said, I just got a bunch of business cards from various game companies asking me to come after graduation. ¡± ¡°Really? That''s great. Everyone''s relieved of their worries about the job, huh? ¡± ¡°But at the end of the discussion with everyone, we decided to do what you said. ¡± ¡°You decided to start a new third-party company that I''m applying for, right? ¡± ¡°Yes! I already have a name! ¡± ¡°Already? What did you say? ¡± ¡°LEVEL.3. ¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± ¡°Isn''t it adorable for the title of the game company? ¡± ¡°You probably know about 30 levels of what you need to do in an Alpysie game. When are you gonna grow up? ¡± ¡°You can continue to help me.¡± I swoop down and pull my arm, throwing a bloody smile at Suzuko. ¡°Sir, can we go to this bus concert too!? ¡± ¡°If you don''t want to, why don''t you? Do whatever you want. ¡± ¡°Wow!! ¡± After a while, I stepped down with the students to the concert chairman, sending Tsubaki up to the waiting room and looked at the stage. The main title of Virtue Idol was floated in a huge screen installed under the night sky. Wherever they got it from, the users'' hands were filled with colorful fluorescent bars, and after a short while the bell to announce the start of the concert began to shake dizzily. The concert started from Erica''s stage and was played in the order in which Idol''s single record was released, but the concert went very smoothly because everyone had experienced the concert battles before. After going through Cheryl''s overwhelming stage and Azsa''s adorable stage, she finally came to Tsubaki''s turn, and she calmed down. ¡°Ah... you''re finally seeing the real thing...¡± Unlike the last live battle when they were forced to greet her on the screen, this time they were looking forward to hearing her voice directly. But that''s also a... With Mike quietly in his mouth, Tsubaki opens his mouth in a distinctive calm voice. ¡°Here today... one of our four will be absent. ¡± The atmosphere of the concert that I had always been drawn to sank all at once. It will be the day that I have already foretold the event of the Tokyo Games Show. Taking all the data to date, it seems that the mistakes were more frequent than other asteroids, and Kono Azsa''s failure to be a topic was powerful, but her stage that she had just shown was still the best. Those who cheered and cheered for Azsa looked disappointed at Tsubaki''s words. However, the next thing she said, she was appalled by the faces of the people gathered at the presidency. ¡°And that''s me. ¡± 206 < EP. 46: A lot of time has passed. (4) > ¡°And that''s me. ¡± ¡°Ugh¡­!? ¡± ¡°What? Why!! Tsubaki would never have missed a sale. ¡± The audience who enjoyed the concert said that the deserter was himself was in chaos. Because of the four heroes who sold the Tsubaki title, he was close to half a million in single sales. I didn''t expect her title to reach Half Million when she was suddenly hospitalized and never interacted with fans¡­ But if you think about it, the Tsubaki song had a different concept. That is not the case if you ask why the poor voice is leaping over the high notes. Her protective instinct for a clean appearance was also difficult to convince of the popularity she was currently gaining. The reason she was so loved by fans that even the Pentagon''s marketing team was... in her lyrics to a song that was more loving than any other character. The songs "hug me" and "ifs" were all love songs that sang from the perspective of "women." "Give me a hug" with a heart that wants to be with my loved one forever, and conversely, "What if" with a sadness that still has to be broken up is now ranked # 1 in women''s favorite song, beyond the category of games. The hospital broadcast live footage on one TV medium and Tsubaki''s popularity was now soaring high enough. She was saying goodbye to fans who loved her now. ¡°Our Virtual Idol¡­ is a project team designed by Pentagon Soft. As you already know, Kang Jun-hyuk, Director of Pentagon, was also a game developer who I loved before I challenged Virtual Idol. ¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± ¡°Every time I played a game he made, I was sometimes angry, and I was annoyed at how he ended up throwing it at me before he had a hard clearance. But I was always there when I finished the game, admitting," Ah! "¡± On the stage, three meteors came up and stood side by side with Tsubaki. Tsubaki turns slightly to look at his colleagues and greets them with a calm voice. ¡°As a fan of the Pentagon, like many of you here, I''m auditioning for Virtue Idol. But I kept one thing from the auditioning board. ¡± ¡°Secret?¡± ¡°What the...? ¡± ¡°Something''s not right...¡± As you hear chattering here and there, Tsubaki looks me in the eye from one side of the stage. I gaze at her silently for a moment, then nod slowly. Then Tsubaki nodded his head and turned his eyes toward the audience, as if responding to my sign. ¡°I have a rather unusual disease. Modern medicine has yet to discover the cause and the cure. Until I graduated from high school, I was just a normal girl who would be in any school. As I chose the department of sport for side activities, I was doing well soon, and an average student who wasn''t that bad at grades or even grades... I started to feel a little dizzy one day when I graduated from high school and was dedicated to job activities, so I often stumbled a few times in my path. At first I thought it was just anemia, but then I woke up one day and I saw her in the hospital. ¡± ¡°The doctor said that he wanted to get better, but unlike everyone else''s expectations, I felt that my body was getting very little, but it was definitely getting worse. Then one day, I heard in a game called Virtue, I was recruiting a storm to replace the character''s voice. I used to love singing, and I would hide the truth about the disease and I would audition. Pass the result...¡± ¡°I was very happy at first, but after a while, I got scared. If I hear about my illness and cancel my pass... what if I end up in the storm? ¡± The audience who heard the story began to recognize the meaning of her story one by one. ¡°Don''t tell me... Mr. Tsubaki...¡± ¡°Oh... I don''t think so... No way. ¡± ¡°Don''t do it.¡± And in response, Tsubaki said with a slightly bolder smile than ever before. ¡°Yes, I am living a life of indefiniteness. ¡± Tsubaki''s expression of revealing his illness to his fans in the official position was very glamorous. However, on the contrary, the look on the audience''s faces was dazed as if they had been hit with a giant hammer. ¡°And that''s why I''m dropping out of the first season of Virtual Idol. ¡± ¡°Ah¡­¡± ¡°After you''ve passed the audition. Coming up from Hokkaido, my hometown, to Tokyo, I first stopped by the Pentagon headquarters and looked for Kang Jun-hyuk, the director of Idol. Joon-Hyuk was also hesitant when he first heard about my illness, but he left me to play the character Sawano Tsubaki in a humbling request. And then something really strange happened. ¡± ¡°Just as much as recording a character''s lines or singing, I forget about my illness. I enjoyed working on it. I wonder if my illness is healing on its own. That''s why being trained in character acting and recording their songs has been the most exciting time of my life. Even though there were difficult moments, I was able to endure every moment...¡± Tsubaki holds Kanna''s hand by his side and speaks. ¡°I think it''s because there are colleagues who have come with me to this moment. Virtual Idols aren''t the only characters on the screen. Every single one of their voices has the bloody efforts and sweat of me and my colleagues onstage right now. So I hope you''ll like another colleague who''s about to debut at the beginning of next year. Although I''m not officially a singer, I think your support has created a lot of great memories. I would like to stand in front of you as early as possible...¡± The more I spoke, the more I watched her in her voice, the more I felt a corner of my heart tingling. After pausing on the stage for a moment, Tsubaki opens his mouth with a bright expression. ¡°I think this might be the last time I''m standing in front of you. ¡± On the speaker set onstage with her greetings, her debut song, "Hug Me," began to flow. The sound of a calm piano resounding on a cold winter night begins to wind up all over the beach park. After a while, I walked a little distance from the stage, and I climbed up to the bridge overlooking the stage and lit a cigarette. The moment the smoke of a single cigarette rising out of the red filter was dispersed in the night sky... ¡°Ah, snow...? Mom, open your eyes. ¡± Elasticity leaked from the mouth of the boy who was staring at the stage of Tsubaki at the bridge. Her voice echoes from the speaker, and the snow blossoms scatter across the stage as if they were little fairies. ¡°Wow... that sister is so beautiful... White eyes are dancing...¡± The mother next to her voice, who was listening to Tsubaki''s song, opened her mouth with a gentle stroke of her head. ¡°Right? But she''s very sick now. ¡± ¡°Really? If I get sick, I should get an injection soon...¡± In the warm words of the child melting the cold of Shirin Winter, I smiled and talked to him. ¡°Thank you... he knows her well, that''s what you said. I''ll be sure to pass it on to you later. ¡± ¡°Yes, thank you. Mister.¡± & On that day, the Tsubaki stage became a huge demolition, not only in the gaming industry but also in the general entertainment industry. Of course, the popularity of Virtue Idol, including Tsubaki, was truly inspiring throughout the country after the concert of the Tokyo Games Show, although it had been asked to appear in various arts programs since then. It was the best show in Japan, the Hong Baek Ga contest. But God didn''t give her a second chance. After finishing all the appointments with his colleagues until the end of the concert, Tsubaki had to fall unconscious and go straight to the hospital. The next day, when she opened her eyes to another dangerous affliction. Kanna and her companions, who had stood by her all night, heard her condition and had no choice but to sulk. Tsubaki''s illness worsened more than ever because he took his¡® voice ¡¯from her first. Shhh... Shhh... The sound in the quiet room... After a short while, I was staring at her, and Tsubaki showed me a sketchbook with a message he had written. - Thank you. ¡°Don''t talk like that in the past. ¡± How was your day? - ¡°Excellent. It was beyond compare...¡± - Really? ¡°Yes...¡± - Thank goodness. I put down my sketchbook for a moment, and suddenly Tsubaki''s eyes were filled with tears, staring out the window. The teardrops that were sobbing settle on her cheeks settle on the tip of her chin momentarily. - I''d like to get back onstage, but I don''t think it''s working. - ¡°This isn''t like you. Cheer up." Then the nurse came in, opening the door to the room. ¡°Mr. Tsubaki, it''s time for your injection. Sorry, visiting hours have expired in a few minutes. ¡± ¡°Oh, yes. Tsubaki, then I''ll go. I''m coming with Yuki tomorrow¡­¡± Then Tsubaki hurriedly wrote something on the sketchbook. - Wait a minute. ¡°Yes¡­? ¡± A moment later, Tsubaki handed me one of the cassette tapes that he had hidden in his pillow crabs and in. ¡°Is this for me? ¡± With a warm smile on either side of his mouth, Tsubaki nods, looking up and down, and raises the front of the sketchbook. - Listen to me when I''m alone. - ¡°Oh, yes... I will. ¡± The way out of the hospital, back home... With the audio system installed in the car, Tsubaki''s tape is inserted, and for a moment the noise rang and her voice echoed in the car. ¡°Ahh! Ahh! Is this going to be a recording? ¡± I felt her voice coming from the speakers for a very long time. ¡°They say it''s recorded when the red light comes on. Ahhh!! I''m in!! ¡± A smile was drawn on her mouth, as her cute voice blurted out if she didn''t know how to use the recorder. ¡°Can you hear me? Ah! I don''t know if I can say this... Haha... I''ll say it if I can hear you. Today is two days before the Tokyo Games Show. After just going with Yuki, I leave a little message to Joon-Hyuk like this. Well, actually, can you deliver this properly? I''m worried about that, too, because Yuki might misunderstand. ¡± ¡°Actually, my doctor told me this morning that I should cancel my concert. It can be a very dangerous choice at the moment, and even if you suffer, if you crowd the vocal chords because of the concert, you might wake up and lose your voice... I''ll leave you a message just in case. ¡± 207 < EP. 46: A lot of time has passed. (5) > ¡°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. ¡± 208 < EP. 47: Someones invitation. (1) > [What we need to create is not the first online game. What we need to create is a ¡®best¡¯ online game.] The slogan that started the official development of Dragon Emblem Online at the internal meeting. Among each development team, the online project started by the best talent was built over the course of eight years, as Hayashi said. Thanks to this, many changes were made in the early planning except for the large framework. In an online world where no one else exists except NPC and monsters, I was able to enjoy the world as if I were a traveler. My character settings here have taken the life of Holy King Croel. However, I didn''t feel particularly suspicious when I spoke to NPC because I was a normal human being. ¡°Travelers? Haha! That''s nice. I''m sure the world feels better after getting rid of the Horses. If the number of outsiders grows like this, our town will flourish quickly. ¡± I nodded at the village chief''s words, commanded by the transcendent being who surpassed the drink to put the world back into darkness. ¡°A fortuneteller who had been in town before said, There will be more outsiders like you in the future. They said to treat them well since they are returning from the end of the world to destroy the Demon King. ¡± In the online world, players were known to NPCs as "outsiders" or "pilgrims." The final unification of the second episode of Dragon Emblem lies within the Dimensional Breach, the home of the Horsemen. Here, the players were perceived as the heroes who destroyed the Demon King and returned to this world in a gaping dimension. Thanks to the kindness of the chief, I decided to stay in this town for a while. Building a small house in a pioneered area set up near the village took about 8 hours of real time. While I was raising the house, I returned to the village and looked at the guide book in my inventory. In this world consisting of two hours of day and two hours of night, when we looked around, we saw traces of caring to the smallest places. I mean, the kids that were playing in the open space at sunset, the settings that go back to their homes. The effect of preparing dinner is that chimneys everywhere in town are smoky... The more I looked at it, the more I felt like hidden performances that made me admire it more. I sat my character on a nearby hill to see the view of the town, leaning against the burning sunset on the TV screen and leaning against the chair. ¡°I didn''t think you''d make it this far. Everyone must have suffered a lot...¡± When the sun, which was burning red in the sky, sank to the horizon and a starlit darkness came, a warm light started to come out from each window with peaceful background music. Then I heard Yuki''s voice outside the study. ¡°Joon-Hyuk? You haven''t washed yet? ¡± ¡°Oh, yeah. I''m gonna wash up now. ¡± ¡°You must be tired from driving, but get some sleep early today. ¡± ¡°Yes, I will. ¡± I didn''t want to end it like this, but it''s going to take a while to get the house up, so should we call it a day? Once again, I ended Complete Raon and left the study. & The next day. When Yuki and Seohyun left the house, I immediately answered the phone to Hayashi. As soon as Hayashi answered the phone, laughing as if she was waiting for my call, she asked me. ¡°How was it?¡± ¡°I don''t care. You really made it. To be honest, I was impressed the whole time I played yesterday. ¡± ¡°It''s worth eight years of hard work listening to a compliment like that from the director. ¡± ¡°His voice...¡± ¡°What can I do? The title stuck in my mouth...¡± ¡°So what do you want me to do from now on? ¡± ¡°What do I do? Break it with excitement. Messy. For the time being, you can play Story Mode like a normal RPG game. While you''re at it, please contact us as soon as you find a bug. By the way, the data you play is also an important reference for our development team, so please take care of it. ¡± ¡°Story mode...¡± ¡°From the planning phase, you wanted a device that allowed users to control the online world on their own. ¡± ¡°Of course I did. ¡± ¡°That''s why I''m asking you. In the meantime, I would like you to act as a middleman. ¡± ¡°Is this how you got me into this? ¡± ¡°It''s a bit shabby, but let''s not dwell on our old friendship. If you play, you will definitely feel that you are lacking in something. Please also communicate that part without flare through your guide character. ¡± ¡°A guide character? ¡± ¡°A certain level will appear as a number. Well, I''m busy, so...¡± ¡°Hey, Hayashi. Wait¡­¡± ... is disconnected. This guy said all he had to do was say what he wanted to say. When I thought of the Pentagon staff who were choking with their handsets down, I felt like something that was sleeping inside me was soft and breaking. Okay, I''m going to analyze every system thoroughly and tire you out. ¡¯ Wait... but isn''t that exactly what they''re after? I don''t know. Yeah. Let''s see who wins. I ran straight to the library, forgetting I was going to eat breakfast, turned on Complied Raon, and tried to access the online world. [Your home is complete.] As soon as I entered the town, I smiled in the raised message window and headed to the frontier where the house was built. But I was just leaving the town entrance. With an urgent BGM, a crack broke out in the space and a giant monster popped out. ¡°Khh!! Humans... Chasing us to a crevice. ¡± I think he''s the Horseman who escaped from the gap in the story. ¡°Tsk!! Monster!!" ¡°Why are the Horses here!? ¡± Suddenly, the villagers start to scatter, screaming. Oh, I''d love to go home. ¡°Hehehe. No one would bother coming here. Great. I''ll get rid of them all!! ¡± ... too clich¨¦. It''s a classic villain line. Let''s do a more impactful line. A creature three times the size of a human was screaming at the runaway Humans while encountering my character. ¡°Who are you? Why don''t you run? Do you want to die at my hands first? ¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± Clearly the event ambassador would like to take a look at his hands... But this guy. Don''t you recognise me for being drunk on a horse? ¡°Stay away, traveler!! Dangerous!!" Instead, I chose a command window, as I saw in the guide book, in the image of the villagers shouting about me. ¡°Die!! Human!!" ¡°Piss off.¡± Kuaaang!! I was able to finish off a horse with a single command skill to a drink that already possessed enormous natural abilities. [Lesser daemon defeated. 3800 XP gained.] ¡°Hmm¡­ easy? ¡± ¡°Oh!! Overpower the Horses in one fell swoop. You must be the warrior who drove the Horses out of this land. ¡± Ahhh!! I feel like my hands and feet are failing. Who the hell created this scenario...!!! & Since then, I''ve been trying to access the dragon emblem online for as long as I''m home alone. After experiencing a variety of events in the first village, Augrad''s hands and feet were sometimes a little annoyed with his performance, but at a very high level in the system. Among them, it was the guide character Hayashi mentioned, who suddenly appeared when he reached level 3 and followed me around like a servant after telling me that the Demon King Osiris had been defeated by Humans. In an online world where no one else was available, he was the only one who could talk to me, and at first he only answered my question with the same answer, and then I was able to have a proper conversation at some point. Like an interactive program, "Mindfulness," he had a system that accumulated databases and increased vocabulary with the contents of conversations that came and went. Funny thing is, since we''re teaching this guy something, regular NPCs are also starting to talk in a very natural way, depending on the amount of data they accumulate in the database. Then one day. ¡°Where should we go hunting today? ¡± ¡°Marcin, how long do you intend to see this peaceful world? ¡± ¡°Why? It''s relaxing and nice. ¡± ¡°We are the Mages. And you are our God. Don''t you feel the cries of the Fallen Demon King Osiris in the gaps of dimensions? ¡± ¡°Oh Shi... Li... Don''t mention him to me, anyway. ¡± ¡°Marcin.¡± ¡°Stop talking about it!! What if the villagers hear!! ¡± While I was banging the keyboard, I threw a big smile at the stunning dialogue of the guide character. Depending on the player''s metabolism and behavior, he was extremely flexible, as if someone was actually a moving player character. Thanks to him, I moved around various regions, but I wasn''t bored by him. Sometimes they would help with battles, and sometimes they would talk about it in the game with campfires on remote, unpopular islands. Then one day. I sent Yuki and Seohyun to the station and school respectively, and called Hayashi while I was moving to the library, just like at any other time. ¡°Are you eating on time? How much time have you played in the last 10 days? ¡± ¡°When I do it, I also make sure. We''ll see. Soon I''ll have a bunch of reports from my guide. He''s the real deal, by the way. How the hell did you program that? Sometimes you talk to me and I freak out. ¡± ¡°Ah-ha-ha, I see. Now that you''re a level 10, you''ve met our character guide. ¡± ¡°Hmm? What are you talking about? What do you mean, level 10? You showed up at level 3 and you''ve been so busy lately, you forgot? ¡± ¡°Yes? No way. You know my temper, don''t you? Your guide character will appear at level 10 after all of the first Town events. ¡± ¡°What? Hayashi, hang up for a second. I''ll call you back. ¡± ¡°Oh, yes. I understand.¡± No, what kind of ghost is this? A prodigy at level 10 shows up at level 3 to help me? Maybe it''s just a bug, but you shouldn''t make such a primitive mistake. After entering the library in a strange mood, I put the power switch on the Complete Raon. Shortly thereafter. The moment the title screen pops up and tries to connect using a developer protocol with a username and password. Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep. What...? What''s that noise? That''s not what it sounds like on TV. I looked through the desk drawers one by one to find the cause of the deafening sound coming from the library. And after a while. I carefully removed an object from the drawer that caused the noise. It was a game & watch that flew with me from the future. ¡°What is it? I''ve never heard anything like it...¡± As I tilted my head to unhinge the game & watch, I remembered a faint text to see if the battery had dropped on the top display. ¡°Would you like to accept the invitation? ¡± 209 < EP. 47: Someones invitation. (2) > ¡°Would you like to accept the invitation? ¡± Who invited you out of the blue? To where? Was the model itself a messaging feature? In a random invitation message, I turned the game & watch around. The shape is no different from when it was first brought from the future. But it''s been a long time since I pulled it out of a drawer like this. There was no last update on the CEO game? Is there anything left? ¡®But will you accept the invitation? You want to tell me what''s going on? ¡¯ If you press the YES button here, you''re not going back to the year I was in 2015, are you? I still have 10 years left on my appointment. I went to the kitchen with the game & watch in my hand and poured a glass of cold water from the fridge. ¡®Let''s think calmly. Perhaps the person who sent this invitation message was the grandfather of the gaming store. You have something to tell me, don''t you? ¡¯ But if that''s the case, why would he send a message like this to make people nervous that you''d show up like you did at Yuki''s wedding? ¡°Oh... I don''t know. ¡± I swallowed the cold water, shaking my head vigorously to the left and to the right, and picked up the game & watch. First, let''s hear the story. I''ve always wanted to ask you something. But when I saw the screen of the game & watch, I was surprised and almost spit out the water I swallowed. [You have been disconnected from Complete Raon 3. Please move closer.] ¡°You''re not Bluetooth, you''re aware of your surroundings? ¡± I had no choice but to return to the library with my game & watch, as the invitation message seemed to only work in the library with Complete Raon. [Accept invitation?] In the invitation message that popped up on the screen, I took a moment to look at Complete Raon and Game & Watch alternately. And then after a while. With a foolish thought, I burst into laughter. ¡°Oh, you can''t be serious. ¡± It''s a time slip, although it''s a clich¨¦ in movies and novels, but at least it''s too fancy... Then one day, the day that came behind my back jumped up and touched my back. ¡°How long have you been eating this guy''s breakfast? ¡± ¡°Oops!! I... pressed it!!!!! ¡± [You have accepted the invitation. Attempt to connect.] Access!? Where the hell? But it was too late. Kuang. As gravity increased, he turned his head toward the TV as he pressed all over his body, and the dragon emblem was automatically triggered and he was trying to reach the server. ¡°N-no way. ¡± The blurred vision was the same as it was when it returned to 1983, and after a while, all the objects in the study began to be fragmented polygonized and scattered like dust. ¡°Meow ~ ~ ~ ~¡± The cat in the library with me tried to leave the room in a surprise, but it was circling around me like a handful of dirt from an overbearing tail. Suddenly, I was trapped in a polygon vortex, and I found a place to rush out of, but at that moment, I plunged beneath my feet into the darkness. ¡°Ahhhh!!!! ¡± & ¡°Lord...¡± ¡°Hmm¡­? ¡± ¡°Lord...¡± ¡°What the...? ¡± ¡°The sun is already high. Now get up. ¡± No, wait, what about this voice? I''m afraid to open my eyes when I close them. ¡°No way. Anubis... is that you? ¡± ¡°What do you mean? ¡± When I opened one eye to my anxious heart, I noticed a handsome man with a mediocre texture. ¡°Ahhhh!! It''s really here!! ¡± ¡°Lord, Lord. Why are you suddenly like this? ¡± ¡°Damn it... This one went too far!! It''s a fantasy!! ¡± ¡°Meow¡­¡± Hmm? I turned my head to the sound of the familiar crying, and my eyes met the day when the cat looked at me with pathetic eyes. In reality, Yuki''s delicate laundry and fur had always kept him dry, turning his fur into a lump of angled polygon. ¡°Did you get dragged away too...? ¡± ¡°What pathetic eyes does a humble beast dare to drink!! ¡± Boom!! ¡°Whoa!!! No!! Not even a game!! He''s like family to me! ¡± ¡°Family...? ¡± I took a long sigh and sat on the floor, tearing Anubis from the blade. Take a look around, this was in front of the event dungeon I saved last night. The campfire burned overnight was already full of white ashes, and my faithful Anubis was preparing for the dungeon expedition. ¡°What the hell...¡± I pressed my temples tightly and gazed at the day of yawning and eating bread at the same time next to me. ¡°Hey, man. Are you sleeping in this situation? ¡± ¡°Miss...¡± This 11-year-old this year was also considered to be a middle-aged man. When I was a kid, Yuki and I were sneaking around, and I became a great pig who ate and slept all day. ¡°We''re all set. Do you want to leave for the dungeon?¡± ¡°That... yeah. Let''s go.¡± My faithful servant, Anubis, a guide character, stood up and put a sword in his waist. An Egyptian myth that guides the souls of the dead. Anubis... I gave it a name a while ago because I thought it would be good for a higher rank horse, but I liked it quite a bit. ¡°Today''s dungeon is a little harder than it used to be. This is the home of a Spider Boss Monster named Behemoth, so it''s hard to get out once wrapped up in spider silk. Please be careful. ¡± ¡°Huh? Oh, yeah. ¡± ¡°But why do you keep looking around? May I ask?¡± ¡°Huh? Did I do that? ¡± ¡°Otherwise, my personality is too sensitive. I''m sorry, Lord. ¡± I followed behind Anubis as he made his first move. Then, one day, while in the sunshine on the rock, I cried for a long time as if I were saying goodbye. ¡°Son of a bitch. You come with me. I don''t know when I''ll be back, but I have to come here looking for you. ¡± Roughly one day he picked it up and put it on one shoulder, and the man with the claws scratched his back. Blow, blow, blow!! My ears are bothered by the noise, but the claw attacks of the day could do me no harm. ''Cause... ¡°Phew... When I left town yesterday, I was glad I put on leather armor. ¡± Anubis glanced at the arrogant one earlier today to see if it bothered him. ¡°Don''t be so mean. It''s his own expression of affection. ¡± ¡°I understand.¡± ... But then I thought about it. If you accepted the invitation, shouldn''t you be out for a ride? What the hell are you doing? Soon we''ll have Anubis and the Dungeon. Where the hell is the grandpa who called me? While I was constantly looking around, I finally saw a skeleton-shaped cave that looked very bad in front of my eyes. ¡°Ah... I''ve finally arrived...¡± ¡°Lord, is there a problem? ¡± ¡°No, I''m just talking to myself. ¡± After a while, you step into the dungeon, where the rotting meat stirs the ends of your nose with moisture. I was told it was a virtual reality. I never thought I''d experience it this way¡­ ¡¯ Although graphics were broken or textured everywhere, the dungeon configuration was very neatly placed. Anubis draws his sword to prepare for a sudden attack, and grabs a torch in his other hand. In fact, Marcin, who was like a fraudulent character, had better dark magic than swordsmanship, so I slowly followed behind Anubis, holding him in my arms for a day. Suzus... That sounded bad. But I knew what this sound was. How many times have I heard you play the game¡­ It was the sound of a swarm of spiders crawling on the floor. ¡°Looks like we''ll be up against them soon enough. If you step back, Marcin, I''ll take care of it. ¡± Suzus!!! Pa!! As soon as Anubis finished speaking, the whole body creeps with the appearance of giant spiders coming from everywhere. There''s nothing to talk about! ¡°Burn!! ¡± As my voice sounded in the narrow passageway, I immediately burst into flames with the feeling of something hoarse and escaping within my body. Whoa!!! ¡°Queek!!! Stuck....." I felt nauseous because of the spiders, who turned their bodies upside down in the hot fire and retracted their eight legs, but I couldn''t turn my head because of the endless pushing of the spiders. ¡°Burn!!! Burn!!! ¡± Phew!!! ¡°Yuck!!! ¡± The charcoal-black spiders crumble their bodies one after the other. ¡°Maybe you''re putting too much effort into the minnow. You must save your strength until you face Behemoth. ¡± After the first battle, I swallowed bitter grass to fill the MP (Magic Point), grabbing another day of sleeping cats and wrapping them around my shoulder. "Enjoy yourself in this game." ¡¯ I gave up on finding my grandfather and decided to focus on clearing the dungeon. Luckily, the battle wasn''t that difficult after entering the game, so I got my grades back and started clearing dungeons at a fast pace while supporting Anubis. Anubis wiped the sticky fluid off the blade, and how much further did he go? You notice the save point ahead of the boss battle. ¡°How long have we been in here? ¡± ¡°I don''t know. He got in this afternoon because he was up too late, so it must be early tonight. ¡± Early evening... so it''s been about two hours since we played. I need to clear it quickly before I can get back to my old man''s world... After roughly wrapping up, Anubis stood up in front of me, hugging me for a day. ¡°Then I''ll go in. ¡± ¡°Let''s get this over with. ¡± ¡°Leave it to me. ¡± & ¡°Shit!! Anubis. Hey, man!! You told me to leave it to you!! ¡± Spiders of unimaginable size. Anubis, who has fallen from the strikes of Behemoth, remains motionless. ¡°Whoa!! ¡± Every time I swing, my whole body feels torn apart by the wind pressure. I hurl my cat away quickly and yell at the spider. ¡°Burn!!! ¡± Glug glug!! Kuaaang!! A heavy pillar of fire was rising, inflicting damage on Behemoth, but what was the size of the beast? You pause the attack for a moment, but it doesn''t seem fatal. ¡°Ahhhh!!! ¡± Phew!! I ran through the deep ground as if I had been bombed in a war movie. I was full to my chin, and I turned around and shouted. ¡°Burn them all!! ¡± Kuaaaaang!! After four pillars of fire had been blocked between me and Behemoth, I hurriedly ran to Anubis. ¡°Lord... Lord. ¡± Was I moved by the rush towards myself? I gave him a warm smile... and kicked him hard. Phew!! ¡°Cough!!! ¡± ¡°He''s waking up. Why don''t you get up and fight? Where did this come from?¡± Shusheng!! Kuaang!! ¡°Whoa!! ¡± He started swinging his eight legs and knocking down the ceiling to make sure he decided to die with us. ¡°Do something about him!! ¡± ¡°If you''ll excuse me for a moment, I''ll show you the blade of the Sage...¡± Rrrrgh!! ¡°Ahhhh!" ... Was he always such a lame character...? I''m gonna have to rename it. But I also sensed that for a moment... it was time for the sharp attack by Behemoth to follow behind Anubis. ¡°Shit!! You can''t be scared and hurt!? ¡± Shhhhh!! When I heard the sound of the wind, I gave up everything and closed my eyes. I empowered myself with fear, but no matter how long I waited, Behemoth''s attack seemed to be about to hit me. ¡°Haha. Why don''t you open your eyes now? ¡± ¡°Huh¡­? ¡± Suddenly, I opened my eyes to the voice of the old man, and I sat on the starry town hill with my cat for a day. ¡°Huh? This is...¡± ¡°Really? How does it feel to be in a world you''ve created? ¡± ¡°What? No, I mean, what am I...¡± Suddenly, I came into the game, but when I got used to seeing the old man like this, I finally felt embarrassed. ¡°It was a different experience, right? ¡± Then I sat on the floor, wiping off the cold sweat, knowing the frostbite. ¡°Oh, I''ve lived for a decade. Haha...¡± ¡°But you''ve adjusted well. ¡± ¡°Sir, you were too much of a joke. I thought you were going to die. ¡± ¡°Eek. What about your wife and daughter if you die?" Would I do that? ¡± ¡°Haha... God... I can''t feel my legs. I just wanted to say hi. Senior.¡± ¡°You. You still have your manners... even when I first met you. ¡± The smiling old man, who had wrinkles around his eyes and mouth, looked no different from the time I met him in 2015. ¡°No, but what in God''s name did you do this terrible thing for? ¡± ¡°Well, I thought you''d like it, but you didn''t. ¡± ¡°It''s not like that. It''s so sudden, it''s not even 2015 yet...¡± Then the old man looked at me with serious eyes, and opened his mouth. ¡°You. Have you stopped playing games? ¡± 210 < EP. 47: Someones invitation. (3) > ¡°You. Have you stopped playing games? ¡± In the old man''s question, I couldn''t say anything for a moment. You hear a weeping insect somewhere in silence, calling for silence. ¡°Huh?¡± While patting the back of the day, I answered the elderly man''s question, looking down at the village where the darkness descended. ¡°It''s not that I don''t like developing games or feel limited by the idea itself. ¡± ¡°Hmm¡­? Then why?¡± ¡°There were people who killed themselves over a game I made. ¡± ¡°You mean the game you invented over a decade ago called Virtual Idol? ¡± ¡°I see you know that. ¡± ¡°But that''s not your fault, is it? ¡± Of course, the old man''s words are not wrong. But after the Tokyo Dome performance, Tsubaki died. Seven suicides across Japan occurred in a week. Two of them were spared, but the other five incidents were unstoppable. It was an unfortunate accident, and it wasn''t the Pentagon''s responsibility, but I had somewhat foreseen this from the moment I accepted Tsubaki. That''s why I made a music video about her and prepared an event to say goodbye to my fans, but it turned out to have an adverse effect. Her music video announced to fans at the Tokyo Dome show followed by a wave of commemoration on PC communication and the Internet. A small memorial service was held for her in Ueno Park, Tokyo, for fans, although she had left over time. Officially, we were going to have a memorial for a month, but there were so many visitors that the memorial was extended by a week. For those who attended the memorial ceremony, I distributed the CD with the music video that was released in Tokyo for free, but I remembered the memory that I suffered a lot throughout the memorial period because there were not enough CDs for the day. After the memorial service ended, she was taken to a section in Hokkaido, where she was originally from, and many people still remember her, who still rarely visit her. ¡°I still don''t know. Whether it was the right choice to accept her back then. ¡± ¡°Is that regrettable? ¡± ¡°I once wondered if there was a better way to go than regret. What if we could go back to the way things were? But no matter how much I looked at the game & watch, I didn''t get a second chance. ¡± ¡°It wouldn''t be a miracle if you could turn back time so many times. Miracles are for people who are desperate to have a chance. ¡± I could feel the depth of time in the old man''s eyes looking at me with a quiet smile. And through those eyes, I felt a little bit of uncertainty about the old man who had been confused. I see. I knew he was... ¡°You. What do you think is so special about gaming compared to a typical fantasy novel or movie? ¡± ¡°I don''t know, maybe the user can experience the story indirectly? ¡± ¡°Yes, RPGs are a common form of gaming, moving their own characters along the storyline created by the director. But more importantly, It creates a whole world. This rock I''m sitting on right now. In the dark forest ahead. It actually creates a virtual space of up to one grass forfeit. It''s a little different from a fiction based on imagination. ¡± ¡°Ah¡­¡± ¡°An absolute worldview from one person''s head. And based on that, all employees unite to build that world. Just like I used to...¡± ¡°You mean the old man has also made a game? ¡± ¡°Of course.¡± ¡°It was something far beyond your imagination at the moment. ¡± ¡°What kind of game is that?¡± In my question, the old man smiled softly and carelessly for a moment. ¡°The first work I programmed was... ''Life.¡¯ ¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± As I suspected, he was not just a god who ruled the realm of the game. There is a much farther uppermost being. But why would that be me? ¡°But it was impossible for a country to create billions of human lives by itself. ¡± ¡°So how do you...? ¡± ¡°In your case, what is the first thing you do to make the game easier? ¡± ¡°Are you talking about the game engine? ¡± There are people who coincide with the so-called graphics engines. In fact, the game engines are like a collection of ¡®toolboxes¡¯ that contain graphics and everything you need to develop effective games such as physical effects, sounds, artificial intelligence, scenarios, and animations. To put it more simply, it''s like having a chef prepare ingredients and cooking utensils for cooking. ¡°Yes, I needed it to be more efficient, to have billions of people living different lives. Occasionally, people who are born with good brains become somewhat known, but you''ve probably heard of Akashic Records... or Samran in the East? ¡± Hiya!!! Was it real?! I didn''t expect to be silenced by the shocking remark of the bomb. The old man threw a bloody smile at me and took out a lotus candle from his arms and asked me. ¡°The rest was easy. An archaic record is a giant computational device that unleashes endless destiny on a wide variety of characters. Of course, there are those who are born with a miracle chance of being cleansed. Those who are called the Saviors... or Saints. ¡± ¡°So you''re saying... that life is a probability game that comes out of an academic record...? ¡± ¡°The elixir is severe, but I can''t argue with that. Orders are built on irregularities. If everyone lives the same life, isn''t there something more terrifying than that? ¡± ¡°But still...¡± ¡°Why? Does it feel so empty? What about the characters in your game? The destiny of the protagonists and villains to live in the story of the game. Aren''t they already confirmed in your mind as well? ¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± ¡°Archaeological is a great system compared to that... at least it doesn''t confirm the end with birth. because even the archaic system that creates destiny has unpredictable areas. ¡± ¡°Unpredictable areas? What''s that?¡± It''s called willingness. Will is not just an indeterminate element, like hope or a dream. It has the power to even change the shape of its natural destiny. ¡± ¡°I understand what you''re saying. But I don''t know what that has to do with me coming back to 1983. ¡± ¡°No. It''s the miracle of your will. ¡± ¡°What? No, I just did what the game & watch told me to do...¡± ¡°Hahaha! That''s it. The regression you chose in Game&Watch was a bug that even the archaic system couldn''t anticipate. ¡± ¡°Yes? Bug? ¡± The word "Berg" makes my eyes frown unconsciously, so I guess this is a dizzy occupation. But the old man smiled furiously and explained to me why. ¡°Usually. If you give one person their life back. He makes mistakes in the past, or he tries to go back to his childhood and redesign his life. But what about you? ¡± ¡°Ah¡­!? ¡± ¡°You created a whole new human being in 1983. It''s like an online game. It gave you a unique experience encountering you as a child. and I could meet new people, and I could create a new life in there called Snow Hyun. The academic system has also struggled a little to correct the errors that start with you¡­¡± After regretting to this day, I felt that the questions that had been feeling confused were being released gradually through a conversation with the elderly man. ¡°So my life since 1983 has been completely out of your academic system. ¡± ¡°Well, you could say that. But it was kind of fun. I used to feel joyful watching your leadership excite gamers by creating results with many people, not just by targeting their successes. For me, Yuhee is just watching someone like you. ¡± ¡°Then you must be very disappointed to see me doing nothing these days. ¡± ¡°Not exactly. Because there''s a big difference between the 10 years you feel and the 10 years I feel. Even if it''s not you, there are plenty of people I need to take care of and watch. It''s like putting hundreds of dramas and movies on an external hard drive and just bringing it out every time I think about it. ¡± ¡°The more you use this metaphor, the less I feel as a person. ¡± ¡°Haha! I''m sorry. But know this. It''s very rare for me to spend this long time separately. ¡± ¡°Actually, I was wondering the same thing. Why are you calling me now and saying that...¡± ¡°Oops... I couldn''t tell you the most important thing. ¡± ¡°What''s the most important story? ¡± ¡°That is the world you have created. ¡± ¡°Are you talking about the dragon emblem? ¡± ¡°Yes. How have you felt traveling through this world made up of your imagination over the past few days? ¡± ¡°It''s a world where everything is touching to me...¡± ¡°But¡­? ¡± ¡°I didn''t miss a thing. There are parts that I wish I could have saved a little more detail...¡± ¡°I mentioned it at your wedding, but I''m also very interested in your game of Dragon Emblem. When was that again? There was a boy who met me with transcendent will to save the Dragon Emblem. I admire that. I gave him a chance to send him into the future, the exact opposite of you. By the way, do you know what he said? ¡± ¡°I don''t know? ¡± ¡°The dragon emblem. I told her not to listen to my ears. ¡± ¡°Oh, ha, ha, ha. No way.¡± ¡°Probably since then. I became quite interested in the world you created called the Dragon Emblem. This is only a virtual space, but it is also a place where a lot of human greed and suffering are concentrated. Maybe when it''s official, more emotions will come together. So many emotions that surround one worldview and have the will exploded. That world becomes a distant star in the universe...¡± ¡°The world that I thought would actually exist in space? ¡± ¡°Your imagination is not yet enough to become a star, but great imagination beyond any absolute realm can also create a world. like J.R.R. Tolkin, who created the guitar of the fantasy world.¡± The world I created is becoming real. ¡°How''s the taste appealing? But to do that, you''re going to have to be much more grounded than you are now. ¡± ¡°I will challenge you no matter how long it takes. Everyone will be sure to create amazing online games when they play. ¡± ¡°I look forward to it. Go back to your old world, then. ¡± After greeting the old man, I stood tall next to him and glanced at him. ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± ¡°What are you doing? ¡± ¡°You said you''d send me back. ¡± ¡°Don''t you know Log Out? This is a game. You have to disconnect. ¡± ¡°Oh, I see. ¡± ¡°Tsk, tsk, tsk. ¡± ¡°Then I''ll go back. It''s time for Seohyun to meet me at school soon. ¡± ¡°Okay, take care. ¡± ¡°Oh, sir...¡± ¡°Hmm?" ¡°Is it okay for me to come into this space again? I want to explore the world and fix it one by one. ¡± ¡°Haha! It''s a world you made. Come and see." ¡± ¡°Thank you, sir. Goodbye¡­¡± The moment I turned my back on you and tried to log out of the settings window. I heard the old man''s voice behind my back. ¡°Oh, by the way, I have a question. ¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°Why didn''t you use the game & watch I gave you? It would have made life a lot easier.¡± I opened my mouth smiling at the old man''s question. < Epilogue. (I added some last part.) > ¡°Why didn''t you use the game & watch I gave you? It would have made life a lot easier.¡± I opened my mouth smiling at the old man''s question. ¡°That''s treason. ¡± ¡°Treason?¡± ¡°I too have not thought about a life that monopolizes everything. because all I had at the time was money and a prediction of the future, and it was as much rest as a swim to the ground. ¡± ¡°Then why didn''t you? ¡± ¡°What will you do after you''ve monopolized everything? And in that throne, would I never have been arrogant? My regression... has not only been about my own success from the start. ¡± ¡°Then what was the regression for? ¡± ¡°I just wanted to feel the nostalgia of the retro game that I just missed again. I wanted to meet famous directors in person, compete with my games, and just live as a pure game director. ¡± ¡°Have you ever regretted that choice? ¡± ¡°That''s right.¡± ¡°I see. I understand your mind... Farewell. ¡± ¡°Yes, I look forward to seeing you again. ¡± & ¡°Director, did you hear about the 11th round of the Punitive Force? ¡± Hayashi spoke to me while I was taking a quick bite with the staff at the staff restaurant. ¡°Hmm? Why? ¡± ¡°This time, it looks like the users are very determined. After losing the last 10 wars, the number of players participating in the battlefield has doubled. You said you could win this time...¡± ¡°There will be more and more of them to participate in the battlefield anyway, so we can''t help but get caught up. ¡± ¡°I''m almost done pretending to be a director. ¡± ¡°I see... If I fall this time, I''ll hand it over to the right ranker and I''ll watch the battlefield casually. ¡± Then Kaori, who was next to Hayashi, opened his mouth with a happy smile. ¡°Director, you never lost a fight before the eighth time, even after you said that in the ninth place. ¡± ¡°Haha... Did I do that? ¡± In Kaori''s pint, I stopped my hand from making fun of the chopsticks and smiled. A drink subjugation that can be the highest highlight of Dragon Emblem Online. Thanks to the amazing difficulty designed to suit the reputation of the Dragon Emblem, it was already the 11th war on a monthly basis. Mashin''s castle updated for the first anniversary of Dragon Emblem Online. Many top rankers have risked and challenged deadly penalties to conquer there, but have repeated failures over the past year. The Dracine Punitive Force was only able to participate by 10 of the highest-ranking players on Dragon Emblem Online, and they were able to move an army like a strategic simulation, not just with their characters. And the troops were made up of players from lower ranks who volunteered for the drunk punitive force. Called the Commander Betting System, it was a system that enlisted its commanders during the punitive period to persuade their characters. For example, compared to Frost''s star craft, they join as part of famous commanders such as pro-gamers Imyohan and Jinho Hong to become the ¡®Marines¡¯ they serve. Of course, the player was nudged with graphics the size of a bean, but the game footage until the 10th subjugation was foolishly passing 100 million views on YouTube. The Drinking Punitive Force is an advantageous battle for its users over time, as individual combat forces have gathered to raise the entire force''s combat strength. However, the defense of the Black Dragon has been fully implemented, including Anubis, who guards the great castle by my side, Massin. ¡®Well, the First Punitive Force only saw the tail of the Black Dragon guarding the castle and annihilated it. ¡¯ Then Hayashi, who was rolling rice balls in his mouth, asked me. ¡°But what''s the real secret? ¡± ¡°What?¡± ¡°The Anubis you programmed. How can you be so good at that? You''ve been keeping track of the situation in real time. Honestly, I thought I was done with the last 10 subjugations...¡± ¡°Oh, that''s him...¡± ... he makes his own strategies based on player data from the Punitive Force. The first NPC character with his or her own will. He is my reliable chief, who sometimes makes false assumptions, but never makes the same mistake. Probably the closest thing to an academic system in the world of dragon emblems. ¡°The most dedicated character. I didn''t have to fight the battlefield until now. ¡± I finished my meal, roughly speaking of Anubis. & After the full moon from there. I was rotting pretty bad when I met the 11th drinking punitive force at the Pentagon Shop Event Hall. ¡°Dammit, this time it''s really not a joke. ¡± In a private playroom set up backstage for me, I was battling a four-man army that turned the castle into a complete wasteland. ¡°Great!! You can do it this time!! ¡± ¡°Ouch!!! Please!!" ¡°Just a little more!! ¡± The battlefield on the screen was very disadvantageous to me now enough to hear the screams of the users outside. ¡°Lord!! Behind my back! ¡± In Anubis'' extensive message, I turn my eyes to the monitor that illuminates the stage, sweeping away the flowing sweat. ¡°Ahhh!! Korean Player Yoon Soo-hyun and Hong Man-ho!! It''s a great move!! Anubis'' bodyguards are unable to mount an attack on two men!! Can we really beat Dragon Emblem for the first time? ¡± The voice of Jun Fei, who was responsible for the commentary and progress of the 11th Subjugation, was very naughty today. The excitement in his voice reminds me of the Dragon Emblem event he held at Fame Communications... Was his name the Dragon Emblem Punitive Force back then? Do you think they''ll feel better if they come all the way out here and pick my throat? It''s really dangerous this time. [Joo-won. I guess I was wrong. Avoid seats.] [Shut up, just hold on for two minutes!!] After sending a message to Anubis, I hurriedly left the pads and locked the doors of the private play room inside. Then I took out the game & watch that I had taken out of my bag. [Trying to access the world of Dragon Emblem Online.] [YES.] At the same time as pressing the button, all the pick-ups were polygonized and the head was pinged for a moment. However, as soon as I opened my eyes for a moment, I hurriedly thrust the magician''s fireball flying towards me with one hand and reached out to the enemies on the other hand. ¡°Burn!!! ¡± Kuoooooo!!!!! As I set fire to the fiery pillars that stretched out of my hand, Anubis quickly ran to my side and faced my back. [I can''t believe you brought the Lord here.] [It''s okay. Don''t worry about it. Focus on the battle.] [Yes, I understand.] In the fierce battle for two hours, nearly half of the castle was destroyed, and many soldiers were lost. I didn''t know the players'' will to defeat me was this strong... I barely managed to turn the tide of my work with Anubis. I took a long sigh and left myself on the throne. At this rate, the rest of Anubis and his men and the Black Dragon will take care of it. At that time, the old man showed up at the game store with a familiar voice in the drink room, where he thought no one was there. ¡°You survived another one. Yes.¡± ¡°I know, but I''m not so sure about the next punitive event. ¡± ¡°Is that so? But you''ve grown a lot in just two years. ¡± ¡°I''m scared too. I thought I''d last at least another year...¡± ¡°If you''re so sad, why not manipulate the game & watch to nudge your player data?¡± With deep wrinkles, I shook my head to the left and to the right of the old man''s smile revealing his white teeth. ¡°Won-dong. Stubborn...¡± ¡°I told you the same question once before, but it''s against the rules. ¡± ¡°Treason. As you said, it''s a product with the power of treachery, but isn''t it a waste to let it rot?" ¡± ¡°Not at all! Thanks to you, I can travel freely with such a wonderful world. ¡± ¡°This one has no appetite at all. ¡± ¡°Gosh, I have to go back to reality and finish the competition. I have to work behind the scenes with the workers...¡± ¡°See you again. ¡± ¡°Yes, sir. I''ll be going, then.¡± The throne swept away the dirt from the clothing collar and called out the system window. [Do you want to log out of the world of Dragon Emblem Online?] [YES.] The old man said he wasn''t greedy. But it may be his hasty judgment. Everyone has greed. And that''s the same for me. Since the creation of the content of the game, all developers and users, if there is one wish, it is a reality. Before the 1983 session, there were many experimental devices for VR technology in 2015. My desire is to convey this exciting feeling of freedom to ordinary users of the Dragon Emblem through games & watches, if possible. But in order to do that, you''ll need to understand the arcane records that Game&Watch and the senior citizens spoke about... But can you even figure this out before you die? I''m not sure, but I have to try. Even if it wasn''t me, human beings would have left footprints on the surface of the moon. Hoping that one day, gamers from all over the world will step into the unknown world of gaming¡­ < Review. > Hi there. This is the hands-on character of the game market 1983. Well... first of all, I''d rather apologize than thank you for finishing one. I wrote the wizard of Goyang before the 1983 game market, and during a paid series, I brought a lot of concern to my readers through the 1983 game market. I tend to write very slowly. When you''re on a certain storyline, it kind of swoops down, but most of the time it''s really slow to write on one side. I tried to keep my promise to my reader as much as I could, but I was often disappointed because I was late. It was my passion to have two paid engagements on that subject. I was greatly reflected on this, and I pledged that I would never make this choice again. Now that the in-play game market 1983 is over, let''s focus on finishing ''The Wizard of Goyang'' next Monday. The Wizard of Goyang promises to complete in early August from the end of July. After the Wizard of Goyang''s writing, the new book will proceed with a bit of casual stockpiling. I''m just thankful that so many readers enjoyed the work of a half-writer who didn''t finish the story properly. Personally, the wizard of Goyang, to his readers in sales or self-employment... And I think the game market 1983 was loved by readers who had played the old games in their mid-30s for creating empathy. That''s why we''re also preparing new and unique materials to empathize with. We look forward to a new one coming in August. Thank you. ^ ^ 1 EP. 1: Shabby Game Store (1) ¡°So this is an ongoing project. You guys have no objection to steering towards the mobile, right? ¡± ¡®No. Objection. Son of a bitch¡­¡¯ But I swallow the horse in my heart as I always have. God damn it. ¡°But this project. How long will the final client last? ¡± ¡°Since the beta service is in March next year, shouldn''t we at least do it by the end of February? ¡± Are you kidding me? You''re only giving me six months to overthrow an ongoing project and start over? ¡¯ My insides boil. The CEO was sitting up there nodding his head as he was snoring. Maybe in his head, the game came out clean in February, marketing for about a month, and then launching the service, he thought the money was just rolling in. You''re welcome. I''m going to blow up this project, but I can walk all my fingers. At that time, one of the team leaders stopped looking at me to see if I didn''t like my face. ¡°Joon-Hyuk? ¡± ¡°Yes.¡± ¡°You got a problem with that? What''s wrong with your face? ¡± ¡°Hey, Team Leader. This project is so different from the original plan. This is a very serious user billing system, and if you launch the game like this, it''s going to buy a lot of rebuttal for the users. It''s not good for the company image. ¡± Then, Team Leader Han Kyuhyun glanced at me with a frown. His habit of squinting at one eyebrow is to throw up a little bit on his project. ¡°That''s why you pushed the last project like Joon-Hyuk said. Don''t you know better about how that turned out? ¡± ¡®Fuck, you got in the middle of that and you smashed it all up!! ¡¯ I have so many words to say. But I didn''t do anything stupid about it. After all, Lee is not the kind of person who can understand a representative who is digging in a corner, and a team leader is not a big supporter of my opinion. ¡°As you all know, the game market in my country is now a chicken game. The PC online marketplace, which was supposed to go for 10,000 years, fell, and now it''s time to focus on mobile. NetBlue, which used to be the same level of sales as us, is now number five in the industry with one mobile game. Don''t you guys feel anything when you look at these examples? Can''t you just figure out how to make it work for the company? ¡± ¡°Yes, yes. ¡± The CEO nodded, confronting the team leader. NetBlue... yes, I copied a billboard into mobile games and swept away a lot of money, but over the years, I ran out of users with dirty billing schemes. ¡°And Gametown, our subcontractor, has been pouring out new ones every quarter. But our company didn''t have anything new until the first half of this year. You think this makes any sense? ¡± ¡°Yes, yes. ¡± The more I listen, the more I get amazed. So if the original plan had been a target, it would have been complete by April, so we''re gonna have to slow it down. Moreover, this time, we have completely changed the platform itself with mobile, so everything that we have done since November last year has become futile. One team leader was full of strength on his shoulders thanks to the CEO who kept playing the field. ¡°Speaking of which, I think it would be best if Chief Kang Jun-hyuk, who is in charge of the main director, left out of this project. Why don''t we move the department to Customer Satisfaction for a while? You like making jokes with your users. ¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°Your planning is too user-friendly. I can''t make any money. If we''re not volunteers, if we can solve the game for free, we have to figure out a way to get the money. I will personally lead this project. You can skip it this time, or you can play with your users for the rest of your life. ¡± I mean, it''s gonna look like crap, but you want me to clean up your mess? Plus, the head of the design team who doesn''t know a damn thing about game planning or programming is the main director of this project... The faces of the project representatives who were gathered in the conference room were dim and distorted. ¡°What''s wrong with your face? If you have a complaint, tell me now. I''ll send it to the customer satisfaction team with Joon-Hyuk. Go and leave a comment. ¡± The conference room was quiet. & ¡°Ah, fuck, chief. I really can''t do this. One team leader can''t work with him. ¡± Time to go home. Usually, this intimate surrogate grumbled and spoke. When I looked at the watch, it was pointing to 10 p.m. one day. Phew... Late night to the last day of department change... I cleared my props in a box on my desk and left the office of the second development team. ¡°Chief, are you really going to leave without saying anything? ¡± ¡°What if I say something? Can you hear me?¡± ¡°You should have at least tried. ¡± ¡°Enough! I''m tired too. Right now, the Executive Director has a very different mindset than the former President. ¡± ¡°You''re too much. Chief, if you teased me to make a good game with you, you should have taken me to the end!¡± ¡°Would you like to join me on the Customer Satisfaction Team? ¡± ¡°That''s not what I said!! ¡± ¡°I''m so sorry. I didn''t think it would come to this. ¡± ¡°The chief must be in a bad mood, too, but I think he''s over reacting because he''s angry. ¡± ¡°Still, I''m glad you''re still here. I worked well with one team leader to lead the project.¡± ¡°Yes, I understand. ¡± ¡°Do you want to grab a drink sometime? ¡± ¡°Oh, I''ve been noticing my wife lately. She''s a little...¡± ¡°Phew. Okay, I get it. Then I''ll go first. ¡± ¡°Go ahead, chief. ¡± When I broke up with this surrogate and left the company, I felt a cold evening air. Is it autumn already? I paused my steps toward the parking lot and looked back at the company building. 34 years old this year. I''ve only been a developer for 15 years, and I can''t believe I''m going to be Chief of Customer Satisfaction Team tomorrow. I thought that if I joined the game company I would be able to make what I wanted to make, but I was busy making games designed by someone else for 8 years after my first job, and that was the same even now as being the main director. Rather than appealing to what you find interesting about the games you make, you can make this much money with the CEO. "I had to explain, and I had to make a presentation that I could increase revenue several times at the lowest personnel and development costs. In the end, the game I created did not hit the so-called cool. I had to... I heard the boats were going to the mountains when there were so many things, but the results of the project that he was working on were so different from what he had originally planned. In addition, games that were not properly tested for rapid fundraising were subject to continuous bug and server instability after release, which is a natural outcome. The latest trend in mobile gaming is inevitable speed. After a quick launch, I watched for just two weeks, and then decided whether to leave or not, and immediately stopped the service. If you want something to fly, immediately you''re busy copying it, and after a slightly different version of the game is released, Abigail said they copied each other''s stuff. Now I feel like I''m watching the Korean edition Atari Shock of mobile gaming. Atari, who led the US gaming market in the 1980s, is one of the darkest histories of gaming. After releasing the development tool, you created a game, too, and it was also the famous E.T. that came out of the unproven game like a flood, culminating in the year-round low game. An unidentified monster, created in just five weeks to meet the Christmas season launch that year after E.T. opened, was buried in the middle of the U.S. New Mexico Desert under full recall. Atari Shock, which reduced the gaming industry to almost $100 million at the time for 3 billion. The mobile gaming market now looked much like it did then. ¡°If I go home, there won''t be anyone around, should I get a drink around the house? ¡± I pulled the car keys out of my pocket and headed to the parking lot. 34 years old this year. I''m still single. ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 2 EP. 1: Shabby Game Store (2) Solora, do you think this is good? Two bottles of soju were left alone in a nearby packed wagon, leaving my car at home, and I was grossly drunk. Yeah, well, if I don''t get drunk, I''m not gonna make it! Kick, kick! I walked the streets alone, killing myself for intoxication. Starting tomorrow, you''re going to be working far away from game development. Dammit... this is how the dream of the game planner ends when he was a kid? Peek, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck. Then, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck. Beep beep beep beep beep... It sounds like something you would hear in a retro game... But when you look around, you see only the shops that are all closed. Boom, boom, boom! But I can hear it clearly. This is the sound of a Gallagh missile firing... chasing the sound around like a madman in such a memorable sound. Fat! Fat! This time, when SuperMaridge jumps, do I sound effective? Is there a playroom around? But I do know that the playroom was almost gone by the end of the ''90s. I followed the intermittent beats that I thought the game store might be nearby. It may sound silly, but that monotonous beat was a memorable sound to me like an old pop song. How long do you think it''s been since midnight? I noticed a store lit up in a corner. Old brown tube TV and glass display. A grey game cartridge was placed inside. ¡°Welcome." Inside the store, an old man with gray hair was smiling at me. ¡°Oh, hello. Sir..." ¡°Why does the young man look so dead? Is something wrong? ¡± ¡°I just got caught up in some business. But where did you get all these retro games? This is almost like a museum. ¡± He had all kinds of gaming merchandise in a narrow store. However, there are currently no popular next-generation games at all and they were all retro games that were popular in the 8-90 ''s. But even then, I was captivated by the strange excitement of returning to my childhood. Cartridges such as the Final Frontier and the Dragon Order have been laid out like new since the Ninja Slash series, which used to stay up all night to clear as a child. ¡°How about a drag? Are you eager?¡± ¡°You''re selling this, right? ¡± ¡°Of course they''re for sale, so the buyer is the owner!¡± ¡°How much?¡± ¡°Just give me two thousand won each. ¡± ¡°Th-this thousand won!? If you put stuff like this on the Internet these days, you can get tens of thousands of won per person. Especially this!! ¡± I pulled out a golden one of the game cartridges on display. A family muscle man who was once called a connoisseur of the Friendship Destruction Game. This golden package is a superrare item made in Japan with only 8 pieces. I remember that this was a 300,000 yen auction in Japan... and that was the only limited number of mini-car games in the world that only 100 were paid at family summer camps. The only games here were items that would be traded at an auction price that was extremely expensive. ¡°You love games. ¡± ¡°Of course. That''s why I''m still making games at this age!¡± ¡°Do you make games? Wow! That''s amazing. ¡± Until yesterday, I swallowed a horse and smiled at the old man. The old man laughed, smiling deeply, seeing how much I liked him. ¡°Oh, I miss you. I love all the games of the time.¡± I smile bitterly, picking up a cartridge on one side. Now deceased, former Mintendo President Kawata Satoshi created this masterpiece in his youth. It was a balloon fight. Using three balloons to fly in the air and pop the opponent''s balloon was one of the games I used to enjoy all night when friends came home when I was in the family. I fought a lot with my friend for a month without talking to him. The first game with the effect of "accelerated inertia." It was an interesting effect that would then be borrowed from the running motion of the Supermaridge. ¡°A balloon fight! That''s a masterpiece. You have good eyes. ¡± ¡°I''d like to take a look around. Sir?¡± ¡°But since there are no customers anyway, take your time to look around. ¡± ¡°Thank you." I walked into a cramped store and started looking around. Then I noticed the game machine by accident. ¡°No way... this? ¡± In my reaction, a strange smile was drawn on the old man''s face, leaning on the glass display table, looking at me. It was something I picked up called the Game & Watch. ¡°Huh, I never thought I''d see this again.¡± I carefully opened the game & watch in my hands like a treasure. This, called the beginning of the portable gaming market, could now be viewed as a role model of a portable gaming machine made by Mintendo Corporation. ¡°Haha! You like that? ¡± ¡°Sure, but I''ve never seen this game & watch before. I remember when I was a kid, my parents used to squeeze together a whole series, but I''ve never seen this model before. ¡± ¡°I had to. It''s the only one in the world. ¡± ¡°Yes!? Just one? How can something so precious be here... No, I''m not ignoring your shop, but if there''s only one, it''s usually kept as a souvenir at the Minten headquarters. ¡± ¡°Who told you? The young man is in a fuss! Haha!¡± ¡°Ah-ha-ha, by the way, that''s really cool. Only one game & watch in the whole world... Can you try this? ¡± ¡°The batteries are in. I can try them right away. Give it a try." ¡°Oh, thank you. ¡± I immediately opened the lid and played the game with the old man''s permission. Dinding ~ ~ Game play started with monotonous beats. I turned to the fluorescent lights to get a good look at the game screen. Game & Watch with stop animation did not have backlighting, so it was not possible to play in the dark. - Company Game- That was the name of this game & watch. ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 3 EP. 1: Shabby Game Store (3) - Company Game- That was the name of this game & watch. Game & Watch was the work of Nisekoi Gunpei, who died in a car accident in 1997. At that time, there were a lot of child-friendly games such as Dongking Com, Karin''s legend, and Dragon Balls because they were toy level items played by children, and this was something that was suspicious from the title. ¡°Do you know how to play? ¡± ¡°I''ve got a hunch. ¡± Games & watches have been made for children aged 5-6 years since development, so the way they play is extremely monotonous. Left and right directional keys and one confirmation button. The game was a system that produced a report on the desk after the company''s main character met the buyer and asked the owner to pay for it, all using stop animation techniques that showed the character every time a space was moved. The play was a quick relay between the buyer and the owner, and the fun thing was that the meeting time with the buyer was delayed or the owner was suddenly out of commission, creating a situation where the buyer wasn''t paid for and raising the tension strangely. You made this pretty good, didn''t you? ¡¯ ¡°You''re quite resourceful!¡± ¡°I used to do it a lot as a kid. The approximate system already understands... but the protagonist is just like me in this game. ¡± ¡°Everyone at work does. Drag it. I said, "Yeah, I''m depressed from the game. ¡± ¡°Is that so? Haha!¡± I played the game to some extent and then covered it up and gave it back to my elderly. Then the old man glanced at the game & watch I gave him. ¡°You. You make games? So what kind of game are you playing? ¡± ¡°What I''ve created so far is an online game for PCs, and it''s hard to draw big pictures like before because there are so many mobile games out there these days. No matter how long it takes you to play, you have to be able to play for less than five minutes, and you''re forcing yourself to play nogada.¡± ¡°But that''s the flow of time, right? Customize the user''s taste. ¡± ¡°I don''t think so. Just like my family used to be when I was a kid, there''s still plenty of users around the world who still use consoles to play packaged games. They don''t play for free, and neither do you. What matters is the quality of the game. ¡± What am I saying to an old man with gray hair? But I could hardly stop the heat from bursting like a snake that had been in my mind for months. ¡°I will not deny that the games that young people in my country enjoy the most are mobile games. But at the very least, we have to give users the choice of different genres. It''s free every time you spill a similar game. Try it. I don''t have an ending for you, and if you don''t want to be stressed, you pay for it. Is it right to run like this? Everything has a beginning, it has an end. But now, all these endless games of garbage are flooding the world. I start the conversation on my own, and if I can''t afford it, I just end the service and I''m sorry. That''s the end of it. Does this make sense? ¡± ¡°Y-you speak very well.¡± ¡°Ha, ha, no. I was so excited. Sorry, sir. ¡± ¡°No, no, no. I feel like I''ve been lying to you for so long. Yeah, well, if you''re a game maker, you should have one of those beliefs. ¡± ¡°But I feel better now that I''ve told you. ¡± ¡°Yeah? Ha-ha! Hey, kid. If so, what time would you like to go back in time? ¡± ¡°Yes? Oh, I don''t know. It''s no big deal. I''m thinking about it quietly. But if we could go back, 1983 would be great. ¡± ¡°Why is that? ¡± ¡°That''s when the family of mintendo, the second-generation console, was released after Atari shock. because it was a time when young developers, enthusiastic and dreamy, flourished. ¡± ¡°Really? Haha! I see. It was a fun time. Maybe a real game is a time when the content itself was just twitching. What would you do if you could really go back to that era? Do you want to be a game developer again like you are now? ¡± I thought deeply about what he said for a moment. As if playing chess, the old man was looking at his opponent''s reactions with a calm smile. ¡°No, I''m not going to be a developer. ¡± ¡°Huh? Why? You don''t like games anymore? ¡± ¡°No, I don''t think it''s possible for a developer to actually create the game that they want. ¡± ¡°Hmm? What does that mean? ¡± ¡°If I could just take the knowledge and go back to that time, I''d like to build a console. I want to be a developer of Minten and Sensoni now by creating a console company. ¡± ¡°Aha! So you want to become an owner and developer yourself? Great idea! Great idea. ¡± ¡°Is that so? Haha... I feel better just thinking about it. ¡± ¡°Is that so? Haha! It''s been a long time since I''ve had fun with a young man. Yeah, that''s right. That was the game.¡± ¡°I had fun thanks to you. I feel like something I haven''t been able to hold on to all by myself. ¡± ¡°Why? You want to go already? ¡± ¡°I have to go back to work tomorrow. Don''t we all? ¡± ¡°I see. Should I get going, too? It''s too late. ¡± ¡°You''re going in now? So let me help you with your store. ¡± ¡°Really? Young people are polite. Would you mind moving that stand out there inside? ¡± ¡°Yes, of course. ¡± I left the store and unconsciously looked at the game & watch in my hand. Aigoo, I don''t want to be mistaken for stealing. We''ll put it in the store. I heard there''s only one in the whole world. How precious. The moment I turned my head like that... ¡°Huh? ¡± I could see the shutters tightly closed in front of my eyes. ¡°What is it, old man? Sir!! ¡± I felt like I was dreaming. The game store that had the lights on until just now turned to a shabby abandoned building store while I turned my back for a moment. Am I dreaming? I pinched my cheek a little, but the senses were definitely alive. I''m not attracted to foxes. How could I do this? But surely in my right hand... I turned my head to look at the game & watch still in my hands. ¡°What the... what''s going on? ¡± ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 4 EP. 2: Games & Watches (1) Shoot! When I returned home, I finished showering with hot water first. What the hell just happened to me? I thought I was just drunk and had a strange dream, but the living room table after the shower was still filled with games & watches from the elderly. ¡°That''s weird.¡± I sat on the couch in light clothing and picked up a game & watch on the table. Time was 1: 00 in the morning. You''d better go to bed early for work tomorrow, but after going through something crazy, I didn''t think I''d be able to fall asleep easily. Delightfully opened the hinges on the lid of the game & watch. It was already well known that the double-screen recruitment of Mintendo 3GS, which still reigns as the throne of portable devices, was derived from the design of this game & watch. ¡°Definitely simple, but fun. Yeah, that''s what games are for. ¡± 46945;.. 46945;. Tic ''Tic. The monotonous sound echoes through the living room. I was focusing on the game one day without turning on the TV. At first, the yawning process is slow enough, but the score reaches 100,000 points and speeds up slightly. The buyer keeps delaying his appointments, and the owner keeps vacating where he goes. ¡°Looks like the owner here is our CEO, Kick Kick. ¡± As I looked at the relaxing buyer, I added a word. ¡°This guy''s a team leader, apparently. I schedule meetings all the time, and I come in late...¡± I can''t lose. I can''t lose. I moved the protagonist around like my finger was crazy enough to fly. Even though it was the first game I had ever played, I had no choice but to stick my tongue out in a level design designed to adapt immediately to the game without any tutorial. Beep beep beep!! Beep beep!! Beep, Beep, Beep!! The sound was getting faster with the speed of my teasing hands. Over 300,000 points had passed, and the protagonist in the game was now going crazy, like the self-immolating Hong Gil Dong. Just a little more, a little more... Peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.. GAME OVER. In the end, I was unable to hand over the payment documents that were stacked on the manager''s frequent vacancy, and I was forced to close the game with a score of 520,000. ¡°Oh, my finger hurts. What time is it? ¡± He looks at the clock, unraveling his flimsy fingers. ¡°2: 30!? I''ve been doing this for an hour and a half? ¡± Good games are like time machines. Feels like time is running out while I''m focused on the game. I looked at the game & watch with a funny smile. Then, on the top screen, there was a ranking indicator based on the game score. My overall ranking was 528,200. Second place was 800,000. First place was 900,000. How did you get first place? I turned over the screen while pressing the confirm button. Then another sign appeared on the top screen. - Converts your score to your salary. Your salary for this play is 5,282,000 yen. - ¡°Huh? Salary...? Oh, right. It was a company game. When you score, you translate it into payroll. That''s funny!¡± Below the score mark, there was a cumulative salary sign that seemed to keep me on the plus side depending on the score I played. ¡°I made over 50 million won in an hour and a half. Haha!¡± Though I invested in a precious morning nap for an hour and a half, I did not feel bad. But in the game, I felt rich and covered the game & watch and went into the duvet. I still cared about what happened in the game store, but after focusing on the game, I fell asleep. & ¡°I am Manager Kang Jun-hyuk of the Development Team who will be working with you starting today. ¡± Your first greeting in a new department. The Customer Satisfaction team was completely separate from the Development Department and faced with employees but did not have a chance to get acquainted. I was stuck in the development room the whole time... It was hard to get along with the other department staff... I put the props down as an empty chief while I felt awkward. ¡°First of all, I don''t care. You usually do. Look at your work. I need to get used to it. Haha..¡± Then I heard the whispers of the employees in the small office. I think I heard the word ''left-handed¡¯ somewhere. Lt. Cheon... You''re right. If you''re the head of the Customer Satisfaction team in the Development Room, you don''t get this kind of return. Morning work hours that aren''t particularly busy yet. I stopped by the coffee shop under the company to get a little closer to the staff. ¡°Eight glasses of Americano. ¡± After ordering the coffee, I leaned against the chair and looked out the window while the coffee was coming out. ? 36,000 for 8 cups of coffee. It''s worth more than the groceries. How much do you have left this month? Even though I was living alone, I also felt 36,000 won because it was a yard that spread out to pay my salary to repay my bank loans. Maybe I should starve for lunch for a few days because of this coffee that''s been handed to the staff. And after a while. I looked up my account on my smartphone and swallowed a deep, dry breath without knowing it. ¡°What, what is this? ¡± There can''t be more than 50 million won in my account. What is that, a new scam? I quickly went through the transaction history. 2: 32 a.m. Depositors. Game & Watch ? 52,820,000. I looked at my smartphone dazed and looked at my eyes. However, the amount that came into the account was exactly the same amount as the game score I cleared yesterday. It just turned into Won. ¡°Hey!! Here''s your coffee! ¡± I looked at the counter, surprised by the waiter''s voice. How many times have I called you before? The employee''s expression was slightly annoyed. ¡°Oh, I''m sorry. I''ve been thinking about something else for a while.¡± I hurried to get my coffee and left the coffee shop. However, I sat on the bench for a moment, still surprised and not soothed. Calm down... Kang Jun-hyuk. Something very strange is happening to you right now. But you need to stay calm. I need to calm down. I just calmed down a moment later, I returned to the office of the Customer Satisfaction Team with a coffee. ¡°Have some coffee. ¡± ¡°Oh, yes, thank you. ¡± The awkward atmosphere seemed to slow down a little when I showed the coffee by hand to the department staff who have not yet been friendly. & At lunch time that day, when everyone from the department was eating and sitting alone in the office, I pulled the game & watch out of my bag. I thought about yesterday when I came to work, but when I saw it like this again, I felt very mysterious. ¡®Cause this is a payroll company game, right? ¡¯ Chug. I opened the lid of the game & watch to check again. ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 5 EP. 2: Games & Watches (2) ¡®Cause this is a payroll company game, right? ¡¯ Chug. I opened the lid of the game & watch to check again. Beep, beep, beep. I began to focus on the game, forgetting my hunger, as the monotonous effect rang in a quiet office. How long has it been? Have you eaten yet, chief? ¡± Vibique... game over. After playing for almost an hour, my score was 370,000 points. ¡°Ah, Narai? You''re here already? You can eat slowly. ¡± ¡°I''ve eaten slowly enough. But are you okay refusing to eat? ¡± ¡°I''m fine. I just need to check on you for a second.¡± I pressed the confirm button on the game & watch to make an awkward smile. With a slight look down, the rankings were ranked fifth and then the scores were converted to payroll. So let''s see... I took out my smartphone and tried the bank app. Depositor. Game & Watch ? 37,453,000. A smile was drawn on my mouth. How can you earn 37 million won in an hour without a smile? Almost 100 million in one day. & That afternoon, I found the CEO thread with a white envelope. ¡°Come in. ¡± Queek. As I opened the door and walked inside, the CEO looked at me, sitting in a cramped office leather chair. ¡°The river chief? What''s going on?¡± ¡°Jules, I''m quitting the company. ¡± ¡°What!? ¡± ¡°You didn''t have to hand over the transfer to the department yesterday anyway, did you? So please fix your resignation. ¡± ¡°Hey, river chief. Are you protesting against this greeting? ¡± ¡°No, I would have stopped yesterday. I was just thinking about a bear for one day, and this company doesn''t seem to have a vision anymore. ¡± ¡°What? Huh? Oh, my God. ¡± ¡°This is a company I''ve been with for the last 15 years. I may not be a graduate, but I''ve come all the way up here, and I can''t take it anymore. ¡± ¡°Got it. Got it. Chief, what do you want? You want me to move the department back to the development room? ¡± ¡°No, I just want to retire. ¡± ¡°This guy. You''re very determined. ¡± ¡°Yes, I want to stop. ¡± ¡°Where the hell are you going? Well, there''s no place on the floor for you to play anymore. ¡± ¡°I know. ¡± ¡°Does anyone know that? ¡± I said, "So I''m going to try to make a game. ¡± ¡°What...? ¡± That was the last conversation I had with the company representative for 15 years. & ¡°So, shall we get started? ¡± Evening after 5 days of leaving the company. After sounding with hot water, I relaxed my body and mind as comfortably as possible. I can do this. I can do this. I moved my fingers holding my mind for a moment. It moves smoothly like a tapping on a piano keyboard. All right, here we go. Chug. I sat down with a devout mind and held the game & watch in my hands. What I was after today was the number one takeover of this damn game. I had to see all the endings, so I hung on to this game almost all the time for the past 5 days. So my current account balance was close to 20 billion. Last night''s ranking took second place, but unfortunately I was left short of first and 300 points. I screamed at night. The man downstairs was startled to ring the doorbell. ¡°Phew... you can do it. ¡± When I pressed the start button with a long sigh, the company game that I had watched for the past 5 days began. Start with a light beep. Beep, beep, beep. A dancing finger. It already breaks through 500,000 points lightly. The problem starts at 800,000. This damn buyer and owner seem to be avoiding cooking on purpose. But I can''t give up. 850,000 points. Only 50,000 points left to win first place!! Pibbybick. Pibbybick. Beep beep. Beep beep beep. Beevik, have you ever been so focused on one game in your entire life? It''s a huge game with real salaries coming in, but I was more curious about what would happen if I finished first. The crown was drawn next to the first ranking mark, but the crown was really nothing. No, no, no. Let''s not dwell on it. From here on out, one small mistake will immediately lead to a gameover... Let''s move it exactly like a machine and earn points! Beep, beep, beep. Beep beep beep!!. 890,000 points... Yes!! Almost there!! I even forgot to blink my eyes and went crazy into the game. Fingers have been numb for a long time. But we can''t give up here. If you give up, you have to start all over again!! Beep, Beep, Beep!! You son of a bitch!! Where did he go!!! Pibbybrick!! Buyer, you lunatic, don''t come any faster!! Aaaah!!! Stubborn!!! I''m over... I''m over... 902,000 points... Yes! First place! But I can''t be satisfied here. I''ll give you 999,999 points!! I already took first place, but I didn''t stop my finger. Now I forget to breathe. I don''t know if it''s my finger tapping the button right now. And the moment the score of nine was hit... Tofu, tofu, game clear. ¡°Huh? Clear? ¡± Where''s Clear at Game & Watch? I don''t know! ¡°Puha ~ ~" I lay down on the couch and sighed for a long time. ¡°I''m awake. It''s over.¡± I''ll leave you alone!! When I looked at the game & watch in a cheerful sound, there was a flash of lightning on the black-and-white display. Haha... It really made me feel like the game was over. And if I ruin this game, no more payroll? Huh? I didn''t think of that!? ¡°Well, 20 billion is the rest of your life.¡± You put 100 million more in there, and there they are. Anyway, clear. It''s worth a lot. Looking at the display with such a happy smile, something strange happened. ¡°Color..? ¡± Yes, the black and white liquid crystal display that represented the stop animation turned out to be crisp and colorful. ¡°What is this? What else is there? ¡± At that moment, a phrase came to mind on the white screen. - Please specify the year you wish to return. - The moment I saw that phrase. I remembered what the old man at the game store said. ¡®Hey, young man. If so, what time would you like to go back in time? ¡¯ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 6 EP. 2: Games & Watches (3) ¡®Hey, young man. If so, what time would you like to go back in time? ¡¯ Is that what this conversation was about? I moved the flashing year sign on the screen for a moment. It started in 1983. It was beginning with the fall of Atari Corporation, which began in the United States. Ironically, a new hope was born in Japan at the same time as the fall of Atari, which led to an era, which was the Mintendosa family. What was interesting was that every time I moved the year sign, celebrities from the gaming industry got noticed that year were displayed on the bottom screen. There were still developers running in the field, and there were many deceased people. I looked for Nisekoi Gunpei, the founder of the game & watch I am holding in my hands. And I unknowingly came up with the method of manipulation of Mintendo 3GS, and when I touched the bottom screen like a custom, I came up with a brief introduction page about it. ¡°Touch awareness... the device itself has become the latest trend? ¡± I found something interesting while flipping the introduction page at the bottom with my fingers. It was his schedule in 1983. It was a detailed site of travel routes and times for each city, and it was also a kind of navigator for people to meet even if they went to that time. ¡°If you use this well, you might be able to impersonate a coincidence and meet amazing people. In fact, the gaming industry would be a little more stable in the Super Family era if I could go back, but I wanted to feel the momentum of true gaming media, so I pressed the confirm button in the 1983 era as I told the elderly. - Where do you want to go? Speak into the microphone at the bottom of your device. - ¡°Mike?" Following the instructions displayed on the screen, he carefully looked under the instrument and saw a small hole in the lower left corner. Now, I don''t know about gamers, but once there was a microphone on a family controller. Although there were no games that supported microphones in the family, I definitely remember that the functionality was dependent. I put my hand on the game & watch''s microphone for a moment before blowing the wind. - I don''t know what you''re talking about. - It''s like looking at a voice recognition system on a smartphone. I answered with a bloody smile. ¡°Japan.¡± - Which city would you like to go to? - The city... Minten is headquartered in Kyoto, but if we go to that era, we won''t be able to invade the headquarters for good, right? We have to make a connection somehow. There''s only one way to do that. Impersonate a coincidence with the future executive of Mintendosa. That''s when I answered the crazy game & watch questions. ¡°Tokyo¡± -1983 Japan Tokyo. How old are you there? - Obviously, in the 1980s, Mintenso would have gone into the low 90s and been hit by a major crisis by the Sensoni gear station. I think it''s better to be young if we''re going to survive all that crisis, right? But if you set it too young, the army will catch you. ¡°23 years old, served in the military. ¡± - Aged 21 years in Japan. Do you agree? - ¡°Yes." - What do you do there? - How about a Korean student who came to Japan alone for a while? -Select the two foreign languages you want to learn. - ¡°English, Japanese. ¡± This shouldn''t be too much trouble to live in Japan, right? - You''re all set. You will now live the life of a 21-year-old Korean student living in Tokyo in 1983 with all the knowledge you currently have. Agree? If you have any questions, you can ask them using the microphone. - What do I do, if I agree to this, we go back to 1983? I was worried between flashing YES and NO''s indicator lights. There was no family to take care of because she was single, but it was hard to press the YES button easily because she remembered her parents in the countryside. ¡°What happens to me now when I go back to 1983? ¡± - Your time will stop until you return from the past to the present. Then you''ll have to make a choice. - ¡°Choice? What choice do you have? ¡± ¡°You have to choose between who you have traveled through time and which of you you will live your life now. ¡± ¡®Indeed, in 1983, when I come back in 2015 with 23 years old, I will be 55. God, you''re getting old!! ¡¯ I felt dizzy for a moment and put my hands on my forehead. What should I do? I hesitated in front of the game & watch for a moment, but I picked up the phone and called my mother. For a moment, I heard the sound of a voice of Mother''s cheer. ¡°Is it Joon-Hyuk?¡± ¡°Yes, Mother." I was strangled by Mother''s response of calling my name in a cheerful voice without knowing anything. ¡°How are you? ¡± ¡°Well, I''m sure he''ll be just fine if he doesn''t drink. ¡± ¡°Do you drink a lot of your father''s medicine these days? ¡± ¡°Tell me what you''re doing. My mouth hurts.¡± ¡°Haha, you still are. ¡± ¡°Then why are you suddenly here? My son''s on the phone? ¡± ¡°I actually quit the company last week. ¡± ¡°What? Why...? Hey, what''s going on? ¡± ¡°Well, I''m just trying to do something new. I don''t know if it''s going well, but I''m going on a trip for a while.¡± ¡°Nice trip. Yeah, you''re 34, but I''m sure you made your decision. ¡± ¡°Thank you. Mother... Oh, you''ll have some money if you check the account later. I put a lot of retirement money into it this time. ¡± ¡°Yeah? Why don''t you just leave it and go on a trip? ¡± ¡°No, it''s a company I''ve been in for 15 years, so I think I have enough retirement money. ¡± ¡°Yes, thank you. Thank you for the monthly allowance, son! Have a safe trip home and I''ll make you something delicious.¡± ¡°Yes, Mother." ¡°Better bring your daughter-in-law when you come.¡± ¡°Haha... I''ll try. ¡± ¡°Well, have a good trip, my son.¡± Tears poured out in Mother''s warm voice, as if she knew everything. I thought I''d hear a crying voice if I spoke to her again. I hung up after saying hello to my mother. I calmed my mind for a moment and cleared my mind. If I had a choice when I came back from time travel, let''s think about it. I came back, and I don''t know what I''m different from... what I''ve become. I sent my mother a severance pay to my mobile account. If you send too much money, you will ask the source, so I took the appropriate amount and put my hand on the confirm button of the game & watch. "Yes!! Let''s take a look. In the hottest era in the history of gaming, let''s go on a little long journey, not to mention in the age of smartphones, not even cell phones. ¡°Mom and Dad, stay healthy until I get back. ¡± Finally, when I pressed the confirm button in the Game & Watch, it became blurry in front of my eyes. And after a while, all the objects in my living room were marked with 2D dots, creating an illusion as if they were entering a retro game. ¡°Wow, that''s amazing. ¡± But for a moment the dot mass began to pour towards me like a brick. For the first time, I was able to avoid it somehow, but as the number gradually increased, there was no room to avoid. Huh? Huh? ¡°Ahhhh!!! ¡± I''m curled up in a puddle of flying dots, and I hear a familiar voice. Piri! Piri! - A little later, Ueno. The train to Ueno will be arriving soon. - ¡°Oh?¡± I looked around and saw myself standing in a subway station. The people around me were looking at me strangely, one after the shouting. ¡°Haha... Oh, my God, did I really come? To 1983...? ¡± The train coming in from a distance was a sinful form I had seen in old Korean films. Without any design, the crude train, built solely for transportation, stopped in front of me after a while and the door opened. While there was brief hepning, the Japanese around me began to climb the train, ignoring me. Despite the fact that I had difficulty adjusting to outfits and hairstyles that were so different from 2015, I got on the train with them. Narita International Airport... there was Narita Airport in 1983. After wandering around in a strange mood, the eyes of the Japanese who had been looking at me suspiciously had become thinner. ¡°Hmmm..¡± Let''s not get too flashy. I sat as naturally as possible on an empty chair. I see you''re wearing a bag. I sat in a chair and opened the backpack on my back, wondering if I needed anything. A passport stamped with an undergraduate visa and a bank account from Tokyo JBC Bank. Yes, money is important... I opened a bank account to see what I have. And he glanced at the marked amount, and he smiled, and in 2015, about 20 billion of the money had been transferred to the present day. ¡°2.1 billion yen... it''s a great start. I could start a company at this rate. ¡± I put my passport and passbook back in my bag and looked further inside. Then I felt the heavy plastic device. It was a game & watch that flew through time with me. ¡°But I''m glad I came with you. ¡± I smiled and pulled the game & watch out of my bag. At that moment, the eyes of those who were looking at me on the train were transferred to a small machine in my hand, but I soon turned my attention away. In fact, there were already many people on the train with game machines similar to mine. What they were playing was the first game & watch BALL released in 1980. BALL was also using a very simple game method that needed no explanation, but it was all about moving the ball displayed on the screen from the left hand to the right hand. But even that was a great game for people living in this age. Of course, my company''s games were much more advanced than that, but it seemed to have turned off quickly because they were no different from their games & watches. Tap. I opened the game & watch to find out more about the year. As represented by the instrument name, the model was naturally combined with the function of the clock. - June 15, 1983. - This was just a month before the family was launched in Japan... Perfect timing. The rattling subway comes out of the dark tunnels, shining bright sunlight, and runs vigorously. I looked out the window and saw a smile on my mouth. Having lived in 2015, it doesn''t feel like a classic. By the way, since I was originally 82 years old in 1983, I should have been born in the next year. I feel like I''m losing a bit, but I''m 11 years younger than I was yesterday. Let''s live a new life in Japan... Let''s have some fun this time! ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 7 EP. 3: A toy company called Mintendo. (1) For the next month, I lived like a tourist visiting Japan. Tokyo''s landscape looked a lot like Seoul in the 1990s. Well, at the time, the trend was 10 years ahead of our country, so it''s not surprising that we feel the same. ¡°Hmm! I''m bored that I don''t have a cell phone.¡± Oh, by the way, Japan is not a Haysei, it''s a show and an era... It feels very different to think of it that way. I arrived at Akihabara Station with a bite of ice cream for sale on the street. Before Otaku culture began, Akihabara felt a strange heterogeneity in pure e-commerce with no maid cafe or cosplay. Wherever she visited in 2013, Akihabara was filled with game posters and animated characters, and every few steps, shoppers selling games or comic books were busy, now just PC-related products (also personal computers).) or a small radio. (It was the size of a head) And there was a walkman the size of a fist with tape in it. ¡°Is the family launch event ready yet? I knew it was today. ¡± I walked around Akihabara on a crowded weekend. The game content business was not yet active, so it was unlikely to find a professional gaming store like in the 2000 ''s. Why don''t we just set up a game store? I don''t think that''s bad either. No? If you came all the way out here to sell your stuff from Mintendo, what would the old man think of me? Now that I think about it, isn''t the old man I met a god? I thought about it. To help rebuild the collapsing gaming industry... if I''m reading all the trends about the future, can I give the users a better game in 2015 that will be welcomed in the distant future? What do I do now to do that? I first took out the game & watch to get information about the family issue. - Mintendosa''s family, released July 15, 1983... ¡°Today''s the day.¡± I was eating ice cream flipping the page with my fingers, and there was a strange beat somewhere. ¡°Huh? Did you just...? ¡± Phew... I found it! I hurried the ice cream into the trash. The direction in which the sound was heard was far from where Softmab, a second-hand gaming trading company, would enter. Small shops line up now, but the buildings line up in the late ''90s. And that''s where I met Atari''s next great game machine for wrinkling in the 1980s. If there''s one thing that breaks... I didn''t know the first game console was a street stall. ¡°Ira Shaimase! Ira Shaimase!¡± Rather than being a professional salesperson, Mintendo''s corporate staff was rolling up their shirts and promoting them. However, in contrast to their enthusiasm, the public''s reaction was tremendously slow. But I thought mintendo, who released the game & watch, would start a fire from the very beginning, but this is exactly the opposite of what I expected... The collapse of the gaming industry left Atari in shock was enormous. Of course, when Atarisa initially created a market where anyone could freely create games with open source tools, the user''s reaction quickly subsided as unfinished games poured into the marketplace, targeting only the interests in front of them. But I never thought that aftermath would reach Japan so quickly across the Pacific. ¡°Welcome! This is the next generation of 8-bit gaming machines from our very own Mintendosa. Enjoy it all!¡± I approached the temple in front of an advocate on the throne and smiled and asked. Of course, in front of me was a rather crude family of designs mixed with red and white. ¡°Are they selling a lot? ¡± ¡°Yes? Welcome, sir. Would you like to play it? This is our new 8-bit game machine from Mintendo. ¡± Why is the word eight bits so funny? I accepted the controller the employee handed over. Whoops, the controller line is too short!! In 2015, the console was powered by Bluetooth wireless, so it was easy to sit on the couch and play games from afar, but the initial family model was forced to combine 1P and 2P controllers into the game console. Ultimately, it was designed to make gaming a reality in front of the Brown Tube TV. I really don''t understand what kind of maniac built this. At this point, they wouldn''t have realized it was a monster machine that was going to be sold to close to 70 million people around the world. It''s a home console made of profit simply because the game & watch is in play, so the initial expectations were not high even in Mintendo. The family was launched with a total of three games, including Popeye and two series of Dongking Com. There were many third-party gaming companies that made games in Japan, such as NEGA and CAMCO, but this was a time when families, the newest gaming machines, were all producing substrates for the arcade market. ¡°How many have you sold so far? ¡± ¡°Oh, well, not yet.¡± Huh! It''s almost 1: 00 in the afternoon and you haven''t sold any yet? ¡°How much is this now? ¡± ¡°Yes. 14,800 yen. ¡± Expensive. 14,800 yen in 1983... But Sally can''t pay enough for an unverified first-generation console. I first sat outside in front of a little television set. Then people passing by started staring at me. ¡°Can you turn on the comic book, please? ¡± ¡°Yes, I understand. ¡± The employee opened the lid of the cartridge insert, plugged in the black cartridge, and powered up. Pico Pico. At the bottom of the screen, the Italian woman in the red hat was climbing up the hill with a giant sledgehammer. The game is over by avoiding the wooden barrels thrown from above or smashing them with a hammer and climbing to the top and defeating them. I tried to jump by moving Maridge from side to side with a glancing smile. Every time I passed the log, elasticity poured out of the mouths of those around me. ¡°Oh...¡± A happy smile was heard from the sound of the sound of the jump from band to band. ¡°Ooooo!! ¡± After easily completing the first stage, the Mintendo staff tilted their heads and asked me. ¡°You''re very good. ¡± ¡°I''ve been in the game center a lot, so I just got used to it. I''ll buy Popeye and Dongkingcomb with my family. ¡± ¡°The first customer of our mintendo family. Thank you!! ¡± I''m the first customer to buy this legendary gaming machine... How strange. Then an employee picked up the camera and asked me. ¡°Hey, do you mind if I take a picture? ¡± It''s a historic photograph! Not bad! Then I heard a little voice behind my back. ¡°Mom!! I want that too!!! ¡± ¡°No. Takashi, you promised your mom you''d watch for a while. ¡± ¡°Still... I can do better than that brother!! ¡± What? The kid''s got balls. I smiled bloody and asked the child. ¡°Kid, what''s your name? ¡± ¡°Takashi Toshiyuki. ¡± Takashira Toshiyuki... Where did you hear that? I took out the game & watch for a moment and looked at the information of a man named Toshiyuki. Ah! I see. Is this the first pro-gamer to be called the Takashi Muse in the future? Super player to become the master of Speed Clear in the Wonder Boy game released in 1994. I looked at him casually and asked. ¡°Do you like games? ¡± ¡°Yes!! I love it!! ¡± ¡°Really? Then I''ll give it to you. Give me another one of those kids, too. ¡± Then Takashi''s mother surprised me and tried to stop me. ¡°You don''t have to do that.¡± ¡°It''s okay. I like it. It''s okay. Take it.¡± I stroked my head, handing Takashi one of the game machines that the Mintendo staff brought. ¡°Have fun. ¡± ¡°Thank you, brother. Thank you so much! ¡± ¡°Hey, what about your picture? ¡± ¡°Take a picture of your first purchase with her. Later on, there will be more gratitude for this child in Mintendo. ¡± ¡°Yes? I don''t know what you mean.¡± ¡°Just know that it''s going to happen. ¡± I bought a few more games & watches from the stands in Mintendo that day and returned to the hotel where I stayed. On the corner of the morning newspaper from the hotel the next day, Takashi had a small picture of him smiling brightly with a family box in his hand. ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 8 EP. 3: A toy company called Mintendo. (2) A few days after the family launch, I was preparing to board Shinkansen on my way to Kyoto. There were several kinds of games & watches in my heavy bag. ¡°You''ve still got about half an hour.¡± Glug... I skipped breakfast to catch up on the train time.I was starving because of work in 2015. Is it a habit for me to eat breakfast at a hotel since I came here? It may seem like a luxury to stay in a hotel for over a month, but it''s 1983 now. All prices were significantly lower, and the 4-star hotel I was staying in compared to 2015 was cheaper than the cost of a motel. ¡°Still, if we''re going to Kyoto, we''re going to have to find a house. It''s annoying to leave the hotel.¡± I had already booked a hotel in Kyoto, so I was walking around Tokyo station feeling busy. At that time, I smelled a delicious smell that irritated my nose. Turning your head, you see a row of restaurants selling lunch boxes on one side of the street. ¡®By the way, Shinkansen can eat a lunch inside. All right, well, I guess I''ll just have to buy a lunch while I have time. ¡¯ When I finished my thought, I slowly walked to the restaurant. Through the economic revitalization of the 6-70s, Japan was full of energy for everyone passing by, towards the end of the bubble economy. I felt proud to be ranked second in the world economy, but I only had a strong impression that I was a global leader in water. Especially after World War II, every time I put on the news, I hated the whining and complaining about the damage caused by Hiroshima exposure. In 2011, we avoided Fukushima''s radicals... By the way, Japan has a deep connection to radiation... It''s just a pity. ¡°Welcome! What kind of lunch can I get you? ¡± ¡°What''s the most popular thing here? ¡± ¡°We have the most shrimp and chicken lunches!¡± Shrimp and chicken... Still popular in the 1980s. I ordered a chicken lunch box with 300 yen for an impressive lady. Later, a middle-aged man told her. ¡°I''d like a chicken lunch, too, please. ¡± ¡°Oh, I''m sorry, sir, but the chicken lunchbox he just bought is the last one, and I''ll make it back in no time. ¡± ¡°Oh, how long will it take? ¡± ¡°It''s been about 10 minutes. Are you okay? ¡± Then the man tapped his watch, making an embarrassing face. Oh, this guy... ¡°Oh, well, then we''re running out of time for the train.¡± Is this place famous for its chicken lunchbox? But I was more interested in the man in front of me than that. I thought I''d meet you in Shinkansen, but here I am. This is an unexpected coincidence. ¡°If you don''t mind, I''ll give you mine. ¡± ¡°Yes? Oh, no. You don''t have to do that. ¡± ¡°It''s okay, it''s actually shrimp or chicken or I was hesitant. Give him the chicken lunch and I''ll have the shrimp. ¡± ¡°Oh, thank you for your patience. Our shrimp lunchbox is really good, too. I''ll add another shrimp as a service.¡± ¡°Thank you." Eventually, we paid for the lunch box in the direction of WIN WIN with each other. ¡°Oh, thank you for your kindness. ¡± The man lowers his head slightly to me and hurries to the Shinkansen Riding Ground. By the way, I don''t have all the time in the world. I should get going too!! After a while. I arrived at the platform on Shinkansen. ¡°A-17, A-17. Here.¡± After checking the car, I got on the train with a slight tremor. In Kyoto, the business seats were neatly organized to go to 3 and a half hours. As I approached my seat there, a man familiar with the window seat sat down. ¡°Hey. I''ll sit next to you. ¡± ¡°Oh, yeah? ¡± ¡°Oh, hello. Hello again." ¡°This is an interesting coincidence. Come on, sit down. ¡± The man who offered me a seat was Nisekoi Gunpei... father of portable gaming & watch, and the creator of Gameboy, who led the mintendo mobile device to the throne until 2015. I sat next to her with a little gratitude. In fact, all of this was one of my plans to locate Gunpei with games & watches from the future and ask him to sit next to him in the ticket window. It was a real coincidence that I met him at the lunchbox house, but his first meeting wasn''t so bad. ¡°I was really thankful back at the lunchbox. ¡± It is also Japanese to say thank you a few times for one favor. Shortly after the train departed, we were getting along and forgot our lunch boxes. When my eyes met after one bite, I almost got a case of eating in the barrel with a slight nod. After entering with the green tea purchased from the vending machine, I decided to proceed with the operation. It was to get the game & watch out of the bag. The first game machine I pulled out was BALL. Then, like the founder of the game & watch, Gunpei glanced at the game machine in my hands with satisfied eyes. The whole country is enjoying their own little game machine. +49073;. +49073;. A small ball in the screen went back and forth and a small beat rang in the room. ¡°I''m sorry, are you loud? ¡± I quickly lowered the volume key and apologized to Gunpei. ¡°No, thank you. It''s okay to keep going.¡± He was looking at me with a pleasant smile because he was playing his own game machine. But I rather complained to him about the game & watch. ¡°If I was going to make it portable, I''d want you to put in an earphone jack, wouldn''t I? ¡± ¡°Yes? Oh, I see. Obviously, you need an earphone jack to enjoy sound in public. ¡± ¡°Right? No matter how much games you play on the screen, sound is important. ¡± Gunpei nodded at my complaint and after a while he took out a small notebook and started writing something down. ¡°Hey, is there any other inconvenience with the machine? ¡± ¡°A lot of them. ¡± ¡°Well, is that a lot? ¡± ¡°First of all, the machine itself is inefficient and unconscious. ¡± ¡°Yes?¡± The face of Gunpei who was looking at me was dull and crumpled. ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 9 EP. 3: A toy company called Mintendo. (3) ¡°First of all, the machine itself is inefficient and unconscious. ¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°I love mintendosa games. I''ve bought all the games & watches that I''ve ever done, and the family that I just released went to Akihabara the day it was released. ¡± ¡°Ah? Thank you. ¡± ¡°Yes? Why do you say thank you? ¡± ¡°Ah? Oh, no. That''s a load of crap. Keep trying." Gunpei was looking at me with very interesting eyes. I pulled three games & watches out of my bag. Of course, there were no game watches brought in from 2015. ¡°You really have it all. ¡± ¡°Yes, but even the most recently released GUNMAN doesn''t have an earphone jack. This is a Western cowboy, and I think the effect of shooting is very important. Have you ever played it silently? ¡± ¡°Oh, no...¡± ¡°Go ahead and play. ¡± After receiving the GUNMAN I handed him, Gunpei tried playing without a sound. After a while, he nodded, returning the machine to me. ¡°Obviously, I''m not feeling very good about BALL. ¡± ¡°Right? What the hell were you thinking?¡± Gunpei''s expression began to stiffen slightly as he cheered up his child-like game machine. But I didn''t stop there. ¡°Plus, the most deadly problem is that you can only play one game per player. ¡± ¡°Oh...? ¡± ¡°The cartridge exchange system started in the ''70s with Atari, and it''s a technology that''s been around for quite some time, but Game&Watch hasn''t borrowed the cartridge system until three years after its launch. This looks like a ploy to sell the machine together with the game and raise the unit price. ¡± ¡°Dog... tricks? But stop animation is impossible to express in a variety of ways.¡± ¡°That''s the last problem. That''s why the games are all the same. The stop animation game forces players to perform simple quick manipulations on Nogada. So this game is endless. It''s just as soon as a player dies. It''s good to simply kill time, but achievement is zero. ¡± ¡°No sense of accomplishment..? ¡± Gunpei''s complexion was already pale. Oh my... Was it worth the whip? Now, let''s give him a carrot. Gunpei tried to steal cold sweat with a handkerchief and smiled at me. Born 1941, he was employed in Mintendo in 1965 to make various toy products. Mintendo is the first place we have created many holiday fireworks, and Trump Card is also famous for being the first card company to import from Japan. The new Gunpei was there checking equipment for cutting cards at a certain size, and his work was so simple that toys made with parts left in his home time were still Ultra Hands, which he often saw when he went to the souvenir shop. If you grip the handle of a piece of zigzag, you can easily find it in a toy store that extends in front of you. This is the person who made it. And what I found out was that I was about 30. His games & watches were not exactly game machines, but toys with screens for children. I thought it would be more fun for children to play with than specs or efficiency, but the user base has grown quite widely and is now a toy for all people. The success of the game & watch would have been a compliment for the company and would have been delighted to see people enjoying their game machines everywhere. However, he met me today and was making a very embarrassing face so that the product he had made turned to powder. So this is the end of the joke. ¡°But if I just touch a few things here, it could be huge. ¡± ¡°Really? What do you want me to touch? ¡± ¡°First, we have to discard this liquid in a stop-animated way. We also need to employ a flexible display and cartridge method to enjoy a more diverse range of games. For example...¡± I took a notebook out of my bag and started drawing with a pencil. It was the prototype design of Mintendo Gamboy, which will be launched in 1989. Gunpei''s mouth was beginning to open looking at the stereotype of a portable gamble boy drawn on my hand. ¡°Now, wait a minute, what is this huge empty space behind this liquid crystal? ¡± ¡°This is where the cartridge will be placed. ¡± ¡°Oh, so this is the power station and the speakers down here. The controller is the same family that we launched last week. Then why did you put the buttons in a slash instead of horizontal? ¡± ¡°In fact, I felt that when I was playing games & watches, it''s easier to play a slash array than a straight line array. I have less experience pressing the wrong button. ¡± ¡°Indeed...¡± ¡°This would be great if we could create a new portable game that follows the game & watch. ¡± ¡°A 4: 3 ratio flux screen with cartridge switching¡­ but how many games can this give you? Mintendo''s not a big company. You can''t have all your employees clinging to game development, and if you build one of these devices, you''re going to have to keep the game running for at least a few years. ¡± ¡°Mintendo only needs to give away a few iconic games like the Dongking Com. If the demand for this device increases as much as the current games & watches, most of the game companies that are focusing on the arcade are probably coming together to launch the games. ¡± ¡°Oh, and what do you think...¡± ¡°Of course, you get loyalty from them. Half the proceeds from soft selling..¡± ¡°Ahhh!! ¡± Gunpei struck his knee with amazement. I didn''t expect his mouth to shut, and he was looking at the drawings on the practice floor, stealing an elongated sweat. For him now, the drawing was an innovation unlike encountering the future. ¡°Amazing..¡± Half of the sales revenue is almost as explosive as royal tea, but whatever you call it for in the portable market that no one has yet dived into. Prior to the advent of such a competitive device, the market''s best interests were important. Maybe in the ''90s you''ll build your own portable console in NEGA, KNS and Banzai. But the birth of this object, which was supposed to be here in'' 89, could be a little bit premature today. We got to know each other pretty well as we talked about the new portable console on the way to Kyoto. Gunpei was greatly surprised that I was a Korean student. He was mistaken for a Japanese speaker who was too proficient at pronunciation. - Our train will be arriving at Shinosaka Station at the end point soon. - As the train arrived, Gunpei asked me with a very sad expression. ¡°Stronghold. Where would you be if you were in Kyoto? ¡± ¡°I don''t know? I''m going to stay at the hotel for a little sightseeing. I didn''t have much to see in Tokyo, but I''m excited to hear Osaka has a lot to eat and a lot to see. ¡± ¡°Really? Obviously, the Osaka people are much more connected, and there''s a lot more delicious. By the way... when the hotel is set up, will you call me here? ¡± I stared at Gunpei''s face dazed with the business card he gave me. Yeah, we could use a little action here. Gunpei was smiling at my reaction. ¡°Actually, I''m the Nisekoi Gunpei who created the game & watch. I''ve learned a lot from listening to the story of the Gang today. That''s why I want to see the Gang once again. Our company is in Kyoto, so call me whenever you feel comfortable. ¡± ¡°Oh, I don''t know if I made a big mistake not knowing Mr. Nisekoi. ¡± ¡°No, I was very lucky to meet a strong force today. Thanks to you, I also ate a delicious chicken lunch! Hahaha!¡± ¡°I''ll be in touch with you soon, then. ¡± ¡°I''ll wait.¡± ¡°Yes, of course." We said goodbye to each other and set out for our destination. After leaving Osaka Station in the hot sun in the afternoon, I took a taxi to a hotel that had already been packed. Even if I lived here for more than a month, the two billion yen on my account did not decrease a bit. The bank interest alone, which translated to an 8% annual rate, came every month, and my account was flowing like a spring that did not dry up. Oh, I hope the age of credit cards becomes universal soon. I''m sick of carrying cash around all the time... ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 10 EP. 4: Two Geniuses (1) Hang on, hang on, hang on. ¡®Oh, shut up. Let''s get some sleep¡­¡¯ Hang on, hang on, hang on. Goddamn cicadas. After a while, I was lying in a hotel bed, and I got up off the bed. Today is the summer of August 17, 1983. It was the peak of annual temperatures. However, the hotel I was staying at was recently built, so I had air conditioning installed in every room. In the meantime, I took out a business card that I had put in my wallet that I enjoyed the tourist attractions of the country, Kobe and Kyoto areas. ¡°I''ve had all the fun for a month and now I''m going to make a phone call? ¡± I turned the dial on the phone with the card I received from Mr. Nisekoi in my hand. A dial with a number returns to its original position, waiting for a moment, and a woman with a gentle voice answers the phone. ¡°Thank you. Mintendo is a portable toy development part. ¡± ¡°Oh, excuse me. Is Nisekoi Gunpei here? ¡± ¡°Nisekoi is here, but where can I tell him? ¡± ¡°Kang Jun-hyuk, a Korean student. ¡± ¡°Yes, one moment, please. ¡± I felt bored and knocked on the wooden table, and there was a pleasant sound in the room. After a while, I heard Nisekoi''s excited voice. His voice was full of joy. ¡°The Force!? You? Why are you calling now? I''ve been waiting so long!! ¡± No, that''s my heart. The next day, you call Holland and ask him to meet you, and he looks like he''s losing weight. ¡°How are you? I was running late looking around here and there. ¡± ¡°Where are you right now? ¡± ¡°I''m staying at the Likuten Hotel near Nihonbashi, Osaka. ¡± ¡°Good. I have business tomorrow at Osaka. Can I see you for a second? ¡± ¡°Sure. Where do you want me? ¡± ¡°Can you give me the contact information for the hotel you''re staying at? I''ll call you before I get there. ¡± ¡°Yes, I understand. ¡± & The next morning. After breakfast, I came up to my room and a call came from the front of the hotel. It was a telephone connection with Mr. Nisekoi. ¡°Stronghold. I''ll be there in an hour, but is it a good time?" ¡± ¡°Yes, but where do I meet you? ¡± ¡°You don''t have to worry about the place. I''m on my way to your hotel right now. ¡± ¡°Yes!? ¡± ¡°I missed your call yesterday. What would happen if two geniuses met today?" I''m looking forward to it. ¡± Two geniuses? Who''s coming with you? About an hour after that, I was sitting in the hotel lobby waiting for Gunpei. Soon as they were thorough in their time promises, two men stopped in front of the hotel and got out of the cab. One was a familiar Gunpei, and a man who looked like he was in his early 30s came into the hotel with a shy expression. ¡°Strong!! ¡± ¡°Mr. Nisekoi, how are you? ¡± ¡°I''m glad you look well. So, how was your trip to Osaka? ¡± ¡°Yes, there''s more to see than Tokyo. But who''s with you? ¡± ¡°Oh, right. Hey Kumamoto, that young man from Shinkansen I was telling you about. ¡± ¡°Hello, I''m Shigeru Kumamoto. ¡± ¡°Kumamoto Shigeru!? ¡± When I didn''t know his name, Kumamoto asked me with a puzzled look. ¡°Do you know me? ¡± ¡°Oh, I''m sorry. I''ve never seen you before, but you''re the director of the Dongking Com, right? ¡± ¡°Yes, that''s right. You''ve enjoyed Dongking Com. Thank you. ¡± I shook Kumamoto''s hand and waved lightly. I didn''t expect to see the legendary director so soon. At least I thought it would be hard to weave Gunpei into Mintendo, but I didn''t think Gunpei would bring him here... Kumamoto Shigeru. Even if you don''t know the game well, you know the character with the mustache, SuperMaridge. It''s also the legend of Karin and the Animal Village. All of these games, representing Mintendo, such as Foxstar, were to be born from this person in the future. ¡°I am Junhyuk Kang. Nice to meet you, Kumamoto. ¡± ¡°Gunpei asked me to meet him, so I followed him, but I don''t know if this is an excuse. ¡± Khumamoto Shigeru was quite the image in 2015 at the age of 62, and in 1983 he was a passionate young man who had just surpassed thirty. ¡°Come on, let''s keep talking here. Let''s move. A little early, but why don''t you join us for lunch? ¡± ¡°Yes, of course. ¡± We moved out of the hotel to a nearby restaurant. After ordering a simple meal, I talked to Mr. Kumamoto with a smile. ¡°Congratulations on being so popular in the American arcade market. ¡± ¡°I never thought my game would work like this. Minten also requested a ROM substrate from the Game Center at the U.S. office, which I made briefly because I was free.¡± I know that story. Mintendo, who was in the American arcade market in 1980, asked for a new ROM file to run at the Game Center. However, it was Mr. Kumamoto who had no work in Mintendo at the time who was borrowed because he said, ''We can''t consume useless people in the business that may or may not be profitable.'' He majored in engineering design, but was able to create characters and photograph dots on his own, so he created a simple level design to save the beauty captured by King Kong. After entering the US market, the game brought a tremendous upheaval and became a glimmer of hope for the arcade market, which was entering its recession period. And from there, Marige Brothers, who was the player-character of Dongking Com, was launched, and in 1985, a Grand Supermaridge appeared in the family, and Mintendo began to withdraw the arcade business and focus solely on the home gaming industry. He was a young man who could feed Mintendo''s gaming business until 2015, starting with the idea of one genius over 100 individuals. ¡°By the way, when is the sequel to the ''80s Dongking Com due to be developed? ¡± ¡°Almost finished, actually, and we''re about to launch. ¡± ¡°Really? Can I ask you what the game is? ¡± Kumamoto began to unravel the game he had developed because of the lack of copyright in the game. ¡°This time, I turned a little bit upside down and made a new game out of a character who was looking for a beauty in the original Dongking Com. ¡± As expected, it was already completed to empower the family we launched last month. Gunpei was delighted to witness our conversation. Kumamoto''s Marige Brothers was a two-man game to defeat mushroom soldiers and turtles pouring down from one stage like the Donking Com. I offered him one while I was talking about Kumamoto and Marige Brothers. ¡°By the way, Kumamoto.¡± ¡°Yes. Do you have any questions about Maridge Brothers? ¡°No, I''m actually more curious about Maridge''s next walk than talking about the finished game that''s already coming out. ¡± ¡°Are you talking about the next chapter? While I''m not sure how this new game is going to be evaluated by users yet, I''m a little bit burdened with preparing for the next one.¡± In the 1980s, when the next issue of Tum was relatively long, in 2015, it was already a yard for producing new IPs, so it felt strange in Kumamoto''s relaxed remarks. ¡°The character, Maridge, has become a very familiar image, as I see it, through the Dongking Com. So you can expect the Marige Brothers you''ve created to be a little over midnight. So, why don''t we try a new approach to this game called Maridge next time? ¡± ¡°A new way? ¡± Kumamoto looked at me with a puzzled look, and Gunpei, who was folding his arms next to him, lifted his glasses up with a strange smile that seemed to be ''it started...¡¯. & Cross-scrolling. A magical word to save in the rectangular framework of the screen. It is one of the most common ways of playing in 2015, but it is now 1983. All games of this period were trapped in a rectangular frame called the Monitor. The beginning and end of every play had to be displayed on one screen, and it was the same with its famous Geller and Dongking Com. Just as humanity left its first step on the moon, I was trying to leave a huge game-changing footprint here. ¡°Scroll the background. ¡± ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 11 EP. 4: Two Geniuses (2) ¡°Scroll the background. ¡± ¡°Yes? Do what? ¡± At first Kumamoto and Gunpei didn''t understand what I was saying. It''s hard to understand how to scroll all at once. I took my notebook out of my bag and put it in front of Khumamoto and picked up a pen. ¡°Here, take a look. This rectangle is the display where the game is displayed. And inside is Marie Kumamoto. And...¡± I stretched the pen out of the screen and drew a long line. ¡°And this is the stage. ¡± ¡°Ah!!! ¡± At that moment, Kumamoto slapped his knee and shouted. But Gunpei was still looking over his shoulder at us, not knowing what was going on. ¡°I see!! That''s right, you don''t have to show the beginning and end of a screen. It''s like turning a movie theater projector around with a long background, and it feels like your character is moving forward. ¡± Is it like this if you teach me one thing, I know ten? Just a hint, Kumamoto understood the concept of cross-scrolling at once. ¡°Gunpei. You were right. Kang Jun-hyuk is a genius!! He''s a genius!!" ¡°H-look at you. I still have no idea what you''re talking about. What do you mean," this is a stage "coming out of the monitor? How do you show a stage off the screen?¡± Then Kumamoto helped Gunpei to explain more easily. After a while, Gunpei nodded a few times and opened his mouth and looked at me. ¡°How could you even think that? This completely changed the way I''ve been thinking about the game. ¡± ¡°This will make the player feel more adventurous in the game. ¡± Kumamoto was mumbling something like he was chanting a spell, looking at the way I painted the cross scroll. What''s wrong with him all of a sudden? For a moment, he closes his eyes as if he imagined something. After a while, Kumamoto opened his eyes and smiled. ¡°I''ve come up with a simple idea for the next one. ¡± Already? In that short amount of time, you come up with a new one? Kumamoto started drawing something frantically with a pen on the table. Bricks and question mark boxes. Mushrooms and flags... They were the basic ingredients for the next Super Mariage. ¡°I''m Maridge, saving the princess. ¡± ¡°Princess?¡± ¡°It''s been a knight to save the princess so far, but Maridge is modern. Representing the modern man, he rescues the Mushroom Kingdom princess from the monster. ¡± Kumamoto said, Gunpei smilingly replied. ¡°Oh... another interesting idea. Keep trying.¡± ¡°The first character, Maridge, is a plumber. I always work in dark, damp places. So the monster looks like a cold-damp reptile. This monster abducts the princess from the Mushroom Kingdom, and incidentally, the modern Maridge, who fell into the Mushroom Kingdom, marches forward to save the Princess and fight the enemy. ¡± What is this guy? You made all the games in such a short time? You''re a genius. I looked at Mr. Kumamoto leaning against the chair with my arms folded. I felt like my fingertips were tingling because I thought I was watching the birth of a great masterpiece that would have a big impact on the gaming world for the next 30 years. Gunpei asked Kumamoto with an interesting smile. ¡°Then the monster and the princess must have names, too. ¡± Then Kumamoto asked me. ¡°Kang-gun. What''s Gang-gun''s favorite food in Korea? ¡± ¡°I don''t know. ¡± At that moment... I''ve been going around Japan and eating only the things that taste like doncas or covered rice, and there was a food that popped into my head. Boiled meat soup in a hot pot... If you roll a piece of kimchi on top of it... ¡°Soup.¡± ¡°Cookpot?¡± ¡°Guk. Bob. Yo." ¡°Heel. Park? ¡± The Japanese won''t be able to pronounce it since they both have supports... Kumamoto smiled and said, trying to pronounce soup a few times. ¡°The name of the reptile monster is Chappa, because it''s an addition to the military''s idea. ¡± What? Hey, man. Is it that easy to decide!? And why is my favorite food the villain Maridge has to suffer for 30 years!! Then Gunpei, who was next to him, burst his smile and nodded. ¡°What would you like to call her, then? ¡± At that time, the waitress who was bringing dessert after dinner said, raising the fruit. ¡°Peaches from dessert. ¡± Then Kumamoto opened his mouth, looking at the pink peach. ¡°You can call me Princess Peach. ¡± This was the birth of Princess Pitch, who was destined to be abducted by the monsters for the next 30 years. What the hell!!! & Two weeks later, I was standing in front of the Mintendo headquarters building dressed as a suit. ¡°Hah... You made it this far. Now that you''ve had a good rest for the last two months, shall we get back to work? ¡± I took a long exhale and slowly entered the headquarters building. It was still hot to wear a suit in September, but the interior of the headquarters was extremely cold. I was running the cooling at the lowest temperature since I had not been paying much attention to the cooling disease yet. ¡°It''s... cold!! ¡± ¡°What brings you here? ¡± An escort in the lobby asked me to come into the building. ¡°I''m here for an interview with Mr. Nisekoi and Mr. Kumamoto.¡± ¡°Oh? Then are you Kang Jun-hyuk? ¡± ¡°Yes, it is. ¡± ¡°I was worried because you''re Korean, but you speak very good Japanese. ¡± ¡°Thank you, but where do I go? ¡± ¡°Well, Kang Jun-hyuk is doing a special interview this time, so I think you should interview him in person in the president''s office. ¡± ¡°Yes?¡± It''s not HR or anything. You''re interviewing me in the boss'' office? With Mr. Kamauchi, Mintendo''s boss? I tilted my head slightly and asked the staff again. ¡°You''re interviewing him in person? ¡± ¡°Yes, our mintendo is interviewing one person directly by Mr. Kamauchi and assigning him to the appropriate department. ¡± Mintendo, who had a more prominent image of being a toy company than a game company, did not yet have an image of being a global company. I followed the desk staff''s instructions and knocked on the door of the main office on the top floor of the building. ¡°Come in.¡± Before the door opened, I swallowed some dry saliva and calmed my chest. I''m nervous about this interview, too... ¡°Go inside. ¡± As the employee reached out his hand inside the door, I bowed slightly and entered the room. The boss got up from his seat and sat me down at the reception table and asked. ¡°Hmm... Are you Kang Jun-hyuk Military? ¡± ¡°Yes, it is. ¡± ¡°How praiseworthy of Gunpei and Shigegun. He begged me to bring you back. ¡± ¡°I appreciate the gesture. ¡± ¡°I''m not really into gaming," they said, "but the gaming industry is going to take on a big axis in the toys that kids play with in the future. ¡± ¡°I think so, too. ¡± ¡°Yes? Then what makes you think that? ¡± What''s with all the questions as soon as this guy walks in? But I was able to answer it right away because it was a question I had already anticipated. ¡°Because I don''t get bored. ¡± ¡°You never get tired of it? ¡± ¡°It''s because you can play a variety of games on one device. And I can enjoy it all by myself. ¡± ¡°One game console never gets tired of playing alone... Funny. But toys aren''t made to grow old easily. ¡± ¡°The game console is not a toy. ¡± ¡°What?" ¡°Adults don''t play with toys. We already know that Japan has a lot of kids and adults playing games together. There are a lot of adults who come to play games with their kids even in a nearby game center. It''s going to be an industry that spans from children to adults of all ages. ¡± ¡°Really? But unlike the Atari Shock in the United States in the ''70s, while the gaming industry is in a downturn, I don''t know if it''s right for us to jump into the gaming industry right now. ¡± ¡°Why don''t you take a step closer to everyone when you step back? ¡± ¡°Huh? You want me to jump on the bottom of this hellhole? ¡± ¡°No one jumped in, so if you just jump in, you''ll be the exclusive mayor of Mintendo. ¡± ¡°Exclusive! Haha, that sounds good just to hear. ¡± Kamauchi smiled and put an end to whether he liked my answer. ¡°Gunpei''s right. You have a funny story to tell. It''s a confident voice, as if you''re young, but you''re seeing the future quite clearly. ¡± I felt a warm corner of my heart as Camouflage said. I bet you''re old. I heard that when you get old, you lose your sight and you get a good look. ¡°But it doesn''t mean anything to be successful in Japan. It is true success in the United States market rather than the population trapped in a small island country. ¡± ¡°Mintendo currently has an office in the United States. ¡± ¡°Yes, but I''m more focused on the toy industry than the gaming industry. Now the American gaming market is a dead end due to Atari Shock. No toy store is accepting our family games right now. ¡± In the 1980s, the United States also bought and sold gaming machines in a toy store rather than selling them professionally. That is, no matter how good a game machine is, if it can''t get through the toy store, it has nowhere to put it and sell it. So I replied: ¡°It''s not a game machine. ¡± ¡°What!? You want me to sell the game so it''s not a game machine? I don''t know what you''re doing because you''re too young, but it''s against the regulations to sell goods. ¡± ¡°Put a robot that moves roughly front and back in the box and dig it up as a toy. ¡± ¡°What...? ¡± Kamachi, who was waiting for me, was dumbfounded by my answer, called somewhere with the phone that was sitting on the table. ¡°Overseas sales? Get up in my room right now and take my new employee. ¡± So that day I was assigned to the overseas sales part of Mintendo, not the game development part, but the console manufacturing part. This feels a little kinky. You guys!! I''m a game developer!! You guys are making a big mistake!! ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 12 EP. 5: Super Maridge (1) The next day. I opened my eyes on the dormitory bed provided by Mintendo. Hmm... It''s worse than a hotel, but it''s an accommodation provided by the company. It''s not bad. Above all, the company is close, and we feel a little reared, but let''s just think of it as just a feeling. Working in the 1980s started as a national gymnastics team... and now I''m standing in the front yard of a corporate prison, exercising on time. Even though I tried to relax, my colleagues were working too hard, so I also followed the gymnastics in a stiff posture. ¡°Even today!! Hard!!" ¡°Waaaahhhh!¡± At the end of the last relief, Mintendo''s staff rushed out as if they were rushing into a hostile camp. ¡°This is crazy.¡± I mumbled in Korean and followed them; in the 1980s it was a strange era in which the idea of organism was more important than individualism. & ¡°Ms. Grant, why is Kang-gun an overseas sales part? I recommended it, so of course you should put it in the portable console fabrication part.¡± ¡°No, Gunpei. What if my brother asks me to meet him and he tries to take it away with his development part? I talked to them and they had to come to the Gaming Soft Development Part. ¡± ¡°Shut up!! All interviews are assigned through me to the department that I think is right for me. Kang Jun-hyuk Military is an overseas sales part. His r¨¦sum¨¦ had a knack for English, and he''s a big shot for the American market! ¡± The three chiefs who would lead Mintendo were fighting over me. As soon as my department was assigned to overseas sales parts, Gunpei and Shigeru saw the announcement, and at the same time, they made a fuss to come up and take me to the boss''s office. ¡°You bastards! I''m the boss!! ¡± In the end, Kamauchi and Shigeru had no choice but to keep their mouths shut. I almost burst out of laughter as I listened to them in the corner. He is also fighting over one of me and handing me over to the department he wants, but how happy is it for the party? But I couldn''t keep them this way, so I carefully intervened in their conversation. ¡°Look, I''m sorry, but can I say something? ¡± ¡°What? The new temples talk about their superiors. All right, let''s hear it somewhere. ¡± ¡°I don''t think I''ll be able to come to a conclusion if I keep this up, so I''m just going to give you a simple road trip. ¡± ¡°Traffic clearance? I like his metaphor. Haha!¡± Kamauchi smiles faintly. He was more impatient and decisive than I expected. ¡°First of all, Mr. Nisekoi. I think I''ve already drafted the next generation of portable gaming devices. With an organic display and cartridge system, the valley as the next portable device is already perfect. Your current 8-bit family level of performance will be challenging, so focus on your selling price first with at least''s specification. Family prices today are 14,800 yen, so at least they''ll be cheaper to convince people. If you have directions to lower the amount by just 1,000 yen, go for it. ¡± ¡°Hmm... I''m sure it is. The cartridge system could use our manpower, so how much should the organic display be worth? ¡± ¡°Once you have crafted, you will be expected to place a bulk order, so you may bid openly. You can get better items at a cheaper unit price. ¡± Then Kamauchi looked at me and said, ¡°Look at this guy? Young people are good at business. ¡± I glanced at Kamauchi with a smile. ¡°Next, Ms. Grant. I have no complaints about you handing me over to overseas sales. Given the opportunity, we will strive to make the family look successful in the US market. But... ¡°But?¡± ¡°Don''t tell me to go to war without weapons and get shot. ¡± ¡°What?" ¡°Families are now a starting point in Japan. The only title that works in the United States is Dongking Com. At this rate, Americans will not be sold any more titles, just called" The Donkey Com Machine. "Now, even though we''re supplying machines and software alone, if you wait a little bit, the arcade gaming companies are going to turn their attention to our families. ¡± ¡°But you can''t just wait around like that? ¡± ¡°Of course. That''s why we need you. The title Mr. Shigeru is currently contemplating is probably the one that will record the hit at the same time as the launch. At the moment, it would be best to focus on the title and issue in the shortest time possible. Why don''t we make a substrate first and supply it to the Game Center in the United States, if possible? If so, it would be a tremendous weapon to sell families on the American market. ¡± Now, my traffic clearance ends here. ¡°That''s all I want to say. ¡± ¡°I''ve never seen an employee come in like this while doing minten''s job. Hey Gunpei, what''s wrong with Koreans? ¡± ¡°I don''t know. ¡± ¡°I like your cool temper! Fine, I''ll do whatever you want. Shigeru. Let''s take the gangsters and make it quick. ¡± ¡°Yes, I understand!! ¡± Shigeru answered me as if he were satisfied with the boss''s decision. Yes! Let''s make it together. The most selling legendary game in the world. & ¡°This isn''t it... Why is it so awkward? ¡± ¡°Something wrong? ¡± ¡°Ah, welcome to the Gangbang. The introduction of transverse scrolling to the new Maridge game is fine. Doesn''t something seem a little awkward? ¡± ¡°Oh, really? ¡± Working with Shigeru was fun for me. The basic progression structure for the Supermaridge was already being built at crazy speeds by Shigeru and my ideas, but for days now Shigeru has been standing on an empty stage with nothing. I was already aware of the answer he was contemplating, but did not tell me. It''s like looking at a test student with an answer sheet in his hand. I could have made SuperMaridge faster by releasing the right answers, but I was waiting for someone right now. Then one day in November. ¡°Mr. Shigeru, the family game demo disc has arrived? ¡± ¡°Oh, I''m a little busy right now, so put it on the table there. ¡± Shigeru, who was still researching Mario''s movements, did not even bother to look at the parcel the employee brought him. Mintendo, a lesson in Atari Shock, was reviewing games that would be released directly to the family to sell quality games. Inspection is a system that is produced as a cartridge when we, the development department, try and judge the value and pass it, similar to a manufacturer who created an application in 2015 being inspected before entering the App Store. I picked up the parcel on the table on behalf of busy Shigeru. The caller was a rather odd name for a company called HEG Labs, and I saw the name of the person listed below, and my fingertips trembled. ¡®I''m here. I''m finally here!'' ¡¯ In the name of Kawata Satoshi, I quickly unpacked my parcel. The name of the game written on the little floppy disk was¡® Balloon Fight. ¡¯ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 13 EP. 5: Super Maridge (2) ¡®I''m here. I''m finally here!'' ¡¯ In the name of Kawata Satoshi, I quickly unpacked my parcel. The name of the game written on the little floppy disk was¡® Balloon Fight. ¡¯Yes, I''ve been waiting for this to come!! ¡°Strong troops? What''s the matter? ¡± ¡°Shigeru, can we do a mood swing and a checkup together? ¡± ¡°Is that so? I really don''t know... I''m moving from side to side as clearly as I''m manipulating. Why do I feel so foreign with a cross scroll?" ¡± ¡°Let''s just cool off for a second with this instead of thinking too deeply!¡± ¡°I think I''d feel a lot better if I played Cuzo in this mood. ¡± ¡°But you have to inspect it anyway. ¡± I sat at the table with Mr. Shigeru and played a floppy disk from HEG Labs. When the title screen appeared with cheerful music, we basically moved the crosshairs upwards and downwards, dividing them into 1P and 2P shapes that could also be enjoyed. ¡°Well, the first feeling''s not so bad. Let''s get started." I started the game by pressing the start button in two-person mode. A moment later, there were blue and red characters hanging from three balloons on both ends of the screen. ¡°It looks normal to me. ¡± I swiped the A button to float the character in the air. Then the character flew slightly as if it were really hanging on the balloon and landed, and pressed the button in succession, and then it leapt up into the sky. You begin to defeat the incoming enemy with a given arrow. ¡°Shooting game... why is this so hard to move? ¡± I smiled and replied. ¡°Well, it''s not as easy to manipulate as hanging from a balloon. ¡± ¡°Why won''t you move properly even if you press the directional key!? Ahhhh!¡± Bam!! Eventually, the character hit by the enemy lost a balloon. ¡°Losing one balloon makes it harder to control!! ¡± Bam! But I''ve been dodging my foes with arrows. Operation was not too difficult because I had done it a lot as a child. The beauty of balloon fights was the point of using the balloon button to flick the button and flick the character high at the right time. ¡°Isn''t it hard to manipulate the Force!? How do you do it so well? ¡± In Shigeru''s question, I was just manipulating the character with a smile. Then the arrow I shot missed and went through Shigeru''s last balloon. Bam!! Pieroro... ¡°What!? Did you get hit by one of your arrows? You can''t do this!! ¡± ¡°Well, in my case, it''s more fun. ¡± ¡°What!? No!! Strong!! Don''t come! Don''t come!!! ¡± Bam!! Bam!! I dodged Shigeru''s arrows and hit my torso to pop the balloon. In the blink of an eye, Shigeru became a GAME OVER. ¡°Hey, one more game. How dare you kill an ally. ¡± This is the beauty of balloon fights... The people of our development part that afternoon were busy enjoying balloon fights. It was fun to pop an ally''s balloon. In the end, the game became a matter of who survived the attack instead of defeating the enemy. ¡°Oh, this is so much fun! A little touch of control will make a great game!! ¡± One of the development staff admired the balloon fight. But I thought differently. ¡°I feel like this manipulation will double the fun of the game. ¡± Then Shigeru, who was watching the game next to him, opened his mouth as he stroked his chin. ¡°Obviously, the operation is inconvenient. It''s very natural. Do you really feel like you''re manipulating a balloon? Why are you doing this? ¡± At that moment, I hit the button quickly, avoiding the flying arrow. Then the character suspended in the balloon quickly began to soar into the sky. At that moment, Shigeru''s eyes flashed. ¡°Accelerators?¡± You finally figured it out... But the developers who were with you didn''t really understand the meaning of what Shigeru said. ¡°Yes? What do you mean? ¡± ¡°You''ve introduced acceleration to your character''s movements!! That''s right. When the speed peaks, if you type the key in the opposite direction, of course it will bounce off of you with inertia. That''s why we feel this natural manipulation is uncomfortable. I can''t believe you programmed inertia into this world. Where did you make this game!? ¡± ¡°This is Kawata Satoshi at HEG Institute. ¡± ¡°I have to go right now. Gang-gun, come with me. ¡± I''m so lucky to have met Kawata Satoshi this time. I nodded at Shigeru and quickly put on my coat. & Kawata Satoshi, this particular man, whom I was not aware of until recently when I returned to 1983, has been the fourth president of Mintendo since 2002. As the CEO and developer of Mintendo, he was the hero who saved Mintendo from being arrogant in the 2000s, and was also the hero who put Mintendo at the helm of a permanent mobile device. His work, Balloon Fight, Cavi of the Moon, and Fader, was on the cutting edge of his masterpiece during the mintendo game, and he and Shigeru would later create a number of games. ¡°By the way, Shigeru. According to this address, there''s an office in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo! ¡± ¡°I don''t care! Let''s head to Shinkansen tonight!! ¡± Shigeru seems to have figured out the answer to the problem he''s been working on while manipulating Maridge. I followed him enthusiastically to Kyoto Station. Approximately 6 hours later at 11: 00 p.m., we were standing in front of Shinjuku Station, where the cold wind was rising. ¡°Why didn''t you just come early tomorrow? ¡± ¡°I see.¡± Sometimes someone''s enthusiasm makes people suffer like this... & The next day, overnight at the hotel, we found a software development office called HEG Labs early in the morning. This was a very hard atmosphere for balloon Fight''s construction office that captured Khumamoto Shigeru, where it was primarily a place to make simple programs into electronics calculators or copiers. ¡°Who are you looking for? ¡± ¡°This is Kawata Satoshi. Isn''t she here? ¡± ¡°Kawata? Kawata... Hey, is there someone in our office named Kawata Satoshi? ¡± A large man who appeared to be an office employee asked the man next to him. Then the employee who was looking at the office replied as if he was annoyed. ¡°Oh, you know that part-time part-time student. ¡± Then, the big man nodded, clapping his hands. Part-time life? So you''re not even a full-time employee here. Turning his head, Shigeru couldn''t hide his embarrassment either. ¡°Part-time part-time? ¡± ¡°Yes, I''ll be at work around 2: 00 p.m. ¡± ¡°Oh, we''ll see you again this afternoon. ¡± If it''s going to be like this, I don''t know why I came here last night to leave this morning. We left the office and stared at each other dazed. Where do you think you''re going until 2: 00? Then a young man in his mid-20s passed us by to the HEG Labs office. Huh? He looks so familiar just now...? 5: 5 His appearance, which is a divisive point, was no different from the one I remember from 2015. ¡°Hey, Kawata!? ¡± ¡°Yes? ¡± ¡°Are you Kawata Satoshi? ¡± ¡°Yes, but? Who are you?¡± I found it!! Shigeru turned to Kawata for a moment and asked Kawata with a puzzled look. ¡°Are you the Kawata Satoshi who sent the balloon fights to Mintendo? ¡± ¡°Oh, is it already there? Haha! How was it? Was it fun?¡± Kawata Satoshi will serve as Mintendo''s first family and foreigner thanks to its very polite image but outstanding management sense. So I met another 24-year-old genius who would lead Mintendo. & ¡°Ah, so the more you type in the button, the faster the character moves and the player moves in the reverse direction. The point is to force it to slow down and overload. ¡± Programming is like converting the movement of reality into a number. If Maridge starts running at the speed of 1, speed up to the speed of 2, 3 after 2 seconds. When you jump from that state, the current Speed stat and Jump stats are combined to create the distance between jumps. However, when a player moves in the reverse direction to the middle, it is not directed directly from the number 3 to -1, but furthermore from the number 4 in turn, 3, 2, 1, 0 ¨C1. This was the basic description of Satoshi for inertia. ¡°I feel like my head''s finally clearing up. Kawata, you''ve been very helpful. And speaking of balloon fights you made, why don''t you come in and make one with us? This is gonna be good. ¡± ¡°I appreciate the offer, but I have some work to do at HEG Labs for now. ¡± ¡°Really? That''s a shame. But if you have any ideas, give us a call. ¡± Shigeru gave his business card to Kawata. On the return train, Shigeru was restless, anxious to go back and complete Maridge''s move. This has satisfied all the elements that will create a Supermaridge. The production will be completed shortly, but since there is a cartridge production period, the Super Maridge will probably be launched around early 1984, right? It''s supposed to be from ''85, but it''s a year ahead. Gunpei''s portable gamble will also be released sooner than I expected, and I felt that things were going faster than I had ever known since I arrived here. It''s only a matter of time before we figure out if this is right. ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 14 EP. 6: Attack the U.S. Market!! (1) & ¡°Good work, everyone. A toast to completing the Super Maridge!! ¡± ¡°Cheers!!! ¡± December 24, 1983. Christmas Eve. The first video game of the cross-scrolling game, Super Maridge, is complete. Released in September, the original Marige Brothers was already becoming more and more popular in a unique way for the two of them to play, so the expectations of Super Maridge were growing. Thanks to Dongking Com and Marie Brothers, Kamauchi was also greatly pleased to hear that the family was also selling well as Christmas gifts for children. If it''s bad, you should come to the Development Team Celebration Party yourself. Is that how much fun they''re talking? ¡°Hey Shigeru, how much do you think your game will sell this time!? Huh? One million! Two million!?? Hahahaha!¡± There are 10 million of them worldwide. I squeezed a beer with a smile on my mind. ¡°Ms. Grant, I didn''t create this on my own. Honestly, without Kang Joon-Hyuk, we wouldn''t have made Super Maridge so fast. ¡± ¡°Yes, yes. Hey, look at you! Where is it!?" ¡°Here you go. ¡± ¡°That''s right, that''s right! Stay there! I''m coming!" ¡± Kamauchi''s boss was already drunk and rushed to me like a dance-off. ¡°Kuhaha! Where did this kind of treasure temple come in and make me happy?!! ¡± Khh! You''re a total drunkard... I laughed awkwardly at Kamauchi, smelling like booze. ¡°Stronghold... it was a coincidence I met him. Then, if you want to buy a lunch box before you go to Shinkansen...¡± ¡°Shut up, Gunpei!! I''ve heard that a hundred times!! ¡± Three months after joining Mintendo. I was getting used to it in 1983. The development staff were very friendly and no one was hostile to me. As I was working, I didn''t have time to spend money, so the balance of the account was continuing to rise. I''m not worried about the prosperity of all things. Having a good holiday like this and celebrating 1984 ~ Kamachi, who was next to me, said with a solemn look. ¡°Kang Jun-hyuk.¡± ¡°Yes, boss.¡± ¡°Now you''ve raised your gun. You''re going to America, right?" ¡°Yes..? ¡± About a month later... January 25, 1984. I was in the United States with Gunpei after commissioning Shigeru to produce a super marzi cartridge. ¡°Ahh!!! Fuck!!! I''m cold! At least let winter go and let me go, you Kamauchi bastard!! ¡± ¡°Hmmm? Strong force? What are you saying?? I think I heard Mr. Earl''s name. ¡± ¡°I spoke to myself in Korean. ¡± I was walking in the middle of New York City with a caricature that didn''t roll well in the snow. & Yuck... We entered a shabby hotel that Minten also reserved for the US office. Shaisak... what is it? I think something just crawled on the floor. No, I can''t believe you''re keeping a headquarters employee from Japan in this dump. Although Kamachi is a bit of a stand-up guy, he cares about the welfare of his employees. Gunpei, who was standing next to me, also did not look good. ¡°Is this what American hotels are like? This facility is too poor for Japan.¡± ¡°Of course not. It''s not that they don''t know the accommodations business, they just booked the cheapest accommodation." ¡°Oh, no... Yamashta, who is in charge of the U.S. branch, is Kamauchi''s son-in-law. How could he treat us like this? ¡± ¡°Anyway, Mr. Gunpei. I can''t sleep here. Let''s move our hotel. ¡± ¡°What!? But if we find a place else to stay, we''ll have to use Savvy instead of the company''s money. ¡± ¡°I have that kind of money. I don''t know if we''re gonna be here for months, but how are we supposed to stay here? ¡± Eventually, I grabbed Gunpei and got into a taxi standing in front of the hotel. ¡°Please take me to the best hotel around here. ¡± ¡°Yes, sir.¡± ¡°Hey, Kang-gun, where are we going? ¡± ¡°I asked him to go to the best hotel nearby. ¡± ¡°What!? Hey... Kang-gun. Are you sure you''re okay? ¡± A few moments later, we are standing in front of a huge hotel that is glowing with bright lights. Unlike the hotel on the outskirts, the streets were full of messages celebrating New Year''s Eve. Now it looks like a place where people live... ¡°Yeah, well, at least this much is worth it, right? ¡± ¡°This place looks expensive. Huh? Strong Force!? Strong!!" I was dragging my carrier into the hotel, ignoring Gunpei''s voice coming from behind. I''m gonna freeze to death right now, but this is how I spend my money. I was glad to have converted a lot of money just in case. I walked past the hotel lobby, where a blonde blue-eyed beauty smiled at me as I approached the front. ¡°How may I help you, sir?¡± (What can I help you with? Guest?) ¡°I''d like a room please.¡± (I''d like to borrow a room.) ¡°Did you make a reservation?¡± (Do you have a reservation?) ¡°No. I didn''t.¡± (No.) ¡°Ok. would you like a single or double?¡± (Understood. Do you prefer single or double rooms?) ¡°I''m staying for a month. I''d like the best room you have.¡± (I plan to stay for about a month. Give me the best room in the hotel.) ¡°Yes, sir.¡± Guest!) Gunpei stood beside me dumbfounded and was astonished at the content of our conversation. ¡°Ha.. a month!? Gang, are you telling me that you have the best room in this hotel for a month? ¡± ¡°Yes, it would be better to hold it for at least a month, given the situation, to increase it. ¡± ¡°No, what are you talking about? We''re here on business. We''re not here to play! ¡± ¡°Who said anything? Work is work, rest is rest. Don''t you have to rest well to work hard? ¡± ¡°I can''t believe you''re renting a suite.¡± ¡°Ugh... Gunpei, you were going to sleep in the same bed with me in the single room!? ¡± ¡°No, that''s not what I meant!! ¡± But the game is already over. It''s because the front desk staff was all set and handed over the keys to us. ¡°Thank you. Happy New year ~¡± I took the key, greeted the front desk staff and headed for the elevator. ¡°Oh, my God. What am I supposed to tell the boss? ¡± ¡°Gunpei is worrying a lot. What''s wrong with me staying in a hotel with my money? ¡± In 1983, the suite price of New York''s best hotel was $149 per night. A month, of course, is about 4.5 million won, but that''s about it. I was comfortable dragging my carrier up to the elevator because there was not even a deposit fee for my account. ¡°Kang-gun is Korean, so you probably don''t know it very well in Japanese society. The perception of the people around you is important... If you stay at a luxury hotel like this, your colleagues in Japan will think you''re playing around. ¡± It is often said that Japanese people have something called Honnae (Main Mind) and Tate (Outwardly Expressing Mind). I don''t know what he''s up to, but he''s polite and caring to the outside world. Maybe it''s because it''s a different people from the outside. The Japanese seemed to pay a lot of attention to their surroundings. ¡°Just take care of your business and go. Why would you even bother picking on that? ¡± Oh, Molang. I''m tired of flying for almost 15 hours, but I don''t even care about that!! I''m going to take a hot shower and get some sleep. ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 15 EP. 6: Attack the U.S. Market!! (2) & ¡°Strong. I like the money, too!¡± The morning after getting up from a soft bed. It was Gunpei''s first wake-up call. Is that the sound of her waking up in a deep sleep? I got out of bed with a bleeding smile and started unpacking. I was so tired last night that I threw my carrier away and went straight to the shower room as soon as I entered the room, and my carrier was still rolling around in the corner. Looking at the other side, Gunpei''s luggage was neatly organized as if it were Japanese. Humiliating... I''ll set my carrier straight if I can spare the time. & After breakfast at the hotel, Gunpei was sitting in the hotel lobby, smoking a cigarette, waiting for me. In the 1980s, when the regulation for smoking was still weak, it was a familiar sight. When I came out of the lobby with my coat and bag, Gunpei who saw me stood up with a smile. ¡°First, let''s go to the U.S. office. ¡± ¡°Sure." We got into a taxi and headed for Minten''s office in the United States. & ¡°Oh, are you Gunpei and Kang Jun-hyuk soldiers from Japan? ¡± The first impression of the Yamashta Regional President I met in America... was of the lungs themselves. I couldn''t find any energy in the office even though it was early, and most of all, every time Mr. Yamashta talked, it smelled like whiskey. ¡°Nothing''s going to change since you came to America. The console gaming business is already finished in the U.S. market. ¡± His words contained no hope. Kamauchi''s son-in-law, who had come to Tokyo University, was losing his firearm completely in the U.S. office. In fact, it was because of the collapse of the gaming industry that Atarissa left behind, but it was a time when the computer industry was thriving. -Game machines ruin your child''s studies, but computers send your child to college. - A marketing advertisement for a computer company in a hotel newspaper this morning. It seemed to completely kill the breath of the console market, which was barely holding its last breath. In fact, I did not know that Kamauchi had been battling for the United States since Mintendo was launched in Japan. The family that launched in Japan on July 15 has already been looking for a place to sell in the United States since April. However, because the gaming industry is completely dead, electronics and toy companies. He didn''t take the family anywhere, and the family that wasn''t sold was stuck in the warehouse. At first, Yamashta, who was also enthusiastic, became increasingly confident and became more and more likely to drink every day. Staying here won''t do any good... I took a long sigh and stood up. ¡°Gangbang? Where are you going? ¡± ¡°We should do some market research first. I go on a limb experiencing how serious the situation is. ¡± ¡°Hehehe... Go somewhere! You''d better stop by the pharmacy and buy some Band-Aids before you go!" If you get beat up by the shopkeeper for no reason, you should stick to it. Kick-kick-kick! ¡± ¡°Yamashta, for starters. I''ll take one family for a sample. ¡± ¡°Suit yourself. ¡± ¡°Hey, strong man. Come with me!! ¡± Out of the U.S. office, we asked you to take a taxi back to the most famous toy store nearby. ¡°People have changed. You must have suffered a lot in America. ¡± ¡°You look like a total lung. ¡± ¡°Kamauchi used to be a very trustworthy young man, but somehow...¡± Failure makes people more and more shy. The more successful people who have never failed in their lives, the more they can be completely destroyed by one failure. Like Mr. Yamashta here today... & ¡°Get out of my shop!!! ¡± ¡°Ms. Grant, can I talk to you for a second?¡± ¡°Get lost!! Don''t come to my store with a game console!! ¡± The reaction was more severe than I thought. It was the same for electronics shops and toy stores. The nice boss yelled at me to shove it in the box like a ghost when he pulled it out... ¡°That''s... that''s what the Yamashta said. I can''t believe I''m about to get slammed in the doorway.¡± Gunpei, who was caught by the host, sighed as he fixed his tie. The gaming industry is in complete ruins... I''m going to have to change the plan a little bit. I hid my family in a subway coin locker and went to the toy store with my bare hands. Once I looked at the toys without being a salesperson, at least I was free to look inside the store without being hindered by the shop staff. Then I found a pile of game cartridges piled up in a corner of the store. ¡°What''s that? ¡± ¡°Ah, the Atari game cartridge. There''s too much stock, so they''re selling it for a dollar each. ¡± Gosh... A dollar is worth a thousand won? Even the semiconductor production unit price in the cartridge won''t come out for 1,000 won. How bad did it really fall? The toy store owners must be thrilled. I went through various toy stores with Gunpei, but everything was the same. ¡°This... doesn''t even have a single needle in it. ¡± ¡°I know. I''m hungry, but should we think about it while we eat? ¡± I got into a taxi and asked him to take me to the most expensive and delicious restaurant this time. Although not as proficient as I was, Gunpei, who knew some English, kicked his tongue and said to me. ¡°How do you find the most expensive one first? People need to save their own lives. ¡± ¡°Can I drop you off at the hamburger shop in the middle? ¡± ¡°Huh? Oh, no. Let''s go together.¡± You''re gonna follow me anyway. Don''t say that in the first place. I was lost in thought as I watched the city flow out the window. As expected, there is a market downturn. I asked Kamachi to make a robot toy, but I can''t squeeze it in without it... Then a taxi driver approaches us in the back seat. ¡°Are you Japanese? ¡± ¡°I''m Korean, and on the left I''m Japanese. ¡± ¡°Korea? I don''t know about Korea. Anyway, there are Japanese, right? ¡± ¡°I am Japanese. ¡± When Gunpei answered in obscure English, the taxi driver smiled and asked Gunpei. ¡°Oh Samurai!!! Do Japanese still carry knives in the streets? ¡± ¡°Phew.¡± It may not be an active time to travel abroad, but there was often a misunderstanding in the ''80s. Although it''s a little bitter in the words of the taxi driver who doesn''t know Korea, is it natural that there are still no issues worth getting the attention of the world? You''ll be treated like shit at least until the'' 88 Olympics. However, Gunpei''s expression was not very good when he said that he wanted to laugh. About how he felt humiliated, Gunpei rebuked him for his inexplicable English. ¡°This is the 20th century. Japan is no longer a knife, but it is growing into an economy equivalent to the United States. ¡± Then the taxi driver smiled and replied. ¡°Sorry, sorry. It was just a joke. Jock. Kick." However, Gunpei muttered in Japanese as if he was not angry. ¡°If we carry knives, you all carry guns. ¡± Let''s end this middle-aged man. But you''re right. like the Japanese or ninjas are a symbol for Americans. America reminds me of a cowboy who rides a horse. A gun? Cowboy? At that moment, I thought of a game of memories like lightning in my head. It was the first game called ''Duck Hunting'' that used to play shooting games on home TV. This is it! This is it!! ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 16 EP. 6: Attack the U.S. Market!! (3) ¡°Make me a gun? ¡± Gunpei, who was cutting the soft beef steak, stopped the knife and asked me. I said, "Yeah, I need you to build me an electron gun. ¡± ¡°Pistol?¡± Gunpei was staring at me with a strange look as if he was saying something like a ghost or forgetting something. I couldn''t help but pull out the exercise sheet again and start drawing with a pen. Yeah, it''s easier to paint. ¡°This is a gun that looks like this. Fortunately, our family has an external power port we can use. If you pull the trigger towards the Brown Tube TV, the target on the screen drops. ¡± Originally it was an emergency port used in case the pads on the main body were broken, but now that I''ve designed them separately... Gunpei came close to removing the steak dishes, pulling the flavor from my description. ¡°A new controller that fires a gun. Very interesting. But how is this manipulated? ¡± ¡°You should think about that, Gunpei. ¡± ¡°What...? ¡± You know, the birth of a new electronic device is the idea of putting a spoonful and a ball in it. Honestly, I don''t know how I''m gonna get a hit if I shoot up the Browntube TV. But I''m sure I''ve played since I was a kid, and I''m sure he''ll make it anyway, since it''s something you actually made. & Three days from now. I was shaking hands with Gunpei at the international airport. ¡°The American market breakthrough is that gun. Gunpei, please go back to Japan and support me. ¡± ¡°I''ve been hearing stories and thinking about them, and I think I may have caught a glimpse. I''ll get back to you as soon as I''m done. By the way, who''s got the targeting program? Should I leave it to Shigeru?¡± ¡°No, Shigeru must be busy inspecting the cartridge right now. ¡± ¡°Then who should I leave it to? ¡± ¡°I''ll make it here. ¡± ¡°What!? You want to build it here?¡± ¡°Let''s do some market research and get you excited. I''ll send you an international mail when the demo is finished, so please complete it with Shigeru. ¡± ¡°Flutter? You really don''t know what you''re thinking sometimes. If you take out the horse, all sorts of bizarre things will come out, so I can''t catch them!¡± ¡°I''ll take that as a compliment. ¡± ¡°A compliment, of course. Things are getting interesting with you and the company. Then please help Mr. Yamashta get the U.S. Mayor. ¡± ¡°Don''t worry!¡± After leaving Gunpei, I left the airport alone after a while. Minten went straight to the U.S. office. Yamashta, who was following the whiskey inside, was surprised when he froze down the quiet office door. ¡°W-would you please be careful with people? ¡± ¡°Don''t nag a busy staff member about sitting at a table or drinking anyway. ¡± And what did I miss about Yamashta? I wanted to look at me. ¡°Are you sure you want to sit there and drink one of those game machines in the warehouse? We have to open the bow somehow. ¡± ¡°You think I''ve never done anything!? In any store, you have to arrange items to try marketing. This is not a business at all!! Console''s over in America. Even if you lower your equipment margin as much as possible and give it to them, they''ll only fart!! ¡± ¡°Did you say you''ll pay for the equipment? ¡± ¡°What?" ¡°Did you just pay for the display? ¡± ¡°You idiot!! Why should we give you money if you just put stuff in the store!? ¡± ¡°If you don''t want to give me a discount, I can pay you. If you sell a machine, you only have 14800 yen to 1800 yen to eat. We didn''t just come all the way to America to earn 1,800. First of all, the game console has to be sold, and the cartridge has to go out and make money. And if you don''t like your perception of the game machine, you change your name. This isn''t a game machine!! ¡± ¡°What? What do you call a gaming machine? What do you call it?" ¡± ¡°Well, MINTENDO Home Entertainment System -- how about M.H.E.S.? ¡± ¡°Mintendo Home Entertainment System..? ¡± ¡°Let''s abandon the name of the game console and start over. ¡± Minten also started a counterattack by MHES, an American office. & ¡°Looks like Yamashta''s finally trying to get things right. Yes! That''s why he''s my son-in-law. ¡± You look like you''re stuck on your son-in-law''s booze and weed. So I hold the phone and say this... I pause to speak as softly as I can. ¡°So I wrote a trick with Mr. Yamashta. We decided to retake the U.S. market with a new designation. ¡± ¡°Okay, okay. It''s an office name. It''s either a spill or a match or a mintendo, or a mintendo. So how do you plan on attacking them? ¡± ¡°Luckily, Super Maridge, which was launched last week, is selling at an incredible rate. Congratulations, Ms. Grant. ¡± ¡°Hahaha! Is that it? Dongking Com and his masterpiece, Marige Brothers, are joining us as a set!! With the traction effect of the device, the factory is fully operational. ¡± ¡°I see. I''m willing to scrape up all the Japanese money!¡± ¡°That''s a good metaphor for Gangwon! He''s scraping it up in bundles, like you said! He''s desperate to make more stuff in the warehouse. ¡± "That''s great," he said, "so I want you to take the machine from our U.S. branch warehouse. ¡± ¡°What!? Why?? ¡± ¡°When we start with M.H.E.S., we can''t operate with the same machine as before, can we? I''m going to redesign the machine to suit American tastes. ¡± ¡°What!? Hey, man. You already have it, so you can just take it at the factory and change the design? ¡± ¡°Mr. Yamauci. In the meantime, with the success of Game&Watch and your family, you''re going to have to invest a lot of money if you want to go after the American market. The current family design is too bad for the American market. And the controller size is too small, because it''s in accordance with Asian standards. It might be a good idea to make it a little bigger and stronger. ¡± ¡°Hnng, but I feel like I''m on a roll.¡± ¡°I''ve never let you down before. If you trusted me and sent me here, you''d have to shoot for backup. ¡± ¡°Khh... Got it. Then let''s reclaim all the supplies in the American warehouse. We don''t have enough equipment to sell in Japan anyway. ¡± ¡°Thank you. Oh, and this was agreed with Mr. Yamashta.¡± ¡°What else? ¡± ¡°I''ve decided to pay for the display of my family in the United States. ¡± ¡°Shelf costs? What''s that? ¡± ¡°Simply place our items in the store and we will pay a small gratuity depending on the location. $1,000 in front of the store for a month, $300 in back. ¡± ¡°What? You want me to pay you just to put stuff in a store? Is that another crazy idea coming from someone''s head? ¡± ¡°Haha... Don''t get too excited. Of course, I''m not going to keep doing this, but let''s just do it for two months. I heard from Gunpei that the problem with the machine gun has been resolved and has entered the production phase. The control robot I told you about before is already complete, right? ¡± ¡°Yes, it''s done. The electronic shooting game you invented is also very popular. When I go to the rec room these days, I see all the employees are enjoying themselves. ¡± ¡°So, in the American model, I want you to pack the robot and the electron gun as a set. ¡± ¡°What? Then it''s hard to match the unit price to 14800 yen. ¡± ¡°It''s okay. I''m selling it in the United States for 199 dollars. ¡± ¡°What? You''d raise the price if you didn''t sell it for $149? ¡± ¡°The reason they didn''t sell it for $149 was because they couldn''t display it. It''s not because the quality of the machine is poor. ¡± ¡°Knng... This is... If it sells like that, I think I can recover the shelf cost, but... what do I do?¡± ¡°Ms. Grant...¡± ¡°Huh? Don''t keep calling me that. I''m afraid of what you might say out of your mouth. ¡± ¡°If you could just give me the gun, I need you to give me the bullet. Just close your eyes and shoot cool. ¡± ¡°Ugh... Give it to me!! But if you fail, you will never set foot on Japanese soil again.¡± Rinse! If you fail, you''ll have to step on Korean soil! ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 17 EP. 6: Attack the U.S. Market!! (4) & I''ve been coming to the United States for four months now. Last month, after a call with the boss, the abandoned family in the warehouse was recovered to full power Japan, and a redesigned M.E.S. came in this morning. The old family had seen a portrait of a game console playing with cartridges, but the newly designed one turned out to be like a computer diskette pushing a wide cartridge to the front. In addition, unlike a small Japanese home, the controller line was lengthened and enlarged to suit Western tastes of living rooms. ¡°It''s designed in a completely different way. But do people believe that they''ve changed their appearance? ¡± ¡°I''ve never seen a model before, so I''ll be fine. ¡± Mr. Yamashta changed his office name and began anew while cutting off alcohol and marijuana. After clearing out all the families that were piling up in the warehouse, Yamashta said he felt a little breathless. It seems that it was stressful for Mr. Yamashta to be stockpiling poor inventory that was not being sold. ¡°Now, shall we make a new assault?" ¡± I smiled at Mr. Yamashta with an M.E.S machine for samples. & Shortly after, we stood in front of Toyworld, New York''s largest toy store. ¡°Could this be dragged out of the neck again?¡± Yamashta sighed as he loosened his tie. I also laughed awkwardly, swallowing dry saliva, because I had a rough look the other day. ¡°No way... it''ll work this time. ¡± My daughter! She swiped the front door lightly and walked into the store. The shopkeepers smiled and welcomed us. But I noticed that the salesperson was wearing a T-shirt, so after a while, someone who appeared to be our manager came to us. ¡°What brings you here? ¡± ¡°Hi, we''re from a company called M.H.E.S. I''d like to develop a new toy and talk to the owner. ¡± ¡°M.H.E.S.? I''ve never heard of it. ¡± ¡°This is a new Japanese company registered in the United States. We developed moving robots and electronic gun toys. ¡± The manager then had a slightly sensitive reaction to the electrogun. ¡°Electronic guns? We treat toys that kids play with. You can''t sell toys that hurt people. ¡± That''s why I quickly pulled out the stun gun, terribly quick to finish what the manager said. The gray, crude pistol did not appear to be a threat. ¡°Don''t worry. The gun we brought in doesn''t run out of bullets. ¡± ¡°Hmm... I''ll take you to the owner''s office first. ¡± The manager, with a suspicious expression, takes us to the boss'' room inside. Okay, now it''s a real battle. Inside the owner''s office was a fat, typical American man who was gassing with a bunch of paperwork. Even after the cold winter and spring, he was dressed as if in the middle of summer. ¡°Smith? Who are they? ¡± ¡°It''s a company called M.H.E.S that has developed new toys. ¡± ¡°New toys? That''s where all the toys are. What''s new? ¡± To the owner who was very grumpy, Yamashta and I smiled as much as possible. ¡°Are you Japanese? That''s funny. But yellow monkeys are good at making one toy. Why don''t we have a look around? ¡± Not to sound crass, but we''ve always put new toys on the table. ¡°Robots? And guns? What is this new toy? ¡± ¡°These are electronic toys that are connected to this machine here. ¡± ¡°Machines? What is this? Is this a game console? ¡± ¡°No, this is a home entertainment computer. ¡± ¡°Computer?¡± ¡°Yes, we can use this to move this robot, and we can fire a gun. Would you like to connect for a moment? ¡± ¡°Hmm, try it. ¡± The boss was looking forward to throwing me away if I did any tricks. Yamashta was also looking at me with an anxious look, raising his knees. I first plugged the robot into the external port and raised the power switch. The robot included in the family package was operable without a separate cartridge, so I grabbed the controller and tried to manipulate the robot. Fortunately, Kamauchi didn''t listen directly to the first hint I gave him, but he also added the ability to make arms on the robot and lift things, so I lifted the electronic gun that was on the table. As the robot''s arms narrowed like a tweezer, he picks up the electron gun, and elasticity flows from the boss''s mouth as he watches it. ¡°Phew... interesting. But what''s with the gun? ¡± ¡°Oh, this is the gun that needs to be on TV. ¡± ¡°TV! Why use TV for toy topics? Isn''t this a game console? ¡± ¡°No, it''s a fun program designed to allow families to practice shooting with fun. ¡± I don''t know what I''m talking about. The game is a game, but it''s not a game... You''re sitting there talking about the code name of Hong Gil-dong. The boss had a very aesthetic look on his face, so I started noticing and connected the cable to the TV in the corner of the room. I had the cartridge in the game machine in advance, which was obvious to me when I saw the cartridge inserted in the row. I removed the robot from the external port and turned it into an electronic gun and turned the power switch on. Then the phrase duck hunt came to mind on the TV, and at the same time the face of the boss and manager became very uncomfortable. I was anxious, and I wanted the main screen to move quickly as I tapped the trigger part of the pistol. And shortly after the screen appeared with a green screen with a thick veil of blood on the boss'' forehead. ¡°This is a game machine!! ¡± Ta-ang!! At that moment, I pulled the trigger toward the TV screen, and a duck that was flying in the screen howled and fell. ¡°Huh? What was that?? ¡± Phew! Phew! Phew! Peek-a-boo! Ta-a-boo! The ducks flying in the screen were falling in turn by my submachine gun. ¡°What happened? How could that gun drop a duck on TV? ¡± ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 18 EP. 6: Attack the U.S. Market!! (5) ¡°What happened? How could that drop a duck on TV? ¡± Of course you don''t understand. For them, the situation would be as shocking as the first time they''ve seen a 4D film. Nothing was fired from the rifle, but it was definitely shooting freshly off a duck in a TV. My boss and manager were watching me play like I was possessed by a ghost. You''re a genius, Gunpei. You''ve made something very good in a short time. Mr. Gunpei returned to Japan and spent the night researching new controllers for his games. Meanwhile, he became interested in the rate of injection on the TV screen, and the electrogun he created was a single moment, but he was able to manipulate the rate of injection on the TV. When I pulled the trigger of the electrolyte gun, the whole screen blinked black for a moment, but it was so long that the human eye couldn''t confirm it. And it was designed to make the flying duck object appear white and make the electrogun recognize the white object. What does that even mean? Actually, I don''t know. Anyway, the electronic gun has the ability to force television control to recognize flying ducks, so if Gunpei is happy with this and doesn''t miss the jet lag, he has to call in the morning for menstruation... I think he was a little clumsy about how it worked at the time, but he was asleep, so I don''t know... It''s just, oh, it''s finally made. I fell asleep again, but... ¡°Definitely a fun toy. ¡± ¡°Do you like it? ¡± ¡°Yeah, but you know what? ¡± Toy World''s president lit a thick cigar on fire. I had a hunch that this contract would not be fulfilled when I read a face that appeared to ignore people openly. Fast-eyed, he uncovers the cartridge lid of the M.E.S and checks Duckhunt''s game pack inside. ¡°My eyes cannot be deceived. This is a video game. They insist on expressing it as a toy and then somehow they want to deliver it to our store. Great! I''ll take it to my store. ¡± Yamashta''s expression was clear in the words of Toy World President. But, um... ¡°But make it Duck Hunt''s machine. I don''t need another cartridge. You think I don''t know what you guys are up to after you put in one of those fancy games and then try to distribute it later? ¡± It was not difficult to build a Deokhunt-specific machine. However, in a console business that seeks additional revenue from the sale of software, that is never going to happen. ¡°That''s not true. To ensure the quality of our games, we review and submit all our games. Lower games like yours are not going to be available on our devices. ¡± ¡°Bullshit!! ¡± Eventually, Yamashta and I were driven out by the shopkeepers. ¡°If you want to sign with us, build a dedicated Duck Hunt machine. Our Toy World no longer handles gaming consoles. ¡± The manager leaves the box with the M.E.S roughly on the floor and goes back inside the store. Oh, it''s a sax. Anyway, the Americans are strong. You''re the same person if you''re wrong, and you''re just running around on the pavement... ¡°It''s hard... I never imagined that human perception could be so frightening. ¡± ¡°I knew I shouldn''t have come to the store when I was hungry. ¡± ¡°A ship? What do you mean? ¡± ¡°Korea is full of them. Anyway, let''s move the place. There''s nothing to see here anymore. ¡± I straightened out the lying controller and got up. Before leaving Toy World, I turned and looked at the entrance of the store and muttered. ¡°Pig. You''ll see. Please, I''ll make you beg for stuff in our store.¡± & Yamashta and I finally stopped by a little toy store on the corner of New York. Unlike downtown, the store was relatively quiet, so there was no shopkeeper, and the name of the store was Toy Box. ¡°Hi, we''re sales people from a company called M.H.E.S, and we''re here to deliver new toys.¡± Then the middle-aged man at the counter smiled and welcomed us. ¡°Hello, good to see you. I''m sorry, but our store is closing next month. Are you okay? ¡± ¡°You''re closing the door?" Why... ¡± ¡°Actually, there have been a lot of toy shops on the street lately, so it''s hard to keep track of a lot of customers on our side.¡± ¡°Oh, well, we haven''t signed up for any toy stores just yet, if you don''t mind. ¡± ¡°It''s not that hard. Come inside." In the kindness that was clearly contrasted with Toyworld, Yamashta let out a breath of relief. Without a separate room, we demonstrated robots and duckhunts, just as we demonstrated in the Toy World in a corner. ¡°Oh, it''s a whole new kind of manipulation. But the game, huh? ¡± As expected, Duck Hunt''s manipulation drew attention, but Toy Box''s boss said it was a game. Half of Toybox''s stores were filled with Atari''s game cartridges. ¡°I love games, too, but as you can see, running the store has become more difficult because of your credit for Atari games. So I''m afraid of buying this machine. ¡± ¡°I understand the ten minutes. But our M.E.S will never bring Atari the same misfortune. ¡± I picked up Super Maridge and Maridge Brothers from the bag I had prepared. In fact, if the atmosphere was good in Toyworld, they were the ones I brought to push, but I was able to demonstrate them here for the first time because I was kicked out without even having a chance to demonstrate. Since Toybox''s understanding of the game was essentially high, he was amazed at the new way of navigating in the form of transverse scrolling, adapting to the Super Maridge system in an instant. ¡°This is amazing!! ¡± ¡°This game will soon enter the Game Center in the United States. ¡± ¡°I see. This kind of game will definitely work in the United States. Especially when you''re not tied up in a screen like the old arcade. A whole new way!! ¡± The owner of the Toybox was happy, enjoying Super Maridge like a child. But that was also... ¡°In Atari... if this game had been played, my shop would have been able to continue...¡± He was tearing up whether it was unfair to meet Super Maridge now. Even Yamashta was looking at Mr. Toybox with a sad face. ¡°Ms. Grant likes games. If the store doesn''t close, will you accept our mintendo game console? ¡± ¡°Of course. But I can''t run a store anymore. We also don''t have the funds to buy this machine. ¡± ¡°Okay, boss. We''re here to help you. ¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°I''ll give you 100 free M.E.S from Mintendo. And I''ll give you three months'' rent in advance from this store. ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 19 EP. 6: Attack the U.S. Market!! (6) ¡°I''ll give you 100 free M.E.S from Mintendo. And I''ll give you three months'' rent in advance from this store. Then, after watching me, Yamashta''s expression shocked me and I spoke in Japanese. ¡°Hey... strong man. I can''t give you 100 devices for free, no matter how miserable the owner is! ¡± But I explained Yamashta''s words again to Toy Box''s boss who was holding a dazed controller behind his back. ¡°In Mintendo, we are offering a $1,000 incentive just for our device to be on display. ¡± ¡°Hey, strong man!! That hasn''t been cleared by Mr. Kamachi yet!! ¡± ¡°But since you have a situation, I will pay you three months'' rent higher than that as an incentive. Instead, for three months this shop''s show window will be managed in Mintendo. What would you do?¡± ¡°You can run my shop for another three months. Okay. If I can do that, of course I''m okay!! ¡± ¡°Then I''ll have our machines in this store tomorrow. Please take good care of him. Boss.¡± ¡°Thank you, thank you, thank you so much.¡± So Minten''s first historic contract with the M.E.S model came true. Two weeks later, Super Maridge from Japan began spreading at a rapid rate to the US Game Center, thanks to a new way of doing things. & ¡°W-Wilson, hold it right there. ¡± ¡°Mr. River. You mean here!? ¡± ¡°Yes!! Right there... Ahhhhh!!! ¡± Kudangtang!! Puck warr.... ¡°Huff!! Mister River!! Are you okay!?" ¡°Th-that''s okay. It''s okay. Ugh.¡± ¡°You''re young and lively, I''d break bones! Hahaha!¡± It''s been a month since we put the MINTENDO M.E.S on the toy box. I was putting a banner on the window in front of the Toybox shop. I put away all the other toys in the window, put one M.E.S like a premium model, and then hung an item box or a brick-shaped mobile in the air with SuperMaridge''s playback footage. It was as if everyone passing by was reminiscing about the stage of Super Maridge. ¡°Ow!! Super Maruzzi!! ¡± The little boy who was passing by raised his elasticity as he pointed to the TV in the window. I''m like, "Yeah!!" ¡¯He waved his fist, smiling and clapping. After hanging up the banner, I came back inside the store with Wilson, the owner of the Toybox, and Mr. Yamashta, who was organizing the inventory in the warehouse, was sweating his balls off. ¡°Have you finished cleaning up? Well done." ¡°Mr. Wilson. 200 extra. I''ve put them all in. ¡± ¡°Thank you. Here you go. ¡± Mr. Wilson smiled as he handed the drink to Mr. Yamashta, who was wiping his sweat with a handkerchief. ¡°You can have the staff down there, too. Are you having a hard time? ¡± ¡°No, no, thanks to you, I can''t just sit here comfortably, because the bows are finally opening up. I''ve been stuck in a dark office for the last eight months, and now I''m tired of it. It feels good to work because I''m moving like this!¡± Yamashta became a completely different person from the day we first met. My first impression was a complete lung, and now I''m a little more human. I swallowed a drink with a bloody smile. Daughter! The door of the store opened at that time, and the mother who came with the child asked us. ¡°Do you, by any chance, carry anything out here called M.E.S? ¡± ¡°Welcome, sir. The item just arrived and is now available for purchase!! ¡± Yamashta was not the only one who changed. Mr. Wilson was also contributing to mintendo''s aggressive marketing, which was driving tremendous revenues. He was originally a gaming enthusiast, so he taught his shoppers how to manipulate easily, and most shoppers bought M.E.S directly from him. 100 candles were thrown away in a single day at the same time Super Maridge entered the arcade center. Mr. Wilson filled half of his store with our stuff, and we didn''t spare him the full support. And a month later today. We were selling close to a thousand candles in this little shop selling M.E.S. At that time, the boy playing Super Maridge and Duckhunt in the demonstration area cried out, catching his mother''s crotch. ¡°Mommy, I wan ''t that pleeeeaaaase!¡± (Mom, I want that!!!!!!) Seeing that, I almost burst into laughter. As such, Super Maridge became a must-buy title for any customer who purchases M.E.S, and began leading the M.E.S in the U.S. market like a pair of wagons with Duckhunt. I remember my childhood when I saw that kid yelling at his mother... If he really likes games, he could be a great developer someday... I used to be. & Small gaps. After squeezing a small crack in the frozen American game market, the M.E.S began cracking up a small toy store in New York City. Mr. Wilson had a free demonstration of Duckhunt for those who were driving off the street. At first, the people who were just looking at it curiously started shooting excitedly at the TV, holding a shotgun in their hands. In particular, Hunt was very responsive because of his intuitive way of playing. At a nearby gaming center, people were sticking to each of the supermaridge substrates and playing, and within the United States, Super Maridge soon became the iconic character of Mintendo. The children began to become more familiar with Maridge than with the original American character, Popeye, and at last, several shops began receiving M.E.S. inquiries. The exhibition incentive I had asked Kamauchi to proceed for only two months, but I once again reached an agreement to persuade Kamauchi to pay the incentive for two months unconditionally to the store where the M.E.S was first on display. I also explained to employees enough about how the game works and handed out manuals to help them sell it separately. At first, Mintendo, a small leasing office, moved to a comfortable office with a little more leverage, and I hired a female assistant named Elise, who was at least ten years old. She didn''t know much about the game, but she was good at delivering goods and dealing with toy shops and deals. In this era, the medium of gaming was like a new business, so few people knew it well, and I liked that the answer was the most broken in the interview. I always liked to see them taking notes with their notebooks and pens when I went to the store together for market research. Then one day. On the way back from market research together, Mr. Ellis carefully suggested it to me. ¡°Chief, each store has a very different style to showcase, as it delivers items to the store and fits the display. I just want it to feel a little more unified. And I think there''s a store on the front of the store that only sells incentives. I think we should take care of it ourselves.¡± ¡°I''ve been feeling that way about the store recently. You''ve seen it exactly, secretary. ¡± ¡°If we train our delivery drivers separately and deliver the goods, we''d be more comfortable on the shelf.¡± ¡°Then there will be complaints among the couriers again, right? ¡± ¡°I think so. ¡± ¡°You might want to set up a team of outlets so that not everyone can do it, but it should be managed continuously after the display. ¡± Since then, at the same time as the delivery of our products, associates visited the store and helped display the store, and decorated the store beautifully with various character products, the repercussions started to spread among the toy industry. Initially, of course, some capital was poured into the industry, but rumors began to flood the industry that accepting goods from Mintendo would beautifully decorate shops as well as incentives. Once the M.E.S were successfully placed in the store, the sponge began to sell out as quickly as it absorbed water. A new wind started to blow on the American console market, which was staggered by Atari Shock. I liked to do market research in plain clothes rather than being in an office with the phone ringing all day. Unlike when I first came here, I could easily find Super Maridge and M.E.S anywhere in the toy store on the street. But only one. The biggest toy store on the street, Toy World, has yet to find Mintendo''s M.E.S. ¡®I''m still going to survive. Is this it?'' ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 20 EP. 6: Attack the U.S. Market!! (7) ¡®I''m still going to survive. Is this it?'' Toy World was a chain of several other major outlets in other cities. Since it was a place with so many people looking for big, all the toy companies wanted to bring things here. So, it was rare for Toy World to place a prize directly into a toy company, and sales people would usually pick up samples or catalogues and ask for an order. After a brief tour of Toyworld''s store, I swooped in and opened the shop. ¡°Fancy.¡± The store looked more luxurious than half a year ago. If there was a toy kingdom I''d seen in the movies, would it look like this? But I still couldn''t find a corner of the video game inside the store. ¡°Still.¡± I started exploring the shop again, tasting bitterness. Many people were picking toys with the children because of the weekend, but I started to feel better even when I saw the faces of happy children. At that time, one child waved his mother''s hand and asked. ¡°Mami, where are the M.E.S and Super Maridge? ¡± ¡°Well, I don''t know how many stores there are. But it''s such a big store. Maybe it''s around here somewhere. I''ll have to ask the clerk first. ¡± Huh? Looks like you''re here to buy an M.E.S. While looking at the toys on the side of the store, I was curious and chased after them keeping a reasonable distance from the child''s mother. ¡°Hey, are you selling a game console here where you can play Super Maridge? ¡± His mother didn''t know much about M.E.S. Then the shop clerk raised his glasses slightly and replied with a bright expression. ¡°Would you like to come this way? ¡± Hmm? I knew there were no mintendo devices in Toyworld. What''s the clerk trying to introduce you to? I tilted my head and followed them. And a short time later, the store staff showed me a place where the poor inventory of Atari, in the far corner of the store, enjoyed. ¡°We currently sell Atari consoles, the largest gaming company in the United States, at very low prices. They''re also selling cartridges at a dollar per person. You''re going to be much better than those expensive M.E.S that haven''t played much yet. ¡± ... does he look at his clients as favors right now? I stared at them with a ridiculous look. At that time, the child holding the mother''s hand asked Support. ¡°I want an M.E.S. I want to do it with Duckhunt and Super Maridge. ¡± ¡°Kid, the games are all the same. Mintendo is also a gaming company, so if you wait a little longer, he will give you a cartridge for Atari only. ¡± ¡°Huh? Really? ¡± ¡°Who said anything about releasing our Super Maridge to a destroyed Atari 2600 device? ¡± Eventually, when I couldn''t wait to reach them, the surprised clerk muttered, looking at me with one glance. ¡°W-who are you? ¡± I approached them and took a business card out of my arms and handed it to the child''s mother. ¡°Hello, I am a head office employee selling M.E.S equipment. The games and machines your child wants don''t have a ticketing plan for Atari, recommended by the clerk here. It''s a little further from here, but about three blocks down, there''s a little toy store called Toy Box. If I show you this business card there, the store owner will be kind enough to explain. ¡± ¡°Oh, thank you. ¡± The mother bowed her head to me and left the store with the child. Then the clerk who missed the customer because of me started staring at me. ¡°Who are you to come into someone else''s shop and pick up customers? ¡± ¡°Why do you seduce your customers with such unfounded sound? ¡± ¡°What? Is this yellow monkey picking on me? ¡± ¡°Are you ignoring me for being Asian? Is this how you treat your guests here? ¡± As I shouted louder in the shopkeeper''s cry, the eyes of those who were browsing the store began to pour out on us on the weekends. Then the Smiths, who had been prodding Yamashta before, hurriedly approached us to calm us down. ¡°What''s going on? Jason." ¡°This person approached a customer I was entertaining and told me about another store and encouraged me to buy things from there. This is clearly a disruption to sales. ¡± Then he turned his head and looked at me, his face stiffened. ¡°Are you...? ¡± ¡°Hello, Mr. Smith. How are you? ¡± ¡°M.H.E.S employee? ¡± ¡°You have a good memory. I only saw him once.¡± ¡°Your name was Mr. River, right? ¡± ¡°Yes, it is. ¡± ¡°If you have a moment, my boss would like to see you again. Can you spare a moment? ¡± What...? Why do I have to see him again? I looked at the watch for a moment and replied to Mr. Smith. ¡°Unfortunately, I have a meeting I need to get to right now. I''ll see you later. If you''re in a hurry, please contact our M.H.E.S office. ¡± If only you had the courage to bow your head and make a phone call. I handed a business card to Mr. Smith and walked out of the door. After a few days, there was no contact from the Toy World. Maybe he''s too busy eyeballing customers to rob Atari of his worthless inventory... The more credit the company loses, the more he knows about Toyworld''s president. & Once I went out and came back, my desk was overflowing with paperwork waiting for payment. They were mostly contract documents for incentives and shelf costs for new hire stores, and when Elise put them neatly on her desk by time, it was her main job to review and sign them. Then one day... ¡°Chief, this is a customer inquiry. Would you like to read it? ¡± ¡°Hmm? From a client? ¡± ¡°Recently, there has been a growing complaint that the selling price of products is significantly different for each outlet. ¡± ¡°Absolutely not. Our shop is introducing a scouting system. ¡± ¡°You''re running low on supplies and you''re experiencing a premium situation? ¡± ¡°Hah, even if it sells too well, it''s worth it. ¡± I took a long sigh and listened to the letter from the customer. -M.H.E.S Sales Representative - I''m the mother of a child who loves games. Our child loves Super Maridge so much. SuperMaridge and Marie Brothers always come back from school. And I often tell stories about Duckhunt and say that I want to enjoy it with my friends. How many parents can beat a child in this world? I''m worried about my child''s studies, but I was so desperate to buy an M.E.S from Toyworld last week. Wait a minute. You bought an M.E.S in Toyworld? What are you talking about? Something''s not right. As you know, Toyworld is a very large toy store that is famous for handling a variety of company goods and is highly credible as it is sought after by many people. But when I bought my M.E.S there, I was surprised at the price too high. Even with a submachine gun and a robot, the price of $299 seems to be too high. $299... You sold for $100 more instead of $2-30!? I started to read the letter in detail. He was so desperate to buy it, but I knew the M.E.S. price was $199. I asked the store staff how this price difference could be made, but they didn''t give me a convincing answer. Other shops around here were selling M.E.S, but it was about the same price as Toyworld. This, I think, is obviously a problem. M.H.E.S is here to make sure that consumers are not avoiding this. ¡°Ugh, this is crazy.¡± ¡°I''ve read it, and it''s really upsetting. How can you do this to the most famous toy company in America? ¡± ¡°Because it''s money.¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°I''m going to the Toyworld store here. Please temporarily stop shipping all devices that are currently being shipped to each store. ¡± ¡°Wow, chief. What are you talking about!? ¡± ¡°Stop replenishing stock until this is resolved. ¡± I quickly packed my clothes and left the office door open. Then I got into a taxi waiting in front of the company and ran to the Toy World store. After a while, I stood in front of the Toy World Chain in question and took a deep breath and opened the shop door. ¡°Good afternoon, ladies and gentleman. Welcome to Toyworld! A land full of joy and wonder.¡± (Hello. Welcome to the joyful world of Toyworld!) ¡°Welcome back, you mercenaries!! ¡± As soon as he entered the store, he replied in Korean to the employee who greeted him, and the employee asked with a puzzled expression. ¡°Yes?¡± I coughed a moment before asking in English. ¡°I''m here to buy an M.E.S. Are they selling here? ¡± ¡°Oh, of course. Come this way!¡± The clerk nodded and guided me to the counter as soon as I could speak English. After a while, the clerk pulled out the M.E.S. game machine from under the counter or asked if this was what he wanted with a bright smile. I nod roughly and ask for the price, and he opens his mouth with a slight lift in his mouth. ¡°Thank you. $299. ¡± ¡°... Are you kidding me? ¡± ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 21 EP. 6: Attack the U.S. Market!! (8) ¡°Thank you. $299. ¡± ¡°... Are you kidding me? ¡± ¡°Yes?¡± I took my business card out of my pocket and put it on the counter. The clerk looked at my business card with a curious look and saw the mission written M.H.E.S. and dreamt of both eyes. What are you staring at? I''ll smash your fucking tits in. ¡°As you can see, I''m Kang Jun-hyuk, a Mintendo employee. Can you explain why we''re selling M.E.S here for $299? ¡± However, unexpectedly, the manager''s expression was bold. ¡°What do you care how much we paid for the goods we bought? ¡± On your knees and apologizing, what is this bold attitude on the board? I asked again because I was exhausted. ¡°What did you just say? I can''t believe you''re selling our stuff for more than $100 more than the regular price! ¡± ¡°We didn''t ask you to place an order, did we? Everything we''re selling has been bought at a nearby store for $199. We''re just selling it back to the customers. Of course, as a businessman, you have to make a profit. ¡± ¡°Then why don''t you just place an order with us from the beginning!! ¡± ¡°You should have negotiated a price with us in the first place. ¡± Wow! I really can''t make sense of this... A middle-aged man who looks like a shop manager came at us when the counter got noisy. ¡°What''s going on? ¡± ¡°I think this is an M.H.E.S. employee who''s been told we''re selling this machine for $299. ¡± ¡°Yes? If you make a fuss in that guy''s shop, it will be bad for the other customers, so will you please leave?" ¡± ¡°I''m a fortune teller, a fortuneteller, and I sold my conscience. I''m being ridiculous.¡± ¡°If you keep acting like this, I''ll call the police. ¡± ¡°Yes, I understand. Let''s go back quietly today. But I''m not going to let it go, so watch me. ¡± ¡°Well, do whatever you want. ¡± The manager grinned, revealing his white teeth. As I turned to the shop door, looking at them for a moment, I heard a voice behind me laughing at me. ¡°The monkey cub won''t be able to do anything about it anyway! Haha!¡± So, this is how it came out? I pushed myself down as hard as I could, grabbing the handle of the store. Toy World... I swear to God, while I''m in the United States, I will shut down all your stores... Pow. I was so angry that I could feel the filthy blood in my mouth. & ¡°Hmm!? Change the package design again? ¡± ¡°Yes. I''m going to put a price on the empty side of the blueprint right now. ¡± Then Yamashta looked at me with a strange look. ¡°What!? Hey, what kind of crumbs are these kids eating, and what packages are they paying for?¡± ¡°Is there a law against notifying consumer prices on electronic products? ¡± ¡°No, of course there is no such law, but you can''t replace the package every time you adjust the unit price later? And...¡± ¡°And what? ¡± ¡°First of all... the market is growing as we want it to, and the Toy World is just buying gadgets from the general store, so it''s none of our business. ¡± ¡°What are you talking about? And that would be a huge impact on the American gaming market, and the cost of selling for 100 dollars goes directly to the consumer, and for 100 dollars, there''s two cartridges. It''s our loss, too." ¡°Oh, yes, yes.¡± I thought you said this guy was in the admirers'' club. That''s bullshit. I''m very disappointed that you were the head of the branch in the Kamauchi presidential son-in-law and you treated me like this. Elise, who was watching us at that time, asked me with a worried voice. ¡°What do you do with the goods that are currently on hold? I keep getting inquiries about when things are arriving from the retail store.¡± Then Yamashta hurriedly nodded and opened his mouth. ¡°The items have already been collected, so please send them out quickly. ¡± ¡°Yes, I understand.¡± ¡°Don''t send me out. ¡± In my words, Elise was furious and looked at me with her approval documents in her arms. ¡°Please return all the money you collected to the store and forward the penalty in case of breach of contract. ¡± ¡°W-wrong!! What are you talking about? ¡± ¡°From now on, not a single M.E.S can be shipped without my permission. Mr. Ellis should immediately contact the packaging company and announce the price of $199 in the most prominent place in the current package design. ¡± ¡°I understand.¡± Elise nods as soon as I say, and leaves the office door. Then Yamashta scratched his head and asked me. ¡°What are you going to do with the Gang? The company that delivers goods doesn''t want to make a deal. Why would you cut it off? We''ve been through so much!! ¡± ¡°There''s enough demand anyway. The M.E.S in the market today will be gone in less than a month. ¡± ¡°And then? ¡± ¡°We''re going to build a mintendo membership club in a month when we run out of stuff. ¡± ¡°Membership club? ¡± ¡°Making a reliable merchant who can only sell our devices as a formal route. ¡± Thus began an operation to isolate the great Toy World with just one game. & The next day I went to see Wilson, president of the Toy Box, who was the first to receive our M.E.S. When Mr. Wilson heard about the situation, he nodded and agreed to my plan. ¡°Toyworld''s tyranny is terrible, though. But not only M.E.S, but also popular toys are always bought with money, so they get expensive later. Consumers don''t have anywhere else to go, so they can cry and eat mustard. But franchisees? What the hell was that?? ¡± ¡°Just like Mr. Wilson, we need to bring together people who are cooperating with our M.E.S to form a club. to form a distribution structure with our headquarters and a direct line. ¡± ¡°Oh, that''s a good idea. ¡± ¡°If you see a store with a membership and you want to give it to Toy World. I''m not going to trade with that store anymore. Any remaining devices will be collected and distributed to other membership stores. You will also receive a special incentive differential based on your sales rank on a monthly basis. ¡± ¡°Then we''d love it!! ¡± Mr. Wilson applauded my offer with a satisfactory expression. I haven''t even started the script yet, but you love it. Don''t you think you''re gonna be a little hard on yourself when you hear the next story? Elise, who was in market research with me, also smiled brightly. ¡°And one more thing. I still have a suggestion for you. ¡± ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 22 EP. 6: Attack the U.S. Market!! (9) ¡°And one more thing. I still have a suggestion for you. ¡± ¡°Hmm? If there''s anything I can do, I''m happy to help. ¡± ¡°Clean up your shop now and become the head of our mintendo premium store no. 1. ¡± ¡°What...? ¡± & Money plays a very convenient role in the world. When the lease building was empty across from Toyworld, the contract went smoothly. After putting a huge workforce into the interior with a simple whitetone in a short period of time, we airlifted the Dongking Comb and Maridge''s character merchandise in Japan to create a beautiful exclusive store decorated by Mintendo characters. Kamauchi jumped into the character business with a line of factories that had originally made toys, and the character''s products were also selling brilliantly because of Super Maridge''s excitement. I''ve asked Japan for everything I know about accessories and toys from keyrings to dolls, so I''m sure there will be more items in the future, right? The market was already out of stock for the M.E.S, so there was a commotion everywhere. In the past month, the number of stores has decreased, but the loyalty of each store has increased, as has Hong Gil-dong. ¡°Having a nice shop like this... It''s a dream. I''m really lucky to have met a strong force. ¡± ¡°You''ve been demoted from the boss to a manager, but your income will be much better. ¡± Yamashta looked at the premium store that is preparing for the opening tomorrow and asked Mr. Wilson with his mouth full. ¡°A premium store this size in the middle of New York City, Mr. Wilson. So rich.¡± ¡°Yes? No! This is all the Mister River...¡± I winked at Mr. Wilson''s side. ¡°Thanks to you, I met the Mister River! Hahaha!¡± In fact, my capital was poured into this premium store. I could have asked Kamauchi to pay for the store with company money, but it would not be easy to take money from the bricks, and I decided to invest it in the future if I had one in the middle of New York City. Of course, I was a foreigner, so I took ownership in the common name of Mr. Wilson and put Elise on the stand as a witness. At least these two are the most trustworthy people in America! Across the street, Toyworld employees and the president were staring at us with uncomfortable plantings. I smiled at them deliberately and greeted them first, spitting and then returning to the store. Let''s do it right. I''ll show you I can do whatever the fuck you want. & The opening of the Premium No. 1 store was the moment that it blew up all the inventory it had stored. All the customers who had been waiting for the newspaper since the opening two weeks ago were flooded with premium stores. Thanks to that, me and Ellis also had to help Mr. Wilson with sales positions at the store. I kept making payments along a long procession, but a man with a familiar face was smiling at me. It was Smith, a clerk from Toyworld across the street. And then I saw Jason slapping the customers in the eye. I felt blue for a moment, but I opened my mouth with a smile as much as possible. ¡°Hello, are you here to buy an M.E.S? ¡± ¡°Yes, I''d like to order 100 M.E.S. ¡± ¡°Oh, 100? But don''t you see this? ¡± I point at the little sign next to you with my jaw. It had this phrase written on it: -Our M.E.S can only be purchased up to two per minute for more users to enjoy. Thank you for your patience. ¡°You... you don''t want to sell? ¡± ¡°No, I''m selling. but only two per person. Mr. Smith may be a fan of our minten games, but he can''t help selling. ¡± ¡°Khh... Just give me two. I''ll come back.¡± ¡°Two a day, so you''ll come every day. Thank you. ¡± I took out the M.E.S. stacked behind the counter and put it on the counter, speaking in a bright voice. ¡°I''ll make it $398. Best regards, ¡± But he couldn''t even hand over Mr. Smith''s money when he saw the package, just staring right through the box. ¡°What the...? How long has this been written on the box? ¡± -M.E.S is $199. If you paid more than that and you bought it, you were scammed. If you have such a store, please report it to the contact details below. We will pay you the difference immediately and take action on the outlet. Our mintendo is on your side. - Beneath the text was a $199 package. I tilted my head and asked Mr. Smith. ¡°Hello, sir? Are you going to buy it? There are customers waiting behind you.¡± ¡°Damn monkey!! ¡± ¡°Get lost if you don''t want to live. Idiot.¡± Korean insults are so mysterious. Can you make someone feel bad without raising their voice? In the end, Smith and Jason had no choice but to give up the purchase of the M.E.S and go back. Not long after that, a consumer group within the United States stood up against the Toy World. Our large-scale advertising results in angry customers starting court proceedings and the Toyworld boycott. I was also thinking of filing a lawsuit as an initial alternative, but if I sued a large corporation in the United States, it would not be good for the image of Mintendo, a startup in the United States. Instead, I was fascinated to incorporate the price and phrase into the package to provoke the consumer, and Toyworld seemed like it would never collapse, and the power of American citizens brought its credibility to the ground. You bastards! & Four months later, thanks to my growing membership shop, I had no time for lunch at the late office, and I was getting eaten by McDonald''s hamburgers. Follow me! Elise, who was on her way home from work, answered the phone and asked me. ¡°Hey, Director Kang Jun-hyuk. Mr. Toy World just called. ¡± ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 23 EP. 6: Attack the U.S. Market!! (10) ¡°Hey, Director Kang Jun-hyuk. Mr. Toy World just called. ¡± ¡°Hmm? Wait a minute." Finally something to come. I mean, the game I just kicked in America''s biggest hit for a year, and you''re not gonna buy it anymore and cut it? Rather, if it lasted this long, it lasted this long. I swallowed a burger with a sip of Coke and got a phone call. ¡°Yes, this is Kang Jun-hyuk from M.H.E.S. ¡± ¡°Mr. River? Do you remember me? ¡± It was a familiar voice, but I asked as if I didn''t know what I was doing. ¡°Who are you? I''m not sure I should ask. ¡± ¡°President of Toy World, America''s largest toy store and shopkeeper. Tom Watson.¡± ¡°Oh, hello. Tom, it''s been a long time. So what are you doing here? ¡± ¡°Oh, it''s actually, um...¡± Tom kept talking to himself about how it was hard for him to bend and enter. I didn''t feel so good about being interrupted by the meal, but I sighed a little. ¡°I don''t know what you''re talking about, but I have to go to another store contract. If nothing else, I''ll hang up. ¡± ¡°No, there!! Wait!!! ¡± ¡°What? Tell me if you called. ¡± ¡°That''s the deal." ¡°Ah! You''re finally accepting our goods from Toy World!? Well, it''s an honor to have the biggest toy store in New York call you first. ¡± ¡°Ahem! Ahem! Thank you for knowing. ¡± What? I gave you a little lift, and look at this? Tom cleared his throat for a moment and asked me. ¡°I''d like to place an order for about 300, but how long will that last? ¡± ¡°Oh, 300? Sorry, we have a minimum delivery of 500 units. And if you''re not sure, we only deliver to merchants, so you should sign up for membership clubs. ¡± ¡°Hey. Mr. River. Are you asking me to sign up for a membership or something? Don''t you know how many stores Toy World has around the United States!? ¡± ¡°I know. And I also know that four months ago, you were sued by a consumer protection group for breaking fines. Your business is in flux, isn''t it? ¡± ¡°Khh...¡± ¡°Signing up is mandatory, as we''ve established it with other companies. How would you like to sign up for a membership and place 500 orders? ¡± ¡°Okay, let''s do that and order 500. When can I order now? ¡± What, this time for command? There is no great boundary between eel and plain language in English, but there is definitely a word that respects the other person. However, Tom''s choice of words seemed to be a command sign for his subordinates. ¡°Hmm... I''m sorry, boss. We''re currently experiencing a high volume of orders from other outlets. It''s gonna take at least three months. ¡± ¡°What... three months, and then we pass the Christmas season!!! ¡± ¡°Yes, unfortunately, we are a company that values credit, and we keep small store promises. We are also New York City''s largest toy store, Saturday. E. Month. I missed out on D''s Christmas delivery. Ooh, that''s too bad. ¡± By the way, it''s Christmas in a month, and I''ve been coming here for over a year. Meanwhile, Mintendo''s family has been selling well and the Japanese and American markets have almost taken over. Later on, the creation of the new Gaming Machine NEGA disc was announced in the NEGA, which noticed that the gaming industry was not yet dead, but the game market itself had nothing to worry about because Mintendo''s family was already sweeping over. ¡°Hey, Mr. River. I''m very sorry, but can you please contact us to place an additional order? Please...¡± ¡°Well, by the way, boss, I''m really sorry. Now that I''ve reviewed our membership club regulations, I''m unable to deliver our M.E.S to the store where the customer is being questioned. ¡± ¡°What..? ¡± ¡°I''m sorry again, but I haven''t signed the contract yet, so let''s just pretend like it never happened. We''re sorry for the inconvenience. If you restore Toy World credit in the future, please contact us again. Thank you. ¡± ¡°Th-there!! ¡± Watson seemed to speak something out in a trembling voice, but I threw down the phone as it was. How many times have I lost my temper over you people, and you want me to give you an apology? You don''t have to stock a company that''s about to go down in credit. ¡°You''re amazing, too. But there''s still a certain amount of Toy World breath in the domestic market, and you refuse it with a single knife.¡± ¡°Rich people eat for three years when they die. I don''t know if they''ll ever come back, but I hope the American people aren''t that stupid.¡± ¡°I''ve never been more scared than you. If you had just forgotten what happened, you would have sent the goods because it would have been money, but you didn''t. Is it the difference between the Japanese and the Koreans? ¡± Mr. Elise, the blonde beauty, looked at me with an unknown face. M.H.E.S, an American branch of Mintendo, has created a delight in capturing the U.S. market in a year. Thanks to this, the company grew in size and I was promoted to a manager half a year ago, and the clever assistant Elise took on the role of managing the franchise in total. ¡°Mr. Ellis.¡± ¡°Yes, sir. ¡± ¡°You''ve been chasing me for the last six months, haven''t you? ¡± ¡°Is that what you call it? I''ve never seen anyone more unpredictable than you. ¡± ¡°Haha! That''s a compliment, right? ¡± ¡°Mmm-hmm. Half? Hoho¡± ¡°You''ve seen me work closer than anyone else, so maybe I can do better when I''m not around. ¡± ¡°Of course! Of course. ¡± ¡°So, Mr. Ellis, I want you to cover for me next year. ¡± ¡°Yes..? What!?" ¡°I think I need to go back to Japan. We''re developing new gaming machines in Japan, and they''re about to launch. ¡± ¡°Sir, what are you talking about? You''re going back to Japan. What about the U.S. branch? ¡± ¡°Because I have you. I''m going to go with ease. ¡± ¡°Senior!!! No! No way!!! ¡± Why not? Just eat a hamburger you''ve had for a year and cut through the hardships, and how much work I have to do to go to Japan now! & ¡°Stronghold. Y-you sure you want to go? ¡± ¡°Haha! I never thought business trips would be this long. When I first got here, I thought I''d be here for a month, but I never thought I''d have to spend Christmas with you. ¡± The way to the airport. Yamashta sighed and held my hand. ¡°I thought I did this because of you, but I''m sorry.¡± ¡°We''ve already got the basics cleaned up, so you won''t have to worry in America. Give my regards to Mr. Wilson. I''m sorry I missed you.¡± ¡°Mr. Wilson is going to be very upset. ¡± ¡°Right? Haha! It won''t be forever, but I''ll see you later." ¡± ¡°Yeah, I''ll keep in touch. ¡± When I arrived at the airport, I heard a strange voice. ¡°Senior!! Sir!!! ¡± ¡°Mr. Ellis?" ¡°You bastard!! You can''t just go to Japan without telling me!! ¡± What''s he saying to me? ¡°Mr. Ellis, are you sick? ¡± ¡°I loved you so much!! What if I get promoted and go to Japan by myself?! ¡± Elise sprints at me with tears of makeup and puffs her chest. I grabbed her hand a few times and immediately pounced on her lips. ¡°Suck!! ¡± ¡°Uh, um, there''s a strong man...? Haha..¡± Yamashta glanced back for a moment, scratching her cheeks, and I said, wrapping around Elise''s cheeks, after that exhilarating kiss. ¡°Goodbye. Secretary! If you get a vacation, come to Japan. I''ll treat you to a delicious meal!¡± ¡°Goodbye. Sir..." After I finished my last farewell, I took my ticket to the airport. Then the Americans around me were clapping and whistling, and I was embarrassed, so I rushed my carrier through the door. Oh, my goodness. I''d love to kiss a blonde beauty. It was worth coming to America!! & 1985. This is one of the most extraordinary moments in the history of gaming. It was originally the year Super Maridge was released. But even though I had launched it a year earlier and it was a little steamy, what was shining more than anything else in this period was the evolution of RPG games. It was in 1985 that RPG, commonly referred to as TRPG, walked away from the roll of a dice on a table and explored a truly fantasy world. ¡°Welcome, strong man!! ¡± ¡°This guy''s had some American water, and now it''s even more chaotic!? ¡± Mintendo, a company I was a part of, abandoned the image as a toy company with the family hit and was reborn as a true gaming company. The company was bigger and the building was new. ¡°Wow, this company has grown a lot. ¡± ¡°Right? All thanks to our hard work together. ¡± Gunpei gladly looked up at White Mintendo''s headquarters. Then we hear the old man''s voice behind us. ¡°Thanks to my Hye-in, who gathered such great talent. You guys!! ¡± ¡°Ah, Mr. Kamauchi. Hello." ¡°If you''re in his company, you should report to me, the boss, quickly. Are you having a fling here? I heard you''ve been living in a luxury hotel all your life in the United States! ¡± ¡°Ms. Grant, didn''t I pay for that with my savvy? ¡± ¡°Oh, look at you? You''re still talking nonsense after a year. ¡± ¡°Haha, is that so? Anyway, I''m glad you look healthy. ¡± ¡°Dude! I''m not dead yet! I''ll be the boss until 2000!! ¡± Yeah, you were in charge until 2002. At that time, Gunpei swept his glasses and pledged his earnest face to the boss. ¡°Hey, boss. The prophecy of North Tradamus said the Earth would perish in 1999.¡± ¡°Hey, you idiot!! Is that what you''re telling me?! ¡± Hmm... I knew I didn''t have enough sense to swing around. ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 24 EP. 7: Carines Legend (1) & ¡°So have you decided which department you want to go to? ¡± ¡°Yes, I want to go to the next generation of console development parts. ¡± Then Kamauchi tilted his head and asked Gunpei. ¡°Was there such a department in my company? ¡± ¡°Oh, I''m currently in charge of portable gambling, but you want to come under me? ¡± ¡°No, I''m talking about the next generation of family development. ¡± Kamauchi asked me with a strange expression in my answer. ¡°Hmm!? Family heirloom? I hadn''t thought of that. You can''t build a follower already, can you? ¡± ¡°Of course, I don''t mean right now. But there was a competitor called NEGA, and when they launched the NEGA disk, it was going to be a powerful piece of hardware. That''s why I think you should start thinking about it. As time goes on, computers will move faster, and families will be a moment of glory in Mintendo. ¡± ¡°Hmm... the sequel. But the Gang is right. You have to build powerful hardware in time to get the game going.¡± ¡°That''s right, boss. That''s why I''ve asked you to appoint a new department. where we''re going to build the next generation of consoles, and we''re going to develop games with them. ¡± ¡°What do you think? Gunpei.¡± ¡°I feel the same way. Now, we''re number one in industrial bankruptcy, but companies that have come to know that the gaming industry is making money are starting to flourish. I don''t think it''s a bad idea to think about making the next generation to differentiate ourselves from them. ¡± ¡°Good. Let''s get on with it. ¡± ¡°Yes, thank you. ¡± Huh? That was easier than I thought. That salty camouflage immediately said yes? Apparently, a successful attack on the U.S. market set me up quite well within the company. Thanks to this, I started a new job in Japan as the head of a new development department. I was 23 years old in 1985. & ¡°Seige, have you ever tried the Dragon Warrior? ¡± Shigei is nicknamed after Shigeru Kumamoto. He''s been working on the development of a game lately. ¡°I don''t know, man. ¡± His voice sounded bitter, which meant he was nervous, so the temple asked him a question, and he backed away. I kept my hands in my pockets, drinking coffee, watching him. Of course, no one would blame me for being so rude, but no one would blame me for pioneering a downhill in the U.S. market and being the director of the next generation development part. ¡°What? Get your hands out of his pockets? You drank a lot of American water, and your posture changed? Mister River?¡± ¡°Oh, Ms. Grant. Hello." ¡°I can''t say hello. You bastard.¡± ¡°Haha, what are you doing in the development room? ¡± ¡°I came to see him. ¡± However, Shigeru was not even aware that Kamachi was coming, but was only staring at the monitor screen. Towards Shigeru, Kamachi asked with a four-year-old face. ¡°Hey, Sige, have you ever played the Dragon Warrior or something? ¡± Then Shigeru''s eyebrows twitched, and he jumped on his desk. ¡°I don''t know, man!! Why do you keep asking me what the Dragon Warrior is? ¡± ¡°... ¡± Kamauchi''s face was frowning around his mouth like a goldfish. ¡°I put a very, very young man in charge, and the company is going crazy.¡± ¡°Ah, boss!? ¡± ¡°No matter how free-minded I am, I''ve been so comfortable lately, right? ¡± ¡°Oh, I''ve been thinking about something else for a while.¡± Shigeru apologized to the boss several times with a embarrassed look on his face. Jealousy drives people crazy, and a game called Dragon Warrior drives Shigeru crazy. I looked out the window, sipping coffee. Recently, I''ve come to realize one interesting fact. It''s because I realized that the gaming industry''s history had been subtly twisted. If I had known better, Shigeru''s legend of Karin would have appeared three months earlier than the Dragon Warrior, but I didn''t think the Dragon Warrior would have appeared so soon... The Super Maridge Transverse Scrolling System came into the world a year earlier, greatly expanding the game genre''s variance. The Dragon Warrior ended production in just five months and launched the first round of the series. The day the Dragon Warrior was launched. I went to Akihabara, Tokyo, to spend the whole day. The success of the family and the action of the disc made Akihabara a place where electronics and gaming machines were becoming a thing of the past. The Dragon Warrior, launched by a Japanese gaming company called Phoenix for the Mintendo family, has been exploding since the launch, as it has gained gamers'' attention since its inception. Even so, the game has been in the form of a Danta-oriented arcade, which has also expanded the low profile of the game genre in a unique way called transverse scrolling, but technically Super Marige, which was part of the axis of arcade action, was not a completely new genre. At the same time as the launch, however, the Dragon Warrior was popular with Japan''s first RPG game. In fact, Shigeru was also making a game with a theme of an elf who was wearing a green hat for Japan''s first RPG at the same time, but his greed aroused anger. I put too much stuff into the story to make it longer. At first, it was a simple matter for a fairy boy to save the princess, but he created a bizarre emblem, where three triangles formed, and he began to squeeze a worldview of it. So naturally, the production period went from three months to six months... from six months to nine months, and in the middle of that, Phoenix created a game with a simple fairytale story called "The Princess Saving Warrior," which was the Dragon Warrior. & ¡°Knng... Ah, this sucks.¡± I asked Shigeru in the break room for a can of coffee. ¡°Are you all right, Mr. Seege? Why are you so stressed out? You can make it as comfortable as ever. ¡± ¡°Oh, thank you. Yeah, I''d love to, but the more attention the Dragon Warrior receives, the more it bothers me. The first RPG genre!! I was coveted.¡± ¡°Greedy, too. Thanks to the Dragon Warrior, other game companies are not in a frenzy right now. There are a lot of companies that are not arcades these days, that specialize only in family games and games for NEGA discs. ¡± ¡°With the Dragon Warrior in play, there''s going to be a lot of similar RPGs out there, right? Ah! Then the legend of the Karin I make will be buried inside!!! ¡± "The Legend of Karin" was the title of a game currently being produced by Shigei. The protagonist''s name is Elk, and the name of the kidnapped princess is named after the game title. There was something about the downward nature that liked to puzzle users in the title of the game. I laughed and said a few words to his cry. ¡°Then let''s make a fresh start in there. ¡± ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 25 EP. 7: Carines Legend (2) ¡°Then let''s make a fresh start in there. ¡± ¡°Hmm? What do you mean? ¡± ¡°RPG, for example, which is a long RPG, and like Super Maridge, it''s a genre of action RPGs that fight directly against enemies in the field. If that''s the case, wouldn''t it be obvious? ¡± ¡°Great!! Strong!! That''s good!! I love it!! Just my style!! You''re a genius!! ¡± Oh, yes, thank you. Shigeru quickly emptied his coffee and ran to the development room. Phew! Looks like the idea is spinning around in my head... I was left alone in the break room and thought for a moment while while drinking canned coffee. The Dragon Warrior, the Karin legend, and the most popular men in Japanese gaming history, I hope you don''t have to worry. & As expected, after the release of the Dragon Warrior, the Japanese gaming industry began to explode with RPGs. Unlike traditional action games, RPG genres were everyone''s favorite genre - from children to adults - and as a result family sales increased, the NEGA disk had no room to stick anywhere in the market. Although it was launched under the name of the next generation of gaming machines, all gaming companies had already preferred a well-supplied family, and the NEGA disc was struggling with several of its games. ¡°Haha, I knew the NEGA couldn''t keep up with our Mintendo''s footsteps. ¡± Kamachi''s confidence exploded recently and he was smiling gladly at the year-round stockbroker. Then Gunpei, who was next to him, smiled and began to confront Kamauchi. ¡°The Dragon Warrior is definitely number one among the students these days. Thanks to this, the volume of sales in the family that had been somewhat slumped has increased significantly once again. ¡± Console is so weird. Finally, the console at this time was a machine that could not do anything by itself. The formula was established that the sale of the console is bound to soft because you can''t download the game using the internet like you did in 2015, which meant that there would be a significant return on royalty in mintendo. ¡°I''m excited to hear that the game magazine reporter who covered the legend of Karin Shigeru yesterday also writes very well. ¡± ¡°I''m sure he''ll blow up what he did this time. By the way, game magazines... Do you have books like that these days? ¡± ¡°Yes, I think it would be a good marketing opportunity for gaming industry news and new releases. It was popular with the students, so it seemed to be quite a break every month. ¡± In the absence of the Internet, new information is shared only through magazines. I also had a memory of waiting for a monthly game magazine to be released before PC communication or the Internet began. ¡°So why don''t we try a new marketing campaign using the magazine company in the Karin legend? ¡± ¡°Hmmm? Strong force. Do you have a better idea? ¡± When I spoke up, the boss and Gunpei glanced at me with their eyes wide open. Kamauchi also secretly expected what was coming out of my mouth. ¡°It was just a week after the familial magazine started producing Karin''s legendary cartridge next month. ¡± ¡°Oh, you knew about the magazine, too. So?¡± ¡°The legend of Karin is an exciting title for our mintendo, so why not try a premium strategy? ¡± ¡°Premium Strategy? It''s the same game if you shoot it anyway. Anything to make a difference? ¡± ¡°500 starter cartridges in gold.¡± Then Gunpei answered with a resilience. ¡°Ah!! You want to change the color of the cartridge? ¡± ¡°It''s also rare in the same game. If you show the truth to a Phame reporter first, he''ll write an article about it, thereby amplifying the expectations of the users who are waiting for Karin''s legend. ¡± ¡°The same game, but introduces a special color to the initial production cartridge. That''s okay, Ms. Grant. ¡± ¡°Not bad. But isn''t 500 too few? At least 10,000.¡± ¡°No, that''s exactly the right amount. You''ll see!¡± This was the beginning of a ¡®limited edition'' marketing campaign that would rob gamers'' pockets until 2015. & The morning of the legendary release of Karin, December 17, 1985. Shigeru and I arrived in Akihabara, Tokyo. President Kamauchi and Gunpei also said they were coming to visit the venue this afternoon, so they must have started by now... Shigeru, who had a long face with a lack of sleep next to me, was stealing an elongated yawn. ¡°Kang Gun. Is it going as well as I expected? I''m already launching a few games, but I always can''t sleep the day before they''re released. ¡± ¡°I heard that the market response seemed to be fabulous, as well as the familiarization articles about Karin''s legend in the month that followed. Let''s go, shall we? ¡± As I smiled and took a step, Shigeru chased after me with a slightly anxious look. On Saturday, we left the station and headed to the designated venue. ¡°Why are you so quiet on Saturday? Shouldn''t it just be crowded? ¡± ¡°Sige, it''s 9: 00 a.m. Saturday morning. Is there a crowd at this hour? ¡± ¡°Oh, really? That''s what it is, isn''t it? Haha!¡± He''s lost his mind. I glanced at her with a frown for a moment and walked back to the venue. I stopped by Akihabara, and there were a few stores that specialized in games. The venue we are heading to is also the largest gaming store in Akiba. Because of quality games like Super Maridge and Dragon Warrior, Akiba Street has been so successful that it can no longer find traces of Atari Shock. I was busy looking around, smiling as if I felt the birth of a newborn child. How long have I been walking like that... When I was almost near the venue, I encountered a strange landscape. 7: 00 a.m. Saturday. There were some young men sitting on the streets on the streets, usually on empty streets. Kabukicho in Shinjuku or Shibuya is a bit understandable, but they were sitting here without a bar and were gathering together to talk about something. ¡°Can they get to us? I heard there are only 500 limited quantities...¡± ¡°Ba ~ bo. How could Mintendo solve all 500 of these stores in one place? It must have been scattered all over the country. At least 200 of them will come in, but that''s not enough to get us there. That''s why I asked you to come and wait for me last night!! ¡± ¡°Did you think I''d get people like this in the launch of a new game? ¡± 500 limited quantities of what? So you''re here to buy Karin''s legend? Then why are you here so far away from the venue? As soon as I walked past the muttering bastards at the end of the alley, Shigeru and I entered the alleyway leading to the event and froze. ¡°Y-you ''re strong? I''m not dreaming, am I? ¡± ¡°Maybe you''re thinking what I''m thinking. ¡± Amazing... The procession of the people that stretched all the way to the event site was almost invisible. ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 26 EP. 7: Carines Legend (3) Amazing... The procession of the people that stretched all the way to the event site was almost invisible. No matter how much Japanese people like to line up, I can''t believe this is it. Karin''s legendary sale starts at 2: 00 pm!! ¡°Go, Gang-gun. I''m having trouble breathing. Give me a boost. ¡± ¡°Wake up and come quickly. The staff at the venue will be waiting for you. ¡± Before crossing a long, long matrix and entering the dealership, I asked a male guest of my age who was waiting at the front of the matrix. ¡°Thank you for coming in the cold weather. I''m Junhyuk Kang, a Mintendo employee, but how long have you been waiting? ¡± ¡°I''ve been waiting since 10: 00 a.m. yesterday. Haha... I just wanted to have this limited edition of the legendary first edition of Karin...¡± You waited 24 hours in the cold of December? Oh, my God. ¡°Thank you for your enthusiasm. I''ll talk to the boss about it separately, so if you don''t mind, I''d like to take a photo for the anniversary later. ¡± ¡°Oh, yes! Are you next to Shigeru Kumamoto? I''ve been a huge fan since Dongking Com. I''m looking forward to this Karin legend!! ¡± Then he smiled awkwardly and became angry. ¡°Thank you. I hope you like the legend of Karin as well. ¡± & As time went on, the procession grew longer and longer, and as the afternoon approached, it was forming a phosphorus seal in front of the venue. These are all users who came to buy Karin''s legend. It was really creepy. This phenomenon reached the station, and now a reporter from the news was interviewing Shigere. When they returned, Kamuchi and Gunpei arrived at the venue after dispatching a few event helpers to prevent chaos in front of the venue. ¡°Hey, man!! Director!!" Kamauchi, who had a mouth in his ear, ran towards me like a dance-off. ¡°What the hell is going on? Huh? I just got a call from Osaka, Kyoto, and Fukuoka saying that Karin''s legendary sale is a joke. In one day, 30,000 supercutables will be ready to go! ¡± Ha! I was really looking forward to it, but this is unbelievable! Common titles. In addition, when it is new, the number of seconds is usually around 5,000 cartridges. And it usually took about a week to digest them all in the store, and the legend of Karin was a title that we were somewhat looking forward to, so we put a limited quantity of gold on the front for aggressive marketing. The expectations of users have been amplified because they were already Kumamoto Shigeru, a mintendo gaming signatory, such as Marige Brothers and Super Maridge, and Pammi was also the first magazine to introduce the trends in the gaming world to feature luxurious articles to increase the number of publications. So, Karin''s legend was evenly equipped to give birth to many topics before the release, and the Dragon Warrior''s boom was slightly slowed, with a huge rebound effect on his back. And 2: 00 p.m. on the big screen. The event store heard the legendary opening song of Karin and people took their turn to buy the game. The 150 gold cartridges prepared at the event had already run out in 15 minutes. Of course, there was no great confusion because it was announced before the event began, but there were also some people who were sad. Kamauchi, who was watching the register, was also looking sad with the users. ¡°Look. I mean, I told you to get 10,000 of them ready. ¡± ¡°No. If I had 10,000, I would never have seen this effect. because the smaller the quantity of limited edition, the more people are recognized for their value. ¡± ¡°Kang-gun, what are you? First I thought he was a console hard designer, then I made a game, then I sent him to America, and now he''s out of business, and now he''s marketing. By the way, what''s Gunpei saying at the event here? What the hell were you doing with Gunpei and keeping it a secret from me? ¡± Kamauchi asked me with a curious look on his face. But I had no choice but to shrug my shoulders. In fact, it was a joint project between me, Gunpei and Shigeru, one of my meticulous plans to gather some people into Karin''s legend. ¡°I''ll announce in an hour, so please wait!¡± I smiled brightly, checking the time with my wristwatch. Then, inside the venue, there was a phrase that said, "The first public at 3: 33." Each user guessed that the number 3 implies three jewels from Karin''s legend and that there was already a follow-up. Those who had already purchased the legend of Karin were also struggling to leave the venue due to curiosity about 3: 33. I''m glad we have a big event planned... Since yesterday morning, we have paid the first customer to purchase a 28-hour ledger for certain awards, including Shigeru''s Signed Game Title and Maridge Character Doll, and we have finished the commemorative shoot together. And the 3: 33 that everyone was waiting for. Gunpei, who was at the event, disappeared somewhere and for a moment it seemed like the inside of the event was getting dark, and a spotlight appeared on the small stage that was ready. ¡°What? What!? ¡± When people who were buying the game looked at the platform, Gunpei stepped up and grabbed the microphone. ¡°Well, first of all, I want to thank all of you for coming to purchase the legend of Karin of Mintendosa, and I''m here today to announce to you the birth of a new portable device. ¡± In Gunpei''s announcement, the venue quickly began to cheer people up. Then one user in front of Gunpei shouted. ¡°Mobile device? Are you announcing a new game & watch? ¡± ¡°Oh, you''re quick on your feet. You got it right.¡± Gunpei pulled out the green game & watch machine from the suit''s pocket. It was a game & watch machine themed with Karin''s legend. Then Kamauchi, who was watching the stage next to me, said. ¡°What? I already approved that. Is this supposed to be a surprise announcement? Of course, it''s big news for everyone here. That''s not a bad reaction!¡± ¡°Well, just wait a little longer. ¡± I smiled faintly and looked at the monolith. Gunpei on the top floor was explaining the new game & watch to users. At a time when there was no projector yet, Mr. Gunpei made it easy for users in front of him to touch the device, and after introducing him that he would learn more about it in the next month''s Phame Communication, he put the game & watch back in his arms. And, uh... ¡°I have one more surprise for you. ¡± Gunpei shouted with a penitent smile, pulling out a heavy machine from his back pocket. ¡°The world''s first portable console gambler to employ a cartridge exchange method. ¡± ¡°Whoa!!!!!! ¡± ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 27 EP. 8: Sponsor Game (1) ¡°The world''s first portable console gambler to employ a cartridge exchange method. ¡± ¡°Whoa!!!!!! ¡± ¡°This is a prototype of a new portable console model that''s still under development. Only portable gaming bases allow you to place game cartridges in the back, so you can exchange tons of games with one machine. You can also use both speakers and earphones to plug in your earphones, play music and play games in public places. ¡± ¡°Wow!!!!! ¡± ¡°This machine is a black and white display, but it can display multiple graphics organically. Let''s play with this cartridge that was actually created. ¡± Gunpei showed a boy in front of a single stage with a pre-made demo cartridge inserted into the device. ¡°Super Marijida!!! Super Maridge!! ¡± The boy was amazed at the organic Super Maridge in a small black and white screen, and the people around him were also resilient when they saw the screen in the game. ¡°Th-that''s real. Super Maridge is really spinning!! ¡± Although the people behind him did not see it properly, he wanted to see the reaction of the people in front of him. Gunpei glanced at those users with a happy smile and put the Gamboy back in his pocket. ¡°This Gameboy, who is working on a goal for the end of next year, will also see more information in Pharmy Communications next month. And that concludes our surprise presentation to Mintendo. ¡± ¡°Whoa!!!!!!! ¡± The presentation was a success. People were leaving the presentation and muttering as if shocked or puzzled. And one of the people who had not yet come out of shock was running to the back of the event chairman shouting. ¡°Wow! This Gunpei is so cute!! Where is it!!" Perhaps the most impressed person was the owner of Kamauchi. & The legend of Karin has caused tremendous excitement, as I expected. The landscape of the venue appeared on the news and featured documentaries were broadcast on the topic of social phenomena in game media. Of course, there was mintendo in the center, and the family sold since July 15, 1983 sold around 70 million units worldwide in just three years, and Mintendo has laid the foundation for a remarkable gaming kingdom. But is that so? With nearly every gaming company producing games for the Mintendo family, Camouche increased its workforce in particular in February 1986, because the development room personnel could not even check the quality of the games. I set up a quality inspection unit. I also traveled back and forth between the United States and Japan for three years, sometimes as a game developer and sometimes as a sales rep representing Mintendo. The department that saw practical work was the next-generation console development department, but nowadays I''ve been working more often than that. ¡°Director Kang, where are you going again? ¡± ¡°Oh, I''m going to go to work for a while.¡± I was quite popular within the company, other than my department, which always speaks for the employees below. It was a completely different look from what I used to look like when I was stuck in the development room in 2015. Did I realize the importance of relationships with people? I was demoted to the Customer Satisfaction team in 2015, but I still couldn''t forget the awkward atmosphere of that time. ¡®It must never happen again. To do that, I need to have one person on my side and a presence in and out of the company. Although I work for the president of Kamachi now, I must be prepared to fight on his terms one day. ¡¯ I started running along the road with a recently selected Toyota car. A moment later, I arrived in front of a game company building in Osaka. It was a fairly large company, FOX SOFT, making mainly arcade games. In fact, one of the shooters released here last month was getting a tremendous reaction. The name of the game was¡® Twindie ¡¯and I used to play with my childhood friend.. Twindie was very unique from the atmosphere of the original shooting game. Since the emergence of Super Maridge in the world, the cross-scrolling system has started spreading rapidly in other games. One of the most privileged genres is shooting. The shooting game, which mainly controlled airplanes, was using long-scrolling with slight modifications to the cross-scrolling. Using the background from top to bottom, not from side to side, it was providing a refreshing feeling that flew away from the shell shot by the enemy. That''s why the shooting game often reminds me a lot of 1945, of which Twindie has captivated users with a unique worldview, which is about fantasy worlds, not battlefields where one another dies and kills. In addition, by supporting two players, they were able to merge and defeat their enemies, but the problem was that the game was also equipped with elements that allowed them to fight each other like balloon fights. Items powering up missiles are also 1P and 2P. I had to collect different items, but I was able to intercept the opponent by firing a missile when they ate the items to eat each other''s desired items. I''m busy fighting the enemy, but a few times I get hit and I get into a lot of fights because my friends get in the way. Then, is that when reality PK begins? ¡°I''ve had a lot of fights with my friends over this game.¡± I shake my head with a bitter smile and head toward Fox Soft Lobby. Fox Soft was a company that had been specializing in arcade games since before Twindie, so it was quite large for companies in the ''80s. The reason I came here today was because I wanted to send a developer to get technical advice from Foxsoft''s development office, and I came here at Shigere''s request, which was not something I do at the moment within Mintendo. ¡°Hello, I''m Kang Jun-hyuk, a Mintendo employee. I''m here today for a meeting with the family game development department. ¡± ¡°Oh, I''ve heard stories. Your name and company on the visitors list here. Can I have your contact information, please? ¡± In a more difficult call process than I expected, I made a guest book with a slight tilt of my head. The desk lady had to copy the business card I gave her and put it in the file before she could guide me. Someone must have visited the Chungcheongwae... You said you heard the story already, do you need to be this thorough with security? It was a huge building, but I couldn''t find an ant in the company corridor. Perhaps everyone is stuck in the development room, Fox Soft had CCTV installed on ceilings everywhere to determine the route of employees'' movements. ¡°Hmm, Fox Soft is quite secure. ¡± ¡°Right? That''s why we call our employees Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The boss is so secure that when he comes home from work, there''s a flop of diskettes in the staff''s belongings. ¡± ¡°Haha... I see. ¡± After a while, I was briefed by the lobby staff on the Family Game Development Department. It was a fairly small corner compared to the arcade game development room that we had seen so far. When I entered the development room, four developers who were working turned their heads and looked at me. ¡°Hello, I am Kang Jun-hyuk, director of the next generation of console planning and visiting at the request of technical advice. ¡± However, I smiled and greeted to create a bright atmosphere, but the expression on the employees'' faces was still shivering. ¡°Kang Joon-Hyuk? Who is that? Was there a Korean employee in Mintendo? ¡± ¡°Even if you''re not Khumamoto Shigeru, I thought you''d at least send me Kawata Satoshi from Balloon Fight. So much for Mintendo... Sending me people to get technical advice, console designers and people. ¡± Am I being totally ignored? ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 28 EP. 8: Sponsor Game (2) Ugh... Am I being totally ignored? Four employees stared at me coldly and then went back to their work. ¡°Goodbye, then. ¡± The staff escorted me from the lobby bowed to me and returned to their seats. What''s with the mood? Thrown into the awkward atmosphere of the development room, I first looked around the staff at work. In 2015, there were hundreds of people involved in several large projects, but in the 1980s game development environments, there was enough for one coding programmer, a graphic designer to shoot dots, and a director and team leader responsible for him. The other person is the investigator who shoots the dot on the background or item. You know, like this? ¡°Hmm...¡± I took a moment to look at the programmer''s coding screen with a vacuous cough. ¡®The coding is so messy... I can''t even tell how Flag and Judge work. ¡¯ Next, I looked at the designer''s screen, which was taking a character illustration dot. Inside the monitor was a figure with a grey uniform and a strappy black hairband. ¡®War water? Well, since Rambo II opened last year, military personnel have become increasingly popular...¡¯ At that time, the person who appeared to be the team leader who was watching my actions carefully called me. ¡°Hey, hey. Can I call you Kang Joon-Hyuk? I call it the cooking motto. ¡± ¡°Oh, please, just call me Gang-gun. ¡± ¡°Really? After all, you''re strong. Have you ever tried developing soft? A masterpiece... something we should know about? ¡± ¡°You''ve heard of Duck Hunt, right? ¡± My answer was that the staff at the office all rolled their heads together and opened their eyes. Well, no one doesn''t know about the first home shooter game. At that time, a young man who appeared to be an assistant in a corner of the office opened his mouth. ¡°That''s the famous Gun Gun Gun that Gun Fei made. In fact, duck flying implementations can even be novice programmers. ¡± What are you talking about? Young people make fun of you. Then the team leader nodded, nodding his head to the young man''s opinion. ¡°That''s not true. Apparently Gun Gun Gun Gun from Gunpei was great. ¡± Gosh... I made that idea, too. People are so cunning... I had no choice but to add to the introduction that I was the Assistant Director of Super Maridge. ¡°Super Maridge''s unique idea of cross-scrolling and jumping was a masterpiece. ¡± Dammit! I even taught him the basics of transverse scrolling!! But I''ve made up my mind. It''s actually a transverse scroll or an electric gun, which they actually invented. I was okay with almost nothing I did, except that I acted as a facilitator to know the future. Ha. G. That''s it, by the way. How long is the backup guy in that corner that tackles every word I say? I barely kept poker face and asked the staff. ¡°I''m not wrong. I don''t have a game with my name on it yet, just as an assistant director. But I can answer your technical advice, so I''m here on behalf of Mr. Shigeru, so I appreciate your patience. If it is truly impossible for me, I will send Mr. Shigeru back to headquarters. ¡± ¡°Hmmm... I see what you mean. ¡± The team leader clears his throat and summons programmer Masaki, 28 years old, who is a belly button in a stretchy, loose T-shirt. I didn''t like it when I lifted my glasses to me, but I decided to be patient. ¡°Hey, Masaki, let me tell you a little bit about this game we''re building, and give you some advice. ¡± ¡°Let''s take a seat over here. ¡± I looked at the game plan that was on the office table. On top of a bunch of thick paper, there was a rather childish title - -Never Die Soldier. ¡®Clearly you''re being influenced by Rambo. I can feel exactly what the title says... " When I showed interest in the draft, a programmer named Masaki said to me, sweeping his glasses with a somewhat serious look. ¡°Let me give you a quick introduction to the game we''re making. ¡± You don''t have to tell me. ¡¯ As I predicted, the game they were making, Neverdie Soldier, was a military genre of mercenaries from special forces infiltrating enemy camps on their own. There were a few more things I learned from talking to him, and the first draft of this game, NeverDie Soldier, was surprisingly the idea of an assistant worker in the corner of the office. I''m afraid this is a rustic title that Massaki wrote himself... At this time of year, programmers often collaborate with game planning because they set limits on whether or not they can create games based on their coding capabilities. Of course, if a programmer knows his or her abilities and creates a game, he or she will be able to get rid of the unprecedented scheme and create the game quickly, but it is difficult to come up with a unique gameability. After a while, the basic game plan also looked like it was just changing the game of flying shooter to a person or not much different. You are not particularly interested in its simple game method if you can defeat your enemies with a powerful firepower while avoiding the bullets they fire. ¡°I''m actually a military maniac. That''s why I wanted Neverdae Soldier to make users feel lively in the battlefield, but it was hard to implement technology. ¡± Masaki''s technical advisory was a very simple question of how to put numerous objects on the screen. I want to paint a mercenary who survives fiercely in a place surrounded by numerous enemy troops... Then I''ll give you a simple answer. ¡°I can''t.¡± ¡°Yes?¡± Masaki looked at me with a confused expression when the answer came out too simply from my mouth, a Mintendo employee. ¡°Masaki''s game cannot be run by his family at this time. Masaki, if you''re a programmer, you know the family boundaries. Our family was built to respond broadly in any type of game using custom CPUs, but unfortunately, it''s a CPU that plays even sound recordings, so it''s hard to put all the power into graphics computations. because, of course, they''re using VRAM to help with the computation, but it''s only two kilobytes. ¡± ¡°Isn''t that why you asked Mintendo for technical advice? At the end of last year, Shigeru''s legend, Karin, also floated various objects on one map, didn''t he hide his readership skills in Mintendo? ¡± ¡°No. We''ve had a lot of knowledge since the beginning of the family. There are no limitations on device performance or anything like that when you create our games. ¡± ¡°Then what was the movement of all those objects in Karin''s legend? ¡± ¡°I see...¡± I paused for a moment, then smiled and replied. ¡°It''s a trick. You can check out Karin''s legendary battle map, but if you keep counting the number of enemies that appear, there''s actually a limit to the number of enemies that fight the protagonist." The rest of the enemy is intended to create tension by pre-arranging a scene to squeeze the space out. And when the protagonist eliminates an enemy, he immediately creates a series of illusions by using a way to swap out an enemy in the act. ¡± But Masaki was only expressing that he didn''t understand me. Oh, my God, is this guy really a programmer? My mind is not flexible... I can''t help but shake my head and give you another hint. ¡°A lot of enemies don''t necessarily make you feel the tension of the battlefield. ¡± ¡°Well, how do you...? ¡± ¡°We need to change our minds. Isn''t it the director''s job to find ways to use limited objects to give players fun and tension? For example...¡± ¡°For example..? ¡± ¡°Sneak in?¡± ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 29 EP. 8: Sponsored Games (3) ¡°Sneak in?¡± At that moment, the assistant staff, who had been quietly stuck in a corner of the office, looked at me in surprise. The young man who looked at me with the eyes of a surprised rabbit, like a child in his heart, began to listen to our conversation from then on. Who the hell is this guy? While I was consulting with Masaki, I turned around and asked the assistant staff. ¡°What''s your name, by the way? ¡± ¡°Oh, my name is Hideki Houjima. ¡± What!! You''re Hideki!? As expected, you were already working for Fox Soft. By the way, Kawata, Houhima-san, the assistant worker, did the genius directors start out like this? I looked at him for a moment and asked Masaki. ¡°Have you ever heard of Brain Storm? ¡± ¡°Brain Storm? What is that? Character Skill Name? ¡± What the hell does this guy know... When I looked at Massaki with that pathetic look, the answer came out of Houjima''s mouth. ¡°A variety of opinions about one topic and how to put it together to lead the best course of action. ¡± ¡°Bingo, that''s right. When creating a game, it''s good to have a variety of opinions. My minten is also doing a lot in the development room with Shigeru. Karin''s legend also comes from numerous ideas using Brain Storm. Mr. Houjima, what do you think of the element of infiltration that I told you about? ¡± Then I began to feel lively in his hollow eyes. In 2015, where I lived, Houjima Hideki was already one of the world''s top gaming directors. During the Cold War, the character Snake, who quickly infiltrated the nuclear weapons development agency and completed a number of security missions, was launched under the title Full Metal Gear and was going to be a huge hit in Japan as well as the United States. ¡°You''re not going to take out an enemy, you''re going to hide and reach your destination without being spotted? ¡± ¡°That''s it. Rather, getting to your destination without killing an enemy is the beauty of the game. I was on my way here earlier when I saw surveillance cameras installed in every hallway, how about sneaking into enemy bases and relaying tension to players, avoiding soldiers and surveillance cameras? ¡± ¡°It''s a very unique way. This game is being cleared without being seen by the enemy! In fact, I was planning a game with a similar feeling. So I was surprised by Joon-Hyuk''s talk of infiltration. I can''t believe someone was thinking the same thing.¡± But Massaki thought differently. ¡°Rin! You''re being ridiculous. That kind of game can''t be fun. Of course, a man should fight his opponent. If you avoid him like a faggot, the protagonist is less handsome.¡± Oh, is that so? If you see an injustice, you''ll be the first to run away with it. Eventually, we talked until evening about this military game, and we divided the way that we created the two games. At this time, there were 4-5 people who used 2D graphics, so they were able to work simultaneously because their production method was forged so that one game would be completed after about three months. Well, I hope there''s an event-cut god, one for texturing 3D graphics. I just need to take a dot and activate the object. Moreover, Houjima has been working on a basic design of grass metal in the corner by himself, so once the opportunity opened, various designs poured out just like the dam burst. For example, the construction of a model is like an assembly manual, which he had already presented that had completed all of the basic valleys of full metal. Ultimately, the team leader, Cooking Moto, nodded to my advice and Houjima''s passion and allowed me to create a demonstration of a new genre of infiltration action game pool metal. Then the position of Masaki, the main programmer, became embarrassed. He seemed quite unhappy as his career in the military game had completely changed. It''s a bit of a dot job, but it''s a shame to let it go on like this... ¡°Masaki''s game is not such a bad plan. Now that Rambo 2 is open, it''s likely that there will be plenty of masculine military games. ¡± ¡°Th... right? ¡± Masaki looks at me with trembling eyes as I take his side. In fact, looking at his plans, I thought of a game I played as a child, and I made him an offer. ¡°Masaki''s game is large-scale, so let''s go after the arcade market first. If you accept one condition, I will be here to help you create Hojima and Masaki''s early games. ¡± ¡°On what... terms? ¡± ¡°Let''s change the title a little. Neverdae Soldier. It''s too intuitive. ¡± ¡°So what do you want? ¡± ¡°Masaki is very fond of hot men''s souls. Hmmm, what about Hondura? Let''s start with a large scale with unlimited performance arcade plates, and then we''ll do a family transplant. ¡± ¡°Pounding... Pounding... Huh? That''s good.¡± 2015. A masterpiece that everyone in their 30s has remembered since they were little kids. This is how Hondura, one of the legendary games we used to call Lambo and Comando when we were kids, began. After the meeting, let''s pack our bags to go back to our dormitory after it''s late at night. All of the staff in the development room stood up with me. ¡°I''ll be going, then. Please let me know if you have any additional questions. There are a lot of technical advisors these days, but there''s Shigeru in the development room, and Kawata has recently joined Minten, so I can answer any questions you might have on the phone. ¡± ¡°Thank you very much. Thanks to Joon-Hyuk, it feels like we''ve captured two bunnies, including a new genre of games and an existing one. ¡± The team leader, Cooking Moto, repeatedly thanked me. Shortly after, I was escorted out of Fox Soft by employees to the front door as opposed to being initially ignored in the development room. & By the fall of 1986, I was living a very busy life. That same day, I was running scared, with a toast in my mouth, just stamped into the office. ¡°Hey!! Where are you going today? Fox Soft again? Is that where you''re going? ¡± My work in Fox Soft has been done for the past month. Once to Hojima, Shigeru delivered the top-view know-how used by Karin''s legend to suit the framework of the infiltration action genre, and even to Masaki, who insisted on the scale, the transverse scrolling stage and the bell scrolling stage. We''ve made various actions available, including shooting stages, but Massaki''s hair seemed to have a longer build period. ¡°Today I''m going to Phoenix Soft!! ¡± ¡°Oh Phoenix!! He was the Dragon Warrior''s maker. ¡± ¡°Yes, that''s right. Since next month, I''ve been requesting an inspection for the second cartridge. Seeing as it''s a major company with console traction, Mr. Sege suggested that I go check it out myself. ¡± ¡°That''s right, that''s right! I''ll give you three of them to my family, so there won''t be any harm in stamping their faces. Goodbye, then!¡± Kamauchi was smiling in the studio at the royalty of gaming producers pouring in every month. Mintendo Co., Ltd. has recently completely changed its industry. No longer the toy company that makes the toys, he turned all production lines into a family and headed to the game company. Three years after the family was already launched, Mintendo''s family had a 30% stake in Japan. In other words, one of the three kids who are leaping into the neighborhood has a family. There were also some things that could not be laughed at because they were so popular, and the entire family sold out a week after they went out to demand was one of the rare items in the local cities. What the kids wanted was a family, but the adults who didn''t know it often gave them relatively easy to get a NEGA disc, which had an adverse effect that would only provoke the child''s anger. So now the NEGA disc was hugging its head with increasingly thin inventory of returns. My parents did the same thing when I was a kid. They both looked like the same game machine to adults. At that time, when I received a gift from the NEGA disk, I remember holding the game machine in front of my eyes in embarrassment and grief and tears. So I asked her to buy a family of mintendos, and her parents bought it on a domestic version of the NEGA disk that was officially imported by a domestic large corporation. It was a gamble boy. He must have paid me a lot of money to expect me to be happy, but all I showed him was annoyance and tears, so now that I think about it, I was really sorry. It''s been three years since I came here. I miss my parents all of a sudden... How are you? ¡°I''ll be back then. ¡± I left the headquarters after I finished greeting President Kamauchi. Phoenix had a company in Tokyo and had to move to Shinkansen. I was tired from driving my car and used to spend a lot of time in Shinkansen for long business trips. Recently, most of the new gaming companies have had enemies in Tokyo since the economy was active. Thanks to my headquarters in Kyoto, I often travel to Tokyo almost once every two days. Though it would be convenient to relocate the mintendo headquarters to Tokyo, it was founded in 1889 and was soon to be celebrated for 100 years. Moving such a company''s prison was impossible from the beginning... I went to Shinkansen and forgot my lunch box as usual, then went to the train rest room to digest. I don''t enjoy smoking, but sometimes I used to burn one at the beginning of the meal, and for some reason, if I go up to Shinkansen, do I really want to burn a cigarette? It was not yet time for the mobile phone to come out, and there was nothing to do sitting still, but it was not fun because I also knew the contents of the dragon ball that was the most talked about recently. For me, trends and events from the 1980s were not particularly interesting. ¡®You look very well dressed. ¡¯ One day, I spoke like a female head office. Yeah, well, Ellis used to say the same thing in America. In my standards, I only wore it the way I liked to wear it in 2015, but I used to hear that it felt good. I always wore an angled black suit and tie when I was in my 80s, and I liked to wear a slightly brighter tone of semi-formal, so I was noticeable everywhere. Kamauchi also initially instructed me to suit up with other employees, but recently my outdoor work became more frequent and, above all, Kamauchi no longer tackled my outfit. Well, I don''t usually dress like that, so other employees tend to think of it as a special case when they come from the U.S. office. Chug. I sat at the rec room table and lit a cigarette. I looked around and saw that they were all engaged in the game with games & watches in their hands, without having to be an adult. The game they are currently enjoying is a legendary game & watch edition of Karin released a month ago. If the portable gambling boy project is successfully completed, perhaps Karin''s legend will decorate the last of the Games & Watches.. Then I suddenly remembered the game & watches I received from the senior gaming store in my head. I always carry it around just in case, but rarely play it Even if I didn''t play ''Company game¡¯, I had enough money in my account to spend until I was already dead, and I had relatives with executives in my company, so I had no reason to play games & watches as a Navigator. "I''m bored. Let''s play for a while." ¡¯ The color is different from the legendary game of Karin & ''92; s Watch, so you won &'' 92; t notice much. Even if you get caught doing something, you can only surround yourself with mintendo testing equipment. After a while, I had more time and games & watches than money. I stared at the game screen and froze with a blank expression. The game has... changed. Before crossing over to Japan, the phrase "Sponsored Games" came to mind on the game & watch that changed to the latest trends such as touchscreens and 3D screens. -Start button to start the game. - ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 30 EP. 8: Sponsor Game (4) -Start button to start the game. - Sponsor game? It''s a completely different form of company game from the one I used to play. After pressing the start button in a strange expectation, a simple prologue began. And after a while, I found out that I was the main character in this game. The prologue was a plot to support the management of a game company in crisis with the rich funding of time-slipping in the future. What''s interesting is that all the gaming companies that appear here actually exist, and when you click on them, they have management status and capital. And the title of the game is currently being developed. When I clicked on the Phoenix company I was heading to as a test, I was reminded that I was in the final review for the launch of Dragon Warrior 2. The company''s finances are very stable and employees'' morale is high. You''re a major game developer, too? It would be a diplomatic issue, given the fact that the staff are loyal and the message that it''s almost impossible to make a transfer. The development progress of Fox Soft''s Pool Metals is at 52%, so we''re on a moderate voyage... Mr. Hojima has definitely accelerated his development since he became the main director... Next, I looked at the triangle soft that I''m interested in recently. -Kings Quests from Kawaguchi Director. 5200 Sold. No games currently under development. - 5200 is a total shortfall... even before I created the Finel Frontier, a great piece of Triangle, but the sequel of the games I launched was hard to finance. But when I looked at the company''s financial condition, I understood the desperate feeling of putting FINAL, which means FINAL, on the upcoming finale frontier. In the future, I knew that the final frontier was a leader in the luxurious graphics of the times. The moment I saw the final frontier 7 tag demo, which was launched at the gear station in Sensoni. I thought my heart was going to freeze... "Aid" is truly a great effect on everything. The ¡®Dragon Warrior¡¯, who created the first family RPG game, has already won the title of the national game and is currently on the verge of producing two cartridges. On the first side, if the warrior had saved the princess alone, the party system would have been introduced in the second round, leaving with his colleagues on a journey to defeat the Demon King. Also, since the previous episode and the scenario followed, the protagonist is the granddaughter of the warrior who defeated the Demon King in the episode... Many users were joyfully playing the first episode and were counting the two releases. If we stay this way, we''ll be swept away by the impact of Dragon Warrior 2 when it''s released. Actually, I could go help them right now, but not yet. Let''s wait a little longer. Anyone who hits the ground gets a chance to jump again? kneeling down for momentum like someone''s cartoon. By the way, a sponsor game... I can see industry information at a glance... This is fun! I don''t need money anymore. I need people. & When I arrived at Phoenix that afternoon, I was guided by an employee to find the Dragon Warrior 2 development part. ¡°Hello, I''m Kang Jun-hyuk, a Mintendo employee. ¡± ¡°Joon-Hyuk! Nice to meet you!¡± Unlike Fox Korea, Phoenix''s development room was very favorable. The cartridge was already fully developed, so the office atmosphere was very idle. ¡°Thank you for coming here in person for this inspection. You saved me the trouble. ¡± ¡°No, in the case of the Dragon Warrior, Mr. Kamauchi has enjoyed allowing us to inspect business trips, as well as driving sales for our family. ¡± ¡°I can see you care about our company in Mintendo. ¡± ¡°Of course. We are also looking forward to winning this Dragon Warrior 2. Will users be lining up at the national gaming store again? ¡± ¡°By the way, it was a true spectacle in Karin''s legend. I heard that limited edition marketing is Kang Jun-hyuk''s idea, but you''re really great at your young age. ¡± ¡°A compliment. Haha.¡± How long are we going to do this? After 10 minutes of conversation with the development team, the inspection started. When the Dragon Warrior''s logo came to mind with the title song I missed, I had a smile that I was unaware of. ¡°I''ve seen it in my books, but the Dragon Warrior seems to care a lot about the sound. It''s a monotonous beat, but it feels magnificent. ¡± ¡°That''s because the orchestra director is doing a vocational sound screening. ¡± ¡°By the way, isn''t the illustration of the cartridge case Toriyama now playing the Dragon Ball? ¡± ¡°Yes, I''ve been giving Toriyama character illustrations since we launched chapter one. It is still difficult to express gorgeous graphics on the game screen, so I''ve asked the popular Toriyama to illustrate it so as to evoke the imagination of the users. ¡± At this point, the Dragon Warrior''s game graphics were very monotonous in color. Especially since the first warrior was a warrior painted blue all over the field... it was no different when he came to 2. The magic expression was just flashing red and yellow on the combat screen, and the combat scene was also a dark screen with only monsters in it. ¡®When I first encountered Dragon Warrior 4 as a child, I felt like I was on a real fairy tale adventure, but I guess my memories were a bit distorted. ¡¯ I quickly started the game after clicking ¡®Aaaah¡¯ in the initial character''s name. ¡°Joon-Hyuk doesn''t worry much about naming warriors. ¡± There''s a sad legend you don''t know about when the warrior''s name became ''aaaaah''... even in the 80s when the Internet didn''t exist, there were users who enjoyed the Dragon Warrior in the country. It''s because the business owners, commonly called pouch merchants, bought a few families and games in Japan and returned to Korea to make a big profit and sell them. when there was so little information about the game at the time. The only analogy we had to the content of the game was the painting on the game pack. Was it 91 years? One day, when the Dragon Ball was becoming popular in the country because of pirate piracy. As I was walking by the game store in the neighborhood, I had a completely captivating memory of a familiar illustration drawn on the game pack. At first glance, in the shadow of a dragon''s ball, I could not help but feel the excitement and expectations of that night. I was so excited about what type of game the Dragon Ball character was drawn in. After a few days, the Dragon Warrior, who had barely bought my mother for a few days, gave me great disappointment. I had never played RPG until then because I didn''t know how to play anything but action games. In those days, the action genre was all that was left of the game. Whether it''s a person, an airplane, or a car, you have to move around and crush your enemies, but the game was all about going back and forth to the village and fighting monsters when you came out. It was also so dirty that as soon as I stepped out of the field, I was soon over-gamed by a powerful monster. ¡°What kind of game is this!! ¡± I was so angry at that time that I never looked back at Dragon Warrior 4 again. It was because I felt betrayed by a great illustration and irritated. A few days later, I picked up the Dragon Warrior and went back to the game store. ¡°I''d like to trade this for another game.¡± The local PC assembler frowned at my Dragon Warrior 4 and replied. ¡°Wait a moment. ¡± After a while, he started printing something using a black and white printer. I remember a loud printer in a quiet game store that had been ringing for a long time. ¡°If you get this much printer, you''ll get paid, and I''ll just give it to you for free. The game. It''s the most fun you''ve ever played in a family game. But there must have been a lot of difficulties for you to play as a child. Most of all, I don''t know Japanese. But do you want to try again slowly, looking at this tackle house? Then you''ll see that it was a really fun game you''ve never experienced so far. ¡± After receiving a block of Dragon Warrior 4''s Raid House from him, I returned home and plugged the Dragon Warrior into the family and powered it up. After a very big and cool title song came out, I slowly started playing the game in contrast to the attacking house he gave me. ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 31 EP. 8: Sponsor Game (5) A very big and cool title song came out, and I slowly started playing the game in contrast to the attacking house he gave me. First of all, there was a level to this game. So we don''t just go into caves near the town. You had to level up by catching the weaker monsters around town. Once I got used to catching monsters around me, I was able to survive like I did in the cave for the first time. Characters that get stronger as you level up. And I quickly fell in love with the story of the warrior heading to the tower to find the missing children in town. The story of Dragon Warrior 4 was a very unusual Omnibusian story at the time as an RPG. Chapter 1 was the story of the warrior Ryan. Chapter 2 was the story of the princess who dreamed of fighting in the realm of San Maria. Chapter 3 was the story of the arms dealer Tolneco. Chapter 4 was the story of the daughter. And it was only until the final chapter, chapter 5, that the protagonist came out. In early chapter 5, when my girlfriend transformed herself into a warrior using magic to save a warrior, I saw a story that led to her death instead, and I mourned in my room alone. Since then, BGM in the protagonist village has been so sad that he sometimes stops by the ruined protagonist''s village while playing the game, and he can imagine what the protagonist and his colleagues talked about in the ruined space. In the era of poor graphics, there was little fun to cover with imagination. Oh, wait a minute. The story''s gone somewhere else... Anyway, in the time of the blindness of Japanese, the main character''s name was unified as "Aaaah." because the beginning of the first line of language starts with "Ah." I can''t even read what he wrote anyway, but what did he care what his name was... When the door to the development room opened, a man in his early 30s came in. ¡°Aigoo, hello!¡± ¡°Ahhh!! Toroyama!! There you are.¡± ¡°I stopped by here to inspect Dragon Warrior 2. ¡± Hmm! Toriyama, the writer of the Dragon Ball, is here? I quickly put the pad down on the table and stood up. Toroyama, who met me in the eye, asked me to shake his hand knowing that I was an employee from Mintendo. ¡°Ah, you''re the employee from Mintendo. What''s your name?" ¡°I''m Kang Jun-hyuk. Within Mintendo, he is responsible for the department regarding the new console. ¡± ¡°You look very young, and you''re already the manager of a department. ¡± ¡°I''m enjoying reading your dragon bowl. ¡± In fact, I prefer Slamdungk, but I don''t have to tell you that in 1986, Toroyama was just over 30 years old. He will be responsible for the illustrations of all the Dragon Warrior series, and will continue to connect with Phoenix as a character designer in the future. Wouldn''t it be bad to know someone like this? After shaking hands with Toroyama, I went back to the inspection with the other developers. In fact, the yard was already hit by the first one, so the inspection of the second one didn''t matter. Mintendo''s inspection isn''t about digging through the bugs in this game. This was because it was about knowing if the game had a framework to play or not. ¡°You got all the bugs, right? ¡± Then Yuji, the main director, nodded his head in my question. Any company would pay a lot of attention to bugs because there were bugs that could not progress after cartridge production. ¡°The main character was alone in the book, but you can start partying this time. I thought the battle would be easier, but I''m secretly nervous because my enemies are tuned up. ¡± ¡°We''ve added stories to each of our colleagues to build rapport. I think users will like it. ¡± As a game developer, you have to think of the user first. In that regard, Yuji, the main director of the Dragon Warrior, was a very thorough planner. ¡°You''re close to a perfect score in the palm tree review, so you''re left with a big bang after the launch. ¡± ¡°I''m looking forward to it, but do you think you''ll be able to create the quintessential Carine landscape? I was in the field at the time, and they were really reacting. Did you know that the 500 gold cartridges we gave you are trading for 20-30,000 yen in Amri? ¡± ¡°Some unconscious store owners didn''t sell their stuff on time, so they left it out. That kind of store is where we cut off all our deliveries at the same time. In any case, it is unacceptable to bully users. ¡± Toroyama and Yuji nodded as they agreed with me. After checking the system for about 2 hours, when I got up, Yoo Ji asked me with excited eyes. ¡°I''m sorry Joon-Hyuk came to examine me personally, but can I ask you a simple question? ¡± You said he wasn''t looking forward to it either, so what if he looks at me like that after the inspection? I''ll be a moment. ¡°Hmm, can I be honest? ¡± ¡°Oh, yes. Absolutely.¡± ¡°I don''t know what''s so interesting about it. ¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°Well, of course, my colleagues have a great system, a new way to sail, but it''s not as productive as it''s been for a year. ¡± ¡°Oh, I see.¡± ¡°Don''t tell me there aren''t two protagonists coming out of the third act, too? The main story of the Dragon Warrior is all about the story of the warrior who defeats the Demon King, so you might want to be careful, as the series continues to get less interesting. I''m just saying, as a gamer who enjoyed playing the Dragon Warrior... Well, I think it would be fun to make the story omnibus. ¡± ¡°Omnibus format..? ¡± ¡°For example, three stories that everyone''s been waiting for are actually much older than one, feeling like the beginning of a warrior legend? ¡± ¡°Ah!! That''s fine!! Similar worldviews, but with the last ending, the story of 1 again!! Brilliant!! Very good!! You have a unique sense, as I''ve heard from Shigeru. This has been a reference.¡± What? Shigeru and Yuji knew each other... In fact, Shigeru''s initial opinion on the inspection of this business trip was also his suggestion. Everyone''s busy these days, so when I said I was going, I had a weird look on my face, and it just meant... & In Shinkansen, returning to Kyoto, I opened the game & watch where the man next to me fell asleep. Pressing the play button on the sponsored game started to remind me of messages. - An acquaintance with Toroyama has been created. - - An acquaintance with the milkmaid has been created. - -Youji''s appeal has increased by 3 points. When you reach 10 points, the relationship will rank up. - It''s a mindless game! I get chicken fat just thinking about how much I like men. Suddenly, I was trembling all of a sudden and looked at the people I had met one by one. As expected, Mr. Gunpei and Mr. Shigei were maintaining the highest rank of friendship. "All the fucking men." In the ''80s, however, how many female producers... I stopped the page in Camouflage''s face as I turned the page, returning my taste. It was because unlike other people, there was a speech bubble next to their face. ¡®It''s like seeing the status message of Kato''s favorite phone in 2015..¡¯ I clicked on Kamauchi''s speech bubble with a bleeding smile. - Kang Jun-hyuk is a very capable but dangerous person who doesn''t know what he''s doing. We shouldn''t raise him too much. - ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 32 EP. 8: Sponsored Games (6) - Kang Jun-hyuk is a very capable but dangerous person who doesn''t know what he''s doing. We shouldn''t raise him too much. - So... did this speech bubble comment on how the other person feels about me? Interesting.By the way, you smiled at me in the morning.I can''t believe you kept this thought a secret from me. I''m a Japanese. I put it in my Game&Watch bag and leaned deeply into the chair. No matter how much I flew and crawled for them, I was just one of the foreigners... I was not that surprised when I read Kamachi''s comments because I always had them in my heart. But we can''t reveal the claws yet. Let''s just hold on a little longer... & How long have we known about the media called CDs? In fact, in 1986, where I''m living now, there was a CD. It''s just not universalized yet... An electronics store in Osaka called Denden Town. After visiting an open CD-quality listening session at a record store, Gunpei and I looked at the round disc shining in a rainbow light under a bright light. ¡°Ugh! This is what''s called a compact disc. The color is so nice!¡± Suddenly, Gunpei turned into a middle-aged man and looked at the CD with curious eyes. Compact disc... It''s definitely compact compared to LP, but I was just sighing, familiar with micro SD cards and USB. In fact, I was not interested in it, but I was standing here now because Gunpei was forced to bring it in the sooner it became a new medium. ¡°Oh, yeah, that''s amazing. ¡± ¡°Are you not impressed by this miraculous object? It''s because these young people are so emotionally drained. Hmm... I guess I''ll have to fill you in. ¡± Oh no! Gondol''s product description has begun!! I felt that I was hurrying to get somewhere else, but it was too late. ¡°This CD stuff. Also known as an optical disc, it''s a new medium that allows you to record your original sound digitally rather than using analog methods such as cassette tape or LP. Thanks to you, it''s a new audio specification that allows you to listen to music in clear, noisy sound anytime, anywhere. Life expectancy is 100 years... Isn''t it amazing? ¡± ¡®A hundred years of frozen deaths will put you at risk for less than 20 years on the advent of portable storage, but as a music CD, you have a long life ahead of you.¡¯ But Gunpei''s explanation did not end there. ¡°This product was co-developed by Sensoni in Japan and Philips in the Netherlands. We''re pushing out an existing analog product, and it''s emerging as a new medium. You can record 74 minutes at a time. ¡± ¡°Well, that''s a bit ambiguous. Why 74 minutes, less than 60 minutes? ¡± Then Gunpei lifted his glasses and smiled in repentance. What...? I just asked you once, but I feel like I''m asking you for no reason. ¡°That''s a very good question. The CD is currently 12 centimeters in diameter. But for the first time, Philips suggested the size of the CD was 11.5cm. It could have been more compact. It was also a little over 60 minutes. It was the right time. ¡± ¡°Then why did you increase the time? ¡± ¡°It''s the Beethoven 9th Symphony Choir. ¡± ¡°The capacity of the CD is because of classical music? ¡± ¡°Of course, in the traditional 60-minute period, I was able to capture all the music from the LP, but the Vice President of Sensoni suggested that he wanted to put Beethoven''s 9th symphony on one disc -- the longest Beethoven 9th symphony being recorded by the famous Karajan. ¡± ¡°So the CD''s playback time is fixed based on Karajan''s playing time? ¡± ¡°Yes!! ¡± Hmm... I didn''t know that either. Unfortunately, the information is irrelevant... But that''s why all the music from Beethoven''s ninth symphony... Gunpei had his earphones in his ears, and he seemed very happy to hear the music for a moment. ¡°The world is getting better. It''s like going from an analog era to a digital age. It''s an audio medium now, but it''s also said to be able to be used as a device to recognize data by converting the way it''s stored. 650MB, isn''t it great? ¡± ¡°Haha, yes. 650mega capacity. That''s incredible.¡± ¡°I thought a strong force would be surprised, but they don''t react well. I''m disappointed. That''s the revolution for a puppet like you... I shook my head to the left and to the right to ask Gunpei to eat in 2015. At that time, Gunpei, who was looking carefully at the CD, muttered. ¡°How about replacing the game cartridge with this medium? ¡± You may have said something thoughtlessly, but I was so heartbroken by Gunpei''s words. Using a CD will only become universal after at least two generations, but as soon as I saw the disc for the first time... But Gunpei shakes his head. ¡°But that''s a waste of capacity. Plus, the unit price will go up.¡± ¡°Yeah, I see. Haha.¡± Family games were only 4 MB long... and the performance of the console was not enough to create a larger game. If... if Gunpei''s idea had remained like this until the early ''90s, Mintendo would have become a monstrous company that could never be defeated... & Dragon Warrior 2 launches after a few hours of cartridge production. I found the speaker chairman with Seagee on behalf of Mintendo. There were already a lot of people camped at the Tokyo venue, and the view was quite similar to when Karin''s legend was published. ¡°I feel new coming back to Tokyo like this. ¡± He was recently taking a break from his development work and was wet to excellence looking at the long line of matrices. I think it reminds me of when Karin''s legend was released. After a while, Yoo Ji, who was interviewing with Shigei, ran out with a happy face. ¡°Thank you for coming with Joon-Hyuk and Shigeru. ¡± ¡°From the long lines at the fair, you can see that the Dragon Warrior is a national RPG game. ¡± ¡°Not compared to Shigeru''s Karin legend... haha." Here it comes again!! His endless greetings!! If I didn''t move, I had to listen to that greeting for another 10 minutes, so I hit the right line first and went in. ¡°How many candles have you caught? ¡± ¡°Well, we sold about 1.5 million pieces, so we picked about 500,000. I''m going to watch the reactions for a week and make more cartridges. The soft price was 5,500 yen, just like the original. ¡± The Third Party''s work, which required paying royalties to Mintendo, was often priced higher than the game from Mintendo. Kamauchi recently raised the royalty of the mintendo cartridge, slightly higher the soft price of other companies, and Phoenix has remained the same. ¡°I thought the Dragon Warrior would do 5,900 yen, but I was surprised it didn''t raise the price. ¡± ¡°Honestly, I was told to raise the price a little inside the company, but I was also thankful to users who enjoyed my side and I had a hard time deciding. ¡± ¡°Hmm, I see. I think it''s a good decision. ¡± Shortly after the event, as the Dragon Warrior''s majestic title music opens, the crowds of people outside begin to gather at the counter. ¡°Keep your order!!! Please line up at four counters!!! ¡± Those who exchanged the waiting tables and game titles and finished the calculations did not look back and started running out of the venue even though they wanted to play fast. "I understand that heart." Behind the counter, I grinned and picked up a Dragon Warrior cartridge. A paper case with Toriyama''s illustrations contained a simple manual and a soft black cartridge inside a plastic fixture. ¡°Count me one, too. ¡± ¡°Oh, are you buying Joon-Hyuk, too? ¡± ¡°I''m a big fan of this game. I can''t afford to play games, but I want to buy them anyway. ¡± ¡°Thanks!! ¡± While looking around the venue, I turned my head and saw a man outside the venue looking inside the store. The thin man who was impressed with his moustache stared straight through the Dragon Warrior event and turned straight away as soon as his eyes met. ¡°Tsk.¡± ¡°Hmm..? ¡± He looks a little familiar... No way!? Kawaguchi Hironobu, Director of Final Frontier!? I ran as fast as I could to catch a man away from the venue. ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 33 EP. 9: Loose Companies (1) ¡°Kawaguchi!! ¡± As I recall, the man turned to me with a confused look on his face. ¡°You''re Hironobu Kawaguchi from Triangle, right? ¡± ¡°Do you know me? ¡± ¡°Aren''t you the director of the Kings Quest? ¡± ¡°No, I know, but... how can I...? ¡± ¡°I am Kang Jun-hyuk, a Mintendo employee. I saw a corner on Pammy Communications about the director. ¡± ¡°Oh, right.¡± Then Kawaguchi nodded his head and opened his mouth to relax his guard against me. ¡°The Mintendo staff congratulates you in person for the launch of the hottest producers. ¡± ¡°Oh, well, the dragon warrior''s power is so great. Haha!¡± ¡°By comparison, I''ve only made 6,000 Kings quests, but Mintendo posted a third-party royalty, and I saw a total shortage. ¡± ¡°Oh, really? ¡± ¡°Oh, really? What, is that offensive answer making fun of me? ¡± ¡°No, not at all. But I didn''t put up that royalty, did I? Honestly, I don''t think you should be mad at me. ¡± ¡°Ugh...¡± Kawaguchi grimaced his teeth as he groaned that it was unfair not to find a word to argue with. In fact, Kamachi has recently become more and more violent. Recently, gaming companies have had to film 10,000 seconds in case the game was released or not, because the cartridge production unit price has not increased enough. In other words, if the Kings Quests created by Kawaguchi were sold about 6,000 times three months after the launch date, it would be difficult to sell any more. Games that are not very popular in the new yards these days will soon be forgotten... so the Triangle must have been hit with a shortage of 4,000 left over stocks... While it was good to provide quality software to forget Atari shock, Mintendo''s proprietary market was a difficult structure for gaming companies to gain any other benefits. ¡°Things aren''t going so well with Triangle? ¡± ¡°Originally, I tried to increase the number of Extras by 2,000, but Mintendo wouldn''t accept them. Thanks to you, our company is on the verge of collapse. ¡± ¡°Is that it? Oh, my God. So, any of the games we''re working on right now? ¡± ¡°I''ve got one thing in mind, but... the trend at headquarters is to completely shut down the gaming business...¡± What!? No!! You have to create a Final Frontier for my plan to work!! Kawaguchi said with a bitter expression. ¡°Just once... there was a game I wanted to try one last time...¡± ¡°Last but not least, what genre are you thinking of? ¡± ¡°RPG for now. Actually, I was thinking about buying a Dragon Warrior today, but seeing the Dragon Warrior being sold at the same time as the opening of the event... I was frankly bored. Even if I create a new game, will I be able to defeat the Dragon Warrior that has already become a national game? I wondered.¡± ¡°I can''t. No matter what kind of game Mr. Kawaguchi is playing right now, he can never beat Yuji''s Dragon Warrior series. There''s already three pieces in there. ¡± ¡°Ugh... It sounds like even the game I''m thinking about is going to be defeated by the Dragon Warrior." ¡± ¡°Yes, it is. because that''s the biggest RPG game in Japan right now. But the second place is still empty. Why don''t you start there? ¡± I handed the shopping bag in my hand to Mr. Kawaguchi. ¡°What is this...? ¡± ¡°The Dragon Warrior 2 I just bought at the previous event. ¡± ¡°Why are you...? ¡± ¡°Mr. Kawaguchi must be mistaken, and I clearly said I can''t beat the Dragon Warrior as'' now ¡¯. I didn''t say I couldn''t win. To do that, how great is the game the enemy has created. You have to learn something. ¡± ¡°Done. I''m not even going to approve the development of my next piece anyway.¡± ¡°I''ll talk to Jules about that, too. So let''s play while you take a break. Oh, and if you clear this, you should return it. I bought it today and haven''t played it yet. ¡± I forced Mr. Kawaguchi to show me his shopping bag and headed back to the event. & A few days later, I found Triangle Company in Tokyo. The triangle, barely reached a single address, was located on the second floor of a shabby four-story building. The old flyer on the first floor had a job opening, which was worth 1,500 yen an hour. While Tokyo''s average hourly rate of part-time is 480 yen to 500 yen, I was surprised to see the building again and muttered at a staggering hourly rate. It doesn''t look like a company worth 1500 yen to me. I climb the stairs, tilting my head slightly. And after a while, when I entered the second floor, the first thing that welcomed me was cardboard boxes filled with corridors. ¡®No way... these? ¡¯ A slight opening of the box next to you in an ominous premonition filled with game titles. "So many unsold and recovered titles... what in the world?" ¡¯ I sighed, gazing at the small office door that was visible through the boxes. As I moved a few boxes, I squeezed the gap and stood in front of the office for a moment, and then I tried knocking. ¡°Come in.¡± Queek... I started to freak out again with boxes filled with gruesome noises about the hinges and stepping into the office. ¡°Who are you?¡± If that''s what you''re asking, why don''t you put the boxes away at the entrance!? I look back at the direction of my voice as I walk through the boxes again. ¡°Oh, I''m here to see the boss. ¡± Then, a man in his 40s, sitting inside, replied with a color on his face. ¡°Ah, the interviewer who was supposed to be here today. Come this way.¡± Interviewer? What the hell is this? But I was stuck between the cracks of the box, and I missed the time to answer. ¡°Oh, no, that''s...¡± ¡°The office is a bit complicated, isn''t it? It''ll be clear soon, so come here. ¡± That''s not it, man! And after a while. I was sitting in the unlikely Triangle office, interviewing Mr. Cudo, the boss. So, how about we pretend to be interviewers and find out what''s going on with this company? ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 34 EP. 9: Loose Companies (2) ¡°Greetings. My name is Cudo and I''m the CEO of Triangle Soft. ¡± ¡°Oh, hello. I am Kang Jun-hyuk, a Korean student. ¡± ¡°Korean?¡± ¡°Yes, but? Is there a problem?¡± ¡°No, I''m just a little embarrassed because I''ve never interviewed a student before. You speak very good Japanese. Have you been here long? ¡± ¡°Yes, something like three years? ¡± ¡°By the way, Joon-Hyuk. Do you know how to program a little? We''re recruiting programmers to create games for families.¡± ¡°Of course you can. But is the hourly 1500 yen I saw in the flyer true? ¡± Kubo''s eyebrows twitched slightly. Hmm! Looks like you''re hiding a trick. ¡°Ah, yes, at 1500 hours. ¡± ¡°I heard it was more urgent than the others...? ¡± ¡°Of course you can. as long as one condition is met. ¡± ¡°Condition?¡± ¡°When over 50,000 games created by Junhyuk are sold, 1500 yen is sufficient as an incentive payment. No, you can take more than an hour. ¡± What...? So you want me to make a game and sell it and then distribute the proceeds? I answered with an empty laugh because I was exhausted. ¡°What if they don''t sell 5000? ¡± ¡°If that''s the case, it''s a little hard to pay... Jun-hyuk isn''t confident in his game, is he? ¡± Look at this? You''re going to scratch your insides and try to seduce me somehow? ¡°So what is the base hourly rate excluding incentives? ¡± ¡°280 yen.¡± Sitting there, I rub my hands on my face and sigh for a long time. In fact, this attitude at the interview is very disrespectful, but I''m not here for the real interview, I''m just here to check on the status of the company, and it''s all rotten from the President''s mind. ¡°Mr. Cudo, I''m not actually here for the interview. ¡± ¡°Yes? So...? ¡± I took my business card out of my pocket, handed it to Mr. Cudo and greeted him again. ¡°I am Kang Jun-hyuk, who is in charge of the next generation of console development department. ¡± ¡°F-Mintendo employee!? ¡± ¡°The reason I''m here today is because I came to talk to Mr. Cudo, and it''s flowing in a strange direction, not by Bourne. ¡± ¡°No, why would someone from Mintendo...? ¡± I opened my mouth as I looked around the box full of offices instead of answering. ¡°Are these boxes our family games developed by Triangle Soft? ¡± ¡°Yes, that''s right. There''s no news yet, but we''ve already launched a fourth title as a family - the Kings Quest. ¡± Since you''ve created 4 titles and you don''t have any hits, you must be stocking them... Then why is the boss alone in the game development office? ¡°But is there anyone else? Why is the boss alone on a weekday? ¡± ¡°There was originally a designer and programmer named Kawaguchi who created the Kings Quest, but he hasn''t been to work recently. ¡± ¡°Why?¡± ¡°Well, the Kings quest isn''t selling as well as I expected, so I''m a little behind on my pay.¡± Spying. I can''t find the answer... ¡°In that situation, you''re choosing another part-time job? ¡± ¡°You have to make a game first to make money. By the way, what brings you to my company? ¡± I took a moment to catch my breath and explained to Cudo the boss why I had come. ¡°I came here today to see you. ¡± ¡°Me?¡± ¡°Triangle Soft doesn''t seem to be in good standing right now. You have created 4 titles for my family, but I came to give you some technical advice because I don''t have any hits. ¡± ¡°Oh, I see. But I''m not really in the game development department, so I wish I had a Kawaguchi guy to advise me on technology. ¡± ¡°Does that mean you don''t know anything about game development? But you''re the CEO of a soft company? ¡± ¡°Haha, isn''t Mr. Kamachi from Mintendo the same way? I''m just collecting talent to make game software for a living. ¡± This guy''s a total mind thief. So you''re saying that if you lose, the employees just sit around and make a game and they pay for the cartridge? I''m such an idiot... Did the game market look so pleasant to you? ¡°Do you have any idea how dangerous Mr. Cudo is talking right now? ¡± ¡°Yes..? I mean, you know, the Camouflage President is like...¡± ¡°Don''t you have a lot of money? If you are the head of at least one company, you should consider whether the games that the employees below make are marketable. Don''t you feel frustrated seeing cartridges piled up all over the office right now? ¡± ¡°Gaming business can be huge in a single blow. If you blow one, won''t you be able to fill it with everything you''ve lost so far? Like the Dragon Warrior of Phoenix. ¡± Oh, my god. What the hell kind of posture is game development waiting to explode instead of pachinko in front of a subway station? I feel like I''m going to lose my mind if I talk to you again... I close my eyes with my hands on the itchy forehead. I''ve already looked at the game & watch before I came here. The Triangle''s finances were falling apart, so I threw my horse out of my mind. ¡°Ms. Grant, you owe me a second financial institution. ¡± ¡°..!? ¡± Whether the grain was pierced or not, Kubo''s face hardened at times. In fact, the capital held by Triangle Soft had been collapsing since before the last Kings quest was launched. Khudo had almost won the lottery, so he made a cartridge for King''s Quest from the second financial district to the debt, but he failed to publish and left for stock again. ¡°How...? ¡± ¡°Just looking at the stock piled up in the office gives you the right answer. I wonder if you still have the capacity to make the next one. ¡± ¡°Well...¡± ¡°Why, if the second financial sector is blocked, are you going to use private loans? ¡± ¡°Ugh...¡± ¡°Ms. Grant, I really don''t think that''s...¡± Finally, Kubo bowed his head with a depressed expression. I checked the office, leaving him alone for a moment. If you look at the state of the office, you can feel the atmosphere of the company. Mintendo''s headquarters is teeth-tooth engaged with a large cartridge factory. And Phoenix Soft is a relatively free family atmosphere. The landscape of Fox Soft, an army surveillance company, etc. has been drawn. Triangle was the worst running wreck I had ever seen. But it''s a company that has what I really want. ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 35 EP. 9: Loose Companies (3) But it''s a company that has what I really want. I watched Cudo''s face for a moment, then smiled slightly and said to him, ¡°Ms. Grant, why don''t we try this? ¡± The control of the conversation is now completely over me. Kurdo''s depressed face, full of debt, looked at me with a half-forsaken look. ¡°Hand this company over to me. ¡± ¡°Excuse me?¡± ¡°Ms. Asafi Kudo can no longer afford to develop game software, can she? ¡± ¡°But handing over the company is a little...¡± ¡°How about this? I will repay all the debts Triangle Soft owes you. And I''ll give Mr. Cudo an extra 30 million yen. ¡± ¡°Th-thirty million!? ¡± Thirty million yen is equivalent to 300 million in our country''s money. Three hundred million in 1980''s is a lot of money. As I understand it, the bank debt that Triangle is currently in is about 20 million. It''s like swallowing up a company for 50 million yen. ¡°But do you have that kind of money as an undergraduate in Mintendo staff? ¡± ¡°I have money. It''s too difficult to start a company as an undergraduate. ¡± ¡°Ugh." In fact, when I came to Japan in the 1980s, I made two big mistakes. That is that you have set your age too young. I had just started studying in Japan. These are the two factors that put me in a state where I can do nothing, even with two billion yen. Why? The first is that no matter how much money you have, you cannot pay for your business because you live in Japan for a short period of time. Foreigners had to live in Japan for at least five years to establish a new company in Japan, and they needed a career in the company. In addition, business items were also unknown whether the Japanese government would approve them or not, so it was obvious that no matter how much money I had, as a 21-year-old Korean student, I would not approve the business. ¡®Even if we start our console business right away, will the devices that Koreans have established in Japan be successful during Atari shock? Starting unprepared is a shortcut to destruction... First, you have to build a career so that no one can tackle you. ¡¯ So I decided to use Gunpei. Using him, I first joined Mintendo, who will start the gaming industry from the ''80s to'' 90s. Since the job standards and public bonds were not more difficult than I thought, once the game & watch was in the excitement, I became close to Gunpei who was located in Mintendo, I was able to pass easily. In addition, he brought Shigeru to me as a great fortune. Both of them have earned us some credit from President Kamachi. As a result, I was identified as a business associate, and the remainder was a matter of time to resolve. By the way... I didn''t know this Kamauchi guy was going to send me to America with a shotgun. I ended up spending a year in America, but that wasn''t so bad either. Rather, in Mintendo, Gunpei and Shigei became key figures, and the direction was slightly changed, but eventually they came up with a new console design. The new console development department is currently researching the upper limits of the device specs, and among the people who created the existing family, advanced engineers have been selected to work with me. In other words, I created a department that would extract the most critical skills and put myself in that position. If I had poker with Kamauchi and Gunpei Shigei, the card in my hand would have been the hand of the royal straight. ¡°What do you think? Do you like my offer? Don''t you think you could use that money to start a company like this? ¡± ¡°Th-that''s good. For that amount, I will hand over our triangle software to Joon-Hyuk. ¡± ¡°Oh, by the way, I have one condition. ¡± ¡°Th-the conditions? ¡± The look on Cudo''s face makes me think twice about what I said, so I guess he''s been stressed out by his finances. I opened my mouth, smiling slightly at him. ¡°Would you like to travel abroad after filling out the paperwork? Uh, about a year? Oh, I''ll pay for the trip, too. ¡± ¡°W-why are you abroad all of a sudden? ¡± ¡°You know Kagemusha, right? In fact, Mr. Cudo has to be registered as a ghost president for the next year or so.¡± Shadow Blader. It refers to a false lord who has the same outfit and appearance as the lord to prevent the assassination of enemies in the Edo era. If you receive a transfer of a company founded by a Japanese person, it doesn''t matter if you are a foreigner. It''s just that if you live in Japan more than three years, you can buy it with money. & In January 1987, I cleaned out the office of Triangle Soft, which was full of cardboard boxes. And put a new mission in front of the office. - Pentagon Soft- I took two more dots from my old name Triangle and changed my mission to the Pentagon, meaning pentagon. I wipe away the dirt from my hands and gladly gaze at the halfway mission. I paid my rent, and now it''s time to show up. ¡¯ Then I heard a man''s voice behind my back. ¡°Hey, who are you? ¡± Mr. Kawaguchi turned his head and looked at me with a questionable face. ¡°Huh? Anyone from Mintendo I met at the Dragon Warrior? ¡± ¡°Hello, Kawaguchi. ¡± ¡°How did you...? ¡± ¡°Technical support. Tri-no. I want to help you with a new project for Pentagon Soft. ¡± ¡°Is Mr. Cudo in? ¡± ¡°Ah, the fact that you''re traveling abroad for a while... is actually just Kawaguchi and me. ¡± He cleared his debts with an advance made last month, met with a lawyer to fill out the contract documents and then left for Europe. ¡°What?? ¡± ¡°So Kawaguchi was in charge of this Pentagon software for a while. ¡± ¡°Am I...? ¡± Kawaguchi looked at me with a silly look. When I opened the office door lightly and stepped inside, Kawaguchi followed me around with his tongue on the different interior interior. ¡°Is this really Triangle Soft? ¡± ¡°No. Pentagon Soft. It''s not a triangle that promotes a higher society, it''s a place where both the president and the employee create the best games as developers within an equinox framework. Of course, the main director, Kawaguchi, will be in charge of this place for the time being. ¡± ¡°When is Mr. Cudo coming back? ¡± ¡°That''s going to be a little longer... a year? Or is it gonna take a little longer than that? ¡± ¡°I just came to see if things were getting a little better with my salary.¡± ¡°We have disposed of all the existing malicious inventory. Now, as a Pentagon, they said they had all the capacity to create new games. What do you think? The last fantasy game you ever made. Why don''t you make it here? I''m also here to help. ¡± ¡°Final... frontier. ¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°We''ve named the new game the Final Frontier. And finally, as a game designer, I''m going to unleash the power of the spirit. ¡± Final Frontier. A masterpiece of a memorable era was born for all gamers. & Since then, I''ve rushed the production of the Final Frontier with Kawaguchi. Of course, I couldn''t stop by every day because I had an office in Tokyo, but at least once when I was traveling for work in Tokyo. Kawaguchi seemed to have found a breakthrough after playing the Dragon Warrior I lent him. At that time, the game producer didn''t care much about BGM, but Kawaguchi realized that BGM is essential for dramatic performances to double the fun of the game. As soon as I put on the title, the epic BGM of the Dragon Warrior seemed to ask the user if they were ready for an adventure. Music flowing from the field was also enough to actually feel like we were going on an adventure with our colleagues. There, Mr. Kawaguchi recruited a new composer to the company, who could produce gaming music at all, which is a curious choice for classical composers. Among them, he specialized in piano. And against the illustrator Toriyama Akira, who was popular with children, he used Amano Yoshitaka from Tatsunoko Production, famous for his¡® Eagle Brother ¡¯. ¡°I can see the age range of the Kawaguchi after the party. ¡± I was reviewing the finale frontier''s proposal and smiled slightly at Mr. Kawaguchi. ¡°Is it too hot to be picking on the Dragon Warrior? ¡± ¡°Not a bad idea. If the Dragon Warrior is a simple story that gives a child dreams and hopes, then the age of the Final Frontier is a bit higher than that for adults in junior high school. ¡± ¡°Right away. A battle scene feels like a battle against an enemy. I''ve put characters and monsters on one screen. What do you think? I was watching the NFL a while ago, and the tension of the players facing me before handing the ball to the quarterback was overwhelming. ¡± ¡°Nervous... I wouldn''t maximize the tension in battle just by facing each other.¡± ¡°So this is how I planned the battle. ¡± The battle with the monsters Mr. Kawaguchi showed me was using an active battle system. With a gauge that allows you to choose between monsters and player characters, the alternating ways monsters and players attack each other in the order in which the gauge rises was a groundbreaking way to underpin the future of the Final Frontier. ¡°But Joon-Hyuk. I''ve always wondered, you know, you have a very unique knowledge of game planning and coding. Thanks to this, the development of the Final Frontier was very smooth. ¡± ¡°Really? I''m glad you could help. ¡± ¡°With this level of skill, you can even compare it to Shigeru in Mintendo. Why don''t you develop a game? ¡± ¡°Well, I''m actually building one as a hobby. ¡± ¡°As a hobby? What type of game is it? ¡± ¡°It''s still a secret. I can''t tell you. Haha¡± I smiled at Kawaguchi and avoided his answer. After coming back from the United States earlier last year, the game that had been made little by little was about to be finished. But it is clear that I am not willing to play this game in the name of Minten. ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 36 EP. 10: Odd Games (1) & One spring day in 1987, a game called Final Frontier was released without a sound. At the beginning of issuance, no one paid any attention to the story of the warrior who defeated the Darkness thanks to Crystal. During the week after the release of the game, Finel Frontier sold about 3,000 of them by Yamano Yoshitaka''s illustration. Of course, the results were satisfactory compared to the sales volume of the original King''s Quest, but Kawaguchi''s mind was not. ¡°As a director, I guess I lack my qualifications. ¡± A gloomy voice comes from across the handset. I was also busy at headquarters, so I was not frequently travelling to Tokyo recently, so I was on the phone with Kawaguchi at the dormitory after work. ¡°It''s only been a week, and I don''t think you need to be so depressed. There will also be a Fame review coming out this month, so stay tuned. ¡± ¡°But thank you for helping me finish my last game. Joon-Hyuk, I really won''t forget this grace. ¡± ¡°You''ve worked hard to get ready for the launch, so take a few days off and relax. ¡± ¡°I''m still wondering how many days of ocean fishing I''m going to do. ¡± ¡°That''s a good idea. If you go out to the sea and come back, you might have some good news!¡± ¡°I wouldn''t have wished for that. We''ll be in touch. ¡± After disconnecting from Kawaguchi, I immediately contacted a family-communications journalist, Jun Fei. Previously, I told you about Karin''s legendary golden cartridge, and now I''m one of my closest friends. In the absence of the Internet, the only game information was through magazines. In addition, the marketing of the games had to be done in the same way. After a while, you hear the sound of an elongated typewriter as well as a man''s voice. ¡°Thank you. This is Junpei Ishimoto from Pammy Communications. ¡± ¡°Jun Pyo? You''re not home yet? ¡± Jun Fei, who is my comrade, always had a habit of talking fast like he was being chased by something. Because of this, if I don''t listen carefully, I often don''t understand. ¡°The deadline is killing me. There are a lot of games to play, but I''m going to lose my mind when I finish this and write a review article. ¡± ¡°You''ve been busy. Did you get the final frontier review scores we released about 10 days ago? ¡± ¡°Final Frontier? Well... I''m not the only one who writes review articles. Maybe someone else did. ¡± ¡°Haven''t you tried? What... what kind of answer is that? ¡± ¡°You know, are there a couple of family games these days? I''m at least three days short. You want to borrow a cat''s hand? ¡± ¡°Whether the cat wrote it or the dog wrote it, find out if the final frontier review was written. ¡± ¡°Now?¡± ¡°Yes, now. ¡± ¡°Hey, take care of me! I haven''t been inside in two days!¡± ¡°Well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, so ¡°Bitter bastard. ¡± ¡°Thank you. ¡± Soon, I heard Jun Fei yell at other employees to see if anyone had written a Final Frontier Review. And after a while. ¡°No, they haven''t written anything yet. Due to the high volume of games released this time, Final Frontier Review should be postponed to next month. ¡± ¡°What!? What kind of game magazine is that if you push the newest game just released to the next month''s review? ¡± ¡°One or two of the latest games just came out. I''m the reviewer, but the kids on the tac team are half dead. They haven''t been able to get in the house in two weeks and they''re just playing games. ¡± ¡°Then look at me and write me a final frontier review. And, by the way, let''s put it on the top of the list this month. ¡± ¡°Ugh? What?!? ¡± ¡°You owe me one of Karin''s legendary limited edition knights, right? Think of it as payback. ¡± ¡°Joon-Hyuk, but that''s a little...¡± ¡°Please, Jun Fei. You''re my friend, right? ¡± ¡°Oh, I was gonna go home today, but...¡± ¡°But play. It''ll be fun because it''s someone I recommend. ¡± ¡°I''m sure you''ll try it right away, but I''ll kill you for your game of junk!! ¡± ¡°I''d love to finish this, but I''m going to buy you a drink, so try harder!! ¡± ¡°Th-that''s good. Okay, fine. You have to keep that promise!! ¡± ¡°Got it. Good job, man. ¡± A week later, I stopped by a large bookstore in Osaka. In the corner of the magazine, there was a line of boys dressed in uniforms reading pammy communications. ¡°Wow, there''s so many new ones out there. We''re running out of allowance. What can I get you? ¡± ¡°Buy something that lasts a long time. RPG or something." ¡°I woke up the Dragon Warrior 2 last week, but I''m sure it was fun... The story''s a little childish... Is there anything new I can do?" ¡± Then a student reading a review article next to him replied. ¡°Final Frontier... I think this will be okay. Jun Pyo, RPG, gave me 36 out of 40 points. ¡± ¡°Really? The Dragon Warrior 2 was 38 points. ¡± Get their attention. The boys started reading the review articles for them. ¡°Final Frontier. The first work of a new company called Pentagon Soft. Content where the protagonist of the Light Warrior alone defeats the forces of Darkness under the protection of a crystal. Although the beautiful BGM and Amano Yoshitaka illustrations seem similar to the Dragon Warrior 1, there is a unique battle scene in the Final Frontier Bay. You can feel another attractive fantasy than the Dragon Warrior. ¡± ¡°Strange? After all, a dragon warrior''s tribute? ¡± ¡°I thought the battle was fun, but the review scores are good, so you should try it." ¡± ¡°Well, I''m concerned. I''m gonna go to the game shop and ask him if he''s having fun. ¡± At that time, a student who was just listening to his friends'' stories opened his mouth with a cautious look. ¡°Do you guys... do you know a game called Dragon Emblem? ¡± At that moment, my fingertips stopped turning over the bookshelves next to them. ¡°Dragon emblem? What is that? I''ve never heard of it. ¡± ¡°That''s right. Where did it come from? Is that another RPG? ¡± The student gave a slightly embarrassing face to the questions that were being asked by his friends. He hesitated for a moment to talk around his mouth, shaking his head and saying in a voice of confidence. ¡°Oh, no. I don''t want you to know.¡± ¡°What? That''s a dirty secret? What kind of game is that? ¡± ¡°Yes! If you''re having fun, let me know!¡± I can''t stand people asking me questions. When he told the story, the student finally opened his mouth because he couldn''t win the beating he had with his friends. ¡°Actually, I heard it from my cousin. I got a call the other day, and he was bragging that he had a huge game in hand. Other than that, I don''t know.¡± ¡°If the game was released, it would have been in the magazine. When did you get out? ¡± ¡°I don''t know. It''s just a urban myth. The game''s never been released.¡± I casually handed over the bookshelf and smiled at the student''s words. Well, there''s nothing wrong with that. The friends began to inquire in earnest whether they were intrigued by the beautiful words of their friend. One of them was going through the game magazines in the bookstore and looking at the issue date of the family game. ¡°There''s no such game. ¡± ¡°I mean, you said it wasn''t on the market before.¡± ¡°What is that? By the way, how did your cousin play the unpublished game? ¡± ¡°I heard you got it at a secondhand game shop. ¡± ¡°You bought a game that has not yet been released in the second hand game shop!? What kind of game is this? What is a genre?¡± ¡°That''s the first genre I''ve ever seen. The background is fantasy, and the characters on the screen are standing on chessboard maps and moving them around to fight the enemy. Problem is... ¡°Problem? ¡± ¡°When a character is killed by an enemy, the data disappears in that game...¡± ¡°What? What do you mean?" So when a character dies, it disappears? ¡± ¡°Yes." Then a friend who was listening to the story laughed. ¡°Then turn the machine off and on. Or you can reload it to the save point and try again. ¡± ¡°They say that even if it loads, it doesn''t have that character.¡± ¡°What!? So, what do we do from the beginning? ¡± ¡°Not even that. If all the characters die, it''s just game over. And I can never play again. ¡± ¡°Crazy... where''s the producer? You made that game, and you''re selling it for money? We should protest now.¡± ¡°The producer doesn''t have one, so there''s no customer service to complain about. As I said before, the game was bought in a second-hand shop with a caseless Al Pack, and it sounded ridiculous, but it was 1000 yen.¡± ¡°Thousand yen!? That cheap? No way. Isn''t your cousin lying? ¡± ¡°It''s not like that, but he lost all of his characters, so he ended up being over-gamed. So he''s been wandering around each thrift store recently looking for a game called Dragon Emblem.¡± ¡°Phew... What the... If that''s true, let''s find out. The game?¡± Soon after the children ran out of the bookstore, the bookstore owner shouted at the children in a loud voice. ¡°You guys!! Be quiet in a bookstore!! As soon as I stepped out of the bookstore, I looked at the children running down the street and covered the book. A mysterious game that no one can play. Dragon emblem... The description of the game that the student mentioned earlier was somewhat accurate. This game was a genre that would later be called simulated RPG, in a map of fantasy backgrounds lined up like a chessboard, in a way that would move an ally against an enemy. The title Dragon Emblem was the first title I created alone with three letters of my name after a time slip. And the worst difficulty in the history of the current game. Cleared, of course. But I could never clear it all at once. The moment a character dies. Dragon emblem has become a game that can never be cleared... I was able to sprinkle this game on the market without going through the cartridge factory in Mintendo. How is that even possible? First, we did not use a formal distribution network. As the student said earlier, I handed this game over to a second-hand shop for a relatively low price of 500 yen per person. And they doubled the amount and sold it to the user for 1,000 yen. I sold 2-3 cartridges for each of the major game outlets around Osaka on the weekends. I first sprinkled about 200 titles and waited quietly until word of mouth circulated. There was no rush. I was busy working, too. Sometimes I would stop by the game shop after work just to check if there were any dragon emblems I had sold, but I did nothing else. After scattering dragon emblems gradually back and forth... strange urban legends began to circulate. - A fantasy game with devil difficulty... I collected a little cartridge each weekend and sold it in a second-hand game shop. If you were to ask me where I got the mintendo game cartridge... you don''t think I''d throw out all the bad stock I got from the triangle? ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 37 EP. 10: Odd Games (2) & Beginning with Jun Fei''s commendation, Final Frontier began to get a good response among the users. Jun Fei was one of the fairly reliable reviewers among the family users. No matter how good the game was, even the dragon warrior 2 did not give it a full score because he was a tough guy. Curious users purchased the Final Frontier when he scored 36 reviews on the new game, and the result was great. In the first week, 3,000 Final Frontier were released and sold out 30,000 per week after a month. Kawaguchi, who came back from sea fishing, called in a trembling voice in this incredible situation. ¡°Joon-Hyuk, what the hell is going on? ¡± ¡°I told you to wait a little longer. A good game is that users recognize it first! Since they''re starting to gossip, they''ll be sold like sails on a whirlwind. Before you run out of stock, please inquire about producing additional cartridges in mintendo. ¡± ¡°Thank you. Be sure to stop by our office whenever you come to Tokyo. I have so much I want to talk to you about. ¡± ¡°Okay, I''ll call you before I hear from you. ¡± Before I left for sea fishing, I was praying like a man about to die, and he was so excited... I shook my head to the left and to the right and lowered my handset. At the same time, the phone rang. ¡°Hello..? ¡± ¡°Joon-Hyuk!? I''m Junpei. Are you off work? ¡± ¡°I got off work. I got a call.¡± ¡°Then come out to Osaka. ¡± ¡°Osaka! Did you come to Osaka? When??¡± ¡°Just now. I thought you said we should go. Get out of here. He''s waiting for you.¡± ¡°Come here from Tokyo to get it!? ¡± ¡°I have some questions for you about this month''s article, and this time you''ll help me. ¡± ¡°Got it. I''ll be there in a minute. ¡± After a while, I drove my car to Osaka Dotonbori and looked around the meeting place. I mean, if you have a cell phone, you should be able to easily find it, even though this is an inconvenience from the ''80s, and it''s strangely nostalgic. ¡°Hey! Over here!! ¡± I turned my head to Jun Fei''s voice and saw him waving his hands at me with his hat pressed down. He came up to me with a professional film camera hanging on his shoulders, fearing who would be a journalist. ¡°It''s been a long time. How are you? ¡± ¡°Fair enough. Why didn''t you call me before you came to Osaka? ¡± ¡°Then I''m afraid you''ll run away with an excuse for what happened. ¡± ¡°... the quick one. ¡± ¡°Kick-kick, let''s eat something first. You said you shot him today, right? Let''s eat enough to die in Osaka today!¡± ¡°Got it. Got it!¡± Dotonbori is an amusement park along the Dotonbori River, which flows south of Osaka. Approximately 500 metres from Ebisbashi to Centich, the spectacular signs of shops and restaurants clumped together like Tetris. Junpyo chased me after Takoyaki, saying that he must eat when he comes to Osaka while heading to the restaurant. ¡°Ahh! Hot!! Hurrah! Get off!! ¡± ¡°Then you''ll have to burn through the ceiling.¡± I turned my head to the left and to the right, and smiled as Junpei rolls a tacoyaki in his mouth. In fact, I''ve met everyone since I came to Japan except Gunpei or Shigei, so I didn''t have many friends at my age. Is this the only person in this age who can talk openly? After a while, we went into the house and rented a small room at the unusual sign where a giant crab fluttered. ¡°This is the good place you said... was it here? ¡± ¡°Why? You don''t like it? Should I go somewhere else? ¡± ¡°No, I think I''ve had the lewd devil in my mind for a while. That''s what you do.¡± ¡°He must be thrilled to be taking him to the Wind Farm.¡± ¡°Shut up!! I don''t have time to meet women because I work all the time. ¡± ¡°Who do you think you''re messing with? ¡± As he raised the glass lightly, Jun Fei raised his glass with an unfair look. While exchanging news about the gaming industry, Jun Fei put down his chopsticks and made a serious face. ¡°Actually, I came here today because I wanted to ask you something in person. ¡± ¡°Really?" Pick up my repentance and give me a dry answer. Jun Fei frowned slightly. ¡°Okay. I''m serious. What is it? ¡± ¡°Do you know of a game called Dragon Emblem? ¡± What, that''s it after all? I replied with a smile in my heart. ¡°I know. Are you interested in that game, too? ¡± ¡°The name is a game magazine journalist, and you don''t care? But have you ever done that? ¡± ¡°Yes, I have. ¡± ¡°What? Where did you get it!? ¡± ¡°Rumor has it I bought it at a second-hand game shop. ¡± ¡°Where''s the game shop? Let me know. ¡± ¡°I''m in Kyoto, and I can''t get there now. I drank... and there was only one when I lived. I was lucky.¡± ¡°The rumors were true!! They show up at second-hand shops in Kyoto or Osaka rather than Tokyo. ¡± That''s it. I live here. Of course I can sprinkle it around here... ¡°But the game was secretly expensive. I bought it at a thrift store for 8,000 yen. Rumor has it it it''s worth 1,000 yen.¡± ¡°Of course the price goes up!! That game is a big talk right now amongst family game enthusiasts!! ¡± As Jun Fei said, the dragon emblem, which began with the initial 500 yen purchase, is now receiving up to 6,000 yen. Of course, as long as the game data doesn''t disappear at a new price... I swiped a glass down my throat and pulled out a game cartridge from my chest. Then Jun Fei''s eyes widened and his mouth opened. ¡°Huh? You can''t be...¡± ¡°I got another one a few days ago because I thought you might ask. ¡± Actually, I just brought something from home. ¡°Joon-Hyuk!!! Son of a bitch! What a lovely thing!! ¡± Jun Fei cried bitterly, accepting the dragon emblem I gave him and looking around. Jun Fei continued to observe the cartridge with curious eyes, even though it seemed like a normal family cartridge. ¡°The cartridge''s about to go crazy. Dude, stop watching and drink!¡± ¡°Just in case, I''m impressed to see you like this. ¡± ¡°It''s okay. You''ll hate me in three days.¡± ¡°Hmm? Why?? ¡± ¡°Nobody cleared that game at once, but I don''t think they''ve even cleared anyone yet." You get a temper if you don''t play the game. ¡± ¡°So when a character dies in a game, the data is deleted? ¡± ¡°Moreover, if you are over-gamed, you will never be able to play again. So play carefully. ¡± In fact, there is a secret in Dragon Emblem that only I know. Someday it will turn out, but still, I just wanted to enjoy the reaction of the users. I filled my empty glass with drinks and smiled softly. & ¡°Who delivered the cartridge without our permission!? ¡± During the weekly meeting, the voice of President Kamauchi echoed. Then Gunpei raised his glasses slightly and replied. ¡°Probably an illegal Chinese clone company that''s been doing it recently. ¡± ¡°Create and sell games from an illegal replicator!? How is that even possible, man? ¡± Then, Seegee opened his mouth, looking stunned by something. ¡°That''s right. It doesn''t make sense that an illegal replicator would make and distribute such a great game. Oh, my Katrina.¡± ¡°Sige, what''s wrong with that guy? ¡± Kamauchi revealed an uncomfortable expression toward Shigei, who had been blurry. Sitting next to Shigei, I poked him in the side and replied to Kamauchi instead. ¡°Oh, that''s the one where the heroine died in the dragon emblem you were playing yesterday.¡± ¡°I pushed it backwards to protect the end, but I never thought the enemy would fall behind. Ugh... What kind of monster director would design such a cruel level...¡± Shigere muttered in a small voice, thinking about what happened yesterday. Oh my... Please wake up. But I''m glad to hear that the renowned gaming director, Shigei, is so keen to play... ¡°However, since the dragon emblem has settled on a second-hand market rather than an official distribution network, there''s no way to figure out who made it. Maybe it was amateurs who invented the game.¡± ¡°I don''t want to know who invented the game called Dragon Emblem. What I want to know is how the game that didn''t give us royalties is being distributed!! ¡± Kamauchi exclaimed at the whale to see if he was really mad. In the conference room, everyone was attending except me, Gunpei, and Shigei, as well as the factory manager in charge of the cartridge production plant, as well as the head of the security and finance teams. "But why am I here, the next generation of console development?" Two months have passed since I sprinkled the dragon emblem on the thrift market. At first, Shigei and Gunpei were rumored to be just urban legends about family games. However, the growing number of users said they wanted to know the producer as well as Mintendo''s headquarters. As they started to ask questions, they went to market research, and after a few second-hand gaming companies, they came to believe that dragon emblems actually existed. Currently, Shigei, the best game developer in Japan, has finally won the Dragon Emblem after a few days of trying to save the game because he was interested in new game forms. However, all characters were exterminated on Stage 5 due to the difficulty of extreme difficulties, and the saved Dragon Emblem was only made into a non-playable object in one day. ¡°But this game has a bit of a unique side. ¡± When Mr. Segae finally opened his mouth, all the eyes of the staff in the meeting room were on him. ¡°The dragon emblem I experienced... was almost like a survival game that pushed the user to the limit. Once a game is overplayed, you will not be able to play the game again. But when you put the game cartridge back together like that, you get a message. ¡± ¡°A message?¡± ¡°What the hell does this mean? ¡± ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 38 EP. 10: Odd Games (3) What exactly could this mean? Also, there was a message that popped up that said to never throw the game away. It was also displayed at the end. In other words, it''s implying that there''s more to come. In any case, the alphabet code seems like a type of password to use in the sequel. The clues made it so that if you were to throw it away, you''d still easily be able to sell it to second-hand stores. Although we don''t know who it is, this developer gives off the feeling of an incredible marketing genius who is also well-versed in the game industry. ¡± At that moment, Mr. Gunpei muttered the series of letters that Mr. Shige presented, and he opened his mouth. ¡°That¡­ seems like an email address? ¡± As expected of Mintendo''s most elite. Having the knowledge of what the form of an Email address looked like in 1987... Just thinking about that was sending shivers down my spine. As of yet, the internet, which was still being referred to as a ¡®communication network¡¯ exclusive to the army, was something that nobody, who was a civilian in this time, should have the knowledge of¡­ Or so I had thought. Was it possible that Mr. Gunpei had come from the future as well...? ¡°Email? Gunpei know what this alphabet code means? ¡± ¡°No¡­ I don''t understand it to that extent. All I know is that it''s a form of communication, an identifier that works roughly the same as a house address. However, it would be difficult - in any case-to understand the underlying message by just knowing what it is, wouldn''t you agree? ¡± Kaah ~ Look at that comparison. I can''t stop complimenting him... It was enough for me to spit out a compliment inside my mind, but no one in this meeting was able to understand Mr. Gunpei''s words. ¡°Communication? Mr. Gunpei... I wouldn''t understand it because I only make games. Can you please explain it in a way that will make sense...? ¡± Mmm¡­ Was it possible to explain it any simpler than that? With an impatient expression, I responded to Mr. Shige in place of Mr. Gunpei. ¡°Mr. Shige, you have a phone in your house, right? ¡± ¡°Of course. Is there anyone in this day and age that doesn''t? ¡± ¡°A telephone is a communication device. One that allows you to have a conversation with a person over a long distance, right? ¡± ¡°That''s ¡­ right? ¡± ¡°What Mr. Gunpei is trying to say is that the series of alphabet letters are similar to a phone number. We can send an electronic mail to a faraway person through the computer. ¡± ¡°That''s right! Kang-kun! That''s what I have been trying to say ~! As expected of Kang-kun, I had a feeling that he''d be able to explain ~¡± In my perspective, you, who already had the knowledge of what an Email was, should be considered a far scarier ¡®monster¡¯ than me... At that moment, President Yamauchi closed his eyes and, after Mr. Shige''s comment, asked: ¡°Grunt¡­ Anyways, the conclusion is that a sequel could come out for this game, yes? It''s terrifying to even think about that. Shigeru-kun, how much did you say that game cost? ¡± ¡°Um¡­ the price began at 1000 Yen in the beginning, but now it has soared to almost 15,000 Yen, which makes sense given the quality of the game and the demand there is for it. Also, the fact that the game has yet to be cleared gives the users a sense of excitement. The reason for that seems to be the shocking rarity of the game. ¡± ¡°We don''t know where this guy came from, but, if I meet him just a single time, I''m willing to spend a million dollars, if necessary. A producer who can utilise such psychological tactics on the masses...¡± Even though this was only the beginning... President Yamauchi seemed to be sporting a strange emotion as Mr. Gunpei opened his mouth to speak again. ¡°I don''t know as much about games compared to Mr. Shigeru or Kang-kun, but, upon hearing Mr. Shigeru speak, I couldn''t help but notice a very strange point. ¡± ¡°Strange you say? ¡± The cartridges we make are called ROM packs. Ah, President Yamauchi, a ROM pack is¡­ ¡± Wearing an impatient expression, President Yamauchi quickly interrupted Mr. Gunpei before he could go any further in his explanation. ¡°Hey, skip past that over-explaining habit of yours and just tell me the main point. ¡± ¡°I can''t, even if I wanted to. This is one of those things where you need to hear the long explanation to understand properly. ROM stands for Read-Only-Memory ¡ª a type of memory that is only able to be read from. To my knowledge, the ROM makes it so that, if you were to ever use a different set of data, it would be unusable. ¡± The second Mr. Gunpei said those words, the pencil I had been twirling about in my hand paused. Hm...? By any chance, do you have that Dragon Emblem game on you right now? ¡± ¡°Yes, it''s sitting at the development office. Actually, I had wanted to crack open the game, but there''s an absurdly strong lock on the system...¡± ¡°Is that so. In that case, can you show it to me for a bit after the conference ends? It seems like I''ll need to see the cartridge. ¡± In the end, the conference meeting ended without any of us having found a solution to the problem. At the end, President Yamauchi imparted onto us one last sentence. -Make a game similar to that of Dragon Emblem and formally circulate it- This was basically an order telling us to create a charming, marketable SRPG genre game in the shortest term possible. However, a game like Dragon Emblem, with the acclaim it got, would-in my opinion-only be rivaled by something Mr. Shige could produce. So, with President Yamauchi''s development instructions, he set off to work. As for myself... Lately, I''ve been too busy with the production of a brand new console, so it has been hard for me to find any time to continue my company outsourcing tangents. In the end, we at Mintendo had to partner up with one of our most loyal firms, Intelilic, and they took the helmet for the new Emblem series. A game idea that I originally had not been used by my previous company... Now, the story is flowing in an... interesting way? A moment later, Mr. Shige, Mr. Gunpei, and I were sitting at the office, and we were looking at the game cartridge of Dragon Emblem. Listening to Mr. Gunpei, it seemed like the secret of Dragon Emblem, that only I had known for a while, would be released to the public. Taking out the ROM card from the game cartridge and revealing its appearance, Mr. Shige tilted his head in confusion, asking Mr. Gunpei. ¡°Is there something peculiar about it? ¡± Going as far as to break into a cold sweat, Mr. Gunpei grumbled. ¡°Shigeru-kun. You said that this game cost 1000 Yen at the second hand shop? ¡± ¡°Mmm... the rumours are going around saying so. Although, a premium price tag is now put on it¡­¡± ¡°Now, which crazy bastard would hand over an item like this for a measly 1000 yen for the second-hand stores to sell? ¡± Is there something special about it? ¡± ¡°With other games, you would make the game cartridge and insert a different chip. However, Dragon Emblem''s cartridge is made entirely exclusive for it! ¡± ¡°Huh ~ So you''re saying that there''s a game inside the game? But according to Mr. Gunpei, isn''t it impossible to delete data inside a ROM cartridge? ¡± ¡°It was changed to be able to cleverly read data. It''s limited to not only the basic games, but the data on the custom chip as well. ¡± ¡°Custom chip? What''s that? ¡± ¡°It''s an apparatus that can read and write data¡­ It can also freely manipulate up to 24 kb of storage at will. Yes, with this method, it''s possible to delete data as a result of the game play. However, I can''t comprehend what the intent was for implementing this setting to a perfected game¡­¡± Mr. Gunpei was making a depressed expression while he stared at the internal chip. Mmm¡­ Actually, I didn''t have any particular intentions? If he had to ask about the intent, then I guess it would be that I wanted to convey the realism of losing a character to the gamers. (This was confirmed by the reaction of Mr. Shigeru losing Katrina.) I also wanted to provide a competitive spirit for gamers attempting to clear a game with an extremely high difficulty? With the current ROM technology, it was currently impossible to make this kind of game; a game that would delete characters or game data depending on the gameplay. After contemplating for a while, I suddenly thought of the ROM pack that I had seen once at Yongsan district. [1] This oftenly dubbed ''UFO¡¯ was a device that could make copies of game cartridges. By plugging a custom game disk inside the UFO device and the game you would like to copy in the back, the data inside the game would be copied onto the custom game disk. This could be seen as the beginning of illegal ROM pack copies. The interesting thing was, I wanted to know if it was currently possible to move multiple games onto the disk, so I met one man through the Game & Watch system. An Indian man called Chand... In one alleyway, on the crowded streets of Akihabara, he was selling PC accessories in a computer store, but this was just a cover. In reality, inside the store, he was selling illegal copies of Family games. I hovered around his surroundings for a few days while I waited for the perfect opportunity to step on his tail. Then, I finally caught him in the critical moment of an illegal sale. I successfully got a hold of his weakness by threatening him that I would report him to the police. What happened next? Well that''s obvious... I made the indian native, who was in charge of providing the initial custom chip cartridges, work for me. Chand and his buddies were uncooperative in the beginning, but, after I showed them that more money could be made by helping me, instead of selling illegal copies, things worked out easily. Due to that, the initial start-up capital was quite high; the profits finally started trickling in after the price of the item rose even more, thanks to its rarity. ¡°I can finally understand why Dragon Emblem introduced itself through the cracks of the unofficial second-hand market. ¡± Mr. Gunpei made a satisfied face, as if he was relieved of his curiosity. Now, Mr. Shigeru was wearing a strange expression, one that was different from when he was developing Super Marigee. ¡°I don''t understand at all. Why is a game of this caliber not going through the official route, Mr. Gunpei?¡± ¡°Because Dragon Emblem would lose its uniqueness if it officially debuted like every other game. Think about it, wouldn''t the official price be fixed if it were to be subsidized by us? Just the custom chip alone is worth 8,000 Yen. Our Mintendo is setting the maximum price per game at 6,000 Yen per cartridge in order to protect our consumers. We would have experienced an enormous deficit if it was sold with this custom chip installed... Also, it would''ve been difficult for it to experience the current rarity value. They must''ve aimed for the price-malleable black market for this reason. Dragon Emblem is a game that perfectly drilled through the holes of our Mintendo''s cartridge production system¡­ ¡± ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 39 EP. 10: Odd Games (4) A very interesting thing happened this month in the best signal palm communication. Users playing the Dragon Emblem are gathered together to take action. What did you say the name of the event was? Did it say "king"? After issuing an announcement for the dragon emblem, which prepared a total of 25 stages, users volunteered to attend the event, and Minten came out as a representative to investigate their reactions. ¡°I''ve only been developing games for five years, but I''ve never seen such a rare event. ¡± After coming back from breakfast, Shigei muttered, swallowing the bakery bread and milk. I was beside him, smiling gladly and looking around the venue. The users were sitting in front of their monitors at the venue with their faces covered. The dragon emblem, prepared by Pammy Communications for this event, was the largest of its kind because 100 users, including me and Shigere, gathered to clear the Dragon emblem because it was obtained by wiping out used stores all over the country. The players were mostly men, but there was also a mix of middle-aged female users on a 9: 1 ratio. At this time, however, the female user was of almost a natural monument, so it was enough to receive the attention of men in one body. ¡°Greetings, users. A member of the Dragon Emblem Punitive Force and a member of the community. Junpei Ishimoto.¡± Punitive force... What a terrible name... ¡°If you''re here, I think you''re a warrior kneeling on the drastic difficulty of Dragon Emblem a few times, but in case you''re wondering, I''ll let you know some of the information I learned from our pammy communications and get right to the game. First!! Please look this way!! ¡± As Gunpei pointed to the event wall, a brief game introduction using a projector was unfolded. ¡°The company that invented the dragon emblem and its creators are still hidden. Perhaps clearing a game is a common way of showing up, so if one of you completes this game today, we will solve the riddle of where this game was created!! ¡± ¡°Ooooo!!!!!!! ¡± The morale of the soldiers gathered to conquer the Demon King named Dragon Emblem was great. Even the middle-aged female users seemed to have contributed something evil to their shouting. I bought it for 1,000 yen initially, but then I didn''t give it to the Apostles for clearing it. It''s worth paying evil... I let out a mouthful of laughter and tuned in to their cry. Jun Fei continued to explain after a satisfactory smile while looking around the president. ¡°Think about it. I''ve bought five of these games. The longest stage is 18 stages. Kneel down in the Temple of the Dark Dragons. One in five started playing with the help of an acquaintance, but after that only cost 70,000 yen for four cartridges. And I think it''s similar for those of you who are here. ¡± ¡°I spent 200,000 yen!!! ¡± A user shouted in a genuine outrage, and Jun Fei replied with a mournful smile. ¡°I don''t think you''re very good at games. ¡± Players with red faces shut their mouths tightly, but the surrounding atmosphere becomes a laughing sea. Even with the Japanese arts program, I think it''s a Japanese culture that is a little bit discreet because of the performances of insulting and beating the heads of guests. ¡°Now, I''m going to briefly explain to you that some of you, like the user you just talked about, don''t know the system of this game. As many of you know, the characters who died in the game will still be erased, so let me skip that and give you a brief overview of your relationship with the soldier''s class. Spearman is effective against cavalry, cavalry is effective against prosecutors. And the prosecutor is using a scissor scissor system that''s effective for spearers. Archers have a ranged attack that attacks enemies two spaces behind them and are effective against courageous characters. But be careful because you have low defensive strength. Courage attacks all classes effectively, but is a rat poison for arrows. Exactly!! If you stay here and play carefully, we will definitely see the end of this game today!! ¡± ¡°Wow!!!!! ¡± ¡°And if you have any users who have last completed this game, we have prepared a prize of 100,000 yen for those who donate the cartridge to FAMILY. Please be sure to create your first clear user here. Then!! Start the game!! ¡± ¡°Ow!!! ¡± Along with the screams of the Sparta warriors of the movie 300, prologue overthrows the beginning of the game throughout the venue. ¡°Khhh! Let''s finish this once and for all. ¡± I also pressed the start button while swallowing a smile at the appearance of Seegee, who was burning strangely. So... should we clear it now? About an hour after the event started, about five to 20 users dropped the majority. In chapter 5, where the point is to move on to chapter 6 without losing even one of the first Giant Monsters attacks, I was also able to carefully stand in front of the protagonist and deal sustained damage as an archer and clear the first hurdle. However, after losing at least one character, the user slowly begins to be shaken by the aggression of the enemy, and about 30 users in chapter 10 fall out of the game again. And I said, "Hey, guys. I need you to push a little harder. This game is like chess. If you are not careful with every character move, you will quickly break down Valence and you will be unable to clear any Characters once you lose them. Please raise your hand if any user has not lost any characters up to chapter 10. ¡± Then, about 20 users, including me and Shigere, quietly raised their hands. ¡°Great!! There''s still a chance. You can do it!! Please give them a round of applause!! ¡± ¡°Cheer up!! Wow!!" Among the players who cheered, there were also students who had seen it in the bookstore before. They''ve been trying to save the game. Since chapter 10, Dragon Emblem has had a dramatic rise in difficulty with the awakening of enemy Demon Kings. If you haven''t raised an evenly balanced character so far, it will become difficult to withstand enemy aggression. Sitting next to him, Shigeru was no longer focused on the game without saying anything. After gathering as many enemies as possible against a wave of enemies, the wizard attacks a range of attacks. Chapter 15. Seeking the Sword to defeat the Demon King, Shigere made a grave mistake onstage. The shop forgot to supply the recovery staff and started the stage. The dragon emblem used an autosave method to erase existing save data at the start of the stage, making it impossible to go back. ¡°Ahhhh!!!! Mistake!!" Seegee''s screams echoed long into the venue. He tried his best to minimize the damage to his allies, but... ¡°Katrina... Katrina!!!! Ahhhh!! ¡± I lost the heroine again. Katrina is the High Priestess, so she is weak in stamina but is responsible for a large amount of power to help her allies recover. The loss of her in chapter 15 has already crossed the waters of Game Clear. After losing his cool and playing a passive game, Shigeru was defeated in Chapter 18 of the Dark Dragon Temple. ¡°Th-that''s... that''s it.¡± The event, which started at 9: 00 a.m., was coming to 6: 00 p.m., and 11 of the 100 users, including me, were entering stage 20. Four users who still haven''t lost a single character. Surprisingly, there was also a female user. ¡°Ahh! It''s intense. Eleven players struggle to clear the Fierce and Fierce Dragon Emblem. Ahhh!! I just told you -- two players were game-overed. Nine!! It''s time for your support!! ¡± Jun Fei, who had already been game-overplayed on stage 19, was focusing on society. When I entered chapter 21, the game began to become too difficult to insult. ¡®It''s a level I designed, but it''s a little harsh. ¡¯ The protagonist''s absolute attack with the Sword of Light on the front and the infantry knight in charge of tanking as an intermediate glove had already evolved to the final class stage, and Katrina was also behind them in the final class as a messenger of God. The archer obtained the Eye Skill of the Hawk and was assisting the protagonist with a super-range shooting outside of 10 slots. Some level characters were covering to prevent the enemy''s tides from interfering. ¡°Where does this game end? A survey of 100 users predicted the end of chapter 20, but the game is already heading to chapter 23. It''s 9: 00 p.m. already. But every single user in this room is hiding and watching the outcome of the game. The Demon King finally appears in chapter 23!! And 5 users left!! Surprisingly, there are two users who have yet to enter without losing all the characters. It''s Kang Jun-hyuk, a Korean employee from Mintendo, and Yuki, a beautiful female player. I think one of these two will see the end of the game!! ¡± Chapter 23... The Demon King''s Fallen. On the other hand, it is much more difficult than the final chapter of 25. The reason is... ¡°Ah!! Finally!! The Demon King has fallen!! The Demon King, who has suffered so much for his party, has just fallen into the hands of a player named Satoshi for the first time! ¡± ¡°Waaaahhhh!! ¡± Word of the Demon King''s downfall spread among the survivors who were watching the game began to gather at Ur Satoshi. And while everyone was relieved of the Demon King''s downfall, something remarkable happened in the game. At that time, a message window appeared on the screen and foretold the appearance of the Dark Spirit. ¡°Ah... the Dark Lord!? Not now? Oh my!! ¡± While everyone was breathing, the Dark Spirit woke up inside the Demon King and took critical damage from the characters around him. ¡°No!!! ¡± In a strike, a player named Satoshi loses all of his near-half characters without knowing anything. Then, when the Dark Lord''s magic woke up, the play screen reminded him of the phrase GAME OVER as a red mark. ¡°Holy shit!!! ¡± Kwaang!! Satoshi gets angry at the beheaded level design and throws the gamepad to the ground. Thanks to his noble sacrifice, the remaining players begin to spread a technique that makes their allies retreat as far back as possible before killing the Demon King. I also defeated the Demon King with two archers using a ranged sniper, so I didn''t lose a character until the Dark Hadou Falls. Chapter 23 The Dark Lord, who was hit by the protagonist, disappears with a final battle announcement, and the story of the Dragon Emblem begins with a climax. ¡°Phew... I''m tired...¡± Only Yuki and I were the only two players to successfully break through chapter 23. But Yuki also lost an archer, a priest, and a tank in chapter 23, so he was preparing for everything before entering chapter 24. The officials of the event also began to illuminate the game screen on large projectors that were installed on the front to allow the missing players to get a better view of the game screen. The users cheered because the quality deterioration was severe but better than nothing. ¡°Well, we''re almost there. Yuki and Junhyuk Kang, I salute you both for surviving to the end of 100 users. ¡± ¡°Cheer up!! Show us the end of the game!! ¡± One time, Yuki came out with cheering sounds from everywhere, nodding slightly and entering chapter 24. The final battle against the Dark Lord is chapters 24 and 25. It took place over two stages, and Yuki, who had already lost important power in chapter 23, has been struggling with enemy aggression since the beginning. On the contrary, I was using two archers who had reached the palace class in preparation for the battle in chapter 25 to lightly repel the incoming enemies. After all, Yuki, who had only one palace character, knelt down to attack the enemy with a hole in his power. ¡°Ah¡­ Yuki was defeated in chapter 24. She also shed tears in her angry heart. Who created this damn game to make you shed tears in the eyes of such a beautiful beauty?!! ¡± Are you telling me to listen...? I focused on the game, swallowing laughter at Junpei''s ridiculous commentary. Yuki came to me after finishing the game. ¡°Please keep up the good work.¡± ¡°Oh, yeah." I covered my enemies one by one and waited for them to stop attacking. Finally, all the enemy soldiers were defeated and left behind only the Dark Hades. The protagonists and colleagues who had already taken the final level in the final class had already begun a wave attack surrounding the Dark Spirit, and were sweating the hands of the people in the president and watching me play. And the last 24 chapters... A dark spirit attempts a second transformation in front of the protagonist about to strike a final blow. At that moment, Shigeru stopped playing because she was so reluctant to love Katrina and another heroine, Myriah the Wizard, stopped the Dark Spirit. And in the emerging status message, I smiled in my heart. Katrina and Mirea... which one would you sacrifice to protect the protagonist? - ¡°What!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ¡± ¡°Fuck!!! No!!! ¡± ¡°Aah!!! You developer bastard!!! ¡± ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 40 EP. 10: Odd Games (5) Katrina and Mirea... which one would you sacrifice to protect the protagonist? - ¡°What!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ¡± ¡°Fuck!!! No!!! ¡± ¡°Aah!!! You developer bastard!!! ¡± The players gathered inside the president panicked. Yes... One heroine had to be sacrificed to clear the Dragon Emblem. The High Priest responsible for the recovery of his allies and the Wizard of Range attack... A system that can enter Chapter 25 at the expense of one of these two beautiful women. However, I was the only player who could now enter chapter 25. ¡°Oh my... Oh my!!!! What a terrible story!! The best healer or the best wizard... We have to make a choice now. Gentlemen!!! How does a producer get us to choose one of those two to face certain death? The guy who really made this game is the fucking director!! ¡± As I created the Dragon Emblem in front of my final choice, I was taking insults from all the users who gathered at the presidency. But what a pleasant insult... No one could give up because two characters have been real allies with many battlefields since chapter one. Later, something interesting happened inside the chairman. In an instant, a vote was cast on which of the two people was sacrificed. While the users were discussing, I was taking a break while swallowing a drink. Then Shigere approached me and said, ¡°Save Katrina. Please, Joon-Hyuk. You can''t let her die... We need Healer in the end. ¡± ¡°Mr. Sige, it''s just a game. What are you so serious about? ¡± Shigere was crying out for me to make sure the empathy was right. At that time, Jun Fei also approached me and opened his mouth. ¡°A man is a sexy Madosa Mireia. Recover, navel, and crush her with her magic in an instant! I''m Myriah''s vote. Joon-Hyuk.¡± ¡°Haha... really? ¡± ¡°Oh, save Katrina!! ¡± ¡°It''s Mirea!!! ¡± There''s a commotion, a commotion. Then Yuki, who was playing with me to the end, approached. ¡°Joon-Hyuk...? Can I call you that? ¡± ¡°Yes. Call me whatever you like.¡± ¡°I think the next stage is the final stage, so please select a character that Joon-Hyuk can help you clear. ¡± Her words silence the president. Yes, the important thing is to clear the game. Those of you who have seen my play so far will definitely be able to clear it the next time they get their hands on the Dragon Emblem. Then the users who were in the president cheered me on and gave me a choice. ¡°We chose Mirea''s sacrifice at 52: 48, but we decided to leave everything to Kang Jun-hyuk, the last remaining player. I wish I could sacrifice a hero with a dick, but it''s a cruel way to play. Pick Kang Jun-hyuk!! Who will you sacrifice!? ¡± After a short while, I chose Katrina to take a look at the focused users while swallowing dry saliva around the chairman. It was still a period of preference for the feminine image over sexy, so I decided that choosing her sacrifice might be more touching for the users. ¡°No!!!! ¡± After blocking the protagonist''s face with Shigei''s scream, Katrina died in the Dark Lord''s attack, and the protagonist began to face the Dark Spirit as a final Awakening Class gladiator, holding Katrina down. What''s interesting here is that depending on who you sacrifice, your Awakening status will change. If you had sacrificed her instead of Katrina, the protagonist would have turned into a Storm Berserker. But what if they''re both dead? Then there is no Awakening. Therefore, clearing is very difficult, and there is no such thing as a losing end even if you are lucky enough to clear. ¡°Ooh, the protagonist got angry. A tremendous amount of attack.¡± The protagonist with a blue aura around his body began to cheer as he performed a spectacular screening in the game. Men of this age are passionate about Awakening, Transforming, and Merging. No, men are no different in the 21st century. ¡°Go away!! Eliminate the Dark Lord!!! ¡± Due to the protagonist''s Awakening, the Final Page was much easier than chapters 23 or 24. The protagonist who faced the dark spirit at almost 1: 1 began to drive the dark spirit away with enormous aggression, and the completely emotional users began to cheer for me with a shout of whales. And... finally, the dark spirit knelt before the protagonist''s sword... ¡°Wow!!!!! It''s over!! Ending!!! ¡± ¡°Phew, it''s over.¡± I also felt like my whole body was drained from sweating blood until the end. As Katrina''s funeral was held with beautiful music in her giant projector, the users watched her funeral in tears, furious with the coercion of their final choice. Admiring her noble sacrifice and the Awakening of the protagonist, the users began clapping their hands. ¡°That was a great game. It''s a great story. It''s like watching a movie.¡± He was also clapping with an appetizing expression. Yuki was soaked with emotion, covering her face with both hands, and Jun Fei was smiling favorably. And... at the end of every story, a message came to mind. Thank you for enjoying the Dragon Emblem. I am a Korean developer who loves family games. Dragon emblem is a game that I created for myself for a year. - ¡°H-Korean developer!? ¡± ¡°You made that dragon emblem all by yourself!? ¡± The first message started to spread inside the president. He thought it would be a game created by a Japanese gaming company, but it wasn''t a foreign game. The people who gathered at the president began to have various reactions. - Your first genre of this game is simulated RPG. We sincerely apologize for the lack of consideration for our users for the dramatic performance. But if you''re watching this message right now, I think you''re more moved and fulfilled than any other game you''ve ever played. Clear data for this game can be used as an additional element in subsequent succession. Please keep the cartridge well and enjoy the new story. Best regards - ¡°Wow... I see a sequel!!! Whoo!!" I never thought I''d read the message for the first time... I put down the pad with a smile on my face. Then Jun Fei, who was looking at society, approached me and asked. ¡°Hey, Kang Jun-hyuk? Would you be willing to hand over this Dragon Emblem cartridge to us? We will pay you 100,000 yen in cash. ¡± Then a user at the event cried out. ¡°Sell it to me!! I''ll give you 120,000!! ¡± ¡°No!! Sell it to me! I''ll give you 150,000! ¡± Huh... Instant auction? I looked around, puzzled by the pouring bids. There were more adults in their 2-30s than children in the user class of Dragon Emblem. Given the moderately economical users, the price had gone up to 300,000 yen in an instant. ¡°Hey, wait a minute. ¡± As I calmed them down, the users who bid were looking at me with excited eyes. ¡°I work for Mintendo. I don''t want to lead the auction to hand over this game. I think I''ve had enough fun with the events provided by Pammy Communications with you. This Dragon Emblem''s Clear Cartridge will be given to Yuki, who unfortunately fell. ¡± ¡°Yes?¡± Yuki, who was next to me, was surprised by my words and opened her eyes wider. I pulled the cartridge out of the family and handed it over to her, smiling slightly. ¡°Take it. Yuki deserves it. ¡± ¡°Oh, can I have this?¡± ¡°Please cherish it. They say there''s a connection later.¡± ¡°I... forgive you. ¡± Yuki bowed his head to me and smiled widely. As he stared at Jun Fei''s side and stabbed her, he was shocked and continued in society. ¡°Th-this concludes the Dragon Emblem subjugation mission. Today, I promise to add more details for all of you to complete by including the play data in the next month''s Phame Communication. So far, it''s been Junpei Imhoto in society. Thank you!! ¡± In everyone''s applause, the event of Pammy Communications has stopped. My completed Dragon Emblem cartridge was delivered to Yuki, but no one complained. Because she was as good as her gamer, and her beauty was also helpful. ¡°You know...¡± On the way back with Shigei after the event, Yuki called me up behind my back. Then he passes a little note and opens his mouth shyly. ¡°This is my contact information, if you don''t mind, please contact me. Excuse me!" ¡± She blushes and runs away. I was watching him vanish away with the note in my hand, and Shigere patted me on the shoulder. ¡°You really blew up one thing! Kang Jun-hyuk? Kick Kick¡± ¡°Don''t tease me. Shigei...¡± ¡°You look like you like that game, too. Good luck, man! There''s no girl like that these days!¡± ¡°Haha, I don''t know.¡± ¡°By the way, that''s amazing. Dragon emblem... how can you give the player such a choice? And I made all the level designs by myself.¡± ¡°Yeah, I was really surprised in chapter 24. ¡± ¡°I think it''s a day when I feel a new possibility for the game. I can''t believe there''s such a big guy hiding in Korea. Surprising.¡± I''m right next to you... I swallowed a smile into my heart and patted Shigere on his spine. ¡°Can we have a ramen or something? ¡± ¡°Are you firing? ¡± ¡°Oh, a real boss gets a little...¡± ¡°How much do you and I make a difference in salary? Director!! ¡± ¡°Very well. I''ll buy it!¡± ¡°The Teacher (Gundumpoo) also bought 51501; ~ ~ ~¡± ¡°Ugh! Really...¡± & - Deactivate the Dragon Emblem! Now you can clear too!!! - Embracing my play data on my back, Pammy Communications, in a massive campaign, quickly broke through the most outgoing incidents of all time and started raising enormous sales. Particularly, Jun Pyo praised the dragon emblem for scoring 40 out of 40 reviews, but the result was overwhelming. I see. Now that most players are able to clear, demand will increase, right? It''s good to make money, but if it''s too heavy and the price goes up, various users won''t be able to play. We need to prepare for the next move... On a business trip to Tokyo, I was in the back alley of Akiba, looked around for a moment, then walked through the tent and entered Chendra''s workshop. ¡°The river ~ the river ~ has come. ¡± ¡°Oh, the river. We work hard. I w-want repayment. I want Mani.¡± After a long visit to the workshop, Chendra''s colleagues greet me, looking at me. They were still fluent in Japanese, and smiled as if they were speechless. ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 41 EP. 11: Case by Case (1) ¡°The river ~ the river ~ has come. ¡± ¡°Oh, the river. We work hard. I w-want repayment. I want Mani.¡± After a long visit to the workshop, Chendra''s colleagues greet me with a glance. They were still fluent in Japanese, but they smiled comfortably as well. ¡°Okay, okay. But where''s Chend? ¡± ¡°Went to lunch with Chendra. Japanese food is delicious. It''s best if you mix it with curry. ¡± Um... I like Careless. I''m hungry, too. Do you want to go get some food? ¡°What restaurant are you in? ¡± ¡°Mega Carreda in front of Yogi. That''s a lot of sheep. I''m so full. But I eat two bowls! Haha!¡± Pumala, an Indian larger than anyone else, raised his thumb with a good impression. It''s a very small name. I nod, smiling awkwardly, and head to the curry house where Chendra is eating. As I walked into the store, the spicy smell of spices stimulated my sense of smell and was enough to boost my market. Then Chendra in the corner of the store found me and waved her hands. The colourful Indian eyes and enormous nostrils felt overwhelming at any moment. ¡°Kang Jun-hyuk is here!! ¡± Chendra is slightly better in Japanese than other Indian friends. ¡°It''s been a long time, Chendra!¡± ¡°We worked hard... I made a lot just like Joon-Hyuk said. Dragon M...¡± ¡°Shh!! Shh!!" As I put my fingers in my mouth, Chend hurriedly smiles, covering his mouth with both hands. ¡°Hello, what would you like to have? ¡± ¡°Give me a mega curry. ¡± ¡°High-Mega curry, please." In the cool host''s voice, the staff in the kitchen responded loudly. ¡°Yes, I understand!! ¡± ¡°What''s wrong with Kang Joon-Hyuk today? Are you here for curry? Curry''s good here. I like Chendra.¡± ¡°Did I come here to eat curry? I came to see you, didn''t I? ¡± ¡°Are you here to see Chendra? You''re doing great with Chendra. I still make 200 with my friends a day. ¡± ¡°Yeah, I just need you to make 30 of them a day. ¡± ¡°Three... 30? That''s too few. So Kang Joon-Hyuk doesn''t need us anymore? Are you dumping us like the rest of the Japanese? ¡± ¡°Why would I abandon you? I want you to make me something else. ¡± ¡°That''s a relief. Curry is delicious again! What else are you going to make? I enjoy working with Joon-Hyuk. I feel like a secret operative. ¡± ¡°Let''s create an expansion pack. ¡± ¡°Expansion pack¡­ um.. what is it? ¡± Yes. I''ll draw it all again.I can''t communicate with everything in Japan. I can''t imagine how good I am at painting everyday! I created a compartment with roughly a dragon emblem cartridge and re-created a cartridge underneath it for the family. ¡°Put a DE on top of this, and put this whole thing back in the family. Put the data recovery system of your existing games in this expansion cartridge. ¡± The current market price of Dragon Emblem is over 20,000 yen. Because the price was so high for a single game, it was the biggest disadvantage that various users couldn''t enjoy it. However, now that we have an attack on Phammi Communications, referring to the target house, we can almost clear it, so we have determined that it is time to lower the cartridge unit price. ¡°Oh, what a surprise. A device that can restore deleted data. Got it. It''s easy. I can do it with my toes. ¡± For a moment, I imagined Chendra fabricating a substrate with her toes, and I was so overwhelmed that I shook my head. ¡°Oh, and I''m going to put together eight little scenarios that follow. Distribution can be done with your friends, just like before, on the second-hand market. ¡± ¡°Okee Okee. Chendra. 100% clear. Don''t worry!¡± He nods, looking carefully at the painting and extends his hand to me. It means to ask for a deposit. I took out a white bag of money from my arms and handed it over to Chendra. ¡°Kang Jun-hyuk is sure of his credit. That''s why I like Kang Joon-Hyuk, Chend. ¡± ¡°Here comes Mega Carre!! ¡± Bravo... With a heavy voice, I found curry in front of me in a bowl the size of a washbasin. What is this... This huge amount of curry? ¡°Look, I normally make you do this. ¡± ¡°Yes, Mega Carre is normal. That''s the aumauri.¡± I was frightened to look at the bowl of the person eating next to me. The bowl he was burying his head in was 1.5 times bigger than mine. While holding the spoon for a moment, Chendra giggles and opens his mouth, wondering where to start attacking this food. ¡°I''m not hungry all day with just one! Pumala eats two bowls of this. Hurry up and eat, Kang Jun-hyuk. ¡± I... I think I''m gonna hate karev for a while... & The expansion cartridge created by the Indian Ford started to drop the price of the ever soaring Dragon Emblem to the right line. Finally, the price sold in second-hand transactions is 9800 yen. The price of custom chips inside was formed higher than normal game prices, but the fact that familiarization revealed the secrets of the price of dragons emblems led to consumers'' persuasion. Of course, there was a problem if the price continued to rise, but Chendra was using an expansion cartridge to initialize the game data for 300 yen in the game shop. Initially, the game shop hated the expanded cartridge of Dragon Emblems that couldn''t be played on a single device, but players who had lost their play data and were storing it until now were able to come and retrieve the data and receive the expansion packs without too much effort. And since the game was completed, a relatively inexpensive expansion cartridge has begun to sell off in an additional scenario. And that''s why... Gunpei and I and Shigeru had to be called back in front of Kamauchi again. ¡°What the hell is this Satan!!! It''s like our mintendo is being used by a Korean developer!! ¡± Then, as always, Gunpei opened his mouth sweeping his glasses. ¡°But it''s true that the effects of the Dragon Emblem have greatly increased our family''s sales volume. This particular expansion cartridge was a remarkable expansion as an engineer. ¡± ¡°That''s right, I didn''t expect the game to last much longer in that way. ¡± ¡°You think I''ve gathered you here to praise the Korean developer!? We have to come up with a plan!? ¡± Then I opened my mouth, standing still. ¡°Do you really need a plan?" ¡± ¡°What? So we''re just gonna sit here and watch? A game that doesn''t pay us royalties is getting more popular than ever, and we''re just gonna watch it with our eyes wide open? ¡± ¡°The dragon emblem has gone too deep to take action now. I think it''s better to protect the creator of the game than to cut it out in the yard where second-hand distribution is already enabled. ¡± ¡°Protect him instead? Why us? ¡± ¡°What if the dragon emblem goes to the NEGA disk? ¡± In a word I said, Kamachi and the president all opened their mouths. I don''t think anyone has ever imagined that. ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 42 EP. 11: Case by Case (2) ¡°What if the dragon emblem goes to the NEGA disk? ¡± In a word I said, Kamachi and the president all opened their mouths. I don''t think anyone has ever imagined that. Honestly, this was some kind of threat to President Kamauchi as the developer of the Dragon Emblem. Shigei understood my words and hurriedly stopped Kamachi. ¡°Th-thinking about it, the Gang is right. With those marketing skills and development skills, there''s nothing wrong with moving to the NEGA disk at any time. Of course, our first party games in Mintendo are great, but I can''t ignore the third-party producers recently. Kawata''s balloon fights, Earl Kung Fu, circus. especially for major companies like the Dragon Warrior and the Final Frontier.¡± ¡°So you''re saying that if you don''t mess with one of our infamous third-party games, you could hurt our image of Mintendo." ¡°Dragon emblems are already the best games in other gaming companies. It''s a game that''s way ahead of its time, and I don''t think it''s a good idea to show expulsion in our Mintendo. ¡± ¡°Although dragon emblems don''t pay royalties, there are rumors that this has greatly improved the quality of family games. We should think of it as a blessing just to have dragon emblems through our family. ¡± ¡°Damn it, I''m supposed to close my eyes like I don''t know.¡± At that time, Shigere gave me a surprising answer. ¡°Rather, why not publicize it? ¡± ¡°Yes..? We don''t have enough to close our eyes and promote it?? ¡± ¡°In fact, we''ve been getting some complaints from the Third Party about the recent quantity of cartridge seconds or the royalty. At this time of year, if you support Dragon Emblems with other game makers, your perception will be firmly established as a console company that knows the gaming industry.¡± & A few days from now... ¡°Fame reporter. This is Junpei Ishimoto. Mr. Kamauchi has requested an interview today. Do you really want to say something to the creators of Dragon Emblem...? ¡± ¡°Yes, it is. I think it''s the most impressive game I''ve played recently. ¡± ¡°Ahhh!! Have you also enjoyed the Dragon Emblem? ¡± ¡°Of course. And the Dragon Warrior and the Final Frontier had fun. Recently, playing dragon emblems... I suddenly thought, ¡± ¡°What... what did you think? ¡± ¡°The power of the game leading our family is not for the First Party, but for the Third Party. The Dragon Warrior, which is Japan''s iconic game, is also created by Phoenix, not by us Mintendo. The same is true of dragon emblems, which are the latest trends. ¡± ¡°Yes, the first party game of Mintendo, the legendary Super Maridge and Karin, is great, but it''s also not to be underestimated the quality of the games recently developed at the Third Party. ¡± ¡°Yes, our minten and gaming company are symbiotic relationships that will continue to lead the gaming world together. So our mintendo decided to halve the width of the cartridge seconds and cut the royalty pay in part. ¡± ¡°This is great news from the gaming industry. ¡± ¡°We''ve made a tough decision because we want more users to enjoy great games like Dragon Emblem. I also want to thank the developer of Dragon Emblem for creating a great game!! I would also like you to join my family in Mintendo. ¡± Kamauchi finished the interview in a very solemn atmosphere, unlike when he was treating us. Especially the last words he added about the dragon emblem being stolen from the NEGA. After watching the interview to the end, Shigei and I barely endured the laughter that was about to burst out, they simultaneously ran out to the back of the headquarters. ¡°Haha, did you see the look on her face? Kick, Kick, Kick!! ¡± ¡°Oh, I almost died, too. ¡± ¡°The real Dragon Emblem is amazing. I can''t believe the boss made me beg so little. ¡± ¡°I see. The initial distribution of cartridges has improved, and the loyalty has decreased, so the gaming industry will love it. ¡± ¡°Competition will be even more intense. I have to rush the development of super marijuana 3.¡± ¡°Two was pretty low, right? ¡± ¡°It''s... it''s just that I''ve been going a little crazy.¡± Unfortunate Game Supermaridge 2. Among the Super Maridge series that everyone knew about, there were the oldest users who played the 1st and 3rd in the family. But among such people, 2 is surprisingly vague in memory. I don''t know if it came out or what kind of game it was. In fact, Super Mariage 2, which was developed on the rise due to the success of 1, was the worst stressor in the world. Inspired by the fact that the game was too easy at the time, Shigeru went into making Super Maritime difficulty, but there was very little change in graphics, and he failed to control the difficulty there, so he only received it if he was coldly turned away from Japanese users. Meanwhile, Minten was waiting for the launch of Super Maridge 2 in the US, but the reaction was a bit dull in Japan, and Shigeru, who he didn''t want to see this, did a lot of things to his own Super Maridge. It was a game that only Maridge''s characters had been disguised in. What kind of sick game is this... called the Hockey Panic that picks desert radishes and throws them at the enemy in an Arabian night atmosphere. After all, it was launched in the name of the Super Maridge USA... but the users couldn''t understand why Maridge, who had trampled and killed her enemies, had picked a radish and thrown it at them. Even rumors that this was not made by Shigeru remain in black history. ¡°Well, we don''t have any other game developments this time, so we need to make sure 3 is really clear.¡± ¡°I can help, too. ¡± ¡°Khh! With the help of the strong, you''re the best!!" Why don''t we go grab a buckwheat for lunch? Let''s go there and talk about the follow-up. ¡± ¡°Huh? So this time, you shoot?" ¡± ¡°... you have a hidden end. ¡± ¡°Buy me a Teacher, too!¡± ¡°Got it. Got it!! ¡± & Out of the wooden house near the company, Shigei slashed her neck with the warm water provided by the host. When I looked around the interior of the small, but rather old-fashioned interior, there were three men on the walls. It looks like it''s a traditional young udon house that has been in business for the third generation, but I''m excited about the taste. At that time, Shigere asked me. ¡°By the way, have you contacted her? ¡± ¡°Hmm? What kind of contact? ¡± ¡°Ugh¡­ this worm¡­ Yuki. Yuki!!" ¡°Ahh...¡± ¡°Ahh...? You haven''t been in touch, have you? ¡± ¡°Yes. I haven''t been able to go to Tokyo lately.¡± ¡°Hey, you lunatic. You broke a finger. Do you really want to go to Tokyo? If you''re going to do that, give me that contact!! I want to get married too. ¡± ¡°Oh, I can see how old you and Sige are.¡± ¡°So call me! It''s been a week since the Dragon Emblem. You have to think about who''s waiting for you. ¡± ¡°Because I''m busy with work. I was thinking of calling because I took a breather on the dragon emblem. ¡± ¡°Good thinking. Work and work, but your life is important too! Now let''s talk about Super Maridge 3. ¡± Dammit... Someone tells me his life is important too... ¡°Since you''re in the cafeteria, let''s do some spelling. ¡± ¡°Oh, right. Host! What''s good here? It''s Kitts, Tanuki? ¡± ¡°Thankyou for the sign.¡± ¡°Two tanuki, then." What, I don''t have a choice? I called out to the host in a hurry. ¡°No, I want Kitts, and I want Teachers too!! ¡± ¡°Hey! One Tanuki, one Kitts, one Teacher!! ¡± The host shouted, and a gentle answer came from the kitchen. The noodles in Japan were so chewy that I also enjoyed eating them. ¡°Oh, my gosh, I forgot to teach. I thought you were a Tanuki (Raccoon), but you were a Kitz (Fox)!¡± Tanuki was an udon with fried crumbs on it, but it didn''t suit my taste. I liked Udong from Kitchen, who gives livers and marriages with soy sauce and Mirin. Seeing me like that, Shigei smiled a little and got back to the point. ¡°What do you think Super Maridge''s greatest strength is? ¡± ¡°Well, if you don''t pick radishes, more than half will be hit. ¡± Then, his face became plump and distorted. ¡°I''m not pulling any more radishes... not for the rest of my life. When I eat Odeng, I eat radish deliberately! ¡± Looks like Super Maridge 2 was hit hard. I chuckled and replied. ¡°Super Marijuana Jump. Marie''s nickname was Jumpman in Dongking Com. ¡± ¡°Yes, we need to maximize the jump. ¡± ¡°In what way? ¡± Shigeru said, simply drawing Maridge in a notebook he always carries, then tapping the character with a pencil. ¡°For example, if you step on an object, you can jump higher... like a rod in a clearing. Like a dumbbelling element... or a white angel flapping his wings like this. ¡± ¡°Well, white wings for a mustache Italian guy. That''s very perverted. ¡± ¡°... right? It''s easy to understand that you''re not strong enough to talk like a stone cube. Sometimes my heart aches.¡± Then the host put down two bowls of Wodong in front of us. ¡°Here''s Tanuki and Kitchen Wodong. Enjoy!¡± ¡°Oh, yes, I''ll eat well... What a cute name for an elderly friend. ¡± ¡°Right? My granddaughter loves udon, so she cut Odeng into raccoons and foxes, but she''s doing great. What do you think? Isn''t he cute?" ¡°The kids are going to love it. You have a good head. ¡± ¡°To live, you have to keep rolling your head. This Wudong store is almost 100 years old. In the second generation, Kareudong and Fried Wodong were created to suit the changing tastes of our guests. I can''t live with just one simple stone anymore. Come on! Have some before it gets cold!¡± ¡°Yes, thank you. ¡± After splitting the chopsticks, he was stirring his noodles, and Shigere, who was next to him, was muttering something by himself as he looked at Wodong. ¡°Tanuki... tanuki... mariji... tanuki... mariji...¡± After a moment, Mario on the notebook draws a creased raccoon''s tail and shouts. ¡°Raccoon Margie!! What do you think!? You eat leaves, not mushrooms, so you''re stubborn. I can just wag my tail here and fly!! ¡± I used to turn my favorite soup into a reptile villain, turn peach dessert into a peach princess, and now this is a bronze house... I can''t even eat well with this guy... & After work that night, I was sitting in front of my room phone. In front of the phone was a piece of paper with Yuki''s contact information. ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 43 EP. 11: Case by Case (3) After work that night, I was sitting in front of my room phone. In front of the phone was a piece of paper with Yuki''s contact information. ¡°Wow, what are you so nervous about!? ¡± You might think that strangers are getting droopy in front of the phone, but it was very awkward for me to call someone home in 2015. If I had a cell phone, I could have sent a text message first. How could I have made a phone call like this? I hesitated to hold on to my phone for a moment and slowly turned the dial on the phone. With a thud, the reel rolls around, and then the beep starts coming from the handset. ¡°Hello?" Th-this is the voice of a young woman...! I straightened my throat for a moment and said: ¡°Is that you, Yuki? ¡± ¡°Oh, Yuki? I''m Yuki''s sister, hold on!¡± Ugh... There she is... I hear Yuki calling out over the phone for a moment, and then I hear a familiar voice. ¡°Yes, this is Yuki Ishikawa. ¡± ¡°Oh, well, you saw it at the Dragon Emblem, right? I''m Kang Jun-hyuk.¡± ¡°Ahhh!! Joon-Hyuk. Hello. ¡± ¡°Yes, I''m busy and I''m running late. ¡± ¡°I see. I didn''t hear back. I thought you''d forgotten. ¡± ¡°Oh, no, I didn''t forget. It''s a bit awkward because of the sudden contact...¡± ¡°I was very brave at the time, too, so I contacted you. ¡± ¡°I''m sorry, but next time you go to Tokyo, I''ll buy you a meal. ¡± ¡°When are you coming? ¡± If you''re a normal Japanese person, you ask Straight, surprisingly, how to say, "No, that''s okay." I was in the middle of a business trip to Pentagon Soft on the next Final Frontier, so I was only able to put my phone down after promising to contact you before I went to Tokyo. ¡°Oh, it''s been 83 years since I''ve had a conversation with a woman. I''m nervous. I don''t have anything to do with our women. It''s weird.¡± I sighed a little and turned up the power switch on my computer. Chop, chop, whoopee! Computers of this age are so much fun. When I first used a PC that was not in Windows format, everything felt very awkward, but now I''m perfectly familiar with it. After I loaded the coding I was working on as a prompt command, I was momentarily lost in thought. The dragon emblem''s expansion scenario plan was already in place before the launch, so I completed the transplant to the expansion cartridge without a hitch, and recently I was working on another game. This genre... the Bulletproof Shooting Feud? I set it so far. I created the dragon emblem, but it wasn''t even published in my name, so I was going to develop the work that I created with my Minten license. & A few days later, a presentation about the creation of new games was held in Mintendo''s corporate conference room. Mintendo staff, as well as reporters from Pammy Communications, attended the conference. The first announcement was Shigere''s Super Maridge 3. The background design of the game borrowed the curtain call of the monopole to create a unique performance that seemed to be a one-sided play. Especially after the Woodong incident, Super Maridge''s appearance with a raccoon tail was often said to be cute among people gathered at the presentation hall. Raccoon Margie was able to fly high if she hit the jump button after running for some speed, but everyone laughed as if she were flying. Using this element, Shigere added that he could create hidden routes for each stage of the land to skip to another stage or grab unusual items. The roots of the next Maridge series are pouring out from three... leaves that turn into raccoons, roots hidden from every stage. Lastly, Shigere''s presentation ended after Marige turned into a fickle raccoon transformation. ¡°Great!! Very good. Yes, this is Super Marijie!! He finally came to his senses. ¡± Kamauchi applauded the Elongated Seal with a satisfied expression. Gunpei, who was in the presenting society, briefly calmed down the atmosphere of the left and introduced the next game. The following games are a family version of Hondura, which is currently a popular game in the arcade. And the Double Dragon was introduced. The atmosphere began to rise as both of them were able to play for two and are now popular in the arcade. At that time, reporter Jun Fei from Palmy Communications asked Gun Fei. ¡°When was the launch of the new portable gaming device that you announced in Karin''s legend? What''s the price?" Then Gunpei replied with a slightly embarrassed look on his face. ¡°We are reviewing our release this holiday season. We are also doing our best to adjust prices as high as our users expect, but there is no fixed price yet. We should be able to tell you more about it around the next month. ¡± ¡°Ouch!!! ¡± ¡°So I think we''re going to finish our next game. I''m also very excited to be the director of this new game. I was the first to come up with an idea for duck hunting that you are familiar with, and a hidden developer of our mintendo who, with Mr. Shigere, has served as the assistant director of several mintendo games. Meet Kang Jun-hyuk. ¡± ¡°Ouch!!! Duck Hunt''s first idea provider? ¡± ¡°Seegee says he''s a very talented friend, he''s Korean. ¡± ¡°Korean..? By the way, you said the planner of the Dragon Emblem was Korean, right? ¡± The president insisted on the introduction of Gunpei. I slowly got up from my seat, pulled out the floppy diskette and climbed to the top. ¡°Hi, I''m so honored that so many of you are here to introduce my first work. As Gunpei pointed out, I have only played an auxiliary role and have not created a game to improve my performance as the main director. The dragon emblem has become a big topic lately, right? I also, as a Korean like him, wanted to create a game that would satisfy family gamers. Genre is a rather unfamiliar genre called" Tandem Shooting Feud Action. "¡± ¡°Tan.. just shot.. battle action? What is that, a shot? ¡± ¡°Isn''t that action? But in a war, are you two fighting? ¡± I plug the floppy diskette into the demonstration device and power it up once the ambiguous genre has heard people''s whistling. ¡°Who here has experienced this firsthand? ¡± Then Jun Fei, who was sitting behind me, quickly raised his hand. ¡°Junpei Ishimoto. Step forward, please. ¡± Jun Fei smiled with a shy expression and came out to the top. In fact, I was informed in advance when I met Jun Fei before the event. When I call the Tribute from the top, I want him to clap his hands and pop out. Of course, others were fine, but Jun Fei was perfect for demonstrating on some difficulty because dying too easily was not fun. ¡°Please hold the pad in front of you and enjoy the first stage of the demo. Ah, the title of the game is Psychic Battle. ¡± ¡°Psychic Battle? A psychic battle... That''s not so bad. ¡± As the mintendo logo passed and the phrase "psychic battle," as the cheerful BGM flowed, the attention of the people in the chairman began to increase. When Jun Pyo pressed the start button, 3 attractive female protagonists emerged, followed by character selection. ¡°Woman!? I thought it was a shooter. ¡± ¡°It could be a pilot. ¡± ¡°Oh, I see.¡± At this point, the shooter was strongly aware that he had to fight on an airplane because of the influences of 1945 or Twindie, but he was suddenly recognized as a pilot when beautiful women came out. However, Jun Fei''s chosen character flew into the blue sky with a gorgeous pair of cut shoes and began to enter the stage. ¡°Ah!! That''s why you''re a superpower!! ¡± The Psychic Battle was a cross-scrolling shooter. Well, let''s just compare that to a role model that I''ve played in the arcade once. Jun Fei manipulates the character moving back and forth smoothly, then presses the A button and a blue missile flies to the enemy. ¡°Hmmm.. The characters that enter the stage are different, but the content is just plain shooter. ¡± I bet this guy even knows how to play his friend''s game. Yeah, that''s why I have more faith, but... ¡°Play a little more. ¡± The shooter game is no big deal. Anyone could easily adapt to a simple way of playing by dodging and firing an enemy missile at the same time. The enemies who were aiming for the protagonist were also superpowers, and the screen was filled with superpowers. ¡°Uhhhhh...!? ¡± At first, Jun Fei, who was lightly avoiding one or two flying projectiles, began to groan strangely, looking at the projectiles that were filling up the screen. I''ve heard this moaning at the game center before. Jun Fei groaned unnoticed when he became immersed in one thing. My presentation was quiet except for the strange groaning of a man. The speed of all projectiles in the Psychic Battle was not constant. Some shell hits fast and some shell comes in breathlessly slow. But what happens when it''s full of screens? ¡°Ugh!!! Rrrrgh!!!! ¡± Jun Fei screamed and was amazingly avoiding all the shell casings that were flying at him. ¡°Oh! That''s amazing! Did he say" pammy reporter "? The content of the game is great, but how do you avoid all that shell casing? ¡± ¡°Y-yeah? I''m getting dizzy...? ¡± ¡°Ahhhh!! Bomb!! Bomb!! Don''t you have a bomb? ¡± Jun Fei exclaimed urgently at me as he could no longer find a place to escape. In shooter games, bombs are often used as an emergency evasion that instantly reduces your character''s time. ¡°Twirl the cross and press B. ¡± ¡°Th-the cross? ¡± Yes, the Psychic Battle was the first command-input shooter. ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 44 EP. 11: Case by Case (4) ¡°Twirl the cross and press B. ¡± ¡°Th-the cross? ¡± Yes, the Psychic Battle was the first command-input shooter. As soon as Jun Pyo finishes typing his comment with my advice. PAANG!! With a cheerful sound, the bluish barrier created around the character begins to block the enemy''s shell. ¡°Wow!! ¡± Elasticity flowed from the mouths of those who were watching the game in a performance that exceeded expectations. Jun Fei sighed for a moment and quickly rushed out into the empty space and began to immerse himself in the game again. However, for a moment... surrounded by another impenetrable shell, Junpei starts dodging the shell with a strange groan. The shell of the first stage of the Psychic Battle was rounded and thin and long with two different speeds directed at the player. Jun Fei was also unable to avoid all of the projectiles for the first time, so the flying parts of the projectiles were being extracted into his body. Then an employee who was watching the game said. ¡°An enemy attack doesn''t kill you easily, does it? Is that a health sign at the top of the screen? ¡± ¡°Unlike other shooter games, the Psychic Battle does not fire an enemy attack once. Like a fighting game, you have HP, and you have SP gauges that use special attacks. The SP Gauge can be recovered by shooting down enemies or by eating items. Go forwards and backwards on Jun Pyo''s cross and press the B button. ¡± Jun Fei followed my advice and pushed the B button while moving the character back and forth. Then, around the character, multiple laser beams snap at strange angles and obliterate the enemies in an instant. ¡°Oh!!! Cool!?¡± ¡°Next up and down B button¡± Phew!!! With the light emanating from the character, the screen filled with grenades disappeared in an instant, and the people watching Junpei play sighed for relief. Jun Fei, who had mastered the sense of play to some degree, then skillfully filled up the SP and became opposed to the stage''s first gigantic insect-shaped boss. It was unbelievable compared to the overwhelming game offered by a giant boss in a shooter game that needed to be avoided. Since the boss has grown in size, there is less room for players to avoid. Especially since this boss is so evil... ¡°Cough!! What the hell!!! ¡± Missiles don''t know what to do. At first, the giant shell, which slowly squeezed the player''s breath, was designed to spread from point to point. And that moment. The demo computer CPU took an enormous widow and began to slow down rapidly. Because there was a decision to set a flying trajectory and cut the damage if it came into contact with a player, the expression of a lot of ammunition gave a huge swarm to the system. Jun Fei slowly begins to pass through the shell while holding his grip. I felt frustrated by what I saw, but I was approaching a thrill. ¡°Oh, it''s like slow motion.¡± And when the expression of the number of shells is no longer possible, I have a device in case it goes beyond the number of projectiles that can be expressed. The mouth of the giant insect boss was stolen and flattened. ¡°What!? ¡± Kwaow!!! The giant laser gun, which swallows more than half of the screen, completely obliterates the shell, and the character of Shompei, who maintains some HP in the process, also disappears without a trace. With his screams. ¡°Grrrgh!! ¡± Phew!!! GAME OVER. Jun Fei eventually failed to clear the first boss, and the game ended. This game was over once you lost your life instead of having HP. ¡°I... couldn''t even clear the first stage of the shooter game.¡± Jun Fei stared at the TV with a devastating look on his face. I tapped Jun Fei''s shoulder and smiled. ¡°Well done. Honestly, I was kind of in trouble when you woke up the boss. It was only the first stage of development, so I thought I was going to finish it. ¡± Then why are you so quiet after the demonstration? I thought there''d be applause or cheer, but I turned my head slightly and looked at the attendees, all expressing a blank expression. ¡°Well, that concludes the announcement of the psychic battle.¡± ¡°Whoa!!!!!!! ¡± An enormous cheer erupted as if the time had stopped. Jun Fei, who was sitting in front of the demonstration, was also applauding with a proud expression. ¡°I can''t believe this is my first game ever!! ¡± ¡°It was like watching a whole new shooter game!! ¡± Even Gunpei, who was looking at society, approached me and tapped my shoulder. ¡°If it was made by the Gang, I knew there''d be a big one. Amazing. Surprised!! ¡± ¡°Haha... Thank you. Gunpei.¡± However, not one person smiled while everyone was cheering. Leaning against the chair, Shigeru stared at me with a blunt expression. After a while, Shigeru left the presentation chair. Mintendo''s announcement of the new game was a great success. Kamauchi was very pleased with the success of his attendees who had seen the Super Maridge 3 and Psychic Battles. Later on, attendees had the freedom to demonstrate a new game, and what was interesting was that more demonstrators were gathering in the Psychic Battle than in the early days of Super Maridge 3. Apparently, the rainy bullet shot stimulated the participants'' challenging consciousness. However, most participants were less than halfway through the first stage of the psychic battle and could be over-gamed. ¡°Look at this!! I didn''t fail you. It''s a dirty game.¡± Jun Fei approached me with pride, looking at the collapsing players and being against the boss. ¡°That''s why I asked you to demonstrate. If the player dies too easily, the atmosphere ends before it warms up. ¡± ¡°You. You used me!! ¡± ¡°Friends help each other out. You think you used it again? You had a good time. ¡± ¡°Well, to be honest, it was thrilling. People are reacting well... I think it''s more entertaining than the original Super Maridge 3... ¡± Then some of the Mintendo employees nearby turned their eyes to Jun Fei. He would be, too, because for developers in Mintendo today, Kumamoto Shigeru was practically a god. Jun Fei turned his head and said to me, struggling with his cold eyes. ¡°D-do you want me to go outside for a bit? Why don''t you have a cigarette? ¡± ¡°Yes, let''s have a cup of coffee. ¡± After a while, when he left the headquarters building, Jun Fei sighed for a long time. ¡°Phuha! It''s quite a vibe. ¡± ¡°Why did you say that? Kick-kick!" ¡°No, tell me the truth. I don''t have a nostril in my eye, and it looks like it''s gonna stain like this. ¡± ¡°Stop it. Someone will listen.¡± Give Vending Coffee. Jun Fei grumbled and asked for a cigarette. ¡°By the way, Joon-Hyuk. The psychic battle you invented, when you introduced it, you said it was an act of war. But your style of play is not that different from your typical shooter. The comment element was curious...¡± ¡°Oh, well, it''s... it''s still implemented, but we''re going to be able to make it invulnerable for two characters." ¡°Oh, right. But isn''t that too few characters? It''s only three people.¡± ¡°Starting from stage two, if you clear a Boss character as a Superpower, you will have up to six more to use. ¡± ¡°More manipulative characters are clear!!! That''s amazing." Jun Fei nodded and smiled to see if my answer was satisfactory. I hear a familiar voice behind the vending machine. The protagonist of the voice was Shigei. ¡°Strong forces. Game developers shouldn''t lie to users. ¡± ¡°There you are. Shigei, but I lied to you? ¡± ¡°The Psychic Battle you''ve created... There''s no way that kind of shell implementation is going back to current family performance. Isn''t that right?¡± Jun Fei suddenly appeared, covering his mouth with his hands, and was surprised by the cigarette fire. See, the old saying, "Birds listen in the daytime, rats listen in the night." Unlike usual, Mr. Shigere had a very distinctive expression. It seems that attendees'' reactions in the demonstration hall were a little awkward. ¡°I can make it. ¡± ¡°What...? ¡± ¡°It''s going to take a while, but we can make it. ¡± ¡°In what way..? ¡± ¡°Well, I can''t tell you that right now, but I''ll make it look like it''s from a family machine. ¡± ¡°Yeah? Let''s make a bet, shall we? ¡± ¡°What bet? ¡± ¡°Which of the two psychic battles you created or the Super Maridge 3 I created will sell more? ¡± Ugh... What''s this family fight about? ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 45 EP. 11: Case by Case (5) & ¡°Have you ever been in a psychic battle? Director Kang''s game is huge. It''s a whole different scale." ¡°It''s a shooting game, after all. I think it''s the best Super Maridge 3 ever. This is gonna be a big hit again. ¡± ¡°Shooting games, then? You''ve never been in a psychic battle, have you? Immersion isn''t a joke. ¡± While I was drinking coffee in the break room, two male employees came in with a loud noise outside. ¡°Oh, Director...¡± When they saw me, they were flabbergasted and bowed their heads. ¡°Hello, are you here for coffee? ¡± ¡°Oh, yeah. Break time." ¡°So am I. Sit down. I''ll get you a cup of coffee. ¡± ¡°Oh, no. You don''t have to do that. ¡± ¡°Well, employees can have a cup of coffee. It''s no big deal. ¡± The two men took a steady stance, repeating that I had sat and stood up when I pulled the coffee out of the vending machine. What are you so afraid of, a rookie? ¡°Are you two new? ¡± ¡°Yes? Oh, we joined two months ago. ¡± ¡°Two months...? Sorry. I have a lot of work to do, so I don''t have time to get used to my face. Haha.¡± ¡°No problem. You''re working on a new console, and this time you''re very busy developing a game. ¡± If I were here, I wouldn''t be able to say anything. I would just waste my time resting... I left the rest room with a few short words and asked you to work hard. Then I heard the man''s voice behind the closed door. ¡°Kyah-ah, the Director is cool. That relaxation... I think you''re about my age, but it feels totally elite. ¡± ¡°I heard they posted a big one when they were working in the US office. Seems like Shigeru and Gunpei are close, too, and we can''t keep up at the same age...¡± "Well, that''s what I look like to new employees." After the announcement of the new game, Minten was experiencing some strange movement inside. Not long ago, there was a debate between me and Shigeru about which works were better. This is not a good idea for first games to be launched by the same company, but it feels more like a faction fight than a good competition. Having determined that I was no longer able to develop both games in the same development room, I deployed them to the next generation of console development department with the minimum number of people. Thanks to this, the office I work in is a bit more chaotic than the other departments. As soon as I sat down, Kimura, who was in charge of the controller of the new console, approached me and asked. ¡°Hey, boss, this is the new controller concept. Can you take a look? ¡± ¡°Yes, of course. ¡± The draft of the new controller handed over from Kimura felt similar to the controller image on the NEGA side than the controller of the super family I had known. ¡°Not bad at the moment, but would you like to make a few more edits? There''s still time, so let''s wait for the design team to come up with some more concepts. ¡± ¡°Yes, sir. By the way, is there anything else you''d like to ask for? ¡± ¡°Can I stretch the buttons a little bit? ¡± ¡°Button? We discussed it with the developers, and we''ve already stretched it from two buttons to four.¡± ¡°The game will get more complicated in the future. Now it''s a monotonous form of jumping or attacking, but as the genre of the game progresses, there can be a variety of requirements. ¡± ¡°So do you have a number of buttons in mind? ¡± ¡°What about the six-button system? Recently, I went to the Game Center, and there was a little game called Fighting. ¡± ¡°The goal fighting game? ¡± In 1987, a problem was launched in Game Center that troubled the business owners. Why is this a problem? It was because it broke the old rules set in the Game Center. A game center is a place where ordinary people go to enjoy games, often referred to in my country as a ¡®arcade¡¯. Compared to the pleasant and pleasant word "entertainment," the image in my country was branded as a bad place for flying teenagers to smoke and steal money buried in children''s noses. Nevertheless, I like the game. If only a few hundred won were in hand, that was the playroom where I''d given up chipping and running. Anyway, by the end of 1987, the Japanese gaming center owners had a very uncomfortable game launch. It was because of the appearance of Street Fire, the first six-button battle game. Why did they seem uncomfortable with the easy coin retrieval battle game? It was because of the number of buttons. Existing arcade games were only available with a lot of buttons. No, usually two or three were enough, so four were also quite reluctant to say the least. However, because the boxing game suddenly appeared using six buttons, the operators had no choice but to reform the substrate or bring in a proprietary device by crying and eating mustard. However, thanks to its lame command manipulation, Street Fire became popular soon after its release. Obviously, the command indicated long bowing and uppercut skills, but no matter how much I turned the lever, the technology did not go out. It was also due to the poor digestion of the arm and leg buttons set aside by the river, medium and medicine. The game, which eventually turned out to be a nuisance, will undoubtedly gain enormous popularity by abandoning all existing styles in the subsequent 2. ¡°Sir, aren''t you suggesting that you use the six buttons for a street fire? ¡± ¡°Why? Why not? Haha..¡± ¡°Sure, there''s no need to add a control button, but if you put six buttons on the front, it''s relatively large, so it might be a little uncomfortable for children to use.¡± ¡°Do I really need to put six buttons on the front? ¡± ¡°Yes? Where are the rest of the buttons? ¡± I finally had a family controller on my desk, so I handed it over to Kimura. ¡°Take a hold of it. ¡± ¡°Yes..? Oh, yeah." Then both fingers of Kimura, who received the controller from me, naturally pointed towards the top of the controller. I smiled and spoke behind my back. ¡°Stop! Right there. Kimura makes a button on the part where he''s touching his finger. ¡± ¡°Ahhhh!!!! There you are.¡± Without any answer, Kimura nods back. So we''re done with one, and the next is the Psychic Battle? I got up from my seat and found Mauritata focusing on shooting elongated dots. ¡°What about the Mauritania Illustration? ¡± ¡°It''s smooth. It''s fun to work. I''m amazed at your courage to have all of the protagonist characters in the Psychic Battle as women!! ¡± ¡°Y-yeah? ¡± ¡°I believe you. The day will come when beautiful girls and sexy concept characters dominate the gaming world!! ¡± The illustrator Maurita, who strangely always held on to high tension, was obsessed with the female character to some extent that she thought she was a true pioneer ahead of her time. (He never draws male characters.) Even within a small dot, emphasizing the character''s features helped greatly to eliminate the camouflage of characters and illustrations in the game. ¡°Hey, Morita, can you be quiet? ¡± ¡°Sorry Hayashi. I''m interrupting coding.¡± The Hayashi who was obsessed with his work again without hesitation at the apology of Morita was skilled enough that no one would follow him in his coding work. But because of his nervous personality, there''s a problem with interpersonal relationships. Seegee''s development environment, which enjoys joking in a little family atmosphere, was not suitable for him. Hayashi did not see the other employees struggling, wanting everything to fit exactly like a cog, so there was frequent disagreement with the development team. So I brought these two merchandise Otaku under me. One is a dot machine that shoots dots like crazy without stopping when it comes to beautiful girls. And the coding machine that takes over the object and squeezes out the code without a scratch. ¡°But, sir, Can I really implement this according to the script you gave me? This is way over capacity. Never return to the current family. ¡± ¡°It doesn''t matter. Leave the rest to me and just do the coding right. ¡± Then Morita asked me. ¡°Sir, are you really going to do what you said before? ¡± ¡°Why? Don''t you feel confident? ¡± ¡°Oh no! You can do it. But it''s a bit of a headache when you run out of responsibility.¡± ¡°It''s now or never, so you can do it. If you are later legally sanctioned there will be no answer, so go ahead. I''ll take full responsibility. ¡± ¡°Got it!! ¡± ¡°Maurita, you''re so loud.¡± ¡°Oh, sorry. Hayashi...¡± I''m looking forward to those two great shooters from Otaku. & Afterwards, Shigere and I would sometimes run into each other in the hallway, but there was not much talk. It used to be the Dragon Warrior, but he used to get very nervous when it came to games. On the day of the presentation, the way everyone was cheering and leaning against the chair all by themselves, did I feel like I was looking at the rival rather than my coworker? In fact, I wasn''t particularly offended by the reaction of Mr. Shigere. In a way, the current minten top developer recognized me as a rival. But how much did Super Maridge 3 sell? After work, I was alone at home and I was curious about the game & watch. Then a cheerful sound sounded like it was waiting. - Bam! Hidden challenges. You have completed the secret game developer mission. The next time you reveal your identity, your awareness among gamers will increase by 200%. - -Pabam ~ The creation of the first game title psychic battle has begun. You can now see the status of your development team members. - Yamaguchi of the Pentagon has joined the production of Final Frontier 2. - - Pam ~ Kumamoto Shigeru of Mintendosa is raising a competitive consciousness about you. - In the meantime, all the small incidents that occurred in the gaming industry were alerted. After checking some important alarms, I searched the search box for information about Super Maridge 3. < Super Maridge 3: An arcade game built for the mintendo family has raised 40 million sales worldwide. This is purely the number of genuine cartridges sold in Mintendo. > 40 million genuine items... I''m going to be stunned... I sighed a little at the massive sales volume of Super Maridge 3 and then turned the dial with the handset. After a short beep, you hear a man''s voice. ¡°Hello?¡± Hello... What presumptuous phone etiquette? I cleared my voice for a moment and opened my mouth. ¡°Pumala, is Chendra there? ¡± ¡°I work for Chendra. Do you want me to change it?¡± ¡°Yes.¡± A few moments later, an incomprehensible Indian language is heard in Chendra''s voice. ¡°Joon-Hyuk? I''m too busy these days by making all the expansion cartridges I promised. If we want to send money home, we have to work. Don''t you have work to do? ¡± ¡°That''s why I called. Chendra, do me a favor. ¡± ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 46 EP. 11: Case by Case (6) ¡°Joon-Hyuk? I''m too busy these days by making all the expansion cartridges I promised. If we want to send money home, we have to work. Don''t you have work to do? ¡± ¡°That''s why I called. Chendra, do me a favor. ¡± ¡°Please ~? Do whatever Chendra Kang Jun-hyuk asks. Are you up to something else? ¡± ¡°Just hear me out and let me know if I can do it. ¡± ¡°Fine. Tell me. ¡± And after a while. I replied with a clear voice, Chend, who had heard my explanation. ¡°That''s possible!! It can be Chendra. ¡± ¡°Really? That''s good. ¡± ¡°But there is a problem with Kang Joon-Hyuk. The way you say it is difficult to mass-produce. It is too difficult to keep track of the order quantity of Mintendo at Chendra''s small workshop. ¡± Well... This isn''t enough work for a handful of people in a chicken coop like that that doesn''t ventilate properly. It''s a little earlier than I thought, but it''s not a bad time to be planning. I quickly pulled out the notebook and held the pen over my shoulder. ¡°Chendra. Get me a list of the equipment you need for your work. ¡± ¡°Huh? What''s that all of a sudden? ¡± ¡°Uh, just trying to buy a factory.¡± ¡°What!? ¡± In 1987, Japan''s economy was on its way to the end of a growing bubble economy. In fact, the real direct hit came from the ''Plaza Convention'' signed in 1985 under the Dollar Stabilization designation. The Japanese government, which previously maintained the yen fixed exchange rate, agreed to the U.S. ''need to stabilize the dollar in order to activate the world economy¡¯, resulting in a fantastic result in half the value of the yen being reduced in just one year. Japan, with the Korean War on its back and as an emerging export manufacturer, has become the world''s second largest power in the 6-70 ''s thanks to the support of many friendly nations, but the Plaza Convention has seen the'' Engo phenomenon ¡¯which has dropped the monetary value of the yen compared to the dollar and has begun to decline overseas exports since last year. To recover from such a sudden setback, the Japanese government once again shook hands and threw money at businesses at 2.5% of the existing 5% interest rate. However, all of the capital that was poured into the company was directed toward real estate for stable investment, and suddenly, a huge upheaval in housing value was happening in the growing demand. Due to the low interest rate loans to the public and jumping into the real estate market, the real estate that was 100 million in just two years of the Plaza Convention exploded into a huge barrel (critical effect like a moron) that soared to 300 million. When banks seemed to spend money on low interest rates all the time, they felt at risk of increasing loans, and began to refuse credit loans between companies, the companies that had never been able to borrow money excitedly began to repay, and recently, one or two manufacturing factories itself was closing the doors. & I acquired a factory in Tokyo''s Chiba district in a similar manner to Triangle Soft, which is in crisis. In fact, it was one of the subcontract companies responsible for producing Mintendo cartridges, and President Kamauchi was also one of those companies that was waiting for the company to collapse completely and close. ¡°What!! The Leitex Factory has been acquired!? Who!!! What the hell!! ¡± ¡°Well, I don''t know the details, but the president of the Leitex says he''s not the boss anymore. ¡± ¡°Damn it!! I was just waiting a little longer to buy it when it was completely closed!! ¡± ¡°Better to take over when the right price comes out than to wait too long.¡± ¡°Shut up!!!! ¡± Kuang!! Kamauchi throws the ashtray from his desk and starts making a fuss. Gunpei was busy trying to stop the Kamauchi president. Gosh... Gosh... I came to see Gunpei about the psychic battle, but it''s a bit harsh. Of course, he''s Satan because of me, but... ¡°I can''t... I''ll have to make a buy before I get to the rest of the factory, even if it costs me a little." ¡± ¡°Hey, Ms. Grant, um...¡± Gunpei''s embarrassing expression started to make Kamachi''s face turn white. ¡°Y-you can''t be...¡± ¡°Yes, the two factories that we had in mind were the same. ¡± ¡°Oh, shit!!! Who the hell are you? Find out who the fuck that is right now! ¡± ¡°Oh, I see. ¡± ¡°Phew... Phew...¡± Kamauchi''s boss was choking down on the boiling water, even after he swallowed it. Perhaps you should come back later... I slightly shaken my head and walked out of the room. After a while, Gunpei, who came to the new console development department, was very tired. I asked Gunpei for cold water, pretending not to know. ¡°Why are you so mad at Kamachi? ¡± ¡°You have every reason to be angry. I lost my food to save a few bucks.¡± ¡°The prey?¡± ¡°Family game cartridges have been so successful that our mintendo factories couldn''t keep up with demand, so there were some manufacturing factories that had been outsourcing, but recently it was difficult to play, so the closing doors have been growing.¡± ¡°Ah, Mr. Kamauchi was waiting for those factories to close. ¡± ¡°So I could buy it for a cheap price... but something weird happened. ¡± ¡°Weird thing? ¡± ¡°Someone bought the company that was about to collapse. I was so excited when I got rid of the debt my bosses were holding. He seems to have a lot of talent, but the problem is that he''s leaving operations to the existing owners on the whole factory. Even if I ask who you sold it to, the bosses will keep their mouths shut like they promised.¡± ¡°That''s too bad.¡± That''s it... because I''m busy and I can''t manage to get there... In fact, even the factory owners did not meet me. Everything was bought on my behalf by Nakamura, a lawyer at the law firm that passed Triangle last time. Nakamura advised that it was not good to invest too much money in a factory that was about to collapse, but he almost bought the entire workforce and the president who had previously worked there because he could not manage it properly by replenishing a new workforce in a factory that was closed anyway. Thanks to this, I lost 300 million yen in the last month, but it didn''t matter. because 100 million of them will be recovered soon. How do I get back? That''s how we''re gonna get back. ¡°But what did you want to consult about earlier? ¡± ¡°Oh, I need to ask Gunpei about the psychic battle. ¡± ¡°Ah, the game that decorated the last presentation. At first glance, it was a really great game. By the way, the guys at the development office assured me that the family was never going to be able to drive, is that true? ¡± ¡°Mmm-hmm, about half right. ¡± ¡°I thought the strongest troops I know wouldn''t have done so carelessly... Half of it. What''s that supposed to mean? ¡± ¡°We need special chips to boost the performance of the underprivileged family. ¡± ¡°Special chips? Where are you gonna stick it? ¡± ¡°Of course it''s in the cartridge. You are attempting to put a device in the cartridge that will distribute the family''s computational power. ¡± ¡°Hmmm, it''s theoretically possible. But I haven''t tried it yet.¡± ¡°That''s okay, I already know the manufacturer of that particular chip. ¡± ¡°Really? Where is it? ¡± ¡°It''s called the Leitex. There was an employee named Chendra who created a special chip to upgrade the cartridge performance. ¡± ¡°The Litex!? ¡± ¡°If you''re Gunpei, you already know that. My minten is one of our subcontractors...? ¡± ¡°The Leitex is one of the companies that Kamauchi was trying to acquire this time, and if he''d gotten his hands on it a little sooner...¡± Eventually, Mintendo was forced to pay 100 million yen for mass production of special chips that could upgrade the cartridge performance produced by the Litex. Gunpei spent several nights copying special chip manufacturing techniques imported from the Litex, but eventually the chip failed to be copied by the front of an Indian bulldozer. While Kamachi opposed the launch of the initial out-of-production Psychic Battle as an existing cartridge, it has already been reported in Palmy Communications and has never been able to easily call off development due to increased user expectations. ¡°Kang-gun, are you sure you want to hit this? I wanted to know if you were special chips or something, so the crafting unit price went too high. At this rate, you''ll need to hit at least a millionaire before you can cross the breakeven point. ¡± ¡°Mr. Kamauchi...¡± ¡°Huh? What the...¡± ¡°When did I ever let you down? ¡± ¡°Of course not... The atmosphere was good at the presentation, and he''s been very hard on you lately. I was expecting a hit, but...¡± ¡°If you''re that worried, I can ease your worries. ¡± ¡°Hmm? How? ¡± ¡°I''m only going to spend one-tenth of the marketing cost of Super Maridge 3. ¡± ¡°Reduce marketing costs? Psychic Battle is a new title.If there''s less publicity, it won''t sell much... Are you sure you want to do this? ¡± ¡°That''s enough. ¡± ¡°I don''t know what he''s up to... but I''m counting on it.¡± ¡°You can count on it. Don''t worry, just get the money ready. ¡± And then I want you to go back to the Ritex and ask for additional special chips. I left the conference room with a smile on my mind. ¡°Kang Jun-hyuk..¡± When he raised his head to the sound of calling out to me, Shigere was walking from the hallway across the street. ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 47 EP. 12: Odd Marketing (1) ¡°Kang Jun-hyuk..¡± When I heard the voice calling out to me, Shigere was walking from the hallway across the street. Mr. Shigei was also holding the paperwork in his hand to report to President Kamauchi. He looked closely at the payment issue in my hand and asked me. ¡°Are you done with your report? ¡± ¡°Just now. What''s the status on Super Maridge 3? ¡± ¡°It''s smooth enough that you don''t have to worry. Heard you''re making a psychic battle cartridge. ¡± ¡°Yes, as Mr. Segae said, the cartridge is currently impossible to implement. ¡± ¡°Disgusting fellow. I''ve raised both my hands and my feet to you. ¡± ¡°Huh? You already surrendered? ¡± ¡°I''m not surrendering!! Watch me. I''ll show you the world''s best Super Maridge. Because it''s the last Super Maridge in the family, I''m also fully prepared for external marketing!! ¡± ¡°I look forward to it. I''m sure Mr. Shigere will play a great game. ¡± ¡°Hmph! A compliment won''t do any good. Let''s talk about everything as a result!! ¡± ¡°Okay, I''ll see you at the final presentation. ¡± I lowered my head slightly, smiling, and walked out of the hall. & A few days later, I found a game magazine with some promotional illustrations of the Psychic Battle. Just two years ago, there were four magazines that were specialized in gaming that had only one fami communication. ¡°Phew... Shall we stop by one by one? ¡± With my heavy briefcase in my hand, I found Gameshamp, the least recognizable game magazine. When I opened the office door, I felt uncomfortable even breathing with the smoky black smoke that ignited the raccoon''s den. At this time of year, smoking in the office was almost everyday, so I smelled like cigarettes in any building, but this place is a bit harsh... How far is it? ¡®I''ll cut the smell off my clothes. Let''s get this over with...¡¯ He walked into the office and was wandering around, and a man with his hair halfway bared approached me and asked. The season was beginning to come in early winter, but my stomach was full of sweat on the armpits of a blue shirt, whether I was sweating a lot. ¡°Where are you from? ¡± ¡°Oh, hello. My name is Kang Jun-hyuk, a Mintendo employee. I stopped by for a promotion on the upcoming game. ¡± ¡°No, from mintendo to our magazine? My name is Murasaki, the editor of the game champion. Come on in.¡± The name Velho is mintendo, so it should be easy to access. But Murasaki (Purple) is a strange castle. Of course, reading the Koran will be different... but I was led to the reception room by the editor of Murasaki. ¡°If this is a game from Mintendo, I like it a lot, but what kind of promotional car are you here for? Is this Super Maridge 3 you''re working on? ¡± And I said, "Oh, Super Maridge 3 is very secretive. It''s called the Psychic Battle. ¡± ¡°The Psychic Battle... the new IP of Mintendo, formerly known in Palmy Communications. ¡± ¡°Yes, it is. I am Kang Jun-hyuk, the main director of the Psychic Battle. ¡± ¡°I''ve heard of it. There''s a competent Korean employee in Mintendo.¡± Unlike the old Fox Soft days, the Fortress went to a company and saw this reaction in my name, and I''m sure I''ve gained some recognition. ¡°No. I''m flattered.¡± Anyway, I want to stop saying hello and get out of here. I can''t breathe... I hurried out the envelope containing the promotional illustration from the briefcase and presented it to Mr. Murasaki. There was something else in the brown envelope besides the illustration, but Mr. Murasaki also asked me, picking up the envelope and telling me. ¡°Can I take it out? ¡± ¡°Yes, please. ¡± I smiled and nodded, and he pulled out two promotional illustrations from the envelope. The first main illustration Mr. Murasaki picked up depicted the psychic battle that Morita was particularly interested in, and the superpower of the third blue scalpel, Aoi Tsubasa. ¡°Wow, this is some quality. Characters are very attractive. ¡± Mr. Murasaki was very satisfied when he handed over the next illustration. ¡°Huff!!! ¡± In the second illustration, Aoi Tsubasa, wounded and defeated by the enemy, looked at him with a fierce look. The parts that were wrapped around her like armor on the first page were also completely shattered and torn, making her feel closed as a whole. ¡°This, this...¡± ¡°It''s just a promotional illustration. Haha... Are you okay? ¡± The Psychic Battle targeted adults more than children. Because of the special chip, the cartridge unit price was forming a slightly more expensive mintendo at 7480 yen. Murasaki continued to look at the two illustrations in succession, smiling in mysterious ways. Well, this kind of reaction to the editor won''t make it in the magazine... ¡°That must be some dramatic propaganda you''ve never seen before. You can use it as the main cover of the next issue!! ¡± ¡°That would be great for me! Please set it so that I can see the wounded Aoi Tsubasa as soon as possible. ¡± ¡°Oh, I see. But in order to write an article about the cover, we need to know exactly what kind of game this is so we can write a review.¡± ¡°Remove the cartridge enclosed in the document envelope. ¡± Murasaki hurriedly took out what was in the envelope. The game enclosed in the envelope was a psychic battle cartridge, which was about 1.5 times longer in length than the mintendo cartridge that had been seen so far. ¡°Oh...? Are you sure this game is finished already? ¡± ¡°No, actually, it''s a trial. This is a special cartridge for magazine review journalists only. You can play up to two stages. ¡± ¡°Ouch!! Oh, my God!! ¡± ¡°Well, you can keep the cartridge here, or you can give it to a top reader as a gift event. Be sure to play instead, and post a review article for the Psychic Battle in the next issue. ¡± ¡°Okay, let''s play with the staff and post an article. ¡± ¡°Then I beg of you. I''ll leave you to it.¡± I got up from my seat in a hurry to get out of this raccoon''s lair as soon as possible and forgot something, so I called for Mr. Murasaki. ¡°Hey, Editor. Excuse me, how much does a game champion sell a month? ¡± ¡°I''m still shooting 2,000 copies of the new magazine.¡± ¡°You can double that next month. ¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°Play the game and if you trust me, try to increase your publishing numbers. It''s going to be huge. ¡± ¡°Huh?" I hurried out of Gameshamp magazine with such a strange note. ¡°Phew! I thought I was suffocating...¡± What I do best is reduce smoking. I rarely smoked cigarettes, except for Mr. Gunpei and his business conversations. I take a moment to put out the smell of bananas on my clothes and head to the train station. I came to Tokyo in the morning and now I just stopped by a magazine... Suddenly... I''m so... hungry. I''m so hungry right now. Fat! Fat! Fat! ... all of a sudden, what brings to mind the drama "Lonely Foodies" that I enjoyed in 2015? Anyway, I''m hungry, so let''s eat something and move... & After lunch, I stopped by two different magazines, repeated the same work that I had done in the game championship, and it was not until 4: 00 p.m. The last place I''m standing is today''s final destination, Pammy Communications. Since I made an appointment with Jun Pyo in advance, I relaxed and opened the magazine door. ¡°Oh, Joon-Hyuk! Are you here? ¡± ¡°Give me some water... I''m dying of thirst. ¡± ¡°Why do you have to go to all this trouble just to mail it? ¡± ¡°But if you go looking for it yourself, you''ll earn credit. Much better than just sending a letter. ¡± ¡°Well, yeah, but I''d appreciate a letter from Mintendo.¡± ¡°Is that so? Haha...¡± ¡°But what is that? ¡± ¡°Oh, a PR illustration for Pammy Communications...¡± ¡°Promotional Illustrative Illustrator, what is it for Pammy Communications? ¡± ¡°Well, actually, there are four different magazine illustrations. ¡± ¡°What!? ¡± ¡°I tried my head. ¡± ¡°What did... what did the other magazine say? ¡± ¡°I like the illustration. I heard it''s going to be on the main cover. ¡± ¡°What!? Then we have no choice but to load it!! It''s still between Mintendo and us, but I shouldn''t have given it all to our magazine! ¡± ¡°Yeah, you and me, we''ve got a special character for Pammy Communications. ¡± ¡°Huh?" The illustration, whether brought out by Junpei, was drawn in a seductive pose by the main character of the Psychic Battle, ''Azsa Wren¡¯. ¡°Now, why don''t you clean your nose for a second?¡± ¡°Really? Why don''t you clean up after yourself while you spill your nosebleeds?¡± ¡°Next... chapter? Phew!! It''s too dangerous, isn''t it? ¡± If Aoi Tsubasa, the blonde Helena from the blue scalpel that I gave to the other magazines, really cared about Maurita, would Azsa Ren really sweat? Of course, this kind of quality illustration can''t be expressed in the family right now, but it''s all imaginative, because all the graphic effects of an 8-bit game will be drawn in the user''s mind. So far, there has been no legal basis for regulation of sex appeal in the medium of gaming, so the trend has been somewhat off the charts, unless it is a practical depiction of sexual intercourse or extreme exposure. So it was a method that was sometimes used to attract the eyes of readers in teen cartoons such as the Dragon Ball or 3X3 Eyes. (For example, if the astronomer was constantly asking women to show off their underwear, or if Burma was actually trying to show off her panties to get a Dragon Ball...) ¡°Stop looking. There''s a hole in the paper. Dude. ¡°Amazing¡­ wait? But what if another magazine puts each character on the main cover? ¡± ¡°Yes. The main cover of every game magazine next month is the Psychic Battle. ¡± ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 48 EP. 12: Odd Marketing (2) ¡°Stop looking. There''s a hole in the paper. Dude. ¡°Amazing¡­ wait? But what if another magazine puts each character on the main cover? ¡± ¡°Yes. The main cover of every game magazine next month is the Psychic Battle. ¡± ¡°Wow, you really are a badass. ¡± ¡°What nonsense!! Great marketing skills!! ¡± In addition, to collect all these crazy illustrations, readers will have to buy all four magazine books. Magazines are as good as magazines, and I like the rumors between users themselves. So I imagined that... I swallowed the water cup from Junpei and smiled brightly. This is a game cartridge? ¡± ¡°An experimental demo cartridge. You can enjoy up to two stages. ¡± ¡°Oh, that''s good news. The other reviewers were curious about the psychic battle, but something bigger than the other cartridges. ¡± ¡°I put special chips in there to help with the family''s computation.¡± ¡°Ah! That''s why it''s so big... But it feels so special! Let''s play for a while, shall we? ¡± ¡°Try it already? ¡± ¡°What about promoting it to other journalists? ¡± ¡°Suit yourself." As soon as Jun Fei left the reception room, she called out to her colleagues who were working. ¡°Hey!! Here comes the trial cartridge from the Psychic Battle I used to compliment you on!! The one who laughed at me for dying in the first stage!! ¡± ¡°Oh? Psychic Battle!? Me!! Let me try!! ¡± The Psychic Battle, brought to the table for experiential use, quickly became very popular with the Pharma Communications staff. A few moments later, surrounded by a little television, they begin to stick their tongues out in the great anthrax of the Psychic Battle. ¡°Twirl the cross there and press B!! ¡± Jun Fei laughed at his comrades who were dying in the first half of the stage. ¡°What the... what the fuck is so hard...¡± ¡°I was the only one to go to the boss at the new conference. I told you it was hard to be scared. Get out of my way! ¡± Jun Fei sat down, pushing away his colleague who was giving up throwing the pads. ¡°Here!! Behold my fantasy play!! ¡± Jun Fei was more sensible than other employees. The longer I stayed in one place, the more I noticed that the shell was concentrating and avoided the shell as I flew freely through a wide stage. The program was tuning the projectile to not exceed a certain amount, but there were occasionally slower frames, but there was no major disruption in playing. ¡°You seem more stable than ever. The frames don''t fall very far. ¡± ¡°Of course. I made the coding more monotonous. There were occasional variable frame intervals, but they were suppressed as much as possible. ¡± Shortly thereafter, Jun Fei was reunited with the first insect boss. ¡°I''ll repay your debt today!! ¡± Jun Fei didn''t get hit twice by the same number. After some shell spraying, the frame begins to fall, and he quickly moves the character to the end of the screen to avoid the laser beam. In the end, Jun Fei''s first boss is defeated and Jun Fei pushes into the second stage. ¡°Ahhhh!!! ¡± Although he struggled with adequate barrier skills, the two stages became even more difficult with a range of rounded rounds of shell being added. No matter how many flying creatures reached the second boss, there was very little HP left. ¡°Is it possible to clear? ¡± Another giant boss may appear, and a superpower character the size of the protagonist appears in front of Jun Fei who is very nervous. ¡°The second boss is the same superpower!! It''s worth a shot!! ¡± Unlike the giant boss of the first stage, a smile was drawn on Junpei''s mouth at the appearance of the same humanoid boss. Looks like you got a lot of room to avoid, huh? Jun Fei''s relaxed expression made me smile on my lips. ¡®Let''s see if someone completes stage 2 until the next issue comes out. ¡¯ Jun Fei lightly dodges an enemy attack while simultaneously issuing a guide laser beam that inputs a command to fire at the enemy. At that moment... Shush!! The charming boss character disappears as soon as the laser beam hits. ¡°Teleport!!!! ¡± Jun Fei, who was caught up with the boss in a hurry, quickly opened up his distance, but he couldn''t escape the boss''s clutches, using his mind to draw in the protagonist like a magnet. And when Azsa Ren, the protagonist of the next boss'' giant laser attack, was hit in the face... ¡°Huff!!!!!!!! ¡± When a screen full of wounded Azsa Ren''s dangerous pose popped out, everyone was huffing and inhaling. Of course, it was a bit crude compared to the illustration I gave to Jun Fei earlier, but it was already overlapping in Jun Fei''s head. ¡°If a boss beats you to death... the parts will peel off. On the contrary, if we eliminate the boss by force...¡± Then one of the reporters next to me cut off my horse and said, holding Jun Fei''s hand tightly. ¡°Jun Fei, please. Don''t forget to kill the second boss!!! ¡± ¡°Oooh!!!! ¡± The tastes of the males are so easy... What an illustration of Parts flying... In fact, the concept of Parts flying has already appeared for the first time in the famous "Castle of Gold" game at the Game Center. The flying enemy''s magic was a game that used shields to block prizes, mediums, and downwards. If you were accidentally bewitched, the armor parts flew off one by one. The problem was that it was a male character... but the game center players who cheered with one mind to take off all of the hostile Heroic Corps''s parts burst into laughter. Of course, I replaced it with an illustration because I couldn''t get parts to fly when I woke up dead or alive with my current family''s spam, but it still works wonders here. & ¡°Are you leaving already? ¡± ¡°Yes, I have someone I need to see. Play well and write well. ¡± ¡°Leave the knights to me! I''ll write you a great one!! ¡± ¡°Yes, thank you. ¡± ¡°By the way, Joon-Hyuk..." ¡°Huh?" I felt uneasy with Jun Fei scratching his cheeks and making a embarrassing face. What is it? Is there something wrong with my psychic battle? ¡°Before you came here, you said you gave four magazines different character illustrations? ¡± ¡°Oh, right. Why??" ¡°There are three main characters, and the other one must be Catherine, the second stage boss? ¡± ¡°Right. Why is that? ¡± ¡°Where did you give me that illustration? ¡± ¡°I gave it to the game world before I got here.¡± ¡°Ahhhh!! I''d rather give it to you!!! ¡± ¡°... was that your preference? ¡± What... Is that the only reason you have such a serious face? I liked the queen better than this one... I smiled at Jun Fei in agony. ¡°Don''t worry. I''ll talk to our staff and send you a whole set of four specials. ¡± ¡°Th-that''s real? ¡± ¡°Yeah, man. ¡± ¡°Okay!!! I was a little selfish, but the game is great, so I''ll write you a review!! ¡°I''m really going, then!¡± Looking at the watch, I was already running out of time, so I hurried to the train station and waved to Junpei. ¡°Call me when you get to Kyoto!¡± ¡°Yeah, man. Good job!" & - In a few moments, this train will reach Shibuya Station... Instead of a solid voice prompt, you hear the driver''s walking voice driving the train directly through the speakers. "I feel so young no matter how many times I hear it..." I rushed off the train with a lightened briefcase. It''s not too late, but it''s close. We have five minutes until the appointment... Tsk... As soon as the train door opened, I ran towards the stairs in front of me. At 6 pm, Shibuya Station was crowded with people taking the train. ¡®It''s very complicated... time to go to work? ¡¯ A typical meeting place at Shibuya Station is the statue of Dog Hachi Gong who saved his owner. In this age, there was a strange excitement in making promises and meeting with someone. The precise timing, the exact location, the beating of waiting for the other person in that place? I didn''t know where the other person was coming from because my phone was at a quiet and uneasy time, but I felt good to feel excited and excited about the inconvenience. Now I''m a little late... but I left the station after looking at the watch again. In front of the statue of the Hochiang Gong, famous as the meeting place, there were already many people waiting for someone, each looking at the clock. And I was able to find Yuki in it with ease. ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 49 EP. 12: Odd Marketing (3) In front of the statue of the Hochiang Gong, famous as the meeting place, there were already many people waiting for someone, each looking at the clock. And I was able to find Yuki in it with ease. ¡°Ahhh!! Joon-Hyuk!¡± Yuki found me among the touchers and waved gladly. I just grabbed it at the Dragon Emblem, and it feels good to know it all at once. ¡°It''s been a long time!¡± ¡°Oh, yeah. How have you been?¡± ¡°I thought you''d forgotten me for a while after you really first contacted me. I couldn''t get her number, I couldn''t call her...¡± ¡°I''m sorry. I''ve been so busy.¡± ¡°Thanks for getting in touch with me. ¡± With a kind bow and greeting, I also bowed reflectively at my waist. ¡°Oh, no. ¡± ¡°Why don''t we stay here and have something warm to talk about? ¡± ¡°Sure, but I don''t really know Shibuya, so I don''t know where she''ll be okay. ¡± ¡°Hmm, let''s go to the store first. ¡± Yuki and I stood at a crossroads called the symbol of Shibuya and smiled at each other. Yuki had a very sophisticated sense for women in the 1980s. Instead of overly perm hair that is trendy among women nowadays, I was tidying up my long raw hair with white hair straps and giving it a slight wave at the end. And every time you smile, a little clam goes into your cheeks. ¡°Wow, Shibuya has a lot of people. ¡± ¡°It''s a little complicated with Joon-Hyuk, isn''t it? ¡± ¡°Huh? How did you know I was in Kyoto? ¡± ¡°You said you work for Minten. Isn''t Mintendo''s headquarters in Kyoto? ¡± ¡°Oh, you know that. ¡± Ding-dong! Ding-dong! After a short while the signal light rang and it turned green, many people who were waiting for the massive crosswalk started crossing the signal lamp in unison. It reminds me of a pair of triplets, a game I used to sometimes play in the 2000s when I was bored, when people flocked to Shibuya station behind us. Defeating hundreds of enemies alone was a beautiful game, but it still takes a long time to implement such a game, right? The game was probably on Gear Station 2 that Sensoni built... and it won''t be until the next 15 years for the first one... Wait. No, we don''t have to wait that long, right? ¡°Joon-Hyuk?¡± ¡°Oh, yeah? ¡± ¡°You know, we should go this way. ¡± ¡°Oh, I''m sorry. I''ll think of something else for a moment.¡± ¡°Hmm...¡± Yuki looks sharp for a moment, then takes another step. Oh my... You must hate me for thinking about sleeping or playing games. I followed her as I suppressed her growing desire for development. & After a while, Yuki brought me to a Korean restaurant in Shibuya. Is the store called Mother''s Dinner? That''s a weird name. ¡°Is this...? ¡± ¡°Joon-Hyuk is Korean. I asked my friends if they liked it, and they said it was the best in Tokyo.¡± ¡°Ahhh!¡± I felt a corner of my heart tightened in Yuki''s consideration. Honestly, I feel like such an idiot that I''ve been running around minding my own appointments, and I''ve been thinking about my future ever since I met you... ¡°You don''t like Korean? ¡± ¡°No, I''m very happy for you. The only Korean restaurants in Kyoto are Wodong and Ramen. Thank you for your attention. ¡± Yuki smiled and mumbled in a small voice. ¡°Thank God." After going inside the store with Yuki, the smell of briquettes roasting meat along with the smell of miso stew that I had forgotten for a long time began to irritate the stomach. At lunch, I was quite hungry because I made a simple noodle soup because of my appointment with the magazine. ¡°Welcome!¡± ¡®Mother''s Meal Table¡¯ was unusually greeted in Korean, but I was happy to greet her at the counter as well. ¡°Hello!" ¡°Oh my!! You''re Korean!¡± ¡°Yes, he came with me because he told me that this house is the best in Tokyo. ¡± ¡°Oh my! Thank you! It''s so nice to meet Koreans in foreign lands! Please take a lot of my beef. Enjoy!¡± ¡°Thank you. I''ll eat well!¡± When we spoke in Korean, Yuki was looking at us strangely. ¡°It''s good to see you!¡± ¡°Oh, I see. She seems to like it. ¡± Sitting across from each other at the table, we poured water into each other''s glasses before ordering two cashews of beef and miso stew. Yuki asked with a worry face on a simpler spell than I thought. ¡°Are you sure you don''t want something to eat? I heard you only had noodles today. ¡± ¡°Yuki, isn''t this your first time at a Korean restaurant? ¡± ¡°Yes. Actually, I just heard from my friends and I''m here for the first time today. ¡± ¡°Hold on! Surprise will happen!¡± A moment later, Yuki said to the waiter, puzzled by the appearance of the undertakers being set to fill the table. ¡°W-we didn''t order any of this. ¡± ¡°It''s just an okaz. When you order food, it''s basically what comes out. Don''t worry!¡± ¡°Th-this is all Okaz? ¡± Um... was your owner here before? Obviously, the food is delicious and the food is plentiful even if you eat one! On the dining table, kimchi and acorn cakes, as well as kimchi and bread ribs, began to appear on the plate gradually. ¡°Wow, do Koreans eat like this every time? ¡± ¡°Oh, well, it''s not like this all the time, but basically, there''s more food writers than Japan. ¡± ¡°Amazing! The food is so delicious!! ¡± Fortunately, Yuki soon ate well. Sareh rushed to Japan to give him water when he ate a slightly sharp miso stew compared to Miso Shiru. ¡°It''s d-hot. ¡± It''s definitely not like the Miso Soup of Japan! Yuki was tolerating it all the way through. Soon after that, you climb up to the smoky seared meat, and the table is filled to the briquettes. ¡°There''s only 380 yen per serve.¡± ¡°It''s because Koreans have a lot of recognition!¡± I was moved by the taste of Korea that I had felt for a long time and swallowed nothing. ¡°Ma''am! More food here!¡± ¡°Omma? Have you finished already? I''ll bring it to you as soon as I can." The waitress who serves in a dialect nodded and took orders. & ¡°Oh, I''m full!¡± ¡°Aren''t you overeating? Three bowls of food...? ¡± ¡°You must have been greedy after eating a long time.¡± ¡°But I''m just happy to see you''re eating well. ¡± ¡°Thank you. Thank you for your attention. I''ll buy you dinner. ¡± ¡°Yes? Why Joon-Hyuk? ¡± ¡°Hmm..? No, it''s just... ¡°I have money, too. Ma''am, divide the calculation here!¡± Yuki picks up the check and heads to the counter without a chance to stop me from going crazy. Well, I used to think it was customary for a man to buy food in the first meeting, but he''s a little different in his mind. After dividing the dinner cost in half, I came out and it was already dark outside. I''m already full, but I can''t just eat alone... ¡°Can I get you a cup of coffee? I''ll buy you coffee. ¡± ¡°Yes? Why do you keep buying me everything?¡± ¡°I ate three bowls of rice! Yuki lost money by dividing it in half. So let me buy you some coffee!¡± Yuki nodded, smiling greedily. It''s so hard to buy coffee... So we moved to a nearby coffee shop. & ¡°Have a good time, then!¡± The waiter carried the tray in his arms and returned with the coffee. Hmm... I can''t even imagine serving coffee in a fancy cup like this... In a cafe in the 2000s. It''s not just vibrating bells that make me feel like I''m going to look for something classy... It''s definitely from the 1980s when I look at the coffee in a deceptive cup, not just a regular paper cup... ¡°Are you busy these days too? You haven''t heard from me in a while...¡± ¡°Oh, I''ve been working on a game lately. ¡± ¡°A game? Wow! What kind of game? ¡± ¡°Oh, well, you know...¡± No!!! I''ll never tell you!! If sexy female characters fly around in the sky and get beaten up, half their clothes fall off!! ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 50 EP. 12: Odd Marketing (4) No!!! I''ll never tell you!! If sexy female characters fly around in the sky and get beaten up, half their clothes fall off!! Eventually, I took out an image of Ryu Hwa-young (at least the most hidden), the most OK character design. Her setup data had not been shown to anyone yet, so it was the first time she made it public to Yuki. Ryu Hwa-young was a secret character covering his whole body with a black suit and half his face with a mask. My favorite character in a psychic battle is Ryu Hwa-young, who has a great figure that stands out under the mask and fits tightly. The three main characters of the Psychic Battle were finally determined to be flamethrower ¡®Azsa Wren¡¯, electrostatic wizard ¡®Helena¡¯, and storyteller ¡®Aoi Tsubasa¡¯, but when they completed the game until the end, they were able to use the superpowers who appeared as enemies in Story Mode and Battle Mode. I handmade the concepts and settings of the second stage boss minstrel, Catherine, Jennifer, and Ryu Hwa Young, the final 8-stage boss character, especially Ryu Hwa Hyung. He was much more attached to me than the protagonist ''Azsa Ren'', and his special performance will also be set to the level of a fraudulent character like the final boss. ¡°You have a very beautiful character. Are you the leading lady?¡± ¡°In fact, all the manipulative characters in this game are women. A shooter that plays the ultimate supernova fight. ¡± ¡°Oh, right. If it''s a shooter, it just flies around shooting missiles, right? ¡± ¡°Well, sort of. ¡± ¡°I love that airplane game! I play 1942 in the game center all the time. When Joon-Hyuk''s game is released, make sure! I''ll try.¡± I muttered in a small voice to her who looks at me and speaks decisively. ¡°Haha... You don''t have to do that.¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°No. Soliloquy. But do you have the dragon emblem I gave you before? ¡± ¡°Oh, right. ¡± Yuki took the expansion cartridge out of her bag with the dragon emblem and placed it on the table. ¡°I had fun thanks to Joon-Hyuk. As you may already know, we also enjoyed the additional scenarios contained within the expansion cartridge. I bought the expansion cartridge in return. ¡± ¡°You''re giving it back to me? ¡± ¡°Yes, it was so much fun! Maybe you were too busy to try it. ¡± ¡°It''s okay. I''ve already cleared the expansion scenario. I gave it to you, so please keep it. ¡± It''s not a ring, it''s not a necklace, it''s a game cartridge. I feel strange. I smiled awkwardly and asked her. ¡°But what is Yuki doing? I''ve seen you play very well before. You survived the last few female users at the event. ¡± ¡°I used to play chess with my dad all the time when I was a kid, and he bought it when he saw a game called Dragon Emblem. Oh, and I work at the station. ¡± ¡°Broadcasting station?? ¡± ¡°Yes, I''m still the co-author of the late-night show. ¡± ¡°Excuse me, how old are you? ¡± ¡°Nineteen. My birthday passed last week. ¡± ¡°Oh, it''s late, but happy birthday. ¡± Nineteen... 21 at the age of South Korea? He was definitely an adult, but at the age of 19 he felt very embarrassed. I nodded slightly and moved the coffee cup to my mouth. ¡°What about Joon-Hyuk?¡± ¡°I''m... 25. ¡± I recalculated and answered my age in my head. By the way, it''s been four years since you came back from setting yourself to 21 in Japan in ''83... It''s been such a fast time. ¡°Wow, you''re younger than I thought. ¡± ¡°Phew¡­ do I look old? ¡± ¡°Something doesn''t feel like the 20s I know.¡± ¡°How is it different? ¡± ¡°In my 20s, I feel like I''ve just graduated from college and I''m just a beginner in a childish society, but Joon-Hyuk is very mature. Honestly, no matter how young you are, you''re in your late 20s. ¡± Is that what 2015''s speech and habits look like? On the outside, she''s 25, but she''s also deceived by 38. Yuki''s words are not entirely wrong. I nod with a bleeding smile. ¡°There''s only one month left in December this year. There are 88 Olympics in Korea next year, do you have to go back to Korea? ¡± ¡°Well, I''m not going back very much because I have a job in Japan, but I''m going on a short vacation. ¡± ¡°Your parents are in Korea, right? ¡± When Yuki asked, my hand stopped lifting the cup of coffee. How are your parents? Why don''t you take a vacation next year and go to the neighborhood where I used to live when I was a kid? I was seven years old in ''88... I think I used to live by the Seodaemun Gate in Seoul... ¡°Joon-Hyuk...? ¡± ¡°Yes, my parents are in Korea. I''ll see you next year. I''m going to the Seoul Olympics.¡± Let''s smile with an answer. Yuki no longer asked about his family. Instead, you take the diary out of your bag and start writing something down. ¡°What''s that? ¡± ¡°I''m going to write about the restaurant I went to a while ago. Before I forget...¡± ¡°Before you forget? ¡± ¡°I have a competition for ideas for a regular program for new writers. ¡± ¡°A contest?¡± ¡°Yes, it''s a new type of variety program or a short drama show, but I''m trying to make food out of the competition. ¡± Food? You mean like the food drama of the 2010 ''s? Yuki spread her diary wide and started drawing the food she had eaten in the restaurant one by one. I looked at him, leaning against the table. After a while, Yuki began to put the food on the dining room table in order on white paper. ¡°Amazing. Do you remember a lot of that at once? ¡± ¡°I''ve heard a lot about good memory since I was a kid. ¡± Yuki laughed and teased Betsy''s hands without rest. Yuki asked me when the painting was finished somewhat. ¡°Joon-Hyuk, what is that soup we ate earlier? ¡± ¡°Miso stew.¡± ¡°Where''s the meat? ¡± ¡°It''s called briquettes. ¡± ¡°Yontan bean curd...¡± I laughed because my pronunciation was so cute compared to my very thoughtful face. Then Yuki said with a big smile. ¡°That sounds weird, doesn''t it? Hehe¡± ¡°No, it''s cute. ¡± After that, Yuki covered the diary with a kind expression. ¡°Can I take a look at that? ¡± ¡°I''m ashamed. I''m not showing it to anyone yet.¡± ¡°Don''t you know that the more ideas you share, the better? ¡± ¡°It''s not like that.¡± Yuki bows his head in shame and gives me a diary. I handed over the diary from Yuki and looked through it one by one. In her diary, dishes from restaurants and dessert shops all over Tokyo were painted in detail, and she could barely see them. Some of them were fun to paste and paste for reference. But in this age, it''s not common for people to take food pictures with film cameras. In some parfait paintings, the shape of the ingredients, cups, and the height of the ice cream seemed to be a great reference. The interesting thing was that, next to all the food, a boiled egg-shaped character was rolling around, making strange faces. ¡°Wow, it''s really detailed. ¡± ¡°Please give it back! Yes? ¡± ¡°Wait a minute. Just a little more...¡± As I handed over the painting, I stopped my hand from one picture. There was a cartridge of mintendo instead of food. The title of the game was "Dragon Emblem" with a surprisingly expressive egg character and speech bubble next to it. - The maker is a genius! Who the hell made it? - - Clear this game. Joon-Hyuk is amazing!! - ¡°Ahhh!! That!!" Yuki quickly snatched the diary I was looking at and put it back in her bag. ¡°What are you so surprised about? ¡± ¡°I''m just embarrassed. Oh, it''s hot. ¡± Yuki rubs her red face to see if her face is burning. ¡°You draw very well. Did Yuki make the egg character next to each of the foods? There were a lot of different faces. ¡± ¡°Oh, Tamago-san. He''s a character that I created, and he''s evaluating the taste of food with his face. What do you think?¡± ¡°It''s fun. It''s unique. ¡± You''re evaluating flavor with your so-called emoticons, which is a very unique way of looking at it these days. However, Yuki''s expression was not very bright. ¡°Yuki, do you have any concerns? ¡± ¡°In fact, there are only a few days left in the competition, and the concept of the program is not yet finished. The genre has chosen to explore Tokyo''s tastiest restaurants, but the introduction to the store is just too boring.¡± ¡°Food tour." At that moment, I remembered a drama that came to my mind around lunch, and I don''t know if that concept would work in the ''80s... but maybe you should give it a try. It was not a formal contest anyway, and I told Yuki with my hands around his chin. ¡°Yuki, what about this concept? ¡± ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 51 EP. 12: Odd Marketing (5) ¡°Yuki, what about this concept? ¡± ¡°Yes? What kind of...? ¡± Yuki and I showed interest, and this time I pulled notes out of the briefcase. Although Yuki''s diary was a bit more cluttered and cluttered than Yuki''s, I was always carrying notes to sort out ideas that popped up. (Usually used to sketch to help Chendra or Gunpei understand...) ¡°Wow, something looks very complicated. Is it like Joon-Hyuk''s idea notes? ¡± ¡°It''s not as neat as you, Yuki, but sometimes I use it when I think of something. If you don''t write it down, you''ll soon forget it.¡± ¡°Yes, it''s best to write it down when you think about it. ¡± ¡°First of all, this is the concept that I thought of. ¡± I drew a rough picture of one of the workplaces of formal attire on an empty page of my notes. Then Yuki, who was looking at my painting, said a little. ¡°It''s a simple picture, but you''ve got a good point. I can see the Celery Man Tee coming. ¡± ¡°Really? It''s not much more than Yuki''s painting, but first, this character is important. ¡± ¡°This character? ¡± ¡°Yes, he''s always hungry. His name is moderately Onaka Seita-san (hungry). ¡± ¡°Foot..¡± Yuki laughed at the sense of my name. ¡°Sounds like a good name for a decent one. Kick Kick¡± ¡°You can think of a name later, and this character actually walks around the store ordering food. ¡± ¡°Ahhh!! It''s not just about introducing the store, it''s about the actor eating the food. ¡± ¡°A little drama will do just fine. The protagonist is traveling around Tokyo on business and suddenly he gets hungry. ¡± ¡°Is that why you go to the store and order food? ¡± ¡°That''s right, late-night television audiences might actually go there and try it, or they might promote the store, and the owners might like it. ¡± ¡°I think I can reach my viewers more naturally than the hard-to-find restaurant introduction!! The marketing effect of the filming site will be 1 trillion 2 trillion seats!¡± Yuki nodded his head to make sure he understood the concept I was talking about. In 1987, a variety of broadcasts came out of Japan because color TV was almost finished. Unlike traditional black and white TV, the cooking program was often ranked as a favorite program for housewives in the morning thanks to color TV expressing even the colors of the food. However, Yuki really liked my concept because there was still no program that specialized in eating delicious food. ¡°This is a very new and unique piece of material, and I''m going to use it. ¡± ¡°Look. It''s better for you to think alone than alone, isn''t it? ¡± Yuki nodded, smiling brightly at my words. After a while, after having a little more conversation, we left the coffee house and were headed to Shibuya Station in the late autumn in the cool breeze. Time is a little after 9pm. At this time, Shinkansen is almost the last car to Kyoto, so why don''t you sigh at a nearby hotel while you''re in Tokyo, and stop by the Pentagon''s office tomorrow? Final Frontier 1, created by Kawaguchi, has become a large title that sold 200,000 copies immediately after issuance. The title that was issued with the letter ''Final¡¯ was added to the second production, saying that he would quit the game director if he failed. But when I called a few days ago, 2 said he''d raise the target layer a little bit to create an RPG of adult taste... You''re not going to go into a concept as close as a psychic battle, are you? While thinking about it, Yuki who was walking next to me asked me. ¡°Now, what do we do? ¡± ¡°Yes? I thought you were going home. ¡± ¡°It''s only 9: 00. Are you going back to Kyoto? ¡± ¡°No, I''m going to stay at a nearby hotel tomorrow because I have something to do in Tokyo. ¡± ¡°Well, there''s still plenty of time. ¡± ¡°Yes, but is there somewhere you want to go? ¡± Then Yuki looked up at me, smiling and opening his mouth. ¡°Where do men and women meet at night? ¡± ¡°Yes..? ¡± Oh, no... I''ve seen it twice now! Different from a clean image, is he a cheeky type? I was eventually drawn into Yuki''s hands and headed back to the entertainment street. & And after a while. We were standing in front of a building with a mix of neon signs and loud music. ¡°This place... ugh!¡± ¡°Joon-Hyuk, what did you imagine? Are you having second thoughts? ¡± ¡°I''m not.¡± You''re making me think all I want, and that''s not it. As I lowered my head, Yuki curled up and opened the Game Center. Then the BGM of all the games flowed to where I stood. In case you were wondering, I looked for a motel on the second or third floor, but I didn''t see any such business at all. There''s a playroom on the first floor without going crazy, but there''s no place upstairs to make a motel room. Yuki calls me as the BGM of Tetris flows out from the interior of the middle building. ¡°Joon-Hyuk, if you come, will you help me with the game I''ve always wanted to play? ¡± ¡°Oh, yes. Haha... gladly...¡± I forcibly smiled at Yuki and stepped into the Game Center. Yuki kept smiling, covering her mouth to see if my reaction was funny. I fooled you at first, but not the next time. I opened my mind and lightly looked around the center. ¡°It''s huge. This size is not common in Kyoto... Especially with all the sensory devices from the NEGA. ¡± Recently, Japan''s gaming industry has seen a tremendous rise. In the home, Mintendo''s family was able to access gaming media from anywhere because of this huge gaming center in the sprawling area. At this time, gamers had to go to the game center if they wanted to enjoy fancy and graphical action games. Family devices at home were difficult to keep up with graphics in the form of dedicated substrates used in spectacular gaming centers. And of course, as we move into the 2000s, the home console slowly begins to outperform the graphics in the game center, Today, the home console has not had any major conflicts with gaming center owners, as RPGs such as the Dragon Warrior or the Adventure Genre have begun their long playtime readership route. However, the dreams of gamers in this era were so glamorous that they wished to play games for game centers with home gaming machines. I had felt it before, but Yuki was a game person. Yuki quickly took off his cardigan, tied it to his waist, and snuck onto the bike. ¡°Are you going to do this? ¡± ¡°Yes, do you want to join Joon-Hyuk? ¡± ¡°No, I''m just going to watch. ¡± She places her bag in the basket next to her and puts a 100 yen coin in the coin entrance. Deceptive gaming machines are more expensive than regular gaming machines. I understand the good coin recovery rate for the NEGA... The game started as soon as I turned the slottle that resembled the actual motorcycle. I folded my arms next to him and watched Yuki play. Hmmm! A game with a sense of humor... The NEGA is definitely good at arcades. In fact, the failure of the NEGA disk penetration rate did not bring the NEGA down because of their absolute arcade game market. It was the first company designed to allow players to ride in the driver''s seat or play on motorcycles. The UFO Gacha Machine, which is also used to draw dolls, was also heard to be a huge amount of coins earned each month because it was made by them. ¡®It''s a coveted market for the owner of Kamachi. But is it a good thing that the unit price of the device was too high and that, according to Gunpei and Shigeru, it was a fast falling market when the home console grew up? ¡¯ ¡°Oh, that''s too bad. It was just a checkpoint.¡± This type of perceived racing game is designed to allow you to rotate the next track by a certain amount of time before you reach the checkpoint, so the coin turnover is fast. I asked Yuki, handing over the bag, who was making a sad face. ¡°Still, you''re good. You''d be great to score an eighth. ¡± ¡°I''m pretty good, right? Ahhh!! There''s a seat open. ¡± Yuki ran into an ordinary lever-manipulated substrate and summoned me. ¡°Can we do this together? ¡± ¡°Hmm?" Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. Recently, there has been a BGM that has been chattering like a habit walking the streets. This addictive BGM leaked from all over the neighborhood''s gaming center entrance, with a unique rhythm that no one would ever forget. This crazy BGM is a bubble bobble made by Daido Soft in Japan. Then why in my country are they called Boggle Boggles? The title says bubble bobble for fuck''s sake... I don''t know why it''s not fire and bubbles coming out of the mouth of a little dinosaur, but this game was only able to beat the enemy completely by trapping it with that bubble and then blowing it. If it took too long, a whale-shaped ghost appeared to catch the player, but at the same time, the urgent BGM, which was suddenly speeding up, made him sweat on his hands. You were able to enhance your character by eating items, such as shoes and candy, but there were also factors that led to the destruction of friendships of 1P and 2P in order to eat each other. Yuki tucked his skirt in with a cardigan and sat down. Yuki smiled and said as I sat on the 2P side. ¡°Do we want to bet on this? Why don''t you grant the winner his wish? ¡± Huh? This is an unexpected challenge. Well, then, shall I make it up to you as a childhood memory? We put in 50 yen coin by coin and started the game. ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 52 EP. 13: Upcoming 16-bit Era (1) ¡°Do we want to bet on this? Why don''t you grant the winner his wish? ¡± Huh? This is an unexpected challenge. Well, then, shall I make it up to you as a childhood memory? We put in 50 yen coin by coin and started the game. Soon, two dinosaurs bubbling up on both sides of the stage and the game begins. The game, which had a total of 100 games, was structured to make the level design increasingly difficult, but frankly I was a little bored after more than 50. But if you grant the wishes of the winner, the story will be different. We started beating the buttons hard to defeat more enemies from each other. ¡°Huh?" Yuki''s play was cunning. If I put my enemies in a bubble, they''ll come running like ghosts, bursting for a second and killing them all, raising their score exclusively with bananas and strawberries off the stage. ¡°Yuki, you''ve done this a lot. ¡± ¡°I''m the number one score in the neighborhood.¡± If coming to Game Center is the first trap, is this the second? Then I can''t lose any more!! I changed the way I played and started staging through Yuki''s dealt with enemies. The bubble bobble''s dinosaur pressed the jump button relentlessly, as long as the timing was just right inside the frame. At that moment, a shoe item fell over my head with a good timing. Eating this will increase your speed by 1.5x!! Yuki rushed to eat shoes, but I was faster. ¡°Oh, what a shame!! ¡± ¡°There''s no concession in a score bet!¡± After catching the shoes so quickly, my speed got faster, blowing up all the enemies Yuki had imprisoned. Wow! I thought I''d forgotten everything, but Boggle Boggles are so much fun!! When I was a kid, I almost got kicked out of the arcade by the owner when I put 50 won in the arcade and went 100 rounds. Suddenly, I burst into laughter in my childhood memories. ¡°Ah!! Candy!! ¡± ¡°Mine.¡± ¡°Ahhhh!! ¡± I had already eaten my shoes, so I left later than Yuki, but I quickly picked up some candy ahead of her. Candy improves foaming rain!! After eating candy and shoes like that, my blue dinosaur was almost invincible. On stage 20, Yuki and my score were already off the charts. ¡°Give it up, Yuki!¡± ¡°Hmph, I''ll never give up. You''ll see. I''ll beat you!! ¡± Is that your nature? Like the person who grabbed the steering wheel, her personality changed 180 degrees. At that time, a pair of shoe items fell on the stage. ¡°Ah!! Shoes!!" ¡°Mine.¡± ¡°Joon-Hyuk already ate!! ¡± If I eat shoes and eat them again, it adds 1000 points! I ran fast and took Yuki''s shoes. I hate to see this. You''re not mad about the game, are you? I turned my head and looked at Yuki, and she was also smiling at me. I don''t know what that smile means, but I can feel something fighting. Yuki then strangely manipulates the lever on stage 30 and opens the secret door. Once inside, I was able to get to 50 stages in no time. ¡°I haven''t given up yet. ¡± ¡°50 stages would be hard without items. ¡± ¡°We''ll see. ¡± Looking at her focusing on the screen while looking at it, I felt very cute. Not only do I think that, but there were some gamers who were passing by who were looking at Yuki''s work hard to manipulate the lever or even looking behind her. ¡°Wow! A man makes the game so humiliating. ¡± ¡°You''re eating all the items by yourself. What the hell is all that? I don''t know what yield is. I don''t know what yield is. ¡°If I were to play games with a girl like that, I''d give you an item.¡± If you don''t eat all the Namesa''s items and die, this is a swordmaster battle!! But... if I win, what do I ask for? Come to think of it, I don''t have much to offer, but if you tell me what I want to do, I''ll go to the place I''ve been thinking about. Hey, hey! What are you thinking of meeting me for the second time today... The moment I got distracted and missed the flow, something really amazing happened. ¡°Cross!! ¡± The blue cross fell over Yuki''s character''s 4 compartments when he looked at the screen, surprised by the shout of the man coming from behind. ¡°Wow, it''s true. I''ve never seen a cross in a bubble bobble before!! ¡± Shit!! No!! I quickly ran up the bubble and ran toward the cross. I have to eat that at all costs!!!! ¡°Cheer up, woman! Jump!! ¡± Someone thinks I''m some kind of demon!! I leaned on the cross with my teeth crossed, but Yuki ate the cross with his bare hands. Then, watching Yuki, the men burst into cheer. ¡°Wow!! ¡± One of the most massive master piece items in bubble bobble, the Cross has a one in 4782 chance of an extremely rare item, which has allowed dinosaurs to burst into flames to only bubble so far. Fire was a powerful weapon that wiped out enemies in one blow, so it was much more efficient than my play of locking them up and bubbling them up. In the end, Yuki quickly caught up with my score with the crucifix, and until the last boss, Yuki never died and cleared it. Final score 920,000 vs. 890,000. Of course the latter was my score. ¡°I won!¡± He liked it, clapping his hands on the streaming screen. My back hurts after almost an hour of playing. I have to listen to my wishes and go to a hotel and sleep. After 10 o''clock, we left the Game Center and now we''re really heading back home. As the last hour was approaching, I could see one or two rushing to the station. ¡°Tell me what you want. You agreed to grant me a wish. ¡± Yuki took out a small notebook from her bag and gave it to me shyly. ¡°What''s your phone number? ¡± ¡°Is this your wish? ¡± ¡°Yes." I feel ashamed that I put on the lewd devil while bowling. I picked up the notebook and wrote down my phone number. ¡°I''m usually home around 5: 00, so call me anytime. ¡± ¡°I had a really good time today. Joon-Hyuk.¡± ¡°Me, too. Do you want to grab a bite to eat before heading back to Kyoto tomorrow? ¡± ¡°Yes, I''ll wait for your call. ¡± When I arrived in front of Shibuya Station, I looked at the watch and said to Yuki, ¡°I think I''ll just stay at a hotel nearby. Take care, Yuki. ¡± ¡°Yes, but I have a question for Joon-Hyuk...¡± ¡°What is it?¡± ¡°What would you wish for if Joon-Hyuk won? You were desperate for something. ¡± ¡°Oh, that''s, um, a secret. ¡± ¡°Ah, well, that''s a secret. But I think I know what it is. ¡± ¡°Hmm.. hmm..¡± As I avoided looking away, Yuki smiled slightly. ¡°Rest well today. See you tomorrow. ¡± ¡°Yes, go in carefully. ¡± After a while, Yuki disappears into Shibuya Station, and I rub my red face and mutter. ¡°Oh, it''s hot. It''s hot. & ¡°Ugh! Even if I spend a little more money, the hotel is a luxury hotel. ¡± After awhile I woke up from my hotel room, I cleaned up my frizzy hair and headed to the shower room. After finishing chikachika with the toothbrush in my mouth while half asleep, I felt a little clearer when I put cold water on my face. On the hotel table were some of the cramped can beer rolling around. I think it''s a little too much to pull off a couple of beer cans while watching TV for nothing. After I fell asleep a little late, I quickly packed my clothes and left the hotel after checking out. ¡°Since Kumgangsan is also a dessert area, can I have a quick meal before I meet Mr. Kawaguchi? ¡± I opened a newspaper from the hotel emptying a bowl of flour in a covered rice house where I could eat without any pressure by myself. There was only news or newspapers in this era, so I tend to take a break every morning, but today there was a bit of fun news. -NEGA First home console machine NEGA disk. Defeated in Mintendo. Next generation 16-bit gamer NEGA drive!! - So you want to take over the 16-bit market first? ¡¯ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 53 EP. 13: Upcoming 16-bit Era (2) There are edits. We changed from Triangle Soft - > Square to Triangle Soft - > Pentagon. I''m sorry to hear that you''re having trouble mentioning your real name. -------- & I met Kawaguchi at the Tokyo Pentagon office and returned to Kyoto around noon, but Minten''s headquarters was in a mess. ¡°Manager Kang Jun-hyuk. Why are you here now? Since this morning, Mr. Kamauchi has been looking for you. ¡± As soon as I saw the infomation staff in the head office lobby, I dropped my gag. ¡°No, it says here that you''re going to Tokyo for a business trip. What are you looking for? Will I fall out of the sky if I find it? ¡± ¡°That''s not the time for you to say that, anyway. Go to the boss'' room. ¡± I''ve been riding around Shinkansen for a long time and I''m tired, but something else... I grumbled inside and went to the boss'' room. Knock, knock. As you knock lightly, you hear the nervous voice of President Kamachi. ¡°Come in!! ¡± Oh my... You''re pissed off. Now I can hear your voice. I took a deep breath for a moment, then turned the door hook around and walked into the room. Inside the room was a group of key executives, including Gunpei and Shigei. Kamachi, who was rubbing his forehead at the top, yelled at me as soon as he saw me. ¡°Kang Jun-hyuk!! You fool. Where did you go? Come back now!! ¡± ¡°Haven''t you seen the travel system? I went to Tokyo to distribute promotional cartridges and flyers to magazines. ¡± ¡°Hey, man. You''re a deputy commander, so you shoot Tokyo with such audacity. If you just mail me a promotional item, I''m done!! Your monthly travel expense is one employee''s salary!! Why don''t you give me a new position in Shinkansen? ¡± ¡°By the way, when you''ve been traveling for business, why are you suddenly so quiet? ¡± ¡°Did you see the paper this morning? ¡± ¡°I see. Are you doing this because you''re announcing the drive? ¡± ¡°Yes, you. The competition, the NEGA, announced the next generation, and you''re okay with it? ¡± ¡°What do you think? Wouldn''t that be better for us? ¡± ¡°Excuse me?¡± The expressions of the people who were gathered in the boss''s room were dull and distorted for a moment. Then Gunpei, who was looking at me next to Kamauchi, said. ¡°Better for us? ¡± ¡°Of course. They''re willing to spend their money on an unproven 16-bit market to report the situation. What could be better? ¡± ¡°Strong forces. But you can''t ignore the market''s preemptive effects, can you? At this rate, our family games will make the gap between new games and specs in the NEGA too big..¡± ¡°Gunpei, when do you think the original specs of the console will come out when a generation changes? Since its inception, no software company has been able to achieve 100% of the console''s performance. We need to at least do some research on specs, and we need to look at the limitations of how far we can use objects based on that research. ¡± ¡°Yes. It takes at least a year or two to draw. For example, the original Shigeru family''s Super Maridge 1 and the 3 that we''re building now have different graphics on the same console.¡± ¡°That''s right. The psychic battles that I''m currently creating were absolutely impossible to implement in the early days of the family. But right now we''re making those games, and they''re about to come out. Then, even if NEGA Drive launches next year, it won''t be much different from the current game in the beginning. ¡± Then the heads of those gathered in the meeting room began to nod. ¡°The NEGA drive has just announced that it''s going to create the next generation. So it''s going to launch in about a year or so. Rather, I think it will have a more tightening effect on the neck of the NEGA. ¡± Then he tilted his head and asked. ¡°Why...? ¡± ¡°You''re looking at the completion of Shigeru''s Super Maritime 3, aren''t you? ¡± ¡°Yes. Yes.¡± ¡°But how would you feel if a year later our company announced that they were going to launch a new console today? A year from now, we''re gonna be buried in a new console, and it''s gonna be an old-fashioned game. Only 10 months left after finishing the cartridge production. Will the gamers who are waiting for a new console buy you a Super Maridge 3? ¡± ¡°Nothing beats being a developer. I''d rather study the specs of the new species and develop them for the new console. ¡± ¡°What about the device penetration rate? Right now, our family supply rates are 30 million in Japan alone. But do you think these people will buy 30 million new devices as soon as they come out? Not a chance. In the first month of launch, it''s 100,000. By the way, will the 100,000-year-old buy you a Super Maridge 3? Of course, Marie''s name is Velho, so she''ll be great, but only half of it. So here again, Super Maridge sales are down by half, right? ¡± ¡°Dammit, what''s the old-fashioned device, what''s the new wager?¡± ¡°That''s it. That''s exactly how the third party companies that have been creating the NEGA disc games are feeling today. So here''s the problem. Which of the following behaviors do third-parties do before the launch of their games? Number one. Era! I don''t know. Let''s just launch it. We''ll pay it back a year later. But in this case, it wouldn''t be much of a major, because a game that''s been completed for a year won''t be funded. Then the third and final time. Implant and launch with other mechanisms as similar to the NEGA disc as possible. Now, which of the following would they choose? ¡± ¡°Then you can''t be...¡± ¡°At the right time, our family''s device performance was upgraded more than ever due to special chips created by Litex. It''s less than a NEGA disk, based on body performance, but with a special chip, it should be easy to encode the specs for the NEGA disk as they are. This is when Dory Kamachi needs to open her bow to the Third Party. ¡± ¡°Are you suggesting we lower the price of Loyalty? ¡± ¡°If Mintendo lowers his loyalty to the cartridge when he needs the money to buy special chips for the Ritex, he can turn the second parties that were attached to the NEGA against us in a heartbeat. If the opponent has a rainfall, we can face it as a superfall. ¡± I mean, this ends here. Anything else you''d like to say? But they didn''t say anything like a mute who ate honey. In their minds today''s announcement of the NEGA drive has shifted from the worst to the best management timing. Kamauchi narrowed his eyes and tried to find a place to dig into my opinions, but he finally gave up or took a long sigh. ¡°That guy, really. I can''t beat him with words. I have nothing to say when I come in here like I''m writing a report. ¡± ¡°The NEGA drive announced the name of the next generation of consoles, but we didn''t expect this moment. That''s why I asked you to start a new console planning department when I got back to the States. ¡± ¡°By the way, how is the follow-up to your family? ¡± ¡°The controller is currently being built with the final design completed. ¡± ¡°A controller is a gamepad? You made the pads first, not the mainframe? ¡± ¡°Controllers are more important than instrument specs. I was very concerned about the most robust part of the game console. You''re going to love it. What we did in the NEGA blew it up, so why don''t we blow it up in the morning paper tomorrow? ¡± ¡°On what issue? ¡± ¡°Let''s push forward the issue of Gunpei''s portable gamble. What we need to take over now is not a 16-bit console market, but a portable gaming console market. ¡± Then Gunpei looked embarrassed and saw Kamachi''s eyes. ¡°Ah, but the portable gamble has yet to come to a conclusion on the final consumer price.¡± ¡°What''s the final price now? ¡± ¡°The cost of the shaft on display manufacturing was high enough to hold 14,800 yen, but I don''t know if consumers will understand the price. ¡± ¡°Then let''s move it forward a week and sell it for 12,800 yen for Christmas. And from January 1st next year it will be sold for 14,800 yen. How about an initial shipment limited edition? ¡± ¡°Are you saying we should do business for a week at a loss? ¡± ¡°When did we make money selling families? I made money selling cartridges. Low royalty in the family cartridge can earn as much as a portable gamble boy can supply. ¡± ¡°Ms. Grant, your offer is not bad. What do you want to do?¡± ¡°What''s what? Call the newspaper immediately!! ¡± The executives who were gathering in the room, frightened by Kamauchi''s words, immediately left the room and began to move in a hurry. By the way, the launch date of the portable gambler, which was only timing for the price, has suddenly come to a decision, so the marketing department will flip over. Suddenly, only me and the president of Kamauchi remained in the room. Looks like we got something figured out. Should I head back? ¡°Well, I should probably get going.¡± At that moment, Kamauchi opened his mouth, clasped his hands on the table. ¡°Kang-gun. Can you sit down for a minute? ¡± ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 54 EP. 13: Upcoming 16-bit Era (3) ¡°Kang-gun. Can you sit down for a minute? ¡± ¡°Yes?¡± When I looked at the owner of Kamauchi, surprised by his unusually heavy voice, he slightly raised his mouth tail and recommended a seat across the street. What? It feels a little ominous...? Did they find out I acquired the Litex? Or is it the Dragon Emblem developer I''ve been exposed to? No, it can''t be... What the hell is wrong with you? ¡°Kang Jun-hyuk.¡± ¡°Yes, boss. ¡± ¡°How long have we been working together? ¡± ¡°It''s been about four years. ¡± ¡°Yes, it''s almost over this year, so it''s going to be five years by the number of years. ¡± ¡°I see. Time flies. Haha..¡± ¡°Yes, in five years, our mintendo changed the industry from a toy store to a gaming company. It''s also making overwhelming progress in the American gaming market. I think I''ve already done more than that with the minten my great-grandfather built. ¡± What are you suddenly so proud of? Kamauchi said, swallowing a cup of coffee that had been placed on the table. ¡°And on that achievement, Gunpei and Blackie. And I think Kang Joon-Hyuk was helping you. So, um...¡± ¡°Yes, boss. ¡± ¡°I''ve got a lot on my mind lately.¡± ¡°Concerns?¡± What do you mean, he''s currently in the Japanese gaming industry? But if you''re worried, you might as well talk to the same Japanese, Gunpei, or Shigei, why did you name me? Kamauchi, who had been mowing for a while, took out a picture in his arms. In the picture on the table, an ugly woman was smiling at me. ¡°She''s my niece. What do you think?¡± ¡°Oh, it''s so... beautiful. ¡± This is the first time I''ve ever lied to myself that I feel guilty about. ¡°Do you like it? ¡± Fuck you. ¡°Huh? Haha. Why did you suddenly give me a picture of your niece? ¡± ¡°This guy''s a mess, but he hasn''t found a mate yet. ¡± I can''t find it. With her looks like this, her fate will probably be waiting for her in the next life. But you can''t say that out loud! It''s the biggest crisis since Time Slip in ''83. This is what Kamauzzi stands for!! What do we do? Kamauchi looked at the picture and opened his mouth, saying that he had no idea what was in English. ¡°So pretty, why do men still leave it alone? Do you know what happened to the eyes of the young people of the islands? ¡± Why don''t you go to the hospital and measure your eyesight? Are you fucking kidding me? ¡°So I was going to introduce you to a guy that my company deserves. Gunpei is already married, and Shinge is too old to introduce him to Sumire. So, um...¡± I struck first before Kamauchi''s last words came out. ¡°Excuse me, but is your niece...? ¡± ¡°I''m 24 this year. What a flower. ¡± Flowers... Even weeds bloom in the middle of the Siberian Glacier. They''re prettier than these flowers. If you''re 24 years old in Japan, you''re 26 years old in Korea. In the 1980s, marriage trends were a little fast, so it''s the right time to get married, but why do you have a match?! ¡°You''re 25 this year, right? This one, this one, is about the same age as Smyre, so it should be easy to get along with.¡± ¡°Is his name Smyre? ¡± Apologize to the swallows right now. Kamachi... ¡°Nice name, too, isn''t it? She''s my sister''s daughter. If you like it, why don''t you meet him? ¡± ¡°I...¡± ¡°Yes, tell me. ¡± ¡°I...¡± Kamauchi smiled with an anticipated expression. Roll your head, Kang Jun-hyuk!! We must overcome this crisis!! So how do we get out of here? I''d rather spend the rest of my life locked up in my backroom and making games or waking up dead, I''m never gonna see this guy again. Come to think of it, Kang Jun-hyuk. Escape this crisis with the sparkling idea that surprised everyone!! ¡°I''m a single person. ¡± ¡°What..? ¡± What the hell did I just say? At that moment, Kamauchi leaned as far away from me as he could, leaning against the back of a chair like lightning. ¡°Solitary? Does that mean you''re not interested in women? ¡± ¡°That''s right.¡± ¡°Huh! This guy can work day and night. You don''t know the first thing about women. You have to get married and start a family to be a real man. ¡± That''s what I heard when I was in the army. When is he gonna be a real man? ¡°Never mind. You''ll think differently once you see our one and only Sumire.¡° ¡± No, I think it will be more solid, but President Kamachi doesn''t seem to take my position at all into consideration. ¡°If not, Smyre will also attend the company party at the beginning of next year, so I will formally introduce him. ¡± ¡°No, Ms. Grant, I really don''t think...¡± ¡°You? You really think I''m introducing you to Smyre just because I want you to date her? ¡± "Yes?" "Don''t you know that if you want to take on more executives in the company in the future, it''s hard to be Korean right now? I''m trying to make you my family. A member of the Kamauchi family." "But I..." "Anyway, now that I think about it, you''re good to go. Go to the lodge and think about what I said." I smiled bitterly and greeted Kamachi and left the room. Looking out the window, I saw the sunset over the late afternoon mountain. Shouldn''t you be dating Yuki? However, even though we weren''t formally dating, we couldn''t lie to each other about it. Even in 2015, women''s relationships are quite knowledgeable. Anyway, we need to make some travel arrangements for the in-house party early next year. & The following day, Mintendo''s headquarters entered an emergency with the announcement of a portable gamble boy. Due to a limited offer of 2000 yen, phone calls to Mintendo''s headquarters went from a large retailer to a retailer. Thanks to this, all 300,000 of the initial production quantities that were targeted for shipment have been successfully booked. In the release of Mintendo''s portable gaming device, which reigns on the current home console throne, the next-generation NEGA drive was forgotten in people''s memories in just one day''s announcement. It was natural that I was more interested in the device that was coming out next month than the next generation that would come out in a year. Then Gunpei came to me with the office door open. ¡°Stronghold. I have attached an additional connector for the duo, as you requested, but will this port be of any use later?" I think a portable gaming console is enough for one person. ¡± Completed Gameboys had additional ports to play the match while wired with other devices. Everyone objected to the cost savings, but it was a result of the strong impression that I needed a dedicated power port. I smiled and answered Gunpei''s question. ¡°I need it. I have to. ¡± ¡°Huh-huh, I took your side in the battle port since you were usually quiet, but is it really okay? ¡± ¡°Well, we''ll see. That port will turn Gunpei''s Gameboy into a great monster machine. ¡± Even with siblings, management judged that they would not buy two expensive portable gaming machines, and expected that portable gamblers would sell about a million. However, the emergence of this portable gamble will set a massive record of 1869 million RPG games around the world. What the hell is that RPG? Why do you remember that bread in the ''90s, with stickers called Tiboutivu silk, and the monster that was on the news with the stickers thrown away? But if you don''t know, just wait a little longer. I''ll remind you what it is. ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 55 EP. 13: Upcoming 16-bit Era (4) & December 20, 1987. Five days before Christmas. Akihabara Tokyo. There was an endless line of garbage logs on the snow-covered streets due to the record-breaking snowfall from late afternoon. Why are there so many garbage bags lined up for the street? Sorry, correcting. It''s actually a person. ¡°Hey, hey, hey. ¡± ¡°Yes..? ¡± ¡°I work for Mintendo. This is a warm coffee, but have some of this. ¡± I gave it to him along with the steaming coffee from the jar. The young man, who was burying his face in the duck parka, reached out his hands, bowing his head to me. ¡°I... appreciate it.¡± I can''t believe you can''t even speak at the top of a cold. Why are you doing this to me? I sighed for a long time and watched the snowfall. Mintendo''s staff on the street with me was also handing out coffee to guests. By the way, the real online mall is innovation. Just a few clicks away from a warm house and you''ll be home in no time. Of course, popular products can be sold at lightspeed in just a few decades, giving you a sense of devastation, but you don''t have to go through all this freezing. ¡°P-give me some coffee, too. ¡± You reach out your hand as if you were a zombie craving human flesh, and the coffee in the warmer quickly runs out. I ran to a Bongo car designated as the event temporary headquarters to replenish my coffee, but I ran out of coffee that I had already prepared. ¡°Ah, Director Kang. It''s so cold.¡± How much bread would a heater bake in an ''80s bongo car... I handed the bag stove to a woman trembling in a parka. ¡°Hold that in your hand, too. Frostbite.¡± ¡°Thank you, sir. ¡± ¡°The snowfall was unprecedented. I''m too unprepared.¡± ¡°But look at that. It''s a long line to the front of the station. Like you said, it seems like a great deal for a limited time. ¡± ¡°Damn, 2,000''s gonna cost you more than that. I''m sorry I put our people through all this. Mina.¡± ¡°Oh no! It''s okay, I volunteered. Well..." Then I heard Gunpei calling me from behind. ¡°Strong!! Do you have any coffee left? ¡± I shouted at Gunpei from a distance, crossing my arms in X shape. ¡°We''re out!! That''s the last one!!! ¡± Gunpei, the event''s general manager, walked down the platform with an empty thermostat. The collar, as well as the eyebrows, were all piled up, but their expressions looked very bright. ¡°The management meeting didn''t respond well to making expensive portable gaming machines, but you''re off to a great start. After 10 days of discounts and the number of seconds is sold out, can children see additional advertising effects? ¡± ¡°There''s probably kids going to school. If you only buy one person per class, you''ll be automatically notified by about 50 people. ¡± ¡°That''s right. That''s the thing about portable gaming. It will work for people who play on trains like games & watches and will spread on their own without having to pay for marketing. ¡± Yeah, well, I used to have a classmate in my hometown who brought me here to brag about it. I couldn''t tell you how much I was thrilled with it for one game, but after less than three days, the classroom went crazy because someone stole it. ¡°Hey, do you have any more coffee? Guests are waiting for you...¡± A member of the PR team who was handing out coffee on the street came to us with an empty warmer. ¡°Oh my God, we still have 10 hours before the event starts, but what do we do about the cold in the morning? ¡± ¡°But I can''t tell you to go back, and I can''t help coping with the big accidents. ¡± Then a member of the PR team called out in frozen hands. ¡°Want to buy some hot packs and spin them around at the convenience store? ¡± ¡°Hot pack? That''s not bad, but how many convenience stores do you have to go to to to get hot packs for this many people? ¡± ¡°There''s nothing I can do. At this rate, the news crews will be coming tomorrow morning. ¡± ¡°I see. We should do what we can. ¡± In the end, we went through all the convenience stores and airlifted the hot packs to find what we could use to warm ourselves up. Nevertheless, the dawn cold did not show any signs of retreat. ¡°Khh... They''re amazing. I would just give up and go home.¡± Gunpei swung his red nose and got into the bongo car. However, Mina, trembling around the corner, spoke earnestly to Gunpei. ¡°Why don''t we talk to the manager and ask him to let us in? ¡± ¡°I''m sorry, the place is too small for all of them. I can''t let anyone in. I can''t let anyone out.¡± ¡°That''s why we''re trembling here. ¡± In my last words, Gunpei patted me on the shoulder with a chuckle. ¡°Still, I''m glad you came with me. It''ll all be a memory after this. Hang in there, guys. ¡± Five people who came to the Tokyo event site, including myself and Gunpei. At least they were holding out the cold in the barn, but how cold do you think it really is out there? The sound of the intense wind blowing through the cracks of the vehicle caused me to lose sleep and have a bright day. ¡°Ugh... It''s cold. ¡± ¡°Yes? What did you say? ¡± ¡°No, Korean is going to freeze to death. ¡± I wanted to move my body a little because my whole body was shivering. As the rear door of the barn opens, the blade wind blows into the side of the barn car. ¡°D-Assistant Director! ¡± ¡°Okay, I''ll close in a minute. ¡± Bang!! I was curled up all night and felt like I''d lost 5 centimeters. I rotate my arms around, loosening my muscles, and raising a large base. ¡°Luckily, the snow stopped. ¡± Acquired. Snow piles up almost to the ankle above the white eye, which no one has stepped on yet. I guess it''s a long way down till dawn. Are people gonna be okay? Turning my head... ¡°Huff!! ¡± The road leading from the venue to the station was lined with round eyes. Among them, I saw them rubbing their shoulders together to loosen stiff muscles like me. I''m glad everyone''s still alive in the freezing cold... ¡°Fantastic. Really.¡± In fact, ordinary people would only pay more for 2000 and buy it later, but those who were gathered at the site today were never gathered for 2000 yen. They''re people, too, and they wouldn''t sacrifice themselves in this snowfall to buy a portable gamble boy like this. However, he overcame the cold with the spirit of early adopters that he wanted to experience a new machine before anyone else. For them, perhaps the number of seconds that dig deep into their bones will drop even more than the cold, and the pain that we have to wait until reproduction will come upon us is greater. They earned a title in the mid-90s. They were the ones who would be enthusiastic about the animation of their father, Otaku, who told his son Nami, who hated to ride even though he died in a purple robot, to return without hesitation. & The original portable gem boy was released in April 1989. Mintendo was aiming for the launch in the summer of 1988, but it was a game machine that was played once during the launch of internal affairs. But today is December 21, 1987. A portable game console with the first interchangeable cartridge is on display at the event store. ¡°Wow!!! ¡± Following Karin''s legend and Dragon Warrior 2, the ticket-day purchase procession was no longer a rare spectacle. However, for the first time as a console device, it was successful in inducing the purchasing matrix, and even though it was expensive, it was open and began to sell brilliantly. Super Maridge Land for Gamboys, prepared as a launch title, was also toughening out the device traction effect with a mandatory purchase of nine in ten titles. Curiosity was enough to queue up for the quality of the Super Maridge. Of the four launch titles, Super Maridge followed by baseball. Though I thought I was prepared enough, Gunpei went around the event site after a one-fifth of the amount of candles had already been prepared disappeared. ¡°Take it easy. You''re old.¡± ¡°It''s been a long time since I''ve run in the field. I feel so energetic. ¡± ¡°Is that so?" Gunpei took the can of beverage I gave him and touched the lid. However, his trembling fingertips made him unable to even open the drink cap properly. Tik... Tik... I''ve been running around all day with nothing to eat... Can I feel my fingertips? I took the lid off Gunpei''s drink and gave it to him. Then Gunpei looked at me with a worried look. ¡°According to Mr. Kamachi, you''re a loner. Is it true?¡± ¡°Phew!!! Oh, really?¡± I hurriedly wiped around my mouth with a handkerchief, spitting out half the drink that was in my mouth. ¡°It''s not like that. The boss suddenly introduces me to his nephew. I tried to say no, but it was meaningless. ¡± ¡°Your nephew? Miss Smyre?? ¡± Does Gunpei know? ¡± ¡°I know. We''ve actually met a few times.¡± ¡°I see. I''ve only seen pictures of... well...¡± ¡°Isn''t it a long way to go for a beauty? ¡± I don''t even want to be pretty. If I was normal, I wouldn''t do this. ¡°Mr. Kamauchi''s personality suggests that we should try to connect somehow...¡± ¡°Well, my boss would have pushed you to meet him, even if you were dating someone. I love my nephew Smyre that badly, but you know what?¡± ¡°But... what else is there? ¡± ¡°Since childhood, Miss Smire, who raised you, has never given up on anything you wanted. ¡± Gunpei''s words gave me the creeps behind my back. ¡°Why didn''t you go a little harder? I don''t think that''s an excuse for being a loner, but what are you gonna do at a bachelor party at the beginning of the year? ¡± ¡°I''ve arranged for a business trip to the U.S. office at the beginning of next year. ¡± ¡°You sure are strong. Well, there''s an old saying. No matter how beautiful she is, it''s easy to get tired of living with her for five years.¡± ¡°Are you scolding me for looking too human? ¡± ¡°No.¡± ¡°Then?¡± ¡°If you meet an ugly woman, you don''t have five years. I''m just sick of it from the start. ¡± ... it''s a life motto... ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 56 EP. 13: Upcoming 16-bit Era (5) & After taking a short break with Gunpei, I returned to the venue and the queue was still endless outside the venue. Even the shelves with experimental devices were crowded to touch the latest mobile devices. ¡°Lieutenant, help me!¡± At dawn, Mina, who had fallen into the cold in the bongo car, was this time paved with the customers. ¡°I''ll take it from here. Take a break. ¡± ¡°Thank you." Well, your legs will hurt if you stand in high heels all day. I took a detour around the venue, switching work with Mina. Among them, the student who was touching the gamble boy in the expedition muttered with an astonishing expression. ¡°It''s so light...¡± Hmm... Honestly, I hope it''s not lightweight. Honestly, the design says it weighs about 220 grams, but it weighs about 300 grams if you add four batteries to it. However, it is a compact size compared to the Walkman made by Sensoni, a small electronic device in this era. It may seem silly to me, but it''s innovative to them. I slowly took a step back and moved to the Battle of Psychics. Then Kashiwaba, a member of the PR team, who had served coffee together until dawn, ran to me. ¡°Gameboys are exciting, but even guests who come to the event to experience the Psychic Battle can''t ignore it. ¡± ¡°Of course it''s going to work. I heard from Mr. Kamachi that he was wasting his money on useless things. ¡± A portable Gameboy launch event was also an event, but this is why I was able to support myself at the event. And a demo cartridge made in small quantities for this day is currently popular. Why? Because of that phrase. - Challenge the new Talking Psychic Battle!! - 1. Give an illustration of the character you want to complete the first stage. 2. Complete the second stage for a psychic battle trial cartridge. The reward was simple, but the effect was immense. In the last month, four major game magazine covers have been decorated, and reviews of the game have also been well drawn. Thanks to this, I was the first to beat Super Maritime 3''s expectations this month... but I wasn''t satisfied there and took a step further. In the Psychic Battle article of Pammy Communications published this month, she listed the date and location of her experience at the bottom. Mr. Gunpei also agreed to the collaborative effect of the event I proposed. Thanks to you, Mr. Gunpei''s Gameboy on one side of the venue... and on the other side, my psychic battle is gathering an enormous number of people. People passing by the venue stopped walking and the breathtaking scent of the Psychic Battle was unfolding. ¡°Ahhh!! What a waste!!" As soon as the over-gamed player drops his head, the next challenger steps forward, leaving only a few remaining stamina for Stage 1 boss. ¡°No one has claimed the trial cartridge as a reward yet. ¡± ¡°The first boss cleared several minutes ago, but the difficulty was so high. But there''s a growing queue of challenges in that regard. ¡± ¡°Once you get a sense of it, it will appear gradually. It''s the first day of the event. It''s no fun if you run out too soon. ¡± ¡°Right? Some of the illustrations on the front cover of the magazine are very popular, and some of you are challenged repeatedly to collect all four. ¡± ¡°If it''s too much, please formulate Kashiwa. It is reserved for a variety of users to experience. ¡± ¡°Yes, I understand. ¡± ¡®I can''t wait to see how many trial cartridges there are during the event...¡¯ I swallowed a smile and looked around the venue. & Gameboy''s successful launch event was exhausted only four days after its launch. This was six days earlier than we anticipated. It looks like it was Christmas season, and what was interesting is that the 30,000-something seconds sold over these four days were more than the combined sales of Mintendo''s family and NEGA disks. Mintendo''s management, who predicted that toys would be too expensive to fail, said they were surprised at this remarkable volume. Additional reproductive minutes immediately went to work, but it seemed like it would be difficult for the time being to cope with the enormous demands of consumers. In addition to the development of portable gamble boys, the most profitable place was the ''Sharp¡¯, which was made in black and white screen and delivered to Mintendo. Sharp, who was able to deliver Gamboy''s liquid crystals alone, benefited greatly from the recession of Japan''s economic downturn, which could be recovered in a moment. Matchada and Mintendo''s camouflage, the chairman of the shaft, were very gruesome, so they supplied liquid crystals in the direction of win-win. Portable Gambo used STN-reflected black and white crystals to balance power consumption with price, and nevertheless, it was only possible to play up to 5 hours of AA batteries in a row (if played continuously). Moreover, the STN liquid crystal was susceptible to light reflections, making it impossible to turn out the lights and play at night because the screen itself was barely visible by sunlight during the day and there was no backlight function. However, Merritt was overcoming all of these disadvantages and being able to play the game by herself without having to use the TV. The era of the 8-bit console game was soon to come to a halt, followed by a portable gamble boy. ¡°Hey!! Just give me one game too! Huh? ¡± ¡°No! If you want to decide, tell your mom to buy it, too!¡± ¡°Shame on you. ¡± I had a personal appointment, and I was walking down the street to the station, and there were two kids coming home, wearing school bags, fighting each other. It looks like a little house kid who lives a little because he''s dressed like a chubby little man.If he asks me to, I can give him a fight. You''re greedy. It''s like looking at the thugs and threads of Doraemon. I passed by the children throwing a bloody smile. Christmas Eve ends today at the Gamboy-launch event. Gunpei and other employees have just withdrawn the venue and returned to Kyoto for gold, but I was still in Tokyo. ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 57 EP. 13: Upcoming 16-bit Era (6) Christmas Eve ends today at the Gamboy-launch event. Gunpei and other employees have just withdrawn the venue and returned to Kyoto for gold, but I was still in Tokyo. Why? Because I still have work to do. In a hurry, I got on the train and headed straight to the Litex factory on the outskirts of Tokyo. On the night that all couples are most romantic of the year, I am on my way to meet the Indian Gondola. ¡°Chendra!! ¡± ¡°Oh!! It''s Kang Jun-hyuk.¡± Chendra and her friends, who were at dinner, waved their hands as soon as they saw me. ¡°Everyone knows about the Demibeast. ¡± ¡°This is all thanks to Kang Jun-hyuk. It''s a lot of money to send home to Pumala. So Pumala can now get married. ¡± The thick fumara smiles with a spoon in her mouth. Then other Indian friends muttered in their native language and made fun of Pumala. It seems that Pumala is quite a type of resourcefulness based on its roughly commute. ¡°By the way, Kang Jun-hyuk. What brings you here? Isn''t it a secret? The rest of the staff went home anyway. ¡± ¡°Well, it''s no secret. We just have to surround it with a special chip to get into the psychic battle anyway. Did you get what I asked you to do before that? ¡± ¡°Of course!¡± ¡°Well, I''m sorry to interrupt, but can I see you for a moment? ¡± ¡°I''m done anyway. No problem. Come with me.¡± A moment later, I was guided by Chendra to find the lab inside the Ritex factory. His lab was equipped with the latest equipment and comfortable space that could not be compared to Akiba''s narrow workplace. And there I first encountered a CPU for the next generation of super families. ¡°Is this the rico5A22 16-bit CPU chip that will be used in the superfamily later..¡± ¡°We have customized the Apple II GS WDC65816 CPU, which is now rated as a pretty high specification PC in the United States, to fit the super family. It''s a model about two years after the launch of the United States, but I don''t think it''s as good as it looks. ¡± ¡°Of course, I agree with that, but isn''t graphics processing too slow? ¡± ¡°I can''t help it. Since he wasn''t born to do fast computation, the overall quality will increase as a 16-bit CPU, but there is a limit to speed. ¡± Perhaps if you were a gamer with similar childhood experiences to mine in the 1990s, you would have wondered if you were comparing the Super Family and the NEGA drives back then. Why didn''t the super family have a game to keep up with the crazy speeds like the NEGA signage game, Sonic? It was definitely a later device than the NEGA drive, and it was a more expensive model, but sometimes I felt frustrated. Meanwhile, Sonic, who was in an alley friend''s house, sometimes exchanged the entire game set for each other because his heartbreaking speed gave him another kind of fun than Super Maridge. ¡®Now I see why the superfamily was slower than the NEGA drive. ¡¯ Mintendo never does business underneath. Originally a console business, we try to fit the high performance model a little too hard so that we can look forward to the next five to six years from the initial issue date. Because if you don''t, you''re going to have to deliver a new console every year or two for the changing game market. Judging by the device penetration rate and the length of development of the game, one console must last at least five years. Then, in order to naturally increase the performance of the device, a huge amount of capital is added. Of course, the unit price will decrease over time and there will be profit later, but initially, every time you sell one device, you have to sell the deficit. Pure cost of making one device is 17,000 yen, but it is sold for around 14,800 yen, depending on the consumer''s availability. The 2,200 yen loss per sale was a fundamental selling initiative in the console industry. But mintendo was different. They used medium-performance inexpensive parts to make a profit when selling equipment in any way. The rest battle for the quality of the game. So the conclusion was that the CPU was right in front of me. ¡®The next generation of chips to be used in the family. I asked Chendra to get them because of the frequent contacts offerings these days, but they are also rubbish chips. At the time, the NEGA drives were much better based on performance.¡¯ Then Chendra told me. ¡°But everything can be covered to some extent, depending on the skills of the programmer. ¡± ¡°Yes, but you can''t cross the limits of the device. ¡± ¡°The limits of the device... Kick, that''s good. Actually, Chendra, there was something I wanted to show you when Junhyuk came. ¡± ¡°What do you want to show me? What''s that?¡± ¡°I don''t know. Follow me. ¡± Chend, who was walking ahead with a meaningful smile, this time led me to the staff lounge. Naturally, there was also a family of mintendos in the Leitex staff lounge. ¡°Our associates also enjoy the Psychic Battle created by Kang Jun-hyuk. The picture is a bit sexy, but the content itself is very interesting. ¡± ¡°Glad you''re having fun. But what do you want to show me? ¡± ¡°It''s a bit of a bummer, so Chendra looks at his hands. ¡± ¡°What...? Do you know how to program? ¡± Then Pumala, who was following us, smiled and replied. ¡°There''s nothing our Chendra can''t handle. He''s a genius. ¡± Chendra smiles at Pumala''s compliment and puts a white cartridge with no stickers in it for the family. After a while, the title logo of the familiar Psychic Battle popped up and the character selection screen popped up. ¡®Well, it''s the same so far, but is it gamey? ¡¯ Before choosing a character named Chendra, I looked up and raised my jaw, and I picked the protagonist Azsa Ren. And then the first stage. ¡°What is this? ¡± As soon as I saw the screen, I muttered. ¡®The game was much faster. ¡¯ The psychic battles Chendra plays looked about 1.5 times faster in game speed than I created. Also, the projectile aiming for the protagonist was moving faster and smoother than before. ¡°What the hell? How did you do that? ¡± Chendra shrugs, stealing his nose lightly. ¡°The coding arrangement was already clean, but Chendra fixed it again because it was too complicated. That''s why the overload on the CPU is significantly reduced. I used to be good at psychic battles, but I felt less airborne freshness, so how about changing the background scroll to 1.5x the speed? Do you like it?" The arrangement is complicated? Hayashi, a brilliant programmer in Mintendo, and I both came up with the original psychic battle, and I can''t believe we''re upgrading him further. He''s bigger than I thought!? I felt completely resolved by playing the Psychic Battle and feeling sorry for something about 2%. I folded my arms for a moment and opened my mouth as I watched Chendra play. ¡°Chendra.¡± ¡°Yes? Why? ¡± ¡°I think I underestimated you. ¡± ¡°Right? I did good, right? It''s a Christmas present for Joon-Hyuk. Do you like it?" ¡°Yes, I love it. So, um...¡± ¡°Yes..? ¡± ¡°You need to run for it. ¡± ¡°Two busts? What is it?¡± ¡°There is such a thing. First of all, can you replicate the rico5A22 CPU you showed me earlier? ¡± ¡°Of course you can. ¡± ¡°Improve your performance at least as much as you can. The next generation''s CPU should be taken from our Litex, not Rico''s. ¡± ¡°Okay. Do you understand what Junhyuk said? ¡± ¡°Pumala. I understand 100%. ¡± Good. This has increased the utility of the Indian puppets. & ¡°What the...? Hey, boss! How did you...?¡± Hayashi was reviewing the coding data from the Psychic Battle I handed him, and he was admiring the recession of the equation. Understand the response in 10 minutes. I was freaked out when I first handed over the data. ¡°I can''t believe I''m even looking at it. I can''t believe I came up with this formula.¡± Coding that talks to computers is a very strange language. Let me give you a simple example. Let''s say someone asks me for directions along the way. I knew the place, so I explained it to him like this. You see that supermarket up ahead? There''s a pedestrian crossing through there, and if you go a little further, there''s a laundromat. Step right into the laundry and you''ll see what you''re talking about. But let''s just say Chend explained it like this. Go straight for two more blocks and turn right. The description is the same, but the content is much shorter. And computers like short, accurate explanations. That way we can handle other orders easily. Chendra poured that extra capacity into the background scroll, and as a result, the Psychic Battle was able to turn into a complete game. ¡®At this rate, it would really be worth a shot with Super Maridge 3. ¡¯ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 58 EP. 14: American Dolphins (1) & January 1, 1988. I was at home on a New Year''s Eve holiday, and I was just looking at industry trends with games & watches. It''s been five years since the family was released. The family was having a sunset that was more spectacular than its peak. There was a certain level of quality in each of the games that were released, and there were RPGs that were different from Game Center routes or very difficult, and it was a time when games that had previously been lightly relaxing and playing were a little stressful. Starting with the Dragon Emblem, the games that stimulated the player''s challenge were also known for the cross-scrolling action games "Lockman" and "Mage Knight" from Capco, both of which were extremely annoying. In particular, the ''Mage Knights¡¯ were fearsome BGMs and endless zombie protrusions, where even one stage was not exceeded and there were numerous surrendered users. ¡°The Mage Knight. It was hard to play that game, though.¡± Lockman clears the Boss'' pattern to a certain extent, but the mechanic was one of the most annoying games to want to break the real pads. ¡°Super Maridge 3, by the way, is overwhelming. I was captured until the day the Dragon Warrior was released.¡± A comeback of a very large title has already been decided on the throne as a national RPG game. The gaming industry was surrounded by the energy of war as the launch dates of Super Maridge 3, Dragon Warrior 3 and Psychic Battle were set to unfold. Of course, it would be a festival for gamers, but all three titles were large enough to expect sales, so I could hardly catch the ticketing season. Dragon Warrior 3 launched its first offensive on February 10, 1988. It was supposed to be spring of 1988 until last month, so I was thinking four to five months, and suddenly it''s February 10th. ? Ta-da, ta-da, ta-da ? ¡°Hmm? Who...? ¡± I suddenly heard a familiar voice when I lifted the phone. ¡°Joon-Hyuk!! It''s me." ¡°Yuki?¡± Her voice is tremendously exasperated as to whether something good is going on. ¡°That''s it! ¡± ¡°What?¡± ¡°The New Writers'' Fair. The idea Joon-Hyuk told me about was elected! ¡± ¡°Oh, really? ¡± Phew... Food concept worked this time of year? Oh, my God. I was just telling you about the drama I enjoyed in 2015, and it''s beyond ridiculous to be elected. It was a shame I couldn''t meet her because the station was busy at Christmas, but I felt very grateful to her for calling me as soon as something so good happened. ¡°So you can watch Yuki''s broadcast on TV soon? ¡± ¡°Oh, that''s not it. It''s just an idea contest for a new program. because winning doesn''t just make the broadcast. ¡± ¡°I see. That''s a shame. ¡± ¡°At least I got a title as a new writer. The judges don''t have a bad reaction, so I think I can make a drama with a little more effort. ¡± ¡°Fantastic. I hope more good things happen to Yuki this year. ¡± ¡°Oh, by the way, I haven''t said Happy New Year yet. Joon-Hyuk, is that... is that, um... Se He-Bot Mani Bard? ¡± Get lots of bots... Yuki wrote down the Korean New Year''s greeting separately and read it like a language book. As I burst into laughter in an unexpected surprise New Year''s greeting, I heard her shameful voice beyond the handset. ¡°That''s a strange pronunciation, isn''t it? Korean is too difficult. ¡± ¡°Do you speak Korean these days? ¡± ¡°Yes, but it''s hard because there''s not much to learn. There''s no other institute, and I''m just studying in Korean Conversation Books at a bookstore. ¡± ¡°Self-taught can be tough, but if you have any questions later, ask me. ¡± ¡°Yes, I will. But Joon-Hyuk, are you home again today? I don''t have to go to Korea for the new year. ¡± ¡°Well, it''s a lot to wrap up lately.¡± ¡°Okay, so what are you doing this weekend? ¡± ¡°I don''t really have anything to do on the weekends. ¡± ¡°Then can I go to Kyoto for the weekend? ¡± ¡°Oh, well, I don''t see why not. ¡± ¡°Then I owe you for this contest, and I''ll go to Kyoto and serve you dinner. ¡± ¡°Because you came to Kyoto in person? ¡± ¡°I actually wanted to see Kyoto. There''s more to Osaka than Tokyo. ¡± ¡°Not exactly, but...¡± ¡°No... are you? ¡± ¡°No, I don''t want to. It''s a relief.¡± ¡°Lucky?¡± ¡°Yes, I''m actually going to the United States next week. ¡± ¡°To America? Why? How much?¡± If you ask three questions at once, what should I answer first? I straightened my thoughts in my head for a moment before opening my mouth. ¡°I think I will stay for a month in promotional tea for newly released games. ¡± ¡°A month? ¡± ¡°But fortunately, I can see Yuki. ¡± ¡°Then I''ll definitely go this weekend. Wait." ¡°Yes. If you call me when you get here, I''ll meet you out front. ¡± ¡°Yes, well, rest well. ¡± After you end the call with Yuki. I looked at the passport I had on my desk. This trip to the United States, along with Gunpei, would not have been as long as it had been for the main purpose of promoting the portable Gameboy market research and the psychic battle. How are things with Ellis and Wilson? ¡¯ I smiled for a while at the old thought. Of course, I spoke on the phone sometimes, but I didn''t hesitate because it was only three years since I actually saw my face. During this time, Elise has become fluent at almost the Japanese level due to the large increase in Japanese. Mr. Yamashta said Nuance will ask for an appointment to the headquarters someday. What''s going on? In fact, the promotion of the game is also important in the United States, but some are looking forward to new encounters. So I had a bit of a long schedule, but Fortunately, Gunpei happily agreed that the longer the market research, the better. Well, there''s nothing wrong with Gunpei hanging out with me. I guess you know that the hotel is going to be a great place with private savings because I''m too picky for dragonflies. ¡®Chendra is great, but I need more balls. There were many people in America who had to bring them to me at any cost. " & ¡°Khh... America? But why don''t you go to the annual party? If you and Gunpei fall apart, it won''t be easy. ¡± ¡°You have Shigeru. And it''s a private party for our people at headquarters, and I don''t have to be there. ¡± ¡°You. Smyre is coming!! ¡± ¡®Actually, about half of the reason I went to the United States was because of her. ¡¯ I forcefully swallowed the horse up to my throat and looked at Gunpei next to me. Seeing his mouth twitching, he supposedly laughed in front of Kamauchi. ¡°I can''t. Smyre will introduce you slowly later, but first things first. You said you were going next week, right? Goodbye." ¡°Yes. I''ll see you then. Boss.¡± ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 59 EP. 14: American Dolphins (2) & ¡°Wow! This is a chikurin!! ¡± Shya-ah-ah! A place where a smile is drawn without me knowing the sound of bamboo splashing in the wind. Me and Yuki were now in Chikurin, a bamboo forest in Arashiyama, Kyoto. Yuki also wondered at the spicy bamboo grove path that was filled to the left and to the right. ¡°I think Kyoto is much cooler than Tokyo. I wish there were places like this in Tokyo.¡± Yuki closed his eyes, feeling the subtle smell of bamboo. I was enjoying a weekend of dating by her side. ¡°I''m glad you like it. I come here sometimes to cool my head. ¡± ¡°Do you come here often, Joon-Hyuk? ¡± ¡°It''s good to think alone. There''s a good road, bamboo scent...¡± ¡°I see. Kick, kick. It''s a good road. I feel like a grandpa. ¡± ¡°Hmmm..¡± Though I was already a great middle-aged woman, I took a step by smiling lightly at Yuki''s teasing. ¡°So, you''re going to America on Monday? ¡± ¡°Yes, I think I''ll stay for a month. ¡± ¡°Wow. I''ve never been abroad before, so I''m really excited just to hear Joon-Hyuk say it. ¡± You''re not even going. After a moment, Yuki asked me with a very cautious look. ¡°Joon-Hyuk, I have a question. ¡± ¡°Yes? What is it? ¡± ¡°Well, I heard from a friend, do I really have to take off my shoes on an airplane? ¡± Gosh... This gag has existed in this era... I stopped laughing at Yuki''s serious expression. Yuki stared at me blushing. ¡°N-joking!! Of course I''ll wear shoes!! ¡± At that moment, I stopped laughing and opened my mouth with a clean expression. ¡°What are you talking about? Yuki... Of course I should take off my shoes. ¡± ¡°Ah! Right? Actually, I knew it! Hmph! ¡± Yuki turns around and walks away alone. Oh, that''s so cute. Twenty years old this year.You ''ll be punished if you think about my age... So it''s more like a nephew than a lover. Ugh. It''s not wrong to think of Yuki as a grandfather. Yuki, who was walking like that, turned his head and shouted as I slowly followed. ¡°What are you doing? He''s not coming! ¡± ¡°Haha. I''m coming. ¡± Bamboo groves and trails. And a beautiful girl... every word of it is heartbreaking. & We got out of the Chicharine with Yuki and got back into the car. We were getting hungry and headed to the restaurant. In the ''80s, Japan didn''t have a lot of cars on the road, so it had the advantage of running smoothly wherever it went. As I exerted my strength on Excel on the long stretched road, my car ran out like a gunshot through a cold winter wind. ¡°Turn left at 300 meters ahead. Please stay on the left lane. ¡± The voice of a navigation guide was heard about 30 years later, but this was Yuki''s voice guiding me to find a delicious house in Kyoto. ¡°Kick, kick." ¡°What''s so funny about that? Let me know. Let''s have a little laugh. ¡± ¡°No, it''s nothing. ¡± ¡°Tsai! You keep laughing, and I don''t teach you anything.¡± How do we explain that what you''re doing is coming out of a navigation machine in 30 years? I had to smile at Yuki, who was pointy. Even though it looks like this, Yuki is not like that. If I don''t say something like this for a second... ¡°But it''s convenient that I guide you like this. It just pops right into your ears, doesn''t it? ¡± This is how you hit and come in. In fact, there was no time to be bored. In the absence of navigation, everyone used to spread out the map like this and guide people in the passenger seat, but this is also kind of fun. I arrived at the restaurant with Yuki''s guidance shortly after. Even though it''s a delicious house, I can''t believe I came from Kyoto to Kobe alone in this place. Kobe is the place to go from Kyoto to Osaka, where Wagyura is famous for Japanese beef, similar to transverse Hanwoo in Korea. ¡°Wow, this store is huge! ¡± In front of the store where the giant cow was painted on the wall, Yuki was excited as if he were a child from the amusement park. She starts taking pictures with a film camera from home. In the 2000s, photographing in front of the store was as natural as usual, but the people inside looked at Yuki in wonder who was photographing the facade of the building. ¡°I''m sorry, what are you doing? ¡± Eventually, a shopkeeper who was even worse came out to the front of the building and asked Yuki. She quickly blushed her face and explained her situation. ¡°I''m a writer at the station. I''m designing a program to find delicious restaurants all over the country. ¡± ¡°Oh, the restaurant? ¡± ¡°Yes, so I was researching a photo of a store in Kobe where the beef is the best. I''m sorry I didn''t tell you beforehand. ¡± Then the shop master tilts his head for a moment, raising his eyes wide and shouting. ¡°If that were the case, you should have said so!! ¡± Then, like a shot, he goes into the store and runs out with the chef dressed in a flash. ¡°Here, let''s take a picture. ¡± ¡°I want to be more natural.¡± ¡°Then take one as a souvenir. If something like that happens in the future, please take good care of it. Gobesan wagyu reminds me of our shop!! ¡± ¡°Yes, thank you. ¡± Chuckle. After Yuki took the picture, the master reached out to Yuki and said. ¡°Are you two lovers? Give me the camera. I''ll make sure I get a good picture. I''m still a photography major. ¡± Sweetheart? As I stood behind, Yuki quickly handed the camera over to the dominant. ¡°Yes, it is. Thank you!" Yuki, who handed the camera over to the dominant, quickly returned to me and crossed his arms. ¡°Smile, Joon-Hyuk. ¡± ¡°Oh, yeah. Haha..¡± & After filling my stomach with beef from lunch, thanks to my master''s service, I wanted to walk a little more than just getting in the car. Luckily, there was a trail next to the shop, and Yuki and I started walking through the forest without anyone having to go first. ¡°Oh, I''m so full. ¡± ¡°I know. I think it''s too much.¡± ¡°But it was really good. ¡± ¡°But didn''t you get something too expensive? ¡± I appreciate you coming all the way to Kyoto to get a prize for winning the contest, but Yuki shakes his head and replies. ¡°No, I wanted to come too. My older sister is from Kobe, but she boasts that the meat here is delicious. Thanks to Joon-Hyuk, I came here comfortably. It''s nice to have a car.¡± Walking through the winter forest with a light backpack made me feel a little cold but refreshing. ¡°Joon-Hyuk.¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°Bon voyage to America. ¡± ¡°Oh, thank you. ¡± ¡°And when you come back... I want you to feel comfortable calling me Yuki instead of Yuki." ¡± He nodded and replied secretly to Yuki''s smiling face looking up at me. ¡°Oh, right. I will.¡± & On a plane to the United States. When I turned my back on business class, I finally asked the stewardess who was passing by. ¡°How long until we get there? ¡± ¡°About 30 minutes left. Thank you for taking the time to travel. ¡± ¡°No, thank you, Stewardess. ¡± ¡°You slept well, did you have a good dream? ¡± ¡°I don''t remember much, but I think I did. Excuse me, could I have a glass of water, please? I''m a little thirsty. ¡± ¡°Yes, one moment, please. ¡± The stewardess lowers her head slightly, answering with a bright smile, and leaves for the water. We had already arrived in the middle of the United States as we trimmed our sharp necks and rolled our masked windows up. A moment later, the plane that landed at JFK Airport in New York soon dropped us off, and I woke up Mr. Gunpei who was asleep until the moment he landed. ¡°Mr. Gunpei, we''re here. It''s an airport.¡± ¡°Already..? ¡± Already... this guy. I spent almost 20 hours on a plane, and if anyone sees me, I think I took a bus from Kyoto to Tokyo. I picked up Gunpei, a non-dreamer, and packed his things and headed for the airport. Of course, there was a simple immigration and visa problem, but it was not a problem because I had already been employed in Japan and had a business visa - I had one year of experience in the United States. Gunpei, who barely ate or slept on the plane, was tired from hunger or hunger. Eventually, I heard a happy voice when I dragged him to the airport instead of Gunpei''s carrier. ¡°Senior!! Over here!!" I turned my head to Elise''s voice, and Yamashta and Mr. Wilson were driving to the airport. After three years of longing, my eyes grew hot. ¡°Mr. Wilson! Mr. Yamashta! Elise!!" Then Gunpei, who was next to him, looked at them and said. ¡°The Gang is also popular in the United States. ¡± ¡°Let''s go. You must be hungry. Let''s eat first. ¡± ¡°Sure. I''m starving, actually. ¡± ¡°Who told you to sleep without eating takeout? ¡± ¡°Strangely, if I eat anything on the plane, I don''t feel well. ¡± ¡°Sure. Let''s go. ¡± Gunpei silently followed behind me with a smile. ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 60 EP. 14: American Dolphins (3) & I had nothing to do with the schedule in the United States. Because there was already no console to follow the popularity of families across the United States, portable Gambo would appear to have a very stable US market, unlike in the family. Unlike three years ago when my family and I were thrown on the streets, my perception of gaming was very good in the U.S. market, and the industry was being reactivated. ¡°That''s more than three years ago." Gunpei also muttered with a cigarette after a meal to see if it was the same idea. During the meal, we created two couples to efficiently use the one-month schedule. Three months later, Yamashta and Gunpei decided to launch a portable gambler in the United States, and a promotion on the Psychic Battle was decided by me, Wilson and Ellis. As he increased the number of shops in the mintendo premium store, Wilson was making even more of a comeback in Toyworld when it came to mintendo devices. Below was a massive number of employees who used to run six shops in a small toy president. ¡°Mr. Wilson, you''ve gone above and beyond. ¡± ¡°This is all because I met you on the Mister River. I still remember her from time to time. I opened the door of my little shop and saw a Korean young man who had pulled out his family with a nervous look.¡± ¡°Ahh! What are you ashamed of? ¡± ¡°No. When I die and God asks me what was the best moment of my life, I will answer that day. ¡± Mr. Wilson smiled with a deep wrinkle around his eyes. I turned my head for a moment and looked at the two Japanese people talking to each other and said to Mr. Wilson. ¡°The premium store is increasing as I said, right? ¡± ¡°Of course. Every time I increase my store, I increase my business in your name by half of the money the Mister River sends me. ¡± ¡°You''re doing great. Keep doing that. ¡± ¡°But I have a question. Where do you get that kind of money? No matter how good the director of Mintendo is, he''s not going to get that much money.¡± ¡°I have a lot of money. And Minten doesn''t know it, but he owns several cartridge factories and he''s developing software. ¡± ¡°What!? How do you manage it all by yourself? ¡± ¡°In fact, even if I wasn''t in the United States, that''s what Wilson did for me. ¡± ¡°Huh! What a young man''s connection. With that kind of manpower and capital, wouldn''t you consider building your own company and building your own console? ¡± ¡°I will. But not yet. ¡± ¡°Why..? ¡± ¡°Not yet. Third party and user. Everybody loves mintendo. Since the equipment supply rate is so high, if you dive into the console business at this time, you won''t be able to find it. Even the most powerful country in the world finally announced the next generation of manufacturing. It''s already been decided in this generation. ¡± ¡°What about the next generation? ¡± ¡°Mintendo will go even higher as we have gained credit from our users in this generation. There will be nearly all the users in the world in the next family. ¡± Mr. Wilson was greatly surprised and rebuked by my convincing words. ¡°Does this mean that Mintendo''s monopoly will remain with the next generation? ¡± ¡°Why? Isn''t that good news for Mr. Wilson? ¡± ¡°It''s good news for me now, of course, but as with all markets, the monopoly of one enterprise ends up being angry. Just like when Atari was in shock. Honestly, I''m still afraid that time will come again. ¡± ¡°Don''t worry too much. At least not for the next generation. ¡± ¡°To the next generation? Then what are you after? ¡± ¡°Yes, it''s the next generation. ¡± ¡°You want the next generation that hasn''t been created yet? ¡± ¡°If you sit on the throne too long, sometimes things just feel too easy. There''s got to be a small gap. And by then, the games that we''re enjoying right now are probably going to be a huge entertainment business. ¡± ¡°Oh, my God. I''ll kick your ass if anyone tells me to stop talking nonsense. I can''t believe what you''re saying. ¡± ¡°At that time, you will have to dispose of your mintendo items in every store you own. Don''t pile it up in the corner like you used to in Atari shock. ¡± ¡°But the family has a lot of fun games, so I don''t think it''s a bad idea to leave them alone. It''s a cartridge. You''re not gonna let it rot? ¡± ¡°By then, the cartridge will no longer be used by anyone. Kick-kick.¡± ¡°What...? ¡± Mr. Wilson tilted his head with a puzzled look on his face. At that time, Elise, who finished calculating in the shop, pulls out her car and shouts to us. ¡°Sir, and the deputies. Let''s go to the hotel first. You have to unpack first. ¡± You already booked a hotel? Don''t tell me you reserved another three-rate hotel just like before? ¡°Mr. Ellis, I don''t..." ¡°Don''t worry, I''ve reserved a 5 star hotel business room for you, just like the one you used 3 years ago, but you won''t feel uncomfortable during your stay. ¡± ¡°Gosh, what''s going on? ¡± Then Yamashta woke up one day and said to me, ¡°But Minten is also a hero who raised an American branch, and you can''t put her to sleep in a humble place. ¡± ¡°Thank you. I''ll owe you one. ¡± We went straight to a hotel in downtown New York with our luggage in the trunk. & The next day, before Mr. Wilson''s shop opens. I demonstrated the English version of the Psychic Battle with store staff. Immediately, the crowds were appalled at the scent of ammunition filling the screen, but as soon as the command and game tips were revealed, they started playing with joy. With Chandra''s coding, the Psychic Battle was very responsive to employees from the beginning. ¡°This is amazing! ¡± ¡°How did you get so much performance on an 8-bit gaming machine? I don''t get it. ¡± Mr. Wilson once again grabbed the pad and couldn''t make it halfway through the first stage. ¡°Oh, my God. Can this hard game really be sold? ¡± ¡°In Japan, the game has been very popular lately. In addition to psychic battles, the game has increased overall in difficulty. Before it''s official, we encourage you to promote it to your customers as a trial. You can give the player who completes the 1st boss one illustration of your choice, or you can complete the 2nd stage to give them a trial cartridge. If you die a few times, you''ll have a trick, and you''ll be very challenging. ¡± ¡°Okay, I''ll tell the staff that. But where are you going? ¡± ¡°I have somewhere to go with Elise for a while. The promotion of psychic battles should be enough for the premium store staff, right? ¡± ¡°Yes. I''ve been in the United States for a long time, so you might want to go somewhere. Leave this to me and take your time." ¡°Thank you, Mr. Wilson. ¡± I left the store in a hurry after saying hello to the store staff. Elise, who was waiting for the car in front of the shop, was waiting for me. ¡°Where do you want me to take you? Sir?¡± ¡°Let''s go to Boston MIT first. ¡± ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 61 EP. 14: American Dolphins (4) & University of Technology, Massachusetts. Harvard is a prestigious university alongside Harvard in the United States, and if Harvard is a university for elites, MIT is a university for geniuses. Like the Kaist in South Korea, although it was a collection of nerds with genius in the limb family, MIT''s fifth largest Nobel Prize winner among professors and graduates was also called the Nobel Academy by a joke. ¡°But what brings you to MIT? ¡± ¡°Mr. Ellis, do you know where you made your first game? ¡± ¡°The first game? I don''t know. I never thought of that. Where did you make this?¡± ¡°Where we''re going. ¡± ¡°Yes!? You made the first game at MIT? ¡± ¡°Spacewar, created by MIT engineers in 1962, was the first game with graphics technology. I heard they were incredibly popular with MIT hackers at the time, and they failed commercialization. ¡± ¡°I see. But I know MIT seems to have completely given up on the game after Atari shock, is that okay? ¡± ¡°I''m not going to MIT to look for game developers. ¡± ¡°Then why? ¡± ¡°If you''re MIT, you have a lot of fun ideas using computers. I''m just trying to see if there''s any talent I can work with. ¡± ¡°You want to scout mintendo? ¡± ¡°I don''t know.¡± I dodged the answer with a strange smile, and Elise raised her mouth slightly. ¡°You''re up to something again, aren''t you, like Wilson''s shop? ¡± Elise is a member of Mintendo, but she was one of the few employees in the United States who knew my secret, like Mr. Wilson. Every time I increased my mintendo premium store, I was offering legal witnesses with Mr. Wilson, which is why I was paying Elise a certain amount in the name of a monthly fee. Three years ago, she and I went through the process of growing the U.S. branch, and she helped Mr. Yamashta after that until he was fully seated in the U.S. market. I just smiled at Elise''s words and looked out the window. & Shortly after, we arrived near the MIT Institute of Technology in Cambridge City, USA. It was the holiday season, but the streets were crowded with tourists and students. ¡°I thought it''d be a little quiet on vacation, but luckily or unfortunately...¡± I get out of the car, muttering to myself and looking around. Looking at the wristwatch, the time was running a little past 1 p.m. After a three-and-a-half hour drive from New York, Elise was getting out of her car and lighting up her base. ¡°Why don''t we go inside and eat first? ¡± ¡°Fine. I was hungry!¡± We entered the Hamburg house where students eat the most near the university. As soon as I entered the store, I was drooling in my mouth because of the rich smell of grilled meat. ¡°This must be a very famous place. ¡± Elise also liked it and had a full smile on her face. Waiting at the entrance for a moment, the waiter approached to guide you to your seat, and Elise and I each ordered a Hamboxtake. A moment later, Hambox-take, which was zipping on the metal plate, sat at the table, and I pulled the camera out of my bag. ¡°What camera are you on? ¡± ¡°A Japanese friend asked me to. If you go to America, I want you to take a picture of the food in the cafeteria. ¡± As Yuki asked, I just pressed the shutter toward the food that is seeping with steam. ¡°Photos of food? He''s a strange fellow, isn''t he? ¡± ¡°Yes, I''m a friend of mine who works as an assistant at the station. ¡± ¡°You had a girlfriend!? ¡± ¡°Well, I have a mutual friend with good feelings.¡± ¡°Wow! Congratulations! I thought you weren''t interested in women just doing your job. ¡± ¡°He''s busy, but he understands. ¡± ¡°You''re a good man. If you go to Japan later, make sure to introduce them. ¡± Surprisingly, Elise''s cool congratulations reminded me of when I left the airport three years ago, and I asked her about her. ¡°Does Mr. Ellis have a girlfriend? ¡± ¡°Me? Of course I do!! It''s very popular around here. ¡± Well, there''s no way a beauty like that could have waited for me alone for three years. I sliced the meat with a bloody smile in my absurd delusions. At that time, two men across the table heard a funny conversation. ¡°What do you think? Did you run the file I gave you yesterday? ¡± ¡°Yes. I didn''t have a good feeling at first just looking at the screen, but I thought I was fainting by moving the directional key. ¡± ¡°Kick-kick. Funny, isn''t it? Don''t you feel like you''re actually trapped in a maze? ¡± ¡°By the way, how did you think of creating ''space¡¯ on the monitor? ¡± As I cut the mortar steak with a space knife, I stopped knitting at the man''s conversation. Elise asked me. ¡°Sir, what''s wrong with you? ¡± ¡°Shh. Hold on. ¡± I slowly sliced the meat and paid more attention to the conversation of the young men across the street. ¡°It was originally a house where I could look inside with the polygons I was going to create. But the last time I took an art class, I realized something interesting. ¡± ¡°Art class? You mean when you drew that triangle stone statue? ¡± ¡°That''s right. You need a tetrahedron to make that triangle stone statue. I tried to turn it into a computer. It was easier than I thought.¡± ¡°You tried to make it into a computer graphic? ¡± ¡°What else can''t you make? It''s like an origami. You just need three vertexes followed by four triangles. The rest of you just attach them together. ¡± ¡°That''s easy for you to say. ¡± You''re right. We don''t have tools (TOOLs) like 3D MAX in our time, and we''re trying to do 3D with just computational work. It''s crazy, isn''t it? Who the hell is that guy? ¡°Hey, John. So you finally came up with a geometric diagram that you can look at in that polygon? ¡± ¡°No, I didn''t finish it. ¡± ¡°Why?¡± ¡°I only have one triangle in my computer performance. If you''re trying to do more than that, you''re going to be overwhelmed, so first you have to weave vertex together to create a simple maze. ¡± You made a maze out of Vertex? Combining what he''s saying now, it''s a typical FPS basic structure. I focused on their conversation, putting down the fork, whether the steak in front of me was cold or not. ¡°Speaking of which, I think we''re going to need a device that''s going to be as professional as the current CPU. For example, GPU? I have to say...¡± ¡°If that''s the case, you have a VGA card. ¡± ¡°VGA cards don''t just output commands processed by the CPU to the monitor. What I''m saying is we need a device that can help CPU directly control the operation of the graphics. ¡± At that moment, I smiled with my eyes closed, shouting ''bingo.'' You got your point right. ¡°Sir? What''s the matter with you? You don''t eat. ¡°Mr. Ellis..." ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°You don''t have to go inside the school. ¡± ¡°What do you mean? ¡± ¡°I''ve already found the person I want. ¡± ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 62 EP. 14: American Dolphins (5) ¡°You don''t have to go inside the school. ¡± ¡°What do you mean? ¡± ¡°I''ve already found the person I want. ¡± Yes, I wasn''t really looking for a game developer The game utilizing polygons that we commonly recognize was the NEGA''s Virtual Fighter, which appeared in 1994. Obviously it gave us visual shock, but in fact, there was also a game of polygons in ''88. It was a racing game, "Hard Driving Bean," published by Atari, who was almost out of breath in the United States, and "Winning Run," produced by Vancosa, Japan. The polygonal racing game at this time was surprising to see, but the game was lousy. The graphics expressed by dot looked much better, and the fatal drawbacks were that the car felt like it was floating in the air rather than running on the ground. Moreover, 3D graphics that had not been monotonous since there was no technology to texture polygons had eventually disappeared from gamers'' memories at the speed of light. At least not until the arrival of the NEGA''s Virtual Fighter. ¡°Mr. Ellis, I''m eating first. Let me talk to the students over there for a second. ¡± ¡°Hey, boss? Sir!?" When I got up from my seat, I brought a chair to the table of the students talking across the street. ¡°Who are you?¡± ¡°Sorry for the meal. I didn''t mean to eavesdrop, but I got interested because you were telling a very interesting story. ¡± ¡°You overheard us? ¡± A man called John looked at me with an unpleasant look. I guess I didn''t like their conversation. I took a business card out of my wallet and put it on the table. Then John, who picked up his business card, tilted his head and asked me. ¡°Isn''t mintendo a company that builds gaming machines? ¡± ¡°That''s right." ¡°We weren''t talking about the game. I was talking about the geometric drawings for architectural engineering.¡± ¡°I heard that, too. What I''m interested in is the device you mentioned called the GPU. ¡± ¡°You know, it''s not even an official name yet. I was just talking about the centrifuge, and then I got unconscious. ¡± ¡°I don''t care what your name is. The question is, can we make it or not? You couldn''t actually build a geometric diagram. ¡± When I stabbed the opponent''s sore spot lightly, I immediately reacted. ¡°It''s not because my implementation is wrong, it''s because my computer is underperforming. ¡± ¡°The way you talk about it, it''s hard to implement at the moment on a supercomputer. Introducing the z-axis in a world that was implemented only with x and y on a typical screen is a good way. You say you don''t have anything to do with the game, but you can build a house based on the geometry that you create, and the game character can move around in it like a human being. Rather, you can create a whole new game that''s never been the same. ¡± ¡°The game you play in the blueprints..? ¡± John bites his fingernails for a moment and thinks: And after a while. He shakes his head violently and rebukes. ¡°No way. And then you have to make the MAP itself enormously big, and you have to make a game out of just four polygons. ¡± ¡°That''s why we need more. The device you mentioned, the GPU. I didn''t want to make you a game. What I need is a device to help me process the graphics. ¡± ¡°So you''re saying you want me to build it now? ¡± Of course not. You have to make it by the one who said the thirsty man sold the well. & In 2015, a single graphics card that could be implemented from 2D to 3D was common, but in the early days of 3D graphics, it was created as an accelerator that separately mounted terminals on VGA cards to assist in computing only on 3D graphics. What I''m asking John Curtis now is a request for an auxiliary device similar to the 3Dfx made by VooDoo. Moving from the restaurant, we found the famous club club group ¡®hack¡¯ at MIT University. Elise, who followed me into the university, asked me in an uneasy voice. ¡°Sir? Are we okay? I feel like I''m in a big place.¡± ¡°It''s a huge place. This place is like a playground for geniuses. ¡± ¡°Playground? It is.¡± ¡°It''s a little different than the usual playground, but...¡± Following guidance from John and Michael, we arrived in a dark interior illuminated only by a blue monitor. There were a few bunk beds on the side of the wall, and I noticed that someone was sleeping sometimes. ¡°Hey, guys, wake up. ¡± John walks into the club room and turns on the lamp and starts hearing groaning. ¡°Hey, John. What the fuck are you doing with the lights on at this hour? Yesterday at dawn, I couldn''t sleep for hours. ¡± ¡°It''s not about the part-time job. Get up. ¡± At John''s words, a few sleeping comforts begin to rise from their sleeping bags. They were all so big because of the Westerners, but in my eyes, they looked as cute as the little fairies waking up. If there is a Dwarf, an artisan craftsman who makes tools in the fantasy world, the Dwarves in the real world might enter this. ¡°John, what''s going on? ¡± The man who woke up and couldn''t even open his eyes properly was growing a hot beard that wasn''t suitable for his age. "One bearded stone." ¡°What the hell, John? You said you were going to eat. Didn''t you buy mine? ¡± ¡®Two small stones with protruding front teeth. ¡¯ ¡°Who''s next to you? ¡± ¡®There are three skeleton stones that seem to be soft and faint even if touched with your finger. ¡¯ There were five puppets staring at us, up to John and Michael who guided us. At that moment, Elise, who was hiding behind me, gives me a small nod. ¡°Hi, I''m Elise with the U.S. office in Minten. Please take good care of him.¡± ¡°A woman!!! Oh, my God!! ¡± ¡°Why? Why is there a woman in our club room!? ¡± ¡°Who are you!? Whose girlfriend!! Nobody move!! The killer is moving!! Fuck!! Traitor!! ¡± The three stoneworkers who woke up were having a different reaction to Elise''s appearance. Since they were a little embarrassed, John and Michael scratched the back of their heads and introduced me to their friends. ¡°Tom, Hank, Rob, from that skinny guy at the end. There are a few others who usually spend their vacation savings on computer parts, so they only come to school at night. ¡± ¡°Hmm? Who''s the Asian guy next to you? ¡± What? They only saw Elise and I didn''t care? Well, it''s not a very nice thing to be attracted to men, but... I wish I had brought Chend when I came to America. If I had come with him, it would have worked out very well... For a moment, John and Michael briefly conveyed the conversation we had in the restaurant to their friends. After some conversation, Luffy Robb opens his mouth to learn a little. ¡°John. So you''re saying we should build an accelerator to help with CPU graphics computation? ¡± ¡°Yes, if we could design a memory for the graphics operation separately without touching the main memory, wouldn''t that be enough? ¡± ¡°Well, if it''s not a factory production, we could make a couple. But there''s a problem. ¡± Rob''s tired expression opens his mouth, touching his hot beard. ¡°There''s no such thing as free. Don''t you think we should be rewarded for what we do? ¡± Then John shrugged his shoulders and took a step back and looked at me. ¡°Rob''s right. Your proposal for funding research is sweet, but they''re not going to move without any profit. ¡± Hmm... Is it my turn now? I stepped up to a man named Rob and asked him. ¡°I also know that the work you do is very difficult and will take a lot of time because I work in the gaming industry. That''s why your monthly salary will include your monthly salary. Tell me, how much do you want? ¡± Then Rob smiled and laughed at my words. ¡°You sound like you can give me as much as you want. You don''t look that old. ¡± Huh? It''s coming out loud. However, I could not show myself swayed here, so I replied with a smile. ¡°Well, if it''s not high enough, I''ll give you some credit. ¡± If you take a ridiculous amount of money and show it to Chandra, we can work something out... Rob rolls his head hard bending his fingers and opens his mouth with a gruesome smile. ¡°First of all, we need to invest our own time. Usually I work at night after class because I''m hungry, and I have to give up the cost of supplies, the cost of supplies, the cost of supplies, and the part-time dependency.¡± That''s meticulous.That''s why I''m asking for so much money... Rob smiles remorsefully after a few moments of excitement. ¡°At least $500 more per capita.¡± ¡°OK ~ Deal!!! ¡± I chanted the deal before Rob finished speaking. I thought I was asking for $100,000 for something else. You little punk... This is much cheaper than I was going to offer you. ¡°Mr. Ellis, did you bring the contract? ¡± ¡°Of course, sir. ¡± ¡°Start by filling out a contract and receive an account. I''ll wire it to them next month, along with their salaries, so please take good care of them. ¡± ¡°Yes, sir. ¡± I''ll have to check Chendra''s visa next month when I return to Japan. I was busy moving the pen and smiling gladly at the soccer players who were signing the contract. ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 63 EP. 14: American Dolphins (6) & On my way back to New York from MIT Engineering, I was smiling at the sun, crouching at the window. I can''t believe you just offered me 500 bucks to roll your head in line. The device they were thinking of was simply an auxiliary part of CPU computation, but it was going to be as great an achievement as humanity''s footprint on the moon in the gaming industry. Of course, it was the same in architecture. Because 3D utilization was enormous in that it was much easier to rotate and enlarge the internal structure at various angles than to draw all the perspective views of the architecture. That''s why I knew it was truly the item that would give me the greatest money. My current cash equity was around 2.2 billion yen, which is no different from when I time-slipped in ''83. However, Mintendo in New York invested more than half in about six outlets based on premium shops, which were returned to me once a month after crossing over to Elise. The dragon emblem had a hit, but it was hard to touch the large amount of money because it cost too much money to make cartridges for gamibility. Currently, I was able to earn some profit with special chips that enhanced the performance of Chendra''s family. The money in his hands is similar, but he has a business and connections unlike the one he had in ''83, so he can get MIT engineering skills for almost zero cost while the money starts spinning. Do I feel bad and cut it? ¡°Don''t you just love it? ¡± ¡°Tina?¡± ¡°A lot. ¡± ¡°Ah! I have to take care of my face when I get back to the office, but I need you to keep the Yamashta and Gunpei confidential for today. ¡± ¡°Hippopotamus." Sir.) ¡°Oh, that sounds so natural. ¡± ¡°I practiced a lot of Japanese on my own after he died in Japan.¡± ¡°Do you still want to work at HQ? ¡± ¡°Of course. I also learned Japanese. Maybe a year or two? I''d like to work. If it wasn''t for Mr. Yamashta and James...¡± ¡°James?" ¡°Oh, she''s my girlfriend. I still have dinner plans with James. Would you like to come with me? ¡± ¡°Me? I''m fine. I don''t want to get caught up in a relationship for no reason. ¡± ¡°Neither do I, but James isn''t the type to care about that at all. ¡± No, I''m not okay. I smiled awkwardly and turned down Elise''s offer again, and I no longer suggested that Elise had given up. & ¡°See you tomorrow, then. Sir!" ¡°Be careful in there. Mr. Ellis, have a great date. ¡± Boo Woong! Elise dropped me off in front of Mr. Wills'' shop and drove straight to join the complicated commute. I looked at Elise''s car for a moment until it disappeared, then turned my head and looked at Wilson''s shop. Since he was on vacation, Mr. Wilson''s shop was crowded with many guests. Luckily, many people were playing the game across from Showwindow, whether the Psychic Battle I had installed this morning was not bad. Some of them were cheering with the illustration given as a stage clear prize in their hands. Morita''s illustrations, both East and West, are popular. Morita''s gonna love it when we get back to Japan. & The next morning. I rented a car from Mr. Yamashta to visit MIT. The distance from New York to Boston is about 350 km. Although it wasn''t nearly a by-proximity in Seoul, it seemed like a good way to explain the progress of the work to Chendra later. Fortunately, MIT was not a strictly prohibited university for outsiders, so it was easy to visit the ¡®hack¡¯ club room visited yesterday. Although it was early, there were a total of seven students sitting around the table in the club room yesterday, including five. Well, it''s not easy to create a new computer component. The first thing to do is to have an idea meeting about the implementation of the technology. ¡°Hello?¡± When I walked into the club room, eight people stared at me. Some of them were looking behind me with their heads long. Did Elise come with you? I''m afraid Elise is working with President Yamashta today. ¡°Is that the client? She looks about our age. Do you speak English? ¡± ¡°Yeah, don''t worry. You''re very good.¡± John introduced me to his friends again. Students were usually in their early 20s, so I was a little more, but I quickly got to know them after a few conversations. Back to the original meeting, I sat down on one side and started taking notes on their conversations. ¡°As John said before, I agree that new accelerators need independent memory to reduce CPU burden. If one memory is shared with the CPU and VGA, it can be overwhelming.¡± ¡°The unit price will go up, but it''s the only way to reduce the CPU''s burden. First, let''s take a look at the driving principles before drawing up the drawing. ¡± Rob says I tilt my head and ask again. ¡°Already? I don''t have any equipment. ¡± ¡°What are you talking about? There''s a lot of equipment. ¡± Rob smiles, looking at the piles of computer parts in the corner. Surprisingly, the way they thought was simple. I thought calling MIT a gathering of geniuses might come up with a way to think about it, but Rob''s first suggestion was to use two computers. Somewhat ignorant, but most effective By connecting the two mainboards together, one drives the memory for graphics work only on the CPU. This allows 1MB of memory to be used independently from both sides. But how can things be so easy? No matter how hard you plug in two pieces of hardware, you need a ''driver¡¯ to enable the graphics card to use extra memory. First of all, this was their first challenge. Utilizing two PCs, each of them had to recreate the bio settings to be able to write its own independent memory. ¡°This is not easy. Once you''ve got the bio set up again, we''d better figure out how to drive it and then design it. ¡± At Rob''s words, the other dancers nod and begin to share their work. If Chendra had been with us, we would have learned so much from each other. What a shame. & About 10 days went by. ¡°It... works. ¡± Jack''s words opened Booth''s eyes as I was picking up sleeping bags and shaking in bed. After 10 days of eating and sleeping together, I made a graphics driver, and I was enjoying the same life as them. ¡°Got it!!! Fuck!!" ¡°What, what!? What will it be?¡± Surprised by Jack''s sudden shout, I got down from the bed and looked at the monitor. And there were two pyramid-shaped polygons that were moving clockwise, even though they were a little bumpy. ¡°Oh!! Fuck! Jesus Christ!! ¡± Surprise erupts out of the bed. Two PCs connected to each other were moving like one PC with completely separate memory. We danced around each other like Snow White and seven Dwarves. Although it may seem like a humble piece of graphics to others, it was a very big step for us. But the joy was brief... Rob opened his mouth, smiling and chattering, looking at the PC he was using as a graphics assistant. ¡°But now how do I turn this into a chipset?¡± And no one said a word. Oh my... The Stonestones have been demoralized. Is this the time to bring up the magic word for "tribute"? ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 64 EP. 14: American Dolphins (7) & About two weeks later... After dinner, I also digested and enjoyed basketball with the swindlers at 3: 3. I had a rough idea of how 3D accelerators drive, but I had too much to do. I had to design it. I had to consult with professors. ¡°You said you were going back to Japan next week, right? ¡± In the meantime, Jack and Rob, friends who worked out together, drank beer, looked lonely as the day I came home. Especially Rob, who enjoyed playing me psychic battles so much that he even asked me to sign the game and send it to the dormitory once it was officially released. If I didn''t know anything and only tried to use them for money, I wouldn''t be this close to them. Programmers prided themselves on their own coding methods, and they never opened their hearts to people who didn''t understand it. He seemed to have given some recognition to me, who had rolled my head together since the Bios setup. Bam! I bounced the basketball off the ground and handed it over to Rob as a Bound Pass. ¡°I keep my promises. Sign the psychic battle handwriting!! ¡± ¡°Yes! Thank you for remembering. And who is that psychic battle main programmer? ¡± ¡°Me.¡± ¡°Really!? ¡± ¡°I''m kidding.¡± ¡°Of course. The coding arrangement is simple and neat, but it''s not even a psychic battle.¡± ¡°By midway, I must have written it, but a friend of mine had completely broken the code. ¡± ¡°You smashed someone else''s code!? ¡± In one coding, individual programmers'' habits are often melted. In some cases, it was almost impossible to determine the structure of coding made by others and to change it freely, because it was different in their own way, or to mark it as a slang that only they knew. In Hayashi''s case, it was so clean that it could have easily changed Chendra because he had written a sign for the flag movement. ¡°Can you believe it? But it''s true. One of the guys I know is a genius. ¡± ¡°You Japanese?¡± ¡°No Indians. ¡± ¡°I see. I''d like to meet him someday. ¡± ¡°You can all come to Japan together in the summer. I''ll get the hotel. ¡± ¡°Really? Oh, what a different society. ¡± ¡°I''m a little older. ¡± As soon as I got Rob''s pass, I flew the ball once and shot him in the three-point line, bending his knee. Tsk!! The ball bounces high, with a nice sound coming out of the net. ¡°Slowly, one by one. There''s no rush. Bring only the blueprints when you come to Japan in the summer. ¡± ¡°Slow down and have your drawings ready by summer. You have no conscience!¡± Jack suddenly retrieved the ball that had bounced off the floor and gave it back to me. ¡°Don''t you feel confident? Well, that''s $50,000 worth of merit flying away. It''s hard money. ¡± ¡°Bastard! Kick-kick!" ¡°If it''s unfair, you can make a lot of money, too! Haha!¡± We spent the night blaspheming at each other. & The next day. Mr. Gunpei''s Gambo, who was licensed to sell in the United States, was installing a demonstration model in one of Mr. Wilson''s premium stores. Even before the store was open, the children who came to see the magazine were looking inside and outside the door. You hear a shrill smile outside as I shake with a strange look, raising one of my gamblers. Elise, who was watching him next to me, burst a smile and said to me. ¡°Sir, do you know how to make that face? ¡± ¡°Aren''t kids cute waiting for the store door to open? ¡± ¡°It looks like it''s from the media. And then it''s all over the news. Kick Kick¡± Then Mr. Wilson glances out the window and opens his mouth, frowning at one eyebrow. ¡°Well, and it looks like there''s a couple of Toy World employees. ¡± Mr. Wilson turned his head and saw some people presumed to be members of the Toy World. They turn their heads to the other side, avoiding pretending to be ignorant when they meet me. After all, Mintendo''s family refused to supply Toyworld, which has been in disagreement for the past three years. Soon after the shop door was opened, the children who were waiting outside ran up and stood in front of the expedition table. I gave a little boy a gamble and briefly taught him how to use it. At the same time as Mr. Wilson opened the store, he was busy requesting interviews from reporters, and Gunpei began photographing the children who were gathering to fill out reports to the headquarters. At that time, a young man who had taken away the Gameboy that a small child was playing with said with a friend beside him, looking at the game machine. ¡°Ouch... My eyes hurt because my crystal is so bad!! The CPU is too slow, and I can''t afford to play speedy games like this. I feel like I''m losing my sight just watching.¡± ¡°That''s it? That''s four batteries in there. I''m going to hurt my wrist just holding it. ¡± ¡°When kids play with it, they shouldn''t be overwhelmed by their wrists. If you drop it on the ground by mistake, it''s so heavy. ¡± What is that, soulless foot smoke? It must be hard to spit out a gamble boy''s weakness like that in three seconds. However, the faces of the parents who visited the store with the child began to harden slightly by what the men said. ¡°Well, maybe. If you keep looking at the little screen like this, your eyes might get worse. ¡± ¡°Expensive gaming machines over $150 shouldn''t break so easily. It''s just so hard for my kid to play with toys.¡± It worked once for a while for such a cheap act. But it was definitely a reasonable anxiety, so reporters who were interviewing Mr. Wilson began sending suspicious glances. ¡°Phew... I didn''t want to do this. ¡± I take a long sigh and approach the experience and reach out to the man holding the gamble boy. ¡°Can I have the machine, please? ¡± As a Mintendo employee, I asked politely, and the man gave me the Gamboy with a shaky expression. ¡°Is this heavy? This portable gamble is 300g when equipped with 4 batteries. If you only feel 300 grams of weight, you should exercise more often. This game machine is never light. But it''s not heavy enough to get the wrist out. And...¡± Repeating that I threw up and down the Gamboy I was holding, the heads of the people in the store moved up and down along the Gamboy. Somewhat focused, I threw the Gameboy high enough to reach the ceiling of the store and then took a step back. ¡°Don''t be surprised? ¡± ¡°Uhh.. uhh!? ¡± Kuang!! With a heavy voice, the gamble boy in the air falls to the ground. The machine hits the floor, and with a dull sound, all the cartridges and batteries that were inserted in it are shocked enough to bounce off. While everyone was watching the Gameboy fall to the ground, only Gunpei smiled faintly in the store. ¡°Cartridge... where did it go? ¡± I found the cartridges and batteries that bounced off the ground as soon as they hit the ground and put them back in the Gamboy. Then he returned the gamble boy to the man with the blank look on his face. ¡°Check it out. ¡± ¡°No way! I heard a crash. Can this work?" ¡± When the man in the store raised the power switch, looking at the man with a look of disbelief while everyone was breathing. Tiring! I heard sound with a clear sound effect. ¡°She''s fine. ¡± Ignoring the embarrassed man, I borrowed a Gamboy holding it for a moment and pointed to the side dial. ¡°Here are two dials. one for volume control and the other for contrast. So you can control the intensity. Although the battery life is a little shorter, adjusting this dial allows you to play games with a clearer screen. But they''re not wrong. Playing games for too long can make your eyes tired. But that''s also true when you look at school textbooks. If you focus on an object for a long time, of course, your eyes become tired. So you have to take care of your parents at home so they don''t play too much. ¡± I knelt on my knees and handed the gamble boy back to him. ¡°A good kid can only do an hour a day. ¡± ¡°Yes, thank you.¡± ¡°That''s a good and clever answer. ¡± I stroked his head a few times before getting up and looking at the men. ¡°As you almost took away what the other child was playing with, you took it with your strength. Aren''t you ashamed of being an adult? ¡± ¡°Are you ignoring us? ¡± Then the child''s mother yelled at the men. ¡°Those are the guys who cut in front of the store. You can skip the line and insult the store. They were listening, and all I could hear was this horrible curse on my face. ¡± Then the atmosphere in the store turned upside down. Apparently, the two men who were clearly interfering with the sales, stepped back and ran to the front door of the Huddak store. I shouted to those who disappeared as if they were running away with both hands on their mouths. ¡°If you see Tom, say hello!! If you say Kang Jun-hyuk, you''ll know!! ¡± & The portable gambling experience continued after a little bit of hedging. After the interview, Wilson opened his mouth as soon as he saw me. ¡°How do you intend to put a gamble boy on the floor? ¡± ¡°To solve consumer misunderstandings, of course. ¡± ¡°What if I get really smashed up!! ¡± Then Gunpei approached us one day and answered Mr. Wilson''s question. ¡°It never breaks. In fact, right after the prototype was completed, our boss Kamachi threw a perfectly healthy game into the cement floor. ¡± ¡°Excuse me?¡± ¡°There was a carpet here, but it was just a stone floor. Of course, the prototype was shattered. And Kamauchi said, ¡± - Toys for kids to play with. Throw it away and you''ll be fine. - ¡°Ugh." Mr. Wilson made a strange look on Gunpei''s face. I was surprised then, too. Suddenly, I hit the machine on the ground without any notice... I smiled at Gunpei''s silly face that day. ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 65 EP. 15: And as a legend.. (1) & A few days later. After fully digesting the schedule in the United States, Gunpei and I boarded a plane heading to Japan. Elise and Yamashta escorted us to the end. And Mr. Wilson waved his hand, smiling brightly until we left for the country. ¡°I thought I''d have more time for a month, but I feel like I just passed. ¡± ¡°But even in the United States, Gamboy-like reactions were good. Once it''s officially released, it''s worth looking forward to. ¡± ¡°You don''t seem to have the popularity of the Psychic Battle created by the Gang. I''m sure they''ll be thrilled when they''re ready. ¡± ¡°Huh? You didn''t tell Gunpei? We get picked up every day for a psychic battle. ¡± ¡°What? When? ¡± ¡°February 10th. ¡± ¡°What!? Three days after we get to Japan, right? I mean, February 10th...¡± ¡°Yes, same issue date as Dragon Warrior 3. ¡± Dragon Warrior 3''s subtitle was a legendary game that would literally be remembered as eating 1,2 sales. ¡°Even if you''ve been promoting, the new IP, Psychic Battle, seems a bit overwhelming. It will definitely affect your sales volume. ¡± ¡°That''s okay. Psychic battles can''t be mass-produced because of special chips anyway. But there''s also this thing that you can get out of it. ¡± ¡°The point about not being able to meet consumer needs? ¡± ¡°Desire for what you want, but can''t have...? ¡± Yes, a very small amount of marketing that anyone can''t get if they have more money than they can play with, for example, let''s not sell nails, like the Honey Butter Chips that rocked the country before time slips for 83 years, but instead sell no. & Wednesday, February 10, 1988. I''m not taking the train to Akihabara, Tokyo. It was the beginning of a day for ordinary people, but a gamer. Today was a very special day for those who waited for the release of the unique Dragon Warrior. One or two of the 10 children who went to school hid themselves on the back roads, and the employees who went to work diligently wrote annually on February 10. The worker who looks like he is on his way to work seems to be thinking quietly in his head as he keeps scrubbing his wristwatch. Should we go to Akiba and buy Dragon Warrior 3 now? ¡¯ What if he goes home and sells everything? ¡¯ ¡®No, there should be enough. ¡¯ ¡®But it was sold out on the first day of every second release!? ¡¯ ¡®So wouldn''t 3 be more prepared? ¡¯ ¡®Why don''t you go to Akiba and buy a game and go to work? ¡¯ Do you think he''ll make it as soon as we get there? ¡¯ I leaned against the chair, swallowing a smile on the anxious faces of men on the subway. Then Shigeru, who was sitting next to me, talked to me. ¡°Hey, aren''t you nervous? ¡± ¡°What?¡± ¡°The Psychic Battle you created is also launching today. ¡± ¡°Oh, right. ¡± ¡°Oh, right? Why is his reaction so grave? You already gave up on the Dragon Warrior 3? ¡± ¡°Isn''t that right? Psychic battles are a bit of a unique way of promoting, so I don''t expect much sales on the first day. ¡± Super Marijii 3 in Shigeru, Kumamoto, played its debut in the fall of 1988. I declared a psychic battle against my sales volume, but it seemed to be quite a hands-on corner due to the unique craftsmanship. I was the only one who wasn''t interested in Mr. Shigei''s betting in the first place, and I didn''t have to stop, but it was a rather tasty ending. So I pushed the issue of the Psychic Battle forward and targeted the Dragon Warrior 3. Of course, at the beginning, there was a dissent, but my comeback that I wanted to compete with the legendary title of the Japanese national RPG game was triggered. A moment later, a strange thing happened as the train we were on arrived in Akihabara. There are no schools around here, but boys in uniform pour down. One of the company members, who was thinking about looking at the door of the open train, squeezed the door of the closed train and followed him down the stairs as quickly as possible. ¡°Is that because of Dragon Warrior 3...? ¡± ¡°Shall we go down? ¡± After leaving Akiba Station, the square in front of the station was mixed with a huge crowd. ¡°Hiic¡­ oh my god, isn''t it a weekday? How can there be so many people!? ¡± ¡°Y-yeah. ¡± A long line of game shops near stations. And on the speaker in front of the store, the title music of the Dragon Warrior continued to flow, creating a festive atmosphere. Meanwhile, in the square in front of the station, a female reporter who appeared to be a news reporter was looking at the camera and reporting on the situation in Akiba. ¡°The release date for the three Dragon Warriors, which was launched for the mintendo family, is coming up. There are a lot of people in Akihabara in Tokyo right now. Despite weekdays, many students in uniform are waiting for the game to be sold in front of the store. I also see a lot of people at work. I''m going to talk to one of you for a moment. ¡± But everyone was ashamed to see their faces on TV. She hid her face like a criminal, avoiding her inner microphone. Why are you so ashamed to buy a game anyway? Oh, did you skip school or work, but you were afraid it would be on the news? The female reporter started wandering around in trouble as no one responded to her interview. Then I suddenly found Seegee and stared at our side. Then Shigei, who was standing next to me, muttered to himself. ¡°Wow, that reporter is so pretty. It''s just my style. ¡± ¡°Hey, you two work there!? ¡± Are you asking us for an interview? And my prediction was correct. The reporter was running towards us, gesturing at the cameraman who was filming him. In an unexpected development, Shigere blushed and cried out to me. ¡°Hey!! Let''s run!!" ¡°Yes? Why?? ¡± ¡°Huh? Well, that''s why the camera''s trying to shoot us. ¡± ¡°What''s wrong with being photographed? ¡± It''s a great opportunity for me. ¡°Hello, I''m Katsuragi Misato from FujiTV. I''d like you to join me for an interview. ¡± The moment I heard her name. I almost burst into laughter. His name is Katsuragi Misato. ¡°Excuse me? I need an interview...¡± ¡°Yes? With an interview next to mine...¡± He turned his head and saw that he was looking at me mixed up in the crowd some time away. Hey, aren''t you a Dragon Ball or a teleportation? ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 66 EP. 15: And as a legend.. (2) ¡°Excuse me? I need an interview...¡± ¡°Yes? With an interview next to mine...¡± He turned his head and saw that he was looking at me mixed up in the crowd some time away. Hey, aren''t you a Dragon Ball or a teleportation? ¡°You look like a worker. What brings you here on a weekday morning? Are you here to buy Dragon Warrior 3, the popular RPG game? ¡± Misato immediately started coming in after the interview was urgent. So I answered. ¡°No.¡± ¡°Yes?¡± Missed the expected answer, Misato''s face became flustered. Gamers who were gathered in the square were gathering around me a little to find myself curious. Maybe it''s the beauty of the reporter, Misato. I don''t like direct interviews, but I guess I don''t care what anyone else does. Misato hesitates for a moment, then smiles brightly and asks again. ¡°So what brings you to Akihabara today? ¡± ¡°We did some market research. I work for Minten, actually. ¡± ¡°Oh, I see. So you''re looking at the Dragon Warrior 3 reaction!¡± As long as this girl has the numbers, I''ll try to tie her to the Dragon Warrior... So I answered. ¡°No.¡± ¡°Yes?¡± One of her eyebrows twitches slightly. Misato was secretly irritated when the interview didn''t go as well as he thought. In fact, the people she wanted to interview were the ones who wanted to go to school or work and buy the Dragon Warrior. ¡°Well, what market research are you here for? ¡± ¡°Actually, today''s game isn''t just about Dragon Warrior 3. ¡± ¡°Oh, right. What is the title of the game? ¡± ¡°A game called Psychic Battle. ¡± At that time, I heard the sound of someone gathering behind my back whispering. ¡°What? Psychic battle is on today!? ¡± ¡°I didn''t hear that. Last month''s Pammy Communications only said it was going to be released in spring.¡± ¡°Right? This is a duplicate title!? ¡± ¡°Then what should I buy first!? This is crazy.¡± ¡°What are you thinking about? Just buy them both!! You both buy it and hit it with a cup this month. ¡± ¡°Oh!! That''s right!! A real man should buy a psychic battle first!! ¡± ¡°Oooh!!! ¡± At the last man''s words, those around him shout at the same time, without having to do anything for you. That''s right. Scream all you want. Of course... if you have enough supplies to build... I asked Misato, who was expressing a tremendous reaction to the surrounding area. ¡°Is this live? ¡± ¡°No, I''m going to edit it, and then I''ll be on the evening news. ¡± ¡°Can I just say one thing, then? ¡± ¡°Oh, yes. Go ahead." With Misato''s permission, I found a golden ticket in my arms. I did not feel flashing because of the slightly cloudy weather, but it was enough to attract the attention of those around me. ¡°This is a random Golden Ticket in the package of the Psychic Battle. Quantity totals 500. Those of you who have this are automatically eligible to participate in the Psychic Battles event hosted in Mintendo this summer. ¡± Then a man in the back shouted to me. ¡°What''s the occasion!? You can''t attend an event without it!? ¡± ¡°No, you don''t need a ticket. To participate, simply import a cartridge containing all clear save data from the Psychic Battle. At the Psychic Battles event, you can buy a variety of Goods, or you can host a competition to win a prize. For more information, see Fame Communications coming out at the end of this month. ¡± ¡°All clear. The whole cartridge itself... what a surprise. ¡± ¡°I tried that game at the fair the other day, and it''s hard to play it. I told you I''d give you a trial cartridge if you cleared stage two, so I tried three times, but I didn''t get the first one.¡± ¡°Is that really it? Should I buy a psychic battle instead of a Dragon Warrior? I don''t have much money.¡± Starting with the gamers checking out the Golden Tickets I pulled out, rumors about the psychic battle began spreading rapidly. Misato looked around for a moment and was furious and took a few steps away from me. ¡°You. What are you doing? ¡± ¡°I''m promoting a game that I created through the news media. ¡± Soon after she realized she was being used by me, her face turned red. The look on his face made him very angry. ¡°If you don''t like it, just edit it. ¡± ¡°Of course!! I can''t believe you''re promoting your own game on the news. ¡± ¡°Haha! Sorry. So I''m going to get back to work. ¡± I turn my back on the grinding masses, and I call out to Shigei who is still mixed in with the crowd. ¡°Fuck you!! Come quickly.¡± ¡°Huh? Yeah. Yes!¡± Shigere ran to me, staring at Misato. ¡°Hey, aren''t you nervous? ¡± ¡°What''s shaking? It''s not even live.¡± ¡°With a big camera like that in front of your eyes, the beauty reporter asks you right next to her, and you''re not nervous at all!? ¡± ¡°I''m hungrier than that, but I still have time. Do you want to go for breakfast? ¡± ¡°Are you out of your mind? I didn''t even have a sip of water the day I first launched SuperMaridge.¡± ¡°Ten minutes after we open the psychic battle, we''ll run out. Let''s just eat and go see the Dragon Warrior. ¡± ¡°We''re out of power in 10 minutes? What''s that supposed to mean? And what''s with the golden ticket!? ¡± ¡°I''ll let you know in the restaurant. ¡± & Shigere and I moved to Yoshinoya near the station. Yoshinoya is a chain that specializes in beef jerky, a must-have restaurant near every station in the country. Instead of being cheap, it just tastes... To be honest, we have fast-food dynamics, like McDonald''s. I told Shigeru, while Kim was thrashing through the raging tides. ¡°200.¡± ¡°What?¡± ¡°The amount of Psychic Battle Candles we went to Akihabara today. ¡± ¡°Phew!! ¡± Seed, who drank from the cup along with the water, spat out the water that had been swallowed by my horse again. ¡°Oh, I''m eating. It''s gross.¡± ¡°Hey!? Does it make sense? If it does, don''t sell it at all...¡± ¡°That''s why we have a surprise launch every single day. ¡± ¡°Still, 200 will really open and sell in 10 minutes. So you''re gonna solve 200 of them every day? ¡± ¡°No, I''m going to solve 100 in three days. ¡± ¡°Cough, cough, cough.¡± Shigere coughed constantly with a glass of water to make sure that the saree was even there. I patted Mr. Segae in the back several times and focused on eating again. ¡°Then what''s the golden ticket? ¡± ¡°It''s literally a golden ticket. Do you know any novels about Charlie and the chocolate factory? ¡± ¡°I know. Children''s fairy tales, right? ¡± ¡°Fairy tales. Great marketing books. ¡± ¡°Marketing books? ¡± ¡°There are only five golden tickets to see the factory while delivering millions of chocolates worldwide. Compared to Willie Wonka, I am totally tolerant of 500 people in Japan. ¡± In my words, she looked at me with a ridiculous look as if she had lost her words. Of course, every game developer wants a lot of people to enjoy the game he created. But I don''t even sell to anyone who wants to live, so I was amazed at his position. After a while, Shigere opened his mouth, crushing the dynamics. ¡°In fact, I was a little jealous of people''s reactions at the new conference. So he offered Super Maridge 3 a sales bet, which is kind of lame, by the way. ¡± Shigere looked at me for a moment and asked again. ¡°Did you try the same thing when Super Maridge 3 came out this time? ¡± ¡°Yes.¡± ¡°Scary one...¡± ¡°The Psychic Battle was slower to produce than a regular cartridge because of special chips anyway, so I would have lost even if I had sold against Shigere. ¡± ¡°The sales will go forward, but the only thing the users want is a psychic battle. I can''t save her if I want to.¡± Correct. Seegee''s interpretation was exactly the pin point I was aiming for. If you can''t make a lot, you can solve it at all and continue to make it popular. Game titles that are finished in a single day when they are shipped... How attractive is the formula? Unexpectedly, I quickly swallowed food while covering my face with a silver beak. & After a meal, I came back to Akiba and screams were erupting from the nearby game shops. ¡°I''m the fourth in line, why don''t you have a psychic battle!? ¡± ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 67 EP. 15: And as a legend.. (3) & After a meal, I came back to Akiba and screams were erupting from the nearby game shops. ¡°I''m the fourth in line, why don''t you have a psychic battle!? ¡± ¡°Well, we only have three psychic battles in our store, but we have enough Dragon Warrior 3. ¡± ¡°Just give me one Dragon Warrior 3. ¡± Me and Shigei were looking into the situation, leaning into the store. There were only 2-3 Psychic Battles in a small store, so they were being sold at almost the same time as the opening. Users who could not save the psychic battle near the station started running towards a store relatively far away. Then he followed them out and hurriedly moved. ¡°There''s a Psychic Battle left!? ¡± ¡°No, they just sold out. ¡± Wherever I went, the situation was the same. Before the advent of a very large store that specializes in gaming, Akiba''s alleyways were ringing with voices in search of psychic battles. You almost succeeded in purchasing a garage. Or none at all. ¡°Do you have any psychic battles left!? ¡± ¡°The last quantity you bought just now... I''m sorry. ¡± ¡°Ahhhh!!!!! ¡± That''s when I heard the sound of elasticity in the store where me and Shigere were going to be next. I looked inside and saw a student in uniform holding a golden ticket in his hand in the package. Someone already found one. ¡°Golden ticket? ¡± ¡°What is that? ¡± Then another customer, who appeared to have just purchased a psychic battle, ripped the package and shook it upside down. However, there was nothing in the package but cartridges and manuals, so he immediately opened his mouth with a hollow expression. ¡°I don''t have anything like that. ¡± Meanwhile, the boy with the golden ticket looked carefully at the card and began to read the words on the ticket. ¡°Congratulations, you''ve won an invitation to the special event of the Psychic Battle in the summer. This ticket can be used as a pass to enter the event and can be entered into the game with users who have played a psychic battle throughout the country. We''ve got a variety of prizes for you, so please enjoy playing and see you at the event. Main Director of Psychic Battles. Kang Jun-hyuk posted.¡± ¡°Event invitation!? Oh.¡± The male student was greatly pleased with the unexpected gift and shouted for joy. Everyone in the store looked at the student with jealous eyes. At that time, a man took out his wallet and said to the student, ¡°Student, do you want to sell me that ticket? I''ll buy it for 10,000 yen. What do you think?¡± ¡°I don''t want to.¡± I knew you''d say no to a dagger. However, after a month or so, it''s a very expensive ticket to go up, so it''s a young but wise decision. And after about an hour, at the entrance of each store, under the Psychic Battle Poster, there was a ''sign. Appointment Receiving ". It seemed to interfere with sales due to too many inquiries. And after a while. A bizarre situation occurred. - Psychic battles are expensive. - A picket appears in front of Akihabara''s station demanding purchase of a psychic battle. I expected it, but I didn''t know this was gonna happen that day. The man with the picket searched the store, but he couldn''t find anything. It was the most extreme method. But what was even more surprising was that, over time, more and more pickets with similar phrases appeared. ¡°Oh, my God. I''ve never seen anything like this in my life... and I can''t believe you put a game of laughter on it.¡± Seegee mutters after smoking cigarettes from the smoke in front of the station. ¡°I''ve been waiting for a ticketing day, and it would be unfair if I couldn''t afford it. You''ll remember more when you go home... I think you''ll want to play with some money. ¡± ¡°Huh! Why don''t you unpack more if you''re so considerate? ¡± ¡°The sale of the Psychic Battle will proceed to the Preorder. ¡± ¡°Preorder? What''s that? ¡± ¡°It''s a custom-made way of taking a partial reservation from a buyer. Psychic Battles are a problem when stocked with special chips. But if it continues like this, there will be complaints everywhere. So I told them to get a reservation at the retail store. Maybe a month from now, almost anyone who has a reservation will be able to buy it. ¡± ¡°Hiic... You''re making me wait a month like that? It''s very, very human blood-drying marketing. Aren''t those people going to be mummies in a month? ¡± What''s this mummy all of a sudden? I slowly shook my head and took her to the Dragon Warrior 3 event. It was then that Seegee, who was following me, suddenly spoke to me in a trembling voice. ¡°Hey, Joon-Hyuk...¡± ¡°Why else? ¡± ¡°No, in front of the station.¡± ¡°Yes?¡± Turning his voice away, one giant picket caught my eye compared to the others. And the moment I saw the phrase in it, I doubted both eyes. - I live at 50,000 yen for a psychic battle. A golden ticket for 200,000 yen. Beneath the giant picket, he covered his face with sunglasses and masks, but the boy who appeared to be barely a high school student presented an enormous sum to the psychic battle. He stands holding the picket with his head down as if trying to avoid the eye of the passing crowd. ¡°You look so young, the end of the world. ¡± Seeing the child holding the picket, Shigei kicked his tongue. But I could see who he was at once. ¡°W-wait a minute. I need to use the restroom." I hurried to the nearby restroom, leaving Shigere behind, and quickly picked up the game & watch from my bag. Searched for one person ¡®Sakai Masahiro. ¡¯ At the same time, Game&Watch quickly began releasing information about the famous Japanese celebrity agency, Janice, in its search for life. And while I was looking for scheduling information on it, I found an event that happened on February 10, 1988. ¡°That''s... right. ¡± & Dragon Warrior 3. The title was one of the larger family titles that sold 3.8 million copies in Japan alone for a year. I had also bought and enjoyed at the Cheonggyecheon Electronics Shop as a child, and when I enjoyed the story, players would tilt their heads in response to the legendary NPC of the warrior, even though it was the same world spectacle as before, but everyone would get resilient after clearing the game. Dragon Warrior 3 was using an omnibus version of the story that covered stories about 100 years ago on the stage of the masterpieces. When Shigei and I entered the event, it was crowded with people as proof of its popularity. The Blue Slimes, the Dragon Warrior''s mascot, were placed throughout the venue, and a replica of the ''Prince''s Sword¡¯ and armor were placed in the center of the venue. ¡°Phew! Fantastic. ¡± ¡°Well, I''m an RPG that people enjoy. It''s worth a try. ¡± So I can add imagination to my poor graphics... Just like the events of the masterpiece, a woman across the hall met her eyes while buying Dragon Warrior 3 from the cash register. ¡°Ah! You in the morning!! ¡± As soon as she found me, she walked forward with Mike in her hand. Seegee, who was next to me, asked me, reflecting on the way she met again. ¡°Isn''t that the woman from the reporter''s morning? ¡± ¡°Yes, Katsuragi Misato. ¡± ¡°Oh, did you remember his name? ¡± That''s a name I''ll never forget. When she smiled slightly at her in an awkward mood, she approached me with an unfair expression and asked. ¡°I heard you''re not here for the Dragon Warrior. You''re here again? ¡± Why do you sound so sarcastic? I said that with a smile on her face. ¡°You seem very upset about my interview this morning. ¡± ¡°Th-there''s someone who''s angry. ¡± ¡°Oh, aren''t you angry? I was going to give you something special to cheer you up.¡± ¡°Specialty? What is it!? What is it!!" As soon as I heard that this is a specialty for industry people, I immediately reacted. If she came to Akihabara just for the release of the game, she was more likely to be new like Yuki. You look a little older than Yuki, but at least you look like me. ¡°What are you staring at? Tell me something special. ¡± ¡°You have a temper. Can I borrow your ear for a second? ¡± ¡°Excuse me?¡± ¡°It''s a specialty. Just in case secrets get out." ¡± ¡°Are you sure you want to say something weird again? ¡± Misato gives me one ear with an unworthy look. As I get closer, Misato flinches his itchy little shoulder. ¡®Sakai Masahiro is in Akihabara now. ¡¯ ¡°Yes..? ¡± ¡®Sakai Masahiro from Janis is in Akihabara. ¡¯ ¡°What are you talking about? Why is Sakai here...¡± ¡°It''s true. I saw it. ¡± ¡°Gin.. salty? Sakai from SMEP is in Akiba? ¡± ¡°Yes. If it wasn''t too late, I''d be standing in front of the station with a picket. ¡± As soon as I finished speaking, Misato grabbed the cameraman''s neck, covering the interior of the event, and disappeared like the wind. This is... This is one hell of a move! Sakai Masahiro is the leader of an idol group called SMEP. His SMEP was part of an entertainment promoter called Janis, who specializes in idol singers, and was one of the star breeding stations for middle and high school students. And now Sakai Masahiro, the leader of the SMEP, is puncturing the broadcast to buy a psychic battle and holding a picket in front of the station. Sakai, a high school student who loved games, was originally a fan of the Dragon Warrior. That''s why 3 snuck out of the station today and came to Akihabara. I was originally only planning on buying the Dragon Warrior and going back, but when I couldn''t buy it because of the sudden launch of the Psychic Battle, it looks like he''s in front of the station... A game psychic battle that the leader of Japan''s most popular idol group wanted to buy so badly. If we do this right, we can get free publicity on the 9: 00 news tonight. ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 68 EP. 15: And as a legend.. (4) & ¡°Leader of the Idol Group SMEP. It is the talk that Sakai Masahiro Army ignored its schedule and presented a large amount of money to buy the game in front of Akihabara Station. The game that Sakai has been trying to buy is a shooter by Mintendo called" The Psychic Battle. "Sakai has been talking about picketing a game for 50,000 yen at a regular price of 6980 yen. More news from the reporter Katsuragi, who was out there. ¡± After coming out of the shower, Shigere, who was drinking a can of beer at his place, was staring at the news with a blank expression. On the screen, Misato was constantly shouting his name in pursuit of the Sakai army. ¡°Sakai? Sakai Masahiro from SMEP, right? Please answer me!! ¡± Wow, you''re amazing, too. Misato, who had chased the Sakai who were running away from Pickett on a sprint, had finally succeeded in identifying him. And until a manager from Janice arrived, she was able to conduct a solo interview with Sakai. ¡°I didn''t have time to play the game because of the broadcast activity, but I wanted to buy it. ¡± The news covered a game where Sakai subsequently offered 50,000 yen, followed by an interview I did this morning with a brief video of the game. because with 50,000 yen, there was enough information on the golden ticket to pay 200,000 yen. You said you were promoting it, and then you sent it off without editing it? Seeing the news, Mr. Segae asked me with a expressive expression that he still couldn''t believe. ¡°So the lunatic we saw in front of the station was a Sakai soldier? ¡± ¡°Didn''t you know? I knew it when I saw it. I''d be standing there with my face covered because I''m a celebrity. ¡± ¡°Oh, you should at least get one autograph. ¡± ¡°What are you going to do with a boy''s idol? ¡± ¡°Huh? I''ll trade you for a girl''s idol.¡± Th-that''s awful. I was shaking my head with a towel and admiring his brilliant bald hair, and the phone rang in the room. - Ta-da. - ¡°Who are you? At this hour? ¡± As you tilt your head and pick up the handset, you hear a loud smile that makes your ears tingle. ¡°The Gang!? Hahahaha!! I''m Kamachi. Are you watching the news? ¡± ¡°Of course I''m watching it with you. Ms. Grant, have you been drinking? ¡± ¡°Ahhh!! Drink up!! Drink up on a day like today!! ¡± ¡°We are also having a simple beer can at our accommodation. ¡± ¡°What!? Canned beer? Hey!! Get out of your home, drink expensive liquor, and claim your receipt!! ¡± ¡°It''s okay. I''ve been walking with Shigere all day, and I need to rest, and I need to come back to the headquarters tomorrow. Then why do you feel so good? Is this about the news? ¡± ¡°Man!! The Prio or whatever it is you''re talking about is causing a commotion all over the country. ¡± ¡°Oh, did you get the order already? How many have we got? ¡± ¡°There are 100,000 today. Nevertheless, the order request is not interrupted. What a lovely boy! ¡± Hiic... 100,000 on the first day!? I thought it was only supposed to be 30-40,000, but it''s more than I expected. Actually, it''s all thanks to Misato''s rapid mobility. ¡°Anyway, you. Lucky for you, I don''t know how I got to Masscom. ¡± ¡°Ms. Grant, do you really think that''s luck? ¡± ¡°What? What do you mean? ¡± ¡°Of course, there was some luck, but I was the one who told the station reporter that Sakai had it. ¡± ¡°What!? Are you sure? So you...¡± ¡°It''s no coincidence that I met with the Sakai Military of SMEP and a station reporter, but it''s not coincidence that I put them together. ¡± ¡°You''re... you''re really...¡± ¡°So here''s the thing. Ms. Grant, let''s use the Sakai army more like this. ¡± ¡°How?¡± ¡°This is a group of idols that is becoming increasingly popular. First of all, it''s free to deliver with Golden Tickets from the Psychic Battle. ¡± ¡°Oh, so? ¡± ¡°What would Sakai do if he liked the psychic battle and got a Golden Ticket? ¡± ¡°You can''t be...¡± ¡°Yes. They''ll come to the Summer of the Psychic Battle. Even if it doesn''t, the promotion itself will be enough at the point of handing over the game. ¡± ¡°Yes, you''re right. Let''s do what you said. ¡± ¡°Then I''ll stop by Janice Entertainment''s office tomorrow and return to HQ. ¡± ¡°Yes. Rest well. Tell him I did a good job. ¡± ¡°Yes, I understand. ¡± & The next day, I visited Janice''s office, and Shigere was only able to pass on the Psychic Battle and Golden Tickets after persuading her representative to meet with the Sakai Army. And the Sakai Army was very pleased with Mintendo''s surprise gift. The agency representative, of course, initially did not appreciate our visit, but when explaining the reflective benefits that would be gained in future game media growth, eventually nodded and called in the SMEP manager. And my predictions were exactly right. Since it was reported in the news, the Battle of Psychic Fights has made a name for even those who don''t know the game well. The agency also sought forgiveness for the reckless behavior of ordinary high school students who liked games before becoming celebrities, not to mention the Socially-Issued Sakai. However, that day, the actions of the Sakai Army were occasionally heard in laughter, even in the distant future. At the beginning of his immature debut, the boy who punctured live and ran to Akihabara remained a ¡®legendary¡¯ anecdote that never existed in the Japanese idol world again. ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 69 EP. 16: Morita and Hayashi. (1) The Psychic Battle went smoothly the day after launch (?) sales were underway. Especially unlike the trial, in the full version, Chendra''s coding made him more speedy, making him popular in all magazines. Although there was still a problem with supply supply, the user''s reaction was hot with different choreography and graphics from contemporary games. The Psychic Battle cartridge was expensive, but in stock and in full sale, he expressed his satisfaction with the ¡®pre-order¡¯ method. But if anyone laughs, there are some who cry... ¡°Hey, don''t play with me, give me the Ura code. ¡± ¡°Did Jun Pyo of the underworld finally throw the pad and surrender? ¡± ¡°Hey, you lunatic. Let me finish the game!! Are you sure you can clear this thing? ¡± ¡°Of course. So with the ending, we''ve made it a clear privilege for the boss characters to use as well. ¡± ¡°Aaaah!! You brute. I want to try Ryu Hwang!!! ¡± Hwa-young Ryu. As the final boss of the Psychic Battle, she has recently gained the most popularity among the Psychic Battle users, but has been called a character of affection for her deceptive combat skills. A beam of combustion lasers, filled with powerful barriers and screens that bounce back and forth through teleportation, physical evasion, and opponent''s attacks. In particular, the rapid burrowing, turning and kicking of the player with one punch, was extremely notorious among gamers. ¡°Have you heard from anyone who cleared it? ¡± ¡°All I have to do is tell you to hurry up. So give me the Urah Code!! You want to see me get eaten by users? ¡± I''m disappointed, but I thought maybe one or two of them would show up if they dug themselves up to die. I swallowed a bloody smile and darkened Jun Fei. ¡°Okay, okay. Then I''ll give you a hint instead of a cheese. ¡± ¡°Really? What is it? ¡± ¡°Ryu Hwa-young can''t win in the beginning. ¡± ¡°What!? ¡± ¡°Survive without delay. Don''t attack for 10 minutes. Try to avoid it." Then you''ll know what I mean. ¡± ¡°Hmm... is there an event? ¡± That''s why I don''t like fast game reporters... ¡°Yes. Die once and for all. ¡± ¡°You devil... got it. I''ll get back to you when it''s clear. ¡± Jun Fei grumbled, but hung up without asking any more questions about the event. Perhaps I wanted to see for myself what the event was. In fact, games in the ''80s and'' 90s are very unfriendly. Since this was a game in the 2000s and the ''tutorial¡¯ system was so active, it was detailed on which buttons had the effect at the beginning of the game and where the event took place on the map. However, games nowadays do not lower the difficulty by themselves. When a player gets hit with an obstacle during the process and clears it with their own strength, you will feel an unspeakable pleasure. So what happens if you stay 10 minutes before Ryu Hwa Young''s boss? At the occurrence of a specific event, 2 allies are supported, with the exception of characters being manipulated. Originally, this scenario was a given up on the performance of the device, which was made possible by Chendra''s coding ability. Maurita finished her debug exam with me, tearing down the last scene of the event even though she was a game in development. After the launch of the biggest project I''ve ever developed, the Psychic Battle, Morita and Hayasho, together, came back to their original division. Then one day... On my way back to the office after lunch, I saw Morita staring out the window dazed in the break room. ¡°Mr. Morita?" ¡°Ah, sir. Hello." ¡°Why are you in the break room at this hour? Have you eaten?¡± ¡°No, I just don''t have any appetite.¡± Morita smiled helplessly at me and brought the machine coffee to her mouth. When I came to the break room to talk to him for a moment, I pushed a coin into the vending machine and asked Maurita. ¡°How are things these days? Are the people in the department good? ¡± Morita shakes her head and replies. ¡°I liked working with you a lot better. Two of my development teams are working on a new project, but I don''t think it''s my style. Moreover, the platform is taking him to a portable gamble boy.¡± A portable gambler... It''s a total rat poison for Morita who likes fancy beauty characters... His illustrative abilities are provocative, but they are limited to beautiful girl characters. But we mintendo tend to lead game development around cute and cute characters rather than pretty girls and sexy code. From that standpoint, the psychic battle I created was a very surprising result as a mintendo. Well, I was pretty objectionable at first, too. ¡°It''s still in the planning phase, but as soon as Shigei''s Super Maridge 3 development is complete, I think I will enter the development of Dongking Com for Gamboys. ¡± Oh my... I can''t believe I just asked a beautiful girl illustrator to draw a carnival... with the highest Psychic Battle Contribution Points. ¡°This isn''t something I can help you with.¡± ¡°Sir, do you have any thoughts about creating a Psychic Battle 2? ¡± ¡°Psychic Battle 2? Of course I want to, but... I''m not paying 2 as a family. Maybe it''s for the next generation.¡± ¡°Well, that could take at least a few more years. ¡± ¡°Right? Haha.¡± ¡°I picked up the pen this morning, and I didn''t feel like drawing it. When I was painting Ryu Hwang or Azsa Len, it was very well drawn, and it was very broken for me to tell you what I was doing all morning. ¡± After pulling out four or five high quality illustrations a day during a psychic battle, it''s a problem with my taste. ¡°But how is Hayashi? ¡± ¡°I thought he was in the first development room for the finishing touches of Super Maridge 3.¡± At that time, Hayashi opened the break room door and came inside to see if he was bad. I waved my hand in joy, but Hayashi didn''t see us. As soon as she entered the break room, she asked me if I had a rough cigarette. ¡°Hayashi?¡± ¡°Ah!? Sir!!" ¡°Is something wrong? ¡± ¡°That''s... ugh... no. ¡± Obviously not. It shouldn''t be that hard to work with the people of the development team because of Hayashi''s personality. He took a deep smoke and sighed and asked me. ¡°Commander, would you like to create a Psychic Battle 2?" ¡± ... I don''t know if these two made it... What''s wrong with you? ¡°As expected, Hayashi agrees with me. X.O.! Please help us! I want to paint a beautiful girl. Instead of drawing Dongking Com like this, I''m thinking of looking for another job. ¡± ¡°I can never work with the Development Team. There''s only so many debugs I found this morning, it''s so peaceful. I gave him some advice about joking and nagging, and he was totally weird about people... And he had to say something to make him feel like a deputy director, but he wasn''t that kind of person, and I felt much more comfortable working with him. I had a lot to learn.¡± As expected, Hayashi''s personality and development team atmosphere didn''t match at all... I had a cup of coffee and looked at Maurita and Hayashi alternately. Beautiful girl illustrators and coding machines. The combination of these two isn''t so bad... I stared at them for a moment and stopped talking. ¡°Morita and Hayashi. Both of you are complaining. A team member who created a psychic battle together. I''m sorry to hear that, but I''m not in the mood to create a Psychic Battle 2 right now.¡± ¡°Oops¡­¡± ¡°Ha¡­¡± In my answer, the two of them sighed and looked disappointed. ¡°So here''s the thing. Why don''t we try this? ¡± ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 70 EP. 16: Morita and Hayashi. (2) & A few days later, I took Morita and Hayashi to Tokyo''s Pentagon Soft. ¡°Sir? Where am I? ¡± ¡°Pentagon Soft by Final Frontier. ¡± ¡°No, I get that. Why are we here?¡± ¡°Well, the Pentagon Soft is currently being run by Kawaguchi, who made the Final Frontier, and he wanted to meet you. ¡± ¡°Yes?¡± Dalk. Opening the Pentagon Soft door and stepping inside reveals the game development room of the clean interior. First of all, Hayashi seems to really like the Pentagon Soft''s development room. ¡°Th-that''s neat. ¡± Hayashi''s personality is that she can''t see the dirt around her. Anyone else who can''t sleep because he cares even if he flips one book upside down on the bookshelf. Hayashi''s personality was right with Sakaguchi. At that time, Kawaguchi, who was discussing with the Won writer Amano Yoshitaka, welcomed me. ¡°Hello, Joon-Hyuk. Hello?¡± Then Morita, who was next to me, called out in an excited voice. ¡°Ah, Mr. Amano!! ¡± ¡°Oh, Morita, it''s been a long time!! ¡± Hmm? What, did you two know each other? As soon as Morita saw Amano, she hurried to hold his hand and said. ¡°I became a character designer, as you said. ¡± ¡°Yes, I saw it, too. When I saw the game called Psychic Battle, I knew for sure that you drew it. Your fingertips were still alive!! ¡± Oh, you two were priests? I''m surprised. According to the situation, Morita used to work part-time as Amano''s student in high school. Amano admires Maurita''s talent for attracting attention using certain points from women, and suggests that she has shown him the way of a character designer. But here''s another amazing fact. ¡°But do you know how Satoshi is these days? ¡± ¡°He just rented an illustration house and recently came from a company called Lovecall. The company that made the console game for PC-FX... was it Desaiya? Anyway, they said they took him from you. ¡± Desaiya is famous for her swordsmanship, Langritsa!? So, Satoshi...? I ended up interfering with their conversation, not being curious. ¡°Is that Mr. Morita talking about Satoshi Yoshihara Satoshi? ¡± Do you know Satoshi? ¡± ¡°Oh, I didn''t know that firsthand, but I''ve seen his illustrations.¡± ¡°He is also a genius at drawing female characters. Somehow, I thought the eyes of the deputy commander who recognized my painting were unusual, and he knew Satoshi''s shadow. ¡± Haha... You guys really know each other from across the bridge, though this industry is narrow... Ugh... I''m sorry about Maurita, but she was an illustrator with a very strong sense of female character. Satoshi, who drew the illustration of the Swordsword Langrissa series with a bright and smooth skin expression, would later gain a considerable reputation as a 19-gold illustrator. Somehow I thought Morita''s paintings felt like Satoshi sometimes. I knew we were having a pot of rice... Shortly after, I introduced Hayashi and Maurita to Kawaguchi. Kawaguchi, who was very short-handed at the end of Final Frontier 2, was impressed with Hayashi''s coding skills. ¡°Your coding is very clean. I also like to mark plugs between coding. We at Pentagon Soft are also coding a set of rules between programmers. ¡± As expected, Hayashi and Kawaguchi fit together nicely. Hayashi had also enjoyed the final frontier made by Kawaguchi, and they were both living together and receiving compliments, and Morita had a pleasant chat with her teacher. I looked inside the Pentagon Soft while drinking the coffee the staff brought me from one table. With the success of the Final Frontier, I shared the entire second floor of the building that Pentagon Soft is renting with the development room and the staff rest room. The development team was separated into 1 and 2 teams, but only one development room was currently operating as a last-minute work on Final Frontier 2. I looked around at the Development Team 2 with no one in mind for a moment. 1988 was the year when countless masterpieces poured out to lead the content of the game. Starting with Dragon Warrior 3 which was released earlier this year, the Iss series of Calcom was also very popular and was about to launch a sequel soon, and Final Frontier 2 in Pentagon Soft and Super Maridge 3 in Shigei were also being developed with the goal of launching year-end. And not long ago, Toriyama''s dragon bowl, a super-popular writer, was announced as a gamification, and I almost cheered for it without knowing it. When I was a kid, I used to play a card game called ''Disgraceful Prizer¡¯ because I suddenly remembered it. At this point, a great game was pouring out every month that the family felt bad about moving on to the next generation. Even more so, Chairman Kamachi could not easily discard the loyalty of the family cartridge. ¡°Even so, I can''t give my new book back to Mintendo.¡± In fact, I was no longer willing to create and launch a game under Mintendo. It might be the first and last gift that Psychic Battle gave to Mintendo. It takes a lot of time and effort to create one game. However, when the game is released, the company takes away all copyrights to the game and paints its own logo. It may be a stigma. Because if the director who created the game later moved the company, it''s impossible to create a sequel with the same name. If I wasn''t going to root in Mintendo forever like Shige-seed, the more I played the game, the more I lost. ¡°If Mauritata and Hayashi decide, should we make a new game here? ¡± First of all, there were several genres that emerged from Mauritan''s character disposition. Leaving the character illustration on the main and picking up land to expand your realm bit by bit. A brother named NANPA.EXE, famous for his executables. Or a scary princess-making game where you raised a cute little girl and got married. (Even though I''m not my own daughter, it''s only when I realize it''s a little too much that I''m an adult...) ¡°No. No matter how many great games you have in your head, you can''t make them the same. ¡± Until now, I have created dragon emblems and psychic battles, but I have not created the same games as the original creations. Even though the choice of the genre was advanced, it was because I thought we should keep it. I took the water fan off the white board and started writing something down in the empty development room. First of all, Genre, the first mimicry game I''ve ever known, was the first of its kind by Class X students to appear on PCs in the ''90s. Taking this system from Fox Soft was a game called "Brainy Memorial," where a high school protagonist picked out his favorite female character, went through a specific event for three years of high school, and when she blew up the Paleolithic, she was OK, and she lived happily ever after. The story ends with. Other reminiscent romance simulation games include "Sentimental Graffiti," which has been sowing seeds all over Japan, and "Piacarot," which once sparked a family restaurant''s part-time boom in Japan. There''s more to think about, but let''s put it this way... I was knocking and thinking about the whiteboard. This is roughly the flow of a beauty romance simulation. A very reckless protagonist was kind to all women like a faggot and had a crappy story like cheese with holes that occur when you go to a certain place on time for a certain date, and when the number of events accumulated, you succeed in 100% confession. I was a maternal solo who had never even had a proper relationship before returning to 83 years. I didn''t want to make the main character happy so easily. ¡°Why don''t we try the other way around? ¡± There''s a lot of stories about confessing that make you happy, but there''s no reason to say goodbye, is there? Huh? Now that I think about it, I feel a little better...? A beautiful girl preparing to break up with the heroine... a breakup... simulation... At that moment, a scenario began to skip ahead in my head. ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 71 EP. 16: Morita and Hayashi. (3) & After some thought, I returned to the Development Team 1 and briefly summoned Mr. Kawaguchi to the break room. ¡°What do you think? What do you think of these two? ¡± ¡°I like you both very much. Mauritata is already a character designer that Amano recognizes, and Hayashi is also very resourceful. I also learned a lot from people who are in the field. ¡± ¡°Right? I can assure you, they are a valuable addition to the Psychic Battle. But...¡± ¡°Is there a problem? ¡± ¡°I''m worried that our mintendo is not aligned with the direction we''re going. Mauritata has excellent skills, but her skills are limited to female characters, Hayashi has excellent coding skills, but she has poor relationships with her employees. I mean, is it a certain way of saying things? ¡± ¡°Oh, I know what you mean. ¡± ¡°So I want to ask Kawaguchi first. Why don''t we take them directly to the Pentagon Soft? ¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°They''re a waste to keep in mintendo. Mintendo now has a lot of programmers and character designers around him. If you leave it like that, it will rust your skills. Mauritata is going to be part of the Dongking Com project next month.¡± ¡°The character designer who Amano praises is Dongking Com? I don''t think that''s right.¡± ¡°Kawaguchi thinks the same as I do. ¡± ¡°We''re working on the final days of the Final Frontier, so we''re a little short on hands.¡± ¡°Then we might have a better chance with each other.¡± ¡°I welcome you both to the Pentagon with open arms. I''m just wondering if I can get more staff while you''re gone.¡± ¡°You can join your attorney as before. Final Frontier 2 will also be available soon, so you won''t have to worry too much about it. ¡± ¡°Um... okay. But shouldn''t they be listening to their doctors? Will we be satisfied with the Pentagon for a large company called Mintendo?¡± ¡°I''ll talk about it separately. Would you mind calling Hayashi and Maurita over here when you get back to the development room? ¡± ¡°Yes, I''ll do that. ¡± Kawaguchi nodded to me and went back to the development room. And after a while. Maurita and Hayashi enter the break room together. ¡°Sir, there you are. I thought he''d just disappeared and left us behind. ¡± ¡°I can''t believe I did that. How was the Pentagon Soft? ¡± Maurita raises her thumb and replies. ¡°Excellent. It was really nice to meet you too, Amano. Other employees were kind, small, but not in Mintendo, like a family. ¡± That''s it... You must feel like family since your teacher is here. I nodded in response to Morita and asked Hayashi. ¡°How''s Hayashi? ¡± In my question, Hayashi swept up her glasses and took a few moments. ¡°At least it''s not the work atmosphere where you tell jokes and tell jokes. Kawaguchi seems to have a great vibe, and most of all, it feels like an organized office so I can focus on my work. ¡± ¡°That... in short, you like the Pentagon Soft? ¡± ¡°Well, in a nutshell. ¡± ¡°Okay, I just talked to Kawaguchi, and he seems to like you both. Pentagon Soft is a small company, unlike Minten. There''s only one successful final-frontier series in the world today. ¡± Then Morita and Hayashi asked me with a embarrassing look. ¡°Are you suggesting that... you offer us a job? ¡± ¡°Yes, that''s right. ¡± ¡°But this is a little...¡± It wasn''t that I didn''t understand their reaction. Age difference is rare, but it is never common for a supervisor at the same job to propose to a different job. Especially if I wanted to join Tokyo''s Pentagon Soft in Kyoto, I had to move my house, so it wasn''t just me. But since they''re both single, it shouldn''t be that hard to move the house... Like Mintendo, Pentagon Soft also pays half the rent for officetels for temples. All that''s left is their guts. Morita then opens her mouth slowly with a distinctive slow tone. ¡°I... will move it. ¡± ¡°Hey, Morita, you...¡± ¡°I''ve actually been feeling it since before. I couldn''t paint a painting to suit Mintendo''s tastes. It was a difficult company, but every time it came back to me, it was just a little item or background work. But I thought that one day, if I drew a character through the gap, I would have a chance. But my team only draws dirty paintings, so I thought I''d give up because I was too distant from my coworkers. And in the meantime, when he wanted to build a psychic battle together, I was frankly very happy. I thought I finally had someone who recognized me. I had the most fun last year, when I started a psychic battle in Mintendo for four years. I thought it was a bit of a possibility... but I ended up back where I was. ¡± ¡°Mauritata''s character design is excellent. I think it''s all thanks to Morita that the Psychic Battle is so popular. ¡± ¡°Thank you, sir. With this psychic battle going on, I also thought I should paint the painting that I wanted. Pentagon Soft has my teacher, Amano, and I want to work here and draw more characters that I want.¡± Okay, first of all, we captured one of the original character designers, and then how do we get the other one, this rigid coding machine? ¡° Unlike Morita, Hayashi was as good as Minten, but he admitted to being a programmer, so it was not easy for him to move on. ¡°So Mauritata is decided, and... what are you going to do about Hayashi? ¡± ¡°I think I need to think about it for a moment. ¡± ¡°Yes. I''m not suggesting we transfer to Pentagon Soft right now. Please think about it slowly and tell me separately. The Pentagon is a small company compared to Mintendo, but it''s never bad for welfare. Moreover, they won''t be treated as bad as they would be brought from Mintendo. Mr. Hayashi, did you know that the Pentagon Soft Development Team is currently empty? ¡± ¡°A development team is empty? ¡± ¡°Mr. Hayashi, if you''re good, you''ll be in charge of the team leader when the next soft development enters. ¡± ¡°Am I... the team leader? ¡± Okay, I''m shaking. I''m shaking. Hayashi was a cold-hearted person, but he was not unambitious. Hayashi''s work with interpersonal relationships could have been better off with solitary confinement and coding, or having employees below her at all heights. Of course, the people who work for him are a bit pitiful, but Hayashi is not one to interfere if he''s good at his job. ¡°But wouldn''t it be a little hard to get into the final frontier we''re working on? ¡± ¡°Don''t worry about it. because if you both get here, you''re going to be on a new project. ¡± ¡°The new Pentagon Soft project? ¡± ¡°Well, the name of the project is still unknown, but...¡± I took a few moments and said it later. ¡°Have you two... ever been in a relationship? ¡± Morita and Hayashi both became deaf and mute. Tsk, tsk... It''s not my place to say, but I remember my life before I time slipped. ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 72 EP. 16: Morita and Hayashi. (4) ¡°Have you two... ever been in a relationship? ¡± Morita and Hayashi both became deaf and mute. Tsk, tsk... It''s not my place to say, but I remember my life before I time slipped. ¡°Actually, a new project is going to talk about that relationship. Unlike so many games so far, it''s not going to be as easy as having to care so much about the story. ¡± Once Maurita heard the word "love," she exclaimed in an excited voice. ¡°If you''re in love, then you definitely need a female character!! ¡± ¡°It''s not necessary. It literally has to be the main one. It''s a surrogate game that brings affection to users. If you want to call it a genre, do you have to call it a" simulation of girly romance "? ¡± ¡°M-Beautiful Girl Love Simulation..? What genre is it called?¡± However, the genre ¡¯Simulation of Beautiful Girls'' is the only genre I''ve ever heard of: Genral Action, Roleplaying, Adventure, Simulation and Shooting. But back in my day, There was a genre called Waterfall Hyper Battle. Can you imagine? "Waterfall" Hyper Battle... At first, I saw those genres and I doubted their eyes. ¡°Sir, I''m in favor of that genre. The conclusion is that I''m in love with a character that I drew? ¡± ¡°There''s no need to rush. I also came up with a genre of character designs for Morita, so I don''t know what it''s going to look like yet. ¡± ¡°I can''t stand the thought of listening to you. ¡± This is... Morita is completely on fire, as expected, but since the initial demonstration, if you think it''s too sexy a concept, it''s important to organize a naive story so that women like Yuki can enjoy it comfortably. Then Hayashi, who had been listening to our story silently, opened her mouth. ¡°I... I need to think about it for a second. ¡± Are you sure you want to thoroughly examine the merits and threads of his cold-hearted nature? I thought you were going to be a brilliant programmer for the Pentagon Soft, only Mr. Kawaguchi. & ¡°Then we''ll be on our way. ¡± ¡°Yes. Nice to meet you, Mauritata and Hayashi. ¡± Kawaguchi asked Morita and Hayashi to shake his hand and smiled. Apparently, they both seemed to like Kawaguchi. ¡°I have agreed to the resignation proposal of Director Kang Jun-hyuk. When I get back to Kyoto, I''m going to give my resignation to Mintendo. ¡± ¡°I would be honored if Mr. Morita, Amano''s apprentice, could attend. The gamesmanship of the Psychic Battle is also gamesmanship, but most importantly, it was Maurita''s characters that made the game stand out. Some of our employees are also fans of Mauritata.¡± You''re right. I assure you, if another muscle machete protrudes from the psychic battle and the gloves are taken off one by one, the sales volume will be reduced by half. It''s clear that female characters are important to attract the attention of men. ¡°And I think Hayashi''s skill at finely coding those tough shell jobs is amazing. Our Pentagon software is lacking programmers, so I hope Hayashi will think about it in a good way. ¡± Kawaguchi bowed his head politely and asked. Hayashi bowed his head and finished greeting. He didn''t hate it either, because his superior stood up first and raised Hayashi''s face. & Pentagon Soft drove me to Shinjuku Station in a company car, so the way back was very easy. ¡°I think I found a new possibility thanks to you today. ¡± The whole time, Hayashi''s single expression and contemplating expression were quite prepared, but Hayashi also seemed to be somewhat concerned about his relocation. Then I heard the sound of calling out to me behind my back. ¡°Joon-Hyuk!! ¡± ¡°Huh, Yuki? It''s still awkward to just call him Yuki. Later, Yuki''s face was pale and distorted. ¡°You were supposed to just call me Yuki. ¡± ¡°I''m sorry, I''m not used to it yet, but have you? It''s still an hour before the appointment. ¡± ¡°I came to buy something, but I didn''t know you were here first. But who''s in the back? ¡± ¡°Oh, these are my colleagues. Morita and Hayashi.¡± ¡°Hi, I''m Yuki Ishikawa. Nice to meet you." ¡°Oh, I... I...¡± You said no romance experience. In fact, you''re both standing in front of a woman. This is why I''m so worried I might be able to make a mime out of these two. ¡°My name is Morita Shinpei. ¡± ¡°I''m Yoska Hayashi. ¡± ¡°Mr. Morita and Mr. Hayashi. Please take good care of him!¡± Morita and Hayashi froze as she smiled as she spread the snow. ¡°It''s a little early in the day, but can we all have dinner together? ¡± ¡°Wow, that''s great. ¡± ¡°Us, too? What are you two... you guys didn''t have a date? ¡± It''s true that I was supposed to meet Yuki when I came to Tokyo, but I didn''t know it would happen like this. But Yuki seems okay, too, and sometimes serving a subordinate is one of her boss''s virtues. ¡°I thought I''d buy some food before I went down to Kyoto anyway. Yuki''s okay, right?¡± ¡°Yes, I''m fine. ¡± After dressing up beautifully for a date, she suddenly caught my eye among many people in Shinjuku. ¡°Do you know of any tasty houses in Shinjuku? ¡± When it comes to delicious restaurants, it was better to ask her clearly than to go into the middle store. Then she picks up her diary sensibly and starts exploring the Shinjuku area. ¡°There are quite a few shops, what kind of food do you like? ¡± She senselessly asked Morita and Hayashi before my doctor. If you just talk to me, they''ll feel uncomfortable. ¡°W-we eat everything well. ¡± ¡°Mmm-hmm. Better to have a clear menu than to say that. If it''s hard to choose, I''ll give you a choice. Do you like the eclipse or the food? ¡± Hayashi chose one of the two options. ¡°Then the eclipse...¡± ¡°Do you like rice? Do you like cotton?¡± Morita replied this time. ¡°Food is better than cotton, right? I think it''s dinner.¡± ¡°Then do you think Joon-Hyuk would like a formality? Or do you like your bones? ¡± ¡°Well, I''m an archeologist. ¡± ¡°Okay, everybody, follow me. ¡± Well, that''s a way no one can complain... Then Morita, who was following behind, looked at me and said, ¡°I think I can feel the kind of romance simulation you''re talking about. ¡± ¡°Y-yeah? ¡± That''s a relief... After a while, we followed Yuki to the Nabe (Pot) Forest Restaurant. She makes it easy to find a restaurant by cooking through a complex Shinjuku alley. Using GPS was a difficult location to find, but she looked at the directions in the diary and asked people nearby to find a restaurant quickly. Yuki sat next to me in the restaurant and told me stories like this so that Morita and Hayashi wouldn''t feel awkward. ¡°By the way, Joon-Hyuk gave me a dragon emblem after the event, right? ¡± ¡°Yuki likes games, too. ¡± ¡°Yes, I like it. I already bought the psychic battle from Mintendo this time. ¡± ¡°Phew!! Cough... Cough. You bought a psychic battle? ¡± ¡°Joon-Hyuk really... If you release the game, please give me a call in advance. Do you have any idea how hard I worked to get that? ¡± ¡°No, it''s, um..." Even though I''m a little out of control, I see a thin illustration of the parts flying away. I couldn''t show it off to Yuki. ¡°It''s a little sexy, but the characters are very attractive. It was fun the whole time. ¡± ¡°Morita designed all those characters. Hayashi next to him is a programmer for the psychic battle program.¡± ¡°Wow! So this is how the three of you started the psychic battle!! ¡± ¡°Well, you could say that. ¡± ¡°Fantastic.¡± With Yuki''s sincerely admired voice, Morita and Hayashi swung their pots with their red faces for no reason. ¡°Ah! A bowl, please. Let me take that for you. ¡± Yuki knelt down and handed them the dish in a small bowl. And one by one, Morita muttered with an envious eye, looking at me. ¡°I can see why you asked me to do your next project as a beauty romance simulation. ¡± ¡°Mr. Morita, that''s a misunderstanding. ¡± Yuki, who had heard Morita''s story, handed me the bowl and asked. ¡°Beautiful girl romance simulation? Is that a game? ¡± ¡°I''m just trying to figure out...¡± ¡°Wow, that would be fun! ¡± A gamer, she started to show a sudden interest in just hearing stories about the genre. Moreover, as soon as there was a shared interest in ¡®The Game¡¯, Morita, Hayashi and Yuki started talking about things like this. ¡°How about putting in artificial intelligence and acting like a real girlfriend at your discretion? ¡± ¡°That sounds like a good idea!! ¡± Yuki nodded comfortably and punched Morita in the face, even with the idea of Morita looking a little overwhelmed. Then Hayashi, who was listening to the conversation next to him, opened her mouth with a fabulous expression. ¡°It''s artificial intelligence. That kind of game is like an adventure anyway. It''s going to end differently depending on where you choose. It''s artificial intelligence. It''s just one of the 0,1 choices that happens in my coding. ¡± Maurita and Yuki, who were on fire by Hayashi''s words, were quiet as if they were splashed with cold water. ¡°Hayashi... I''m scared. ¡± ¡°No, I''m just talking about reality. ¡± Seeing them like that, I secretly leaked a funeral smile. After finishing my meal, I came out and my surroundings were dimmed. Hayashi, who was looking at the watch for a moment, hurriedly greeted us to see if the train time was coming. ¡°It''s time for the train to arrive soon, so we''ll leave first. ¡± ¡°Yes, I''ll see you at work next week. ¡± ¡°Thank you for many things, sir. Nice to meet you too, Yuki. Hey, Morita, let''s hurry. The train will be late.¡± ¡°Wait...¡± Hmm? As Hayashi always says, Morita, who clicks and replies, summons Hayashi. Then he looked at Yuki and began to hesitate to say anything. ¡°Do you have something to say to me? ¡± ¡°Well, you know what? Yuki, if you don''t mind...¡± ¡°Me?¡± Maurita nods and pauses, urging him if Hayashi is stuffy next to him. ¡°What? Morita, talk fast. If we miss this train, we''ll have to wait two hours. ¡± Then Morita openly cries out, "Do you have a decision?" ¡°If you don''t mind, can I reference Yuki''s image in our next episode? ¡± ... I honestly thought Morita was confessing to Yuki at first sight. Yuki also replied, relaxing his shoulders that made him nervous about the unusual atmosphere. ¡°Yes, I''m fine. ¡± ¡°Thank you!! ¡± ¡°Paint it pretty instead!¡± ¡°Of course!! ¡± ¡°Hey!! I don''t know what else to say. Morita, come quick. You''re the reason I''m running!! ¡± ¡°Sorry, Hayashi. I''ll see you at work next week!!! ¡± ¡°Yes.. haha..¡± Yuki laughed as he watched Hayashi disappear like lightning, dragging Morita away. ¡°That''s funny, those two. Something fits you very well. ¡± ¡°I think so, too. ¡± ¡°I can''t wait for Mauritata to paint me as a character in the game. But... Yuki blushed slightly and spoke behind his back. ¡°A psychic battle where you shouldn''t draw so dirty.¡± I don''t want to stab you in the chest... ¡°Joon-Hyuk, please control that. Not too high!! ¡± ¡°Okay. I''ll tell him. ¡± ¡°Kick! Now that the interruptors are back, shall we go on a date?" ¡± ¡°What do you want to do? ¡± ¡°Actually, I''ve been wanting to see a movie for a long time, so I have a reservation ahead of time. I don''t know if he likes it, but...¡± ¡°What''s the title? ¡± ¡°La Bamba.¡± ... That''s a title I haven''t heard in a long time... ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 73 EP. 17: To Korea.. (1) & La Bamba was a film that illuminated the life of an existing figure, Rich Valens, a young film depicting the short life of the Emperor of Rock & Roll and his music hidden in an accidental accident. The story of the film is successful in Hollywood as the protagonist, an American immigrant village with a natural talent for music, raises the dreams of a singer. Rich fell in love with his rich daughter Danna, who also risked her father''s opposition and raised her love, announcing La Bamba and Donna to the pinnacle of Rock ''n'' Roll, but was on a plane that crashed during the last bad weather and unfortunately ended up dying. Donna Oh Donna, oh Donna, oh Donna oh Donna Oh, Dana. Oh, Dana. Oh, Dana. I had a girl. I had a girlfriend. Donna was her name. (Her name is Dana.) Since you left me. I''ve never been the same (I haven''t been the same since you left.) ''Cause I love my girl Because I love her. The song that the male protagonist played in the movie to his girlfriend Danna at the pay phone booth shot the tastes of all women, no exception to Yuki. ¡°Oh, Dana! Oh, Dana! Oh, Dana! Isn''t Rich Valence just so cool? It was a sad ending, but it was so much fun. ¡± Yuki murmured as he left the cinema. To be honest, I liked the We Belong Togeter better, but it was only my mouth. In fact, all the music from La Bamba was so good that it didn''t have to waste a single song. But I can''t believe I''m gonna see this movie in the theater just in time for release. That alone was new to me. It was a day where I felt the aroma of 1988 that I had forgotten for a while about my busy daily life. Besides, seeing La Bamba gave me a new idea. Well, the breakup of the male protagonist''s death in a romantic simulation wouldn''t be such a bad choice. ¡¯ Leaving someone you love behind is a great sad-end for men and women. ¡°What do you think? ¡± ¡°Huh? Oh, I was thinking about a new love simulation story. ¡± ¡°Really, you should take some time off to think about your body. How come you''ve been thinking about games all day? ¡± ¡°Well, what... occupational hazard? It should be one. ¡± ¡°Well, should I think about it with you? ¡± ¡°What?" ¡°A new game story. I know a very good screenwriter. Can I introduce you? ¡± ¡°The screenwriter? ¡± ¡°Yes, he''s a drama writer. ¡± Well, she''s an assistant writer for broadcasting, so you know people from your lineage. But sometimes you don''t see any dramas with a very interesting story on TV. Korean drama is much better. Or maybe it''s not so bad for a bunch of lame-ass gamers to follow the story of the White Memory called White Drug. Wait, Korean drama? At that moment, I remembered a drama title that I had seen that was really fun before time slipping in my mind. Yeah, I think that''s a great story. ¡°Excuse me? Are you really just gonna leave me here and think about something else?" ¡± ¡°I''m sorry.¡± ¡°Hm, I''ve been so nervous about dating for so long.¡± ¡°Love you." ¡°What? If you say something like that all of a sudden...¡± Yuki turns her head, blushing. I think I just confessed in a really weird way, not a confession. & The next day. I went back to Shinjuku Station to return to Kyoto. I looked back at Yuki, who was sniffing from earlier. When she always returned to Kyoto, she showed her way to the station with a look on her face. ¡°When will you come next? ¡± ¡°I don''t know. I have somewhere to be next weekend. ¡± ¡°So we''ll all see each other next week? Where are you going next weekend? ¡± ¡°I''m going to Korea for a while. ¡± ¡°Are you in Korea?" ¡°I''ll leave on Friday and be back around Sunday. ¡± ¡°Hmm, what time is the flight? ¡± ¡°A 2 p.m. flight from Osaka. Well, Korea''s close, so we should be there in about an hour. ¡± ¡°I''ve never been out of the country before, but I envy you. ¡± I was really jealous when I went to America last month... but when I got the photo I took of her, I remembered her face that I loved. There was still time until the train, so we decided to drink tea at a nearby coffee shop. The whole time I was coming to the coffee shop, she looked straight at me as if she had made up her mind. ¡°I''m coming with you. ¡± ¡°Hm? In Kyoto? What about work tomorrow? ¡± ¡°No!! It''s Korea!!" ¡°What!? ¡± ¡°I''m going to hang up my plane ticket in Narita. See you in Korea!! ¡± ¡°No, you know...¡± ¡°I really want to go to Korea where Joon-Hyuk was born. I''m not gonna ask you to pay for the trip. Come with me, okay? ¡± In fact, this trip to Korea was an office, but I was trying to visit a neighborhood where I lived as a child. That''s why even if you follow me, you''re not going to hang out.I don''t think it''ll be fun... However, the way she looked at it, I didn''t think it would be easy for her to dry up like this. ¡°I''m not going to hang out. Are you okay? ¡± ¡°Yes, I''m fine. ¡± ¡°I''m actually meeting someone in my childhood neighborhood. You can''t go to places like tourist attractions. ¡± ¡°Joon-Hyuk used to live here? Rather, I prefer it!! ¡± ... but smiles were drawn without me knowing that it was better. You think that''s her at all? I stared at her silently, making eye contact for a moment, then opened my mouth. ¡°Yes. Come with me. ¡± & A week after that. I switched my plane ticket to Narita Airport and arrived at the airport with Yuki. ¡°Oh, I''m so nervous. You''ve been hearing a lot of heartbeat. ¡± ¡°It''s nothing. We''ll be there in about an hour. You don''t have to be so nervous. ¡± ¡°I''ve been shaking since last night. It''s been a long time since I went to school for a picnic. This feeling...¡± ¡°Just in case, do you want some hangover medicine? ¡± ¡°I already drank. ¡± ¡°You''re all set.¡± Yuki said, I stroked her head with a bleeding smile. Sometimes she looked up at me and stroked me a few times because she was cute, but at that time Yuki liked me like a puppy with her eyes closed. After a while, after a simple shopping at a duty-free shop, the time of the flight arrived. ¡°Shouldn''t we be going soon? We''re running out of time!? ¡± ¡°It''s okay. It''s a small plane anyway, so it takes a while for everyone to get on it, so we can catch it later. ¡± ¡°But I can''t wait to get on. ¡± Yuki urged me by dragging my arm to see how excited she was for her first trip abroad. Eventually, we arrived at the boarding gate earlier than usual and got on the plane first as soon as the ride was released. As we approached the boarding entrance of the airplane through the mobile corridor, the Korean stewardesses welcomed us around and smiled beautifully. ¡°Wow... Korean beauty!! ¡± Although he was somewhat short, Yuki''s appearance was also not compared to those of them. But Yuki muttered, looking at them and seeing whether she was jealous of their tall stature. ¡°You must have had a lot of milk when you were a kid.¡± ¡°Welcome, sir. Let us help you find a place to stay. ¡± As she shows the ticket to the stewardess who smiles at us, she bends down and points to the stairs upstairs. ¡°Business class customers can go upstairs. ¡± ¡°Thank you." I had to get on the Economy because of the short flight time, but I also chose Yuki''s share as a business class because it was money to spend anyway. Suddenly, Yuki''s voice followed behind him, and she suddenly took off her shoes, and she turned around and asked the stewardess. ¡°Can I just take my shoes with me? ¡± ¡° ¡­¡­. ¡± Did you really believe that joke back in Kyoto? Suddenly, the nearby stewardesses turn their heads. ¡°Oh, you can just wear the guest shoes. ¡± ¡°Yes!? ¡± Yuki, who was blushing at Stupidus'' words, went up the Hidden Staircase with his shoes in his hand. ¡°Oh, she''s so cute!¡± ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 74 EP. 17: To Korea.. (2) ¡°Oh, she''s so cute!¡± After walking up the stairs, behind the laughter of the stewardesses, you see Yuki burying his head in a chair in the corner. ¡°Yuki..." ¡°Don''t say anything. I''m so embarrassed right now! ¡± ¡°No, it''s not...¡± ¡°Well, don''t talk to me now.¡± ¡°No, it''s not your seat there. You can''t just sit anywhere. ¡± ¡°Oh...¡± Eventually, she pushes her head out and shifts to where I''m pointing, and buries her head again. ¡°Are you angry?¡± ¡°No, I''m just so embarrassed. ¡± ¡°I''m sorry. I was joking when I asked you so seriously in Kyoto, but I didn''t think you''d actually believe me. ¡± ¡°I can''t look the stewardesses in the face.¡± ¡°Don''t worry. Only one or two people on a plane these days. It''s no big deal. ¡± ¡°Really?" Yuki nodded, looking at me carefully, and then Yuki started looking at the plane. ¡°Wow, but airplanes don''t fly as many people as I thought they would. I''m gonna need about 12 people to ride here. ¡± ¡°Well, if you''re curious, why don''t you go downstairs and have a look? ¡± ¡°Downstairs?¡± Yuki tilted his head toward the bottom of the stairs and rushed to me in surprise after a moment. ¡°There''s a lot of people downstairs. The chairs are crowded, so why are there so many here? ¡± ¡°Have you ever been on an outbound bus? ¡± ¡°Yes.¡± ¡°Think of it as the right seat when you hit it with the bus. It''s a bit expensive, but...¡± ¡°How much? ¡± ¡°Compared to the seats downstairs, 1.5 to 2 times? ¡± ¡°Yes!? You said you''d be there in an hour. ¡± ¡°Well, you just have to make yourself comfortable. Economy is a tight seat. ¡± ¡°I''ve never lost my seat on a bus before.¡± ¡°I''ll take care of the round-trip ticket, so don''t worry, sit back. We''re about to take off.¡± Then you hear a voice prompting you, fearful of falling. - Attention, passengers. This plane leaves shortly for its destination, Kim Po International Airport in Seoul. Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats and fasten your seatbelts. - Yuki, who was sitting next to him with a nervous expression, wore a seat belt, moved the plane toward the runway. He swallowed the drought and asked me. ¡°How does it feel to fly into the sky? ¡± ¡°Well, it''s like riding a ride-along. It''s kind of fun.¡± ¡°Those rides are very weak.¡± Soon after arriving at the runway for takeoff, Yuki reached out his hand to me and said. ¡°Hey, hold my hand. ¡± I held her hand tightly, smiling slightly at her cute actions. And at the same time, when the plane came round, I felt a lot of strength in her hands, holding me. ¡°It''s up. What should I do?¡± When our plane flew overhead in an instant, the Japanese archipelago was visible through a small window. ¡°Wow." Yuki glanced out the window at the breathtaking scene only for those who had never been on the plane before. And after a while. As the plane flew over the clouds, the white sea of clouds spread. ¡°I saw it in a picture when my colleagues traveled abroad, but it actually looks much prettier. ¡± Yuki smiled and couldn''t take her eyes off the window. Well, I had a similar reaction to her when I first boarded the plane. When I was in the middle school while traveling to Jeju Island on a mathematical trip, I remembered the first time I was on a plane, and I secretly smiled in my old memories. Yuki looked out the elongated window for an hour and sometimes picked up the camera and pressed the shutter to heat it up. I had felt it before, but Yuki was very good at manipulating film cameras. Even though she couldn''t check the photos directly like a digital camera, she was soon able to change the aperture value of the film camera and captured the photos one by one. Immediately, a voice prompted me to land the plane. & Yuki''s first conviction on a plane that landed safely at Gimpo International Airport... ¡°Oh, it''s freezing. Is it always this cold in Korea? ¡± Kim Po Airport was not a mobile route that connects airplanes like Narita Airport, but a system where stepped cars came and dropped passengers on runways. At the end of February, the spring cold leading up to March. Yuki was trembling, clutching at the edge of his thin coat. Korea''s a little colder than Japan, though. I snatched the end of my nose and took the scarf out of my bag and gave it to her. ¡°I forgot to tell you that Korea is going to be a little cold. Put this on and you''ll feel better. A terminal bus will be arriving to take you to the airport any minute, so be patient.¡± ¡°Thank you.¡± After a long, boring immigration, let''s get out of the country. Kim Po Airport was teeming with foreigners. Seoul is the world! - Seeing the familiar propaganda phrases of the 88 Olympics adhered to each other, it was starting to come to Korea. ¡°Wow! Hodory. Cute!! ¡± Yuki, who was touring the airport, pressed the shutter towards Hodol, an 88 Olympic mascot. Ah... I remember. That guy... When I was a kid, I sold Hodol-shaped ice cream at a local supermarket and ate it several times, but I remember it was a rather psychopathic design that required Hodol-shaped heads to be separated and spoon-fed. When I finished, I could use it as a safe deposit, but I''m uncomfortable eating it, too, carrying one of the neighborhood''s children around, and you, too, picked Hojo''s head first. Now that I think about it, who came up with that design? I want to see your face. ¡°Let''s go to the hotel and leave the luggage first. ¡± ¡°Yes ~¡± Yuki hurriedly chased me because she had never been abroad before. After getting into a taxi waiting for the airport and asking Myeong-dong, the middle-aged knight kindly carried Yuki''s luggage into the trunk. ¡°I like buses, but aren''t taxis expensive? ¡± ¡°It''s okay. Unlike Japan, Korea is cheap because taxi fare is 600 won. ¡± ¡°600 won, not yen? ¡± The conclusion is that even if you go to Myeong-dong, you won''t get 5,000 won. It''s been a long time, by the way. It''s been almost five years since time slips, and I can''t believe I''m here... In fact, I wanted to come a little earlier, but even though I could remember the place around the house and the alleyway when I was too young, I couldn''t think of a position. At the very least, the neighborhood I was going to now was able to remember the exact location in my old memory. If you go there, who will live there? I was a little confused about what to say if my parents were there when I was younger. ¡°You don''t look so good. Are you sick?¡± ¡°No. I''m just a little concerned...¡± ¡°Is it because of me? Maybe I shouldn''t have followed you.¡± ¡°I''m not doing this for you. Rather, I feel better coming with you. ¡± That was real. It''s comforting for me to be here with Yuki instead of here alone. Yuki was smiling at me with half a face of fear in a strange Seoul flowing out the window. & It didn''t take us very long to get from Gimpo to Myeong-dong, so we were able to unpack at the hotel that we had booked soon. The view of the Namsan Tower from the front of the terrace was great. Even here, Yuki holds the camera in both little hands and presses the shutter. ¡°I''m sorry, but I have somewhere I need to be right away, so if you''re tired, why don''t you take a break at the hotel? ¡± ¡°No, I''m coming with you. ¡± Yuki left the hotel wearing a thick grey coat in cold Seoul weather, surrounded by a camera on one shoulder. I wanted to give you a tour of Seoul at least once, but the first place I lived was in the neighborhood. ¡°Sorry, I''ll finish early and show you Seoul in the evening. ¡± Yuki shakes her head, smiling. ¡°Mmm-hmm. I''m fine. Don''t worry about it. I''m more curious about Joon-Hyuk''s neighborhood. ¡± ¡°Thank you for saying that.¡± After one stroke of Yuki''s head, I got into a taxi waiting in front of the hotel. ¡°I need you to go to Southwestern Myeongdae. ¡± ¡°Are you sure?¡± ¡°Yes, why? ¡± ¡°No, I... I don''t think I can make it to the front of the school because it''s Friday, but I''ll try to get around. ¡± What does Friday have to do with college? Soon after that, the taxi left Myeong-dong and began to go through the new village to the Sanctuary. As a child, the taxi began to go down to the south-southeast, through the large hills of the north-southeast, past the sand market, which had often visited the market with Mother. ¡°Sir, you can go left from a distance at the end of the ramp. I don''t think it''s going to fit anymore, so I''ll drop you off here. ¡± ¡°Oh, thank you. ¡± After paying the fare and getting out of the cab with Yuki, I understood why the taxi driver said it was too much for him to go to school. Oh, boy, it''s Friday night for college students. ¡°Joon-Hyuk, why are there so many cops here? ¡± Even in the harsh winds Even under the harsh oppression that comes with it. We must have gathered. I looked at him... The night to lose weight. A night of pain. We faced the frost of dawn. Love, eternal love, neverchanging companion. You''re my comrade Even while living in the world, Even if we die first, The will must be fulfilled. Victory will be ours. ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 75 EP. 17: To Korea.. (3) Immediately, the students wearing red hair straps began to open up ''comradeship¡¯ as they rushed out into the street. I didn''t see an ant on the street for some reason. The timing is fabulous... ¡°Joon-Hyuk, what''s going on? ¡± ¡°Shh. Let''s go quietly because we''ll get in trouble if we get caught." Just in case, grab my hand. " Yuki gripped my hand with trembling hands in a fierce atmosphere. After a while, we started walking as far away as possible, looking at the students who were confronting the landscape. Please, just hang in there until we''re gone. Don''t do anything you shouldn''t... But my wish was shattered into one of the fire bottles thrown by a protesting student. ¡°Bastards!! Catch them all!!! ¡± ¡°Wow!!!! ¡± Bang!! Tak!! Bang!! Wasik!! I ran, holding Yuki''s hand tightly, in the chaos that ignited a scene in the movie. Starting with the flamethrower, tear gas from the foreground appeared, and the sidewalk that we were walking started to fill up with white tear gas. ¡°Joon-Hyuk. Keluk Keluk. My neck and eyes are burning. ¡± ¡°Hang in there. Let''s get in the alley here. ¡± After giving up the main road and entering a remote alley, Yuki, who was already covered in tears with tears of red smoke. Soon after, the students started to run away from the landscape, avoiding the forced suppression, and some of them rushed into the alleyway where we had escaped. If we run into the landscape like this, we could be in this together. Immediately, I looked around and entered the slightly open gate and hid myself in the guard. I didn''t commit any crimes, but you''re in the mood to make a movie. After a while, Yuki''s face was washed away by the taps in the courtyard as the footsteps of the landscape grew further away. Yuki, who had been in charge of tear gas for the first time, had his face covered with tears and was in a mess. ¡°Are you feeling better? ¡± ¡°Yes, but is it okay to just walk into someone''s house? ¡± ¡°It''s so urgent. I''ll apologize when I see the owner.¡± Then why do you look so familiar in the yard? I even found the taps by myself... Then the front door opens up on the stairs, and a woman sticks her head out. ¡°Is the student okay? ¡± I hurriedly lifted my head to apologize to the lady. ¡°Yes? Oh, we''re fine. As I was walking by, I got caught up in a protest and washed my face. I''m sorry to barge in like this...¡± By the way, have you heard this voice before...? It''s Noorie''s mom!? Somehow the yard looked familiar... Let''s take a look around for a moment. This was the home of a friend named Kim Noorie who used to live close to me as a child. I used to run out again after drinking tap water when I was thirsty in the alleyway, but I never thought I''d find this place... At that time, Yuki, who was next to me, bursted his eyes and apologized to Mrs. ¡°Your loss.¡± ¡°Geez¡­ girl. You can''t rub it with your hands like that. The tap water must be freezing, too. Come in for a second. ¡± ¡°What? No, I...¡± Mrs. Nuri, as I know her, was very kind and compassionate. He told me to come in instead of kicking us out of here by avoiding the protesters... It was a moment of affection in 1988. ¡°What did she say? ¡± ¡°Listen to that for a second. ¡± ¡°Yes!? I''m sorry to barge into your yard like this, but... Do you know Joon-Hyuk? ¡± Should I say I know this, or should I say I don''t? As Yuki and I entered the front door with an awkward smile, we heard her voice from the kitchen. ¡°Hang in there, Noorie!! Can you get me some towels? ¡± ¡°Yes!¡± Soon after that, a cute little boy in short bread pants opened the small room door and greeted us at 90 degrees, standing in front of the porch. Ki-nuri!! It''s been a long time. ¡°Hello, my name is Kim Nuri. ¡± Cute.You ''re acting like you were taught in kindergarten. Nuri came out with a toy in one hand and ran to us with a shotgun to see if she had forgotten what she had asked for. ¡°Hello, Noorie. ¡± ¡°Wow, what a pretty sister!! ¡± ¡°Hey!! Gim Nuri, bring me a towel!! You''re not listening to me again, are you? ¡± ¡°Ah!! Right.¡± Nuri ran into the bathroom in a frenzy due to his mother''s complaint. Yuki chuckled with puffy eyes. After a while, the lady soaked Nuri''s towel in warm water and handed it over to Yuki. ¡°Don''t wipe it, hold it in your eyes. ¡± ¡°Arigatou Gozaimas. It''s really tricky.¡± ¡°You''re Japanese, and you''re a man? ¡± ¡°No, I''m Korean. This is Yuki, my girlfriend. Thank you so much for your help. ¡± ¡°I''m Gomason.¡± Although the pronunciation is still immature, I thanked Mrs. Yuki in her own way. Then Nuri looked up at Yuki next to him and said, ¡°My beautiful sister is so funny in Korean! Try it again. ¡± Then Nuri apologized to us by grabbing his son''s head. ¡°I''m sorry. He''s just a kid.¡± ¡°No, thanks. He''s so cute. ¡± ¡°I''m going to cut your throat with tear gas. I''ll give you some juice. Come on in. ¡± ¡°No. That''s not going to hurt.¡± ¡°If we leave now, we may have to tear the bullet apart again. Stop by for a second." Seeing the loud noise coming from outside, it seemed better to listen to Nuri''s words now. ¡°Now, if you''ll excuse me. ¡± ¡°The living room is cold, so go in the other room. ¡± She kindly gave me her room and headed to the kitchen to get some juice. ¡°Wow, Joon-Hyuk''s floor is hot. ¡± For Japanese winterers with a few tatamis and a heating device called Gotatz, greenhouses are a new world. Yuki was surprised with her palms on the hot floor. Then Nuri entered the room with a jar of juice in the tray. And then I saw the juice bottle. I was once again captivated by my poor memories. "Symbol of the Rich House... Del Monte Glass Bottle..." As a child, there was a time when this Del Monte glass bottle was the basis for determining whether a friend''s house was rich or not. When I finished drinking the juice, I used it as a water bottle, but I honestly remember that it was very heavy for a young child to use as a water bottle. Occasionally, if you put the Del Monte bottle that Nuri collected in the box, it reminded me of a smile that I had switched to a snack with Nuri and ran to the supermarket. ¡°Thank you." Seeing Noorie holding a mug that was only her face with both hands and drinking juice all of a sudden, I thought I was happy to come to Korea. ¡°Mom, can I have a burro? ¡± Nuri said without thinking about it, and I almost spit out the juice. Del Monte Orange Juice followed by Darlong Tung... What a pitiful one-to-one punch... A fruit sorbet type of ice cream, the Dalong Dalong is also one of my favorite ice cream of my childhood, a cute design with leaves that can be used as a spoon on a fruit shaped plastic container. Sometimes the plastic containers freeze so much that they break, and some of them are sticky. ¡°You just drank juice. And when I eat something cold in winter, I get sick of it. ¡± ¡°But I still want one. Da-da-da-da! Da-da-da-da!¡± Hey, lady... I want to try that burlesque too... & ¡°Thank you so much. Ma''am.¡± ¡°I''ve come to Korea for a long time, but it''s a protest day... What a hard day for a girl to come with me. ¡± I opened my wallet and took out a few bills, looking at Yuki''s face with a sad look. ¡°You know, I''m just not comfortable going back like this. Please buy some Nuri sweets with this. ¡± ¡°Phew! It''s okay. You don''t have to do this.¡± ¡°I''ve been taught it''s not polite to leave you alone. It''s not a lot of money, so please take it. ¡± After a few distractions, I rushed out of the house with Yuki, who forcefully handed her the money. Then she waved her hands at us to see if she had given up. ¡°Thank you. I''ll use it well. ¡± We greet each other again from afar and then take a step. ¡°He was very kind. Noorie is so cute.¡± ¡°Isn''t that right?" I wiped the dirt off Yuki''s eyes, then smiled and reached out to her. It was a bit of a scary experience, but Yuki held my hand with a bright face to make sure Noorie calmed down a lot. ¡°By the way, Joon-Hyuk. ¡± ¡°Huh?" ¡°What''s that Derron Noorie was talking about? ¡± ¡°Oh, that ice cream I loved so much, I''ll buy it for you on the way back to the hotel. ¡± ¡°Really? I want to try it. ¡± ¡°I''ve never been abroad before, so I''m surprised, right? ¡± ¡°It''s okay. I met Nuri, and it was a very unique experience. ¡± ¡°Thanks for coming with me. ¡± ¡°Thank you for bringing me here. ¡± ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 76 EP. 17: To Korea.. (4) & It was not far from Noorie''s house to where I lived. Fifteen minutes on foot? In fact, Noorie was a friend I didn''t know at this time. The first time I met him was in the second grade of the National School, so I had to meet him at least two more years from now. I can''t believe I met Nuri when I was seven. I smiled unknowingly because of the strange relationship that Time Slip brought me. It would be soon after the road crossed, but I was not relieved that even though the gatherings of university students were scattered at a fixed time and place and started gathering again. Even in the afternoon, the streets in the neighborhood were quiet. How long have you been walking like that? The stationery and supermarkets on the street began to look familiar. Almost there. Just around the corner in front of you. As I approached the house where I lived, my heart started beating rapidly. ¡°Joon-Hyuk? My hand...¡± ¡°Oh, sorry...¡± I think Yuki''s hand is too tight. I pulled out a handkerchief that was sweating to the palm of my hand. ¡°You okay?" ¡°Almost there. Just around the corner ahead. ¡± ¡°That''s where Joon-Hyuk used to live. Let''s go! ¡± ¡°W-wait a minute.¡± I''m not ready for this! After being dragged into Yuki''s hands and turning around the corner, a blue gate appeared in the gray alley. ¡°Here? It''s a big house. ¡± ¡°This is the owner''s house... three years old, to be exact. To get into our house, we had to go through the little door in the back.¡± Turning back, you hear children singing in the alley. In the fog! Is it the wind? Black Star, Black Star, Black Star! Here it comes. Caught, captured, and gone! The Shadow Chase Good detective, good detective, babek. Justice wins. Cheer up, Barbeque! Looking at the clock, 5: 00 p.m. Gather around soon. Is it dream time? Reminding me of a vague memory of the songs the children sang, I took a step further and headed to a small iron gate installed on a gray fence. This is our home. When I opened the door, I had a kitchen, and when I opened the door, I had a cramped compartment where I slept with my parents. ¡°Who''s still alive? ¡± A faint glow seemingly seemingly leaks out over the glass installed on the iron porch. The question is, are they my parents? That''s when I heard the voice of longing in the kitchen. ¡°Joon-Hyuk is finishing his meal, but he''s not coming back... I told him to come back before sunset...¡± This was definitely my mother''s voice. At that moment, I remembered the contents of the last call with Mother. - My son, have a good trip. My eyes became hot with Mother''s voice for a long time. I stood still at the door for a moment and looked at Mother moving busily through the window. I was getting the smell of miso stew from the revolving fan. My mother hurriedly opened the door and came out. ¡°Where the hell did he go again? Who are you?¡± It was so sudden that Yuki became stiff. ¡°Oh, you''ve got the wrong house. I''m sorry." I quickly greeted my mother. I grabbed Yuki''s hand and went back out into the alley. Yuki said as she was surprised. ¡°Oh, my gosh. I didn''t expect you to come out of nowhere. ¡± ¡°I see." ¡°Oh, Joon-Hyuk? Are you crying?¡± ¡°No, I''m not crying. ¡± ¡°You have red eyes. ¡± ¡°It''s just the dust in my eyes. ¡± ¡°Do you want me to blow the whistle? ¡± ¡°It''s okay.¡± At that moment, I heard my mother''s voice calling out to me from inside the alley. I guess I went somewhere to play when I was a child without listening to my mother. ¡°Jun-hyuk! Kang Jun-hyuk!¡± I almost ran out at the sound of Mother''s voice calling my name sadly. Yuki, who was next to me, said to me with a strange look. ¡°Hey, isn''t that Joon-Hyuk you''re calling? ¡± ¡°Maybe he has the same name as me.¡± ¡°Dongmyung? Wow! Amazing. How does a kid with the same name live in a house where he lived as a kid? ¡± ¡°I see. Haha.¡± I smiled, pretending to be born, and I left behind the voice of my mother who was desperately looking for me. Since I was a child, I didn''t listen well to Mother''s surprise at home. When I was messing around with my friends, the year ended, and when I came home in a hurry, my mom was holding a broom for every piece of work... Young Joon-Hyuk will be scolded by his mother again today... However, I was glad to see my mother''s face for a while like this. But where was I playing at this time...? I paused and asked Yuki. ¡°I have a few stops to make. Are you okay?" ¡°Yes?¡± In fact, I came to Korea for two reasons. The first of them is to go to my home and see if my family lives there. And if you find me as a child, give me a portable gamble boy prepared in Japan. The second appointment was to meet with someone else tomorrow afternoon. ¡°Yes, I''m fine. Joon-Hyuk will want to see the neighborhood after a long time. ¡± Yuki nodded his head without hesitation this time. There are many things you will want to see in Korea for the first time, but I was so grateful to her for following my schedule. ¡®You''ll find it in no time. There aren''t many places I used to hang out at this time...¡¯ & First, I found my mom''s Tteokbokki house near Myeongsang University. Tteokbokki is a popular place to sell Tteokbokki over generations to build nearby buildings for just 300 won. Thanks to her generous heart, I was able to slap her full even with a little money. But I couldn''t find my younger self here. Is that Popeye''s stationery? ¡¯ Next, I found a stationery near the Tteokbokki house. It was not rich enough to buy toys as a child, but it was one of the places I often went to see new toys. Was it in the third grade? There was a national minicar boom with TV animation ''Run Boomerang¡¯. I once looked at a sliding minica in front of a shelf for a few days because I wanted one from Tamiya at the time... I thought maybe I''d be here when I was a kid. ¡°Not here either.¡± I mean, if I hadn''t come home already, I''d have been beaten to death by my mother. By this time, all my friends who were hanging out at the playground had split up, and I''d been to all the places I could go at this time. Where else could it be? Did you go to a friend''s house? At that time, a student who appeared to be a middle school student passing by my side had a conversation with a friend, and I was particularly stuck in my ear. ¡°Have you ever been a Twin Dragon? You were in the playroom, and it was really fun. ¡± The playroom? ¡¯ While there was some distance in the stationery, I thought of the entertainment room that my parents used to sneak into when I was young, and I touched my forehead with a long sigh. Then Yuki next to me asked me. ¡°What''s the matter? ¡± ¡°I think I know where he is.¡± ¡°Yes? Him... who? ¡± ¡°It''s nothing... let''s go. ¡± ¡®If you''re really there, you''ll be disappointed in me.¡¯ After the sun had already fallen, an orange streetlight flashed on the dark alley, and I hurriedly crossed the side of the road and entered the basement of a shabby building. ¡°Where am I? ¡± I said, "Well, is it a Korean gaming center? ¡± ¡°There''s a game center in a basement like this? ¡± ... but it''s never a clean environment like in Japan... And you''ve been in the playroom since I was seven? No way. No matter how young you were, even if you were crazy about the game, you were seven years too young. I''m probably at home eating something my mother cooked for me right now... As I opened the basement door, I felt the smell of smoky cigarettes squeezing through the door. Wow... I didn''t know that when I was a kid, but this is like an underground dungeon... I looked inside the darkened playroom in the buzzing BGM. Fortunately, there were only big juniors in the arcade, so no children were seen. Of course it is. When I was only seven years old, I turned my head... to say something about the arcade. I saw two little kids playing an action game called "The Woodpecker" in the corner of the arcade. Is that... is that...? As you tilt your head closer, two skinny little kids grab the lever and tap the button excitedly. Is that Yong-min from kindergarten? They''re very good together... Blue and red woodpeckers were beating the enemies hard with their fists, and the moment I saw them, a sigh burst out of my mouth. ¡°This is crazy. Here it is... you guys!! ¡± I was buried in the sound of the BGM when I heard the child, and I was distracted from the screen to make sure I couldn''t hear my voice. I looked at them for a moment, then I leaned in and said, ¡°Do you know what time it is? ¡± ¡°Ow!! Oh my god. What are you!? ¡± ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 77 EP. 18: Mantra Computer. (1) ¡°Do you know what time it is? ¡± ¡°Ow!! Oh my god. What are you!? ¡± I wanted to squeeze a honeymoon, but Yuki was watching from behind, so I pressed down on the boiling stomach and opened my mouth. ¡°Your mother sent me. Hey, why don''t you go home? ¡± ¡°Really!? What time is it? ¡°It''s night already.¡± ¡°I was killed by my mother. ¡± Young Joon-Hyuk hurriedly got up from his seat because the word "night." I guess Yong-min who was with me didn''t think he''d be too busy playing these games. ¡°Yongmin, let''s go home!! ¡± Joon-Hyuk quickly rushed to the entrance of the arcade, holding the hand of his friend who was next to him. And Yuki and I followed them out of the arcade. ¡°Hey!! Kid, wait!! ¡± Young Joon-Hyuk, who was just running out with Yong-min, stopped walking in my words. ¡°What''s the matter? ¡± ¡°When you go home with this money, stop by the butcher shop and buy some meat. ¡± ¡°Who are you? My mother told me I shouldn''t accept things from strangers.¡± ¡°It''s okay. Take it. Don''t use it for anything else, just buy some meat at home. You know that butcher shop I went to with my mom at home? Go there and give me 50,000 won separately for grilled beef and grilled beef. ¡± ¡°Beef, grilled beef, noodles... 50,000 won..." Joon-Hyuk repeatedly muttered how many times he tried to remember what I said. I gave the same amount of money to Yongmin who was jealous of Joon-Hyuk. ¡°If you do your chores right, I''ll give you a present tomorrow. You''re going to keep your promise? ¡± ¡°Gifts?¡± ¡°Yes. He''ll be by your house tomorrow. Meet me at the Yeongnam Supermarket in front of your house at 5: 00 p.m. tomorrow. ¡± Joon-Hyuk warned me with suspicious eyes, but slowly nodded his head at the Young Nam Supermarket in front of the house. ¡°Then go in quickly, both of you. Mother will be worried.¡± ¡°Yes!! ¡± The two scumbags started running home holding hands tightly. Then Yuki, who was watching everything, approached me and asked. ¡°Do you know these kids? What did you say? ¡± ¡°No, I told her not to play until late, but to go early. It reminds me of my childhood.¡± ¡°Did Joon-Hyuk do that when he was young? ¡± ¡°I''m stuck.¡± I smiled as I looked behind the children as they were moving away. Glug-ug-ug... What are you talking about? Yuki frowned, avoiding my gaze, turning his head in surprise. ¡°Actually, I haven''t eaten anything besides breakfast. I''m so hungry.¡± Oops... I couldn''t even eat properly because I was so focused on my work. I didn''t know I was hungry because I was so nervous until I found a house, but I started to get hungry, too. ¡°Sorry. I was distracted when I was different. Let me know if you''re hungry.¡± ¡°Well, I''m not gonna starve to death, but my legs hurt. Heheh.¡± Yuki smiled, holding out his little tongue and smiling, was a great comfort to me. ¡°We''re done for the day, so let''s go to the hotel after dinner. ¡± ¡°Yes, but eat something. Us?" ¡°Well, do you want something to eat? ¡± ¡°Don''t you know Joon-Hyuk well around here? ¡± ¡°Well, it''s been a while since I''ve been here, so I don''t know what''s going on.¡± ¡°Then Joon-Hyuk ate a lot when he was young!¡± ¡°I''ve... eaten a lot? ¡± Well... I wish I could say that... Don''t you think it''s too humbling for Yuki to follow you through all the hard work? & ¡°I came out here first. ¡± ¡°Thank you." Five red spiced skewers were mounted on top of a green plastic plate with white spots. 200 won per skewer... is a thousand won. It appeared as a child and caused a tectonic shift in the snack system. Yuki was extremely hungry, but pressed the shutter towards the hot skewers that just came out. ¡°What''s the name of this food? ¡± ¡°Bam bam. I put bread in a skewer, fried it in oil, and seasoned it. ¡± ¡°Oh, is it hot? ¡± ¡°No, just spicy? ¡± ¡°Hmm...¡± Yuki, who was nervous about the red marinade, took a loaf of bread from the skewers after a while and made a very surprising face. ¡°Phew... yummy!! The outside is crispy, but the inside is chewy. The seasoning is not spicy!! ¡± ¡°Isn''t that right?" But isn''t it too much to react to a 200-won tackle? At that time, the lunch lady brought the food into the tray. ¡°I got kiddy rice and Tteokbokki. And this is Odeng Soup, a service.¡± The table is filled with various foods soon, but the total is about KRW 3,000? I was too sorry to come all the way to Korea to serve Yuki all day. It''s delicious, but... ¡°Joon-Hyuk, I think this Tteokbokki is very spicy. ¡± ¡°But it''s still my favorite food. If it''s too hot, you can wash it in Odeng Soup over there.¡± ¡°Hmm...¡± While thinking about it for a while, Yuki picked up a Tteokbokki with a fork and put it in his mouth. ¡°It''s quite spicy, but it''s also delicious. ¡± Yuki looks satisfied with his fork. I looked at the back of the lady who was stirring so that the Tteokbokki soup wouldn''t get scared and remembered for a moment. & ¡°Thank you. Come again. ¡± After calculating, I looked at her smiling at me. I sent Yuki out first and called her. ¡°Did I miscalculate the guest? ¡± ¡°No, it''s not like that.¡± ¡°Then?¡± ¡°Ma''am, this may sound a little strange, but I think you should go to the hospital. ¡± ¡°Yes? Hospital? I''m healthy.¡± ¡°Actually, I''m from medical school. I saw the look on her face, and she wasn''t feeling well. ¡± ¡°Me?¡± ¡°I know you''re busy at work, but don''t overhear me. Please go to the hospital. ¡± ¡°Oh, yeah. I will.¡± ¡°Well, thanks for the Tteokbokki.¡± The shop was very good because of the spicy Tteokbokki soup and the friendly mistress. When it snowed or rained, she worked tirelessly, and suddenly fell before my young eyes in ''91. Luckily, he went to the hospital early and woke up, but soon he died of liver cancer. Since her death, which I had seen every day as a child, remained a big shock to me, I wanted to meet her when I came to Korea. Luckily, it''s 1988 now, so if you go to the hospital and get an early checkup, you should be able to fix it. After leaving the snack house, I ran to Yuki who was trembling with the evening breeze. & The next day... On the hotel bed, Booth opened his eyes and I turned my head blinking in the sunshine. Yuki was also very tired and fell asleep next to me. This is a misleading scene, but nothing happened between Yuki and me yesterday. Yesterday evening, I also walked around all day and immediately wanted to rest at the hotel, but I lost sight of Yuki''s curious expression that was taken away by the night in the colorful streets of Myeong-dong, which is completely different from the day. Yuki, who saw a winter delicacy bun in a street stall, said she was very happy that it looked like ¡®Taiyaki¡¯ in Japan, and she eventually came back to the hotel late at night to watch Myeong-dong Street and washed first and fell asleep. I snuck out of the bed and headed to the washroom to keep Yuki from breaking up. After a while, Yuki wiped his head with a towel and looked out the window, wrapped in a blanket. ¡°This is a great view. That''s the tower on the mountain, isn''t it? ¡± Namsan Tower, a radio tower that broadcasts TV and radio broadcasts to Seoul''s metropolitan area, was established in 1975 in collaboration with three national television stations. Since 1980, it has become a tourist attraction in Seoul, but I don''t remember climbing Namsan Tower at this time, so I suddenly wondered about Seoul''s ''80s nightlife scene. ¡°If you finish work early today, shall we go up there? At least the night view from above will be worth seeing. ¡± ¡°Really? Well, as soon as Joon-Hyuk''s work is done. I don''t want to see things get out of hand because of me. ¡± ¡°Don''t worry. I won''t be wandering around as much today as I did yesterday. ¡± ¡°Then I''ll wash up, too. ¡± Yuki returned to the washroom with her horses turned around since the wind in her pajamas was embarrassed. I changed my clothes while Yuki was washing and burned a cigarette on the terrace, checking my bag to see if I forgot anything. Inside the heavy bag was a portable gamble boy for young Junhyuk and a cartridge containing a special message. ¡°I... never thought I''d make a game out of something I gave to me as a child. ¡± I smiled as I looked at the game cartridge I was going to give to Joon-Hyuk. ¡°He''d like that. ¡± ¡°Joon-Hyuk, are you on the terrace? ¡± ¡°Oh, you washed everything? ¡± ¡°Wait!! I''m gonna change, so it''s gonna be cold, but just stay there for a second. ¡± ... I''ll just go in there and pretend I don''t know. ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 78 EP. 18: Mantra Computer. (2) & After breakfast at the hotel, we got into a taxi and headed back to Myeongsan University. Through the wide avenues of the Gwanghwamun Gate in pleasant weather, the former Viceroy of Joseon, now used as the National Museum, appeared. 1995. It was a building that was going to be demolished as part of President Youngsam''s ''history immediately'', so I also saw it for a very long time. The next day, President Kim Youngsam sent a video to the world that said he wanted to move the entire building, including the conference room, although he was originally going to tear it down. President Kim Youngsam, who said he would fix the Japanese''s bureaucracy, said the bomb was an IMF crisis, but he thought it was an excellent choice to get rid of the building. At that time, Yuki, who was staring out the window with me, hurriedly turned his eyes to the remnants of the Jeonju Dynasty. ¡°That building is now a museum, right? ¡± ¡°Yes, behind that building was the palace of the Joseon dynasty.¡± ¡°How... a king of a country built a building like that in front of his residence. I''m ashamed to be the same Japanese. ¡± ¡° ¡­¡­. ¡± ¡°I told my parents about Joon-Hyuk, and my dad told me. Japan has committed a great offense to Korea, which is probably a great sin even if it is a lifetime penance to Korea, so when you meet Joon-Hyuk, he asked you to remember that. ¡± ¡°I can''t believe you said that. Yuki''s parents are quite awake. ¡± ¡°Actually, I haven''t talked to Joon-Hyuk yet. My mother is Korean. ¡± ¡°Really?" ¡°Yes. That''s why I heard you broke up with your family when you married your mother. That''s why my father is very fond of Joon-Hyuk. ¡± ... You were scoring at Yuki''s father in a bird I didn''t know... But Yuki is 20 years old this year and even her older sister, so it would have been a difficult decision to marry Koreans 23 to 4 years ago... It naturally made sense that Yuki''s father broke up with his family. Yuki''s dad is amazing, too... & A moment later, the taxi driver dropped me off at a boulevard a little distance from the entrance to Myeongsan University. As you continue up this path, there is the mountain of the Hundred, which used to sometimes rise and fall as a child. But since the trip to memory ended yesterday, I''m not here to see Mount Baek... He tied his heavy bag around one shoulder, saying he got out of the cab. ¡°What is that? ¡± ¡°This? Hmm... a merchandise tool? ¡± ¡°Yes? Trade? ¡± In fact, there were no fingernails on Korean soil at this time. So far, Korea has been a step up when it comes to ¡®games''. Of course, even though the NEGA disk, which was fully licensed by Company S, was sold under the name GamDoll, it was more widely known as Mintendo''s family. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. You''re saying that the mintendo machine that was made from replicating the family substrate was powerful? In fact, the fake family created in Taiwan was in some ways much stronger than the real family. If it is a proper game made in Korea in the future, there was probably a mantra that was released in ''Actonicia Story'' made in Somnplay in ''94 or¡® Blood, Gitti ¡¯and¡® Princess Makes¡¯ made in the future software. Especially Mantra, who acquired the license of the Iss Series from Calcom Company in Japan, was very popular as the ''Iss 2 Special¡¯, which was refurbished in the form of a local game. The East 2 Special, which reconstructed the original scenario to create the original story, is a masterpiece and ruin for the Korean gaming industry. I remember why it was'' ruined ¡¯because of the lack of experience of amateur developers and they released it without fixing an out-of-progress bug. (Although the endpoint could be continued with subsequent patches, very few people have seen the endpoint by completing the patches due to the unstable communication environment.) Moreover, there was another gold-striking event in the game, which also merged the Korean ¡®Legion Myth¡¯ to gain knowledge of the item called ''Legion Sword¡¯. So why are you suddenly bringing up a story about a gaming company called Mantra? Actually, I''m meeting someone who''s going to be one of the founding members of the Mantra. When Yuki and I entered a store near Myeongdae University, I noticed a PC store that I had forgotten so much about. - Mantra''s computer-- This is the shop where you picked up the Dragon Warrior 4''s Raid House and led me to the game. It was like a small shop with only a few family cartridges in the window. At that moment, Yuki, who was looking at the window, called out in an excited voice to me. ¡°Joon-Hyuk, there''s a dragon emblem here too! ¡± Oh, my... It''s real. The dragon emblem in the corner of Showwin was worth 100,000 won under the Japanese name tag Rare. Well, they''re selling it in secondhand shops in Japan for that amount now, but it looks like a lot more zeroes. I looked at the dragon emblem I met in Korea for a moment before opening the store and going inside. ¡°Welcome.¡± Along with the sound of walking, a man in his mid-30s walked out, opening the curtain in the shop. Mantra computers used half of them as game games, while half of them were in your workshop. The store smelled of sleeping noodles, whether he was eating or burning cigarettes in the shop, and the smell of sleeping noodles mixed horribly with the smell of widows. ¡°I''m here to sell some family games. ¡± ¡°Oh, really? I don''t have a lot of cash just opened, let''s see. ¡± You unwrap the heavy bag and place it on the table. The sound of a cough echoes inside the narrow shop. ¡°... How many did you bring?¡± ¡°Thirty? ¡± ¡°Thirty dogs? This is... awkward. I wonder if I can buy them all.¡± ¡°Please take a look at the item and consider it. ¡± ¡°I''ll do that. ¡± I looked forward to the surprise of him and pulled out a cartridge in his bag. It was a dragon emblem wrapped in black paper packages as opposed to being sold as egg packs in Japan. When he received the cartridge from me unconsciously, he took a moment to look at the package with his eyes wide open to see if he suspected his eyes. ¡°Dragon emblem? But what about this?¡± There''s only one reason why you''re so surprised by the familiar dragon emblem logo. It''s in English. ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 79 EP. 18: Mantra Computer. (3) ¡°Dragon emblem? But what about this?¡± There''s only one reason why you''re so surprised by the familiar dragon emblem logo. It''s in English. ¡°This? Is this really what the package says? ¡± ¡°If in doubt, play it. ¡± The owner stabbed the cartridge into the family that had been set up on the back of his head with a slightly trembling hand. Yuki glanced back at the TV screen, puzzled by the dragon emblem cartridge from my bag. After a while, when he saw the phrase "Dragon Emblem" written in Korean under the familiar title logo, he was stunned and cried out. ¡°Ha... It''s Korean!! It''s Korean!! Oh, am I dreaming? ¡± I also felt like I had repaid my childhood grace a little because of the appearance of the man who asked me to like him running around like a little child. In fact, thanks to him, I learned the real fun of the Dragon Warrior series, and I was happy as if I was going to run "The Iss 2 Special," which he later gave me for free. (Of course, I''ve been there a few times during play because of bugs... but now I was wondering if I could use a young me to beta test for free.) ¡°Knowing that the creator of the Dragon Emblem was Korean, I was a little sad that he didn''t speak Korean, but seeing the Dragon Emblem in this way is so new. But did you do the handwriting yourself? ¡± ¡°Of course.¡± I looked at Yuki for a moment and slowly said, answering him. ¡°I built the dragon emblem. ¡± But the first thing I responded to was Yuki, not the owner. Apparently, because I studied Korean, the short sentence was able to be interpreted. ¡°What!?? ¡± ¡°Joon-Hyuk really made a dragon emblem? ¡± ¡°Yes, it''s true. I''m sorry I kept you hidden.¡± ¡°And you were able to finish the game at the event once...? ¡± ¡°Well, I did design the level, so I was able to clear it somehow. ¡± ¡°Oh, my God." Yuki stared at me with a stunned look of silence. And so was the owner. ¡°Are you really the developer of the Dragon Emblem? ¡± ¡°Too late for introductions. I''m Kang Joon-Hyuk. I''m a Minten employee now. Recently played games...¡± ¡°A psychic battle...? ¡± ¡°Yes, that''s right. You know very well. ¡± ¡°Then don''t know!! It was created by a Korean developer from Mintendo, so I went to Japan and bought it with great difficulty! Oh, my God, how could someone like that... let me see a signed pen...¡± The man looks around in an excited voice and starts looking for a pen and paper. ¡°You don''t have to do that.¡± ¡°Are all the thirty cartridges in there dragon emblems?" ¡± ¡°Yes, psychic battle is a mintendo game, so it''s hard to translate. ¡± ¡°Khh ~ I see. It''s a bit of a pity, but it''s a blessing that the Dragon Emblem has been engraved... But isn''t this also a character deletion system...? ¡± ¡°A new model that can be recovered with its own cartridges, although it''s in there, of course. ¡± ¡°I see. But how do I buy this? ¡± ¡°Actually, I''m not looking for a second-hand purchase deal. ¡± ¡°So...? ¡± ¡°Ms. Grant, do you want to be the first to publish a game in your country? ¡± ¡°Pubble..? What?¡± & My plan was simple. First of all, we have the first in-country gaming publishing business with the owner of Mantra Computer''s store, which was very accessible to kites as a child. Publishing was a distribution structure that resells games published overseas through localization and into local content. In this era, South Korea was not supported by the gaming industry because there were too many pouch merchants, let alone game development. Korean gamers had no choice but to play Japanese as opposed to a target house, and at the very least, they enjoyed the English version of the game. At least it was not until the Super Family era that Korean subtitle games such as¡® Taekwondo ¡¯or Dragon Ball Ultimate 3 appeared for the first time, so it was never too much for you to be impressed by the Dragon Emblem. ¡°So Joon-Hyuk is saying that we should work with a business that is formally distributed by Hangling the games that come out of Japan? ¡± ¡°Yes, it is. ¡± In fact, this idea was not my first, but the business plan that you came up with in 1991. At the time, amateur developers at the programmer''s club, Tim Mantra, formally obtained a license to play the game ''Princess Makes¡¯, which was released in Kainax, Japan, and established an achievement in Hangul. ¡°Actually, I''m not as good as Joon-Hyuk, but I have some younger siblings who know how to program. ¡± Yes, actually, I came for them. I smiled in my heart and listened to him. Yuki also did not understand Korean, but when she brought up the business story, she quietly waited for me to see if she had read the atmosphere. ¡°To be honest, the business you proposed is tempting, but there are some concerns. ¡± ¡°What concerns you? ¡± ¡°First of all, the Korean market is a problem. Even if the market itself is too harsh, we can''t be sure if it will sell as well as we''d hoped. ¡± ¡°Of course I''m aware of that. ¡± ¡°Is there a soft company on our side that would grant us a goodwill license in that situation? ¡± ¡°At least one place. ¡± ¡°Couldn''t have been any easier without a major. Where is it? ¡± ¡°Pentagon Soft. ¡± ¡°You mean the Pentagon Soft that made the Final Frontier? ¡± ¡°Yes, that''s right. ¡± ¡°Oh, you''re joking. What kind of a soft company sells 1.5 million copies in Japan and the United States gives you a license to sell a thousand copies in Korea? ¡± ¡°I know a lot of the Pentagon Soft high ups. ¡± ¡°No matter how tall a person may be, they''re not going to be very supportive.¡± However, the man who noticed my smile in the middle asked me again, just in case. ¡°Do you even know who the boss is? ¡± ¡°Something like that. ¡± Actually, I''m the boss, but... Yuki looked at the owner alternately, wondering if she didn''t understand our conversation well. However, the owner''s face was now moving beyond surprise and towards fear. ¡°Don''t worry about business funds, too. We can support you until you gain some awareness. ¡± ¡°Oh, my God. My dad died last night, and he said something good would happen in his dream, and then something like this happened.¡± The conversation went well after that. After recruiting as many developers as he knew, he decided to contact me separately. ¡°If things go well, can we sign with other companies besides Pentagon Soft? For example, the Dragon Warrior Series of Phoenix, or the Iss Series of Calcomb.¡± ¡°Of course there''s nothing you can do. ¡± Just give me the money. Why not? Money is all that matters... If you give me a license fee that exceeds the expected return, then maybe you''ll run, too. It was a pretty crappy business, of course, but I wanted to make it happen, even if it was a little hard. Hangul Project, many of my favorite paintings from my childhood. Maybe this little stunt of mine can turn the gaming industry upside down in the future. ¡°So, where do we start? ¡± New beginnings include excitement and anxiety. The man asked me with a slightly trembling voice. In fact, Mantra Soft, which you made with your colleagues, in 1998. South Korean users'' illegal copying resulted in the release of Princess Makes 3 and concealed themselves from the gaming industry. In the end, he added an appendix to the game magazine to recover money, but eventually he was bankrupt without overcoming the crisis. His hopes that the good games would be recognised by the users had become a foam after a few frustrations, and I couldn''t see him anymore. I took a moment to look at his face and took my mouth off. ¡°Do you currently have gaming magazines in Korea? ¡± ¡°No, I have PC magazines, but I still have gaming magazines.¡± As far as I''m concerned, the first in-country game magazine has been released since the ''90s, so it''s still early... But giving the right information to the right user is what the information media of this age should do. Let''s start there. ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 80 EP. 18: Mantra Computer. (4) & ¡°Then we will create the first magazine that specializes in gaming. ¡± ¡°So you''re saying we should start with the publishing business, not the purpling you just mentioned? ¡± ¡°No, you should do both. But first, we have to change the way we perceive the game. Honestly, when you sell PCs, you play games for free, right? ¡± ¡°Well, that''s... embarrassing, but yes. because if you don''t do that, it''s not going to sell at all. ¡± ¡°If you continue to be favorable, you have a right. On the contrary, buying a gaming machine doesn''t give you a free cartridge. Ultimately, awareness is important. ¡± ¡°That''s true, but it''s not as easy as it sounds. ¡± ¡°That''s why we need to instill more awareness into consumers about purchasing the right games. And in order to do that, I''m going to have to temporarily shut down his mantra computer. ¡± ¡°Huh, that''s a... that''s a change of business in one day.¡± ¡°How long are you going to keep playing free games to suit your consumers? Why don''t you start a business with me for Korean gamers'' dreams? ¡± Now that you mention it, isn''t that exactly what Apple''s Stephen Jobs said to Pepsi? However, the look on Mantra''s face was impressed by what I said. ¡°Khh... The dreams of gamers... Fine. There''s nothing you can''t do if you have a good developer like Joon-Hyuk. By the way, gaming magazines don''t have a clue where to start. ¡± ¡°There''s nothing special about game magazines. Do you know a game magazine called Pammy Communications in Japan? ¡± ¡°Oh, that''s it. Of course I know. ¡± ¡°Similar to that as much as possible, information about new releases and reviews and approximations of released games. And you can focus on the gaming industry. Mantra Computer will now be reborn as the first gaming magazine company in Korea with the publication of family games. ¡± ¡°But if we''re going to do this much business, we need some initial funding, don''t we need publishing people, or people who speak Japanese for game reviews? You''ll also need a printing facility." ¡°Return to Japan next week and we will send you KRW 10 million in initial business funds. First of all, use that money to get your new office and the facilities you need to publish. ¡± ¡°Ten million won? It''s that easy? What do you believe in so much money? What if I disappear with the money? ¡± ¡°If you just throw away your chance to make more money because of 10 million won, the boss is just a cloth. Mann. He''s just a prodigal man. It will take time, but I can work with others as much as I want. ¡± As I looked at him slowly and quietly, the boss swallowed the drought and nodded his head up and down. I know it sounds a little overwhelming, but I actually believe in the personality of the man I used to know as a child. You left the company when it was hard, but you were left alone. I''m going to make sure that doesn''t happen again. ¡°But if you start publishing, you''ll need something that will attract the attention of your readers in the beginning. We have a private event in PC magazine to increase the number of publications during the outbreak. ¡± ¡°You already have enough rare items. ¡± ¡°Yes? To me? None of our merchandise is worth that much.¡± ¡°No, I just told you. ¡± I smiled as I pointed at the dragon emblem on the table. ¡°Is that...? ¡± ¡°We will draw tickets for the first six months of treatment. Quantities 30 per month. ¡± ¡°Ah, dragon emblems are sure to attract the attention of gamers. And it''s in English.¡± ¡°After six months, you''ll see the edition of Final Frontier 1. ¡± The president of Mantra Computer held my hands tightly in my voice. ¡°Joon-Hyuk... I''ll take good care of you. ¡± & 4: 00 P.m. After not knowing the time to talk to the boss about the new business plan, I temporarily left Yuki on Mantra computer and went to Young Joon-Hyuk to meet the Young Yeongnam Super. Glug. Opening the glass door and stepping inside, you find a bag of all kinds of snacks inside the cramped super. Among them, there were those who would live to see 2015. Shrimpking or potato king... The food of the Indians who sometimes poured milk. Those were banana punches. Of course, some of them disappeared from memory and I met them a long time ago. ¡®But, whatever it is, it''s the best...¡¯ I smiled gladly at the children''s gift box lined up on one side of the store. ¡°Hey!¡± When I called the owner from the counter with no one, she came out of the room with the shop. ¡°Welcome. ¡± ¡°Give the children''s gift set no. 6. ¡± I answered pointing to the biggest gift set. Compared to a typical gift set of two to three thousand won, everyone was more structured than a gift set. ¡®It''s a convenient gift to choose from. ¡¯ Youngnam''s wife smiled with a single expression and took out a gift set. ¡°Do you need anything else? ¡± ¡°Oh, and do you have a spam set? ¡± ¡°Of course I do.¡± ¡°Give me the biggest one, too. ¡± I remember that the spam set, which I thought would be eaten once a year, was very expensive at the time, so I did not buy it well. That should be enough for Father''s Lunch Box. While I was pulling out my wallet on top, a little girl came running out of the room, picking up a bag of chitos. ¡°Youngnam, you. I told you not to touch things in the store!! ¡± ¡°Win the Cheetos I ate earlier!! One more bag!¡± Does that make sense to you, the supergirl? This was my childhood adversary, Jo Nam, who coldly handed Cheetos'' bonus card to his mother. It''s a girl, but it''s dangerous to rush like that. If I mocked the singer Jo Nam for the same name, I would have followed him to the end of the earth and punched him. "Still..." I smiled at young lady Young-nam whom I had met for a long time. After a while, I carefully unpacked the gift set for Joon-Hyuk while sitting in front of the store. Then I put the prepared portable gambler in between the sweets. After carefully repackaging, I put a letter in the spam gift set along with an envelope of money for my parents. At that time, Joon-Hyuk popped out his face because the small front door was crunchy and open on the other side. ¡°Huh? You''re really here? ¡± ¡°You promised. But did you keep your promise to him yesterday? ¡± ¡°Absolutely. 30,000 won for grilled beef and 20,000 won for domestic use. But I was scolded by my mom for asking where I got it. ¡± Haha... My son showed up with 50,000 won worth of beef. My doubtful mother deserves it. I gestured at Joon-Hyuk with a frowning face. ¡°Well done. Gift as promised. ¡± ¡°The children''s whole set!! That''s also my favorite number 6!! ¡± ¡°And this spam is for my mother...¡± ¡°Thank you. But who are you? I asked my mom yesterday, and she said she never sent anyone like that.¡± ¡°Well, he''s just a distant relative. ¡± ¡°Oh, well, can I just tell Mom that this was given to me by my cousin? ¡± ¡°Yes. I''ll see you then. Listen to your parents and study hard. ¡± ¡°Huh? You''re leaving already? She''s at my mom''s.¡± ¡°It''s all right. Be well, then. ¡± After patting Joon-Hyuk a few times who was looking up at me without knowing the English language, I took a step to the Mantra computer that Yuki would be waiting for. & I skipped lunch again today just talking business with Mr. Mantra. I was in a hurry to open the mantra computer door because I couldn''t even serve Yuki to Korea properly. ¡°Sorry, Yuki. You must be hungry. ¡± ¡°Oh, Joon-Hyuk is here? ¡± Yuki, who was sitting with Ms. Mantra, turned his head to my voice. However, there was a large chunk of black ginseng sauce lying around her bright mouth. ¡°The boss gave it to me, but it''s delicious! What was her name again? Have you ever eaten Joon-Hyuk? ¡± ¡°Oops, you''re here early. I asked her to join me because she seemed hungry. Should I order another? ¡± Chinese food yesterday and Chinese food today... I''m glad it was delicious, but I glanced at her with a bloody smile. ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 81 < EP. 18: Hand of God Uchimura (5) - This is where the payment is made. - > A moment later, Yoda is excited to receive the final frontier tamago I gave her and goes home. I was a little distracted, but the black tamago that I pulled instead of Yoda came back into my hands. There was a lot of gas on the outside, whether Yoda dropped it or not, but it didn''t matter. Let''s turn the Tamago-san upside down again, and the musical crest shining in the sun was clearly the Dragon Emblem crest. "Awesome. The pumpkin rolled into the vine. ¡¯ It was as if in my head ¡®Uchimura had obtained the dragon emblem''s tamago.'' I feel like I am reminded. Boom. Boom. I locked my door and came back to the room, sat on the bed and pressed the black tamago-san button. Then I saw an ''egg¡¯ that was asleep on the screen. ¡°It doesn''t look any different from the old Tamago-san, for starters. ¡± Once the egg is in ¡®egg¡¯ state, Tamago-san takes time to hatch. It''s about two hours in real time. Let''s just leave it at that and get back to figuring. I put the Tamago table back on and put on my thin folded rubber gloves. ¡®Okay, here we go. ¡¯ At that time, a loud alarm sounded on Tamago''s desk. Beep, beep, beep, beep. ¡°What? You can''t be awake already. ¡± As I tilted my head, I picked up Tamago''s table on the desk and saw Tamago''s table, which had just begun to play, in a game over state. ¡°What? Why?? ¡± That''s absurd... I thought I''d done something wrong, but I''m not good at starting games. After pressing the start button again, the game started again with an ''egg¡¯ status. I thought I''d be okay now, but I went back to my seat and picked up another part of the figure. The right blend of enamel dye makes it as light as possible and carefully grabs the brush. Beep, beep, beep, beep. ¡°Ah! Why!! ¡± Why is he doing this at such an important moment? I couldn''t help but check the Tamago-san again, and this time I also remembered the game over phrase. ¡°Strange. Is it broken? ¡± But no matter what, it was three times. I played the game again and continued looking at the screen this time. It is because Tamago-san leaves a ¡®Dying Message¡¯ before he dies. If you drop the device on the floor, it will hurt for a while. I get a message. I wondered why Tamago-san died as soon as she started. If I hadn''t done anything, I''d say, "Ow! ''This is most likely due to the failure of the shock-recognitive sensor part if the message appears. After a while, I kept getting messages from Tamago-san. And I choked as soon as I saw the message. ¡°It''s hot...¡± Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep. What do you mean hot? My room? Of course!! It''s been a summer! There''s no air conditioning! No, more than that, how did you know my room was hot? I''ve never seen a Tamago like this!! I looked around for a moment, holding the Thamago statue in my hand. I don''t know if there''s a cool place in my room, but there was one place that caught my eye, and I couldn''t help but notice... ¡°Will it be okay?" After a moment of deliberation, I finally opened the door of the refrigerator installed next to the sink. If it''s hot, we need to cool it down. What are you gonna do? I started the game and set up the Tamagoku Statue where I put the eggs at the door of the refrigerator. ¡°I know it sounds crazy, but no one''s saying anything.¡± I carefully closed the door in case Tamago-san died again due to the impact of closing the door on the refrigerator. ¡°Let''s get to work. Work.¡± I returned to my seat and looked at the refrigerator, just in case, but the alarm no longer sounded. I sighed of relief and grabbed Miyuki''s leg again. Looking at Miyuki''s long, smooth legs, I picked up the cutter knife a moment later. This is because I felt that the line leading up to my buttocks was not a little smooth. ¡®If your legs go back like this, it''s normal for the bottom of your buttocks to fold slightly. ¡¯ I can''t see it if I dress it later, but I have a strange habit of keeping details in a worthless place. After several decades of carrying a cutter knife, I smiled satisfactorily, expressing a folded crease with a slight hip flesh. This is good. Surprisingly, I have a knack for this side of the family. ¡¯ After admiring his accomplishments and picking up the brush again, I was wasting almost a few hours working on one leg of Miyuki. Did Michelangelo feel this way when he made the Pieta statue? It feels like a handful of his soul is being swept away. When I made it, I saved one of her sleek legs using even mining gradient techniques. Glug-ug-ug... I was staring at the clock because of the hunger. I had already passed my lunch. ¡°It''s already time. I need to get some sleep before I go to part-time.¡± I looked at the refrigerator and remembered something that I had forgotten, taking off the gloves of the sticky enamel and rubbing the stubborn legs for a long time. ¡°Oops, Tamago-san!! ¡± I even lost track of time when I woke up focusing on figures. Carefully opening the door of the refrigerator, he took out the Tamago-san, and there was a game over on the screen. ¡°He''s dead again. What the hell is all this...¡± But when I thought about it for a moment, maybe it was enough. Rare eggs not yet known on the market. Moreover, it led to the idea that maybe this fellow is also a Tamago-san who boasts the worst difficulty of family games with the phrase ¡¯Dragon Emblem¡¯ on his back. Tamago-san has each personality. Final Frontier Tamago, who exchanged it for Yoda this morning, was a fierce one who enjoyed eating and playing well when he fed the ''Great Party¡¯. Compared to him, this black egg''s personality seems to be "extremely bitter." Plus, a system of temperatures I''ve never seen before in Tamago-san. I thought raising him would take more care than I thought. ¡®Now it is more important to complete Miyuki''s figures. I''ll postpone hatching you ever since. ¡¯ I put the Tamago-san that ended the game in the drawer first. & And then another week. ¡°Enough.. enough!! ¡± The original appearance, or more, of beauty, was insanely elastic in her face. When I saw Miyuki''s smile smiling at me again, I felt my eyes burning without knowing it. The shattered arms, legs, and waist were tucked together. (Including a little extra gimmick.) Plus, I changed into underwear by repainting her outfit, which was a bikini swimsuit, with more version up. ¡®By the way, I feel more like Yuki from the event than Miyuki. Anyway, next week when I get my paycheck, I''ll dress you up in pretty clothes. Wait a little longer.'' That night. On a part-time holiday, I returned the ¡®Street Without Me¡¯ OVA from start to finish as a celebration of Miyuki''s completion. The streets without me, made with the original video animation, were made with great quality as Maurita himself went into the painting screening. When I saw the article that the animated main Hiroin was done through the survey of the users'' antiques and finally decided to be Miyuki, I cheered. It was Miyuki''s victory with a marginal difference of 200 votes from the second place, Nasse. ¡°This is a masterpiece, after all these years... I was glad to have it. ¡± A total of five pieces of video tape from a street I did not have in the case opened a drawer on my desk and took out the dragon emblem''s tamago. "Wait, I''ll raise you right soon. Let''s see who wins. ¡¯ & ¡°Good work this month. Uchimura. This month''s salary. ¡± ¡°Thank you, Chairman. ¡± I felt a faint note inside the white envelope from the manager. Late night Alba had a slightly higher salary than weekly, so she earned about 160,000 yen working for four times a week. But 40,000 yen in rent and other administrative expenses. And if I deduct the cost of transportation, what do I have left, about 100,000? Every day since I bought Miyuki''s figures, I remember the last time I lived as a cupbearer, and it felt like my throat was opening. But at the same time, what''s going through my head... ¡®Should I throw away the limited figures of Setsuna and Nasse? ¡¯ It seems lonely to be alone with Miyuki, and I''m sure you''ll feel confident with the three heroes together. When I returned home from my part-time job at dawn, I closed my eyes for a moment and woke up in the morning. Then he quickly packed his clothes and headed straight for the train station. It''s because I had a place to go before I went to Akiba this afternoon. After a while, I arrived at a place called Ginza called Tokyo''s Luxury Street. With many stores selling traditional Japanese costumes, I was looking for a concept to create Miyuki''s costumes. I was quickly sketching the costumes on the show window while looking around the street with my notebook in my hand. I found a bright pink fabric that suits Miyuki just fine. However, I hesitated for a moment and slowly opened the store after being overwhelmed by the interior of a very luxurious store. ¡°Hey, I''d like to buy some fabric.¡± When I opened the shop door and carefully spoke, the staff welcomed me with a friendly smile. ¡°You want to get dressed? ¡± ¡°Oh, well...¡± I can''t say that I came here to match my clothes for the figure, but I laughed awkwardly and turned around. ¡°I''m studying traditional costumes, but I need samples. Can I buy some? ¡± Then the shop clerk nods with a slight look on his face. ¡°What fabric do you need? ¡± ¡°I want a kimono with the same color on it.¡± ¡°Oh, that''s a very high-end kimono made in a traditional way. The main fabric is silk. ¡± ¡°Silk?¡± Well, isn''t it expensive? It''s very ominous to suddenly see the glow on the shopkeeper''s face. ¡°How much for a horse? ¡± ¡°Yes, the price is 16,000 yen. You can feel it, but it''s the finest fabric. It''s a popular color because it reminds me of cherry blossoms that bloom in spring. ¡± Cough. Size 90cm x 110cm 16,000 yen!? Well, it''s worth a limited edition figure, isn''t it? Extremely expensive We need at least two horses if we''re gonna fail, herd. Absolutely not. However, even though I tried to turn around, I kept getting trampled on by that fabric, and I closed my eyes and said to the clerk. ¡°Just give me one drink of that color. ¡± ¡°A drink? Hmm... We don''t usually sell them on a per-mile basis, but she''s a student studying, so I''ll give her a special treat this time. ¡± ¡°Thank you." After a while, I thought about paying for the fabric and leaving the store. ¡®Only one chance. There is no failure. ¡¯ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 82 < EP. 18: Hand of God Uchimura (6) > & That evening. When I returned home, I sighed, resting my purchases on the floor today. ¡®I did it. I spent about 50,000 in one day on my salary. ¡¯ The items on the floor are fabric for making figure clothes and accessories for decorating them separately. And three sets of summer figures for the heroes on the streets without me. I bought three limited edition figures, why not 50,000 yen? It''s because this is a pre-paint model. Unpainted, unfinished figures are relatively cheap. The last time I was painting a broken figure, I felt like I was stepping into a new world. I originally went to Akiba to buy a limited figure of Nasse, but when I looked closely, I noticed a little bit of a regret, even though the painting was complete. ¡®I could have saved a little more detail back there.¡¯ I was looking at the store with that in mind. What caught my eye were the figures before this painting. Rather than buying a finished product, I ended up buying all three Hiro''s limited figures, which I enjoyed making with love one by one. ¡®The cost of living will be high this month, but I have no regrets. ¡¯ First, I picked up a notebook and walked along Ginza Street in the morning, looking for something that would suit Miyuki. ¡®This better be good. ¡¯ After a while, I picked out a target and started cutting the fabric I had bought cheaply. It was one of the ways I devised because expensive fabrics could not be carelessly consumed. ¡®First practice with this, and silk is the last challenge. ¡¯ So many more days went by. ¡°Wow... perfect!! ¡± Miyuki was showing off a beautiful figure on her desk, just as I had imagined. "Dangerous. I made it, but I made it too well!! ¡¯ Come to think of it, the silk fabric made by Miyuki is much more expensive than the piece of cloth I''m wearing now. Miyuki''s kimono, which took a sweat to avoid making a mistake, was really a result of the blooming effort. The only figure in the world. The fact alone made me feel overwhelmed, but I felt a strange feeling as well as a void for some reason. "I want to boast to others..." & Then one weekend. After much thought, I carefully packed Miyuki''s figure on my desk into a bag. I was curious about people''s reactions to the Kimono version of Miyuki, so I decided to rent an exhibition at the Figure Shop that I frequented. Occasionally, if the figurehouse craftsmen display personal collections, they would auction off visitors to the figurehouse. Of course, I didn''t want to sell the first work that I worked hard to create to anyone. Just how will it react? How much will the bid be placed? I was so curious. A moment later, I stopped by the Figure Shop and contacted the staff to rent a small shelf at the entrance. ¡®Not a bad position. I''ll see it as soon as I get inside the store. ¡¯ Sign the contract the employee signed and pay for the display. Shortly after, my figure was on the shelf. Looking at her smiling brightly, receiving the spotlight installed inside the shelf, I felt like I had found a place for her to belong. And pretty soon, a lot of things started happening. ¡°What is this? Who did this?¡± ¡°What? Huh? Ugh! Phew... Cool! ¡± As soon as they saw the new Kimono version of Miyuki, they began to admire it. ¡°No one has registered for this bid yet? Is this for sale? ¡± I had already registered for sale, but it didn''t matter because I could have paid a partial fee and declined in the future. Now, let''s see how far we can go. At that time, those with some snow sleds realized that Miyuki''s model was the same as the summer limited swimsuit version. ¡°Looks like you''ve already customized another version of the finished figure. Same pose as the swimsuit version. But what''s the quality of this madness? ¡± Soon people began to gather around the figures I made. Then came the first bidder. -25,000yen - It''s not a bad price for the initial bid, but it doesn''t cost you any materials. Watching people''s reactions in a corner of the figure shop, I swallowed the drink I had in my hand with a mouthful of laughter. A second bidder appeared shortly after. -35,000yen - Ten minutes later, 10,000 yen was added. But it''s just a precursor to the value of the material in the figure. Compared to the time and effort I put in, the money seemed cheap. But in less than 30 minutes after the exhibition, the price went up to 35,000 yen... A miracle. A miracle... The next day on Sunday. After part-time work, I was excited to head to Akihabara without going to sleep. As soon as I arrived before the opening of the Figure Shop, I simply stopped for breakfast at a nearby fast food store and went back to the shop. ¡®Well, let''s see how far it goes. ¡¯ As soon as I walked into the store smiling like that, I saw the amount on Miyuki''s shelf, and it hardened. -189,000 Yen- Am I dreaming? 189,000 yen is more than I''ve worked for a month!? I can''t believe the price just jumped up and down in a day. Suddenly, the calm heart began to pound. What is this? Do I have to sell it? It''s the first one I''ve done with a lot of effort, but it''s worth 189,000 yen... " I thought you were good enough to climb up to 70-80,000, but you''ve suddenly become a super rare item, right? No. There''s only one in the whole world, so it''s a very rare item... And that moment. One evil thought crossed my mind. ¡°Hey, this is the guy who made the Miyuki figure for the kimono version. I need to adjust the figures for a moment, but could you open the decorations? ¡± ¡°Oh, yes. Okay, sir. ¡± The clerk took Miyuki''s figure from the shelf and smiled delightfully, returning it to me. ¡°Really, it wasn''t because of the figures you showed me yesterday. At the end of the day, we had a fight with our guests. ¡± ¡°Really?" ¡°It was really, really popular. How the hell did you come up with these figures? ¡± ¡°Haha, that''s a coincidence.¡± The figure was crushed. I roughly twisted my horse and pulled off the kimono''s collar and threw it over Miyuki''s outer shoulder. Then a scream came out of the mouth of the shopkeeper who was watching him. ¡°Customer!? This...!! This!!! ¡± Following Miyuki''s first broken arm and leg, I made a kimono, which was the version that flowed down. As her covetous brassiere emerges between the spilled kimonos, the clerk does not conceal his excitement as he howls his nose. Why don''t you take this? I turned the heel of the naturally loosened kimono in reverse, revealing the folded butt flesh, Miyuki''s maximum appreciation point. ¡°Phew!! Oh, my God!! Look at the detail. I drove Miyuki back to the ornament with a bloodied smile in the shopkeeper''s enthusiasm. ¡°Oh, and please don''t film this. ¡± ¡°Yes, I understand. I''ll do as you say." A few moments later, the customers came to the store and were astonished at the appearance of another Miyuki from yesterday. ¡°What the hell!? You changed into underwear!! ¡± ¡°Cough... genius. I can''t believe you made a kimono on purpose... You''re so desperate. ¡± But is it because of a huge bid? No one was able to offer a new bid amount. At that time, a customer holding the camera pushed the lens towards the figure, and the clerk who was watching it hurriedly suggested. ¡°Customer!! No pictures!! ¡± ¡°Oh...¡± The customer put the camera down, expressing his regrets at the shopkeeper''s cry. People were looking around the shelf to see if they wanted to capture Miyuki with their eyes. At that time, a man openly looked at Miyuki''s butt and shouted, "Eureka." ¡°Here. This part!! It even embodies folded expression!! I''d buy it right now if I had crazy real money!! ¡± ¡°But why don''t you sell this? 189,000 yen is a lot of money for a newcomer, and you didn''t pay for it? ¡± ¡®I''m still worried about it!? ¡¯ At that time, a middle-aged man who looked like he felt like he was going into the store came in and asked the cashier. The man who looked very burdened looked at the Miyuki figure in a new look and went to his mouth, flapping his tongue. ¡°Have you heard from the Miyuki Figure seller wearing a kimono yet? ¡± Then, the clerk looked at me. With a sinister look on his face, he turns his head to the right and to the left, and the clerk opens his mouth with an embarrassing expression. ¡°Oh, well, not yet.¡± ¡°I''ll be back later this afternoon, so please let me know if the seller comes by. I want to buy whatever I want. ¡± The middle-aged man tapped the glass display and disappeared with a nasty smile. ¡®Ah... I can''t. I''ll take it back instead of taking money from him. ¡¯ I made up my mind and secretly approached the cashier. ¡°Hey, I think we should take the Miyuki figures. ¡± ¡°Yes? What do you mean, sir? How much is this now!? ¡± ¡°I never meant to sell it. I just wanted to see how much it would go up.¡± ¡°What!? Guest. You should not induce bidding with that intention. However, since the original owner doesn''t want to sell, I have no choice but to cancel this time. Pay 10% on the bid and we''ll cancel it for you. ¡± ¡°Yes? 10%? ¡± ¡°If you take back the product you were trying to sell, you will lose our store image and you will receive a 10% commission to cover it. ¡± Wait, if you pay 10% of 189,000 yen, you can get it back!? Khh... This is bad. I don''t have that kind of money right now! ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ ©¤ 83 < EP. 19: Novelis Oblige (1) > & ¡°That concludes our report on last month''s Tamago-san sales. ¡± ¡°300% higher sales than last month. Excellent, well done. Miyazaki." Before the store opens. As I thanked Miyazaki for finishing her report on the deadline last month, the staff around me applauded her. She also smiled brightly and replied. ¡°No. It''s great to be working with good people here, too. ¡± ¡°I''m very happy to be working with you. You''ve worked hard since the store opened. I would like to discuss this month''s salary with you and offer you an additional incentive payment. ¡± ¡°Oooh!! ¡± Speaking of incentive payments, staff cheered as they gathered together. It''s my way of managing to thoroughly reward him for his hard work. I drank the green tea Miyazaki brought me and looked at the chart she gave me. The first weekend of October. It was a frightening summer that the heat on the Tamago-san was just as hot as the heat that warmed the whole country. Since opening in mid-July, Tamago-shop''s sales have increased dramatically during August and September. Not only did the Silk Tamago statue but also the popular character dolls were sold to children who came to Tamago Shop and they ran out of supplies every time they filled them up. Located near the station, Tamago Shop became a landmark in Akihabara at the same time as the opening, and was in dire straits, as opposed to a shortage of visitors from the province. No matter how much you pay, people have a personal life. That is, if you don''t guarantee working hours and holidays, people will get tired as long as you give them a lot of money. So I expanded the job posting to the highest hourly rate within Akiba. Thanks to the large crowd of people in sales or service careers, some who knocked on Tamago-shop''s door shyly ran away without enduring the day. And today at the opening of the third month. The people who were gathered here today were like ¡®warriors of inversion¡¯ to me. Miyazaki, who joined at the youngest of the staff and survived a hell of an open event, was popular with her colleagues who worked with her vigorously, as well as visitors to the store. Unlike the usual staff, she was one of the players raising the Tamago-based monsters, and I was also the employee who had been watching her as a helper for communicating data with guests or teaching children how to cultivate Tamago-based. ¡°You''re an employee of Tamagoshop, but you''re also the face of Pentagon Soft. I know it''s hard, but the only thing I can do is offer you the incentive. However, please don''t hesitate to let me know if you have any improvements or complaints about the shop. because most of all, I think what you''re saying on the ground is important. ¡± ¡°Yes, I understand!! ¡± The news about the special incentive payment gave me a feeling of employee fraud all at once. Money is a simple but most efficient item. Everyone was dismissed to prepare for the opening, and I was sitting at the table looking at the chart and I heard Miyazaki''s voice. ¡°Hey, Manager Kang Jun-hyuk...¡± ¡°Yes? Do you have something to say? ¡± ¡°Oh, it''s not about the shop. ¡± ¡°It''s okay. Make yourself at home. ¡± I put the chart up for a moment and looked at her. When an employee asks for a conversation, it is polite to focus on the conversation with them. Miyazaki hesitated for a moment, but I didn''t rush but just smiled comfortably. ¡°Actually, I went to a figure shop after work yesterday. ¡± ¡°A figurehouse? ¡± ¡°Yes, I was wondering if there were any figures or doll accessories that weren''t in our store. ¡± Oh... Is she doing her own market research? Miyazaki felt very fond of the Tamago Shop because the finished staff would even do market research on their own. ¡°You must be tired, that''s great. Thank you on behalf of the company. ¡± ¡°Oh, no, not necessarily to be complimented, because I love the Tamago Award, too. ¡± ¡°I see. But what happened at the Figure Shop? ¡± ¡°Well, it''s not about the Tamago-san, it''s about the ¡®streets without me¡¯ that Pentagon Soft created. ¡± ¡°A street without me? ¡± ¡°I love that game so much, I have the whole series. ¡± ¡°Oh, really? ¡± Miyazaki likes games just like Yuki. I felt better about being proud of something. After the super family launch, I became the number one contributor to the contract for character making, making the Pentagon soft a huge profit. Also, for those who are not familiar with the game, the original animation has made it popular in video rental shops and even released private video collections, so there is no one in Japan who does not know the ''street without me¡¯. Mr. Uchimura has been a part of the news coverage. The day after Uchimura''s incident, this article was written in the morning paper. - The heroine saves a life in the game!! - Thanks to you, the streets without me were becoming a cultural content beyond the realm of the game. Yuki said that stations often ask for dramatic outbursts, but there hasn''t been a formal contract request for Pentagon Soft yet. ¡°But why is the street without me...? ¡± ¡°Oh, that was a rare figure in a figurehouse yesterday. ¡± ¡°Rare figures? ¡± ¡°It''s a figure of Hasegawa Miyuki, which is a very distinctive concept. It was a figure in a kimono, and I made a kimono out of real fabric and put it on the character. ¡± ¡°Oh, that''s amazing. But I don''t think such figures have ever been contracted, so it''s a personal collection. ¡± ¡°Yes, it looks like it was made using a limited edition summer model figure that we just launched, but it was amazing. Those guys at the figurehouse put up an auction that you wanted to buy, too, and the price just went up. ¡± ¡°If it''s personalized for a private collection, there''s only one person on the planet who deserves it. But how much was it?¡± ¡°110,000 yen the last time I saw it. ¡± Having lost my words for a moment in her answer, I asked her again if I had heard it wrong. ¡°... 110,000 yen? ¡± ¡°Yes.¡± I mean, what a great figure. Do you spend more than KRW 1 million on a figure? A laughter pops out of my head. Then Miyazaki said with a slightly worried expression. ¡°But I think that figure is a little strange. ¡± ¡°Yes? What? ¡± ¡°Is... is he like someone I know who''s different from Hasega and Miyuki? Rather than Miyuki... I think she looks more like Yuki who goes out with you. ¡± ¡°Yes?¡± What the hell is this? It''s true that Hasegawa Miyuki motioned Yuki, but if Miyazaki says so, something''s a little strange. ¡°Miyazaki.¡± ¡°Yes, sir. ¡± ¡°The store that saw the figures of Miyuki. Do you mind if I show you where he is? ¡± & After a while, I stopped by the Figure Shop with Miyazaki to find her figure, not so hard. But, um... ¡°189,000 yen!? ¡± ¡°That''s a lot higher than yesterday.¡± But for a second price, Miyuki''s figure was more like Ishikawa Yuki, as Miyazaki said. By the way, what''s with the outfit? Unlike Miyazaki''s story, the kimono she was wearing was half-naked, revealing a white lining. The crowd around the figure was crowded to see her, so it was hard to get close. "This is crazy. I''m going to avoid setting Yuki up as a motif next time. By the way, who made that figure, and made it out of Yuki''s face and plaque? ¡¯ Anyway, there''s only one thing I have to do now. ¡®That... I have to buy that. I can''t watch you fall for a tough guy. ¡¯ I occasionally spoke to a store employee who was detaining a guest from taking out the camera. ¡°I''d like to bid on that. ¡± ¡°Oooh!! Here it is! A bidder broke 189,000 yen!! ¡± ¡°Yes, sir. Please enter bid amount here and sign. ¡± I wrote down 250,000 yen on the paper the employee handed over and returned it to him. ¡°C-customer? Are you hit for 250,000? ¡± ¡°Yes, that''s right. ¡± ¡°Th-thanks!! There''s a new bid for Hasega and Miyuki figures in Kimono costumes. ¡± The clerk squeezed the gap between the guests with a new bid. And then after a while... ¡°At 2.. 250,000!? Are you crazy? ¡± ... Yeah, it''s definitely crazy money. I won''t deny it. But think about it. There''s a figure that resembles your girlfriend walking into an exhibition hall half-naked and being seen by people, and you''re just going to watch it? ¡°Hiic... rich bastard... But I''d like to buy some too if I had the money. ¡± People were jealous of the new bid. Then Miyazaki who was next to me carefully asked me. ¡°Sir, are you all right? ¡± ¡°What?¡± ¡°No. You''re spending too much money...¡± ¡°Oh, I''m okay with that. But he certainly looks more like Yuki than Hasega and Miyuki, like Miyazaki said. Thanks for letting me know.¡± ¡°Right? I wonder how surprised I was yesterday.¡± ¡°Hopefully, the last bidder won''t bid again.¡± When I found out from the cashier that the last bidder had abandoned the bid and was going to sell after 3 hours, I thought I would be finished by today. I''d like to get that figure out of the shelf as soon as possible, but right now I don''t have a choice. If you give me the money I want, I can shoot you right now, damn it. At that time, a middle-aged man came in with a nasty smile at the entrance of the Figure Shop. The man squeezes the gap between people with a relaxed smile and taps on the shelf with Miyuki''s figure, and his tongue flutters. Who the hell is that guy? ¡°That''s the bidder I saw yesterday, who called in 110,000 yen. ¡± ¡°Oh, yeah? ¡± The man stared at the figure for a moment and confirmed the bid, making sure he hadn''t noticed the bid I had placed. At that moment, his face was puffy and crumpled. ¡°Eh, some asshole... dares...¡± 84 < EP. 19: Novelis Oblige (2) > ¡°Eh, some asshole... dares...¡± The man looks for the clerk, pounding his fists to see if he was angry. ¡°Bring the bidding documents here!! ¡± ¡°Yes!! Please wait a moment!! ¡± The man, who was a regular customer here at the Figure Shop, ran to Burinake with the tender documents. He thought for a moment about the pen the employee handed him, and finally signed the document. ¡°Here''s a new bid for a Kimono-type Miyuki figure!!! ¡± ¡°Wow! Another bid to break 250,000 yen!! ¡± ¡°Hey!! I don''t know who that god is, but he''s on board. I''m on the stairs! ¡± ¡°How much? How much did it cost? ¡± ¡°Three... 350,000 yen..¡± ¡°Crazy. 100,000 yen more!! ¡± ¡°What? At 100,000!? I can''t even think about the price anymore. 300,000 yen for a figure.¡± Oh my head... 100,000yen is a hot shot... The middle-aged man was pleased to once again tap the glass case to see if it felt good. I hate that gesture. I watched him for a moment and met the cashier who was looking at me. I slowly nodded my head in that glance, asking if I would like to bid for the top bid. Okay, I''ll take it. ¡°May I have the bidding documents, please? ¡± In a word, the inside of the shop, which was buzzing about the tender, cooled down. I opened my mouth to stop the employee from bringing me the documents after a quiet moment. ¡°Don''t bother with the paperwork, I''ll just open the bid verbally. ¡± ¡°Uh, how much? ¡± ¡°500,000 yen.¡± ¡°Whoa!!!!!! Crazy! 500,000 yen a day on the shelf!! ¡± If you put it on, it will only encourage the opponent to compete. You''d better get rid of it with a huge amount that you can''t keep up. ¡°Half a million -- are you sure? A guest?¡± I nodded slightly, and this time the clerk opened his mouth to the middle-aged man. ¡°Parent bid? ¡± ¡° ¡­¡­. ¡± The middle-aged man stared at the clerk with a blank expression. ¡°W-wait a minute. I''ll just make one phone call. ¡± From the slightest tremor in your voice, is that it? The man stared at me for a moment and left the store in a hurry. But where are we going? Miyazaki, who was next to me, was expressing a sense of excitement when he saw that more than one figure had been paid back and forth. ¡°This game is getting too big. ¡± ¡°Sir, are you all right? 500,000 yen?¡± ¡°I''ve never spent this much money on a doll before. Half a million dollars. Haha.¡± I looked closely to get a closer look at the figure as guests around the figure took a quiet break. Once I saw that I resembled Yuki, I called a huge amount of money, but I wondered if it was worth it. But the details of the figures I saw up close were amazing. The old-fashioned kimono she wears seems to be made of real silk. When I saw it from afar, I thought it was a "yukata" that only wore one layer, but it wasn''t. A total of three layers of kimonos were really reproducing traditional costumes. What the hell did you do to the figures? ¡¯ Especially on the outermost part, I painted cherry blossoms with a thin brush, and the feeling was like watermelon painted on silk. In a word, it must have been an enormous work of work. "Oh, is that why maniacs buy figures for fun? ¡¯ I looked around a little and saw people staring at me with very envious eyes. If Morita actually sees this, it''s a stunning detail. At that time, Miyazaki, who was behind my back, looked inside the store and cried out in surprise. ¡°Mr. Uchimura...? ¡± Uchimura? Why does that name come up here? I turned my head to Miyazaki and saw Uchimura standing in the corner of the store. Uchimu, who met our eyes, smiled awkwardly and raised his hand to greet us. ¡°Oh, hello. ¡± ¡°Did you meet Uchimura at the ¡®Street Without Me¡¯ event back then? ¡± ¡°Ah!! The man Yuki brought!! ¡± How can we meet by coincidence three times? I remembered an old saying that it was okay to share my life with someone I met three times without making any appointments. Because no matter where we are, we will meet again. You want me to be your friend, not your enemy... And now you know about it with Miyazaki. I''m starting to get scared of who he is. ¡°Uchimura, what are you doing here? ¡± ¡°Oh, well, I...¡± Then, the figure shop clerk who was standing next to him proudly introduced him. ¡°This is the creator of the Kimono-type Miyuki figure. ¡± ¡°Yes!? Are you sure?" When Miyazaki asked, Uchimura smiled awkwardly and nodded quietly. I tried to clear my mind for a moment by touching my wrinkled forehead. So, Uchimura, who was impressed by Yuki''s voice, met Yuki at the fair, went through a suicidal commotion, made that figure? ¡¯ Then it makes sense why that figure resembles Yuki so much. The over-details were a little angry, but the figures he had adapted were not too colorful to call his work. I was thinking about what to say first, but things started to get noisy around me. ¡°He''s the one who converted the Miyuki figure!! ¡± ¡°Really? Amazing. I made 500,000 in one day.¡± ¡°Even if I make a figure and sell it, I''ll sell it for 100,000 apiece for that detail. ¡± $100,000 apiece? This time, however, the auction was a bit overheated, so there was a tremendous amount of money attached, but to be honest, it was usually a fair trade between 1-200,000. At that moment, Uchimura, who used to look like a pure Otaku, began to feel like an artisan combing high quality figures. This could be a huge collaboration with Mauritata. I''m going to call that yuki figure in my hand and talk to her. At that time, a middle-aged man, who was leaving the store earlier, grabbed his bag and announced a new bid amount. ¡°8.. 800,000 yen!! ¡± 800,000 yen? Is he really sane? Even though I called 500,000 yen, it doesn''t seem sane to anyone else... The tremendous amount of money the man called shocked the faces of the people in the figure shop. That guy... Despite the quiet surroundings, Uchimura''s hiccups were only heard as he was surprised by the unimaginable amount. Even the clerk who made the bid public muttered in a mute voice. ¡°P-top bid.¡± It was then. ¡°Hello!!! ¡± Outside the store, you hear the voice of a woman who is incredibly sharp. Everyone who was surprised by the voice turned their eyes outside the store, and there stood an angry lady. From what I''ve been calling you, it looks like you two are... The lady glanced at her husband for a moment, then forcefully came inside and began to slap him on the back. ¡°Crazy. Crazy!! Very!! Why do you live here? Why are you alive!! You want to buy that thing because he got a loan because he was cheap? Do you know whose house the 800,000 yen is? ¡± Did he go to the bank to get a loan for his figure? Recently, banks say low interest rates lending is a lot more powerful to try to save the foaming economy, but still... ¡°Honey!? Wait a minute. Listen to me. Huh?¡± ¡°What are you waiting for!! Aren''t you coming? ¡± ¡°Just because you don''t know... that figure is going to be very expensive later. Trust me!! Huh? Miyuki!! Miyuki!!!!! ¡± Well... at the first bid, it might go up, but I don''t think it''s going to go up as much as we called it. Eventually, I was dragged away from the man''s voice by his wife, and I could only hear the sound of smashing of the middle press back. ¡°So... am I the final bidder? ¡± ¡°Oh, yeah. Yes, Mr. Uchimura. You said you wanted to sell, are you okay? ¡± ¡°Yes? Oh, well...¡± Miyazaki then looked at Uchimura, who was mumbling. ¡°Uchimura, can I talk to you for a second? ¡± ¡°Yes?¡± After a while, we stopped by a coffee shop near a figure shop. I was drawn to Miyazaki and watched as she looked at us in an awkward atmosphere. ¡°First of all, it''s fate, but let''s start with formal introduction. I''m Kang Jun-hyuk. ¡± ¡°I am Uchimura Hiroki. ¡± After a very simple introduction, Uchimura turned his head around to avoid my gaze. ¡°What are you...? ¡± ¡°I''m a student. I''m on sabbatical. ¡± ¡°Oh, yeah." After the exchange of information about each other, Miyazaki, who was next to me, immediately brought the matter to light. ¡°Uchimura, do you know someone named Yuki Ishikawa? ¡± ¡°Yes? Oh, yes. I know.¡± ¡°Actually, he''s the reason we came to the Figure Shop today. ¡± ¡°Yu... Yuki? Why...?" ¡°Uchimura''s figure is so similar to the one we know. ¡± Then Uchimu made an embarrassing face and said nothing. ¡°I''m not sure how Uchimura intended to make such figures. But as a woman, I don''t want a doll that looks just like me to be a spectacle in front of people. Do you know what I mean? ¡± Miyazaki calmly spoke to Uchimura. Then Uchimu looked at Miyazaki with a very surprised look. Apparently, Yuki had never thought about it. ¡°It''s possible, really. I had no idea.¡± ¡°Thank you for noticing now. So I was wondering if maybe you could cancel the auction. ¡± ¡°Actually, I''ve been wanting to cancel.¡± ¡°Really? Then why...¡± ¡°I can''t pay a 10% cancellation fee.¡± As I looked down at Uchimura sighing, I tapped the table for a moment and cleared my mind. And, uh... ¡°Mr. Uchimura. Why don''t we do this? ¡± ¡°Yes?¡± & The method was simple. If I just give you a cancellation fee, that''s it. 50,000 yen of raw money just flew away, but it was a conclusion because it was better than flying 500,000 yen. A moment later, Uchimura, who returned with Miyuki''s figure in his heart, hesitates for a moment and gives me the figure. ¡°Could you pass this... to Yuki? ¡± ¡°Yes? Why this? ¡± ¡°I''m ashamed to hear Miyazaki''s story because I think it might be offensive for Yuki. I owe it to Yuki, but I thought I made her a spectacle.¡± It''s... it''s someone else. I know you thought it was Hasegawa Miyuki, but... Then Miyazaki, who was sitting next to me, smiled at Uchimura. ¡°As expected, Uchimura is kind. ¡± ¡°The next time I make a figure, I''ll think about it more carefully. ¡± Uchimura, who delivered the figure to me, once again apologized to us and stood up. ¡°Hey, wait a minute. ¡± I was the one who stopped him from returning. I took 200,000 yen out of my wallet and handed it to Uchimura. ¡°I''ll be sure to pass on the figures Uchimura made to Yuki. And think of that money as the price I paid for your work. I... I think it''s good enough to get that money. ¡± ¡°Th-thank you. ¡± ¡°Oh, and do you like games? ¡± ¡°O-of course!! Pentagon Soft Enthusiast!! ¡± In Uchimura''s answer, I took out a business card and a game cartridge from my bag and presented it to him. ¡°I''m Kang Jun-hyuk, Director of Development for Pentagon Soft Team 2. The game in this cartridge is a trial of the game being created by Pentagon Soft aimed at the first half of next year. There may be a slight bug, but could you play it and give me a call? ¡± I carefully accepted the cartridge I handed you because it is a new game called Uchimu. ¡°Valentine''s Day...? Is this a street show without me? ¡± I smiled and answered Uchimura''s question. ¡°No.¡± 85 < EP. 19: Novelis Oblige (3) > & Uchimura, who received the game cartridge, went home, and I decided to have dinner with Miyazaki on my way back to the Tamago Shop. Even though I was going back to the store, lunch is coming up soon, because I thought it would be better to just eat and go inside if I wanted to have dinner with the staff. Taking the figures of ''Hasegawa Miyuki¡¯, carefully wrapped as if it were just a Shinju, I could feel the way he looked at me everywhere. ¡®At least I''ll give you a little shopping bag. ¡¯ The bag I was carrying was a briefcase and was not suitable for putting figures in. ¡°Sir, you''re cute. ¡± ¡°Haha... I like it everywhere. Let''s go inside quickly. ¡± Eventually, I stopped by the soba house near Tamagoshop and put Miyuki''s figure on the table and sighed for a long time. I haven''t been distracted by a single figure since morning. ¡°Hey, can I take a look at that figure, too? ¡± Miyazaki says I nod, swallowing cold water. She peels the dried vinyl out of the figure and picks up Miyuki. ¡°Wow, you really made it. Color expression is good, but how did he think of putting a kimono on a figure? Yuki will like it when he gets it. ¡± ¡°Well... I would have liked it better if it were me. ¡± ¡°Oh, well, that, too. ¡± Miyazaki and Yuki were very close. At the opening of the Tamago Shop, Yuki visited the Tamago Shop on the first weekend wearing white T-shirts and jeans. Although she was not very good at selling, she wanted to work here when she found Yuki explaining about the Tamago monster to the children who visited the store. ¡°But Miyazaki, ¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°In the past few days, have any players brought a slightly unusual Tamago-san? ¡± ¡°Odd Tamago-san? No, I''ve never seen anything like it. ¡± Hmm. I thought I''d see a couple by now, but it''s surprisingly quiet. Then Miyazaki asked me if I cared about what I said. ¡°Have we launched a new Tamago-san? ¡± ¡°Oh, that''s not it. But Miyazaki is an employee who explains Tamago-san to children, so it''s okay to know in advance. In fact, last month, there was a very small amount of Tamago-san. ¡± ¡°Really? Is that a collaborative tamago? ¡± Miyazaki has a good pulse, too. ¡°Yes, that''s right. ¡± ¡°I was a little disappointed that it was only Tamago-san on the Final Frontier, which one of you had a collaboration with him this time? ¡± ¡°Well, do you know a game called Dragon Emblem? ¡± ¡°Oh, I''ve heard of it. ¡± It''s been four years since we launched the Dragon Emblem, so I can understand what she doesn''t know. In particular, dragon emblems seem to have become a legendary game that only those who know about them recently because the "distribution structure" was very unique. All the second-hand cartridges were still in custody and haven''t been found in the market since last year. Is that why? The dragon emblem took first place last month on the rarest items currently available in Pammy Communications. His second-hand trading amount was what he called a value, including an additional expansion pack to recover the data, but nevertheless became a rare item with no property at all. Second place is a limited edition of the first edition featuring all heroine cartridges in ''Street Without Me¡¯. What''s third place? It may seem a little crazy, but it was the first demo cartridge of the Psychic Battle. It wasn''t on the market, but it was made in small quantities and given as a non-sale item, so it''s being traded at a high price to a psychotic battle enthusiast? If you are a collector of unknown weather, you need to have everything from 1 to 10 to relax your mind. If I fall in one of them, I feel sad for no reason. ¡®I think the people who tried to collect this broke their money. There''s nothing easy to get either... " Currently, Dragon Emblem has been researching superfamily users and ranking them monthly on the top of the list of titles they would like to meet in the next series. Since the Internet was not yet universalized, user and developer communication was conducted in this form of a magazine survey. And it was created with the wishes of those users, ''Tamago of the Dragon Emblem.'' If you do not adjust the temperatures to the extreme temperatures due to the harshness, the ¡®Black Tamago-san¡¯, who died willingly, would be in someone''s hands by now. I hope that Tamago-san reaches out to someone who knows something about the Dragon Emblem. ¡®Otherwise, it has such a hard difficulty that I want to throw it away right away. ¡¯ I had dinner with Miyazaki and explained the ''Tamago-san of Dragon Emblem¡¯. ¡°So it''s completely different from the traditional Tamago-san. I''d say he''s a little more devious. ¡± ¡°That''s right. If you ask me about black tamagos, I''ll explain what I''ve told you. ¡± ¡°But I''m afraid that this will not overheat the competition for the Dragon Emblem Tamagou. ¡± When Miyazaki asked me, I smiled and replied. ¡°There''s a part of that that I''ve been thinking about. ¡± Then she opens her mouth with a chuckle. ¡°You really heard what Yuki said. ¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°I heard you''re always hiding something. ¡± ¡°Did Yuki say that? ¡± ¡°Last time I had dinner with you, I heard about you.¡± Miyazaki was ashamed of himself and turned to talk. ¡°Oh, by the way, what''s that cartridge you gave Uchimura earlier? The title''s a little unusual. ¡± ¡°You mean Valentine''s Day? ¡± ¡°I''m new to Pentagon Soft, so I''m a little concerned. ¡± By the way, Miyazaki likes games. I''ve often seen her play monster battles against the kids who come to the shop as a self-bred Tamago monster. I asked her because I still had an extra cartridge in my bag. ¡°Do you want to play Miyazaki, too, if that''s okay? ¡± ¡°Can I really do that? ¡± ¡°There''s a super family in the break room, so I''ll go home and play for you. ¡± & Valentine''s Day. At a glance, Uchimura might have mistaken it for water, but in fact, it was a ¡®horror'' inspired by one of the game "Killer of the Clock Tower" and the local game I played when I was a child. The protagonist of this game tries to confess to his favorite girl based on Valentine''s Day''s Day, which is a very simple game. The night before Valentine''s Day, on the night of February 13th... a protagonist who secretly confessed to her friends would sneak into school with a letter and return with a letter on her desk. Is that the end? If only I could make it back alive. That night. After everyone went home, Miyazaki opened the break room door with an anticipated face. ¡°Sir, they''re all gone. ¡± ¡°Well done. ¡± ¡°Then why is the break room so dark? Is the light out?¡± ¡°Miyazaki.¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°Do you like horror movies? ¡± In my question, Miyazaki smiled awkwardly and replied. ¡°Why the horror movie all of a sudden? ¡± ¡°Just curious. ¡± I asked her for a couch, putting the cartridge in the super family at the same time as the answer. ¡°Have a seat over there. I''m going to watch Miyazaki play next to me. ¡± Miyazaki hesitated for a moment and slowly picked up the pad. I raised the power button with a slight smile. Experience cartridges for Ding ~ Ding ~ Ding ~ Ding ~ Ding ~ Valentine''s Day remained in play with the creepy BGM without a title screen. Although the "ghost" appeared depending on the female character who wanted to confess, the trial package excluded the story of Prologue choosing Hiro and was showing the protagonist going straight to school. ¡°Sir, is this some kind of fear? ¡± Standing next to me, I nodded silently, and Miyazaki turned his head to the screen with tears. ¡°Fooled..¡± But it was too late. I swallowed a smile and watched her play. First of all, Valentine''s Day followed a 2D cross-scrolling format. That is, I could only use the run button to run away from something because I could only move left and right. Fear of a school with no lights out. You''ve probably heard of the seven greatest wonders in schools that you''ve heard of as a child. A red mask with a ripped mouth. The sound of a piano playing alone in a music room with no one. Students studying alone in a dark classroom. The scene of ¡¯Valentine''s Day¡¯ was the place where the 1st degree who fell from the rooftop due to jealousy of 2nd degree fell and died upside down, taking a picture of his head and wandering around school. Miyazaki tilted his head toward the creepy but familiar BGM over and over again and quickly turned his head toward me. ¡°Senior, isn''t this what the kids call ''dongyo¡¯? ¡± ¡°That''s right, it''s a very slow increase in sound tempo. ¡± ¡°I''ve heard a lot about you.¡± Later, the protagonist entered the school grounds, and Miyazaki carefully moved the protagonist back and forth. The protagonist was able to use the left and right navigation keys and hide under the desk. And in button operation, there was running buttons and using objects, which is unique. There was a button called "Hold your breath." By pressing the Y button, the protagonist was able to hold his breath, while he was able to hide from the ghost''s eyes. However, the respiratory gauge has kept the device from holding its breath. Shortly after hearing my explanation, Miyazaki began to head across the playground to the old teacher building. On Valentine''s Day, there were two new teachers and an old teacher, and they prepared puzzle elements like an adventure genre. Gum gains..... Miyazaki, who heard a very awkward hinge and stepped into a dark old teacher, first found a switch to turn on the light. Miyazaki, who found the switch installed on the wall with a creaking footprint, turned on the light with the Select button. When the light turned on in the dark hallway, Miyazaki took a short breath. But that was also... Kuaaang!!!!!! The light in the hallway flashes with a thunder sound, and the darkness returns. The BGM that was repeatedly ringing faded away, and the dark corridor was repeating itself for a moment when lightning struck. ¡°Where should I go..? ¡± In Miyazaki''s question, I swallowed a smile and replied, "It''s the second floor." She shrugs, manipulating the rudder key to move the protagonist. Miyazaki, who knows the location of the stairs with the mini-map at the top of the screen, is about to take another step. The screen flashes white and something appears at the left end of the screen. ¡°Is that...? What is it?¡± The swinging of the rope left and right does not seem normal to anyone. 86 < EP. 19: Novelis Oblige (4) > ¡°Is that...? What is it?¡± The swinging of the rope left and right does not seem normal to anyone. ¡°You have to hold your breath when you pass by him. You''ll be in trouble if you get caught.¡± Miyazaki took my advice, checked the respiratory gauge, and slowly approached him. Luckily, the guy hanging from the rope turned his back and didn''t know the protagonist was coming. Yuck, yum, yum. Along with a grumpy sound, she stopped breathing with the one shaking in the middle of the hall. At that moment. - Where are you...? - ¡°Gaaaah!!! ¡± Miyazaki, shocked by the eerie voice coming from the TV, screams. At the same time, I dropped my hand from the Y button, which is responsible for breathing the protagonist. ¡°Run!! ¡± It doesn''t matter if you stop breathing again once the ghost has caught you. Miyazaki quickly moved the protagonist to the end of the hall by pressing the B button on my shout. At that moment, the corpse with the neck fell to the ground. I turned around and started crawling back on my four feet, just like the scene from "The Exorcist." Very, very fast. ¡°Gaaaah!!! ¡± Miyazaki continues to scream, surprised by the rapidly approaching object in a bizarre manner. ¡°Stairs there!! Get to the second floor!! ¡± While he was screaming, Miyazaki manipulated the protagonist up the stairs to see if he understood what I was saying. At that moment, a dark second-floor corridor appeared as the screen shifted. But you still hear footsteps chasing the protagonist. ¡°What do we do now? ¡± ¡°Go into the classroom and hide. ¡± She opens the door in the classroom in front of her eyes and goes inside. Then, this time, the place changed to a classroom lined up. ¡°First, manipulate the directional keys and hide. Press up, press down on your desk, and hide under your desk. ¡± And at that moment, her judgment was under the desk. Huh? That''s not a good idea. But it''s too late. Bloop... When the door of the classroom opened, Miyazaki stopped breathing on his own, even if I didn''t tell him. T-t-t-t-the ghost approaches the desk where the protagonist is hiding, and starts circling back and forth for a moment. ¡°Huff, puff, puff." After a while, she just shrugged her shoulders holding her breath like the protagonist in the game. As the ghost exited the classroom, he breathed a sigh of relief. And the moment I took my hand off the Y-button... TATATATATATATATATATATATATATATA!!!!!! He came back into the classroom with a crazy sound effect. And the moment I met the protagonist hiding under my desk. - Found it. The face of the woman smiling with blood tears upside down was closed up and the screen turned red. -GAME OVER.- ¡°What do you think, Miyazaki? ¡± But she didn''t answer any of my questions, holding the pad tightly in both hands. ¡°Miyazaki?¡± Let''s call her and put our hands on her shoulders. Her body collapses next to the thrust couch, like a broken doll. Ugh!! You fainted!? ¡°Miyazaki!? Miyazaki!!" ¡°Hey, boss... uh-uh... who are you?¡± ¡°Yes? ¡± ¡°That''s too much!! How can you name this game" Valentine''s Day "!? ¡± I mean, it''s fun. When the theme of the beginning of the prologue reverted back to the first screen, Miyazaki stood up and lowered the power button of the super family. It seemed to be quite shocking. ¡°You okay?" ¡°I thought I was really scared to death!! ¡± ¡°Then what I intend to do is succeed. ¡± Light up the break room, Miyazaki trembles to see if she''s relieved. I took the cartridge out of the super family and put it in my bag, and I opened my mouth, looking at her. ¡°You have to go home now, right? ¡± ¡°Sir, is Mr. Uchimura going to be okay? ¡± ¡°Maybe a few times, you''ll be tolerant, right? ¡± ¡°You seem a little scared to me.¡± ¡°Oh, I forgot to mention that. ¡± What are you talking about? ¡± ¡°This cartridge... we can''t keep putting it in the superfamily. ¡± ¡°Why?¡± ¡°There''s an electrostatic transmitter in the cartridge... so something interesting happens when you put it in for a long time. ¡± ¡°What do you mean? ¡± ¡°Well, I mean, Should the powered off super family be turned on automatically? ¡± ¡°Hiic..¡± ¡°It''s a feature I like to think of as a formal one, but I put it in the trial. It''s Uchimura.Are you sure you want to be okay? ¡± That night, I finally got Miyazaki home before I could go home. & The bizarre illustration of Valentine''s Day was influenced by the Tamago Monster Contest. (I asked Maurita for an illustration, and she gave up on the appearance of a very colorful monstrosity that made a man suck on all his sheep.) Apart from the cute design monsters needed for the Tamago-san, I collected some weird monster paintings separately and visited them separately after the contest. One of them had a strong sense of humor. His painting, "The Upside-Down Woman," was a shocking illustration that broke the atmosphere of the flower game with just one illustration. And it was the ghost that caused Miyazaki to faint. This work was made with all sorts of narratives through a familiar place for everyone at the school, especially one with a lot of dedication to sound. I managed to squeeze out the poor superfamily''s sound chips and record them, but I decided to crush the sound on purpose because it was also difficult to maintain quality. As a result, the sound of "Valentine''s Day," which was mixed with some noise, was creating a more bizarre atmosphere with intermediate jitters. ¡®I caught a rat walking behind a cow. What...¡¯ The next day, when I arrived at Pentagon Soft, I looked up at the tall building with a cigarette in my mouth. Last summer, Pentagon Soft, which used the entire shabby four-story building, completed its move to a new building. The decision was made because Tamago-based monster designers had tripled the staff. I want to work with employees in a slightly more pleasant environment. In a way, shouldn''t you be the first person to lead a company? That''s why the Pentagon Soft is in the ''Top 10 Companies I Want to Join¡¯ for Professional Schools and Universities. Pentagon Soft did not force employees to attend. Work hours were also held at 11 a.m., avoiding the rush hour of the workers. Lunch time was free for an hour and a half from 1: 00 to 2: 30, and all meals are paid for by the company when using restaurants designated near the company. 5: 30 p.m. commute. After that, you cannot stay in the company unless it is for a special reason. Everyone had to go home. Of course, employees were able to apply for work and extend work if they wanted to, but the additional allowances were also paid, so employees were able to autonomously adjust their own hours of work. Some employees sometimes stayed late thinking they could make money while avoiding rush hour on their way home, but most of their households were on time to leave. After 8: 00, I was able to finish dinner at a restaurant near the company, just like at lunch, so some of the staff didn''t want to go home and cook alone. Of course, the Kawa Guchi representative was worried that it would be too much for the welfare of the employees before implementing the system, but given the total revenue generated by the Pentagon Soft today and the number of employees working, they were earning more than 10 million yen per person, so I did not miss the money at all. Mintendo. No, this is exactly what I wanted to accomplish before the Time Leaf in 1983, if I was the owner of a company. If you force him to sit at the company and get nothing, he should be rested. Forcibly squeezing results in less flexible thinking. Is that so? Even though there were three times as many employees as last year, the Pentagon soft atmosphere was very soft. The Pentagon Soft was popular with young people, although it did not fit the Japanese atmosphere towards a very solemn workplace atmosphere. Sayuri, who was Mr. Kawaguchi''s assistant, welcomed me as soon as I checked my ID card and opened the automatic door installed in the office. ¡°Manager Kang Jun-hyuk. Hello!" ¡°Hello, Sayuri. ¡± ¡°Ah, sir. I just had a visitor from Mintendo. Mr. Kawaguchi asked me to come to the CEO''s office when you come to work. ¡± ¡°A guest? Do you know who that is? ¡± ¡°This is Nisekoi Gunpei from Mintendo. ¡± Mr. Gunpei is in Pentagon Soft? You''re old. You''ve come a long way. At this point, I was not surprised because I thought something would come from Mintendo. This is because ¡®the streets without me¡¯ earlier this year and ¡®the Tamago Monster¡¯ in the summer were the biggest hits, and the Pentagon Soft was currently the ¡®axis¡¯ as long as it could never be ignored in the gaming industry. I have a pretty good idea what you''re looking for. I thanked Sayuri for letting me know and moved to the second development office where I work. ¡°Good morning. ¡± ¡°Ahhh!! Sir!!" As soon as I entered the development room, Morita and Hayashi ran towards me as expected. ¡°Sir, do you know who''s in the Executive Director''s office right now? ¡± ¡°I know. You said Gunpei is here.¡± After joining Pentagon Soft, I spoke to Morita and Hayashi. I appreciate your boss writing you a name, but do you think they''re uncomfortable? After the psychic battle, I''ve been hanging out with three people on the streets without me for three years, and now I just feel like a friend... ¡°Did you know? ¡± ¡°Yes, Sayuri told me on the way in. ¡± ¡°Yes, but what is it about executives like Gunpei who are not other people? ¡± ¡°What''s the big deal? President Kamauchi would have asked me to pick up the pods. ¡± As far as Minten is concerned, the Pentagon Soft is now a golden goose. You think he''s gonna make a deal? For now, Kawaguchi doesn''t have the final say, so he must be begging for a story. ¡°Then I''ll go to the Executive Director''s office for a while. ¡± I tapped Hayashi''s shoulder with a blank expression and headed to Chairman Shil. The second team and the CEO were actually pretty close to one of the hallways, so I tried to snap my neck and knock lightly for a while. I heard Gunpei scream in the room. ¡°Shhhhh!!! ¡± ... isn''t it usually "aah" or "aah"? I''ve never heard a scream like that before in my life. Just hearing Gunpei''s screams, I feel like I know what''s going on inside. I''m smiling in relief. 87 < EP. 19: Novelis Oblige (5) > Knock, knock. When I finished knocking lightly and opened the door of the CEO''s thread, I saw Gunpei with a white face in front of my eyes. ¡°Hello, Gunpei. ¡± ¡°Huh? Huh, strong. It''s been a while.¡± I almost burst out of laughter as Gunpei dropped the super family''s gamepad and stole cold sweat. Kawaguchi was also stumbling around his mouth, so it was obvious that he was forcefully smiling. ¡°I tried playing this game in Pentagon Soft, but I thought my heart was sinking. ¡± Gunpei, who had swallowed the drink brought by his secretary, was amazed at the creepy BGM that flowed from the TV. ¡°Giving up high-quality sound and deliberately blurring the sound to make the atmosphere more tense. I also felt it in Mintendo, but the idea of a strong force is always brilliant. You''ll be amazed at the sight of Siege Army. ¡± Gunpei smiled satisfactorily and looked at me. After I put down the super family. I sat across from him. ¡°How are things going with Mr. Kamauchi and Mr. Shige? ¡± ¡°Of course, thanks to the Tamago monster that was launched last summer, the portable gem boy is currently on the market. Even Kamauchi boss has been playing Tamago-san lately. ¡± ¡°And Mr. Kamauchi? I''m surprised about that. ¡± ¡°It''s your work, and you''re very happy, but very sad on the one hand. You must be very sorry you didn''t get to the bottom of this. ¡± ¡°Haha, thank you for saying that. So what brings you here today? ¡± ¡°Oh, right. In fact, this time, we had a meeting inside Mintendo. I''m here to deliver some very good news to Pentagon Soft. ¡± ¡°Good news? ¡± Then Gunpei smiled and replied. ¡°I want Pentagon Soft to be our second party in Mintendo. ¡± ¡°Yes!? ¡± Kawaguchi also looked surprised by Gunpei''s words. Second party. To give you a brief description of this term, the console gaming industry includes "First Party," "Second Party," and "Third Party." Other indie games are either single-person or two-third-person, but let''s not get into the middle of this. First-parties are games that are launched as their brand by the manufacturer of the console. For example, the legends of SuperMaridge and Karin, made by Mr. Shigere. Dongking Com, etc. There is a 0% chance that first-party games will be converted to other consoles as they are created directly by the company that makes the consoles. When I was a kid, I used to wonder why the ¡®Super Sonic¡¯ on NEGA drives wouldn''t be launched. If you could just come out with it, it would be the best game machine... At that time, the popularity of the super family really hit the sky, so I hoped that ''Super Sonic¡¯ would be released one day, but that didn''t happen. Second, Third Party. If you ask us why we explain Third Parties first, not Second Parties, we can say that the companies that make them universally belong to Third Parties. Unlike the First Party, Third Party was able to launch the game freely on any company console. Given the conditions and technology, it was possible to create and launch games for super families and NEGA drives simultaneously. At the request of the users, it was also the third party that was able to launch the game relatively freely at a later stage as well as other companies'' consoles. Of course, in the early ''90s, everyone was loyal to Mintendo enough to be the only alcoholic in Mintendo, so the Third Party used to launch the game almost as a superfamily. However, the disadvantage of the Third Party was that it was not easy to pass the breakeven point because every time the game was launched, a huge amount of royalty had to be paid to Mintendo. If the game that invested a lot of money didn''t work out, you''d have to take all that responsibility and screw it up. Is that so? Much of the game companies that emerged in the family era have disappeared almost entirely, leaving more than the major they gave us. (Even though there are many new soft companies that are emerging in the meantime...) The Pentagon''s current location belonged to the Third Party of the two categories above, but it was only producing console games released by Mintendo. Like Phoenix Soft, who produces the Dragon Warrior, he is quite loyal to the third party console he throws in Mintendo. And now, for the last time, there''s a second party. As anyone would have guessed by now, a second party means that the third party, the company, goes under the first party. Keep the company''s name but make sure that any games released by the company are only for consoles created by First Party and cannot be converted to other consoles. Instead, it minimized the royalty handed to Mintendo and gained recognition as it was released with Mintendo''s name, which guaranteed some sales revenue. Currently, many game companies wanted to be the second party in mintendo, because all of the games that they produce are for the super family, even though they are still the third party. Earl Fit''s proposal could feel very sweet because he could not ignore the impact of a ''superfamily¡¯ with the best recognition and penetration rates within Japan. Kawaguchi also turned white on Gunpei''s tempting proposal. But I thought differently. It was like going back down to Minten. A second party will get investment or support from Mintendo, but will have the coercion to report daily about production times, game stories, concepts and genres. ¡®That means you can''t even dream of launching a game like Valentine''s Day. ¡¯ Kawaguchi was looking over my shoulder pretending to consider Gunpei''s proposal. I shook my head, rubbing the tip of my nose slightly towards that Kawaguchi. Signature to reject his offer. ¡°If Pentagon Soft is to be our second party in Mintendo, then Mr. Kamauchi has promised to do the best he can for us. It will be the most unprecedented partnership in the history of gaming to date. ¡± However, the Kawaguchi representative who had already noticed my signature opened his mouth with a sad expression. ¡°Thank you for Mintendo''s offer. But... It was then. - Kiyayayayayayayayayaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!! - ¡°Ugh!! ¡± ¡°Shhhhh!!!!! ¡± ¡°Fuck!! What a surprise!!" (Korean came out without me knowing.) I forgot to remove the Valentine''s Day trial cartridge from the super family. The super family was automatically powered on and a terrifying face of the woman who was turned upside down appeared on the screen. ¡°Phew... I thought I''d fallen...¡± I quickly put up and down the power button of the super family and unplugged the cartridge. Then the Kawaguchi representative said to me with a white bored face. ¡°Joon-Hyuk. Maybe you should just take that thing off. ¡± ¡°Is that so? Haha... I made it, but it''s a little harsh. I thought you had a heart attack. I''m sorry, Gunpei.¡± But Gunpei didn''t answer anything and just stared at me. ¡°Mr. Gunpei?¡± ¡° ¡­¡­. ¡± ¡°We''ve got trouble. Jules, call 911! Gunpei!!! Wake up!! ¡± I rushed Mr. Gunpei onto the couch, forcefully pressed down on his chest, and performed CPR. How many times do I have to repeat myself? ¡°Cough!! Cough... ugh!! ¡± Fortunately, Gunpei''s mind came back. Wow... I never thought I''d be this surprised. I almost became a murderer. & Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep. Though he regained consciousness, Gunpei was eventually transported to the hospital in an ambulance because of the shock of his legs. And me and Mr. Kawaguchi are also responsible for this situation.), so I followed him in the car. On the way to the hospital, Kawaguchi who was riding next to me asked me. ¡°Why did you refuse Gunpei''s offer? What all third-parties want now is to be the second party in Mintendo, but I don''t understand Joon-Hyuk''s decision. ¡± ¡°What do you want to know about Kawaguchi? I understand that too. But we have to look a little bit further. ¡± ¡°A little further? ¡± ¡°It''s true that Mintendo is the best console company that no one can touch. But their times won''t last forever. ¡± ¡°Yes? You mean Mintendo will fall? ¡± ¡°Sitting on the throne for a long time. There comes a time when everything in the world feels insignificant. Mintendo stayed on the throne for too long. And you don''t feel any tension in the current game market. ¡± ¡°But don''t you have a company to stand up to? ¡± ¡°Yes, Mintendo is the best console company right now. But there will be a new wind in a few years. What we need to capture is not to miss out on that new flow. ¡± ¡°A new wind.¡± Kawaguchi tilted his head at my words, but he no longer vomited. Well, I''ve never lost anything by listening to me. & "Who is Nisekoi Gunpei''s guardian? ¡± ¡°Oh, yes! ¡± Me and Kawaguchi, who were waiting in the chair in the nurse''s voice, hurriedly ran away. ¡°I think you''re in shock, so I gave you a sedative. You can take the rest of the day off and leave tomorrow. But what caused the shock? ¡± ¡°What? Oh, it''s the game.¡± ¡°A game?¡± The nurse tilts her head in a daze and writes something on the chart and goes back. Fortunately, after saying that everything was fine, Kawaguchi and I opened the door and entered the room. ¡°Gunpei, are you feeling well? ¡± ¡°Haha... This is embarrassing. I can''t believe I''m so confused by a game screen. But didn''t you turn off the power to the superfamily? ¡± ¡°That''s right." ¡°Then how did the game screen suddenly appear? ¡± ¡°Well, I put an electrostatic transmitter in the cartridge. Over time, the electrical shock inside the cartridge will spontaneously power the superfamily.¡± ¡°Is that possible? ¡± ¡°You saw it with your own eyes. ¡± ¡°Haha... I saw it myself, but I can''t believe I saw it. Is this your idea, too? ¡± ¡°Yes, but I think we should remove that feature. What if I pass out like Mr. Gunpei..¡± ¡°Yeah. It was a little harsh for a joke. Hahaha!¡± Even though Gunpei felt threatened by life because he had known me for a long time, he was just trying to laugh. ¡°Sorry..¡± ¡°No. As expected, Kang-gun is still having fun thinking. ¡®How can we get more of their medicine up there?¡¯ Haha! Yeah... Maybe that''s when it started, right? Ever since I created the Dragon Emblem...¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°Strong troops. Do I look like I have a nostril? Even though I''m old, I''m not an idiot. Custom chips used in Dragon Emblems. And this mysterious e-mail address... I don''t know the number, but KJH Korean developer already knew it was you. ¡± ¡°Oh...¡± ¡°You gave me too many hints. ¡± ¡°Is that so? Haha... And Mr. Shigei or Mr. Kamauchi? ¡± ¡°No. I don''t think they know that far ahead. ¡± ¡°If I''d known that, Mr. Kamauchi wouldn''t have let me go. ¡± Gunpei glanced at me with a smile. Even though they were older, after working together for a long time from the moment we met, it felt like a lot of love had been accumulated. I hesitated for a moment and opened my mouth. ¡°Gunpei, on my way to the hospital, I spoke to Kawaguchi, and our Pentagon software has decided to reject the offer of mintendo. ¡± ¡°Really? Why? Now all the gaming companies want to be our second party in Mintendo.¡± I answered Gunpei''s question, reliving my taste. ¡°If you go to Minten...¡± After a few moments of hesitation, I finally smiled and spoke behind my back. ¡°You can''t make a game like Valentine''s Day. ¡± Then Gunpei smiled and replied. ¡°Well, that, too.¡± ¡°I want to create a more diverse and new genre of games. ¡± < Short: Valentine''s Day in Uchimura > -Pentagon Soft Development Team 2nd Manager Kang Jun-hyuk. - I put my card in my bag and thought about it. Although he was given Miyuki''s figure to a man named Kang Jun-hyuk, he had no regrets. Maybe he''ll pass it on to Yuki. The way back home... The bag is empty, but the wallet that was always poor is thick. I never thought one of my figures would bring me more money than a month''s salary of part-time covers. In addition, there is a cartridge of a new game he received from him. The latest in Pentagon Soft, which is not yet open to the public!! The name is also beautiful ¡®Valentine''s Day.'' It seemed like beautiful girls would rush to me with chocolates. The cartridge of the super family was feeling much more luxurious than the cartridge of the original family. The front of the grey cartridge had a glamorous curve, and even fitting the cartridge to the super family did not obscure the title sticker on the front, so it felt good to watch. After a while. I got off the train and stopped by the usual lunch box house before returning home. Today''s wallet is thick, so why don''t you buy a more expensive lunch box? ¡°Oh, Uchimura. It''s been awhile. Is there another doncas lunchbox today? ¡± You always take care of the cheapest Duncas lunchbox, and now you don''t even have to ask. But for today, you have to choose a different menu. ¡°No. Smoked salmon and beef steak lunchbox, please. ¡± ¡°Is it payday? Yeah! Sometimes you have to eat meat and fish instead of doncas. I''ll bring you lots of food!¡± ¡°Thank you." Immediately, with a tingling sound, the rich beef flavor began to irritate the tip of my nose. But all I wanted to do was go home a little sooner and play Valentine''s Day. ¡°Here''s 1,480 yen.¡± It always felt strange to eat a 480-yen doncas lunch box and add another thousand yen to it. But it''s about this luxurious. Nothing compared to what I have right now. I finished my calculations with the ten thousand yen bills and hurried home with the heavy box vinyl in my hand. ¡°Uhhh!! Uchimura!!" As soon as he saw me, Yoda, who was playing with his friends at the playground in front of the house, ran and started sneaking around. ¡°Hyung, Hyung!! I won the battle with the local boys using the Bahamut my brother gave me. Amazing, isn''t it?" ¡°Oh, yeah. Amazing.¡± I wanted to go home quickly, but I turned my head in a drowsy reply to Yoda''s words. ¡°What? Why is it so cold today? ¡± ¡°He''s a little busy today. ¡± ¡°You didn''t make weird doll clothes for me to battle you the other day!! ¡± ¡®Honestly, I''m too old to play with you. ¡¯ I kept tapping Yoda''s forehead tied to my arm and answering with the softest voice possible. ¡°I''ll play with you next time. ¡± Khh! That was a nice gesture I just saw. Cook, Cook, Cook. I passed him cool and went up to the house, and I heard Yoda''s muttering voice behind me. ¡°That guy''s been acting weird lately.¡± & In order to leave the part-time at night, I still had to keep my eyes open, but I turned on the TV in a hurry and put Valentine''s Day in the cartridge of the super family because I let it go on forever. ¡®Phew... The game is good, but when the beef steak cools down, it doesn''t taste good. I''m still hungry, so let''s eat and get started. ¡¯ I changed my mind to eat first, and soon I brought a small table for one person and spread my legs. ¡°Oh, my God. I need to tidy up and get a life... and start making figures, and then the house is a mess.¡± He would, too, have been stuck tightly on Styrofoam with Nazi figurine parts waiting to be painted since yesterday. Even the Nanase figures have to get started soon... Recalling the excitement of the first Hasega and Miyuki''s figures being bid at an enormous price, the figures in front of them suddenly began to look like money strings. ¡®If I do well, I might be able to touch more money than spending the night in a covered rice house. I guess we''ll have to make the next figure quickly, won''t we? ¡¯ Eventually, I put the lunch box on the floor and began to paint the food at the same time. I was already thinking about how to dress her, so I chewed her food and the work was very smooth. While the popularity of characters'' products has increased recently and a wide variety of figures have spilled out, they were all colored in the factory and therefore of varying quality. Even if the original buys it himself, you won''t be able to touch that many products. However, after doing this in person, I am very satisfied with the painting. That''s why I''ve been feeling very attractive about this work lately. I painted Nasse''s eyebrows with a thin brush, murmuring the theme artist of ''Street Without Me¡¯, blowing cold breath to harden the enamel. Then... a small voice came into my ears like the wind. - What are you...? - ¡°Don''t you see? I''m painting a figure... ¡± Huh... What is it? What was that? - Look at this. Turning slowly to the voice calling out to me, I saw something strange on the TV screen. And the moment I found out what it was. I felt my heart hardening. - Kiyayayayaaaaaaaaaaah!! - ¡°Uahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! ¡± As all the rice balls in his mouth popped out, the brush in his hand began to move freely. ¡°Mom!! Mommy! Aaaah! ¡± Is this what the term "cornerstone" is about? I don''t know what to do with the ghost on TV, but I was screaming, and I thumped against the wall next door. In the end, I was embarrassed and pulled out the TV''s electrical cord. Then came the silent silence with a tick. ¡°Phew... Phew... What is it? What just happened?¡± Is the TV haunted? It seemed like a lifetime of trauma. I''ve been looking around for what''s going on, and there''s definitely a green light on the entire superfamily that''s been powered down. ¡°Why is this on? Is it broken?¡± As I tilted my head up and down the power button, the lights of the power unit turned red again. Just in case it breaks down, plug the power cord of the TV back in and turn the switch on, and a few moments later, a creepy BGM flows out of the TV speaker. Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. ¡°No way, this game. Is that fear?¡± What''s with the title, anyway? Immediately, I quickly turned off the power and unplugged the game cartridge as the air in the room became cooler. While sweeping his surprised chest, he looked around and saw whether he had kicked the lunch box off the ground screaming, and turned it upside down in one corner. The face of Naasis was so messed up that it was hard to bear. Then I remembered Kang Jun-hyuk, who smiled at me while handing me a game cartridge. This is why I answered ''No¡¯ to my question, asking if I was smiling just by looking at the title ¡¯Valentine''s Day.'' I can''t forgive it. I can''t even go to a haunted house if I go to an amusement park!!! & Curiosity. It''s amazing. Sometimes, curiosity outweighs fear and fear. After roughly mopping the room, I took a deep breath and put the cartridge back into the superfamily, which wiped the face of Naasis clean with acetone. ¡°Yes, it''s just a game. It''s also a trial.¡± I slapped my cheeks several times, sighing for a long time, and raised the power switch. Soon after the game started with the creepy BGM mixed with the noise as expected, I was born and challenged for the first time the genre "Fear." Of course, I''ve rented scary movies in a video store before, but games and movies are not the same. Because movies are just about ¡®watching¡¯ videos according to a given story, but the game requires direct ¡®manipulation¡¯ to follow a given story. After all, you have to go through all the horror elements prepared by the creator to reach the end of the story, the end. ¡®Run and hold your breath for now. And the Enable button... You can move left and right and hide yourself using the top hockey. Okay, here we go.'' I had my mind set on it, but it really hasn''t let go since the beginning. Ghosts that swarm upside down somehow managed to hide themselves on the desk, but that was really just the beginning. In a dark school, there were all kinds of ghosts stumbling around at strange angles, and the scariest of them was a ghost that fell off the roof and died. I hear a strange sound when he approaches... Bang, bang. Bang, bang. That''s it!! At first, I wanted to know what this meant, but I almost knew who it was. It''s because the ghost that fell from the head on the rooftop was running around crushing his head on the ground, standing upside down. When he showed up, he had to flee to a high place, but the closer I got to the player, the faster I felt like I was going crazy. After about 20 minutes like that, I could barely get out of the Old Testament, and I saw a light shake far away. Is that a person? I was confident that I was an ordinary person because I was walking relatively naturally. I rushed to manipulate the protagonist into a light. Wouldn''t it be less terrifying to be with someone in the game? Closer to the thought, it was a senior in blue guard clothing. He approaches me for a moment, then turns around and starts walking to the other side. I''m holding a Huresh for now, so let''s talk to him about not walking through dark halls anymore. The protagonist turned his head 180 degrees, and his face was full of screens closed up. - There you are. - "... why are you doing this to me?" & The next day, after coming back from work at dawn, I recalled the words of the person called Kang Jun-hyuk who took out the "Valentine''s Day" cartridge from the drawer. - Can you play and call me? - It was a lifelong memorable experience, but it was a really great game. And the company called Pentagon Soft, which created these games, felt amazing. Recently, I heard from friends that they hire a lot of people at a place called Pentagon Soft... Maybe I can get a job here because of what happened yesterday? There''s also my idol, Mr. Morita. ¡°Should I call him? ¡± 88 < EP. 20: Production Presentation (1) > Mid-October 1990. An event hall situated within Tokyo Ueno Park. ¡°Sir, I''ll turn on the lights. ¡± ¡°Okay. Turn it on from the left. ¡± As my signature fell, the intense spotlight poured down and suddenly brightened up inside the event chairman who had darkened. Then elasticity flowed from the mouths of the Pentagon Soft staff who decorated the event hall together. It was not a big event hall, but it was enough space to announce the creation of the Pentagon Soft Game. ¡°No problem on the left, the next right. ¡± Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! When the lights were on both ceilings, it lit up like daylight inside the chairman. After checking all the lights on either side, I shouted to the people on the distribution plate from a distance, circling with my arms. ¡°Okay!! Both are fine. So let''s turn the lights off again and play the video that we''ve prepared. ¡± The ceiling lights go out at the same time, and a sudden, invisible darkness approaches. And after a while. The promotional animation of the Tamago monsters was played on the large screen installed on the front. ¡°I invite you to join the world''s first monster battle!! ¡± Along with the voice of a woman reading it, numerous monsters appearing on the Tamago-san began to fill the screen at a rapid rate, showing off their skills. Immediately, from a darkened screen, Bahamut, the best transmitter, soared high in the sky, opened his big mouth in the air and cast the best technique called "Mega Flair." ¡°Gruoo!!! ¡± As the nervous monsters enter battle position at the Brest of Bahamut, they are about to swallow all the monsters, lightning strikes from the sky, and Odin, the thunder god, in front of them, stops Brest of Bahamut. Then Hayashi, who was watching the video, admired it and swept up his glasses. ¡°Yaaaa! This is not a quality joke. Sir?¡± ¡°So this is how much promotional footage...¡± ¡°But, sir, When is my snoring coming out? ¡± Kaori, a monster designer, asked me a finger, and Hayashi, who was next to me, answered on my behalf. ¡°You passed away the first time, but you were buried in the characters in 0.1 seconds. ¡± ¡°Ugh, really? ¡± At that moment, Kaori''s horrific words ended, and as he leaped up behind Odin''s back, Bikachu started shooting lightning and cannons at Bahamut, and numerous monsters followed behind him. Those are the main characters of the Tamago monsters. When I saw the promotional video running smoothly like water with my arms folded, I smiled. Finally, Odin raises his staff toward the flying Bahamut, overlooking the giant wings, and a huge lightning bolt strikes the Black Dragon from the sky. ¡°Khoo!!! ¡± Along with the agonizing roar of dragons, his epidermis was torn, and at the same time, Bahamut evolved into the ultimate evolutionary form of ''Bahamut¡¯ and exhibited a full screen of pressure. The staff of Lord Odin of Thunder moves once again as a nervous monster army watches over Bahamut, and Bahamut announces the end of the epic promotional footage of launching the ultimate skill, Giga Flair, towards Odin. -1991 Spring Animation Coming- ¡°Whoa!¡± As they watched the promotional footage of the Tamago monsters, Pentagon employees started applauding each other with a resilience. As I expected, one quality is outstanding... After a few more videos of the Pentagon Soft production announcement tomorrow, we left the presidency after all preparations were made. ¡°Wow, I''m looking forward to this tomorrow. ¡± Morita and Hayashi returned after sending their employees to work late at night. And Kaori was waiting for me. ¡°Kaori, are you there yet? ¡± Eighteen-year-old girl, who had not yet fallen short of her hair, looked up at Hayashi and replied. ¡°I heard that if you wait here with the chiefs, the chiefs will buy you dinner. ¡± ¡°How about a quick beer? Khaori is a joke, and I''ll buy it today. ¡± I laughed when I saw them looking at me with their eyes full of hope. ¡°Okay, let''s go. ¡± After a while, we moved to a skewered house near the station, where we sat around a small table and shared the boat. ¡°Khh ~ ~ I work for this flavor. ¡± ¡°Hayashi, haven''t you been drinking lately? ¡± Maurita looks worried as she looks at Hayashi emptying half a 500cc cup of beer in a heartbeat. ¡°Don''t you think I should drink because you can''t drink? ¡± When we first met, Hayashi, who was a little nervous, entered the Pentagon Soft and changed a lot. Maurita has always been a poor alcoholic, so she was always the substitute for Oolong tea at the banquet. At that time, Kaori, who had a red face on a sip of beer, opened his mouth. ¡°I''m worried about tomorrow. ¡± ¡°Yes? Why? ¡± ¡°The Valentine''s Day campaign. I thought I was actually going to faint from that. ¡± ¡°Well, that scares the hell out of me. ¡± According to Kaori, Morita, who was drinking Urong tea, trembles. The reason they have this reaction is because the promotional footage of Valentine''s Day was taken by actual actors in special costumes, not by game screens or animations, directly at the school. Among them, it was a scene where the protagonist who was hiding in the bathroom looked through the door of the floor to see the ghost chasing him. In broad daylight, when I saw the projector in Pentagon Soft''s conference room, everyone was screaming and screaming. Suddenly, the memory of that day came to my mind, and Hayashi asked me as she was choking and smiling. ¡°You said it was used in that video TV commercial. ¡± ¡°Cut it into three slices? ¡± ¡°Will that pass through the broadcast? ¡± ¡°I asked Yuki about it.¡± After talking about Yuki working in the field, all three of them were waiting for my words. ¡°Well, I heard it''s going to be a little difficult. ¡± Kaori nods and opens his mouth. ¡°Look at that. I knew it. ¡± ¡°Still, I''m going to revise the content bit by bit and send it out until it''s cleared for review.¡± ¡°Anyway, I''m looking forward to tomorrow. Valentine''s Day in a Tamago monster. And then final-frontier four, developed by the first development team, and then finally...¡± Hayashi, who was sitting next to her, quickly stopped her. ¡°Shh... I can hear people nearby. ¡± ¡°Oh, I''m sorry. ¡± I knew there was a way to clean up after a drink. I smiled at the mouth of the iceberg and lifted the beer. Everyone came out and smashed the cup and prayed for tomorrow''s propaganda. & The next day, 11: 00 a.m. To facilitate the event, Pentagon Soft''s marketing associates went to the event alone instead of their headquarters. One of the staff members found me while checking the schedule for a production presentation starting at 1: 00. ¡°Sir, I got a call from Miyazaki at the Tamago Shop. ¡± ¡°Miyazaki?¡± I checked a few important points and escalated them to the staff and headed to the staff room. ¡°Hello, I''ve changed my phone. ¡± ¡°Ah, sir. I''m sorry you''re so busy preparing for the presentation. ¡± ¡°No, thank you. So what''s going on at the store? ¡± ¡°Oh, it''s not about the store, Uchimura came to see me. I want to see the deputy director.¡± ¡°Mr. Uchimura asked me? ¡± ¡°Yes, what do I do? I have a production presentation today, so should I tell him to come back later? ¡± I answered Miyazaki''s question after summarizing my thoughts for a moment. ¡°Miyazaki, can you bring Mr. Uchimura here now? ¡± ¡°Yes? Today''s presentation is open only to gaming industry professionals, right? ¡± ¡°That''s okay. I want to hear what you think about Valentine''s Day, and I have a story to tell you, too. I''ll see you at the event. ¡± In Akihabara, where Tamago Shop is headquartered, Ueno doesn''t catch a few stops by train, so it should be close by soon... & Shortly after, industry workers who sent invitations began visiting the venue at 12: 30 pm. Among them, there used to be a mix of people who were happy to leave Mintendo to support technology. Mr. Hojima at Fox Soft, Mr. Kawata at HEG Labs. Yuji from Phoenix Soft and many others attended. But is it because he refused to offer me a second party the other day? We sent out invitations, but none of Minten''s employees showed up. ¡°Joon-Hyuk!¡± Turning his head to the familiar voice, today''s news reporter Junpei, who came out wearing a baseball cap, was approaching me from a distance. ¡°Wow! Seeing you in a place like this reminds me of the Mintendo Production Conference. ¡± ¡°It''s a lot more comfortable than that. How much did it cost to rent an event hall here? ¡± ¡°It''s a nice atmosphere compared to that. I think the screen system is pretty good, too. ¡± ¡°We''ve prepared a tea party, so eat it yourself if you''re hungry. ¡± ¡°Yes, I look forward to the presentation. ¡± Since then, while shaking hands with industry members visiting the venue, the lights of the venue have dimmed slightly and a moderator announced the beginning of the production presentation has been heard. ¡°The Pentagon Soft production announcement is coming up soon, so please take your seats. Again, Soon. While I was talking to Yuji in Phoenix Soft about Dragon Warrior 5, which will be released in the super family, I saved my understanding and headed to the Pentagon Soft executives. In the middle of the round table prepared in the event hall was the name of each company, while officials from Mintendo or the NEGA did not attend, almost all tables were filled with officials. In Japan''s current gaming industry, the Pentagon Soft has proven to be overwhelming. A few moments later, the Kawaguchi representative steps onto the stage on the right-hand side of the stage with a theme song from the Final Frontier announcing the start of the event. ¡°In the meantime, I want to thank you all for attending our Pentagon Soft production presentation. Our Pentagon Soft started with Final Frontier 1 in 1986, and at the end of last year we launched the Mintendo Super Family''s launch title, ''The Walk Without Me¡¯ and the Tamago Monster, which started selling in mid-July this year. And today is exactly the 100th day of Tamago-san''s launch. ¡± A lot of applause started pouring in from industry members gathered in the hall in Kawaguchi''s comments. He smiles awkwardly as he takes a moment to rest his words until the atmosphere subsides. ¡°Thank you so much for the applause. But I think you already know that there''s someone else who deserves this applause. I''ve also had a lot of help from this guy for a long time, and now as the Second Development Team Manager at Pentagon Soft, I am the best director of my company who has planned for the streets and the Tamago monsters. Meet Kang Jun-hyuk.¡± ¡°Ooooo!! ¡± People reacted hot because they were already famous in this industry in their own way. I swallowed deep breaths and slowly began to climb up the single phase. The Kawaguchi leader held my hand and whispered in a small voice until he reached the top of the platform. ¡°Please take good care of it. The real boss.¡± On behalf of the Kawaguchi Representative, I stepped up on the platform and waited for a moment for Park Sook to recede before slowly opening my mouth. ¡°I guess I used to have a lot of technical support back in Minten. There are so many familiar faces, I can''t help but feel like I''m at a reflex. ¡± You hear laughter in the words to relax you. ¡°Those of you who know me personally know that I''m not a supportive person. It''s the same for this presentation. All questions will be answered after the presentation. Enjoy it. Oh, and one thing. If you have a heart condition, please wear the eye patch and earplugs we prepared for you at the start of the second promotion, Valentine''s Day. So... here we go. ¡± 89 < EP. 20: Production Presentation (2) > "Well, here we go." Moderately short and thick (?) When I came down from the stage after greeting, the lights on the stage darkened and the promotional footage of the Tamago monster was played. ¡°Ouch!! It''s amazing.¡± "Cute!" The animated promotional footage that I saw with my associates yesterday immediately began to play the prestigious matches of the top 10 defending champions in the Tamago Shop, celebrating the birth of the 100 Tamago monsters. The best of them all, by far, was the fight between Bahamut and Fororis. I was surprised by the fact that Uchimura and Takashi were the two players who demonstrated this extreme psychological battle. It''s because I thought that if I put the players of the Ultimate River together, I can create a picture of myself. Instead of sitting down, I decided to look at people''s reactions in one corner of the venue. The Kawaguchi chief was also standing next to me and looking around. ¡°Everyone seems to like games, even though they''re competitors. ¡± ¡°So they''re all working on the game. I love it so much that I want a lot of people to enjoy the games that I''ve created. ¡± ¡°In that way, Joon-Hyuk is the happiest person in the group. ¡± I didn''t answer anything Mr. Kawaguchi said. Even if I didn''t have to take it out of my mouth, I was admitting to myself that I was having a very happy time. Shortly after the promotional footage of the Tamago monster came to mind, everyone applauded how much they had anticipated next spring''s animation. ¡°The streets without me were made out of OVA, but I thought the Tamago-based monster would be made out of TV anime.¡± ¡°Shall we go out with Tamago-san''s brand collage? I heard the distribution of profits is clear.¡± ¡°More than that, sir. Is there a character in our company worth taking part in...? ¡°Oh, that, too.¡± I swallowed a smile in the conversation I heard somewhere. Tamago Monster''s collaboration is currently the only two types of Tamago on the Final Frontier and Tamago on the secret release of the Dragon Emblem. However, after the promotional video ended, I showed them a video of Tamago''s monster revenue distribution, which changed my mind a little bit. After deducting the cost of raw materials and other production, Tamago Monster will have a net profit of approximately 500 yen. Currently, the Pentagon is collecting all revenues for 500 yen, but if another company offered collaboration, it was able to bring revenues of 200 yen per person for the production section of the Tamago. It was said that the conditions were not bad, as permitting Thamago monsters to use their characters could generate additional revenue and promotional effects. Then I opened the door on the other side and saw Miyazaki and Uchimura. It''s a little later than I expected, but it''s not a bad time... Seeing the president''s mood, they hurriedly rushed toward the empty table and sat down. Let''s get started, shall we? Pretend to look around for a moment and nod slightly at the lighting attendant. All the light switches were turned down, drawing an OK sign. With a faint sound, people began to roar in surprise. ¡°Huh? What is it? ¡± ¡°Power outage? I don''t see anything.¡± I checked the glow sticker marked on the floor in the dark and climbed up to the top to grab the microphone. ¡°The latest work from Pentagon Soft aiming to launch in the first half of next year. I''m going to play a promotional video for Valentine''s Day. This can be a bit shocking, so please keep your minds open. So let''s get started.¡± - I just wanted to confess to her... - As red as blood appeared on the screen, I was concentrating on the screen, swallowing other dry saliva. Some women in the event hall quickly began to wear blindfolds and earplugs to the will of the light leaking from the screen. I wanted to see her smiling face. But... umm... yuck... yuck... yuck... yuck... With a bad sound like scratching down a nerve, the screen shifts, and one of the bodies in the ceiling of a dark hallway wiggles to the left and to the right. ¡°Ow, I can''t see...¡± The moment the man who was sitting in the seat kicked his tongue and reached out his hand to the eye patch. The body fell on the floor, soft on the screen. At that moment, even the breath of the person next to you flows through my veins. Three, two, one, start. ¡°Kiyayaaaah!!!!!! ¡± As the creepy face of the specially disguised woman filled the screen, multiple simultaneous screams of all kinds began to erupt. ¡°Ahhhhhh!! ¡± ¡°Phew!! ¡± ¡°Oops!! ¡± ¡°Suck!! ¡± Among them, those wearing eye pads were screaming around them, shouting in a commotion. The cramped event hall was filled with people''s screams in a flash, and between him and me and the Pentagon staff were gripping their bellies in the dark. We had to see this one time. It''s funny. I can clearly see everyone crouching with their heads down. I see... Kick-kick... - I''d be number one without you! - - So you killed me? - - I like you. So come on, die with me... after all the creepy footage passes. Another long silence came. As people turn their heads toward the screen, they see a dark shadow slowly approaching with a bizarre gait. Caddeuk... Caddeuk... Bang, bang. Bang, bang. Tsk, tsk, tsk... Bang, bang. Thump, thump. Unknown noises and heartbeats fill your room with giant speakers. At that moment, the ghosts who were slowly walking from a distance suddenly approached the screen, and the shoulders of those who were sitting on Tables shrugged. - You''ve been hiding here? Hehehehe - - Launched ¡®Valentine''s Day¡¯ on February 14, 1991.. - - Issued Machine: SFC (Super Family Computer) - After the release date, when the lighting team lifted the power switch, the president was enlightened again. At that moment, everyone who was relaxed took a long sigh and swept down their breasts. ¡°Wow, that was amazing. I thought my heart stopped.¡± ¡°I wasn''t kidding about the choreography. I was about to pee.¡± ¡°Oh, my heart is pounding.¡± It was then. ¡°Waaaahhhh!!! ¡± ¡°What!? Why all of a sudden? ¡± ¡°Gaaaah!!! ¡± ¡°Grrrgh!! ¡± The expression on the faces of those who scream under the bright light is very offensive. Then why are people screaming all of a sudden? ¡°Take the chocolate.¡± Thanks to that guy who gives chocolates to people in ghost makeup... In a dreadful disguise contrasted with a gentle voice, people received chocolates but were still shivering. Some people were still in shock and panic, so the event staff was handing out chocolates carefully. ¡°Valentine''s Day Chocolate! Here''s some chocolates!¡± Do you see that shiny gait after dressing up as a ghost... Kaori? Imagining how much she was smiling inside, I don''t know, "Cook" burst out. ¡°You''ve got a lot of people in a panic who are evil. ¡± ¡°You''re smiling, too. ¡± ¡°Oh, really? I need to take care of this face. ¡± At that moment, the main theme song of the Final Frontier flows from the speaker with good timing. The warm tone that touched the minds of the confused people, and the faces of those who were sitting at the table softened slightly. ¡°Final Frontier. ¡± ¡°Are we finally going to SFC? ¡± ¡°Are you going to launch ahead of the Phoenix Dragon Warrior 5? ¡± Looking at the Phoenix Soft Table in people''s reactions, Yoo Ji''s expression was slightly stiff. When Final Frontier 1 was launched, it did not make much progress under the Dragon Warrior''s ¡®masterpiece,¡¯ but through the series it became a masterpiece with its own color (pale) that was clearly different from the Dragon Warrior. The fan layer was also quite thick, and in some sense even Yuji, who had the title of the national RPG of Japan, made him nervous in the evaluation of the number of times that graphics were superior to the Dragon Warrior. Kawaguchi''s final frontier 4, which was targeted for production next summer, was addressing the story of a very charismatic ¡®courageous¡¯. Of course, the story about the crystal that became the main of the series was addressing a very large story structure. Soon after, the pure white screen reminded me of the phrase FINAL FRONTIER IV, and elasticity popped up everywhere. ¡°Yaaa! Finally!! ¡± The best title, one of the two mountain ranges of the Japanese RPG, was enough to be praised by people with that name alone. Thanks to the full utilization of the spriting capabilities of the next generation, Final Frontier 4 has improved 2D graphics performance to an unparalleled extent compared to that of the family. It''s unfair to fly through the air with birds. And the charisma of the black courageous man standing at the forehead was overwhelming in an instant. ¡°The graphics are no joke. ¡± ¡°You''re nothing compared to your family...¡± ¡°Graphics are great, but BGM is amazing.¡± Everyone was admiring the beautiful graphics of Final Frontier 4. The horror that had already been experienced on Valentine''s Day in their heads seemed to disappear. ¡°If I launch this, I''m going to do hard cary right. ¡± ¡°As expected, this generation is gripping all of Mintendo. The Dragon Warrior is going to be a super family, right? Then it''s over." The struggle and friendship of the brave Imperial Army. And almost at the end of the promotional video of Final Frontier 4, which is a picture of love, I immediately remembered a release date statement on the white screen. -1991 Summer Release- ¡°Summer? You''re later than I expected? ¡± ¡°It''s the fall of the 90s, so when do we wait? ¡± However, the atmosphere of the left side, which was disappointed by the phrase on the next screen, was quiet for a moment. - Launch Pilot: TBD. - ¡°What!!? ¡± ¡°Maybe? Maybe it''s not a superfamily? ¡± ¡°Oh, my God, that graphic can''t be on a NEGA drive. ¡± When everyone''s expectations of the launch to the super family turned upside down, he began panicking again. All they could think about was the question mark, but me and Kawaguchi didn''t come up on the platform until we had finished all the videos. I made the next video in a hurry to calm the increasingly overheated people''s mood. Then, with the sound of the wind tearing, an old broken sword fell from the sky unfolding on the screen. Idiot!!! Caaang!!! ¡°What is that? Is there another one coming out? How many games are you launching next year? ¡± At that time, a man who recognized the broken sword on the screen stood up and shouted. The protagonist of that voice was ironically my friend Jun Fei. ¡°That!! That one!!" I was amazed, and I couldn''t stop saying, "That! ¡¯The next line just burst out of his mouth. ¡°The sword of dragon emblem croel.¡± Shhh!! When he finished speaking, the two gunshots collided and came up with a title on the white screen. -DRAGON EMBLEM II - 90 < EP. 20: Production Presentation (3) > ¡°The sword of dragon emblem croel.¡± Shhh!! At the end of his speech, two shootings clashed against each other and a title came up on the screen. -DRAGON EMBLEM II - ¡°Rrrrgh!! ¡± ¡°Oh my... dragon emblem!? ¡± It''s not even Valentine''s Day. Why is everyone screaming and screaming? However, the people who gathered here were expressing that they couldn''t trust each other. You didn''t expect to see the title of the great comedian who appeared like a ghost in 1986 and caused a storm in the gaming industry. While everyone was breathing, another sword shattered the title dragon emblem and came to mind the following phrase: - I wanted to preserve the peace of this world that was restored by her sacrifice. - Twenty-eight years. Holy King Croel. Defeated. - The statement announcing the loss of the main character in the masterpiece was scattered like dust, and the short animations that were prepared with the sad endings were played. A middle-aged croel who breathes a harsh breath with a sword in his chest and the ultimate enemy that reappears before him. Wounded Croel turns his broken sword and confronts the Dark Lord, but eventually he kneels to the ground, granting the final blow. -DRAGON EMBLEM II: Broken Sword and the resurrection of the Dark Lord. - -With PENTAGON soft- -1991 Winter release. - - Release Type: TBD - ¡°The launch is next winter... awesome.¡± ¡°Huh? Is it over already? Don''t you have any playback footage? ¡± ¡°You''re... too short. I miss you more!! ¡± ¡°Oh, my... I never thought Pentagon Soft would take the Dragon Emblem''s IP.¡± At that time, a new promotional video appeared on the screen that I thought was all over. It was a cheesy character design compared to the videos we''ve shown so far, but people who just watched Dragon Emblem 2 soon realized what this video meant. ¡°Huh? Katrina. ¡± ¡°It''s been a long time. ¡± ¡°I was really sad when I sacrificed Katrina in the last chapter, and that graphic was four years ago.¡± Katrina, who appeared on the screen, was only in combat posture with a priestly staff, but the appearance alone was enough to stimulate the nostalgia of those gathered here. Her character, represented by low resolution dots with low family specs, is honestly not that beautiful at the moment. But, um... ¡°Huh? What is it? It''s moving.¡± A small character, represented by a simple dot design, suddenly moves his torso to the left and to the right, forcefully raising his staff with both hands. Then, a white light gushed out from the end of the staff, wrapping the entire screen, and after a short while, Katrina was transformed into a slender character design. The outfit of the character represented as a trinity was described in detail with colorful dot graphics, as opposed to a work that only looked white. ¡°Wow!!!! ¡± ¡°Did you... remake your masterpiece?!" ¡± Along with the shouting of the crowd, a group of colleagues who fought together in the plot around Katrina began to appear. ¡°Aah!!! Firefighter Mirea!! So hot!! ¡± ¡°Oh! It''s Croel!! And Noctis, too? I liked that character the best." Every time one of my newly designed colleagues increased, a corner of my heart cried out in a frenzy, shouting the name of a character he liked. I thought I''d forgotten all about it four years ago, but still, the Dragon Emblem has been loved by so many people.We ''ve all been waiting... -DRAGON EMBLEM I Legendary Sword. Remake - -1991 Autumn. - - Launch Pilot: TBD. - The news about the dragon emblem was also a secret video made to Pentagon Soft employees, so the staff members of the presidency were also expressing their frustration. Only four people in this room remain calm, including me. Kawaguchi, Maurita, and Hayashi. Then a strange creature fell down on the heads of the heroes of the screen filled with dragon emblem. The white-egg character has a cracked shell on the impact dropped from the air. Katrina, high priest, chants the healing spell to the egg, crouching to the right and to the left. The wound clears up nicely. ¡°Is that... Tamago-san? ¡± A moment later, the man who likes to run around Katrina suddenly stops and thinks of something, and this time he claps his hands and starts cheering. His strange behavior reminds me of a question mark on the characters'' heads... At that moment, the egg shoots a strange light at the character of the dragon emblem. Then the thump and dragon emblem characters transformed into the cute second-in-command characters of black and white. While everyone was perplexed, the heroes were absorbed by Tamago-san''s light and all of them were sucked in, and the Tamago-san statue swallowed up all the characters and clapped its belly with a ¡®grunt¡¯ sound, and the white eggs began to fester black. Soon after, Tamago-san, who was wearing Croel''s cloak with the ¡®Dragon Insignia¡¯, announced that the promotional video would end. - Tamago-san''s second collaboration. Thamago of the Dragon Emblem. Current Sales Medium. - At that time, one of the people in the chairman muttered with a slightly trembling voice. ¡°Oh, I got that one.¡± At that moment, the gaze of the people gathered inside the chairman turned toward the voices as a whole. I also turned my head in surprise, and Uchimura and Miyazaki, who were sitting in the corner, smiled awkwardly. Jun Fei, who could not bear the curiosity, asked Uchimura. ¡°Hey, do you have that? ¡± ¡°Yes, here.¡± Uchimura pulled out the black tamago statue from his pocket, and elasticity flowed from the mouths of the people who were gathered in the president. ¡°It''s true. I thought there were only two kinds, but there''s a new version. I want it, too. ¡± ¡°Does that Tamago-san have a dragon emblem character? Wow. It''s a coincidence that the person who picked that one is Uchimu... Only 100 of these were sprayed all over the countrybecause of the initial production... Haha... Soon after all the promotional videos ended up at the Dragon Emblem, a line of sentences appeared on the screen. [email protected] ¡°Oh, isn''t that the message from the dragon emblem? ¡± ¡°Yes. I was curious about that. What does that mean? Is this gonna come out today? ¡± At that moment, the letters behind @ disappeared, and the screen only left with the letter hjk0615. Following that, the number 0615 is also scattered to all sides, leaving only the letter HJK. The alphabet is reversed in order ¡®Kang Jun Hyeok. The letter¡¯ is completed. ¡°Kang.. Jun.. Hyuk..? ¡± ¡°The Korean developer of Dragon Emblem... Manager Kang Jun-hyuk from Pentagon Soft!" ¡± The president, who gathered with so many people, became silent as if dead. Soon, the lights began to illuminate very brightly in the chairman to let him know that all the production announcements we prepared were over. While everyone was watching me breathlessly, the sound of my footsteps toward the top rang incredibly loud. Buffalo... Buffalo... Buffalo... After a while, I came to the top, sighing, not knowing what to say first. Those who sit at the table are likely to be loaded as well. Maybe it''s a good thing that no one from Minten came... ¡°Phew... You have a lot of questions, don''t you? So I''m going to ask you some questions about today''s public promotional footage. ¡± But unlike I expected, no one asked me the right questions. There were some who had not yet come out of the shock, and some who were looking dazed. At that moment, the palm communicator table flashed. The first question is, Jun Pyo, are you? ¡¯ I smiled gladly and said to him: ¡°Go ahead, Junpei. ¡± ¡°I-I just want to ask you a few quick questions. ¡± ¡°Go ahead." ¡°Does¡® K ¡¯, known as the scenario writer in the street without me, mean'' Kang '', Joon-Hyuk''s last name? ¡± ... Wow! He''s a friend, and he starts by hitting the mark... Yes, I''m here today to tell you everything about me. ¡°Yes, that''s right. ¡± My answer began to make a commotion again in the president. I thought I heard the word "Devil" somewhere. Some said "traitor," but did not spare the praise of "best director of the current generation," who created great masterpieces, including the psychic battle. ¡°So here''s the second question. At the time of producing the Dragon Emblem, Mintendo was an employee. Why didn''t you formally play in the name of Mintendo and target the second-hand market? ¡± ¡°I had no choice but to use the second-hand market to implement the system that I wanted to build with the technology at the time. Everyone in this room knows that. How dragon emblems are using the system. We needed a read-writeable data chip called a custom chip to put in a system where a colleague actually died. But because the unit price was so expensive, it probably wouldn''t have been passed because of the manufacturing unit price. ¡± Then there were people nodding their heads in my answer. ¡°Well, that''s not wrong either. When I first went around the thrift market, I asked around with someone I knew, and I thought," What madman sold it for that price? "¡± ... there''s a madman. Then Gunpei opened the cartridge for the first time and said something similar. I''m waiting for the next question with a mouthful of laughter, and this time Yuji from Phoenix Soft raised his hand. ¡°Ask a question. ¡± ¡°Why are the final frontier and dragon emblems all available? Are you sure you''re going to release something other than the super family? ¡± In Yuji''s question, I hesitated for a moment to answer. ¡°This part is explained by the head of our company, Kawaguchi, but I will answer for you as you come to the top. First of all, the porting of Final Frontier 4 and Dragon Emblem I showed you is not intended for superfamilies. ¡± 91 < EP. 20: Production Presentation (4) > ¡°This part is explained by the head of our company, Kawaguchi, but I will answer for you as you come to the top. First of all, the porting of Final Frontier 4 and Dragon Emblem I showed you is not intended for superfamilies. ¡± I said, "What? Could it be the NEGA drive? ¡± ¡°Well, don''t you think the graphics stripe is too much to implement as a NEGA drive? It''s not impossible, of course, but it must be very difficult, right? ¡± ¡°So which platform are you launching? ¡± ¡°Literally, not yet." In fact, the console that we''re launching has not yet been launched. ¡± At that moment, I was appalled by the faces of the developers sitting at the table. That''s because what I just said in the official seats is that there is now another console other than the Super Family and the NEGA drives. ¡°As Joon-Hyuk said, there are other next-generation consoles that are being developed besides Minten and the NEGA? ¡± In Yuji''s question, I took a moment to look around and slowly opened my mouth. ¡°Before I do, I''d like to explain why I invited you here today. why we sent private invitations to people in the gaming industry who are not ordinary users at the gaming conference.¡± ¡°Actually, I''m curious about that. With a production presentation like this, we''ll be able to get a tremendous response from our users. Why did they call us? ¡± ¡°Ironically, Minten and members of the NEGA refused to attend our presentation today. Well, in such a narrow industry, as many of you may have heard, there is a slight disagreement between Mintendo and our Pentagon software. ¡± ¡°So is it true that the Pentagon rejected Mintendo''s second party offer? ¡± ¡°Yes, it is. ¡± My answer began to make me nervous in the president. From their point of view, they could not comprehend Pentagon Soft''s choice. It is unimaginable to refuse the offer of Mintendo, the world''s most recognizable console developer, not just Japan. I waited for the conversation to subside for a while before speaking again. ¡°The reason I''m here today is to offer you a new business to lead the gaming industry today. Can you dim the lights for a second? ¡± The brightness of the light that was shining on my request decreased by about two steps, and a white screen brought up the current revenue structure graph for the gaming industry. ¡°If you''re an industry person, you know what that means, right? ¡± Then an employee who was sitting at the table replied. ¡°Isn''t this the revenue distribution structure for Minten and Third Parties provided by NEGA? ¡± ¡°That''s right. If you look at this chart, you can see that the revenue structures for First and Third Parties are very different. Of course, the prices of the games users buy are completely different. ¡± ¡°Isn''t that obvious? The first party games will take away the loyalty part and the cartridge making unit price will be much cheaper.¡± I nodded my head to the man''s answer and followed the explanation. ¡°Exactly. That''s where the fist party and the third party get separated. Research shows that the cartridge price for Super Maridge World, which Mintendo launched at the same time as the Super Family, is 4,800 yen. But last month, the cartridge was 8,700 yen from Capco Soft for Arcade Final Fight 89 for the super family. That''s roughly 4,000 yen different from the regular price of the Super Maridge World. So who''s going to take advantage of 4,000 yen? Do you take it? Of course not. Currently, Mintendo is increasing cartridge production unit prices and royalties slightly due to the rise of the super family. The next generation has expanded graphics that can be expressed differently than before, and the capacity of the cartridge has also required high capacity. We''re holding out for now, but what about next year? And the next year? ¡± All those who were sitting at the table at my words did not refute me like a mute honey. ¡°We''re third parties, but what we do is like minten first parties. Raise your hand if you have a gaming company working on a different company console than minten. ¡± Then again, no one raised their hands. Even after paying an expensive royal tee, we have to launch it as the most popular console for current users, but we will still be able to get more than we used to. From what I''ve heard, some people think the Third Party is a poor company. But you see, that doesn''t mean the Third Parties pay all the royalties they pay for Mintendo. They''re in the business of making money anyway. How could they sell it for damages? So who pays for the loyalty? That''s the consumer. That''s why there''s 4,000 yen difference between First Party and Third Party gaming. ¡°At this rate, the Third Party''s price will soon be 10,000 yen per title. But even if the unit price goes up that much, your profit will be the same. There''s a company that makes that money anyway. ¡± ¡°You''re right. It''s not that our users are aware of our situation, we''re just growing frustrated with the price of the game as we enter the superfamily.¡± When complaints erupted from Capco''s table that issued ''Final Fight 89¡¯ last month, similar complaints began to erupt from various tables as if a fire had spread over rotten leaves. ¡°But you can''t lower the price of soft as minten or as low as the game. because it''s a market structure that you have to insult and then pay for. ¡± ¡°The higher the price, the more affordable the secondhand market will be. The game cartridge will never wear out the program even if it is used... In the end, it will only be self-destruction. ¡± It is an accurate interpretation. Because the number of users who were already looking for the super family''s second-hand software was growing... Hojima in Fox Soft, who has been making a serious face until then, raised his hand. ¡°Ask a question. Houjima.¡± I had felt it when I visited Fox Soft before, but I was really looking forward to asking Hodgey Ma who was quite difficult. ¡°Fox Soft also fought against the unreasonable royalties of Mintendo and launched a game called ''Full Metal Gear¡¯ on the NEGA drive and MSX, but that was quite a drop in sales. That''s how important console penetration is. I don''t know what the new console companies are thinking about jumping into the console market at this time, but just because they''re doing well doesn''t mean the third parties are moving. That''s what the device penetration rate should be, and the marketability of the console company''s brand. So I ask you, is the Pentagon Soft console company about to launch a new piece that much awareness for its users? ¡± In Houjima''s remarks, all the developers looked at me. If you say anything wrong here, you''ll get stoned. ¡°I can relate to your concerns. We haven''t been able to go into the details of the new generation of consoles yet, but one thing is clear.¡± I paused for a moment and spoke behind. ¡°Our Pentagon software is fully supported. ¡± ¡° ¡­¡­!! ¡± ¡°Pentagon software in console business!? ¡± ¡°I see!! Is that why you turned down Mintendo''s second party proposal? ¡± ¡°If the Pentagon Soft takes the lead, it might as well be recognizable... Wait, so the game from the Pentagon Soft becomes the first party of a new console? ¡± It looks like people from the same industry are gathering together, so if you tell me one thing, I''ll notice heat... Then Houjima asked me again. ¡°Can you tell us more about what it means to have the full support of Pentagon Soft for the next generation of console companies? ¡± ¡°Just as you expected. We are currently investing a portion of the proceeds from Pentagon Soft into your company, and as you can see in the promotional footage, we are planning to invest all of the main software from Pentagon Soft in the future. ¡± ¡°The idea you''re talking about... is exactly like the NEGA sales strategy. In the end, the software of the company itself is not going to get any recognition. just like the current NEGA drive. ¡± In Houjima''s cold-blooded analysis, I put out my tongue, but it seemed relaxed on the outside. ¡°Why do you expect to take the same train as the NEGA drive? ¡± ¡°There''s a limit to the number of titles a company can pay in a year. First parties tend to ignore our Third Party, but you have no idea that our help is never the enemy to suit everyone''s tastes. ¡± ¡°Of course I do. because no other employee in Mintendo has ever had the technical support of another company like me. ¡± Then, an employee nodded at my words at the popular Hudson table as the ''Bomb Man''. ¡°Well, Joon-Hyuk really helped me a lot. When I was working on my family game, I called them and asked them a nice question, but if they said they didn''t know, they would come to the company the next day and fix it. And I don''t think any of these people have ever seen Joon-Hyuk during game development. ¡± ¡°That''s right. That''s right. ¡± Ah, it''s only now that I''ve had the audacity to support technology for five years... I listened to people''s conversations and smiled gladly. And they opened their mouths again to unravel the question. ¡°Mr. Houjima is right. And I know what you''re worried about. That''s why I''ve invited you on behalf of each company to a private production presentation today. The new console against Mintendo''s super family will give you a third path to symbiotic life with our Pentagon software. ¡± ¡°The third path..? ¡± People looked confused about my business proposal. The console company had never seen the benefits of a first party and would walk the Third Party and symbiotic path before. Yuji from Phoenix Soft, who was listening to me, asked me. ¡°Does that mean you want to create a new distribution structure? What kind of...? ¡± ¡°We will offer new solutions that benefit everyone, both our Pentagon software and you and the users who buy our games. ¡± At that moment, the screen behind my back reminded me of a plan to explain the new method of distribution structure. And as I walked into the middle of the stage, I pulled out something that had been hidden in my suit''s pocket all this time. ¡°And this is the new storage medium that you and I can collaborate on. ¡± 92 < EP. 20: Production Presentation (5) > ¡°This is the new storage medium that you and I can collaborate on. ¡± But after a while. Those who looked at the items in my hand sighed out of their mouths. ¡°I thought something else was great... just a cartridge, right? ¡± ¡°A little smaller than a superfamily, but it''s a cartridge by the looks of it.¡± ¡°Pretty slim for a cartridge, three 3.5-inch diskettes? ¡± I relaxed my smile with a next-generation cartridge the size of cassette tape in my hand. ¡°So the Pentagon wants to run a cartridge? It''s like mintendo or the NEGA. ¡± I answered someone''s question with a smile on my mouth. ¡°As you can see, this is a game cartridge for the next generation. However, it is a flash memory cartridge that is readable and writable for data, rather than a typical ROM cartridge used by minten and NEGA. ¡± ¡°What!? You can read and erase data!? ¡± I waved the cartridge in my hand in front of the crowd and gave an additional explanation. ¡°Gentlemen, what is the highest cost of developing a game at the moment? ¡± ¡°That''s right. Of course it''s cartridge production.¡± ¡°Yes, the cost of a Rom cartridge using semiconductors is very expensive. That''s why despite our expensive cartridge unit price, we don''t make much profit. So our Pentagon software is going to eliminate the unit cost of making that cartridge. ¡± ¡°What? So how do you plan to distribute the game? ¡± ¡°Well, let me tell you about the new distribution structure for that next generation of consoles. ¡± & After a while, everyone who heard the explanation about the distribution of the next generation of console games looked at me with a silly look. ¡°Is that really possible? ¡± ¡°I believe so. Of course, you might need a little adaptor initially, but once you know the benefits of how to sell your data, many will use it, right? ¡± ¡°No, how can you come up with such a distribution structure? ¡± The next generation of console games were using a slightly unique method as described to them. It''s the way to download data. Of course, I know that it is absurd to download data in an age when the Internet is not universalized. So I thought. How to download offline data. What the hell is that supposed to mean? So... every game shop in the country has a handset, so it''s easy for consumers to take their own cartridges and download their own games? like taking a blank tape to a video store and giving it a certain amount of money and copying the video. The method was very simple. But no one''s tried the company. At first, people tilted their heads at this seemingly complicated distribution method, but it''s a metaphor for a video store. ¡°If that''s the way it''s really going to be, you don''t have to pay for cartridges anymore. ¡± Hudson''s staff was satisfied with the new way of distribution. But I shook my head to the left and to the right with a smile and replied to him. ¡°No, I''m going to do some regular soft selling. because there are all kinds of people in the world, and some of them are objectionable to this way of selling. ¡± ¡°By the way, who would be reluctant to sell soft at a cheap price? ¡± ¡°The so-called mania class. the collectors of games. Not only that, but to some extent, don''t you think you''d like to have a lifetime of satisfaction with your game? Now, who here, frankly, still has the Dragon Emblem cartridge in their home? Let me see your hands. ¡± Then more than half of the people looked around and raised their hands. Funnily enough, they included the Hudson employee who asked me. ¡°You''ve already cleared it. Why do you still have it? ¡± ¡°That was... that was so much fun.¡± ¡°That''s it. There''s a title that I definitely want to collect after I play. It''s the same for consumers. It evokes the desire not only to play silk games, but also to have books and movies that I''ve read in my heart for the rest of my life. ¡± ¡°Well, isn''t the story back to square one? ¡± ¡°No, it''s not. But we have a responsibility to satisfy our consumers. So we don''t have any royalties for Rom Cartridges and we won''t touch them at all. You can research the market yourself with 1,000 or 10,000 units and build as many as you want. ¡± ¡°No royalties? ¡± ¡°As opposed to having no loyalties, the selling price of the game software should not exceed 6,000 yen. because we also offer concessions for consumers. ¡± If Chairman Kamachi had heard this story himself, he would have collapsed in a bubble, right? Well, if he doesn''t, if he hears about the announcement today, he''ll call the Pentagon sooner or later, come in person or take action... because he''s not going to get away with it. I waited for the next question, looking at people''s reactions onstage. Fortunately, third-party officials were responding fairly positively to new modes of distribution. The snow that has been swarming in Mintendo since the family has been flowing from everywhere like a bot. Houjima asked me. ¡°But if it''s a read-write flash memory, isn''t there a risk of replication? What if, for example, there was a copying device between the cartridges? ¡± Then, the cheerful chairman''s mood suddenly became sharp. In fact, the cartridge unit price was short, but it was not uncommon for game developers to change their attitudes because the most sensitive problem was illegal replication. By the way, Houhima-san really has a knack for asking sharp questions in the past... I held the microphone in my hand after a few moments of thirst with a drink placed on top of the stage. ¡°Of course, we have a contingency plan. ¡± ¡°Please elaborate. ¡± Just... wait for me. I cleared my throat with an empty cough and answered Hojima''s question. ¡°A handset installed in the game shop will have a kind of discrimination device. No evidence of data copying or additional programs. You will explore the information in the cartridge each time. We will also update the new hack lock (LOCK) whenever a new game is released. If there is any evidence of piracy, the handset will erase all the information in the cartridge and put it in a so-called" brick "state where no game can be installed. ¡± People started laughing at my expression of ¡®brick¡¯ as if it was funny. Is that so weird? That''s the word I used a lot in the 2000s... Anyway, people returned to a cozy atmosphere inside the chairman to make sure they were satisfied with my answers. Houjima was also leaning against the chair with a satisfied look, making sure there was nothing more to catch. At that time, the one who had not said a word until now spoke to me. ¡°Joon-Hyuk.¡± He''s a second party in Mintendo. It was Kawata Satoru at HEG Institute. One day, while Shigei was struggling with the Super Maridge running motions, he sent balloon fights to get an idea of inertia in the game. Although not officially a member of Mintendo, the HEG Institute was a second party that pushed quite well in Mintendo, so it was almost like a person from Mintendo. ¡°It''s been a long time, Kawata. How are you?¡± ¡°Thanks to you, Joon-Hyuk explained a new distribution method... I''m very interested. It''s a unique, user-friendly way to think about the West de Parties. ¡± ¡°Kawata, do you have any questions about the new distribution method? ¡± ¡°No, I don''t. Instead, I have one question about a person named Joon-Hyuk. ¡± ¡°Me? ¡± ¡°After the production announcement, I knew that Joon-Hyuk was a street screenwriter K who didn''t have me to answer the questions of the journalist in Pammy Communications. And when Mr. Kawaguchi introduced me to Joon-Hyuk, he said," The planner of the streets without me. "¡± ¡°Yes, it is. ¡± ¡°The launch date for the street without me was the launch date for the super family. That means that Joon-Hyuk created his own games at another company while he was in Mintendo. Is there anything you''d like to say about this? ¡± Haha... I didn''t have an employee in Minten, so I thought I''d just let it go, but I can''t believe Kawata caught me... I thought about it for a moment and then answered his questions... Or everyone here. ¡°Let''s say one day you come up with a really good idea in your head. For those of you who are developing crabs, you''ve probably felt it before. One day, I thought to myself," Ah! How about a game like this? ''Thinking. Have you all done it? ¡± Then some people sitting at the table nodded and agreed with me. ¡°Oh, I do that sometimes. ¡± I smiled slightly at their tune and spoke again. ¡°So, is that what you came up with? Or is it part of a company? ¡± Then, I remembered the expression on people''s faces that was subtle. ¡°Mine''s... long, but I don''t think so.¡± ¡°So what would you do if you had a hunch that the idea was going to be successful? ¡± ¡°Well, I''m going to file a draft with the company. Oh, should we finish the project? But we also have to have a team to build with.¡± ¡°I was reminded of Mauritata and Hayashi, who together created a psychic battle when they first designed a street where I wasn''t there. There were no people in mintendo at the time who would have perfected the game as I had created it. So I handed them a scenario that had a gap between it and my idea. ¡± Then Kawata opened his mouth. ¡°Isn''t that an excuse? ¡± ¡°That''s right. During my time in Mintendo, I handed the plans over to another company, Pentagon Soft, which created a distance for me from Pentagon Soft. But let me ask you one question. Was Mintendo harmed by me using the Pentagon Soft to create a street without me? Or was it profitable? ¡± Kawata hesitated for a while and couldn''t answer anything. ¡°The superfamily was released, and it was because of the streets that I was not there that led the hard sell in the first place. Do you admit that? ¡± Kawata sighed and answered my question. ¡°I admit, I didn''t ask you this question to blame Joon-Hyuk, either. But Mr. Kamauchi will be different. I''m sure Joon-Hyuk knows that. ¡± I take my microphone off for a moment, take a deep breath and open my mouth. ¡°I know very well. ¡± & The next day, I expected somewhat, but the gaming industry really turned upside down. Pammy Communications, which is affiliated with Jun Fei, published a special issue before the magazine was even published, only with what she heard in yesterday''s production announcement. In addition, I put in a very stimulating propaganda about whose idea it was, and the title of the feature was... - The pentagon of counter-attack. ... someone might think it''s the new Gundam water. How quickly they announced the Pentagon''s counterattack, a prominent member of Pammy Communications, was released early this morning using a newspaper. Thanks to this, I was able to meet this strange specialty at a convenience store on my way to work. ¡°We announced it really quickly, but if you go up to the company, it won''t be a problem. ¡± And my predictions didn''t go away. I hesitated for a moment, swallowing the dry saliva from the many phone ringtones that came from the company entrance. Then Sayuri, who found me in the office, hurriedly ran out. ¡°Sir, something''s wrong. ¡± ¡°Yes, I think that''s just the sound of the phone. Haha..¡± ¡°This is no time for jokes. I''m not Lee because I''m suing our Pentagon in Mintendo. ¡± I already expected that, but I guess that''s how it works... I took a small sigh and stepped into the office. Then I heard voices calling my name everywhere. ¡°Sir, please pick up the phone. ¡± ¡°Hey, boss, we''re in a hurry, too. ¡± ¡°Senior!! It''s already the third call. Help me, please. ¡± Press and third-party companies that didn''t show up yesterday anyway. And the calls from Mintendo... I briefly scratched the back of my head and told the staff sitting near the outlet. ¡°Pick up the phone. ¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°It gets in the way of work. Pick up the phone.¡± ¡°Oh, yes! ¡± As I approached the wall outlet in a panic and pulled out the phone code, my office became calm. ¡°Okay, all right? I''ll take care of the rest. Watch what I''m doing. Oh, I forgot to say hello. Good morning, everyone!¡± The staff stared at me with a blank expression as I turned to greet them. Soon after, I knocked on the door of the representative room instead of heading to the Development Team 2. ¡°Oh, Joon-Hyuk is here. I was still waiting. ¡± ¡°What are you so embarrassed about? We were expecting this. ¡± ¡°Of course it is, but it''s stronger than I thought in Mintendo. ¡± ¡°What are they saying? ¡± ¡°I''m asking Joon-Hyuk to talk to me, but he wants to sue me for industrial espionage. ¡± ¡°Yes!? ¡± Oh... This is going to be a superfall, huh? But in the meantime, shouldn''t you at least talk to me? It''s been a long time since I''ve cried out... "Kamauchi bastard!!! ¡¯ 93 < EP. 21: CEO Games (1) > Industrial espionage. "A person who knowingly discloses confidential technical information about a company or other company to which he or she is affiliated and harms the company. ¡¯I know, but no matter how much I thought about it, I didn''t think that I had done enough damage to Mintendo. Of course, those preliminaries are just the key to industrial espionage, and more broadly, my accusations are... Yeah, should I say "Dual Duke"? Before time slips, in 2015, there were some employees who secretly squeezed other companies'' coding into their part-time jobs, which ended up being a small allowance, but in my case, the scale was a little different. Hussein, the lawyer sitting in front of me, was also making a very embarrassing face. ¡°This is... subtle. ¡± ¡°Right?" ¡°If there is any action, there must be damage, and it is very difficult because there is profit. Mintendo said," I had a bigger advantage, but I only made this much. ¡¯There''s nothing to say, but it''s hard to guarantee a greater advantage. In this case, we have to look at the terms of Junhyuk''s contract. ¡± ¡°My contract? ¡± ¡°If the ownership of the creation of the employee you are working for is stated in the company regulations, there is a bit of a problem. Oh, by the way, when you were making a game called Dragon Emblem, did you ever use any of Mintendo''s cartridge factories or mintendo''s possessions? ¡± ¡°No. The cartridge, as Hussee knew, used a poor stock cartridge he had during his acquisition of the triangle soft. ¡± ¡°That''s good. because if you haven''t used the Mintendo facility at all, you''ve found at least one loophole. So the most troubling thing is the fact that Minten was released to the Pentagon during his tenure. The streets without me. ¡± ¡°Is the contract for mintendo the only way to get out of it? ¡± ¡°Yes, it is. I recommend that you go back to your home and take a look at your current employment contract with Mintendo. ¡± On Hussein''s advice, I pressed and asked him repeatedly. ¡°Hussein, is there any way we can make this easy and tidy? I don''t have one or two games to go into right now.¡± ¡°I do.¡± ¡°Really? What''s that? ¡± ¡°Cleanly follow Mintendo''s suggestion and enter the second party. And then we can move on. ¡± ¡° ¡­¡­. ¡± ¡°Of course, you don''t want that, do you? Actually, it''s a personal opinion, but somehow I feel...¡± Hussein, who had a deep wrinkle around his eyes and a loving smile, slowly said with his hands on the table. ¡°Kamauchi, president of Mintendo, seems to want to talk to Junhyuk. ¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°In fact, if Mintendo had really decided to sue Junhyuk, he wouldn''t have even warned him. The message would have been immediately put into action. ¡± However, it makes sense to hear what Hussee said. Kamauchi has the same personality. I stared at the phone on my desk without saying anything for a moment. ¡°Hey, can I use your phone? ¡± ¡°Of course, it''s lunchtime, and if you want, we''ll leave you alone, so use as much as you want. ¡± ¡°Just a minute, then." After a while, Hussein cleared the office for a meal, and left alone, I took the game & watch out of my bag after looking through the door. ¡°Phew... I''ve been busy lately, and it''s been a long time since I saw you. But do these have batteries left? ¡± The last time I checked the market information and opened it two months ago... Games & watches used mercury batteries that were easily available in the watch room, but the battery time was much longer than I expected. So far, switching batteries over to ''83 is as good as ten fingers. I opened the lid slightly anxious and pressed the power button, and a brief moment later, a blue light came on the screen. Thank goodness. It''s working. Hmm... huh? It''s a little different from the sponsorship game I''ve seen before...? Wait, this interface screen... It''s like three countries. Yes, a massive virtual continent was emerging in the Games & Watches, with today''s released consoles occupying part of the virtual continent. Of course, the company that occupied the most territories was Mintendo. Being on a fictional continent of two-thirds, including families, superfamilies, and portable gamblers really reminded me of the great nation of the Three Kingdoms. (Kamachi''s behavior is similar to that of Cao Cao Cao''s...) And even though Minten in the lower right is not the same as Minten''s, NEGA, the second-largest console industry with a fairly large territory, overlaps with the country of the Three Kingdoms. Finally, there should have been a cluster of late console companies such as PC-engines and MSX. Is this still the era of the heroes... Do you want to start the -CEO game? - Starting with the company game, getting to know each other''s concerns and helping them with the sponsorship game, are you now the CEO game? I was overwhelmed, but not surprisingly, I had already experienced the evolution process as a sponsor game. As I pressed the start button with a mouthful of laughter, a tiny territory called the Pentagon was created at the end of the continent. The CEO game was easier to adapt because the interface itself resembled a tri-country that I had enjoyed a lot before. After going through the game for a while, I realized something interesting. It was because the monarchs in the tribal territory were able to see at a glance the abilities of those they had come in contact with in the sponsor game as if they were studying the abilities of their subordinates. As a test, I clicked on the Mauritan, and various information appeared in the job description along with a character designer. "Monster Design Lv.2, Beautiful Girl Design Lv.8, and Sexy Design Lv.10... Exactly." While I was studying Morita''s abilities, I was curious about the Level Up button flashing next to her skill and pressed it. -Morita requires the following items to level up its sexy design: Illustration of Yoshihara Satoshi''s Sword Grangrissa Character Vol. 2 Yoshihara''s Illustration Book? That thing you''re selling at the bookstore? Since it''s an item, I thought you might need something enormous, but it looks like you''re getting a reference from a student who''s studying. In case you were wondering, this time I clicked on Chendra, and like Morita, I came up with various skill information. Among them, what I examined first was Chendra''s other abilities. -Flash Memory Development Research Lv.1- ¡°Ah!! ¡± Suddenly, I felt resilient in my remaining office without even knowing it. This is it! This is it!! '' It contained all the information I needed most right now. I held back my excitement for a moment and looked at the game for a while. Because I thought, if this virtual continent is a console, there''s definitely a game soft. And after a while. On the game screen, I found an icon that I suspect refers to the game software. - The world of Jesus... Just in case, when I clicked on the icon, the world of zither that supports the virtual continent unfolded. This place, woven like a spider web by many game developers, was at a glance the foundation of the artificial continent. How did you figure it out in the first place? That''s because 80% of the companies in the underworld had connections that were supporting Mintendo on the artificial continent. Among them, our Pentagon was occupying quite a large territory in the underworld, with the largest trunk supporting mintendo. Especially Mintendo''s portable Gambo was showing the greatest Contribution Points thanks to the Tamago monster, and the distance without me in the second super family was showing the least. That means... realizing that these two stalks are the bargaining points with Minten, I look up at the phone on the desk, raising the tail of one mouth. After I put the game & watch back in my bag for a moment, I thought about it. You turn the dial with the handset. It was a direct phone number that did not go through Camouflage''s assistant. A few beeps rang for a moment and the voice of Camouflage was heard behind the handset. ¡°Kang Gun? I was fortunate to wait 10 more minutes and then skip the phone call as soon as I tried to sue you. ¡± As soon as I got the call, I heard a relaxed voice in Kamachi''s voice. I felt that I could be eaten if I showed weakness here. I took a short breath and opened my mouth in a bright voice. ¡°I''m having a great time, right? How have you been? Boss.¡± ¡°Kid. He said that in the conference room yesterday and asked me if he was doing well. Your audacity and your audacity remain intact. ¡± Fortunately, I heard Kamauchi''s voice, and it seemed like he wanted to talk to me, as Hussee said. I guess that means I didn''t even know I took over the Litex factory as a rear peacock. Well, if he knew that, he would have talked and filed a complaint... ¡°I''m glad you''re looking well, though. ¡± ¡°Of course, because our company doesn''t suck enough to be shaken by that announcement. ¡± ¡°You''re right. ¡± You hear Kamuchi''s little sigh behind the handset. ¡°But it''s true that my heart aches a little. ¡± ¡°I''m sorry to leave Mintendo and give you this news. It''s better to come and talk to them in person than to have this important conversation over the phone, right? ¡± ¡°Yes, you do know something. Then I''ll wait for you. ¡± ¡°I''ll see you tomorrow morning, then. Please keep your schedule empty. ¡± As soon as I got off the phone with Kamauchi, I let out a long sigh. You''re a hard man. Even when I''m older, I have a unique streak... Just after finishing eating, Hussein returned to his office. ¡°Oh, you''re here? ¡± ¡°Yes, did you speak to the mintendo side during my meal? ¡± ¡°Yes. As Hussein said, Mr. Kamauchi wanted to talk to me. We decided to meet at the Minten headquarters in Kyoto tomorrow morning. ¡± ¡°Really? Well, I hope it''s resolved...¡± ¡°Well, that might be easy, but I''ll call you at the office tomorrow afternoon. ¡± ¡°Yes, I''ll wait for your call. ¡± I left the office after thanking Hussein for his counseling. & The next day, on my first morning trip to Shinkansen, I put a cigarette in front of the mintendo headquarters in Kyoto at 10 am and asked. "It''s been a long time." 94 < EP. 21: CEO Games (2) > & The next day, on my first morning trip to Shinkansen, I put a cigarette in front of the mintendo headquarters in Kyoto at 10 am and asked. "It''s been a long time." When I burned all my cigarettes and entered the headquarters, the atmosphere was not as fierce as I thought. Some people were happy to visit me because I went to look for each employee and said goodbye when I left. Like that guy walking over there. ¡°Oh my, sir!! ¡± As I was walking past the lobby, I encountered Mina, a marketing associate. The day I launched the portable gamble boy before, I remembered the hard memories I suffered while going to the blizzard together. ¡°You''re still the deputy director when you quit here. I''m afraid someone might misunderstand. ¡± ¡°Oh, right. I''m so glad I didn''t know...¡± ¡°How are you? ¡± ¡°The real director... no. Kang... Joon-Hyuk...? ¡± ¡°Just call me Junhyuk at ease. ¡± ¡°Oh, yes. Anyway, Joon-Hyuk was in a commotion yesterday. ¡± ¡°Is that so? It doesn''t look much different than usual.¡± ¡°It''s because Joon-Hyuk was going to visit you yesterday, so he insisted that you don''t bother... Anyway, Mr. Kamachi will be waiting for you, so go up. ¡± ¡°Yes, I''ll stop by before I go back. ¡± After Mina and I broke up, I headed to the top of the building where the boss'' room was. As I turned my head as I was heading to the elevator, it was so unnatural for the staff who were looking at me to turn their heads in a hurry. Some welcomed and waved, others openly hostile. After I left, the staff seemed to have grown quite a bit. After a while, the door to the elevator I was going to take was opened, and I thought maybe it was just a coincidence that she was inside, but it didn''t happen. According to industry information recently, Shigei is currently preparing a new "Legendary Karin" piece for the super family next year. The subtitle was one of the most famous RPGs in the ¡®Tripos of the Gods¡¯ super family. Once you enter the production period, the guy who makes the game silently even if the building collapses next to him, so he might not be interested in the Pentagon Soft production announcement... Ding! As the elevator bell rings and enters the quiet corridor, you see the room waiting for you by Kamuchi at the end of the hall. Now, let''s go play some chess. ¡¯ Knock, knock, and you hear Kamachi''s voice inside. ¡°Come in.¡± I took a moment to catch my breath, and then I grabbed the door hook in the boss'' room. Beyond the slow-opening door, Kamachi was sitting on the couch looking at me. Like the day we first met. ¡°What are you, a ninja? What are you sneaking in for? I''ve been waiting for you since last night, and I thought I was going to choke. ¡± ¡°Well, you still are. You look healthy." ¡°Bastard. ¡± Kamauchi smiled and suggested a chair across from him, and I sat across from him and opened my mouth. ¡°This reminds me of an interview in ''83. ¡± ¡°When I sent you to overseas sales? Honestly, that interview was an unforgettable day for me, too. I had no idea that a key would pop out of a young man''s mouth like that. ¡± ¡°Does that mean you have some recognition for my accomplishments? ¡± ¡°Why? Are you going to appeal now? ¡± ¡°Will you listen to me if I appeal? ¡± ¡°No choice. ¡± ¡°Then what do you ask? Surprise people." After searching through the fields lightly, we smiled at each other for a moment. You have no idea what you''re suing me for. What the hell were you thinking? ¡°You''ve got quite a leap of faith. I knew that if I came into my room, I''d be different from the rest of the snowmen. ¡± ¡°Thank you for the compliment. But if we just talk too much and then we get stuck, shall we get to the point? ¡± Then, unlike when he had been throwing his greetings at the car farmer until now, Kamauchi smiled. And by doing so, I felt the air in the room cooling off. ¡°Speak first. ¡± Tsk. You lost the player. ¡°Rather, I''d like to ask, What are you after? ¡± ¡°I heard through Kawata that your Pentagon is building a new console. They have a very interesting distribution method. So I called Gunpei to see if there was any possibility of the distribution format you mentioned. ¡± ¡°What did Gunpei say? ¡± ¡°I... tongue. It''s said to be an unsuccessful method of distribution. Sale of software using flash memory cartridges seems to have created a new distribution structure for the first time, but if you think about it, it''s full of holes. The original production of a flash memory cartridge does not match the unit price. You even invented a handset device to copy game software and spread it all over the country? When do you think you can get that kind of capital back? Just the Pentagon''s softer games. You''ll probably be on the same train as the NEGA. ¡± ¡°Why are you so sure our Pentagon Soft will be on the same train as the NEGA? ¡± ¡°So, are you sure the Third Parties on our side are going to be on the move? ¡± ¡°Ms. Grant, I don''t know what to say. The Third party in Mintendo. Third parties'' development priorities are easier development tools and better profit sharing. ¡± ¡°What if we get the revenue share to our advantage first? ¡± ¡°Are you saying you want to try to sell money against the Pentagon, which is the first console company called Mintendo? ¡± ¡°There''s nothing you can''t do. Lions do everything they can to catch a rabbit. ¡± Oh, my God. This is crazy. Games from Pentagon Soft are gaining a lot of popularity with users, but if the Third Party doesn''t follow them properly as Chairman Kamauchi says, it will be a big problem. The RPG currently the most popular genre for users on the home console. Role-playing has a long play time and feels like an indirect trip to the fantasy world, and has a long production period starting with the storyboard. Therefore, to create a game such as the Final Frontier, you have to have a production period of at least 8 months to more than 1 year, and filling the gaps in it were the games that were launched at the Third Party. Think about it. Who wants to spend a lot of money on a game machine that launches one or two games a year? Probably not a fan of first party games. At this time of year, if Mintendo opens up his revenue distribution to the Third Party, this side will be hit, of course. You look exhausted. But on the contrary, if I was in the same position, I might have done the same thing. I took a sip of the car off the table for a moment and took a break from talking to Kamauchi. ¡°So stop worrying and convince Kawaguchi to come to our second party. ¡± So that''s what you''re after. ¡°I thought that story was rejected by Gunpei before. ¡± ¡°Don''t you see that your size is different now and then? ¡± Is this your first check? I responded with an aggressive remark from President Kamauchi, as if the king had stood aside one space. ¡°Things won''t change. We... no, I''m going to make it happen. You can file a lawsuit. I''m going to appeal several times. So instead of wasting each other''s time, tell us what you really want. ¡± ¡°Very well, then. Hand over the streets I''m not in and the entire Dragon Emblem license. ¡± ¡°Excuse me?¡± ¡°What are you so surprised about? We just need to reclaim the license you developed back in Mintendo. ¡± ¡°Okay, I''ll give you a license for a street that I don''t own. But not the Dragon Emblem. ¡± ¡°What?" In Kamauchi''s reply, I pulled a document out of my arms. ¡°Our contract of employment? ¡± ¡°It wasn''t easy to find a loophole because you wrote it down so carefully, but here''s what it says. ¡®Active employees must not, under any circumstances, divulge their creations or company secrets to other companies.." ¡± ¡°So?¡± ¡°The dragon emblem is purely a personal creation of my ideas that doesn''t work for any company. So Mintendo cannot claim ownership of the Dragon Emblem. ¡± ¡°You... this one...¡± ¡°Oh, and if you want ownership of a street that I don''t have, I want you to formally sue for damages, and I want you to take it back. because if you look at this from the Pentagon''s point of view, it will respond appropriately to the unilateral annihilation of a large corporation that just happened because of me. It''s going to be a long, boring fight. Well, if you keep filing lawsuits, you''ll be able to get them back someday. The sequel to" The Streets Without Me "doesn''t mean much to me anyway. People only remember one SAAD ending. The second and the third of the same piece will never get the same reaction as the first. ¡± ¡°Kang Jun-hyuk... you...¡± ¡°I didn''t want to pretend to be minten, but if you come out like this, we won''t stand for it either. ¡± Then Kamauchi''s lips fell, and he burst out a big smile. ¡°Good. Let''s get to the end, then. Before the new console comes out, the super family will be the most prevalent home console in Japan... or in the world. ¡± & Since then, Kamauchi has begun an incredibly aggressive marketing campaign to overthrow the Japanese market. Prioritizing the first anniversary of the launch of the super family, the instrument price dropped from 25,000 yen to 21,800 yen by around 3,200 yen. He also proposed a new policy that sequentially lowered the Loyalty portion he received from the Third Party based on the Contribution Points contributing to Super Family sales. The third-party companies cheered according to Mintendo''s decision, and the effect reached its peak for Christmas in 1990. It recorded enormous penetration rates in Japan as well as in the world. In Mintendo''s death, he cut off his flesh and hung out his tongue, looking at the daily newspaper. And one day, 10 days after the new year of 1991... ¡°Wow, Mr. Kamauchi is afraid of Joon-Hyuk. I didn''t think Joon-Hyuk would make such an aggressive investment in the Declaration of War. ¡± ¡°Thanks to the pressure of Mintendo, the Third Parties seem to be breathtaking. In many ways, it''s a good thing for the gaming industry. ¡± In my answer, Kawaguchi smiled and nodded. ¡°By the way, I don''t think President Kamauchi is going to faint if he sees an article about the next generation of ''Raon¡¯ devices on Pammy tomorrow.¡± The name of the new generation of consoles is named "Raon." Raon was named according to my proposal in pure Korean, meaning ¡®delightful¡¯. And the next day... The New Year''s edition of Palmy Communications, which marks the beginning of 1991, reveals a next-generation machinery that has been obsessed with secrets since last fall. It was the appearance of the world''s first 16-bit full-colour ¡®portable¡¯ game machine, Raon. Hmm? Isn''t the next console a TV cradle? I didn''t say anything about a next-generation console at the convention. 95 < EP. 21: CEO Games (3) > - The next 16-bit console ¡®Raon¡¯ finally unveils itself. Who are they, the first superfamily horror game to launch Valentine''s Day, and the next generation of consoles on the go? The Pentagon made fun of Mintendo, a dinosaur company in the gaming industry. - News of the launch of a new console has shocked gamers in the islands. The game magazines released this month were covered with provocative propaganda. ¡°What? A game machine called Raon was a portable game machine? ¡± ¡°Plus, the 16-bit performance is equivalent to or better than a superfamily. ¡± ¡°Awesome. But isn''t this expensive? ¡± ¡°I don''t know exactly because it''s priced a little, but it''ll be expensive.¡± I listened to the voices of the students who were waiting for Yuki at the big bookstore in Shinjuku. ¡°Plus, one month after the Final Frontier 4 is released simultaneously with a simultaneous release, Dragon Emblem 1 remake, wow! I really want to buy this. ¡± ¡°Really? I couldn''t afford a dragon emblem. Good. ¡± I picked up and opened the same guy as the magazine the students were watching. This issue was just news about Raon in every magazine, so I handed over a few of them, and immediately information came out about Raon. & - Planning features.New console "Raon" Final Frontier 4, Dragon Emblem remake and bronze Poetry launched!! - I still cannot forget the day of the Pentagon Soft production announcement. Starting with the spectacular promotional footage of the Tamago monster that is currently causing a storm in the toy industry, the CF footage of Valentine''s Day, which has terrified attendees, was told that the broadcast has recently been suspended by each station because of its shocking footage. The reason is because the ads in the game are so creepy, complaints were made at home with children or patients with heart disease. But is it counterproductive? Today ¡®Valentine''s Day¡¯ is currently the number one superfamily anticipation. After the production announcement of Valentine''s Day, which terrified everyone, the subsequent Final Frontier 4 video showed graphics that exceeded expectations like the next generation, and the screenshots at the bottom show superior quality compared to the previous ones as a family. At the time, Final Frontier 4 marked the issue as'' TBD ¡¯, raising questions for industry officials. Today, the next generation of portable games were scheduled for full release with the announcement of'' Raon ¡¯. Laon''s official release schedule is August 15th. Kang Jun-hyuk, director, Pentagon Soft, said the new portable console is available in South Korea and the U.S. It will be released simultaneously in Japan, and the exact price cannot be announced yet, but consumers have a reasonable price in mind, he said. He is also the main director of the horror game ¡®Valentine''s Day¡¯, which is launching next month as a superfamily, and has announced that he would like to build a good relationship with Minten, the number one player in the Rough Console, and how to deal with his interview in Mintendo. I am very curious to leave the magazine reporter and walk ahead of Minten and the Pentagon as a gamer. Although he has become a competitor in the console industry, it is important to note that since Raon''s position is¡® portable ¡¯, Pentagon Soft will continue to create games for the superfamily. Well, that depends on how Camouflage gets out. I returned the magazine I had in my hand to the stand and left the magazine corner. It was because my ears would tingle with the voices of students who would be interested in new consoles. As I was walking through the bookstore, I looked out the window, and there was heavy snow falling from the sky that had been slowing down since morning. The snow in Tokyo was a little unusual, so people in the bookstore were giving off a small amount of elasticity. I walked to the corner of the illustration house because Yuki''s appointment time was still available. Recently, I''ve been having a lot of fun upgrading my employees'' skills using CEO games. On my way back from meeting Kamauchi in Mintendo, I bought Morita a house for the "Sword Grangrissa" illustration of Yoshihara Satoshi. But Morita said to me with a very grim look, unlike she expected. ¡°Do you really think my illustration copied Satoshi''s shadow? ¡± As I said, when Morita answered that question, even if she was in the pits of hell, I asked her teacher Amano, who was working with me at the Pentagon, a few questions about Morita, and he said, "In fact, she doesn''t even listen to her rival Satoshi''s illustrations." Otherwise, he didn''t want to buy a misunderstanding because he thought the shadows were similar. However, Morita, who was unable to refuse my gift, would occasionally release Satoshi''s illustrative portrait after that, and then one day... he came to my room. ¡°Definitely Satoshi''s illustration is great. But, you know, looking at his illustrations, comparing what I would have said, it makes me feel like my head is clearer. You can''t paint men and women as freely as Satoshi, but at least I''m not as confident as the beauty characters. ¡± ¡°Huh? Uh... yeah. ¡± -Morita''s sexy character design level has increased to 11. I don''t think he''s capable of anything, but his mental status''s up. Since then, I''ve worked hard to improve my employees to the best of my ability. We introduced Chendra to enhance Hayashi''s coding skills, but the difference between the two failed. & Inside the bookstore, I was looking for the new Yoshihara Satoshi Illustration Book. He is a character designer and 18-gold illustrator of Desaiya, who recently issued the ''Sword Langritsa¡¯ for NEGA drives. And he had a reputation as an animated won ''th writer. "We have to find him before Yuki gets here." All the female characters in Satoshi''s illustration house can be troubled when Yuki catches them because they were overwhelmed by their big breasts, their pelvis, and their aromatic expressions on bright skin. ¡°Oh, this is it. Love Venus!! ¡± I took out the 18-gold illustrator house that was plugged into the highest level so it was out of reach of the children. It''s not a seal. Who ripped it off? ¡¯ Gulp... I swallowed a dry saliva and looked around for a moment. Fortunately, there was no one else around the corner, so I opened the gallery. Cough... I used to be shocked when I was a kid, but this guy''s shadow is amazing. There''s not a single woman in a portrait of about a hundred pages who''s dressed properly. And the interesting thing was that in his oily, fluffy complexion, the breasts of women were very detailed, especially the slightly distorted nipples on one side. ¡°Joon-Hyuk, what are you doing there? ¡± Bam! As soon as I hear Yuki''s voice behind my back, I fold the picture book in half, praying. For a moment, I was standing still, thinking of 50,000 thoughts in my head. ¡°Hmm? What is it? What, cover me as soon as I get here? ¡± ¡°Huh? Yeah. Nothing. You''re here early. ¡± There were white eyes on her shoulders and head, perhaps because of the dim snow falling outside. ¡°What? That''s suspicious. Give me the book. ¡± What book? ¡± ¡°The book Joon-Hyuk is holding in his hand. ¡± ¡°This? Oh, I don''t think so. It''s just a reference. ¡± I put the book in a high place out of Yuki''s reach and smiled at Bessie. Yuki stared at the bookshelf and muttered. ¡°Love Venus? It''s a suspicious title, too? You should ask the cashier to take it out. ¡± ¡°You''re hungry, right? Can we go out and get something to eat? ¡± I hurried out of the store pushing Yuki''s little back. Then there was a white world that was completely different from when I entered the bookstore. ¡°Wow, it''s snowing a lot. I''ve never seen so much snow in Japan before. ¡± ¡°Right? Recordable snowfall in 10 years. ¡± Everyone was walking down the street looking at the snow falling from the sky and smiling happily. ¡°This precipitation reminds me of Seoul in ''88. ¡± The day Yuki looked up at me with an anxious look in case she was rejected, she also smiled. ¡°Oh, look at me. Joon-Hyuk, let''s eat and watch a movie. I have a reservation on my way.¡± ¡°Movie?¡± ¡°Yes. The friend I just saw is really fun, and I recommend going to the theater. ¡± ¡°Really? What''s the title? ¡± ¡°I''m home alone. ¡± I never thought I''d see Kevin here again... playing Christmas every year before regression. & That night, Yuki smiled and wept in the car returning home, with Kevin''s wit that the hair of an empty house hit two thieves on Christmas Eve. ¡°Oh, aren''t thieves so funny? ¡± ¡°Huh? Yeah. It was fun.¡± ¡°Joon-Hyuk didn''t have much fun? I laughed so much, I didn''t smile so well...¡± ¡®Well... you''ll know it when you see it 20 times.¡¯ I smiled in a different way, then stopped in front of her house a moment later. ¡°Careful in there." ¡°You''ve been busy, haven''t you? But be sure to eat well. ¡± ¡°Good night.¡± ¡°Yes, Joon-Hyuk too...¡± After checking Yuki''s waving hand with the backmiller until my car disappeared, I broke down the alley and got out of the road. I just dialed Chendra skillfully with the car I installed in my car in my hand. Chendra receives a phone call when he stops nearby because he has a poor sensitivity in a running car. ¡°Chendra, are you ready for a low-power display on Laon? ¡± ¡°The prototype is complete. Now all you have to do is fix a little problem and raise it. ¡± ¡°Okay, I''ll be right there. ¡± After speaking with Chendra, I put down my car and forcefully stepped on Excel. The most important part of the portable gaming device is the display and the battery, one of which has just been solved. But how did you complete that power display in the early ''90s? Well, that''s... & One summer day in 1990, I turned back for a moment. I sat alone at a table in the living room, thinking. A small, thin screwdriver on your right hand... and a flimsy left hand that clenches its fist was sweating. Because it''s hot? No. I''m just a little nervous about what I''m about to do. ¡°Phew... Okay. Let''s tear it down.¡± Assembly is in reverse order of disassembly. Let''s just remember this. What I was about to do was a very stupid thing to do. No, it''s stupid. However, I had to make a choice to create a new ¡®portable¡¯ game machine. Dig up the game & watch from the future.. Of course, I don''t intend to dismantle it completely. I just wanted to see which chipset to use and how the structure and arrangement would apply. Of course, I''m not a professional engineer, so even if I look at the structure, I don''t know how it works, but at least if I could take a picture and show it to Chendra or Rob, it would be a big help. In the 2000s, I heard that the structure of MPdevices and mobile phones made by Apple in the United States was a good reference for engineers. And now, the most innovative object of our time was the one I had, so I put the crucifix screwdriver in the hole with the feeling of gambling. But are you sure this is okay? ¡¯ 96 < EP. 21: CEO Games (4) > But are you sure this is okay? ¡¯ But having a screw hole means you can open it. Let''s just open the lid and put it back on if it doesn''t feel right. I soothed myself and carefully opened the back of the game & watch. Once I opened the outer case, I felt... What''s so special about it? ¡¯ Starting with the battery line responsible for the power, there was a mainboard type green substrate. In fact, all electronic devices are not significantly different from the computer''s substrate as a base. CPU, graphics, and sound devices attached to the main board. The portable gaming console also has a display, so the layout is a little more complicated... I removed the screws on both sides of the mainboard and raised the caution substrate with the screws. ¡°Huh? ¡± When I lifted up about a third of the substrate, I saw a faint light emanating from the device. I wanted to listen to the substrate a little more, but I started to feel something stiff. It''s too narrow an angle to look inside... "Isn''t it going to break? ¡¯ I looked again to see if there were any screws that I could not remove, but I didn''t see any other devices holding the main board firmly. I think I can tear it apart if I bite it, but I finally decided to quit, because I think something will happen that can''t be undone. What if I don''t break it and go back to my original time in 2015? In fact, I don''t feel much merit about going back before time slips right now, but I also don''t know people. ¡°Ah! It was hard to get a clue here after all? ¡± Nothing''s ever easy. After throwing the screwdriver into the tool box, I leaned against the chair and smashed my eyes. It was actually Chendra''s opinion that led to the next generation of consoles for mobile devices. The existing way of combining the two roughnecks is that the volume is too large and the existing cartridge console becomes very cumbersome when the roughneck using the CD comes out. Then Chendra, who was studying the liquid crystal display that goes into Tamago-san, proposed the direction of the creation of the new game machine towards the mobile device. This method of replacing the arrangement of liquid crystal molecules with current pressure by injecting liquid crystals between two thin, bottled glass plates was primarily used in an electrocalculator, but the idea of Gunpei led to the creation of games & watches and enabling fluid crystal display from portable gamboys. Chendra''s proposal was a groundbreaking idea at the time. Portable Gameboys have been increasing interest in liquid crystal display devices since they began selling in the winter of 1987 due to the recent development of color liquid crystal displays and being part of the industry in the future. However, there were more than one or two issues that needed to be addressed to Chendra''s 100% acceptance. In fact, there was another company that was producing full-colour portable gaming devices at this time, which was the "play gear" that the NEGA company was developing. Liquid crystals with a resolution of 160x144 on 8-bit CPUs are also full color, but they were overlaid with a backlight function. (In some ways, true innovation was a feature ahead of the time that could have started here...) Thanks to the nickname of the battery ghost that uses six batteries, the problem was that even with six batteries, it didn''t take more than three hours to play, so I wasn''t the only one complaining. "Since the moment you''ve had six batteries, you can''t call them mobile devices." I took a break from demolition work on games & watches from the future and began organizing the features and unnecessary parts of Mintendo''s Gameboy and NEGA''s Play Gear during the process of building a new mobile device. First of all, I''d love to have backlighting on my mobile device, but the battery problem is so severe, the first generation passes... Secondly, the 16-bit CPU decided to be reused by customizing the CPU embedded in the super family using the Litex. After checking all the sound and battery parts, there was some form of a new generation of machinery. ¡®This won''t be bad. ¡¯ But there was one big problem, and it was the price. No matter how cheap it is, we can''t make a profit like Mintendo''s portable gambler... At that moment, I was ashamed of my own thoughts. ¡®A console is originally a device that sells with fewer hugs. Restricting the performance of the device to profit from the console is the mintenso way, isn''t it? Have you forgotten what time slips are for? ¡¯ Last year, I asked Camouflage to invest in the afterlife, and that''s exactly what I''m thinking. Shame on you. Kang Junhyuk. I put all my current capital into making the best instruments From now on, my path will be different from the history of the console I used to know. Of course, it could fail. But at least let''s not be ashamed of ourselves. It''s an honor to decorate a page in the history of a giant console... I put the checked documents aside and pulled out the dryer again for the assembly of the game & watch. Since he had not even chewed the mainboard itself, he tightened the screws a few times, and the game & watch quickly returned to its original shape. "If I could just rip off his substrate, I''d be able to feel the extreme over-technology..." Unfortunately, I opened the hinge and pressed the power button, so the screen illuminated and the device started to operate normally. Luckily, nothing''s wrong... Wait a minute. "This has two screens, right? Will the screen be detachable from the top with no main board? ¡¯ I quickly turned off the game & watch and this time unpacked the panel case. And my prediction was correct. ¡®The top of the sound and main screen can be detached as well!! ¡¯ As a one-way driver, I carefully unplugged the link terminals delivered through the hinges and pulled out the display of the game & watch. Got it!! That''s it!! '' So I got one of those over-technology games & watches from the future. & Yuck. A moment later, a car stops in front of the Ritex Factory, and I take a step toward the Lights'' headquarters. Chendra and her Indian friends were staying in a home in the Leitex factory, so it was not a problem to meet them late at night. ¡°Kang Joon-Hyuk is here. ¡± ¡°Well done. Chendra.¡± ¡°Actually, I didn''t do much. It''s all thanks to the liquid crystal display you brought me. But I''m still curious. How the hell did you get that stuff? Is it really okay to use a technology like that? I heard there''s nothing odd about a patented technology. ¡± ¡°Don''t worry. There won''t be any patent proceedings. Rather, we patent technology. ¡± ¡°Are you sure it''s okay? ¡± The low-power liquid crystal display produced by the Litex was more readable and graphical than Mintendo Gamboy due to its 320 x 280 resolution, although light reflection was weak due to the lack of backlight functionality. When I connected the test prototype liquid crystal to the actual super family, a short while later, a title screen with a distance of my own came to mind. ¡°Excellent.¡± ¡°Although the screen is smaller, there are advantages to making the graphics look better, even with smaller dot arrays. ¡± This kind of graphics running on a mobile device is crazy and crazy for gamers. The Tamago monsters can also be enjoyed in full color, and if you help them properly at a few third-parties, they''ll be worth it. & The next day, after the next generation of portable console announcements at Pentagon Soft. The gaming industry has turned upside down The biggest of them was mintendo. In order to crush the sprouts of the new console, last fall, the loyalty to the Third Party was significantly reduced, lowered to the cartridge block, and the machine announced was a portable device. I could see Kamachi, who was furious in the conference room. Raon announced that it was a mobile device on January 12, 1991. I knew it was a major announcement to others about the beginning of the new year, but in fact, this date was also a deadly date for mintendo. Why? Because that won''t ruin the launch of Valentine''s Day on February 14th. The cartridge making of the super family game took about a month, so if Raon had been announced before, he could have refused to make the cartridge in Mintendo. However, since Valentine''s Day was successfully approved by Mintendo on January 4, 1991 and entered cartridge production, Mintendo was unable to unilaterally cancel the cartridge production on Valentine''s Day in the current situation. Raon''s announcement came shortly after the end of January 1991. With a great handshake in Mintendo, once it was clear that Raon was a mobile device, Mintendo began to reload the portion of the Loyalty that had relieved the Third Party''s breath from the beginning of February 1991. While many companies opposed the new conditions of Mintendo, Mintendo began to exhibit a unique, high-pressure stance, taking a limited time as outlined in the contract with the Third Party. It seems that if the newly launched Raon is not responding well, it has stated that it is a limited time operation to raise royalties again. The Third Parties complained about Mintendo''s tyranny, but they couldn''t change the platform of the game that was already under development, so they had to reapply to eat the mustard while crying. And, as I waited, I distributed a kit of Raon''s new mobile device, the development tool, for free to the third party. The third-party companies that were perplexed by Mintendo''s tyranny began to take an interest in Raon, naturally developed in the Pentagon. In the meantime, a large corporation recognizes you as one of the three parties. The gaming magazine reporters responded remarkably to the presentation of the Third Party, which was published to users two days before the launch of Valentine''s Day on February 12. -Capcosa is famous for its cross-scrolling action game ''Final Fight 89¡¯. In addition to the newly launched "Final Fight 89" implant with the new Laon launch title, the ''Street Fire 2¡¯ home cone First brush transplant decision!!! - 97 < EP. 22: Age of Feud (1) > In 1991, there was a voice that resounded in every place in the alley where the children were running. And it was not only in Japan but also in Korea when I was a child. ¡°Hadogen!! ¡± ¡°Saureuken!! ¡± ¡°Tatsumaki Sendungak!! ¡± (In other words, Atatagen, this has a different name for each region.) ¡®Street Fire2¡¯ was one of the most powerful titles in the game center. When you play the game by yourself, someone puts a coin in a fight on the opposite machine. And the tension of the three-way two-time contest begins, and the winner and the loser are left speechless. This simple, crisp way of fighting was the boss'' favorite game to run the game center, thanks to the higher coin collection rate than other games. I was able to loosen the delay of the unfamiliar special command in 1 and pick up eight characters that were individually different from the ones that had to be chosen only by Ryu and Ken. In addition, a mid-bonus stage with relaxing elements such as vehicle breakers and log breakers and the appearance of a boss class character called the Four Kings, in addition to a playable character, was a good response for users. And it was the chance of a prodigy to move on to Raon with such a great title. ¡°Hey!! I just saw on Pammy Communications today that Street Fires 2 is out with Raon in August! ¡± ¡°Really!? ¡± When I visited Tamago Shop in Akiba, I could hear the voices of people coming from inside the store. Oh, by the way, today was the issue of the magazine... ¡°So you can play Spa 2 with a portable game? ¡± ¡°And is that a communication cable? If you plug it in, there''s two of you, like the Tamago Battle. ¡± ¡°Wow, that would ruin the playroom.¡± The children''s conversations made me smile unconsciously. Of course, as they say, even if it could have some influence on the arcade market, it would not have been enough to be devastated by just one Spa 2. Since ''91, arcade centers have begun to pour out so many great games that they can be called the¡® Battle of War Era ''that Spa 2 was considered to be a monumental title for the formation of an era. But soon, in SMK, "Samurai''s Fighting Spirit" or "The Legend of the Eagle" or "Dragon Warrior." The game market will be more active as more horrifying fighting games will spill out like this¡­ Specifically, SMK was quite cruel in the description of the fighting game, and many of the tricks that caused sensation in the fighting game world were released as a result of the character''s dismemberment when he finished with a river slash in Samurai''s soul. That effect continued in the dragon kingdom, and when I finished with a special finish, I swallowed a mourning smile that reminded me of the last time I tried to end with a monarchy because of the choreography that tore women''s clothes. And then suddenly, over the course of 83 years, this moment of encounter with memories... Anyway, Raon''s release of Spa 2 was a title enough to amplify the expectations of new consoles for users. "If Final Frontier 4 and Spa 2, the great fighting game, were launched, there would be no better start for Laon." No... it''s actually the best lineup. I enjoy RPGs on an epic scale such as the Final Frontier, and when I''m tired, I swap cartridges to enjoy fighting games. Fighting games, such as spas, also have the advantage of fighting against other people, so you can enjoy fighting games with your friends anytime, anywhere. In addition, since we are also ready to play a cross-scrolling action game called Final Fight 89, Capco has greatly widened the genre for users to choose from. The most surprising thing about the day I first met the super family at a very wealthy friend''s house when I was young was that I could play Spa 2 at home, where I could only play in the arcade. Although Capco''s performance was higher than the arcade substrate used, the character''s deterioration and frame felt a bit stiff, but what was going on on on TV was undoubtedly a Street Fire. But now that I can enjoy that street fire in a little portable game, even I, who created a console called Raon, can''t wait. Then Miyazaki, who came into the office with the payment documents, asked me. ¡°So, sir, next month we''ll have Tamago at Street Fire?" I''ve been looking at magazines today and I can''t stop asking my customers... ¡± ¡°Yes, exactly. I will be arriving on March 27th. Oh, and for the Thamago Collectors, please vacate one vending machine so that it can be sold exclusively to Street Fire for five days. ¡± ¡°Yes!! I understand.¡± Tamago-san has access to street fire characters painted in 2D... Once this alone, the revenue for the Tamago prize is expected to increase explosively. Earlier in the production announcement, the next generation of Raon officially announced that he would not receive a royalty for the Rom cartridge produced by the Third Party. Then Kawaguchi expressions that he couldn''t understand my decision. It wasn''t because we were in charity, but because reducing the portion of the royalty we could earn from third parties made it difficult to extract production costs for the console. Of course, the game shop was receiving a certain amount of royalty for downloading using flash memory cartridges, but that alone was not enough to generate a large revenue. It was Tamago-san who appeared there as a diversion. Third parties launching the game for Raon were able to register their collaboration with Tamago monsters as¡® optional ¡¯, and they did not have to pay for Loyalty in the Rom Cartridge as a condition of collaborating with their character. Thanks to this, the Pentagon was able to increase Tamago-san''s profits, and the Third Parties were able to earn additional profits in addition to their character''s promotional effects. Of course, this was not mandatory, so you could reject the collage offer, but in that case you would have to pay Loyalty in Lom Cartridge instead. In the case of CAPCO, we initially wondered about the conditions we presented, but we added a detailed explanation and had a very positive reaction. The lack of royalty in the Rom Cartridge is enough, as they have nothing to lose by using the Thamago prize to cover additional profits. ¡®They think Tamago-san is just a toy device that children play with, but if we put together these various characters, maybe one day we can create a new type of battle game? For example, a game in the style of Battle vs. Brawl where thousands of characters get tangled up in one place. Isn''t it exciting to imagine the characters of Street Fire and Dragon Emblem battling in the same space? ¡¯ I signed the paperwork that Miyazaki gave me and returned it to her. Then she asked me. ¡°But, sir, How is Mr. Uchimura these days? He hasn''t been to the shops since he became a champion at the Tamago Monster Games last year. ¡± ¡°Ah, Uchimura joined our Pentagon software last month as a wealth. But they''re assigned to a special department, so they don''t come out very well for the company. ¡± ¡°Yes? What department is that? ¡± ¡°We''re doing a wonderful job of saving Uchimura''s specialty. ¡± Miyazaki tilted his head to my smile for a moment. Uchimu won the Tamago Monster Competition at the end of last year. Uchimura, who had worked hard to raise the dragon emblem he accidentally acquired, won a Gear Entrance Ticket during the defending weekend and got a hot response before the champion. The characters he extracted from the championship were still in the mouths of the users. Every monster that pulled out the High Priestess Katrina, Firefighter Mirea, and Noctis in the palace was a super-freaking super-rare character. Took three heroes out of Tamago, a tricky dragon emblem, and even I was amazed when I watched the competition. The winner of the competition, Uchimu, became the first person to donate monsters to the Tamago Monster Sharing Machine with a 500,000 yen prize. A sharing machine for Tamago monsters. They were able to donate and distribute their Tamagos during certain event periods or at certain tournament victories, exchanging them for gift certificates that can be used in the Tamagos Shop depending on the monster''s rarity. Donated monsters can be redistributed to five people through monster sharers, which can be obtained using cash or gift certificates. In other words, even those without dragon emblems, tamanas, or tamagos on the Final Frontier, can be fed new monsters as much as they want through monster sharers. The data-driven monsters were easily available at 200 yen for sharing machines. Coins showed the monsters currently in possession of the device on the monster sharer screen, and players were able to get one of the five monsters at random by selecting the five monsters they wanted and pressing the Share button. I often used monster sharers a lot when I was stressed out about raising Tamago monsters, or when it was hard for friends to share data. ¡°By the way, it''s Valentine''s Day already. ¡± ¡°I see. I''m especially excited about Valentine''s Day this year. Kick Kick¡± ¡°Looking forward to it, Miyazaki is also a sneaky devil. ¡± ¡°It''s a special experience for users who have come to buy titles. ¡± Yeah, I guess so. In Miyazaki''s reply, I smiled face to face. & ¡°Take the chocolate!¡± ¡°Valentine''s Day Chocolate!¡± ¡°I didn''t make it with all my heart! Take the chocolate, anyway!¡± A smile came out of Kaori''s comment about handing chocolates to the guests. ¡°What are you talking about? Anyway, take the chocolate. And they''re attached to the four tribes.¡± ¡°Huh? Sir, when did you get here? ¡± ¡°Just now.¡± I answered her question, gazing at the purchase procession, stretching out to the back of Kaori. Today is February 14th. It''s a blessed day for lovers, but for gamers it''s only the launch day of a new game. I mean, I''ve seen women in queues, but it''s sad to see most of them are men... ¡°We''re going to start the event soon, so dress up quickly. ¡± ¡°All I have to do is wear a cape. It''s a vampire concept." ¡°So it''s hanging upside down in the air? Like a bat. ¡° ¡­¡­. ¡± ¡°I''m just kidding! Hahaha¡± ¡°Where is Hayashi? ¡± ¡°If you''re the captain, you should already be in zombie costume!¡± Kaori replied, and I turned my head with a bloody smile. Today is Valentine''s Day, the first superfamily horror game. The long march has cut the line to 500 people today. Valentine''s Day launched simultaneously in gaming shops around him, so he could shop in any shop in 10 minutes. Hmm? But why are these people doing this? They''ve come to challenge me to buy a special limited edition... This Valentine''s Day conception is a haunted house! 98 < EP. 22: Age of Feud (2) > & A few moments later, I took the staff elevator up to the third floor and was waiting for a guest at a dark register. With the school closed down, I met all the ghosts hiding on the second floor, and had to come up to the third floor before I could reach this place with the register. ¡°Joon-Hyuk, I think he''s about to start. ¡± At that moment, Yuki in a bloody uniform turned his head toward the voice calling out to me and was entering the register. It''s definitely a virgin ghost concept. Is it because you''re short? You''re just so cute. Yuki wanted to attend the Valentine''s Day launch event on Thursday, so she paid her annual visit and stayed by my side. ¡°It''s going to take a while to get here, though. ¡± Ding, Ding, Ding, Ding, Ding, Ding, Ding, Ding, Ding, Ding, Ding, Ding. ¡°Shhhhh!!! ¡± You hear the first buyer scream. At the same time, Yuki and I burst out a smile at the same time. This is so funny. Today''s event mission is to get through the haunted house quickly. A person who had timed out and passed within 5 minutes was gifting a limited edition of ''Street Without Me¡¯. (However, when I measured the time yesterday as a test, it was only 4 minutes and 30 seconds before I ran all of them alive. That is, if you stop encountering ghosts once, you can think of it as outgoing.) As I leaned on a flashlight for a narrow and dark road, the Pentagon staff who were hiding everywhere surprised the customers. Hayashina who dresses up as a zombie, Maurita who dresses up as a chainsaw killer, of course, stepped up to represent Kawaguchi and replaced him as a guard with her neck. The first guest came in, screaming almost every 10 seconds and cheering me up and Yuki. At the end of the second floor, I had to return the flashlight that I was holding to the employee dressed as an ambassador, so I had to walk from the third floor to this place relying on the light on the floor. ¡°Oops!! Ugh!!!! ¡± As I heard the scream of the guest coming up on the third floor approaching, Yuki and I slowly entered the facial expressions. A moment later, the first guest with a white expression approached me and asked. ¡°W-was this the register? ¡± ¡°Yes, it is. ¡± ¡°Phew... I''m glad. But how long did it take me? ¡± At that moment, Yuki, who was hiding under the counter, came out screaming sharply. ¡°Kiyaaaahhhh!!!!! ¡± ¡°Ahhhh!!!!! ¡± Yuki sits at the counter, screaming, looking at the back-stepping customer. The limited edition was placed upon application. ¡°It took you nine minutes and 48 seconds. ¡± ¡°Ugh... ughhhh...¡± The first customer was groaning, lowering his waist to see if his legs had loosened. ¡°Thank you for your first Valentine''s Day purchase. ¡± Above the counter was a limited edition package made of a box of chocolates. Included in limited edition packages is an original video of the promotional footage that was released at last year''s production conference with the Valentine''s Day Story Conti Book. And there was an OST with all the BGMs in the game. ¡°And this is a separate video of the promotional footage of Final Frontier 4 and Dragon Emblem for those of you who passed in less than 10 minutes. Thank you for attending the Pentagon event. Sir." ¡°Oh, yes. Take care." After the calculation, the first customer took the shopping bag and climbed up the elevator behind the counter. ¡°But Joon-Hyuk, it seems like it will take about 10 minutes per person, is that okay? I think he was standing out there with about 500 people, and he only challenges about six people an hour.¡± ¡°Well, there''s a limited edition stall out there, so shouldn''t people get tired of waiting there? ¡± However, unlike what I expected, I asked through the radio and there seemed to be a lot of challengers. Once I instructed the event planners to pair up and bring them up every 5 minutes, it was still a little easier. ¡°Unh!! ¡± ¡°Ahhhh!! ¡± ¡°Tsk!! Mom!!" As the event progressed, various screams began to erupt downstairs. Yuki screams sharply at the customers who are constantly being pushed by the calculations, but his throat breaks because there are fewer than 100 of them. ¡°I can''t believe you went that far.¡± ¡°Cough, cough, cough. I think I shouted too loud from the beginning. ¡± I gave a drink to Yuki, who was coughing. ¡°Take a break. I''ll be watching Reggie. ¡± ¡°It''s okay. The shifts will be up any minute anyway. Let''s rest together then. ¡± ¡°Stubbornness...¡± Yuki smiled at Bessie, turning the watch every time a guest came in with a surveillance camera installed at the entrance. & The Valentine''s Day sale, which started at 10: 00 a.m., ended at 7: 00 p.m. Today''s voluntary employee engagement has been a great memory for our employees and our users. Some users asked Kaori and Yuki, who dress up as ghosts and hand out chocolates, to take pictures together, and Mauritan''s electric saw killer, who dresses up as a perfect quality, was also popular with users. ¡°You all look happy. ¡± I was looking at the employees laughing and talking about each other''s costumes like children, and the man in the uniform approached me and asked. Kawaguchi was making a guard whose neck was turned upside down when he turned his head to look strange. ¡°Jules? Are you okay? ¡± ¡°Of course. Today was an unforgettable day of fun. It only took 500 sales too long, but I think it was a special experience. Those people over there must feel the same way. ¡± Kawaguchi gladly looked at the employees who were taking pictures with the users in front of the venue. ¡°At the end of the day, not a single Mintendo employee showed up. ¡± ¡°Maybe it''s easier not to see each other now. ¡± ¡°Well, that, too. ¡± ¡°More importantly now. ¡± ¡°Laon''s launch. We look forward to a successful launch due to the addition of Spa 2 and Final Fight 89. ¡± ¡°Of course, but wouldn''t a knighted event not be enough impact? ¡± ¡°Yes? Well, I would love to have a surprise announcement, but I think that''s enough for now. ¡± ¡°The launch event is a once-in-a-lifetime event. and the attention of its users will be immense. I felt desperate after two launch events with a portable gambler and a superfamily. ¡± ¡°You must have something else in mind. ¡± ¡°Well... I''m still working on it. ¡± ¡°I''m excited that something else special and extraordinary will happen if it''s what Joon-Hyuk does. ¡± The guard at the back of his neck and the vampire look smiling at each other. & Valentine''s Day is fun when you see a raid house due to the nature of the horror genre. So we asked each magazine not to mention the Valentine''s Day attack for the next three months. Communication technology has not yet been developed, and if only magazines could prevent the spread of the story of the game or the spoiler at the end. Of course, there were PC-communication technologies using modems at this time, but there were not many homes with PCs because there was still no dissemination. In particular, unlike my country, PC replenishment took place very slowly, but in the 2000s, there were not many homes with PCs in them. Instead, the development of mobile phone communication technology has led to a trend since the late ''90s that the Internet and mail are almost solved with mobile phones. (Now that I think about it, it''s time for mobile phones to become available. You have to buy it right away...) One evening, a few days after Valentine''s Day was launched. When I returned home from work, I connected to PC communications using a modem. Recently, one console gaming community was activating quite frequently because users were exchanging various information with each other using PC communication. Within this community, of course, there was talk of Valentine''s Day, which was recently released. ¡°Oh, it''s not just another conversation room today.¡± I entered the chat room by swallowing a cup of warm coffee that I had already brought. -Mr. K has entered. - - Oh, mr. Hi K - - Yeah, hi. - I started noticing their conversations when I lightly greeted people. Recently, the topic in this room was'' Valentine''s Day, ¡¯so it was quite interesting to watch their conversations from the developer''s perspective. - I first saw a ghost chasing me backwards today, and I almost fainted. Sound Effects I almost peed on it. - If you run into him, climb up there. I hid under my desk because I was scared. Cotton fucking- - She''s right. I can''t believe I passed out looking at the eye-to-eye illustration... and the guard''s scared, too. When I ran into him, I swirled my neck and chased him, and he was like a grotesque box, a one-man limited edition. Chasing the guard who actually returned from the haunted house. I know, I almost punched... - Limited Edition Offer!! I heard that if you deliver it in less than five minutes, you''ll get a limited edition of "Street Without Me." Did anyone take it? - - There was one. - - Oh, my God. He''s on board. I tried, but the zombies were hanging from their ankles... isn''t he cute, the one who saw the virgin ghost at the counter? - Oh, you mean the ghost at the end? After the event, I saw the real thing, and she''s a very cute girl. Do you have a boyfriend? - In Yuki''s sudden story, I almost spit out my coffee. - She''s cute, too, but she was wearing a bloody blouse in the hallway upstairs. I can assure you, if you remove your makeup, you''ll look very pretty!! - Aah! I think I know who that is. You''re tall and fit, right? If you''re tall and fit, is that Mr. Sayuri from the lobby concierge? The chat room continued to talk about the women who appeared at the Pentagon afterwards. Aside from Yuki and Sayuri, the chat room was heated up to the story of Kaori who was handing out chocolates in front of the event. - By the way, has anyone broken this yet? Usually around this time, someone shows up who''s cleared out of the game magazine, so it''s gonna take some time. It''s a little difficult. I''m on the side. - It''s been a long time since I''ve sung a song. - Oh, what a song. Long time no see. I haven''t been able to access Valentine''s Day in a while. - ¡®What!? You''ve already cleared it!? ¡¯ This person, who used a peculiar nickname, "It''s been a song for a long time," was also known as a significant game master within the community. Well, if you launch the game, someone will have to clear it, but it''s faster than I thought... The chat room is hot again because of the song''s clear news. You cleared Valentine''s Day? We cleared it an hour ago. - Whoo! Excellent. Then how do you open the science lab door on the first floor? I don''t like it when I skip it, but please tell me how to open it. - Oh, that doesn''t usually open. You can open it after the end. Damn, I didn''t have to do that. - That science lab is amazing. - Why, is there a secret? - Wow, I really want to tell you, just clear it. A truly shocking ending awaits. I was just about to come in after clearing, but for an hour, - I was bruised. I''m curious! - Just tell me. - - No, we''re not done yet. Don''t say it!!! - I caught a cold cup of coffee as I watched the noisy chat room. This guy... sings songs. You have manners. 99 < EP. 22: Age of Feud (3) > I caught a chilled cup of coffee as I gazed at the noisy chat room. This guy... sings songs. You have manners. The conversation room became noisy about the science room where the songs were leaked because of the lack of awareness of spoilers. At that time, "I stopped singing for a long time" said again. - I have a schedule tomorrow morning, so I have to go, but if you have Valentine''s Day, please play with your own strength. It''s not a massive twist, like the end of "the street without me," but there''s a real twist. - Aah! I''m even more curious to hear you say that. - But the singer ended up leaving the chat room. While users who were left in the chat room after the protagonist disappeared made a number of speculations about the science room, most of the opinions were said to have very scary ghosts hidden away. Then one user''s famous detective Konan deduction began. - By the way, the science lab door was locked before Valentine''s Day came along in the game. - You didn''t? Oh, yeah? I don''t know if I''ve been to the science lab before, but... If you try to get into the science lab before Valentine''s Day, you can''t get into a fire a few days ago. - - Fire accident? - And then, during the promotional video, "I like you. So die with me... ''Isn''t there an line like this? - What''s wrong with you people? You want to hear the end of this without clearing the game? ¡¯ I hurriedly knocked the keyboard as the conversation flowed in a strange direction. - Look, I know some of you haven''t finished yet, but I think the story is too close to the end. I don''t want to know the ending and play. - MR. K cut me off appropriately. Let''s all just have fun. If you want to talk about endings, sell them separately. - The community chat room became loud and disagreeable to my opinion, but today''s conversation ended as users who did not want to know the content left the chat room. ¡°Phew... I managed to prevent any loose ends. Well, in a few more days, you''ll find out.¡± I swallowed a few leftover coffees and left the chat room. In fact, you might have noticed by now, but the main character of Valentine''s Day is already dead. He just doesn''t even realize he''s dead because he wanted to deliver a letter to his favorite child... & The next day. I took the employees out of the headquarters for lunch, and they were happy to see me in front of the company. It was always Jun Fei, my friend who wore a big camera on his shoulder with his hat pressed on. ¡°Oops, I almost didn''t meet you if I was a little late. ¡± On Jun Fei''s sudden visit, I told Hayashi to take the employees to dinner first and then took a seat separately. ¡°Let''s make a phone call. What''s going on? ¡± ¡°Come on, man. What would a gaming magazine reporter want with a gaming company? ¡± ¡°Are you covering?¡± ¡°Why don''t you beat the mysticism out of him, and let''s just cut the crap. It''s five months to launch, but isn''t it time to get out in the open? ¡± He''s a ghost after all. I opened my mouth and laughed at Jun Fei''s sensible tone. ¡°So you came here because you wanted to win a special deal? ¡± ¡°Why? Is it out yet? ¡± ¡°No, it''s out. ¡± Then Jun Fei flicked his finger and smiled. ¡°Look. I knew it. ¡± ¡°I can show you, but don''t mention it yet. There''s something left to fix. ¡± ¡°Okay, I''m leaving a game magazine reporter, and I''m very curious about this Raon guy as a gamer. ¡± Jun Fei almost poured his meal and urged me to eat. ¡°I''m counting on you to eat. Hurry up and eat! ¡± ¡°Shut up!! I''ll pretend because of you!! ¡± Eventually, I was dragged out to Jun Fei with about half my food left, and I had to return to the company without burning down the appetizer. ¡°Hey, boss, you''re here already? ¡± ¡°Sayuri, don''t you eat? ¡± ¡°I ate with the staff in the break room because I''m a lunch box parade. ¡± Then Jun Fei pierced my side and whispered in my ear. ¡®Who is that perfect figure? He''s totally my type. ¡¯ "Do you really think that perfect person is single? ¡¯ ¡® ¡­¡­. ¡¯ Jun Fei became dull. Anyway, his eyes are terribly tall. I always run into the Demon King with a club, and I still don''t have a girlfriend... Sayuri tilted his head, smiling awkwardly when two men whispered in his ear. ¡°It''s nothing. He asked if he had a boyfriend." ¡°Hey!! Dude!!" ¡°Oh, I''m sorry. I''m seeing someone. ¡± ¡°Oh, yes. Of course you do. Excuse me. ¡± Jun Fei rushed me with a blush of shame. A moment later, Jun Fei, who had entered the second development room, shouted at me. ¡°Dude, what am I supposed to do if you talk to me like that? ¡± ¡°Why do you ask me that? ¡± Then Jun Fei didn''t say anything. I took out Raon''s prototype model from the drawer to Junpei. ¡°Ugh? No way!? ¡± ¡°Yes, this is Raon''s early model. ¡± ¡°Oh, my God, is it so small? ¡± Hmm? Small? It''s not that small, but what I have in my hand is a little bit bigger than an adult''s palm. The basic design was similar to the GSP, Sensoni''s portable device from the future. Although the screen was much smaller... Jun Fei took Laon from me, held him in both hands and opened his mouth with a trembling voice. ¡°It''s very handy. I can feel it in my palms.¡± ¡°Curved the bottom. Apparently, I was a little concerned about my grip armor. Maybe drop it. You might want to wear a strap on the end of that. ¡± ¡°Aha! I see. I was like," Why''s the strap on the game? ¡± Jun Fei tucked the outer wrist strap into her wrist and grabbed Raon again. Jun Fei, who pressed the button on the screen with nothing, looked at the smooth, flushed black body and spit out his admiration. ¡°It''s a very sophisticated design for an early model. A portable gamble boy from Mintendo looks like a child''s toy... And six buttons just like a superfamily... Is this really a portable game console? ¡± ¡°Perfect timing. You know how to spa, right? ¡± ¡°Of course. ¡± In Jun Fei''s answer, I took another Raon out of the drawer. ¡°No way? Spa 2 is already out!? ¡± ¡°No, it''s still a test, you can only pick three characters. ¡± ¡°Where are the three of you?! I''m actually most curious about this. I don''t know how Street Fires 2 is going to work on a mobile device.¡± What''s going on? Let''s go back the same way. ¡¯ I swallowed a smile and connected Junpei''s device to the data cable. And then after a while. On a sunny day, the camera angles slowly came down against the huge building and saw two men posing for a fight in the street. A yellow-haired man jerks his shoulders and knocks the opponent down with a powerful straight line, immediately recalling the words STREET FIRE II in a tiny screen. ¡°Th-that''s the same... foot? ¡± When the VS mode opened due to a data connection, I put my cursor and pressed the Start button. Barabbas, Barabbas!! The stereo speakers on either side of the device produced a refreshing sound that passed through the screen, followed by a screen that selected players. Once there were 8 characters, the characters that could not be selected in the beta version were marked in black and white. The characters we could currently choose were Ryu, Kyle, and Zhonggi. The reason I chose these three characters was because the three special command inputs were different. Most basic command manipulation was required in cases such as the Tropical branch and the Seungryong branch, and in cases such as Kyle, the Gather Back and Pull Levers Forward command was mainly used. Lastly, professional wrestler characters like Zhongiev use a unique command that spins a lever or presses three fist buttons at the same time. Finally, these three were captured as beta test characters. Jun Fei chose Ryu at the beginning. In this case, I can''t choose Ryu. At the beginning of Spa 2, the same character is not selectable... Since my main character was Kyle, I chose Kyle with a slight smile on Junpei''s face. When the character selection is complete, the stage of the Air Force Base is turned upside down and a giant fighter plane is erected. ¡°Khh... Kyle Stage. This is exactly like the arcade. Now I''m moved beyond wonder." -ROUND 1 FIGHT- At the beginning, Jun Fei tried to fly a class of kicks. I turned the rudder back lightly to stop him from attacking. I walked down the bridge aiming for an opening. Quickly push the directional key down the diagonal line and use the thumb salt kick to sweep the directional key up, preventing a lower attack. Then Ryu, who was about to blow up the wave, hit the counter and fell out the back. ¡°What? I''m in the middle of something. ¡± Jun Fei quickly retreated his character and tried to suppress the wave. The current winds are intimately tricky because they fly at different speeds when fired with weak hands and river hands. I needed as careful an approach as possible because a good jump could result in a hook in a single strike of the Seungryong Pass. The relatively easy-to-command type of maze was quietly focused on defense, as the gathering character Kyle had no choice but to lose the maelstrom battle if he fired consecutively. ¡°You''re more skilled than I thought. Then why didn''t you use a cross and a circular button instead of a key? ¡± ¡°The crucifix is patented and cannot be used by other console companies. ¡± ¡°Oh, right." I leapt over the rising winds and tried to approach Ryu. Then, a kind of dragon kingdom that was timing like a ghost arrived. "This guy..." As soon as I stood up with this evil rub, I blocked the coming tempest. At that time, Ryu''s ascendancy boasted real poop power, causing considerable damage. I tried to approach him again, which almost cost me time. As soon as he stepped back to measure the time when he blew up the Seung Dragon again... Strange things happened. Suddenly, the stream that was still standing fell out the back. ¡°What''s wrong with you all of a sudden!? ¡± As expected, the bug is still implanted. I smiled inside and cast "Shadow Throw" again on the lying one. Then Ryu, who was lying down, went out the back again. ¡°What''s the matter with you? ¡± ¡°Kyle Bug. It''s called Shadow Throw. We could use it in the game center. ¡± ¡°Really? How do you do that? ¡± Kyle''s Shadow Throw is one of the worst bugs you can throw wherever your opponent is. It was very easy to use, but if you just stand there and press the River Kick, you will get a skill called Reverse Spin Kick, which is actually a bit long motion... As this reverse spin kick enters, the character pulls the lever backwards, sneezes forward and backwards, 10 frames out, and presses the steel punch, causing Kyle to enter the throwing motion alone. When I was a kid, I used to watch this technique in the arcade, and I''d turn it off, and I''d shoot it with a real chair. ¡°Hey!! Don''t bug out!! ¡± Jun Fei, who has already taken significant damage, is no longer able to win just by restraint. You start to get close. And as soon as he got here, Kyle poses oddly. Kyle stops abruptly during a reverse spin kick. He doesn''t make it through Ryu''s attack. ¡°What is this? ¡± ¡°Hak Bridge. You''ve never seen it before?" 100 < EP. 22: Age of Feud (4) > ¡°What is this? ¡± ¡°Hak Bridge. Don''t you know?¡± ¡°I don''t know!! Dude!!" In the end, Jun Fei was defeated by my playing with bugs. Just in case I''ve stumbled through some old memories, but they''re the same. I''ll talk to Capco later and ask him to fix it. At that time, the door of the development room opened and the staff who had gone out to eat returned. There are now 12 of them, including Morita and Hayashi, that are only part of the second development team. Now you''re good enough to play football by department.It ''ll be fun to hang out in the summer. Hayashi came back from eating and sat down next to me and asked Jun Fei. ¡°Oh, Junpyo. Did you come home from dinner with the deputy director? ¡± ¡°I was so curious about the new game machine that I ate it up. ¡± Because of that, I''m still full of myself. ¡°What do you think? It''s a little small on the screen, but it''s worth it, right? ¡± ¡°I was surprised. I never thought I''d be doing Spa 2 on a portable gaming device. It''s amazing.¡± Honestly, I agree with Junpei. I felt like Capco was very concerned about the transplant because of the refusal psychology of Mintendo. At that time, Jun Fei, who had experienced Spa 2 somewhat, asked me. ¡°So can you play Final Fight 89 now? ¡± ¡°Oh, by the way, Final Fight feels a little different than Arcade Fighting." ¡°Really? How is that different? ¡± ¡°Give it a try. I was pretty surprised, too. ¡± I took Laon from Junpei and pressed the eject button that was hanging from the top of the instrument. A black cartridge was pushed up from the inside, as if a 3.5-inch diskette were protruding out. ¡°Oh, that''s neat. But isn''t that broken? ¡± ¡°Once it''s not springy and pressing the button pushes up the cartridge, it minimizes the failure rate, but also doesn''t know. Some kids are so mean. ¡± I unplugged the cartridge from Spa 2, pulled Finel Fight 91 out of the drawer, put it back in, and returned it to Junpei. As a game magazine journalist, Jun Fei, who operated Raon on his own, focused on the screen with excited eyes. And after a while. ¡°Cough... Cute ears!! ¡± Guy, Cody, and Jun Fei showed resilience in the flashy eyes appearing on the screen. Normally, Jun Fei chose Cody without hesitation because the true character of this period was relatively easy to play with. Then the first stage was staged to suit the SD character. A yellow-haired boss who ran away with a Hiroin in front of his eyes like a pill raising a player was one of the most difficult bosses to clear without the skill of Wari Garri at the time. After a hit, this was one of the skills that anyone knew when an enemy turned the lever against a stiffness and then flipped the jab again. ¡°The base is similar to Final Fight, but you''ve created a whole new character and background. I feel like I''ve made up my mind. ¡± ¡°I was originally going to transplant the arcade plates, but they''re smaller than they used to be. He must have switched the graphics from Capco to Laon himself. Thanks to you, simultaneous ticketing will be underwater by the fall. ¡± ¡°Is it a ticketing act? It''s like rebuilding a game, but autumn comes out fast. So Raon''s launch is set to Final Frontier 4 and Spa 2? ¡± ¡°For now. ¡± ¡°So far, Iran has been very disturbing. ¡± ¡°I can''t believe what I''m saying right now. ¡± ¡°I got a lot of behind-the-scenes. And then you said," Actually, the Pentagon software is mine. ¡¯ I''m afraid to say. ¡± ¡° ¡­¡­. ¡± Why don''t we leave this guy''s magazine reporter and go lay his mattress? The SD Final Fight played by Junpei was originally supposed to come out in 1993 with the name ''Mighty Final Fight¡¯. Of course, Raon was a much higher tech than the family, so the graphics were different from the ones I played, but the game was quite similar. At the end of the family, I saw this piece on a portable gaming device that I had created. I had to realize the history of the game had been somewhat inaccurate. ¡°Wow, this is for real! It''s basically Final Fight, but it feels completely different. I think it would react well to users once it''s launched. ¡± ¡°Right? I think so, too. ¡± Then Hayashi, who was looking at Jun Fei, opened her mouth. ¡°I felt a lot during the SD Final Fight this time at Capco. How could you change the entire frame of the game just for Raon? You call this a transcendental transplant? ¡± In the ''90s, Capco was famous for being a highly conceptual gaming company among third parties. At this time, of course, I used to tear down a series of spas, "Street Fires 2 Dash," a playable character featuring only four kings as NPCs. There was a ¡®Super Street Fire 2¡¯ featuring four new characters, such as Hawk and Cami, and a ''Super Street Fire2 Turbo¡¯ featuring a more speedy move with the last best enemy, ''Gouki¡¯. Four derivatives came out of one game, but I used to run to the arcade after school when I was excited that I could use a new character rather than being detailed. ¡°Since the Third Party is like this. We can''t just stand by and watch the dragon emblem we''re making. ¡± ¡°Of course, I have the pride of a first party. ¡± My team, who is currently working on a dragon emblem remake, has been screaming for a fight to see if my words inspire me. (In fact, even though the Dragon Emblem has already surpassed the graphics of the masterpiece...) Maurita and Hayashi, who are in charge of character design for the second development team, opened their mouths. ¡°Sir, I need to talk to you for a minute. ¡± ¡°Hmm?" ¡°Can you come over here for a second? ¡± I had already left Jun Fei distracted while playing SD Final Fight and moved on to Morita''s work. ¡°Huh? This... is Ryu Hwa-young, right? ¡± ¡°What!? Ryu Hwa-young!!" The Psychic Battle Cultist Junpei flashed two eyes at my words. ¡°Huh? Ryu Hwa-young and I look a little different. ¡± ¡°Jun Pyo is right. I changed the atmosphere a little differently by using Ryu Hwa Young as a concept. In fact, I''ve been working a little bit on this for the past few days. ¡± ¡°After a few days at work, you were left alone, and you drew this? ¡± ¡°I didn''t just draw it, actually. ¡± ¡°Huh?" Maurita hesitates for a moment and floats the character who did the dotting on the monitor. Then, the elegant characters who were almost at the level of celebrity were performing various movements. But these motion things-- no way? At that moment, Jun Fei who was next to me said what I wanted to say instead. ¡°Phew. Phew... Cool. Could it be a battle game? ¡± ¡°For now, it''s a duel. I''ve been doing Spa 2 recently, and it''s a shame there''s only one female character. So...¡± ¡°Is this a fight game where only female characters show up? ¡± Morita nods quietly, I say. A woman who resembled Ryu Hwa-young on the workbench was definitely wearing a rider''s costume with a firm thigh on the leather jacket instead of the armor part. ¡°Of course, copyright doesn''t allow me to create any more psychic battles, but it reminds me of this from time to time. ¡± ¡°Explain the concept of the game. ¡± ¡°That''s all I''ve been thinking about, and I just want to focus on the war. I wanted to focus a little bit more on fighting, if I had one more chance to create a psychic battle after the play Takashi showed me at the Psychic Battle. ¡± ¡°That''s not bad. With camera angles, we can have more intense battles.¡± ¡°Camera angle? ¡± ¡°For example, when characters are fighting side by side, they are enlarged so that they can focus on the battle. And as the characters get further apart from each other, as they get smaller, their roots become a shooter that avoids shell casings. Maybe we can use ideas that we haven''t been able to leverage against the limitations of family performance. ¡± ¡°Sir, I think that''s going to be okay. ¡± In my words, Morita nods, shimmering. Then Hayashi came near us one day and opened her mouth with a worried voice. ¡°Sir, I think we have a problem with this. The current Psychic Battle is entirely owned by Minuteman. I think it''s going to be a real mess if I use characters carelessly... I don''t want to get caught up in mintendo and the atmosphere...¡± ¡°Of course it is. But there is a way, unless the characters are all the same. ¡± ¡°Yes? What are you going to do? ¡± ¡°Don''t worry. I have an idea. What matters is you guys. I''m asking if we can work with our current team of dragon emblems. ¡± ¡°I want to. Sir.¡± Maurita replied, frightened to the end of my words. Apparently, the obsession with the Psychic Battle that I left in Mintendo is now stimulating Morita. Hayashi sighs, scratching her back head in response. ¡°He''s burning up like that. Can you pretend I didn''t notice? Dragon emblems are almost at the end of the line anyway, so let''s go a little harder. What do you guys think? ¡± Hayashi asked the doctors on the second team, and they all nodded and said a few words. ¡°Yay! I used to have fun with psychic battles, but is the next one a follow-up? ¡± ¡°I agree with the team leaders. ¡± ¡°New developments are much more fun than bug tests!¡± Hayashi said to me with a satisfied look on the staff''s answers. ¡°I heard.¡± ¡°Fine. I''ll pay you well for the overtime and the merit pay. ¡± ¡°Wow!! You''re the deputy director!¡± Of course you have to pay for what you''ve been through. It''s Pentagon Soft''s policy to keep this part of the staff clear. ¡°Hey, is game development supposed to be this easy? ¡± ¡°It''s good to let people make the games they want to make. They''re not all incompetent. ¡± ¡°But still...¡± ¡°Jun Fei, don''t let me tell you what you saw today. I''ll talk to you later at the appropriate time. ¡± ¡°Got it. I''ll keep my mouth shut. Instead, I''m just going to bring up a little bit about Raon. Spa 2 focus.¡± ¡°As long as it''s not the SD Final Fight part, you''re on your own. ¡± ¡°I knew I had a good friend! He''s right next to me, so the knighthood just pops out!¡± I shook my head with a bloody smile at Jun Fei''s words. & And then a little bit more time later, August 14, 1991. The launch of the world''s first 16-bit portable gaming machine, Raon, is one day away. < Short: Psychic Force in Uchimura. > Ding-dong! The bell rings. ¡°Food delivery. ¡± 12: 15. Today is also the right time. Does that mean the store is nearby? When I opened the door to the man dressed as a white waitress, he took out a bowl of bronze and a barbarian (Gundumplings) from a wooden delivery case with a skilled hand and returned. You don''t have to do the math. I''m sure you''ve already paid for the entire month at Pentagon Soft. I quickly put the hot bronze bowl down on the dining table and peeled off the wrap on the bowl. ¡°I think Wodong here is the best. ¡± Before eating the dongle, the crispy fried hermit paste was cut, and the juice filled with oil burst out. ¡°Heave-ho! Heave-ho! Hot!" I think dumplings are a perfect food that is comparable to eggs. How do you think you put meat in thin blood? Dumplings are just steamed and delicious in boiled water, but I think the best of them is this barbarian (Gundumplings). Chewing hot meat juice with crispy texture together with meat reminds me of a time when I only had a cup in a small single-sized apartment. I turned my head for a moment and looked into my room, and the living room was filled with sunlight that was unmatched. Spring is passing and early summer is coming out, but my room is just as crisp as the late autumn air conditioning. Kang Jun-hyuk from Pentagon Soft... Should I be lucky to meet Yuki at a street fair without me? Anyway, I''m living in a way that I can''t compare to before. When the time comes, food delivers accurately and a comfortable and spacious workspace. The rent here is also being paid by Pentagon Soft by half. The officetel structure, which is divided into one room, a living room and a Kitchen, in the form of a 1LDK, was not a paradise for single people. Every week when new work arrives as a parcel, I tear it apart and work diligently. After all my work, I put a phone in the headquarters, and half of my professional collection came and packed my figures well into the box, and the allowance for it was piled up in the middle of every month. Kang Jun-hyuk created a very new distribution method for figure-making, which was a way to promote premium figures to readers for a certain period of time, then pre-pay in full and get a booking ticket. As soon as I receive a win from a customer, a professional figurehead sends me something that is not colored, and I edit it little by little every time to complete a piece. Approximately 7-10 days for one product to be completed. But this is a big pile of bookings, and I''m still working on it. The figure work I''m focusing on right now is the ¡®streets I''m not in¡¯ heroes. He has been in Minten and Legal Workshops since last fall, but there have been no legal sanctions to create premium figures as intellectual ownership is still on our side of the Pentagon. The premium figures are booked at the Pentagon Character Shop, right next to the Tamago Shop, and there are only 20 of each type of figures, and they are said to be very competitive among collectors. Prices range from 60,000 yen to 150,000 yen per person, depending on the quality of the figure. How much will the price go up once the production is finished? Even the basic sculpture, which has not been painted because it is definitely small production, is excellent enough to have no place to work. I emptied all the bronze deliveries to the soup. I ran into the workshop, putting the last one of the other teachers in my mouth. Usually used in the bedroom, it was the perfect place to paint the figures because the sunlight did not come in. The direct sunlight in the sun is something to avoid to induce the discoloration of the figure. ¡°Phew... Now that you''ve eaten, let''s get to work." ¡± The deputy said he would set up a separate workshop within the company if he wanted to, but he happily agreed that I would rather paint here, which was awkward for the company people. It didn''t matter if it was home or where the staff could work most comfortably. ¡°This is paradise compared to last summer.¡± Moreover, even though I screamed, there was no need to look next door because the soundproofing was perfect. Sitting at the workbench, Miyuki''s 12-inch figure, which he recently started painting, is organized by parts, and the doorbell rings outside. Ding-dong! "Who is it? Is the courier already here for the bowl?" I haven''t even done the dishes yet. ¡¯ It''s easy to deliver, but sometimes it''s a bit annoying because it was polite to wash and deliver the bowl. But he couldn''t have come looking so fast. As I tilted my head to open the door, I noticed a familiar face. ¡°Miyazaki?¡± She holds a black box the size of her body in both hands and smiles at me. ¡°Hello, Uchimura!¡± ¡°Huh? What are you doing here? ¡± ¡°I have a special request from Director Kang Jun-hyuk, Uchimura. ¡± ¡°To me?¡± ¡°May I come in for a moment? ¡± ¡°Oh, well...¡± I took Miyazaki''s black box instead. At that moment, I felt a flash of strength in my waist on the weight of the box that was not what I expected. ¡®What, it''s so heavy. ¡¯ I thought it would be light because I was holding it with no hard color at all, but I put the pretending box on the table in the living room because I, the man, could not squirm. Miyazaki, who followed me, looked at the bowls on the table and opened his mouth. ¡°Do you usually order lunch? ¡± ¡°I told the company that it was possible, so I left a restaurant nearby a month in advance. ¡± ¡°Huh, a month? Aren''t you sick of it?¡± ¡°Well, it''s more of a hassle to cook, more of a convenience store instant.¡± ¡°Well, that, too. ¡± ¡°By the way, what is this black box? ¡± ¡°Oh, it''s a figure. This is a special request from Director Kang Jun-hyuk from Uchimura. ¡± ¡°Yes? What kind of figure is this heavy? ¡± ¡°I don''t know. I don''t know what it says. D, Dio... ah!! Diorama!!... they say? ¡± ¡°Diorama!? ¡± ¡°But what''s a diorama? Do you know Mr. Uchimura? ¡± Diorama was a word used in a set of movies rather than figures. Gojira, commonly referred to as a feature image, or the Earth Defence Force Hureshman (Supernova Flashman), used to decorate the city in small pieces and put on a monster''s mask and act on it, but Diorama was a set made of such little miniatures. I explained to the curious Miyazaki using the knowledge I know, and she nodded at once if she had seen the battle scene of Hureshman as well. "If this is a diorama, what kind of diorama is it? Is it Valentine''s Day, the one who made the diorama in the street without me? ¡¯ Valentine''s Day used to play a full edition from Pentagon Soft shortly after I moved here, but it was also a big turnaround for the game. When I left school with the last box of chocolates. The door to the science lab that had been locked in the game was open, so I went inside and found a letter written by Hiroin, the owner of the place who had just left a box of chocolates. As soon as I saw that I was told to go to a good place with my condolences about the fire incident in the science room, my whole body regretted. So I was a ghost, too? ¡¯ At that moment, I remembered the face of the protagonist looking at the screen. ¡®There''s something ominous about the box, too. But we can''t even open it, and there''s Miyazaki, so let''s be prepared. ¡¯ I swallowed the drought and carefully opened a huge box the size of a man''s torso. Then, elasticity flowed from Miyazaki''s mouth, who was standing on the other side. ¡°Wow!¡± "Wow¡­ Isn''t that Valentine''s Day?" ¡¯ I opened my eyes slightly and looked inside the black box. The elasticity flowed out without me even knowing it. ¡°Oh, my God, what is all this? ¡± First, the black box containing the contents of the diorama was painted with asphalt patterns to see if it itself served as the base of the set. When the box was moved to the floor and removed from the retention mechanisms on the corners, the box was stretched to ten degrees and created an intersection, and the lid portion of the box had a floor frame around the intersection of chapters 4. ¡°Ugh... What the hell is this? ¡± I put the lid on one side for a moment and examined the contents first. A broken motorcycle wreckage and a destroyed car that hasn''t been painted yet. And those half-collapsed buildings (so damn heavy...) that remind me of the Post Apocalypse. And eight bags of human body sculptures in them? This is a lot of work. ¡°I think there''s something in here. ¡± Miyazaki opens his mouth to the sound of moonlighting coming from inside the tall building in a box. I took the model from Miyazaki and looked at the bottom. Then I noticed a lid that could open something outside. Carefully uncovered the lid, it contained feet made of non-woven material. Probably an illustration representing the complete scene of the diorama. At the same time, Miyazaki and I stretched out our dried legs. ¡°Psychic Force? ¡± I''ve never heard of it. Are you planning on launching your new piece again at Pentagon Soft? The illustration on on the footwear showed whether the short haired woman in the rider''s outfit on the leather jacket rolled off the broken motorcycle and tore her clothes everywhere. A handgun held in both hands, facing the ground, twisting in the air, was pointed toward the sky. Above it, a pervert with a long tongue was jumping out of the car that was about to explode and chasing her. ¡°Fantastic.¡± In the footprint, there was a beautiful woman, Ninja, who was digging for a gap or a living room holding the end of a collapsed building besides them. ¡°This shadow is Morita''s handiwork. ¡± Inside each building was an illustration that looked at one space in various ways, and a total of eight characters were playing a quarrel in the distance. ¡®Ah, the angle of the feet in the building is different. ¡¯ I have a rough idea what Mauritan is after. Paint all the parts in the crate and decorate them like an illustration. ¡°Oh, right. This is a message from you. ¡± ¡°A message?¡± I opened the envelope that Miyazaki handed me, and there was a letter inside. - Mr. Uchimura... I know it''s a lot to ask, but do me a favor before Raon launches. The first arcade action game in the name of Pentagon Soft. We will be promoting it during the Raon launch, so we look forward to your great work. ¡®Psychic Force... It''s a title that reminds me of a family''s Psychic Battle somewhere. Besides, according to the illustration, is this a water battle for abilities? It''ll be fun.'' 101 < EP. 23: Raon Strike (1) > 10: 00 a.m. on August 14, 1991. I thought it would be better in the morning, but I missed it completely. It was because the summer weather in August began to heat up the roads as soon as the morning sun came up. However, in front of the Tamago Shop, a few days ago, a homeless man crouched in front of the courtyard. I was silent when I asked if you might get hurt during the event, so I decided to let you go. ¡°Let''s set up a tent there first. How many do you think will be installed? ¡± ¡°If you understand the other shops, you may be able to install about six to seven. ¡± ¡°I don''t think that''s enough. ¡± I hate that the sky is going to rain tomorrow, the launch of Laon. I hoped that the weather forecast would be missed, but it was strange that the damp air floating with lots of moisture would not rain even if it was immediately. After changing the internal structure of the Tamago Shop due to Laon''s launch tomorrow, Onhayasi frowned and told me. ¡°The weather is sticky even in the morning. I think it''s going to rain this afternoon. ¡± ¡°I see." Then a young man walking past us stopped and asked me. ¡°Is this the line to sell Raon? ¡± ¡°Yes? Oh, right. But not today, it starts tomorrow. ¡± ¡°I know. I''m going to wait now.¡± ¡°Yes!? ¡± ¡°I''ve been looking forward to this day since Raon''s announcement. I really want to buy it first. ¡± ¡°Still more than 24 hours left...¡± ¡°It doesn''t matter.¡± The young man sat on the floor, smiling at my words. Until then, the homeless man sitting on the stairs quietly shouted. ¡°I''m first!!!! I''ve been waiting a week!! ¡± ¡°Hiya!! ¡± When he heard the homeless man''s powerful voice, Hayashi was startled and turned back. So you were in front of the Tamago-shop a few days ago because of Raon? Oh, my God. Are you out of your mind in the middle of a sweaty summer just sitting there? I wish I had fallen as a Soldier... Ugh! Could it be because of the weather that has been cool since a week ago without a single drop of rain? As the man approached, he smelled a foul stench that could not be spoken of. The young man standing in wait number one frowned openly and distanced himself. ¡°Hey, customer. I''ll admit that I''ve been waiting here for a week, so why don''t you come home for a while? ¡± But he didn''t even listen to me with his ear. You''re stubborn. Well, if he wasn''t so stubborn, who would be sitting in front of a store a week before he started kicking around in this heat? Finally, we temporarily placed a tent on top of one of the waiting lines. It''s so hot in the middle of the street, there''s no shade, so it''ll be hot in the afternoon, okay? But despite my worries, sometimes when I look back on my work, there were more and more people one by two. Seeing them lightly greeting each other in the queue, I suddenly smiled at my mouth. Unlike releasing game software, the release of consoles brings tremendous excitement to gamers. Especially since I''ve been sprinkling delicious pastry rice since before it was released, the expectations of gamers waiting for Raon have reached their peak. This was all thanks to Jun Fei and other reporters who had played Raon first, as well as raising the mood and praising the performance of new mobile devices. After a while, a huge banner appeared on the exterior wall of the Tamago-shop building, and elasticity poured out of the mouths of those walking in the streets of Akiba. - The day before August 15, 2011. The ultimate portable gaming device to announce the end of the war in the console market. La Coming Soon!! - It may seem like a somewhat stimulating propaganda, but it was also an impactful introduction. By now, there will be similar events in Korea and the United States. In Korea, of course, Mantra brought in Raon and promoted it through her magazine, because in the United States, Mr. Wilson terminated his contract for the premium shop and started promoting his new mobile device, Raon, as the main one, last month. Although only two of the launch titles were Final Frontier 4 and Spa 2, the impact was significant, and more than half of the users reported that they wanted to purchase both titles along with the device in an antique survey of Pammy communications last month. After preparing for the exterior of the building, I alternated meals with the staff who worked with me. When it was hot and tasteless, we headed to a soba shop on the second floor of the building across from the venue overlooking the view. ¡°Phew... It''s hot. It''s hot. When I put the cold towel from the store on my face, I felt better with my face that had been flushed up. I wiped off the sweat and looked at the staff sitting across from me, and they were all doing the same thing as me. You must be thirsty. Maurita swallows the cold, elongated water, and Hayashi watches over him and gives him a pinky cup. ¡°You''ll get sick of it. ¡± ¡°I think I''m gonna die of heat.¡± ¡°You know, I usually work out...¡± ¡°Is that so? I always sit at my desk and draw pictures, and I think I''m getting stiff. ¡± I swallowed cold water and burst into laughter in their conversation. ¡°Everyone worked hard. We have finished preparing for the external event, so let''s work on the air-conditioning indoors this afternoon. ¡± ¡°Ouch!! ¡± ¡°By the way, Morita, You''re not in yet, are you? ¡± ¡°I just got off the phone with you, and you''re almost there. Ah! There he is. ¡± As Maurita pointed out the window, the staff looked down at the venue with a long neck. In front of the venue, a small truck waits with a black curtain. Soon Uchimura got out of the passenger seat, and employees, including Miyazaki, who was waiting inside the Tamago Shop, ran to the back of the truck and carefully started moving something. You''re just in time. I was worried that it might be a little late, but Uchimura must have blown it at the last minute. ¡°By the way, was that... was it always that big? ¡± Morita answered my question. ¡°I contacted Uchimura a month ago and asked if I could modify the ¡®Psychic Force¡¯ ''s diorama a bit, but he said it doesn''t matter if it doesn''t hurt the whole image...¡± ¡°Th-that doesn''t sound like gold. ¡± ¡°I have to eat quickly and go down. ¡± ¡°No, let''s eat slowly. Uchimura won''t let you down if you''re good at it. You must have something else in mind. ¡± The Uchimura military is now believed to be almost supernova in the figure industry. Already a ¡®street without me¡¯ kimono version, he had a unique idea for every new figure he made, which was a perfect match for Maurita. As the demand for collectors increased over time, the quality of professional producers such as Hotobukia gradually declined, but Uchimura''s quality continued to rise. (As such, the price of the figures Uchimura makes is increasing¡­) I first saw the figures of Uchimura and came up with the method of ordering Hottoy, one of the future figures companies. Even though it is rather expensive and takes a long time to build, it produces a small amount of quality figures that consumers will be satisfied with. It didn''t actually come in great interest, but it did give the collectors a very good image. Is that so? When I look at the venue while eating, I feel like the queue is longer than before. Are you guys really going to spend the rest of the day here? & When I returned to the store after my meal, I was working on the installation of the diorama. Then why is it so big? I feel like it''s twice the size I thought it would be. ¡°Give me building A-5 over there. I''ll set it up separately. ¡± Uchimura took parts of the diorama, separated by parts, to help with the installation. Contrary to what was originally planned for partial combat at at the intersection, the currently completed dioramas have expanded widely around the intersection. However, the distance between the characters made it more distinctive to the shoot-out by the inter-Kick Force than the usual fighting games. After about an hour of installation, and finally covering the glass case, the vibrant characters of Psychic Force were placed between the buildings to convey a strange feeling of the scene. But Uchimura''s magic did not end there. ¡°W-wait a minute. ¡± Uchimura looks at the bottom of the diorama and flips the power switch. Fat. At that moment, elasticity leaked from the mouths of the employees gathered around. ¡°Huff!! ¡± ¡°What is this? ¡± I instructed the stunning staff to cover their curtains once they were embarrassed. Excited by the performance beyond expectations, employees applauded Uchimura. ¡®Good. The first Hidden Card is more than I expected. ¡¯ & People''s expectations of Raon were greater than they thought. By 3 p.m., the buying procession had begun to move away from the tent they had prepared, and had been expanding slightly ever since. Pentagon associates, including myself, prepared for safety accidents, leading to a growing purchasing procession. And then after 5: 00 p.m., Tsk, tsk, tsk. ¡°Huh? It''s raining.¡± ¡°Ah, finally. ¡± As people''s complaints erupted, those who had left the tent took out one or two umbrellas. However, there was not a single person who went home or left. And then something amazing happened. The people in the tent gave way gradually, so that everyone could enter the tent. (However, the original buyer''s perimeter was some distance away, as was Moses'' miracle.) Thanks to this, people gathered in a narrow tent. ¡®On a rainy day, the launch ceremony reminds me of the day I went to buy a Diablo before time slips...¡¯ It rained all night, but I ran to the company to buy a limited edition. Do the people who are here now feel the same way as I do now? & The rain continued through the night. The people who came in wearing a T-shirt in the hot weather had lost a lot of body temperature in the continuous rain. My mind and body were exhausted, but by dawn everyone was able to come. Me and the Pentagon staff stayed up all night with the users. ¡°It''s... raining a little bit. ¡± ¡°Really? Well, it''s been going down a lot since the beginning of last night, so I hope you can stop now.¡± Whether Hayashi''s heart reached the sky, a ray of sun came down from east to between the buildings. ¡°Morning.¡± ¡°Oh, it''s been so long. I want to buy it and go home.¡± ¡°Since the sale starts at 10: 00, there''s still three hours left.¡± Gamers who met each other in the morning smiled as they encouraged each other. After moderately low rains, I finished the bulk order by connecting several nearby lunch vendors. Those who endured the cold in the rain overnight began to eat in the streets accepting the lunchbox provided by the Pentagon. ¡°Throw away your lunch boxes. ¡± Miyazaki''s lively voice rang in the street, and I returned home for a moment and finished showering with hot water. After I changed into the suit I had left at the laundromat in advance, I repaired my tie in front of the mirror and headed back to the venue. During a short drive home, Raon''s purchasing procession grew more than twice. The long wait line extends to the inside of the train station, so the station staff approached us and begged us. Eventually, we set up a purchase lead line inside the Tamago Shop and accepted some users into the event. When people came indoors, they began to rumble looking at the posters of the Raon launch works. ¡°Wow, Street Fire2!! Khh! I''ll enjoy this for a year with one of those. ¡± ¡°I am the Dragon Emblem. I was so consumed by the remade characters in the magazines...¡± ¡°Hmm? What''s that black cloth in the middle of there? ¡± ¡°Really? Isn''t there another surprise show? Previously on production announcements, the gaming industry was turned upside down. ¡± When the people gathered in the room muttered individually and were curious about the black cloth, I felt nervous about the expression on their faces. And the Kawaguchi delegation was put on the stage for the introduction of Raon with a theme song by the Final Frontier familiar to the users at 10 am. ¡°Thank you very much for staying up all night, and for waiting for Raon''s launch. Raon is the first full-colour portable game machine with a 16-bit CPU, where users can play with their data cables anytime, anywhere. Street Fire2, the most popular player in the Game Center, is also able to have a great battle anytime, anywhere with your friends. ¡± ¡°Oh-oh!¡± ¡°Of course, our Final Frontier 4 from Pentagon Soft also has an epic story and BGM that is not comparable to that of the family. And we have prepared everything with gorgeous graphics, so we hope you enjoy playing. ¡± Then one of the users in the queue shouted. ¡°I''ll get thirsty while I wait. Hurry and dig!! ¡± In the user''s voice, the Kawaguchi representative slightly smiled and replied, holding the microphone. ¡°Thank you, and I look forward to starting selling as soon as possible, but before I do, I''d like to share with you some more news from our Pentagon. ¡± ¡°Oh? What''s new? ¡± ¡°Another new announcement for the launch? ¡± The Kawaguchi delegate said that the users were getting restless. I was preparing under a single phase and took a short, long breath after loosening the tie strap. ¡°The new news is from our gaming director, Kang Jun-hyuk, who represents Pentagon Soft. ¡± In the introduction of the Kawaguchi representative, I slowly stepped up the stairs to the top. The Kawaguchi representative stepped back and faced a number of gamers, I swallowed a dry saliva and looked around the crowd. ¡®This... feels different from the production presentation...¡¯ I couldn''t stand the thought of what was coming out of my mouth. I straightened my throat for a moment, then took off my dry mouth. ¡°Hello, I''m Kang Jun-hyuk from Pentagon Soft. Well, first of all, I love bullying you. like dragon emblems, psychic battles, streets without me, Valentine''s Day. ¡± That was my first greeting. 102 < EP. 23: Raon Strike (2) > ¡°Hello, I''m Kang Jun-hyuk from Pentagon Soft. Well, first of all, I love bullying you. like dragon emblems, psychic battles, streets without me, Valentine''s Day. ¡± That was my first greeting. Then, the users who gathered at the venue looked dumbfounded by my ridiculous greetings. ¡°Wow, I didn''t know it when I played it one by one, but when I put it all together like that, it really pisses me off. ¡± ¡°Yeah, I only remember shitting blood to clear all four of them. ¡± ¡°Oww! I was crying on my own in a street where I wasn''t there, and I was so mad at my mother. ¡± ¡°I got my back kicked by my girlfriend. That''s why you cried when I lent it to you. She cried, I cried, and the room was just a sea of tears. ¡± ¡°I live in Raon because of the Dragon Emblem, but unfortunately, it''s simultaneous. We have to make it to Final Frontier 4 by launch date. ¡± ¡°I''m not a Pentagon softball game, but it was really fun even though the psychic battle was tough, and the Feud Mode was so fresh at the time that I remember spending the night with my brother. A follow-up.¡± ¡°That''s a tough one. Mintendo owns the copyright. ¡± ¡°Well, that''s true. ¡± I just recited a few sentences in the prepared greeting, and the users began to murmur about my game. I waited for a moment for the atmosphere to subside before speaking. ¡°First of all, as you know, Raon is not cheap for portable devices. 29,800 yen just for the price of the device. It''s more expensive than a superfamily in Mintendo. Instead, I was able to cooperate with Stan de Parties to dramatically lower the cartridge price. The simultaneous releases of Final Frontier 4 and Street Fire2 are 5,300 yen each, which is about 3,000 yen cheaper than the soft prices of other companies. I will not exceed 6,000 yen for Rom Cartridge titles developed in Raon. ¡± ¡°Ouch!! I like that.¡± ¡°Yes, it''s much better if the device is a bit expensive, but the soft price is much cheaper. Recently, the value of the super family cartridge has come to close to 10,000 yen.¡± ¡°Yes, the price of cartridges has been going up ever since they were launched, and now I''m afraid to buy a game. What if I bought one? What if it''s just a little landmine? ¡± As they say, recently released games in Mintendo have been too expensive for consumers. However, Japan is still better off. In the case of South Korea, the Super Family game has not yet been released, so the title that was crossed in Japan was sold for about ? 180,000. In addition, there were many times when the title was popular, it was over 200,000 won. When I was a kid, I went to Yongsan to buy Final Frontier 6 with my friend, and was taken away by my scary brothers, and went to buy Final Frontier with the emergency money that I had hidden away. I remember giving up for ? 240,000 for a cartridge and returning. I then added a description of the new cartridge method. ¡°Flash memory cartridges, which will be released with dragon emblems in the future, will also be available for download at affordable prices in each game shop across the country as much as you can read and write. ¡± ¡°Download? What''s that? ¡± As long as I am not a user who enjoys PC communication together, the word download sounded very unfamiliar. Finally, I added an additional easy explanation on how to download. Then one user who had heard all my stories shouted. ¡°Huh? So if you erase the game inside to get another one, you have to buy it again later? ¡± ¡°No, it''s not. If the code in the cartridge matches your personal information, you can download it for free at any time. ¡± ¡°Oh!¡± But momentary elasticity, this time the other side of the question came up. ¡°What if I want to play more than one game in a Flash cartridge? Do I need to delete my existing game? ¡± Even with a fairly sharp question, I didn''t lose my smile. I can''t let the developer hesitate in front of the gamers. ¡°The Flash memory cartridge is coming in two versions. ¡± ¡°Two versions? ¡± ¡°Yes, it''s a low capacity version that can only store one game and a high capacity version that can store two games. Of course, if you are purchasing a low-capacity model, you will need to clear the game installed inside in order to play another game, as you just asked. ¡± ¡°Oh, that''s too bad. ¡± ¡°But I can get it back later. That''s good.¡± The cost of the flash memory to read and erase data is very expensive. I also guessed that the unit price was low, 11,800 yen. And the high dose was 19,800 yen. If the download was activated in the future because it had to suffer a slight loss every time I sold it, I would have no choice but to see the revenue there. But technology is going to get better and better, and by this time next year, maybe we can lower the cartridge price of Flash Memory a little bit, or we can launch a bigger one. Once launched, the console led the market for at least five to six years, in which it had the advantage of gradually lowering the unit price of the device, depending on technological advances. ? ¡°But the sale of software for downloads using flash memory cartridges will be about 4,300 yen cheaper than Rom Cartridge Soft, about 1,500 yen cheaper."? Then the atmosphere began to flow in a form that convinced him to some extent. ? "At the same time these days, a single game soft is really cheap. ¡± "But you won''t get it if you erase it once, will you? I think the Pentagon cares more about its users. ¡± ? ¡°From Pentagon Soft? I''ve never bought one and regretted it. I have to go with Rom Cartridge. ¡± It''s the same game, but it gives us some choice. ¡± "I quickly captured and answered some of the most important things in my conversations. ? ¡°If you are collecting games as usual, you can also purchase a Rom Cartridge as before. Flash memory cartridges are for parents and students who are reluctant to continue buying gaming software for their children. Just buy the game in the form you want. ¡± ? At first, even the tilted users started to feel cheerful. ¡¤ After the atmosphere of the venue warmed up, I signaled to the projector''s staff. The employee nodded to my signature and activated the projector that sprinkled on the Battlezone relay. "Now, let me tell you about our new piece of Pentagon Soft that you''re looking forward to. The first game I want to introduce you to is this piece!! ¡± ? ¡°Hot!! ¡± ? With a short duet ? Sleep differently like a beautiful woman slips in a low position, Are the users suddenly regenerated? I started to get excited about the animated video. "Oh!!" What is it? Is it the Pentagon''s new book? ¡± Shush!! At that moment? A woman leaping high on the ground, revealing her tight figure in the white moonlight, turning into an aerial swarm? I started running, stepping on the outside of the building. What is the camera angle in the video? You lit up her whole body like a 360-degree movie, her face closed up at the end? At that moment, the same voice leaked from their mouths. ? ¡°Azsa Ren!? ¡± ? ¡°What!? No way!! ¡± "Wait, he looks like him, but he has a different hairstyle or outfit. ¡± "Can''t be Psychic Battle 2!? But it can''t be. ¡± ? And then the video changed and this time he was wearing a leather jacket ? A short cut of a woman appeared on a bike. ? On a giant bike ? As she races through the city, she looks up at the intersection surrounded by tall buildings and starts pulling the slottle hard. ? Behind her at the same time ? Red lasers pour out of pursuit vehicles, and she moves her bike from side to side? I barely escaped. Then he turns the big bike around the ground and fires a pistol at the car. ? Back then ? Again? Her face is closed up and horrified inside the chairman. ? ¡°Knng!! Ryu Hwa-young this time!? ¡± "That''s right, psychic battle!! ¡± "Wow!!!!!!? I thought I''d never see you again!!!! ¡± ? ¡°Ugh...? Take all my money, Pentagon? You guys!! ¡± "With only two appearances, the president flipped over. It was also proof that there were so many people waiting for the psychic battle. "Characters resembling Ryu Hwa-young constantly run through the city at an incredible speed to spray the car chasing them, and the chase continues to make their hands sweat even as they watch the video." The opening of the ''Psychic Force¡¯, made of ultra-precious quality, was asked by Hoshi Mamoru, the director who will make a name for himself as the ''Striker.¡¯ "Eight minutes worth of video production?" You''re so close, it''s quality. And the scene proves it? There was. ? Bringing colourful, downtown nightlife, in it ? The protagonists who remind me of the psychic battle are fighting each other as they head into the city. "Four women and four men aiming at each other''s lives, and then a laser shot from a car hits Ryu Hwa-young''s motorcycle," Her light body bounces off with inertia. It was then. ? ¡°Aaaaah!!! ¡± ? With the windshield of a broken car sticking out a long tongue ? The jumper pulls out a spear from behind his back. At that moment, a red spot appeared on the center of his forehead. "Ryu Hwa-young, who was bounced off the motorcycle, twisted his body with a nasty rub and pointed a pistol at him. ¡°Ice Bullet!! ¡± Paaaaang!! As soon as the flower of ice rose from his forehead and his neck snapped and flew off, he immediately landed on the ground, fixing his neck bone, which was rattling. ¡°Th-that''s cool.¡± I was impressed by the battle scenes at the very fast speeds of the users and focused on the screen. The cystic force''s genre name was naturally reminiscent of the ''Second Speed Hyper Battle¡¯ as if it was a dragon ball. ¡®Obviously, you made me a lot of money in a short period of time.¡¯ Later, Ninja jumped into his arms and remembered the propaganda, looking like Azsa Ren, toward the heavy lifting of the collapsing building with one hand. - Follow-up to Psychic Battle. -Second Speed Hyper Battle. Psychic Force. Game center''s up and running this winter. - ¡°What!? Arcade Games!? ¡± ¡°Ahhhh!! Could this be an act of war!? Awesome. Everyone here was shocked at the same moment as the promotional video. The black tent that was in the middle of the users rises up. ¡°Huff!! ¡± Like the static image of the animation you just saw, Uchimura''s giant diorama was created. It was giving away the tension of ''Psychic Force¡¯. ¡°Phew... When will I wait until winter...¡± While watching the figures, I raised my mouth slightly and held the microphone in my hand. ¡°Thank you. We have some users who are tired of staying with us all night, so I will introduce you to a second game right away. ¡± ¡°Oh, I see something else. ¡± I look around the crowd for a moment before turning my head to one side and opening my mouth. ¡°I''d like to introduce you to a writer who''s been working with the Dragon Ball to create a sensational basketball boom in Japan. Inosita in Slammerdunk. Can you come up to the stage, please? ¡± ¡°S-slam dunk? ¡± Inosita, the original cartoonist named Slamdungk, climbed up to the top and grabbed Mike with trembling hands. ¡°I''ve also had a hard time hiding the existence of this title to this day. When you said you wanted to play my work at Pentagon Soft, I was a little confused, but I''d like to share my work with a little more diverse people. This is how we found you in the game. ¡°Wow!! ¡± ¡°Dammit... I thought I''d just buy a Final Frontier and Spa 2, but I''m short on money!!! ¡± ¡°How much are you trying to make me spend today?¡± 103 < EP. 23: Raon Strike (3) > ¡°How much are you trying to make me spend today?¡± With Inosita''s announcement, the red-headed protagonist bounces off the ball and leaps high toward the goal. Kwajic!! A thumping scene so intense that the goal breaks, elasticity pours out of their mouths. From the late ''80s to the early'' 90s, anyone in the two mountain ranges who led the Japanese cartoon industry would be a Dragon Ball and a Slam Dunk. However, unlike the dragon ball that has been actively gamified since the time of the family, the slam dunk has never been gamified. In fact, if you think of it as a sports game at this time, it was because the ''Excited¡¯ series was tightly held. If there is no brawl and horse gear, it is also true that something looks boring. But is that so? I thought it wouldn''t be a bad idea to use the unique character castle that only Slammerdunk has. In fact, the arcade "Slam Dunk Superslam", launched in the mid-90s, was hit by the popularity of characters. Even those who don''t know the basketball position will nod if they tell me something similar to the character... Slamdungs, made for the Raon, SD-rated arcade-style games into trios to create unique cuteness. - Peek! - The event was full of anticipation and excitement as Shohoku (Buksan) and Ryonan (Qingnam) started with a whistle to announce the start of the match. ¡°Oh, that''s cute. ¡± ¡°Look at the look on Mitsui''s face!¡± As Shohoku''s ball, which had won the jumping ball, immediately flowed towards Miyagi (Song Tae-sup), he saw that the power hole was overlapping with a scene in a cartoon, and elasticity was flowing from place to place. When Sendo (Yun Dae-hyup) blocked Miyagi (Song Tae-sup) from digging inward for a moment, the ball flowed to the outside angle and flowed to the Normandy (Jung Taiwan). Mitzi''s unhesitant three-point shot was drawn into the goal, drawing a beautiful parabolic line, and the face of Mitzi was closed up on the screen and a cut-in was displayed. ¡°Khh! What a flaming man!! ¡± Slammerdunk''s demo also continued to be broadcast in the heat of the crowd, and Laon''s launch event began to flow into a festive atmosphere. ¡°Let''s give a big round of applause to Inosita, the original author of Slammerdunk, who came to our venue on purpose. ¡± ¡°Thank you. Please enjoy the game!¡± ¡°Well, that''s more than enough, let''s begin the formal sale of Raon. ¡± ¡°Wooooo!!! ¡± Gamers gathered at the event responded with a loud shout as if they were warriors headed for the battlefield. Those who have not yet come inside the event are crazy to wonder what''s going on inside. Shortly thereafter, the sales event officially began, and a total of eight counters started selling out the new mobile device, Raon, at a rapid pace. ¡°Give me Laon and Spa 2!! ¡± ¡°Give me Raon, Final Frontier 4, and Slam Dunk!! ¡± ¡°Oh, what should I do? Suddenly, a slam dunk pops out of my head.¡± ¡°What are you thinking about? Just buy it all. You''re going to live anyway!! ¡± ¡°Right? Rather than moaning later because I don''t have anything. That''s better.¡± ¡°RPG, battle action, sports games, fantastic lineup!! ¡± ¡°Don''t even think about it. Buy it quickly. I''m so tired...¡± As it reminds me of Thanksgiving in the United States, the venue was filled with Raon''s customers. Customers who were outside and entered the cool room were staring at the late-known Psychic Force video and the video of Slammerdunk as if they had been hit in the back with a headache. ¡°The Pentagon is now making arcade games.¡± ¡°Did you take the battle of Psychic Battle and upgrade it? I''m a little frustrated because I don''t have video games, but the opening movie is so awesome... It''s like a movie theater. ¡± ¡°Winter!! Winter!!" ¡°Is that gonna bring back Takashi, the winner of the psychic battle? ¡± ¡°Oh, I saw the finals. It was awesome, but at the end of the bulletproof defense. Khh!" ¡°That still gives me the creeps.¡± I was thankful for the enthusiasm of users who still remember the psychic battle by overhearing people''s conversations. ¡®This battle will be far more intense than Takashi''s finals. ¡¯ The ultimate battle speed psychic force was created purely by Morita. The ¡®Psychic Force¡¯, which changed the genre that was targeted by the shooting into a duel, proceeded to build an arcade substrate based on the direction that saved the image of the character as much as possible. No matter how brilliant the device was, it was not enough to handle Morita''s illustration, but it was clearly better than a clumsy one. In addition, in the early 90s it was the pinnacle of the Game Center, so it was a very profitable business based on the amount of coin collection. Wouldn''t we need a sparring game to announce the name of Pentagon Soft in the many battle games that will emerge? I proposed, and the conclusion was that everyone was welcome. Since March, the current development progress of the rapid production of the Psychic Force is approximately 60%. It was already picking up some form of a duel. A few days ago, I tried it with Morita as a test character, and it was a very fast battle style that was completely insane. The point of the battle was to keep a gap in the ESP gauge because it was possible to remove or return a fairly large radius of ammo from a surrounding building due to the shell spilled out by two characters in a large city centre, or to evade it with an ESP gauge. Especially since the establishment of super-specific skills was not yet established, the ''one-way station¡¯ was very popular among employees only when their health was reduced below 30%. (Maybe he was excited about the bart morphing that the character used to close up when he was using the magic wand...) Unlike Spa 2, which fights closely and with a fierce fist, the Psychic Force felt much different even in the same battle because it avoided the projectiles on the screen or put points on each other''s necessities. ¡®But the coin turnover will be faster this way. Game speed is also fast, and if you get it wrong because of a lot more connectors than a spa, you will win or lose in the blink of an eye. ¡¯ As I took a step back to the counter, Morita and Hayashi were waiting for me. ¡°Awesome. The low-cost soft policy that you designed worked. ¡± ¡°This is all because of the refusal of Mintendo. It was God''s work to transplant Spa 2 from Capco¡­¡± ¡°Clearly, the number two spa is dropping first. ¡± ¡°It''s probably the most popular game center right now. It''s also portable, so you can fight anywhere, so it''s a natural choice¡­¡± As Hayashi said, nearly nine out of ten people were buying Spa 2. Immediately after buying the game, some people were playing directly at the table in the store. The data cables were included by default, so users who came with friends immediately connected their devices and enjoyed Spa 2. ¡°Wow, that''s just like the arcade.¡± ¡°Yeah, I didn''t think it was gonna be like this...¡± ¡°I feel like I''m going to cry because I''m touched. I can''t believe you can do Street Fires 2 with a portable device in the world. I won''t get bored on the train. ¡± Approximately three hours after the event began, Raon sold almost 2,000. The 5,000 units prepared on the first day were reduced by half in three hours. While the cashier was turning the register as he switched employees, there was little chance of declining the queue to the outside. Jun Fei, who had been out since morning to shoot the atmosphere of the launch event, asked me with a tired face. ¡°Looks like you''re faster than you were in the super family. ¡± ¡°I''m a little ahead of you. ¡± ¡°I was curious about the user''s reaction because the device itself is a fairly advanced booklet, but it''s huge. I didn''t know it was going to be like this. ¡± ¡°You only need to buy the device once anyway, the cartridge price is important. ¡± ¡°From what I hear, the Dragon Warrior of Phoenix was also meant to make Raon Soft. What do you know? ¡± ¡°Did you come all the way here for a cover story? ¡± ¡°There''s already a rumor going around in the industry. In fact, we''ve already announced that we''re moving to some third party in Raon. ¡± ¡°It''s a myth. The Dragon Warrior of Phoenix Soft has announced that only the most prevalent consoles in the world are built. The fifth series is probably already being made into a superfamily. ¡± ¡°Too bad.¡± ¡°As desperate as Mintendo to keep the Dragon Warrior safe, it won''t be easy. ¡± As Jun Fei said, after Capco, a large soft company, secretly changed development routes towards Raon, there were a number of third-parties. Fox Soft is a leading company known for its'' Devil Castle ¡¯series. Recently, it was Wink Soft that was planning SRPG games using Gundam or Margingga. ¡°Well, I''m sorry, but it''s no longer a trade secret. I can''t tell you the details. ¡± ¡°Tsk. That''s disgusting. ¡± ¡°Lethal...? How much information have I given you so far? ¡± Then Jun Fei roughly slapped him with a smile and turned to talk. ¡°Hey, I''m hungry. Aren''t you going to eat? ¡± ¡°My staff hasn''t eaten yet, but how can I just run and eat? ¡± At that time, an announcement came out from the speakers inside the venue. It was Miyazaki from the tone of his voice. ¡°We would like to remind our customers who have visited the launch event to purchase Raon. We are pleased to inform you that the Street Fire2 cartridge currently launched by Capco has sold out. We''re very sorry, but we wanted to remind you again. ¡± ¡°What? Already!? ¡± ¡°No!! I came to buy that.¡± As expected, the amount of spa 2 ran out first. However, Slammer Dunk and Final Frontier still had a lot of spare space, so users began to buy other software as a pity. In fact, all three titles were great, so there was no big complaint for the users. If it was just Final Frontier and Spa 2, it might have been a little dangerous. & 5: 00 p.m. that day. Laon''s launch, which was hot as the weather in the summer, finally achieved the full capacity of the last seller. "Raon. A toast to the end!!" Pentagon employees celebrated the completion of their first console device and drank a can of beer. I worked hard all day, but everyone looked very good. Jun Fei sneaked out and joined the Pentagon''s celebration with a string of friends. He''s got a knack for it too... I heard Miyazaki calling out to me as she was sipping canned beer with a bleeding smile. "Sir, we have a call from Mantra Soft in Korea." Oh, looks like the launch ceremony in Korea is over... I nodded at Miyazaki''s words and picked up the phone that was in the staff office. Then, beyond the handset, I heard the voice of the excited representative Kim Han-seok. "As Joon-Hyuk planned, the Liberation Day launch in Korea worked!!" 104 < EP. 23: Raon Strike (4) > ¡°The Liberation Day launch ceremony in Korea worked as planned by Joon-Hyuk!! ¡± ¡°That''s good news. It was rewarding to have been to the user conference before. ¡± As Laon was simultaneously released in Korea, Japan and the United States, he wrote a marketing statement for each country separately. Therefore, South Korea has been actively exploiting images of the first portable gaming device created by South Koreans aimed at using foreign consoles such as Family, Samsung Gamboy, and Daewoo Fun. Mantra has remained somewhat knowledgeable in the country as it has been a company that has been driving the right genuine purchases through magazines, and has been continuously pushing the Han language for families such as the Final Frontier series and Dragon Emblem. Also, before the circulation of the super family officially started in Korea, it became popular with users by distributing the ''street without me¡¯ softening. At present, the superfamily would be fully launched by next year if contracts with Korea''s large corporation, "Future Supervisor." However, the launch of Raon came first, and things began to get a little weird. Future supervisors have been keeping a close eye on our contract since Raon''s announcement, but they were noticing slightly because of their relationship with Minten, and the case of Samsung was connected to the NEGA and so were you. In the meantime, both of you rushed to contact Raon in Mantra without a rumour. But as expected, my answer is no. For a big company like that, games are just entertainment. Especially in the case of Samsung, I have a lot of expectations for the presentation of the Final Frontier 7 Hangul on PC, and finally I remember giving me a big screw. (And then, as an apology, a few months later, he gave me a faithful "ambassador." I''ve already seen the ending. You guys!!) However, Kim Han Seok, CEO of Mantra Soft, was different. He asked for a video of our production announcement and held a user conference for gay mers. in Korea. Although I was busy on a schedule, I also took a day or so to show up for a surprise meeting, and I remembered the cheerful applause the users gave me. Raon was launched in Korea at a very low cost of around ? 198,000. (Nevertheless, it was quite expensive in the market economy at the time.) The launch volume was also a significantly lower 1500 compared to the United States or Japan, but I expected one possibility here. ¡®How will the advent of Raon move Korea''s game market, which was completely dead due to PC piracy? ¡¯ Of course, you can see the effects at least a year or two later. That night. Good news for Mr. Wilson. Wilson, who put down a sign for the Mintendo Premium Shop and opened a new mobile device store called ''RAON¡¯, said he was busy as a crowd after the opening. The interesting thing is that each of the three countries had a unique reaction to the same launch title. In Japan, three titles were sold evenly, while in the United States, Spa 2 and Final Frontier 4 were overwhelmingly sold. Slammerdunk''s popularity in the North American cartoon market has not yet risen, and the popularity has not been great with the NBA JAM basketball game on the PC. (In this era, the game without Michael Jordan was difficult to succeed.) However, in South Korea, the popularity of the slam dunk was explosive. Some users said that if I borrowed Ms. Mantra''s words, I''d only come to buy Raon for Slammerdunk. It was a month before the launch of Laon because it was a time when Slamdunk was popular in Korea. It seemed to be a huge topic to put a little bit of information into the magazine of the game released in Mantra. A portable game that was pioneered by beauty and work at the same time as its release. From that day forward, a new territory called Raon was created in the CEO''s game. & A month after Laon launched. A new social phenomenon has occurred in Japan. The phenomenon was soon seen on the news, and it was seen by users who were enjoying spa 2 by connecting data cables on the subway. It''s not just the train. Parks, cafes, and anyone with a Raon in their hand were often seen everywhere. Laon was popular with users in their 2-30s because he chose a more luxurious design than a rather rugged portable gambler developed in Mintendo. Usually, users enjoyed the Final Frontier when they were alone and Spa 2 or Slam Dunk with their friends outside, but Slam Dunk was more popular than Spa. Slammer was gaining tremendous popularity with comic books thanks to users who were fascinated by the thrilling moments of reverse that could only be felt in sports. Unfortunately, there were only four high schools in the comic book, Shohoku (Buksan), Ryonan (Yeongnam), Shoyo (Shanyang) and Kainan (Hanam), because the story that has been played to date was before Kainan (Haenam). It was a good thing we had two original teams because we thought there were too few... & ¡°Ah!! Stolen!! ¡± Yuki''s scream echoes through the small cafe. I swiftly stiffened the ball and ran into the rapid air, casting a footshot at an empty goal. But, um... Taemul!!! ¡°Kahaha! Just like a cartoon!¡± Did you give Sakuragi (Kang Baek Ho) too little shooting ability? How does that not fit in the Norman situation? Shohoku (Buksan) VS Shoyo (Shanyang) Yuki''s favorite character is Fujima Kenji. (Kim Soogyeom) He is famous for being a handsome player who performs as well as a director. I heard you cried bitterly because you lost and shed tears in the match against Shohoku. It''s a sensation and a dazzling dribble to keep track of the game''s flow as well as its looks. He also appeared as a versatile genius player with a short but powerful impact. Yuki quickly picked up my failed ball and attempted a counterattack. She learned the rules of basketball as a slam dunk, and she used to play well on the train back and forth to work one day. While he was playing the game hard, a data cable appeared in front of him and he looked up and saw a strange man standing in front of Yuki. ¡°I''ve been watching you the other day on your way to work, Slam Dunk... do you like it? ¡± How I laughed when I heard that story. After all, Yuki never refused to play a game with the man. He refused to come to work after the game and asked for his contact information, but he was an employee at the same station? ¡°Ah, I lost. Lethal. Let me help you...¡± Yuki muttered with a cheerful expression on the caf¨¦ table. I smiled at Yuki with a satisfied look, lowering Laon''s power button. ¡°Ouch!! He just passed out. I''m more pissed off. ¡± ¡°But you''re doing so much better than last time. ¡± ¡°I''m going to practice until I beat Joon-Hyuk. ¡± ¡°That''s going to be hard. ¡± ¡°We''ll see. ¡± Yuki looked at me for a moment and smiled a little. ¡°I think the world has changed a lot thanks to Joon-Hyuk. ¡± ¡°Hmm? What do you mean? ¡± ¡°Look around you. It''s not just us. It''s a table. We''re enjoying Raon. Joon-Hyuk, I don''t know about the train, but it''s worse. Students who are in transit are sitting on the ground and playing games, and sometimes they''re embarrassed. ¡± ¡°I''ve seen it on the news before. Data cables are making a mess of public transportation.¡± At the present time, wireless communication technology was both expensive and very unstable. But it feels good to be a developer, for better or for worse, when it comes to issues. Just like Yuki said, most couples here enjoy Raon. In that sense, the slam dunk was truly a stunning trick. Apparently, Spa 2 was known to be a fighting game for men, so it''s okay to slam dunks to enjoy it with your boyfriend. ¡°You''ve been busy, haven''t you? A psychic force on two sides of the Dragon Emblem? We''re also working on a game called ¡± ¡°I''m busy, but I''m still enjoying my work because everyone is following me. ¡± ¡°I''m also looking forward to being a fan of Joon-Hyuk''s games.¡± ¡°Don''t say that. Your shoulders are a little heavy. ¡± ¡°Well, you''re going to do just fine!¡± Yuki swallows a sip of juice on the table and smiles at Betsy. The remake of the dragon emblem that had succeeded me and her had already been developed, so it was to be deployed as soon as it was finished mass producing the flash memory cartridge. So what our team is really working on right now is the arcade game, the Psychic Force. No, in fact, it was a work that was almost finished, but it couldn''t come to the end and erase the feeling of 2% deficiency, putting it on hold. It''s not the overall game speed Chendra adjusted last time. Currently, the Psychic Force was able to play an enormous high-speed battle because the game was 1.5 times faster than the original Psychic Battle. Nevertheless, Morita and Hayashi were wrapped around their skulls as if they had forgotten something. I''m sure I can make a substrate like this and be popular enough to use it, but do you think it lacks any impact? Then Yuki asked me. ¡°By the way, Joon-Hyuk. Can Slammer Dunk only be played for two? ¡± ¡°Yeah? Uh, yeah. ¡± ¡°Oh, I see. I was wondering if I could expand the data cables and we could play as a team of five. ¡± At that moment, I felt a glint in my head. Suddenly my hair is clearer and I feel like I''ve finally found a way out of the misty forest. ¡°A team of five.¡± ¡°Hmm? What''s wrong with you all of a sudden? Joon-Hyuk?¡± ¡°No, thanks to you, I have a very good idea!¡± ¡°Phew... another game idea!? ¡± ¡°Sorry...¡± ¡°Ugh, just rest when you''re resting. You''ve been busy for months with Raon.¡± ¡°Yes, I will. ¡± ¡°Oh, right. I have some good news, too. ¡± ¡°What?¡± ¡°Joon-Hyuk likes secrets. I''ll keep it a secret, too. Turn on our station channel at midnight when you get home. ¡± ¡°Hmm? You working on something new? ¡± ¡°Hmph! I don''t know!¡± Yuki smiled meaningfully with one hand on her chin. & That night. On the way home with Yuki, I called Morita. ¡°Huh? Sir. What brings you here?" ¡°Morita, can I see you now? ¡± ¡°Yes? Now? ¡± ¡°In the meantime, I''ve realized what I lacked in psychic force. ¡± 105 < EP. 24: Demon who picks up coins and swallows them (1) > & First, I stopped in the parking lot of my house, called a taxi and leaned against the chair installed in front of the convenience store when I arrived near the Pentagon Soft''s house. Even the summer weather was so hot that now I feel very good about the autumn atmosphere. While I was thinking about drinking the can beer on the table, I noticed Morita and Hayashi coming out of the room together. ¡°Sir, have you been waiting long? ¡± ¡°No. Rather, I''m sorry. I called him out of the blue on a break. ¡± Keeping his smile as sweet as possible, he handed Morita and Hayashi a can of beer, and Hayashi quickly opened his mouth with a aesthetic expression. ¡°Sir, are you being so kind as to do something so extraordinary again? ¡± ¡°Oh, did you notice? As expected, Hayashi is quick to see...¡± ¡°Where are you and us for a day or two? You suddenly summoned me to a street without me, and suddenly you tripled your workload by creating a hero scenario. ¡± In Hayashi''s sleep, I felt hot for no reason. Morita opened her mouth with a big smile about what''s so fun. ¡°But I''m excited that you have a fun idea when you call me that. ¡± Then Hayashi, who was next to him, stares at Maurita. ¡°That idea kills me every time. ¡± ¡°Whimpering, grumbling and everything...¡± ¡°What? I''ve been a little less rough on you lately, and you''re pretty cool? ¡± After three years of eating a pot of rice, do I have to say that they both look a little alike? ¡°So what''s the plan this time? ¡± Hayashi asked me, taking the lid off the can of beer in her hand. I swallowed another sip of beer and opened my mouth to Morita and Hayashi looking at me with excited eyes. ¡°I told you about that last meeting, didn''t I? Psychic Force''s battle system is almost flawless, but you said it felt empty. ¡± ¡°Yes, I''ve tried raising my speed, lowering my speed, modifying my shell trajectory, and I can''t get an angle. Obviously, the fighting element is not like Spa 2, so it''s like a game of wind blowing from afar, and I don''t know what to tell you, but there''s something missing. ¡± ¡°You don''t have enough variables for melee combat. ¡± ¡°That''s right. That''s it. ¡± ¡°So I was thinking, why don''t we make it like this? ¡± In my words, Hayashi swallowed up her drowsiness with the look of finally coming. ¡°Uh, how? ¡± ¡°The Dream Eight Battle. ¡± ¡°Heeheeheeheehee!!! ¡± ¡°Wow!" As expected, the illustrator who painted the character and the programmer who made the dream come true were dramatically divided. ¡°That''s a really great idea. One-on-One War alone is a mess, but an eight-man battle is going to be huge. ¡± ¡°W-wait a minute. Sir, I''d say three to four battles. No, to be honest, that''s hard, too. What''s eight? Do we really need to use eight devices? I don''t think the Game Center would be happy to use too many devices.¡± ¡°Hmm. Hayashi. Do you see the WWF? ¡± ¡°You mean professional American wrestling with Hulkhogans and Warriors? ¡± ¡°Yes. Since the last 88 years, there has been an event called Royal Rumble where 30 wrestlers ascend into the ring in order to win the final victory in the ring. ¡± ¡°Isn''t that what you''re doing, knitting it anyway? I don''t understand if the Hulk and the Warrior are getting stronger. ¡± Then Morita, who was listening to Hayashi quietly, opens her mouth with an excited voice. ¡°N-no choreography!! It''s a real fight!! ¡± ¡°Shit. Why tear your clothes to the audience with a real fighter in front of you? And the guy who''s dying, all he has to do is scream the count, and his hands flash? How is that even possible? ¡± ¡°Fighter''s performance and duel!! ¡± ¡° ¡­¡­. ¡± I stopped them about that, as the story flowed in a strange direction. ¡°Are you a go-to for Royal Rumble? I''m not talking about that. Psychic Force, like Royal Rumble, is going to be a never-ending challenge for gamers on eight devices. There is a small chance that one winner will be able to protect the device for a long time, and the coin rotation rate will be amazing because anyone can join the battle immediately. In conclusion, if you''re the head of the Game Center, it''s a two-handed welcome substrate. ¡± Morita opens her mouth with a joyful look in her imagination. ¡°Players join the battle directly from eight devices. That''s amazing. ¡± ¡°To do that, the map needs to be more organized than it is now. ¡± ¡°W-wait a minute. Sir, what about the angle of the camera when eight characters are fighting? We also need to correct the trajectory of the shell...¡± ¡°Once you''ve got more characters, you''ll have to adjust your ammo count again. ¡± When Hayashi''s face turned white with the terrifying workload that grows when I open my mouth. I threw the finished can beer in the trash. Looking at the watch, I was pointing at 11 o''clock one night. Yuki wants us to watch the broadcast at midnight, so we should probably get going. ¡°Well, I''m late for work today, so let''s work tomorrow. ¡± ¡°Yes. I need to get in there and figure out what to fix first. ¡± ¡°Sir, can I call you a cab? ¡± ¡°Yes, do me a favor. Morita.¡± ¡°Yes, I understand. ¡± Maybe 10 minutes after Morita and Hayashi went back to the lodge? I stopped in front of the convenience store and got into a taxi. The way home. I was hesitant to think too improvisationally, but then I came up with the concept of the Eight Man War. In my head, all the theories about the ''Psychic Force¡¯ began to fit exactly like a puzzle. Unlike the home console market, arcade substrates made for only one game were extremely expensive, as they were imported and profitable. ¡®Is the battle style really going to work at this time? ¡¯ I had my doubts, but I didn''t have a feeling it would fail. We don''t know how many game centers buy all eight at the same time, but once we have built a framework for eight players, we can let the owners buy 2 or 4 sets freely. ¡®The arcade market will have the best peak for 10 years from now. It would be a lot of money if you just sat down properly. ¡¯ Plus, if you''re good, you could build an axis in the Feud Action... After a while, I came home, showered with hot water, and came out of the living room dressed in light clothes. ¡°Oh, it''s already midnight...¡± The TV screen gradually lit up as I pressed the power button with the remote control toward the latest Brown Tube TV. ¡°How many Fuji TVs...¡± Watching the broadcast as I go around the channel. After checking the logo on Fuji TV in the upper right, I put the remote and leaned against the living room couch. Before entering the mansion, I bought a few more cans from the convenience store underneath the building, and I looked at the TV and rubbed the cans in my mouth. - Where are you going today? - ¡°Phew!! Knng!! Keluc, Keluc...¡± A middle-aged man in a suit picked up his phone in a hurry and called Yuki, who was having a beer while he was holding his stomach hungry. Then I heard Yuki''s voice as if he was waiting behind the phone. ¡°Did you see Joon-Hyuk''s TV? Kick Kick¡± ¡°Oh, I''m so surprised. Did you just take the name I gave you? ¡± ¡°Yes. It was so funny for an alias, I pushed it. The broadcast station likes you, too. I was complimented for having a good sense. ¡± ¡°Is... is that right? ¡± There are people at the station who don''t like their taste either. ¡°It''s a total of 12 dramas, and you''ll see a few restaurants that Joon-Hyuk and I have been to. ¡± ¡°Really? How many? ¡± ¡°It''s a secret! It''s going to be broadcast once a week, so stay tuned!¡± Yuki''s sweet voice, which sounded a little sleepy, tickled my ears. She usually goes to bed at 10 o''clock, but she seems to be exaggerating because it was her first night show. ¡°Congratulations, but when did the shoot start? I''ll tell you in advance. I would have fed the staff.¡± ¡°Hey, do you have something to show publicly that my boyfriend is rich? ¡± ¡°What can I do to make it anonymous? ¡± ¡°There you go! We started filming last summer, but Joon-Hyuk was also busy with Laon''s launch. I didn''t mean to tell you. ¡± Yuki is really deep in this regard. How excited would it be when the drama that I did with you was officially filmed? I''m sure you''re eager to tell me first. However, she felt very peculiar to endure until today when the silent broadcasting started while I was busy. Then Yuki asked me. ¡°Joon-Hyuk, don''t you feel lonely when you sleep alone? ¡± ¡°Well, should I just say it''s a little empty, rather than lonely? I knew the house was too big to live alone. ¡± ¡°What did I tell you? Joon-Hyuk''s house is too big to live alone...¡± I hesitated for a moment without answering, then opened my mouth with courage. ¡°Well, do you want to come in and live with us? ¡± ¡° ¡­¡­. ¡± Is it because I drank too much beer? Suddenly my face is too hot. You were too bad to propose, weren''t you? Yuki didn''t say anything about how ridiculous it was. ¡°Listen, anything...¡± ¡° ¡­¡­. ¡± ¡°No, I''m kidding. Are you angry?¡± ¡°Kuu... Kuu...¡± ¡°Huh?" Now, are you sleeping? Was it too late to pass midnight to Yuki, who lives a routine life every day? I carefully placed the handset on the table so she wouldn''t wake up, smiling in pity. The middle-aged Onaka Seita-san was gripping her belly on TV, making a sad expression. ¡°I''m... hungry. I''ve got to find a store. ¡± I leaned on the couch and watched a food drama for a long time with beer. "I''m hungry for no reason... Did I leave anything for the cups?" ¡¯ & The next day. When I go to work, my office says, "Where are you today?" Onaka-Shita-san ''. ¡°Wow, I really wanted to eat a yakitori (chicken skewers) yesterday. When I endured it, I finally came out at dawn and went to the nearby Hop House, and all the remaining yakitori in the world was sold out. Lots of people come to see the show? ¡± ¡°Me, too. I ran out last night after the show, and the Yakitori house was full of people. I ended up packing and drinking canned beer at home!¡± ¡°Oh, that was so much fun. It''s a demonic show when people are starving. ¡± I swallowed a ceremonial smile as I listened to the conversation and opened the door of the second development team. ¡°Good morning everyone...? ¡± Is it because of the feeling of living a little on the faces of the members of the development team who always smiled brightly and greeted me? Hayashi, standing in front of the white board, said to me. ¡°I''ve briefed you on what you heard yesterday. ¡± ¡°Well done. Less explaining to do. ¡± ¡°Sir, I went into the house yesterday and I thought about it, and the Psychic Force is now more than 80 percent of its development. But do we really need to add an eight-person battle rule here? Why don''t we add eight feud elements to the next one... ¡± Hayashi''s answer was not a bad idea either. But, um... ¡°Of course. That''s a good idea, too, but then I''d have an eight-way psychic force in my second year. Arcade games also have a higher moral code, do you think you''ll like it in the game center in a few months when you put on two Feud Psychic Force and put on eight Feud Modes? ¡± ¡°Yes, but there are too many to add when you enter a battle mode of eight in this state. This is going to be a huge bug. It''s going to take a year just to fix it. ¡± ¡°Yes, that''s right. ¡± Hayashi looked embarrassed as I listened to him so softly. ¡°Are you suggesting we postpone the launch? ¡± ¡°No, you can''t. ¡± ¡°Well, what''s the best way to...? ¡± I briefly started explaining to the staff sitting in the second development room, clearing my throat for a moment. ¡°As Hayashi said, if you put in eight Feud modes in the current situation, the bug fixes will increase your development period indefinitely. But.¡± I took a break for a moment, looked at the faces of the staff and laughed. ¡°If you create a new one from scratch, you can do it within 3 months. ¡± ¡°Hiya!!! ¡± 106 < EP. 24: Demon who picks up coins and swallows them (2) > That day, we destroyed all of the coding work of the Psychic Force, 80% of development progress. Hayashi joked and explained to the employees the example of him when he had previously demonstrated a ''food table flipping¡¯ skill, and their expressions became blue. Maybe since that day? The industry has nicknamed me "The White Devil of the Pentagon." However, employees of the second development team, including Hayashi, felt that my choice was right. There''s no way General MacArthur''s coding program is gonna go back to shoving it up his side like it was an Incheon landing operation. Rather, what''s more annoying than coding is the ¡®debugging¡¯ task of catching bugs. If you put a new system between the flags and the judgments that have already been intertwined with 80% progress, of course a bug will occur. And it might have been easier to rebuild it from scratch because one of the bugs was bitten on the tail and was sequentially occurring. The image of the character was already in full condition, so me, Hayashi, and other programmers were crazy about their work based on their experiences of flipping over once. When I and Hayashi, who are worthy of my programming skills at Pentagon Soft, started conducting directly, the morale of the angry staff began to rise again. I wanted to be more perfect than I was at the beginning, so I consulted Morita and instructed her to make a giant boss class character. During a sudden appearance in a character battle, he threw a huge opponent at players focused on each other''s battles, leading them to generate variables. After breaking the giant boss, certain items that enhance their abilities spread throughout the stage, and players secretly smiled as they imagined rushing into the foam to acquire items from all over the place. & November 21, 1991. Thursday. One late autumn when the fresh air feels good. Early in the morning, Akihabara was crowded with eager and excited users. because these are the two most anticipated titles coming out simultaneously this fall. One is a makeover edition of the fourth title dragon emblem, launched as a portable Raon, and the other is a super soldier in Mintendo. The legend of Karin in Shigeru Kumamoto. It is the day when the Trifos of the Gods¡¯ will be launched. Legendary Super Maridge and Dongking Com series. And he invented the legend of Karin, who was clearly a parachutist who joined Mintendo with his father. (I heard that he joined the company because of his father''s friendship with Kamauchi and that one of the employees who came in on the parachute was a super-soldier who fed the company¡­) The legend of Karin began a third story as a second generation console, this time giving up the same numbering as 1 or 2 and choosing a subtitle called ''Tripos of the Gods¡¯ to release as a novel that has nothing to do with the strategy. The first factor of the roughing console currently using TV was, of course, the mintendo superfamily. The appearance of Laon last summer has made me hesitate for a while, but that''s also only temporary. This thick fan has been built since the family and still boasts the highest penetration rate of any console device. Ironically, of the massive pillars that support that penetration rate, the Pentagon Soft''s "streets without me" occupied a significant portion, but... A long, boring legal workshop with minten and copyright concluded that the Pentagon was taking all intellectual copyrights. In addition to the seven years of my achievements in Mintendo, the Mintendo side is putting too much pressure on the profitability that led to the sale of the superfamily. Kamauchi expressed very unpleasant feelings about the court''s decision, but there was no further appeal because the longer the workshop was, the more likely it would be to be hit by Mintendo''s image. Right now, Mintendo''s probably too distracted by the license agreement for Capco and Street Fires 2. Khamouchi laughed at Raon for stepping on the NEGA train and was terrified of the power of a brilliantly sold 16-bit portable gaming machine at the time of launch. And realizing that the cause came from Spa 2, he was late coordinating Capco and Loyalties. However, due to the unit price of the basic cartridge, things didn''t seem to work out as easily as I thought. The performance of the current superfamily is subtly inferior to that of Raon. In fact, this difference would not have been too much of a challenge implanting Street Fire2, but the problem was a development tool. The super family, created at a hardware unit price, must have been the worst device for developers. Graphics have good expressive abilities, but they''re relatively low on memory. I want to create a game that is as speedy as Sonic, but lacks CPU computation. In some parts, it was a very troublesome element to create a game as a superfamily because it sometimes showed less performance than a dory family. But it was the games of Kumamoto Shigeru that made it impossible for producers to complain about it again. His works, which were unlikely to be made of the same console, were drawing together 120% of the original performance of the console. Is that so? Rumor has it that Mintendo is writing extra memory codes just for the First Party, but it all comes down to a false rumor. Karin''s legendary new book, which he worked hard to produce for two years, has raised tremendous expectations for users from before the launch. Especially in the family days, Karin''s legend was a fairly successful title in the North American market, so he also had great expectations in Mintendo. The legendary new Karin was a more valuable title, as Japan''s main RPG, the Dragon Warrior series, was a time when North American markets were losing big. ¡®It''s really fun. It''s the work of Karin''s legendary textbook. ¡¯ There are also rare games where the sound effects of solving a dungeon puzzle feel so good. The legend of Karin''s escape from the ordinary action RPG is the level design of dungeons boasting incredible valance. Numerous items were placed so that they could be used in the right place that none of them were discarded, and every time they were used to solve a puzzle, players could feel a kind of comfort. I was also playing the game "Karin''s Legendary Hourglass of Dreams," when I gave up and closed the hinges when I asked him to copy the picture up and down on the screen. But something didn''t go off, so I opened the lid to try again. The picture at the top was moved to the bottom screen. In other words, I was surprised that even opening and closing the game machine was used as a way of playing the game. ¡®Genius, this guy. ¡¯ At that time, all I could think about was this. But instead, I listened to the genius in his voice, and now I''m preparing for a head-to-head match with his game. Oh, my God. I smiled bitterly and looked at the purchase procession stretching outside the Tamago Shop. Pentagon Soft was now a company with more fans for its users than any other company. I''ve invited a special guest to join me for the first time today at Dragon Emblem Remake. Who are they? It was the last 10 members of the Dragon Emblem Punitive Force hosted in Palmy Communications in ''86. And in it, of course, was Yuki. ¡°Wow, there''s a lot of people out there. ¡± ¡°Recently, the game has been responsive to users because the first round of firsts are all wasted. In the case of popular songs, almost the 3rd quantity becomes complete, and then it finds some rest. People who want to play a little faster come here. ¡± ¡°Still, it''s a weekday, but it''s crowded.¡± ¡°It''s worse on weekends, so I keep it on weekdays, and a lot of people come home from work at night. Of course, there''s a slight chance that there''s anything left until then...¡± ¡°I think you''re really enthusiastic. ¡± Then I heard Miyazaki calling out to me from behind. ¡°Sir, we''re ready. ¡± ¡°What about special guests? ¡± ¡°Everyone''s in the waiting room. ¡± ¡°Good. I''ll say hello first. ¡± When Yuki and I opened the waiting room door, nine users with somewhat tense expressions pulled their butts slightly and greeted me. ¡°Hello, it''s been a long time. Gentlemen." Then they all greeted me with a happy look. Except for one person. With his arms folded around his head on the end of the couch, he was the first player to defeat the Demon King at the Dragon Emblem and experience the event of losing all of his characters with the emergence of the special event, Massin. Based on his noble sacrificial spirit, the rest of the users were the ones who allowed the Demon King to be defeated by long-range shooting. I was also sorry that day that I was the best performer, but that day was also an unfinished figure. ¡®But why is it so rewarding to be here? ¡¯ After I straighten my voice for a moment. I explained to them in the most casual voice how the event proceeded. ¡°As a game developer, I''m really sorry that you participated in the event and completed the game. For your pardon, we will pay nine people here with a special limited edition Raon with the Dragon Emblem logo and a flash memory cartridge with Dragon Emblem. ¡± ¡°Oh.. oh!!!!! ¡± The user''s eyes were heavily shaken by unexpected gifts. Unlike the traditional black, Raon was a real limited edition with a black dragon''s crest on the back. Plus, if you include the Dragon Emblem cartridge in Flash memory, you get a total of 50,000 yen for each person. ¡°Khhh! I wish I could just skip it. How could you care so much...¡± ¡°Dragon emblem is the best game of my life. Just participating in the event and enjoying the ending with the users was a good memory. ¡± ¡°Thank you, and enjoy your new makeup edition. ¡± Then, the user holding his arms at the end was stumbling his mouth to see if he was feeling relieved. I looked around the atmosphere of the waiting room for a moment and opened my mouth. ¡°But I want you to do one thing for me. ¡± ¡°Hmm? What is it? ¡± ¡°I''d like you to have a demonstration of the ''Psychic Force'' which will be released at the end of next month for arcades. ¡± ¡°Oops!! Psychic Force!! ¡± ¡°I do!! I''ll do it!! Rather an honor!! ¡± Everyone in the waiting room was eager to hear the Pentagon Soft game, and you too began to ask for a demonstration. I smiled awkwardly and calmed them down before opening my mouth. ¡°Don''t worry. The Psychic Force demonstration will take eight minutes simultaneously. ¡± ¡°Eight?¡± ¡°Yes. Psychic Force is the world''s first eight battle game. ¡± ¡°Huff!! ¡± Yuki smiled and smiled at the reactions of the users who opened their eyes wide. ¡°I''m going to the demonstration, so let''s all have fun together. ¡± ¡°Wooooo!!!! ¡± 107 < EP. 24: Demon who picks up coins and swallows them (3) > & After a while, the crowds who were waiting outside rushed in at the opening of the event. ¡°Get the Raon Dragon Emblem Limited Edition Set!! ¡± ¡°Me too!! ¡± A limited edition 49,800 yen with flash memory cartridges was sold at the same time as it was opened. It cost a lot of money for a game console and a cartridge, but it was actually very cheap. Because the flash cartridge with the dragon emblem is a high-capacity version. Raon only costs 29,800 yen for the instrument. And a high-capacity flash cartridge of 19,800 yen. Together, it was 49,600 yen, and the dragon emblem was just a random one. There, thanks to the white version of only limited edition Dragon Emblem devices, the event was completed 30 minutes after the event began. ¡°Shit!! Zenziang! I''ve been in line since 9: 00! ¡± The user who could not get the limited edition because of the difference made a small commotion, but there was nothing I could do. There was an additional quantity, but it could not be sold lightly for exchanges for equipment faults in case you didn''t know. The hard-working people waited for the first car for almost four hours, so he had to give up after the commotion in the back. Meanwhile, the person who bought the limited edition enjoyed hugging the shopping bag, which was made exclusively for the limited edition, with the face of the whole world. ¡°Khhh! It''s worth the wait for the first edition!¡± ¡°The real Pentagon is very good at business. I never thought I''d get a limited edition dragon emblem. ¡± ¡°I already have Raon, but I... I''ll buy another one. ¡± ¡°Won''t there be another limited edition of Dragon Emblem II later? ¡± ¡°Oh, no. My wallet...¡± A smile came out of the conversation that came from somewhere. It''s one of the most commonly used marketing techniques in the future that I know, and I didn''t expect it to work so well in the early ''90s. Obviously, human ownership never ends. Then another voice came from somewhere. ¡°By the way, are we really doing a psychic force demonstration today? ¡± ¡°I think so. When do we start?¡± The sale of Dragon Emblem in advance leaked information about the Psychic Force, and even customers who had bought the product were waiting for the event to start without going home. As the venue became crowded, I climbed to the stage ready to grab the microphone. ¡°Hello, and I want to thank you all for coming today to buy dragon emblems. ¡± Then 10 demonstrators, including Yuki behind my back, slowly stepped onto the platform. ¡°As you may remember, those behind me were the last remaining users of the last Dragon Emblem event hosted in Palmy Communications in 1986. ¡± ¡°Wow, that was five years ago? Time flies.¡± ¡°Huh? I remember that woman. I lost before the last boss, and the winner handed me his Te Cartridge. ¡± ¡°Hmm? Really? Why??" ¡°I saw it in a magazine at the end of last year, too, when the winner was the developer of the Dragon Emblem. That''s the guy holding the microphone right there. ¡± ¡°What? You built it and you woke up for the first time? ¡± ¡°It was really hard at the time. It was hard to find the cartridge itself, and the event would have been called the Dragon Emblem Punitive Force. It was a real game five years ago, but it''s still not popular. Do you have any idea how much the original Dragon Emblem cartridge costs? ¡± ¡°How much?¡± ¡°Between a remake launch and a collector collecting a series of two, the cartridge status is over 200,000 yen. ¡± ¡°Ugh... it''s my month''s salary. ¡± ¡°But they can''t live without it. Anyway, so the developer invited those 10 people to give him a limited edition of the Dragon Emblem. ¡± ¡°Wow! It''s so big, there''s really no one to talk to now. ¡± ¡°He was originally a Mintendo employee, but he moved to the Pentagon last year. Last year, he turned the gaming industry upside down once. ¡± ¡°Oh, I see. ¡± My face was burning with the sound of hearing after I handed them a shopping bag, asking people to shake hands one by one. A few moments later, I grabbed the microphone again, from the waiting room to the man who reacted sharply with his arms folded. ¡°It''s been a pleasure to host this event with those of you who participated in the Dragon Emblem five years ago. Please raise your hand if any of you have participated in the Dragon Emblem Punitive Force five years ago. ¡± Then, of the many people gathered in the venue, nearly one-third of the people''s hands flashed. Some of them were looking at me with eyes full of anticipation whether they could receive the Dragon emblem as well. ¡°Thank you. I think we have quite a few dragon emblems waiting for us. I''m so proud of you as a developer. We have a special guest here for you. As you may remember, a monthly family-communicated reviewer who saw society at the time. Meet Junpei Ishimoto!¡± ¡°It''s Jun Pyo!! ¡± Jun Fei, who was wearing a baseball cap as usual with my introduction, came to the top of the platform in a light step and shouted vigorously towards the users. ¡°Hello!!! This is Junpei Ishimoto from Pammy Communications!!! ¡± ¡°Waaaahhhh!" Jun Fei has been a gaming journalist for a long time and has belonged to quite a celebrity among gamers. I''ve written an article asking about the Pentagon''s fresh intel through me, so it''s worth mentioning... I raised my mouth slightly and chanted it in a small voice, handing Junpei the microphone. ¡°Don''t talk nonsense about game development for no reason. ¡± ¡°Of course!¡± Jun Fei snatches the microphone I give him and starts yelling at the president, raising the mood. ¡°You are the great demons who forced us to sacrifice one of Katrina and Mirea!! ¡± ¡°Whoa!" ¡°That''s not all. Bring back memories of the cruel difficulty during the psychic battle!! Is that what people do!? ¡± ¡°Waaaahhhh!" ¡°And in the streets without me, I''m the developer who made you shed tears like waterfalls from your naive eyes!! ¡± ¡°Yes!!! ¡± I knew you had a good vibe. I take a step back, shaking my head to the left and to the right with a smile. Then Jun Fei glanced at those who were passionate about him for a moment and laughed. ¡°I''m proud that he''s my best friend.¡± I was standing behind him in a word, and my heart started to tingle. ¡°I think you reacted this way because the game he created was really fun. So I''m actually thankful to my friend. Thanks to you, I''ve had a really new and fun experience, and if you could pick five memorable games to play now, I would definitely say the distance between Dragon Emblem and myself. And one more thing... ¡± The crowds at the venue began to listen to Jun Fei''s sucking in event. ¡°I''m going to introduce you to this game today. This is a piece that all of you will recognize. who was introduced as the spiritual successor of the psychic battle Psychic Force. ¡± ¡°Wooooo!!! I''ve been waiting for this!! ¡± ¡°Khhh! I didn''t even get a glimpse of what the game was like just showing me the opening at the Raon launch, but today I see the real thing!" ¡± As a matter of fact, the Psychic Force, which was about to reveal information, after all its development was shattered by the idea of a battle of eight, had never been made public externally. Is that why? Users gathered here began to have a hot reaction to Jun Fei''s introduction. Jun Fei also opened his mouth, smiling satisfactorily at the enthusiasm of those following him. ¡°But before I do, there''s one more thing I''d like to move forward with. ¡± ¡°Hmm? What is it? ¡± ¡°The first Psychic Force demonstration will be accompanied by 10 people standing behind me. Then, let''s take a brief interview with Ishikawa Yuki on our knees at the last stage of the Dragon Emblem Punitive Force for a moment. ¡± ¡®Ugh!? Wait, that wasn''t supposed to be cold, was it? ¡¯ However, Yuki, who was standing beside me with no time to stop me, approached Jun Fei. At that moment, Jun Fei, who was greeting Yuki, smiled at me with a little wink. Did they... did they make it up? ¡°Hello, I''m Ishikawa Yuki from the Dragon Emblem Punitive Force event. ¡± ¡°Oooh!!! A girl who loves games! And cute!! ¡± ¡°A woman who understands men''s hobbies... such a creature exists!? ¡± ¡°That''s the last of them, isn''t it? Awesome...¡± ¡°By the way, why does your voice look so familiar to you if you''ve never met someone before? ¡± ¡°Really? Me, too. ¡± Yuki blushed at people''s reactions and held onto the microphone without turning back. ¡°There are some people who say my voice is familiar. Now, if I were to say this, would you be able to understand a little more clearly? ¡± Yuki clenched her neck for a moment, then held her little lips close to the microphone. ¡°I still miss him so much.¡± Then the festival hall became quiet as if it were dead in Yuki''s voice. And after a while... ¡°Uahhhh!!!! Hasegawa Miyuki!!! ¡± ¡°It''s true!! It''s real!! ¡± ¡°Oh, my God, that was a street urchin without me!? ¡± ¡°I heard it in my real voice, and it just... it just stopped my heart.¡± ¡°That voice is harmful to the heart. ¡± At the shocking event, Yuki and Junpei smiled at each other. I didn''t even think about that, but I took a good shot at this. Yuki smiles with his finger as if to look at me. ¡°An unforgettable line for fans on the streets without me, right? But Ishikawa, I heard you had something to say to me here. ¡± ¡°Oh, actually, I was proposed to by a boyfriend I was seeing a while ago. ¡± .... W-wait a minute. What did Yuki say? ¡°Ouch!!! Congratulations." ¡°Thank you, Ishimoto. But I was so disappointed in him after I got a professional pose. ¡± ¡°What? How the hell did you propose?¡± ¡°Well, you didn''t even look at me and call me with a big proposal, did you? ¡± At the same time, the voice of condemnation against me rang out at the venue. ¡°That''s terrible.¡± ¡°Who are you? How dare you!! ¡± ¡°Hasegawa... No, Yuki! Marry me instead of him!! ¡± Yuki waited for a moment for people to settle down, then put her lips back on the microphone. ¡°So I''m going to be formally proposed here today. ¡± ¡°Does that mean your boyfriend is here now!? ¡± Jun Fei looked angry, even though she knew it all. ¡°Yes." ¡°May I ask who that is? ¡± ¡°The first person I ever met at the Dragon Emblem... is Kang Jun-hyuk, the developer of the Dragon Emblem behind me. ¡± ¡°Oops!! ¡± ¡°Cough!! That''s Yuki''s boyfriend!? ¡± ¡°Oh, all of a sudden I want a refund. ¡± ¡°Ehhh!! Dammit! Take all my money and women! Give me the game until you die. ¡± ¡°I... envy...¡± ¡°Damn it. If you''re jealous, you lose!! Don''t be jealous!! ¡± While all the gazes of the venue were on me, I briefly covered my face with my hands and asked Yuki. ¡°I thought you were asleep. ¡± Then she stuck out her little tongue and replied to me. ¡°No! I just pretended to be asleep because I confessed so absurdly!¡± ¡°You, really...¡± At that moment, Jun Fei snaps at the microphone and shouts. ¡°Then I''ll hold a surprise event here. Let''s have Jun-hyuk and Yuki join the battle in the demonstration of the Psychic Force starting now. ¡± ¡°Hmm? Together? What''s that sound? You mean fight together? ¡± Users who are not yet familiar with the battle system of Psychic Force have puzzled Junpei''s description. Jun Fei smiled at their reactions and replied. ¡°There''s nothing to worry about. The Psychic Battle is the world''s first eight battle systems. Therefore, eight players, including Junhyuk and Yuki, can play the battle together. ¡± ¡°Wooooo!!! ¡± ¡°Three of you who have not participated in the initial battle and I will have other players replaced at the time of death. ¡± ¡°Awesome!! So the eight of us can fight without rest!? ¡± ¡°Cheer up and crush that couple!! ¡± ¡°My heart goes out to you!!! ¡± Jun Fei responded to the shout that was pouring towards him. ¡°Of course. I''ll stand on the front lines of the solo army and... take care of them." ¡± And after a while... I was sitting in front of a demo model of the Psychic Force, which was overwhelmed by the atmosphere. Wh-what is this? At that time, Yuki looked at me and smiled. ¡°So we''re playing with the developers again. Then please take good care of her this time. Joon-Hyuk.¡± 108 < EP. 24: Demon who picks up coins and swallows them (4) > I don''t know how I got here. Thanks to Yuki and Junpei, I think the country is a human execution rather than a psychic force demonstration. I turned slightly and looked across, and the eyes of the demonstrators who had just come out and given and received the limited edition of Laon in a friendly manner were ablaze. During the event, they recognized the system of the Psychic Force in the waiting room, and they were nodding at each other. It''s a 6: 2 handicap match, right? I took a few light turns and took a deep breath. I''m tired of playing the test, so I can''t lose to beginners who have practiced for a while. I smiled and stared at the screen, feeling a strange tension. ¡°Now that all the demonstrators are ready, we will finally begin the broadcast of the first eight fighter game, the Psychic Force. ¡± ¡°Wow! ¡± ¡°Please proceed quickly! I''m dizzy!! ¡± Suddenly, people gathered around the demonstration substrate were sticking out their heads. At that moment, the camera installed behind my back turned and shot at the projector. When the screen of the projector hanging from the ceiling popped up with the game screen, everyone''s gaze turned up. It''s a public execution. As I shed a bloody smile, Jun Fei, who was watching me, cried out through the microphone. ¡°Ah, Kang Jun-hyuk shows a relaxed smile. It''s like he wants to come.¡± ¡° ¡­¡­. ¡± I can''t even fucking smile... I sighed a little and pressed the start button. Then eight seated players simultaneously pressed the start button and entered the game. ¡®Everyone must have figured out the system for a while, but there must be some bad guys in the battle. Decrease the head count quickly. If so, we need a character who can do proper damage in a single stroke..¡¯ ¡°Oh, by the way, I couldn''t explain the details of the event. Well, the trick is simple. The first player to defeat the character of Ishikawa or Kang Jun-hyuk in the demonstration will receive a one-year subscription to Fame Communications. ¡± ¡°Oh! Auto subscription. But the merchandise is a little low compared to the Pentagon. ¡± Jun Fei approached me in response to the dark reactions of the users. ¡°Hey, what can I get you? ¡± ¡°You fool, are you trying to make me look like this and rip off my gifts!? ¡± ¡°Think of it as a service! I''ll write you a good article. Thanks to you, the atmosphere is much sweeter than a normal demonstration. ¡± ¡®Yes. I''ll let you come at me with bubbles like this. ¡¯ I looked at the merchandise for a moment and whispered in Junpei''s ear. Then Jun Fei swallowed the dried saliva and looked at where the merchandise would be. ¡°Are... you sure you''re okay? ¡± ¡°Of course. You think I''m going to lose? ¡± ¡° ¡­¡­. I''ll get rid of you for good, but stay alive until then. ¡± ¡°Go ahead.¡± Jun Fei tapped my shoulder, raising the tail of one mouth, and shouted at the number of people at the event. ¡°Joon-Hyuk, the devil''s director, just presented a new gift to the demons. The prize for the player who defeated him is...!!!! ¡± When the eyes were full of people''s expectations, Jun Fei pointed his finger at the diorama of the Psychic Force in one corner of the venue. ¡°Inside, you can take a character figure of your choice!! ¡± ¡°Whoa!!!!!!!!! ¡± ¡°Ahhh!! There''s no such thing. Let me in too!!!! ¡± ¡°Me too!! Me, too!!! ¡± ¡°Heave-ho!! I envy you! I envy the limited edition of Raon, too, but if you kill the developer, even the Figurer! ¡± Phew... I can still hear the expression "kill". But this must have attracted the other six Aggro, right? Once again, everyone was expressing excitement when they looked at the other side using the mirror on the wall. ¡°Well, the merchandise is fixed. The player who defeated Mr. Junhyuk took the Psychic Force figure, and the player who defeated Mr. Yuki got regular subscription to Pammy communications. ¡± ¡°Somehow, I think Joon-Hyuk will be the only target from the start. ¡± ¡°Yes, that''s what I''m trying to do. ¡± With a nod to Yuki''s question, I found a character that resembles Ryu Hwa Young in the Character Selection Window. I chose ''Wheelin¡¯. She was one of the characters with the most variety of linkage skills using Trait Ammo, even though she was difficult to manipulate. Yuki chose the strongest of eight characters. The appearance of ''potenting¡¯, which boasts such powerful power that it can support the collapsing building in the opening video, reminded me of a heavy armored car. Yuki secretly liked macho? ¡¯ Shortly after everyone''s selection of characters, the screen shifts and a video of Wheelin ascending to the motorcycle flows. The camera angle, which illuminated her tight thighs with animation, then flashed around her 360 degrees and elasticity flowed from the mouths of those watching the screen. ¡°Wow, that''s some quality! ¡± Later, when a red laser came flying from somewhere towards Wheelin, who was speeding through the city, she jumped off the motorcycle, slammed the lamppost on the side of the road, and jumped into the sky. And that moment. A truly smooth-looking urban landscape reveals Kunoichi (Ninja) Sakura, who boasts the fastest speed of characters in front of Pagodan Hulin. "Yuki is the potential king, so he''s the enemy!" ¡¯ At that moment, without any restraint, I moved the lever twice forward to navigate the dash toward Sakura. ¡°What is that? Is that a real play screen? It''s an animation!? ¡± Admiration flows from people''s mouths in Wheelin''s gentle motion, imbued with the soul of Dot Artisan Morita. Kunoichi Sakura began digging at a faster speed towards Hulin, which was digging towards him. As the two characters got closer, the screen closed up around them. I dodged Sakura''s approaching dodge move, then hit the River Kick to launch a reverse kick that derives from the dodge motion. Kuang!! The counter hits make the screen shake lightly and Sakura pulls back, leaving the lever forward and kicking her again with a strong kick. With a creak, the 90-degree folded sacura bounces back, turning the lever for an extra hit and spraying a bullet where she falls out. ¡°Ice Bullet!! ¡± Ka ''ang!! A giant flower of ice blooms on the landing site, blowing Sakura into the air once more. ¡°Ahh!! A wonderful connector has been opened. ¡± Wheelin fires his pistol at the airborne Sakura with further attacks, but Sakura''s players quickly retreat back to the air dash. At that moment, I remembered the red spots underneath his feet. ¡°Cheers!! ¡± As you quickly pull the lever back and out of position, a massive pillar of fire rises at the same time. "Justin the Magician of the Red Flame!! ¡¯ We don''t have a location yet. Where are we hiding? I was more distant from Sakura by looking at the map (MAP) displayed at the top of the screen. At that moment, this time, a rock on mark came to mind in Wheelin''s body. Perhaps somewhere sniper Shadow Fresher was after me. The soldier''s bullet bounced off of the object on the map and flew at a strange angle, leaving me for Teleport as soon as Lockon Mark came to my senses. As I became more distant from the players who were aiming at me, I drew the overall outline of the map as the angle got further away, and I noticed that six characters were closing fast towards me. ¡®Dammit, this is not a game!!! ¡¯ I quickly stepped over the sign of the building and entered the directional keys down and up as well as pressing the jump button while Super Jump to the rooftop of the building. At that moment, Shadow Fresher''s player, who was hiding on the roof of the building, cried out in surprise at my appearance. ¡°Huff!! Wait!!" Shadow Fresher boasted of his marksmanship at a distance, but as a character susceptible to melee attacks, I tied his feet with an ice bullet and narrowed the streets at a rapid rate. ¡°Wheelin!! Aim for Shadow Fresh here!! ¡± ¡®Hey, man!! Don''t tell me what I''m doing!! ¡¯ I spilled one of the Yawning Junpei''s, and then I flew a powerful forward kick toward Shadow Prudential. At the same time, I grabbed the flying man''s body in mid-air and shoved a bullet in his abdomen twice. ¡°Wow!!!! ¡± Pow, pow, pow!! Eventually, I stepped on the other side of the building, stepping on Shadow Fresher''s body, which was falling to the floor of the building. At that moment. Kuaaang!!! A massive explosion erupts around Wheelin, as if waiting. ¡®Damn it!! Is that Roy the Bomb this time? ¡¯ Roy was one of the more difficult characters to deal with over time as he planted trap bombs all over the map and triggered them remotely. The strength of the psychic force is expressed as a percentage, not a gauge. HP is expressed as a combined number of 200%, with 48% of the damage just before the attack. ¡°Khh!! ¡± I tried to move my hands back to the original building, but Sakura had already chased me there, preparing my skills. ¡°Damn it!!! ¡± After throwing the sword from her into the barrier using an SP gauge, the sword of Sakura turns to its owner again. ¡°This is the counter barrier Ryu Hwa Young used in the Psychic Battle!!! ¡± ¡°Wooooo!! Awesome!!" As he returns Sakura''s saber, ice and fire bullets fly towards her from both pistols. At that moment, Sakura turned into a log and the body grabbed my back. Ninja skills, the art of switching. "You''ve mastered all your skills in no time." Quickly blocking Sakura''s coupling with the guard button, I pushed the lever forward and pressed the guard button as Sakura tried to strike a crystal blow. Ka-ang!! Wheelin''s body glowed golden, and on the right screen came the text "just-blocking." Strong Attack ¡°Huh? What!? ¡± Wheelin''s body, which he dug into his arms, was still glowing golden, with no finish yet. ¡®Successful blocking of Justice will trigger invincible time for 1 second!! ¡¯ ¡°One first!! ¡± 109 < EP. 24: Demon who picks up coins and swallows them (5) > ¡°One first!! ¡± I lightly fed him a set of combos, then I finished typing the command of the Seungryong Pass while I shot up the Sakura with a river kick. Then I consumed my SP gauge and started firing my pistol at the character who was staying in the air. As Sakura''s body reddens with bullets raining from the air, I grab her in the air and plunge her down into the building, stabbing her with bullets. And shortly before landing, Sakura disappeared, flying cherry blossom leaves in its name with the fall damage. ¡°Wow!! Cool.¡± ¡°Ahhh!! You have dropped a player who chose Sakura here!! Please prepare replacement inserts immediately for standby players!¡± ¡®Dammit, there''s no time to breathe. ¡¯ But it was the same with the players who were chasing me. The next one in Sakura, Speed, is Wheelin, so you start racing around the map like crazy. "But where the hell is the potential king?" ¡¯ She was the only potential king on my side, so when I glanced at Yuki''s screen, she was confronting the blonde witch Roxy. Roxy had very good potential and imagination with less SP gauge for teleport than other characters. But on the contrary, Yuki had the worst imagination for the potential king. I need your help. Along with a group of assassins chasing Hulin, I made a swift dash across the building toward the potential king. Fortunately, Yuki''s character, an amazing defender, was focused on defending Roxy''s continuous attack. ¡°Joon-Hyuk, this character is too slow..¡± ¡°You can''t see it as a fast character. ¡± ¡°When the enemy finishes attacking, press the guard button at the right time. ¡± Yuki began to focus on the game, feeling that the guard''s damage against Roxy''s attack had diminished, even if it wasn''t an invincible, golden figure like Wheelin showed me earlier. ¡°Just bear with me until I get there. ¡± ¡°Oh, Kang Jun-hyuk, the developer, encourages Ishikawa. I just really want someone to do something about this couple!! ¡± At that moment, a new player stood in front of me, picking out potential characters like Yuki. Just before encountering him, he lightly bounced off the lever diagonally and pressed the jump button, raising a blue figure behind him and jumping over the potencing of the ball in one fell swoop. The moment the confused potential king turned the lever towards me, I threw the lever in the reverse direction and threw the kick. Phew!! ¡°Huh? I was sure I guarded it. ¡± Reverse Guard. A method of defeating beginners in a 2D fighter game that triggers the timing of the air kick a little slower, causing the attack to take place only when the lever is reversed. But I quickly moved Huleen to Yuki without taking any further hits into account. Immediately, Yuki''s manipulative potential king entered the screen. Sliding out between the legs of the potential king, aiming for Roxy on the other side. Of course, Roxy''s Grand Duke magic, which was supposed to be dug into the jump, slipped through the cracks, and the moment I showed up, I shouted to Yuki. ¡°Now!! ¡± Half of Roxy''s stamina flew away in an instant after a huge, defensive fist was inserted into his character. ¡®Fine. Leave the extra rides to me!'' ¡¯ ¡°Ahhh!! Potenting Iron Fist Hit!! Roxy flying as a groggy...!! Wheelin ''catches up!! ¡± ¡°Wow!! Combo attack!! ¡± Blow the ice bullet on the other side of Roxy''s flying direction to make him bounce back to where I am. I turned and kicked Yuki''s potential once more. ¡°One more time!! ¡± Kuaaang!!! Once again, the Iron Fist of the Potenting blazes and Roxy quickly becomes a light scattered. ¡°Oops!!! What power... living in two rooms...¡± ¡°That tag technique was awesome!! ¡± ¡°I thought I saw some animation.¡± At that moment, a massive flame flies from behind you with a red watering red flag near half of the screen. Realizing that I was too late to avoid it, I quickly approached the potential king and shouted to Yuki. ¡°Guard me!! ¡± Kuaaaaang!!! Potencing, which was three times the size of Wheelin, blocked the incoming flames with its whole body. Fortunately, the fire was trapped in his body and he couldn''t do anything to hurt Wheelin. ¡°Come on!! ¡± At the same time as I said, the battle started with five characters running towards us. I left him as a shield as close to the potential king as possible and fired a pistol at nearby enemies. Sometimes, Yuki''s manipulation misses my fists, but it''s better than running into enemy lines and getting mugged. I fire my pistol, moving swiftly to the left and to the right, making it difficult for the surrounding players to resist. "Oh, I hit the button so hard, my fingers hurt." At that moment, I came out again and remembered a red spot on the floor where the potential king was standing. The flaming pillar of the Mage of Crimson Flame is once again fired. I quickly stepped on the head of a heavily fortified potential king and took off with a superjump. ¡°Perseverance!! ¡± I flew an ice bullet into the new Potencing, tied it up, and jumped back up again. ¡°Wow, it just flew away. ¡± ¡°I want to try it too. It''s gonna be so much fun.¡± ¡°Ryurin of Kang Jun-hyuk is running around the map like crazy. I see no one to stop him!! His stamina gauge is still 120 percent. Ah! I''m telling you, Shadow Freshener is drying up on Wheelin''s continuum. You don''t have much stamina left!? Ah, I''m sorry to lose Shadow Freshener here!! Kang Jun-hyuk, the Devil''s Director, who had just eliminated 3 players!! It''s not easy to give your life! Is it the figure of Psychic Force I''m afraid of? ¡± "What does he see me as!? ¡¯ I hurled insults at Jun Fei and moved Hulin back to Yuki. At that moment... Kuaang!! ¡°Ahhh!! This is where the trap Roy set is triggered!! ¡± ¡®Damn, this one''s bigger. 53% took too much damage.¡¯ Moreover, as players began to become accustomed to the game and began to attack in tandem over time, my stamina quickly revealed the ground. ¡®Not yet? I think he''ll show up in a few more minutes. ¡¯ I bite down on it and focus on defending it as best I can. At that time, a player who was trying to get close to me to strike a crystal hit was caught in the fist of the potential king and killed him in one fell swoop. ¡°Wow!! I got one out, too!¡± ¡°Once you''ve secured your guard, you should be able to recover any time soon. ¡± Recovery items? ¡± Against a public enemy named me and Yuki, players started firing attacks from many directions. But it wasn''t a formal team match, so we often got hit with bullets fired at each other. ¡°There''s the Wizard of the Crimson Flame, Justin. Take a good shot at the pillar. You''re on our side. ¡± ¡°Were we a team? I thought the product only goes back to people who drop the developer character. ¡± ¡°But if we fight like this, we''re all going to die!! ¡± ¡°All I have to do is hit Wheelin. So stay out of it. ¡± It''s starting to break apart over there, too. But this is the voice of the man who''s been squawking since the beginning of the event. Is he using Justin? I lean against Yuki''s potential king and simultaneously press the strong punch and kick to keep the SP gauge tight. And then after a while. Wheelin''s SP gauge was up 100%. ¡°Yuki, give me a punch with your bare hands." ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°Hurry!! ¡± Phew! I accidentally took a punch from Yuki''s potential king and dropped my Stamina Gauge below 30%. Then the character of Wheelin starts to run red. ¡°Ahhh!! Hulin''s character, the developer, is now at full strength!! ¡± Enemies who were gathering around Jun Fei''s relay gathered around me like wildfire. Yuki''s potential king was strengthening his guard by my side, but so far, his strength was almost depleted. I waited for all the players to gather in one place. My stamina was a figure I would immediately save if I could hit a single shot of 23% skill. At that time, half the screen was red like before. In addition, to the floor warning of the pillar of fire... the owner of the red screen was the work of the wizard Justin of the Crimson Flame. ¡°I knew this would happen!! ¡± I performed a super jump kicking Yuki''s potential as soon as all the characters gathered together. Kuaaang!!! Along with Justin''s enormous firepower, each of the strongest fighters inflicted imminent damage and disappeared. And the place I was manipulating towards was the rooftop of a building where the Magic Wizard of the Crimson Flame had only shot magic so far. ¡°Found it!! ¡± During that time, he had been a little stressed by long distance magic, so he smiled and lightly fed him a set of combos, and Justin tried to keep his distance while taking damage. ¡°You''re not going anywhere! ¡± Kieing! At that moment, Wheelin''s eyes glow red and rush towards Justin. It was a paraphernalysis of Hyerin using an SP gauge of 80% below 30% health. ¡°Wow!! Hurry!! What''s that? ¡± ¡°Ahhh!!! Here comes Wheelin''s special seconds!! ¡± A cheerful voice erupted from the mouths of those who attended the venue after a brief passing of her cuts with the spectacular bast morphing. ¡°What!? Hulin''s breasts just... Boobs!! ¡± ¡°I saw it too!! It''s moving!!" I can''t believe there''s so much chaos just because there''s a little girl''s chest on the screen. What? You put your hands on my chest and I didn''t...? Of course, I used to applaud the bast morphing of 2D characters from the Super Robotic War, but, hmm... Within the screen, Hulin was circling Justin from side to side, spreading his torch with all his firearms. The final kick strikes the target in the air with a sniper''s rifle, and she throws the gun, which is roughly the same length as her height, to the ground coolly. In the end, Justin, who was not prepared for Whyrin''s first kill, did not turn the tide of the world upside down and exploded into flames. ¡°Ah! There''s a huge drop out here!! Teamwork has failed. Now I will join you in the battle of Psychic Force as well. ¡± ¡®Oh, right. He was a participant too, right? ¡¯ Jun Fei was just sitting next to Yuki, picking out a character. Seeing you grinning, you''re trying to kill me with your fishermen and get your hands on the figures. Damn it, I''m really out of stamina. I gathered as much SP gauge as I could until Jun Fei showed up. The remaining players in the current game are Yuki''s potential kings. And another potential chosen by a replaceable player. And it was just Wheelin ''and Roy the Bomb I was playing. I started collecting SP gauges, keeping an eye on Roy hiding somewhere. ¡°With the expectations of our users in one fell swoop, we have the pride of monthly FAMI communications!! I will!! I will!! I will end Kang Jun-hyuk, the developer. ¡± "Just tell me you want it!! ¡¯ Jun Fei was smiling as she checked my HP remaining. The character he chose resembles Ryu Hwa-young... It was probably a natural choice for the guy who liked Ryu Hwa-young since the Psychic Battle. ¡°Jun Pyo. This ~ kiss ~ ~ (A-ha ~)¡± It was then that Jun Fei''s character appeared on the rooftop of a building in the middle of the screen. A red warning message appeared, ''WARNING¡¯. ¡°Huh? What?!? ¡± Jun Fei was staring at the screen with a puzzled look at an unexpected event. A giant eye emerges between the building and the building. And that was the end of Jun Fei''s short play. 110 < EP. 24: Ghost that picks up coins and swallows them (6) - > ¡°Wahaaah!! ¡± Jun Fei, who quickly saved the giant boss''s laser without even trying to unwrap himself, screams with his hands on the lever. And after a while, the screen turned white. The building in the middle settles down and a boss monster appears. Monsters the size of almost one building looked like Buddhist supremacists. ¡°Huff!! What is that? ¡± Do you remember the game called "Seo Yu Marok" when you were a kid in the arcade? In some entertainment rooms, they also rotated the English edition titled ''China Gate¡¯ substrate. The supreme nurture that just appeared was a monster with a motif there. Of course, the scale itself is huge, but... At the same time it appeared, it started to float in the air, shooting projectiles all over the place. It was then that Roy, who had been hiding with the boss, finally appears. Since his special skill, ''Hidden¡¯, did not work on boss-grade monsters, Roy, a skillful leader, disassembled his skill and started running quickly to the outside of the stage. In pursuit of Roy nearby, the Catholic Tongue began to touch all the bombs he had planted, and a considerable blow was done to him. The four of us left on the stage began to use our own long-range shell to repel the natural care. At that moment, the form of the game began to change from action to shooting. You hear the whistling of the crowd at the venue as the fancy characters have just struck and hit a common foe. ¡°Wow... scales are amazing.¡± ¡°I''ve never seen a game like this.¡± ¡°Oh, I''m free for the demonstration model, but can''t I just play? ¡± I managed to avoid the cooking beams of the thousand-dollar nuisance and, in a pinch, used the counter barrier to return the shell he had blown. "Just a little more...!! ¡¯ Suddenly, the voices of users who were mumbling around gradually faded and everyone began to focus on the screen that was hanging from the ceiling. The two potential kings clenched their fists relentlessly against the priesthood despite their slow pace of movement. Then the debris began to fall, cracking around the body of the undertaker. Kwaguang!! Roy was running away from the boss monsters and planting explosives without strap. ¡®Now!! ¡¯ I bounced the lever two times in front of me, dashing to Wheelin, and then I jumped to the end of the building. Huleen, who was barely on top of the aqueduct, started firing a gun at his head. I sensed that the boss monster''s health was short-lived after the mild facial shrapnel had peeled off and the ugly molten bones had been revealed. Phew!! Subsequently, the skull of the aqueduct was shattered and items poured out from all over the stage. ¡®Recovery!! Where are the recovery items!? ¡¯ I draw the arc in green and quickly move the character towards flying gems. At the same time as the Thousand Tunes collapsed, the game was switched back to four square fights. Using a recovery item to 140% health, I pulled out a sniper rifle at Roy, who was trying to hide himself again. Wheelin''s ability to summon firearms freely with a ring worn on his finger changed with each command. Caaang!! At a moment''s retreat, Roy falls under the ledge, taking damage from an unthinkable ranged shooting, and Yuki''s potential underneath. At that moment, I shouted to her who was beside me. ¡°Now!! ¡± ¡°Yes!! ¡± Yuki had barely survived before the boss, casting a stun gun at Roy, who fell down with 21% of his body red. The end of the bomb, Roy, has been decided, along with the Potenting cut-in that lifts the switch of the bomb mounted on the gauntlet. ¡°Phew... Amazing. ¡± After the most difficult opponent disappears, the rest of the opponent''s potential remains. But he was also not a pleasant opponent. It was because Yuki had thrown all the SP gauges and caught up with Yuki. She was no longer in good health. ¡°Oops!! ¡± I hurriedly jumped down the building and ran to her. Yuki tried to run away from another potential king approaching her, but her space was the outermost edge of the stage where there was no more room to retreat. As soon as I try to stop moving toward the ice bullet towards the potential to prepare the iron fist for Yuki... His direction turned towards me. "It was a trap!? I can''t stop... like this! ¡¯ With a twist of the lever, I set off the counter barrier, facing the Iron Fist of the Potenting. Kuaaang!!! For a moment, the potential was pushed back due to a clash with each other, while Wheelin fell out at the speed of light. ¡®Huff!! 3% health left in a single shot..¡¯ Looks like the counter was properly applied because of the acceleration that was rushing towards him. If I touch you like this, I''m going to die. ¡¯ Yuki''s potential king moved. Kuaang!! The Iron Fist is burning towards the potential to push back with impact on my counter barrier. In Psychic Force, when attacking the enemy''s rear, it immediately deals 120% damage, reducing health by less than 30%. The last remaining player fell down sacrificed to Yuki''s melee attack and my ranged shooting. ¡°It''s over...¡± After a long battle and a sigh of relief, I put the lever down and heard cheer from everywhere. ¡°Hey!! Awesome. You really took care of it all by yourself. I should try it on once it''s official. ¡± ¡°Too bad the demonstration team won if it was teamwork.¡± Then Jun Fei, who had lost his life at the beginning of the game, finally regained consciousness and held Mike in his hands. ¡°Oh, give it up for Junhyuk and Ishikawa, who have shown you the best teamwork. ¡± ¡°Whoa!" Peek-a-boo! I stood up and lightly greeted the pouring users. It was then. Yuki''s potential king approached Wheelin and lightly punched her, leaving two pistols on the ground in one punch with 3% of her stamina remaining. ¡°Huh!? What, the potential king got rid of him? ¡± -WINNER IS POTENKING Yuki''s sudden actions brought everyone''s gaze to her. Then Yuki opened his mouth, looking at the users with an innocent expression. ¡°Hmm? I''m actually one of the demonstration teams, didn''t you know? ¡± ¡°Huh? That''s what I heard. ¡± ¡°Oh, what a fisherman." Reverse. ¡± No, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Looking at her in an unexpected state, Yuki stretched out his tongue halfway. "Can I ask you for something other than psychic force figures?" Why do you feel uneasy about Yuki''s bright smile? I swallowed a dry saliva and took off my dry lips. ¡°Wha... what? ¡± ¡°Please formally propose to me here. ¡± ¡° ¡­¡­. ¡± An ominous premonition was right. ¡°Waaaahhhh!" Yuki''s bold request began to pour out the shouts of those gathered at the venue. ¡°By the way, you two met at the Dragon Emblem event for the first time. But this time you''re announcing the wedding at the remake? ¡± ¡°It''s fate! It''s fate! ¡± ¡°Kyaa! A woman would formally ask for a proposal like that. It''s kind of clumsy. ¡± ¡°And then there''s that Hasegawa Miyuki. Why¡­ it feels like my girlfriend has been taken from me¡­¡± Then Jun Fei who approached me one day said to me. ¡°I thought this day would come, but I envy you. I''ll take care of the wedding society. ¡± ¡°Do I... have to propose here? ¡± ¡°Yes. I put all the fools there. Are you going to embarrass Yuki? Now she''s like a goddess to the people who see her. He''s a good person.He loves games. I have a solid job. And it''s the storm of Hasegawa Miyuki. ¡± I think I missed the persuasion point a little bit at the end. However, looking at the users gathered at the event, it''s a good angle to be trampled down if you refuse Yuki''s request. "Yes, if you can''t avoid it, enjoy it. ¡¯ I took a step closer to her, looking at me with excited eyes, and knelt on my knees. ¡°Oh!¡± ¡°Quiet down, please. ¡± ¡°Shh. Shh.¡± At that moment, the sound of fretting subsides and the surroundings become calm. These guys.Let''s see how united they are... The Pentagon girls looked at Yuki with jealous eyes, their hands tightly together. ¡°I envy you, Yuki." I thought I heard Miyazaki''s voice somewhere. Yuki was also a little embarrassed when this moment approached, and she was showing a flush of valgre on both cheeks. ¡°What a sudden proposal. I didn''t even prepare the ring...¡± ¡°It''s okay, because what Joon-Hyuk is saying is more important than that. So tell me quickly. ¡± She grins at me with her hands clasped behind her back. I took a moment to catch my breath and looked her straight in the eye. ¡°I want you to always be with me, as you have been so far. I love you... will you marry me? ¡± Yuki then pulled one foot back during application, slightly lifting both ends of her skirt with her fingertips and bowing at me. ¡°I will gladly accept your proposal. ¡± ¡°Hiya!" ¡°Congratulations ~¡± ¡°Something just got really squeamish.¡± ¡°I envy her. I envy her... I envy her...¡± November 21, 1991. My relationship with Yuki, who was born with the Dragon Emblem, has finally paid off. & - Game director of the Devil who harasses the user. I''m proposing to an angel!! - ¡°Haha ~ Joon-Hyuk, look at this! Jun Pyo has published our article on Fame Communications ~¡± ¡°This guy...¡± ¡°Why? That''s a very accurate expression. Joon-Hyuk also acknowledged himself at Raon''s presentation. I enjoy harassing people!¡± Yuki opened the magazine smiling and smiling as she bought a pammy from the bookstore on her way out. I spilled a bloody smile and swallowed a cup of coffee on the table. The radiant diamond shines purely in the sunlight as it enters the window. It was flowing out of a ring that was tapered into her fourth finger on her left hand. ¡°Do you like the ring? ¡± ¡°I like it, but it''s too expensive.¡± ¡°But the design was the most sophisticated. ¡± ¡°But still...¡± Yuki smiles softly, looking at the ring on her finger and the ring on my hand. ¡°Are you coming to see my parents this weekend? ¡± ¡°Of course. The Psychic Force demonstration was a success.) and is currently commissioned to make substrates in the factory. It''s gonna be okay for a while. ¡± Despite the death of the development team personnel, the Psychic Force will be remembered as a great masterpiece of their noble sacrifice. At that moment, Yuki asked me with a curious face. ¡°Huh? What about Dragon Emblem II? Isn''t that coming this winter, too? ¡± ¡°Oh, you know...¡± I relayed Yuki''s Pammy message to her and showed her the news about Raon. -Dragon Emblem II will be released next spring for better quality. - 111 < EP. 25: Counter of the NEGA (1) > Friday, December 13th. The day before I met Yuki''s parents... I was on the phone with Yuki for tomorrow''s appointment time again. ¡°So it''s 1: 00 tomorrow afternoon, right? ¡± ¡°Yes, my mom is preparing lunch. Don''t be too late. ¡± ¡°Ugh, ugh. ¡± ¡°Joon-Hyuk, are you nervous? ¡± ¡°Of course. But I''m seeing you for the first time...¡± I sometimes greeted him when I dropped him off near Yuki''s house, but I felt secretly burdened by this formal visit. ¡°It''s okay. I''ve explained Joon-Hyuk to you so that your ears would be nailed. My mom really likes Joon-Hyuk because he''s coming. ¡± ¡°Y-yeah? I should have said hello...¡± ¡°I also explained that Joon-Hyuk has been busy. He''ll be fine. My parents aren''t that tight. I''m worried that Joon-Hyuk will be surprised to see our family. ¡± Um...? What''s that supposed to mean? ¡¯ I felt a little nervous about her words that reassured me with a bold voice. The next day. I came to the suit I had left at the laundromat this morning and quickly got dressed and got in my car. It was December, but it wasn''t that cold, so I threw my coat on the side and turned the handle towards Yuki''s house after finishing my hairstyle check through a rear-view mirror. A moment later, I entered Kyrgyzig, where Yuki lived, and I parked my car in a nearby public parking lot and headed to a nearby store. ¡®But I''m going to formally say hello, and I can''t go empty-handed. ¡¯ While browsing the store, I ran to Yuki''s house in a hurry to buy a beautiful bouquet of flowers and a gift sweets from a nearby bakery. When I arrived at Yuki''s door 10 minutes before the appointment time, I rang the doorbell with my heart pounding, and I heard a commotion in the house. ¡°I''m back!!! Hey!? What do I do? Oh no!!" ¡°Open the door first!! ¡± ¡°Honey, can you go instead? I''m nervous because I''ve never met a son-in-law before! ¡± ¡°I cook!! And I''ve never been a son-in-law before!? ¡± ¡°Ahhhh!! Yuko, this is all your fault. If you had married before Yuki, you wouldn''t be so nervous!! ¡± ¡°Dad!! What kind of logic is that? ¡± ¡° ¡­¡­. ¡± This isn''t how I pictured it. Why did you ring the doorbell again? I was hesitating with a bunch of flowers in my hand, and the door opened with a thud. After all, it was Yuki who welcomed me first. ¡°Joon-Hyuk, welcome!" ¡°Oh, yeah. Thank you." As I walked through the white front door into the living room, Yuki''s parents and sister, who were waiting for me inside, bowed down and greeted me. ¡°Please take good care of my daughter. ¡± Huff... Huff... Huff... ¡°Dad, that''s the first greeting. ¡± ¡°Isn''t this it? ¡± Yuki''s father, Ishikawa, looked much younger than I thought. Given Yuki''s age, he was in his mid- to mid- to mid- to mid- to mid- ''30s, a tremendous amount of ownership. ¡°Hahaha! My dad''s nervous. ¡± ¡°Say hello. Joon-Hyuk, this is my dad and mom. This is my sister Yuko. ¡± ¡°Hi, I''m sorry I didn''t say hello sooner. Why did you come empty-handed? ¡°Hahaha! You''re a decent young man! I like that. You passed!! Get married, daughter number two!! ¡± Daughter number two? ¡¯ At this point, I feel a little dizzy. Yuki''s father was a very pleasant person. Just before I met him in person, as I''ve often seen on TV, ¡®Give me your daughter. I love you, Yuki. ¡¯ ¡®Hmmm... Do you play GO? ¡¯ I''ve been thinking about conversations like this... ¡°You said you make your own games. So, you play a game? How about Spa 2!? ¡± This kind of conversation was coming and going. ¡®There''s a reason Yuki liked games¡­'' After dinner. The sun went down after talking about the game all evening. Didn''t I come here to talk about marriage today? That night. The road to the parking lot where the car is parked. Yuki, who was walking with me to escort me, opened his mouth. ¡°I''m sorry, are you busy? ¡± ¡°No. I imagined a stiff atmosphere, but it was too much fun. ¡± ¡°Last night, I couldn''t sleep well because I was nervous. ¡± ¡°Really? You don''t look so...¡± ¡°You pretended to be. Today was just an invitation to dinner. I don''t want Joon-Hyuk to be too burdened. ¡± ¡°Yes... I''d like to see you often. ¡± ¡°Yes, that''s the best way. ¡± Yuki smiled at me with a bright smile. & A few days after I met Yuki''s parents... I was going through the game magazines published this month at the Tamago Shop. The Dragon Emblem "remake - Edition was listed as the most sold game title of the week in the pammy communications aggregate at the time of issuance. It was due to the role of download sharers installed in each professional game shop representing each city. Gamers who first came across a flash memory cartridge were initially reluctant to purchase a flash cartridge. Unlike paying a certain amount through the game shop and buying the desired cartridge, downloading it from a game sharer installed in front of the store felt like a vending machine would lower the collective value of the game. That''s why I''ve actually decided to take advantage of the special game castle of the deceased dragon emblem. In fact, in the Dragon Emblem cartridge, there was a void in the low capacity version that contained some data, so those who bought the Dragon Emblem began to curiously use the shared devices installed in the game shop. Soon after, the circulation of Flash memory cartridges began to grow with rumors from users. Why? Because I realized flash cartridges weren''t just used to capture games. The first time he pushed the flash cartridge into the sharer, he was able to read the data and enter his ID and password. The information he had registered remained in the sharer and cartridge, so he could easily look at the list of game titles he had purchased by simply typing the password in the future. And one important thing. Pentagon Soft offered discounts on certain game softs every other week for users who purchased flash memory cartridges, or offered free mini-games, and distributed free promotional footage of Dragon Emblems II for a limited time in celebration of the launch of Dragon Emblems. So the flash memory cartridge not only became inexpensive to buy game software, but also became an essential item for promoting the Pentagon Soft title and enjoying a ¡®trial'' of a particular game in advance. Like right now... ¡°Wow!! The Dragon Emblem II Trial is on January 1st next year!! ¡± ¡°Really? Well, I guess I''ll have to buy a flakka, too.¡± Flickr is a fashionable phrase that has emerged among recent Raon users. Short for a flash memory cartridge? ¡°Just buy one. I didn''t think it would be much use at first, but I didn''t know it would be used for this. In the next two weeks, it''s slam dunk season, so I''m selling a discount of 4,300 yen for downloading titles for 3,500 yen. ¡± ¡°Really? Almost half price? ¡± ¡°I''m just regretting spending more money on high capacity. Oh, you don''t want to buy mine? I''d like to sell it to you for a high dose, but I''ll give you a discount. ¡± ¡°I''ll think about it.¡± I swallowed a cup of coffee in a paper cup, swallowing a bloody smile in the conversation between two high school students. Recently, during the Psychic Force demonstration, there were several gamers who sometimes asked me to sign because their faces were quite well-known. ¡®I want to hear the reaction of the gamers as pure as before, but I can''t do that anymore. His face is too well known. ¡¯ But nevertheless, I liked going to the Tamago Shop. It is because you can hear the latest game trends vividly here, and if you listen to the conversations of the users, you could try to figure out the direction of the Pentagon Soft going forward. Next to the Tamago Shop was a professional gaming center that dealt only with the Psychic Force. As the next month''s substrate was finished, many users were looking forward to the open arcade center. It was expanding more and more around the Tamago Shop on the first floor of the building, right next to the ''Radio Route¡¯, the symbol of Akihabara. The Pentagon Goods Shop allows you to purchase Pentagon games'' character offerings, alongside Tamago Shop, which is gaining popularity across all ages. And now to the arcade center dedicated to the Psychic Force... The building was undergoing a kind of ¡®sacred'' process for Pentagon fans. ¡®Damn, I''d rather buy the whole building at the beginning of the Tamago Shop, but I didn''t think...¡¯ I sighed as I watched the monthly rent bills escaping. At this rate, at least five employees will be paid. But no matter how much money you give the building owner in the supercharter, I don''t think he''ll sell it to you. Shall we walk the deal and watch? I''ve already done enough promoting the Pentagon image, so it''s okay to move a little further... Recently, Japan''s economy has been in complete disarray. Since the late ''80s, the bubble economy that showed signs started collapsing in the late'' 90s. After college five years ago. Young people dreaming of a rosy future were struggling to get through a rapidly narrowed job. In the news, it was only a short-term economic downturn and I was busy reassuring the people that they would soon recover, but this was the first year the Japanese commonly called "the lost decade." Japan''s economic growth rate was 0% compared to last year. But the people believed in the government''s announcement. This is just a temporary economic downturn... However, when we looked closely at the situation, there were more than one or two strange places. Large-scale civil engineering on very few streets. The real estate price that starts to explode like crazy. At the end of the ''80s, the low interest rate loans from banks were so widespread that you could once pull loans from banks that you would ridicule people who don''t take loans now. I knew this company was going to happen when they started using the bank as an excuse to run the company. The economic recession following the plaza agreement made it difficult for banks to recover their bonds, and it was last year that banks, along with large and small companies, went bankrupt. Among them, the unpaid Pentagon Soft is now ranked 9th among Japan''s top 10 companies and was also introduced to Japan''s number one job that young people are most eager to go to. Then I was the first boss I wanted to work with and the first boss I wanted to avoid. Anyway, it''s really nice to be recognized by prospective graduates as an aspiring employer, but I don''t think interviewing that many people is going to be easy, and I think there will be more prospects for employment next year than next year... Despite this extreme workplace and economic recession, the gaming industry was growing in pie. Mintendo currently ranks 4th in Japan''s top 10 companies, but with the foundation of the family in place, it was not easy to step down from the throne. Lately, an interesting incident has popped up. Since the issuance of the NEGA drive, the NEGA has not had a hit like this, so the users have turned their backs on Mintendo. ¡®The NEGA has finally drawn its sword to capture the North American market. ¡¯ 112 < EP. 25: Counter of the NEGA (2) > ¡®The NEGA has finally drawn their swords to capture the North American market. ¡¯ In 1991, if Mintendo had ''Kumamoto Shigeru¡¯, there would have been genius programmers¡® Suzuki Ryu ¡¯and'' Taka Yuan ¡¯in this period of time. Both of them were teachers and students who created the famous¡® Real Fighter ¡¯and'' Sonic the Hedgehog ¡¯that any gamer who wanted to play a little game in the 8-90'' s knew. Suzuki Ryu during this period made more of a sensational arcade game than a ¡®real fighter,'' and one of the sensational racing games he created was her motorcycle ride at the game center on his first date with Yuki. But from now on, I''m talking about Taka Ju, his disciple, not Suzuki Ryu Suzuki, because Sonic, a speeding hedgehog that he created, has become enormously popular in the arcade market. In fact, there was a funny anecdote in Sonic''s birthplace, and last year, in 1990, the NEGA emerged as a superfamily, and was not getting far from the classics. A year ahead of Mintendo, he jumped into the 16-bit console market, but without a hit like this, the NEGA wanted to create a mascot character to represent its company. Mintendo reminded me of a mustached Italian named Maridge automatically, but the NEGA did not have a leading game character, even though they created numerous games, including arcades and consoles. Meanwhile, in 1984, Sonic''s developer Taka maintained his name as a fairly skillful programmer by successfully joining the NEGA, beating the competition rate of 20 to 1 at the time of high school graduation, at the age of 22 when he became the main director in 88. Fantasy Star 2, created by this young director, was launched as a former generation of NEGA drives, the Mark 3 system, and was asked to change the platform. There, despite the accelerated release of the NEGA drive and significantly shortened development time, it launched a great RPG game in just six months and grew into a highly acclaimed presence from management. For Taka Retention, the NEGA will put the project team in charge called ''PM 8¡¯ and will require the following: -Actively leverage the CPU performance of the NEGA drive, which is much faster than the Super Family, to create characters several times faster than the Super Maridge. - Taka Retention immediately accepted the NEGA request and entered an idea meeting with her team members. At the beginning, characters were made mainly of cute, fast-footed animals like puppies and rabbits, and when one of the designer rabbit characters started to get some sort of response from them, Taka Yu told designers. - Using a rabbit or a puppy as a sprinter is a very simple idea. C. - He turned down the prospectus. It was a very young and beaten behavior. Afterwards, a colleague named Oshima, who had been friends since making fantasy stars, brought a new character''s agenda to Taka Retention, and that was Sonic. A character famous for its slowness speeds up sound. Taka Retention dressed the hedgehog character in blue, the color representing the NEGA, and wore red shoes with points. And the character was born a blue hedgehog sonic speeding. Once the character was chosen, Taka Retention renamed the team ''PM 8¡¯ to ¡®Sonic Team¡¯ and formally started developing the game. The method of killing an enemy or clearing a stage using jumps has carried the stones of Super Maridge, but the dash of the giant shooter across the map is far faster than that of Maridge. The map configuration itself, like the Super Maridge, sometimes split into three prongs and gave users freedom of map clearance, which was enough to give them a completely different feeling even with the use of Maridge''s system. Unlike Marie, Sonic was a bit of a stickler, clutching his arms and prodding the player, and a map design that looked like a rollercoaster was enough to shock the gaming industry at the time. Hence, Sonic was able to become a mascot character representing the NEGA at once. ¡®It used to be so annoying when I used to do this in the arcade, when I would whip the machine and tell it to put more coins, I never thought I''d actually have a NEGA drive in the device at the time...¡¯ Suddenly, I remembered a mouthful of laughter. After Sonic was released, the game magazine started writing a pretty stimulating propaganda. - Experience a world of super-speed that Maridge can never follow. -Negative marketing that denounced the performance of third parties at this time was also passable, so it was nothing special, but for Mintendo it seems that the second in 10,000 year provocation of the NEGA was quite disturbing. "Sonic copied Super Maridge," Kamauchi said in the official meeting. I don''t give a shit about the NEGA. The Pentagon''s only target is Raon. ¡¯There were anecdotes of him hanging his words in the development room of the NEGA sonic team and burning them to the ground. Sonic''s popularity spread quickly through the NEGA drive, and the NEGA immediately attempted aggressive marketing to North America and European markets. When you buy a console, you get a bundle of Sonic the Hedgehog... Minten also disparaged the marketing of such a country as crazy. Free insertion of the best titles to drive console sales, because it was the same policy as inserting one Super Maridge per console purchase for a Super Family. Due to Japan''s economic recession, Minten and the NEGA were aiming for the North American market, with the idea that the NEGA had died well this Christmas. And this crazy marketing has worked in the United States and Europe. CF ads showed that NEGA drives were selling like crazy in North America and Europe when they even created a comparative ad that allowed Margaery and Sonic to run alongside each other, demonstrating the speed sensation that only NEGA drives had. ¡°Director... Manager Kang Jun-hyuk? ¡± I looked up at Miyazaki as she was looking at me. ¡°Oh, Miyazaki, what''s wrong? ¡± ¡°Well, I''m looking for you at the Pentagon headquarters. ¡± ¡°Me?¡± ¡°I think you should go to Staff''s office and answer the phone.¡± What''s going on? I tilt my head toward the office. ¡°Yes, I changed my phone. ¡± ¡°Ah, sir. Hold on, let me connect you with Jules. ¡± Did Mr. Kawaguchi find me? As I waited with the phone for a moment, I heard Kawaguchi''s voice. ¡°Joon-Hyuk, I''ve just received an invitation to present the production of a new console at the NEGA. ¡± ¡°New console? ¡± ¡°The NEGA has also completed the creation of a new portable console targeting Gammboy and Raon in Mintendo. ¡± Oh, the NEGA GEAR is complete... I opened my mouth thinking about the image of the approximate device. ¡°Oh, right. But is there a problem? ¡± ¡°It says in the invitation that it is very important for me and Joon-Hyuk to attend as Laon''s representative. ¡± ¡°Me?¡± With Mintendo out of the way, you''re going to try to grab Raon''s ankle this time with a mobile announcement? I swallowed a smile and asked Kawaguchi. ¡°What do you think Jules would do? ¡± ¡°Though we didn''t attend our Pentagon production presentation, we don''t have to. I want to know how the gaming industry reacts to new mobile devices. ¡± ¡°Then I''ll go with you. When is the event?¡± ¡°That''s a little urgent. It''s Friday.¡± ¡°December 20th. I know it''s coming out on Christmas Eve, so it should be good enough. ¡± ¡°You must be busy preparing for the wedding these days, are you okay? Or I wouldn''t mind going alone. ¡± Kawaguchi said, for a moment, the faces of Yuki''s family almost burst into laughter. ¡°No, thank you. I''ll go with you. ¡± ¡°Then you know we''re leaving the headquarters together on the 20th. ¡± ¡°Yes, I understand. ¡± After finishing the call with President Kawaguchi, I left the office quietly, putting down the handguns so as not to interfere with other employees. ¡®Looks like we got a good shot at Sonic, look forward to it. I''m going to make this presentation very public¡­ " You light a cigarette in your mouth on the streets of Akiba where the cold wind is blowing. & December 20, 1991. When I arrived at the production announcement of the NEGA, I first admired the interior of the broad event hall, unlike at the last Pentagon production announcement. I met some industry people at a dinner before the event, and I met a friend who put on a hat and took an elongated picture among them. ¡°Jun Pyo, are you here too? ¡± ¡°Oh, there you are. I thought no one at the Pentagon was going to attend. ¡± ¡°I got the invitation, but it''s not polite of me not to come. ¡± ¡°No one came from Mintendo. It''s because the Camouflage Representative said something insulting to the NEGA the other day. Both these days, neurological warfare is a joke. ¡± At that time, the appearance of me and Kawaguchi began to become a bit of a mess at the event. Isn''t that Manager Kang Jun-hyuk and Kawaguchi? ¡± ¡°Really? What''s the Pentagon doing at the production conference for the NEGA? ¡± Jun Fei looked around at the sound of people talking and told me. ¡°I knew the Pentagon would show up and things would be different!¡± Jun Fei''s exaggerated expression was never too much. Released last summer, Raon, along with its launchers Final Frontier 4, Spa 2 and Slam Dunk, has been climbing at a terrifying pace with only five titles, including the Mighty Final Fight and Dragon Emblem remake editions. Even if you say that you are chewing the market itself, it is never an exaggeration. I tapped Jun Fei''s shoulder and went to find the NEGA official who invited us. And after a while. Suzuki Ryu and Taka Yu, who were greeting the Third Party personnel, noticed. They didn''t think we''d actually come. I looked embarrassed for a moment. ¡°Hello, Suzuki. ¡± ¡°It''s an honor to have you at our Official Announcement of the NEGA GEAR at the Pentagon. ¡± ¡°Perhaps I should remain curious as to the overlap between my Raon and the lineup. ¡± Let''s say hello. Suzuki raised his mouth slightly and asked me to shake his hand. ¡°You can count on it. ¡± Yeah, you''d better hope so... 113 < EP. 25: Counter of the NEGA (3) -Additional Revision- > ¡°You can count on it. ¡± Yeah, you''d better hope so... Suzuki and I smiled at each other holding hands. Shortly after, the production announcement of the NEGA began in a very lavish atmosphere. The home console industry was behind Mintendo a lot, and I recently had to give Laon the second title, but I felt the pride of the NEGA that was holding the first place so tightly that no one could follow it. Me and Kawaguchi sat at the table with the Pentagon''s plaque up and looked around the atmosphere of the chairman. ¡°The Third Party has a low attendance, unlike the lavish courtyard atmosphere. ¡± ¡°It seems that there are many companies loyal to Mintendo side. It''s relatively low. ¡± ¡°We''re doing our best to get the Third Party back together, but so far, the penetration rate is less than Mintendo. Rarely do I get the wrong company. ¡± Two years after the launch, the superfamily''s device penetration rate has been phenomenal at 85% of the next generation consoles, with the NEGA drive in second place at 9%. Laon was later ranked third at 6%. No matter how expensive royalty may be, this industry is a world where device penetration rates everything. With over a million superfamilies already launched in Japan, with over 80,000 new releases coming out of Raon¡­ The answer was already obvious. At that time, the interior lighting dimmed slightly and Suzuki, the gaming director representing the NEGA, stepped up to the top. Hmm, are we starting now? ¡°Hello, and in the meantime, thank you very much for attending our NEGA Gamemaking Conference. ¡± While looking around the intestine with a confident smile, Suzuki stepped out for a moment, made eye contact, and opened his mouth again. ¡°Our gaming industry is in a big crisis right now. But our customers, the gamers, don''t know it very well. the tyranny of the dinosaur company Mintendo. ¡± Hmm... It''s a dangerous idea to gain empathy like that from the start. The game company must battle only as a game. If you have a fun game, it''s because gamers buy a console by looking at only that one game. That''s why the exclusive games released by the First Party are so important. In the distant future, I knew that there were fan boys buying consoles that only Maridge and Karin believed in the legendary series of Mintendo''s consoles that had lost all their Third Parties. ¡°Mintendo is currently demanding immense royalties from the Third Party. And that''s what happens to gamers who love video games. To break the chain of this vicious cycle, everyone in this room has to work together against Mintendo. ¡± However, unlike the Pentagon, his mood was very cold. Because there were absolutely not enough third-parties at the venues in the country. Most of the people here are second parties to the NEGA. I also saw some companies that wanted to stay and stick to Mintendo. There were more than one or two works that made such a great game and still had low sales. For example, while we are currently holding a second party at the NEGA, Desaiya, the manufacturer of the next Mintendo Sword Ranger, may be considered the most notable victim. The reason why the Pentagon''s production announcement was successful was because no one knew that the Pentagon was going to announce a new kind of console. Many of the West De Parties were able to attend the event without any pressure because they only knew it was just a production presentation for a slightly more prominent gaming company. If the Pentagon had proclaimed that they were building a console before the announcement, the Third Parties would have gathered as much as Mintendo did. Suzuki looked slightly embarrassed by the cold president''s reaction than he expected. Then Kawaguchi, who was next to me, spoke to me. ¡°If I don''t get this right, I''m going to be in a headwind. ¡± ¡°Today is not just a production conference. As for the second parties, today is the shareholders'' meeting. I think I''m going to be able to trust the NEGA drive and decide whether I want to continue making games. ¡± Suzuki quickly turned up the projector''s switch to ventilate the reactions at the cool venue. At the same time, when the white screen in the center of the stage reminded me of the sales figures for the NEGA drives in North America and European markets today, the market started to panic. "Gosh... I put Sonic on it and sold a lot of it..." ¡°I can''t believe that''s the NEGA drive in North America.¡± ¡°Yeah, well, I thought I''d gone a few thousand more, but it''s almost equivalent to a superfamily. No, you''re a little ahead of yourself!? ¡± Then Suzuki''s face lifted one mouth tail and returned with a confident smile. ¡°As you can see, during the Christmas season, about 2.5 million of the NEGA drives were sold yesterday. It''s actually a little bit ahead of Mintendo''s superfamily sales, which is a competitor. ¡± ¡°Oh, that''s amazing. ¡± ¡°These sales figures were made possible by aggressive marketing, which lowered the net price of the NEGA drive and provided the most popular ''Sonic the Hedgehog¡¯ in the arcade center today as a bundle title. ¡± The sales graph of the NEGA drive certainly shocked the people gathered here. In the meantime, it has been very rare for Mintendo''s super family to be so driven by sales competition. Kawaguchi was also impressed by the amount of sales on the NEGA drive. ¡°This is... sneaking out of the country? ¡± ¡° ¡­¡­. ¡± I quietly folded my arms and focused on Suzuki''s presentation. Soon after, he calmed down the prowler. "The counterattack on the NEGA drive begins now. And then we''re going to introduce you to some new games that have the advantage of an outstanding computing CPU. The first game you''re going to see is this one. ¡± Suzuki stepped back from the stage with greetings and a full introduction began. The first game that appeared on the screen was one of the games representing the NEGA drive. Shining fresher? The second piece of Shining Fresher, which was very popular as a dungeon exploration RPG in the book, was changed to SRPG genre. Moreover, during the battle, the protagonist''s rear view was illuminated and he expressed a strong sense of perspective against the enemy. ¡°Huh? Was Shining Fresher originally an SRPG? ¡± ¡°Looks like you switched genres. ¡± The atmosphere of the interior slowly started to rise as the new shining refresher appeared. That battle map reminds me of Dragon Knight2 I enjoyed on PC when I was a kid... I slowly stroked my chin and watched a demonstration of Shining Fresher without saying a word. Soon after the demo video was ready, a message came to mind about the issue date. I spilled a bloody smile. - Released daily, March 22, 1992. - This looks a lot like Dragon Emblem II. ¡¯ A few more demonstrations of games specific to the NEGA drive that I was familiar with came out later. One of the things that responded well was Bear Knuckle, one of the most popular games in the game center, and Shinobi, one of the leading games in the country. Unlike mintendo first games, which can be described as a minority elite, NEGA, which has many of its own games through the implantation of arcade games, has quite a number of famous games just by name. Especially when the ¡®Golden Axe2¡¯ for NEGA drives was finally unveiled, the atmosphere within the venue was at its peak. ¡°Looks like the NEGA is going to blow up big time next year. ¡± ¡°I''m looking forward to this. ¡± Suzuki revealed the stage with a very satisfied look on his face. ¡°Thank you. This is a demonstration of the games that are coming out next year. ¡± With cheers and applause surrounding the president, I also quietly applauded Suzuki. ¡°Actually, I''m here to make a surprise announcement to you. ¡± Another shout came from Suzuki''s announcement at the event, where excitement had not yet subsided. ¡°Here''s some information about a new third-party game we''ve been discussing with our NEGA recently. It''s a little early because it''s not done with them, but it''s a small soft company that''s trying to get them into our country somehow. You were briefly introduced to Palmy Communications last month, right? ¡± Then Jun Fei, who was sitting at the table next to me, cried out, raising his butt. ¡°No way!? Tripos Soft?¡± Then Suzuki smiled and replied. ¡°That''s right. You must be the Pammy reporter. The title is not set yet, but enjoy. ¡± As soon as Suzuki''s words were finished and it got dark, the Kawaguchi next to me whispered in my ear. ¡°This is shocking. We were in the middle of a consultation with Tripos Soft, and I didn''t expect the NEGA to have a hand in it.¡± I smiled slightly at Kawaguchi''s words and replied. ¡°We''ll see about that. ¡± After a while, the view of the rainy town catches my attention as the bright sunlight shines on the screen. RPG games in a fantasy atmosphere were not so different from the ones that had come up so far. Just a little more graphic? But after a while. I didn''t know the mouths of those gathered at the chairman in the battle would shut. ¡°What is that? ¡± ¡°You think you can manipulate characters in combat?" People look stunned as the knight holding the shield and sword moves to the left and to the right to face the enemy directly. In fact, I have never seen a game that uses cross-scrolling in combat so many times before (such as Karin''s Legend 2), but I have never seen a game that embodies such a neat battle scene. The warrior who appeared on the screen was wielding a sword in his hand in battle and performing a unique battle scene. ¡°Wow!!!! ¡± As the warrior rushes toward the monster, she strikes the sword with all her might, and the wizard in the broom, who appears to be a colleague, flies a fireball behind him and assists him in his attack. A warrior who stopped a golem from swinging his fist at him with a shield, this time a priestess in a monk costume, immediately restored his HP. All of these battle animations were performed in a single battle scene using a cross-scrolling technique, and amazement came from the mouths of those gathered in the president. For RPG games of this era, turn-on battles were common, such as Dragon Warriors and Final Frontiers, because the battle motion shown on the screen was so dull that it was just an action game. The introduction of the voice system, which was especially heard in arcade games, surprised people once again. With a jump attack, the warrior thrusts his enemies into the right corner of the clash as he fires his sword at the approaching enemy from the left. ¡°Storm Blade!! ¡± ¡°Oooh!! Voice!!" Though it appeared to be an ordinary RPG, the work slowly faded out of the screen and disappeared into the darkness. ¡°That concludes our surprise announcement of Tripos Soft. ¡± Then Jun Fei, a Pammy reporter, asked Suzuki as if he was waiting. ¡°Are you sure that Tripos Soft announced production on the NEGA Drive Platform? ¡± Suzuki looked embarrassed for a moment at Jun Fei''s question and replied. ¡°We don''t have an answer yet from Tripos Soft. However, we can assure you that this video is live footage ported for your NEGA drive. ¡± Suzuki''s response that it was ported for the NEGA drive seemed to be somewhat positive. Kawaguchi also opened his mouth with a sad expression. ¡°If you''ve already completed that kind of battle scene, you can see that Tripos Soft is almost over the NEGA drive. ¡± ¡°Well, we don''t know that yet. ¡± I asked Suzuki, raising my hand slightly towards the smiling face. ¡°Suzuki, I have a question. Can I ask you a question? ¡± 114 < EP. 25: Counter of the NEGA (4) > There is an extra quantity added to the last painting. Please refer and read it. ------------------------- ¡°Suzuki, I have a question. Can I ask you a question? ¡± In my voice, the eyes of the people gathered at the venue turned towards me at once. ¡°Yes, please. ¡± ¡°The game you just showed me. Are you sure this is the port for the NEGA drive? Now, I know that the NEGA drives have a high CPU speed, but I know that the spriting feature is falling compared to the superfamily in the graphics section, and what you just showed me is that the graphics performance of the NEGA drives is much more ridiculous. ¡± Then Suzuki looked embarrassed at my question. ¡°From what I hear, the graphics quality is too high for a NEGA drive. ¡± At that time, the graphics performance of the NEGA drive was only half as dark as the Super Family''s overall color tone. Is that so? Most games are slightly duller than brighter colors. This also impacted the gameability of games that were subsequently created for NEGA drives, which is why games like Bear Knuckle and Michael Jackson had more indoor stages than light versus dark during the day. But Suzuki did not panic, he smiled relaxed. ¡°I think I can explain the answer to Joon-Hyuk''s question. ¡± And then after a while. An employee from the NEGA came up with something on the ground. The people in the venue tilted their heads at the appearance of the large and heavy instrument. The staff handed over the device to Suzuki and hurried down the platform. ¡°You will experience a new era from now on. This device that I have in my hand is going to be one of the biggest innovations in the gaming industry in the near future. ¡± Is that... is that it? Suzuki proudly presented us with the black device handed over to the staff. ¡°Introducing the new peripheral of the NEGA drive, the NEGA CD. ¡± ¡° ¡­¡­. ¡± Finally, there''s the great masterpiece. But, unlike what I thought, the people gathered here were looking at it with strange eyes. ¡°What is that? ¡± ¡°Are you using a CD? ¡± Just like enjoying the reactions of astonishing people, Suzuki slowly mounted the device he was holding in his hand under the NEGA drive, which was set up on a short trip. Then, with a click, the NEGA drive and the NEGA CD merged like a device. ¡°Wow!!!! ¡± Yeah... when I first saw that thing at my friend''s house when I was a kid, I thought I was gonna pee myself. The combination of electronic devices is a man''s desire for old times, for now, and for the far future. ¡°In the future, we will be free to use 650 mega of data beyond the regulation of our cartridge capacity. ¡± 650 mega data. In the early ''90s, it is not wrong that a single CD has a larger capacity than any other hard drive. However, there is no one-hemisphere for that extreme loading speed. Suzuki then began to seduce developers by appealing to the performance of the enhanced system when mounting the NEGA drive to the NEGA CD. ¡°This is exactly how we improved the graphics of the games we''re working on at Tripos. How did you hear back? Kang Jun-hyuk?¡± ¡°Excellent. But here''s the thing I''m worried about. Using high dose CDs is a good policy, but I think it will be slower to read data than cartridges, so what are you prepared for? You haven''t said a word about loading...¡± Suzuki hesitated for a moment, as if he had been hit hard, and gave the wrong answer to the question I asked. ¡°It''s hard to answer correctly because it varies greatly depending on the coding skills of the programmer. ¡± ¡®So you made a Sonic CD version that made you wait 10 seconds every single time you played? ¡¯ I wanted to say it like a pile of words, but I decided to quit because I wasn''t going to port the game for the NEGA drive anyway. The atmosphere of the venue was very welcoming to the birth of new peripherals that enhanced the performance of the device. However, once the price of the NEGA CD was released for a moment, the atmosphere of the venue cooled down in an instant. -NEGA CD Net Price 49,800 Yen. - ¡° ¡­¡­. ¡± What if one of the peripherals is more expensive than the main body? The NEGA has always used unique technologies that are ahead of their time, and if there is a problem, they are ahead of their time. The universalization of games on CD media has been going on since the mid-90s, whereas the NEGA CD is about four years ahead of them. The end of the NEGA CD I know is that I would try to use the blank capacity of the CD in my yard without even a high volume of data available, and I added voice to the high quality BGM or character and provoked gamers to purchase, but I know that it failed to replenish due to expensive prices and extreme loading speeds. As long as the number of game titles on the NEGA CD is within ten fingers, we''re done. Soon after all the new peripherals were explained, the last one to appear was a portable gaming device called the NEGA GEAR. The emergence of Gamboy in Mintendo and Laon by the Pentagon has already created an exclusive console route, and the mobile device market was not a particularly tasty one for the NEGA. The second party at the NEGA was also somewhat aware of the impact of mobile devices, so I was very much looking forward to the NEGA GEAR. And it was the same for me. I was curious about how my Raon will change the performance of the NEGA GEAR. But my expectations returned to me in a moment, a great disappointment. 8 bit CPU specs.. Play screen that does not properly animate Sonic''s fast movements and leaves a lasting impression. After hearing many things that were lacking, I was disappointed and quietly stood up. ¡°Kawaguchi, I''ll go back first. ¡± ¡°You''re leaving already? ¡± ¡°Seems like a waste of time here. ¡± I took the coat I had on my chair and snuck out of the venue. The road to the parking lot where the car was parked. Having paused for a moment, I pulled out a cigarette, looking at the event hall where the NEGA production announcement was held. "Did you expect too much from the country? At this level, you don''t even have to disclose the hand you''ve prepared. ¡¯ After a while, I put my cigarette out on a portable ashtray and got into the car. & December 24, 1991. Christmas Eve shines bright on every street with fun Carol. As a poll of children every year, it was a game machine that must be included in the TOP 3 if it was the most desirable gift for Christmas. The NEGA launched two new products aimed at the specifics of this Christmas: the NEGA CD from the production presentation and the GEAR, a portable console. Since pre-launch, NEGA has spent enormous marketing costs on high definition and high quality gaming environments via CDs, but the results are not¡­ ¡°What kind of peripheral costs 50,000 yen? ¡± ¡°I want it! Buy it!" ¡°No. What kind of gift do you want me to buy you for 50,000 yen? ¡± The streets are full of children who are being rear-massed by their mothers today... Watching consumers'' reactions at the Tamago Shop, I shook my head with a bleeding smile. The game is released simultaneously with only one Sonic the Hedgehog CD, the flagship game of NEGA. Despite the introduction of a new medium called the CD, consumers'' reactions were very cold. If this had been launched about three or four years ago, things might have been a little better, but this is the Great Depression. Even though the device''s performance has improved, nowadays, no one has spent 50,000 yen on peripherals. Is that so? The NEGA drive looked much more responsive than the NEGA CD, which cost a lot of marketing money to me. Meanwhile, the Tamago Shop in the Pentagon was also crowded with many customers during Christmas. It was largely thanks to the ability to run a vending machine that could immediately get the desired tamago before and after Christmas. Tamago monsters already added ''Tamago in Street Fire2¡¯ or ¡®Tamago in Final Fight¡¯, so there were five types of Tamago monsters in total, so children who wanted new Tamago monsters would easily pull out their devices. As a parent, many people who bought several Tamago monsters were noticeable because one Tamago monster was cheaper than buying an expensive game machine. Miyazaki and many other Pentagon employees were always busy dealing with the crowds during Christmas, but they were able to cheer each other up and finish Christmas Eve safely. ¡°Sir, you''ve done well. ¡± ¡°Well done, everyone. ¡± Tamago Monster is a way of selling using a vending machine, but I know it''s not easy to deal with people. After delivering the encouragement to the employees, I got in the car straight away. ¡°Senior, are you going to see Yuki now? ¡± Due to the public proposition at Tamago Shop, some employees sometimes asked Yuki how she was doing. But I replied with a smile, shaking my head horizontally. ¡°No, I''m going to headquarters. ¡± It''s Christmas Eve. ¡± ¡°There are people working late at the headquarters on Christmas Eve. ¡± ¡°Yes? Really? ¡± ¡°I''ll go first, then. ¡± I left the Tamago Shop with the staff greeting and headed straight for the Pentagon office. I bought a street snack near the company and walked into the office, and I heard a keyboard knocking somewhere in the quiet office. It was my second development team that followed the sound. Moss gains ¡°Hey, boss, are you here? ¡± ¡°Good work, everyone. Eat this. ¡± Putting the night snack street on the table, the staff started rushing in like angry predators. When they took the coffee out of the envelope and handed it to Hayashi and Maurita one by one, they got up from their seat and loosened their stiff waist. Nearly immediately after the completion of the Psychic Force, all employees who entered the Dragon Emblem 2 task were exhausted. ¡°I''m sorry, everyone. I didn''t want to keep you as late as possible...¡± Then one of the employees, who put the sandwich I bought in his mouth, shook his head and replied. ¡°No, it''s more fun. ¡± ¡°Thank you for saying that.¡± ¡°No, really. because every time I make a game that he designed, I get this kind of smile in my head because I don''t even know how they react. Can anyone imagine that Dragon Emblem 2 isn''t the SRPG we''ve all been looking forward to? ¡± 115 < EP. 26: Tae-dong (1) > January 1, 1992. Normally, New Year''s Eve is a Japanese culture where people stop by to worship their nearest shrine, but it is always the new year culture of ordinary people, and January 1 of 1992 was the trial day of Dragon Emblem 2, which they waited for. And yesterday, December 31st. For the first time in the country, the dedicated Arcade Center for Psychic Force was accessible early in the morning. Filled with just the substrate of the Psychic Force, according to the phrase ¡®for use only'', this place quenched the thirst of gamers who had been thirsty for their time. Jun Fei, who was well known in the game magazine, wrote a story in the review corner of his story that lost his life to the boss at the beginning, and it was very good for gamers. "I never thought Jun Pyo would have such a knack..." When I saw his writing, I felt heartfelt for a moment because of the expressiveness of the sentences that I felt so sorry for. I told him to look at society, but then he got blinded by diorama figures. In a way, it''s more than causality. It''s a goofy one. How dare you sneak up on me with Yuki and push me into a public profession? It''s the same thing. I stopped in the basement parking lot of the building and climbed the stairs with my briefcase as usual. Before I went to the store, I threw a cigarette on the floor and took the candle to my mouth. "Oh my¡­ there were so many people waiting for Dragon Emblem 2? ¡¯ Even though it was only a trial release, the download queue wrapped around the building and stretched out to the square in front of the train station. However, if there was one landscape that was slightly different from the old one, everyone was enjoying communication warfare with a Raon in each hand. Some say Street Fire 2... some say Slam Dunk... A single customer enjoyed a final frontier or dragon emblem with earphones in their ears. Thanks to you, everyone was enjoying the game while keeping the line open. ¡°Sir!? Are you here already?¡± As I turned my head to the voice calling me, Miyazaki, who was promoted to Tamago Shop Manager from today, was waving his hands at me. Although young, there was no employee to challenge her assistant manager because she had always been number one in the ''Temple of the Month'' votes. ¡°Hello, Miyazaki. Congratulations on your promotion!¡± ¡°Thank you. It''s all thanks to your kindness.¡± ¡°What did I do? It''s like they''ve chosen Miyazaki." Then she blushed and avoided my gaze. ¡°You seem to be very busy today, by the way. Are you familiar with how to use the sharer for data downloads? ¡± ¡°Of course! As soon as the Pentagon staff upgraded the shareholders after closing last night, I won first place!¡± Miyazaki took the flash memory cartridge out of his shirt pocket and waved it at me. That''s when we hear the whispering voices of those who were waiting to see us. ¡°Did that woman over there already download the trial? ¡± ¡°Yeah, I think he works for the Pentagon. I envy...¡± She sneezes out of her tongue and disappears into the stadium, embarrassed by the voices of the people. After a while, the shutter goes up with a ringtone indicating the opening after the inspection of the data-sharer on the other side of the Tamago-shop, and the Urs start to arrive without a chance to say hello. ¡°Ma''am, please line up in front of each sharer. ¡± Employees who had already experienced several events began to skillfully re-organize the lines between guests. With the help of the staff, the trial of Dragon Emblem 2 began to circulate smoothly. Individually placed next to the data sharer, associates received a flash memory cartridge from a guest to help copy the Dragon Emblem 2 trial. At that time, the dragon emblem''s epic theme song flowed from the mouths of those who were waiting to download. ¡°Wow, I''m so excited to hear a real title song. ¡± ¡°I wonder what cruel story you''re going to tell this time...¡± My heart felt hot for the conversation of the two men standing in the queue. I stepped back for a moment and kept some distance from them. Each person has approximately three to four minutes to download the Dragon Emblem trial. For the first time, users who were distributed the trial were sitting on tables arranged inside the shop and rotating the trial. Soon after, people started tilting their heads. ¡°What is this?" ¡± ¡°Looks like the genre has changed. ¡± Users were having a curious reaction to the character creation window that appeared on the screen. Then, to some extent, some players who were familiar with the game quickly finished creating characters and entered the script. ¡°This interface is like a foster simulation, right? ¡± ¡°Ugh!? Really?¡± Then a few questions came to them in the queue waiting for the download. ¡°Breeding Simulation!? Are you serious??" ¡°Has the genre changed? A nurture simulation, Princess Maker?? ¡± Simulation of breeding for gamers in this period was not an unfamiliar genre. Last fall, we created a new genre called the Breeding Simulation for "Making Princesses" at Kainax. Before that, of course, there was a character-building game similar to Princess Maker, but in raising one character to the user''s preference, Princess Maker of Kainax called the cornerstone a monumental work of chopping in a genre called the Breeding Simulation. However, the drastic RPG game, Dragon Emblem, which had been extremely difficult, suddenly transformed into a cultivation simulation, was related to the defeat of ''Saint Croel¡¯, which I showed at my Pentagon production presentation last year. The era of the two dragon emblems, when the Holy King was defeated and resurrected, once again ruled the human world, was creating a very dark atmosphere from the Prologue. When the game started, players were able to obtain initial figures within the parameters defined for their age, occupation and specialization, starting with the character''s gender. It was very similar to the dungeons & dragons, which were TRPGs, which were the beginning of RPGs. Once the character is created, users will be shocked again in a simple prologue. Because the world that was thrown in front of them was already 200 years after the defeat of King Croel. The players who were burned in revenge by the loss of the main character rushed again, shouting for the Demon King, but the situation for them was worse than they thought. In such situations the player''s story begins in a small mountain village. If you choose your profession as a warrior or wizard, as a mercenary who protects the town from monsters... If you choose a priest, you can take care of the town''s sick or produce potions as a pharmacist... If you choose a bard, you are a musician who brings peace to the people of the village. Whenever I chose a job, I was able to become a member of a town and raise a character. Gamers of this age have a lot of fun. It is because I do not need to create a tutorial at the beginning of the game as in the future, but I understand the system of the game on my own. And that is the stubbornness of the old gamers. Users who play games in this era will later be referred to as the "Old Gamer," but even in the increasingly complex game play, the habit of skipping tutorials was also in the distant future. ¡®Hasa... I only woke up five times with a sword to kill a boss who could easily wake up with a flaming bottle... And now Old Gamers really care about game items? We don''t have to pack it up when we''re dead.We ''ll use it for emergencies someday. I should have used it in an emergency, but I didn''t have to carry the end with me once or twice¡­¡¯ I watched the growing number of Dragon Emblem 2 players as I swallowed a cup of coffee and swallowed a bloody smile. ¡°You''ve only got one character... What kind of job do you want? ¡± At that time, a curiously quick player came up with a strange hypothesis. ¡°Warriors, wizards, priests, archers, bard. This is the beginning of a heroic career, isn''t it? So it''s possible to change classes later? ¡± ¡°Oops!! Really?¡± ¡°I think there''s something more to the plot than this...¡± ¡°Then I should be an archer. Noctis from the palace... I honestly preferred Noctis to Croel. ¡± ¡°Then I am the Wizard of Woman. Will I ever be a flamethrower like Mirea...? ¡± Those who were confused because their genres had changed without any notice immediately began to enjoy Dragon Emblem 2 with excited eyes. In fact, the reason you can only create one character is also one of the systems from the masterpiece. Have you noticed that yet...? At that time, a player asked to kill monsters outside the village opened his mouth. ¡°Huh? This isn''t a combat system. ¡± ¡°What? Why?? ¡± ¡°When attacking, you can attack by pressing on it, and when attacking, you can defend yourself by timing it well. ¡± ¡°What is it? An RPG, then? ¡± ¡°No, the initial screen is clearly a breeding simulation, but if you get a quest, you can go outside like an RPG." ¡°I was asked by a pharmacist to make an item out of ingredients. ¡± ¡°Ugh?? What the hell...¡± ¡°I don''t think so. I''m gonna go home and play it slow. ¡± The confused users rushed out of the venue with their bags. ¡®No, why is there a director who has created a game in front of his eyes, and no one asks him how to play it!! ¡¯ I played videos that people had prepared before they left the venue. The people who suddenly stepped into the video stopped there and looked at the screen on the ceiling. ¡°Huh¡­? What is it?¡± Inside the screen was a dragon emblem with a theme song explaining how to play a simple game. And after a while... Chan''s mouth became louder and louder as he noticed the character''s prowess and consequent scenario changes. It was just the tip of the iceberg that made the character in the beginning and raised it. Of all the fun games I used to have when I was a kid... There was a game called War Crasher made in Blizzard. Strategic simulations of massive battles between humans and Orcs created massive online RPGs based on a complete and detailed worldview. That''s what I wanted to accomplish with Dragon Emblem 2. The perfect, dense world view. First things first. The video that was playing on the screen ended with a single line of sentences at the end. - The last player to win the Great War... will be the main character in Dragon Emblem 2. - "... Whoa... Whoa!!!!!" 116 < EP. 26: Taekdong (2) > - The last player to win the Great War... will be the main character of Dragon Emblem 2. - "... Whoa... Whoa!!!!" That quote will be announced in a magazine later, but it''s true. I''m thinking of an ending based on the first player to finish all the Dragon Emblem 2 scenarios first. Hmm...? Didn''t you just feel something was a little strange? Planning an ending to a game that''s already been made, it doesn''t make sense. However, if you explain it like this, everyone will understand at once. - The second story of the Dragon Emblem consists of three songs in total. - Now, don''t I get the feeling? To accurately appeal to dragon emblems, users had to convey the feeling of exploring the world firsthand rather than story-driven games. So in one story, I went on to the third episode of Dragon Emblem, where I felt the cartridge was running low on capacity to explain everything. First of all, the basic interface of the first dragon emblem 2 was very similar to the ''breeding simulation'' as any user had just said. At the beginning of the game, the character created by the player has been helping the village in a cabin on the outskirts of a small town with lost memory settings for several years. The user performs a quest in a town that is initially assigned to the job of their choice and grows the character. and earn stat points for leveling up You can develop your own character by directly dividing them, but depending on the points you allocate, you can transfer jobs into different jobs. ''And in it, of course, hides the Hidden Classes that I have prepared.'' Dragon Emblem 2 begins by reclaiming the human territory ruled by the Demon King''s army. The goal of Dragon Emblem2''s first story is to prosper a small village, to help the villagers carry out their quests, to empower them, and then to reclaim the first and second territories controlled by the Demon King''s direct reports. What is unusual about this is the local reclaim mission, where you can enter the Maestro Castle Tower garrisoned by using certain items that can be obtained while enjoying a single story. Players were also able to use their characters to form a total of four parties to carry out the mission of destroying the Maestro Tower. "Two towers on a 50-story hellish level..." & As the trial of Dragon Emblem 2 began to unfold, Raon became another major social issue. Just as numerous users have flocked to the Akiba Tamago Shop to download games since the first day of the new year, gaming stores across the country that are contracting with the Pentagon have been shattered by the explosion of users. In some areas, there was only one store that had signed with the Pentagon, so people were badly humiliated. Is that so? With the trial distribution, Raon''s purchases increased explosively and reached a point where Raon''s body and software could not be found anywhere in the country. In front of the door of the game shop in Akiba recently, as if to prove it, there was a phrase that reads: -RAON has been sold. - Well, the Tamago-shop, which is the Pentagon Soft headquarters, doesn''t have anything, but where is it? "I''m sorry, sir. Raon is due in next week." "How far in? Will you be able to live with yourself that day? "The quantity is still undetermined, but the number of customers who have booked since the beginning of the year is difficult to confirm. I''m sorry." "Why can''t I buy it when I have money?!!" On one user''s heartbeat, the deputy manager, Miyazaki, apologized several times. Some guest missing time. I bought a bunch of freshmen from a donut shop nearby and came back to the store. "I wanted something sweet. Thank you. Sir." Miyazaki slashed a mouthful of donuts and smiled at me widely. "Hard, isn''t it? I''m sorry. It takes some time to produce the display, so the factory itself is almost at an all-stop state¡­" "I went out a lot last year, but the demand seems to have increased dramatically since Dragon Emblem 2." "I can tell you that I''ll contact you if you make a reservation, but there are guests who come with me every day." "Looks like we''ll have some loose ends in the next week or so..." "I really hope so. There are some people who are very angry and visiting..." "I''m sorry. I''ll call the Ritex and tell them I need them to move a little faster." "Thank you, sir." "Well, I''m going back to headquarters. I''ve been in the shop so much lately, Hayashi''s been making so much noise..." Having packed my bag, I said hello to the staff and headed to the underground parking lot. & Raon''s explosive popularity was a huge part of the Dragon Emblem 2 trial. In fact, at this time, the trial was more precious than the script. Simply put, the ''Psychic Battle Trial'' was a good example, and as a reward for users who completed the stage before issuing, it was distributed in very small quantities and could not be obtained even if they wanted to. In addition, unlike Chendra''s game performance, the slightly unfinished feeling was more stimulating to the small group. However, if Raon only had a flash memory cartridge, anyone could download the trial and enjoy the game. Moreover, even the woom-up level trial was getting a big response from users because they knew the composition well. That night, as usual, I prepared a warm cup of tea on my desk and tried to get in touch with the PC. - Mr. K has entered the room. - Good morning, Mr. K. - Nice to meet you. I entered the community chat room and began to look at the conversation of the day as I greeted people. A year ago, the story of Valentine''s Day was becoming a big topic, and the recent release of the Dragon Emblem was heating up. After a short greeting, the conversation quickly began to flow back to the dragon emblem theme. - I''ve been playing catch-up all night, and now it''s level 5... isn''t this game really too salty? - - I don''t feel like clearing out monsters around town will level me up well. - - More than that... it''s already the 20th character. - I''m the 38th character. - - Damn it, it''s just a trial. If a character dies in the first place, the game is over... I wrote an answer at the end while looking at people''s reactions. - If you say so, you''ll be the first to run and buy the DM2... But now that Raon''s body is empty, if the DM2 comes out... I feel like I need to start a war... - You must buy it during the first quantity. If you''re unlucky, we''ll have to wait until the 2nd and 3rd quantities are sold out. - I''ve never paid a full price for a Raon game. - - Goddamn rednecks. I didn''t even have to play it anyway, but if I dropped something, I sold it for another 3-4,000 yen. I can see a lot of people in this community marketplace. - -I think we need to get rid of a few members. - Let me ask you a question. Who in this room has taken the DM Trial Level 10? - Level -10?? My wish is to go above level 5 without dying. - - If this thing dies, we''re gonna have to rebuild the character first... At that time, one user, who had been still, intervened in the conversation. - I''m 9 now. Just a few more quests and you''ll be ready for Level 10. - - I''m 8, I''m still in the middle of an experience, but what about level 10? - - Maybe the DM trial is the last one. - - Oh, yeah? So did you take 10? - - Yeah, about an hour ago, I hit 10. However, no matter how many monsters you catch in an hour, your EXP percentage won''t increase. - But you''re amazing. What kind of character do you have? - - A warrior, but a rather unusual warrior. - - A strange warrior? - It''s annoying how many times I''ve died, and this character has invested all of his stats in defense each time he level up, and he has been transferred to level 10. - Can you get a job on level 10? - - Hey, what did you do for a living? Can I choose a job? - As soon as you get to level 10, you''ll see a notification window and it''ll automatically turn into a shield knight. And where it was marked blank on the interface, it said, "Tanker." - What the hell is that? - The Position description says "Guardian of the Allies at the Front." - - Protector of our allies? Yaaaa! This is cool. - - Wait, I think I''ll level up as soon as I get back to town. - Congratulations. What did you do for a living? - - Oh, I''m a warrior. - - So you''re a tank because you''re the same warrior? - - I hit the offensive side more than I hit the defensive side. You have just received a notification of your former role. - - Oh, I envy you. - I want a job, too. But the man who had been on the job had not said anything since. Thanks to this, the people in the chat room continued to ask a lot of questions about their previous jobs, as if they were rushing. And after a while... - I was assigned a Two-Handed Exam. - Two-hand examination? What is that? What is a position? - - Well, I''m a dealer. Position description is "Deadly Gladiator"... - - Cool, dealer... how''d you raise your character? - - I''m aggressive and hands-on. - What do you like to do with your hands up? - - When you hit or stop an enemy, your timing variation gets a little wider. So it''s a little easier to put up a fight or to defend. But if your defenses are weak and your timing fails, it hurts a lot¡­ - - Ah!! So after leveling up, your job or position changes depending on your stats? - - I think so. The defensive side is called the Tanker, and the aggressive side is called the Dealer... Then some of the people in the chat room screamed. - Aah!! Every time all the stats came in, I raised them one by one in order, and even my intelligence... Do warriors need intelligence? - - Oh, so we have to raise him again? - At that time, a shield knight named Tanker asked the user who became the dealer. - Hey... if you just transferred, did you open the Hobb Goblin Dungeon Quest? - - Oh, yeah. Just now. But is this...? - What is it? Will a new quest window open when I switch? - After a while, the two-handed prosecutor spoke. - I can''t do this quest on my own. You will need 4 users who achieve Level 10 - Looking at the chat room, I smiled as I swallowed a sip of herbal tea. 117 < EP. 26: Taekdong (3) > - I can''t do this quest on my own. You will need 4 users who achieve Level 10 - Looking at the chat room, I smiled as I swallowed a sip of herbal tea. But how do you get to be four? The enclosed data cable is for two people. - Oops... I quickly tapped the keyboard to a user''s question. -Oh, I heard about the Tamago Shop staff today, and they''re selling cable for four at the shop this weekend. - - Really? So there''s really four of us who can take on a dungeon? - - Amazing how four people get together to play the game. It''s a four-man party, and apparently, the Psychic Force is recruiting clan members, too. - -8 player battles, but a lot of users play 2: 2 or 4: 4 in tag format. So it''s not the most popular joke in the game center recently. A few months ago, Spa 2 or Sonic were the most popular... - Spa 2 is fun, but also the legend of the wolves from SMK recently. - - You''re talking about the guy in the red hat? - Terry? - Compared to Spa 2, each character has its own story, and it''s a little difficult to write skills, but the character is big and it tastes cool. - As the subject of the conversation naturally moved toward the duel, I took a moment to sit down in a chair. Lean back and wring the stiff back of my neck. ¡°Can I play for a while? ¡± I stopped talking with the community members and picked up Raon, who was placed next to the hub car. Tiring ~ With an uplifting sound, a letter RAON appeared in the center of the screen, and moments later the game information contained in the current flash cartridge appeared on the gray screen. From the list that says Slamdunk and Dragon Emblem II trials, I chose DM 2 and focused on the game with my fingers lightly extended. Once I used the character, it was a preliminary survey before I went up as a priest called copy. The character I am currently playing is level 9. It was a result of playing at home after work. Characters of the Clergy family have too much experience in combat to gain experience. They usually gain experience through Gathering Quests. So the level up was much slower than other occupations. In fact, the graphic level of the Dragon Emblem is not yet well within my standards. Look for similar-looking graphics of the games I''ve played in the past. I don''t know... Ogre Tactics? Of course, the dot graphics that were misdensely represented in the little screen clearly differed from the graphics of the competing varieties, but they were also not superior. Graphically speaking... yeah, like the ones from the Super Family at dusk? When playing singles in Dragon Emblem 2, priests always had to carry mercenaries because they had to fight one-on-one with many enemies if they didn''t hire event mates or mercenaries. Dragon Emblem 2 has a slightly different way of playing depending on the job, but the priestly character I was playing was one of the most challenging. "But a character you shouldn''t lose in party play..." In the combat map, the priest needed some control because the amount of recovery of the skill varies depending on the timing of the button. A quest or two would make me level 10, too. ¡¯ I wandered the Fairy Forest in search of materials that received an intermediate quest guaranteeing some experience. During the battle with the enemy, I was busy hiding behind the mercenaries I hired to restore them. You were able to use the Recovery Skill by moving your character and pressing the Y button. At the same time, if any of the mercenaries died, they could be completely destroyed, so I kept an eye on their HP and gave them a steady recovery skill to keep them half their health. After gathering all the quest items, I led the mercenaries back to town and completed the quest. Bababambam!! At the end of the quest, an effect has been heard informing you of the level up. At the top of the screen, a message window reminded me that I had switched to a new job. - Marcus went on to become a healer. - As soon as I got to character level 10, I re-engaged in community conversations. - I just took a level 10 photo. - Mr. K. What character did you become? - Position is healer. - - How did you grow copy? It was very difficult to raise because I had to hire mercenaries for every quest... - - So this is the only room with three Level 10 users. Shit... I have to raise him fast too. - At that time, a user who had served as a shield knight spoke to me. -Mr. K., are you free this weekend if you are a resident of Tokyo? - Is everything all right? - - I''m going to the Tamago Shop to buy a data cable this weekend, if you have time, would you like to join me in the Hop Goblin Dungeon? - Then the Dual Sword Warrior swiftly intervened in our conversation. - I live in Tokyo. I''d like to participate. - - Is the party already started for three? So there''s still one spot left? - Do you mind if I take a look around? - - Me, too. I want to watch. - The atmosphere of the chat room began to heat up again with the story of the Dragon Emblem, thanks to us having a party in an instant. At that time, a user with the nickname ''Momojiro¡¯ gave a different euan to the people in the chat room. - But don''t you think we should definitely go to Tamago-shop this weekend? What if we sell all the data cables for four people? Don''t you have to buy one to hold a party and challenge it later? - - Oh, I didn''t think so. Like the genius of Momoi. - - Yeah, that, too. Well, let''s start at Tamago-shop this weekend. Time opens in Tamago Shop. - What do you think? - Oh, you think? Actually, I''ve always wondered who they were. I''ll wear a white hat on a black Adidas bag. - - I''ll wear a green beanie on a red jumper to make it look good. - Well, this is what online meetings used to be like when you didn''t have a phone yet. You can tell me what clothes and accessories to wear that day, or you can tell me what shape you''re in. Then the shield knight user asked me. What kind of outfit will mr. K be in? - - I''ll... meet you in front of the Tamago Shop and we''ll figure it out. - - Oh, well, if only there were three or four people at the entrance, we''d know about it. - Others agreed. - This is gonna be fun. Those of you who have reached level 10 of the Dragon Emblem that day will have their own party to challenge. - - It''s level eight now. We''re going to explode. - - Don''t overdo it. It''s sad to die. - - But is there a woman in our community? - No one has answered his wild question like a lie... & And a few days later, the day of destiny dawned. After I finished showering and changed into light clothes, I called Jun Fei before leaving the house. After a long beep, I heard the voice of the drunken one. ¡°Hello...¡± ¡°Come out to Tamago-shop right now. ¡± ¡°Ugh¡­ huh? Joon-Hyuk, what happened this morning? I can''t believe I''m going to the Tamago Shop.¡± ¡°There''s a fun event at the Tamago Shop today. So take a good picture and put it in a magazine. ¡± ¡°Are you¡­? No. Your Dragon Emblem 2 has kept me up all night since the beginning of the year, and I''m tired of it. ¡± ¡°Oh, I see. Okay, well, I''ll call another magazine. Rest well.¡± ¡°¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ Wait. ¡± ¡°Huh?" ¡°Let''s see what kind of event you''re listening to. ¡± ¡°Oh, I''m going to sell four-person data cables at the Tamago Shop for Raon starting today. ¡± ¡°Cable? You''re calling me because of a cable? ¡± ¡°No. I''m going to party with users who have taken a level 10 demo of the Dragon Emblem. ¡± ¡°I took a level 10 photo yesterday too. I''ll be right there. ¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± He''s easy to handle... A moment later, when I arrived at the Tamago Shop underground parking lot, I looked at the front door, just in case it was open yet. Then I noticed a man in a green beanie in a red jumper. ¡®I haven''t even opened the shop yet, but I''m already here. ¡¯ I entered the store through the Tamago Shop Staff entrance rather than pretending to know it right away. ¡°Oh, Director Kang Jun-hyuk. Hello!" ¡°Hello, sir." ¡°Good morning, everyone. Are you done with your Battle Zone setup? ¡± ¡°Yes, I closed and prepared it last night. ¡± A male employee standing next to Miyazaki smiled confidently and pointed to the Battle Zone. Following the staff''s hand, he turned his eyes and until yesterday there were four seats dedicated to the Dragon Emblem. ¡°This is great. ¡± ¡°We have a small camera attached to each table that allows you to broadcast the play screen directly to your screen. ¡± ¡°Great, but I can''t keep changing the Battlezone display every time I do an event like this...¡± Then one day, Miyazaki, the deputy manager who approached me, said to me, ¡°When the party system for Dragon Emblem 2 is activated, we''ll need more space. What do we do?" ¡± ¡°I''m still trying to figure it out. It''s close to the station, so it''s nice to have a neck and a clean interior, so it''s a good idea to set up a dedicated dragon emblem a little distance away. ¡± ¡°A shop dedicated to dragon emblems, I can''t help but get excited. ¡± Am I...? I''m afraid that if the party goes to hell while Reid''s running there, they''ll strangle each other and fight... I encouraged the staff to clap with a bleeding smile. ¡°Well, let''s open it up. ¡± ¡°Yes, sir. ¡± A tightly closed shutter door was opened with strong staff answers. At the same time, bright morning sunlight started pouring into the store through the window. ¡°Oh, they''re already waiting for you. ¡± Miyazaki said, I smiled and replied. ¡°These are my guests. ¡± As soon as the shutter went up, I walked up to a group of people who were circling the inside of the store and opened the front door wide. You''re the game community. Critical. ¡± A man in his early 20s who was wearing a red jumper to my question opened his mouth with an awkward expression. ¡°Well, how did you know? ¡± I relaxed one mouth tail up to his question. ¡°Hello, I''m Mr. K. ¡± ¡°Ah ~ Mr. K¡­ yes!? ¡± ¡°Greetings, Critical. ¡± 118 < EP. 26: Taekdong (4) > After a while, I had a simple tea party in the staff lounge inside the Tamago Shop, separately gathering the critical members. A total of eight members, including myself, had never met before and were making strange faces. When I explained to them that I had a separate event zone for the ''Hop Goblin Dungeon'' party play we were going to play today, everyone was surprised to see me. "So... Mr.K is Kang Jun-hyuk, the developer of Dragon Emblem, and you want me to demonstrate the dungeon attack we''re going to play today while people are watching?" "Yes, it is. So, by the way, how many people here have taken a level 10 shot?" Then about five people raised their hands. Then Jun Pyo and I are seven... and we''re one short. Then Miyazaki, who was behind me, raised his hand slightly and said. "Sir, I have a Level 10 character over there." "Oh, really? Perfect timing, but it would have been a shame to show you one party play and then at least two." Then one of the ''critical'' members opened his mouth. "Hey, I didn''t confirm that we''re in the event yet." So I answered the same bluntly. "Really? I was going to give the full edition of Dragon Emblem 2 to those of you who participated today for free, but unfortunately," Then I was shocked at the faces of the critical members. "You''re just going to play a game and give it to me?" "Our Pentagon will also be able to see enough promotional effects thanks to your play. So, of course, I think you should be rewarded. " The members nodded and agreed to my answer. The members'' minds were slightly shaken, but I offered them a proposition again. "Well, what do you do? Will you be attending the event? Of course, there is no coercion. If you don''t want to, you can just watch. But I can promise you one thing... " I looked at the curious members for a moment, then said. "I''m sure it''ll be a fun experience. You will be remembered as the first users to play ''Monster Raid'' on Dragon Emblem." "Ah¡­" First. Best. Is there another word that would excite a man this much? Just a small group of critical members who wanted to play together, nodded slowly to my words and said they would all attend. ''Yes, of course it looks like this.'' & And a little more time. Some people gather in the afternoon. A speaker installed inside the Tamago Shop suddenly announces a surprise event as it flows through the dragon emblem''s theme song. - In a few moments, there will be a Monster Raid for those of you who reach the Dragon Emblem Character Level 10 in the Battle Zone. If you are interested in playing the Dragon Emblem party, we invite you to join us in the Battle Zone today. Once again... "Hmm? Monster Raid? What''s that?" "Well... is this about Dragon Emblem 2?" "Is party play called Raid?" "I don''t know what it is, but let''s go." On Miyazaki''s announcement, the people in the store began to walk in front of the Ur Battle Zone. As I was already preparing to demonstrate with the critical members on the Battle Zone, I felt suffocated by the immersion of people. Soon after, the battle zone quickly surrounded its guests, and Tayama, the shield knight player, was nervous and swallowed dry saliva. Standing nearby, I cheered him on by tapping his shoulder during the application. "Pay no attention to the spectators, but pay attention to the game." "Oh, yes. This is the second party we''re gonna play, right?" "Yes. For now, after the ratings of the first party comprised exclusively of critical members, Takama and I, and Miyazaki, we met earlier. " "Huh? Well, aren''t there three? I thought Raid was a four-man party." "Well, there''s still one less..." At that moment, I heard Miyazaki''s voice behind my back. "Senior!! Jun Pyo just got here." "I''m sorry I''m late." "Why are you so late? I called him right away this morning¡­" "You''ll be back soon because you have a car, but not me. Do you know how long it takes for Akihabara to get on the train from my house? I''m so tired of working late until dawn." I answered Jun Fei''s grumbling complaint with one ear. "You and I are going to have a second party. Just take a break." "What, are there two parties?" "There are eight of you and me." "Gosh, are there eight people who have taken a level 10 photo on this hellish difficulty? I think it''s even more amazing..." "I made it possible for you to clear." "Oh, my! It''s like the cat is thinking of me." Jun Fei made fun of me with a disgusting expression. However, it is true that none of the games I have made so far have any games that I can enjoy comfortably. But games like that don''t really work. Even if the Pentagon doesn''t make it, there''s plenty of it from other manufacturers... Mintendo''s games, for example, tend to be the opposite of the Pentagon, often release a lot of work that all ages can enjoy smiling¡­ Every gaming company has its own color. Even if you use a genre called "Valentine''s Day," like the Luigi Mansion, which was made in Mintendo in the 2000s, there were cute ghosts and laughter codes that the kids couldn''t help but enjoy. In that sense, the color of the Pentagon is very hard. With just the announcement of the title Dragon Emblem 2, manic users were often excited and excited to sweat on their hands. It''s not like they don''t play the Supermaridge either, but instead of a game where everyone can clear just a little bit, they can endure the agony and clear just a little while, no matter how hard. The sensation of Qataris gives players great satisfaction. That''s why I still haven''t forgotten the look people made when they first unravelled the dragon emblem. - What extreme difficulty will this work show me, and what reverse will it hit me with? - This was why users liked Pentagon Soft''s games. And I thought I could use their psychology. After a while. Always'' Battle Monster ''in the Battle Zone!'' The host who was chanting came up on stage. Behind him, four community members who were stiffened with tension slowly sat on a chair set on the table and took out their Raon. "Good morning, everyone. I''m here today to give you a special update on the Dragon Emblem Trial of Party Play." "Waaaahhhh!" "Haha! Thank you for your support. Ha. G. Unfortunately, I have never played a four-player RPG game before, so I hope you''ll understand if the relay is a little clumsy." "Huh? So this is your first time watching a party play?" "Yes, it is. So maybe we''re watching the historic moments of the Dragon Emblem series together." "Oh-oh!" "Let me introduce you to some of the first players to challenge Monster Raid. The first person I''d like to introduce to you is Nakamura, the leader of the first party. " Waking up at the introduction of the host, Nakamura bowed his head, blushing his face at the applause of the users. "Hello, Nakamura. Tell users a little bit about the job and position you''re building." "Character jobs are founders. Positions are tankers." "The ''tanker'' that Nakamura speaks of is the position to protect his colleagues at the forefront of the party. It says here that the enemy is more defensive than any other profession, and that it can defend against attacks while drawing attention to itself!" The moderator smiled brightly, showing people the script he was holding. After the introduction to the rest of the players, the moderator once again explained the job and position of the first party. "The first party to enter the Hobb Goblin dungeon is the Lancer, the Angle Archer, the Thief, and the Drug Master. In position, tankers, dealers, dealers, healers. You can see that. In terms of RPGs, I think it''s a party structure that''s fundamental. " Whether employees who see society are also knowledgeable about gaming. I added a friendly description and explained it easily. "So I''m going to start with the first Raid of the Dragon Emblem that you''ve all been waiting for. A big round of applause for those of you from the gaming community who participated in the event. Please. " "Waaaahhhh! Good luck!" "I''m also a member of a critical community! I came from Nagoya on purpose!!" "Ouch!! Here we go!!" Participants take a small sigh if they are intimately nervous and raise the power button on Raon. We have already checked the battery in case the game may turn off in the middle and have secured the data cable as well. Soon, the small cameras in Raon''s dragon emblem in their hands put it on the ceiling. The four installed projectors were sprayed with images. "Now, for the first time in the history of dragon emblems, or portable gaming machines, four players have finally come together to play. Here''s another surprise event for you. Has anyone here reached character level 10?" Several of the user''s hands flashed in the host''s question. "Ahhh!! If you just touched your hand, you can attend the Hop Goblin Dungeon event. Go to the counter now and validate your level 10 character to participate Sign up and receive free Dragon Emblems 2 for all users participating today. " "Wow!! Amazing!!" "Hey, I''m level 8 now, can I level up here and join the event right away?" The host, who was asked the unexpected question, turned his head toward me to take a quick look at me. Then we gave him a silent nod, and the moderator smiled broadly. I screamed. "It''s possible!!" As permission fell from the host''s mouth, the people gathered in front of John of the event began to pull Raon together. I was embarrassed that everyone was taking the same action in one mind, so I called the moderator and adjusted the time to attend the event. "If you want to challenge the ''Hobb Goblin Dungeon'' using a character who has reached level 10, please contact the counter for only one hour from now." "I have to apply first. I came here just in case anyone wants to take a quest with me, but what a piece of cake!!" People with a level 10 character started running to the counter saying they could get a free Dragon Emblem 2. "Now, let''s really start the Hop Goblin Dungeon event." Is everyone ready for the first round? " At the host''s question, the users who were sitting at the table nodded. On the white screen hung from the ceiling, all four characters were floating through the quest window ''Dungeon of Hop Goblins''. "Of course!! Get Started!!" The first members look at each other briefly, nodding, and pressing the A button at the same time. Then the wagon on which the players'' characters boarded the game screen set out for the Dungeon of Hop Goblins. After the loading screen of the wagon and switching to the first stage of the dungeon, a ''huff'' came out of everyone''s mouth who was watching the screen. Even the host who had to host the event cried out in tears at the familiar game screen. "Ah!!! This is on the screen!! This is!!!!" The moderator is emotionally stunned and his facial muscles are trembling. "Simulation RPG format!! Dragon emblem''s system was alive!!" "Whoa!!!!!" "This one!! I knew it!!" Whether I felt shy in the shouts of thousands of people, I smiled and stole my nose. The MMORPG radar system will appear in the next 10 years. It''s not fancy graphics, it''s not like parties and giant bosses are swarming, but I''ve been decorating the dragon emblem bay radar system for my current retro life. Tactics Simulation RPG system that moves a character of its own each turn and fights an enemy... 119 < EP. 27: Monster Raid (1) > Before the battle begins. I got up for a moment and handed over the microphone from the host. After stepping onto the stage and simply saying hello, you told the demonstrators what to watch out for before placing an ally. ¡°Before the battle begins, there are a few things I''d like to tell you about the monster raid system. Some of the users who have not participated in the raid today were asked this question, and some of you were wondering if four-player party quests were absolutely necessary to play with other players. My answer to this is no. is. Four-player multiplayer is purely an option for users. It doesn''t currently appear in the trial version, but in a future full version you can hire level 10 mercenaries and use them to enjoy a solo raid. Occasionally there are quests available for Hidden characters as colleagues at the village tavern, so we want you to enjoy the full edition. However, for more challenging dungeons, multiplayer around players can be much easier in terms of difficulty than NPC characters. Then, let me explain the strategy used in Monster Raid. First, let''s take a look at the battle map together. ¡± The Raid Mode of Dragon Emblem 2 represented a space in the dungeon rather than the vast plains that were shown in the book. That''s why there were staircases or rocky highways on the battle map. ¡°As you can see from the structure of the map, Dragon Emblem 2 is reinforcing a slightly more strategic element. The basic enemy framework is your character''s Movement and Attack, but use the terrain to inflict additional damage when attacking enemies from high places and vice versa. I''m sure you know what the Warrior of Characters means in Dragon Emblem¡­ ¡± In my last somewhat eerie comment, participants nodded nervously. The Raid System in Dragon Emblem 2 was a different level of tension for anyone who had felt despair when they lost a valuable colleague in the war. "If one of the four of us gets in a tight line, we all go straight to the goal..." After completing a few more explanations on combat, I instructed the demonstrators to play the game. Then Nakamura, the leader of the Lancer, conferred with the party members and began deploying allies. The first party familiar with RPG games put the spearhead, the tanker position, in the forefront and the pharmacist in the rear to form a diamond-shaped tactic. Later, two swords crossed in the middle of the screen, informing me of the start of the battle. -BATTLE START- Caaang!!! Unlike the small icons, this time when the characters you raised appeared on the map, smiles were drawn on the faces of the people watching you play. Many people left to level up due to the announcement of the surprise event, but I didn''t really care. Rather, the more people you can play with, the longer you''ll be able to keep the event going and pull out the related footage. And let''s face it, half the people who shoot Level 10 here will lose their character in vain. First of all, the Hobb Goblin dungeon was a small mission consisting of three stages. As I finished this little cooperation quest with the players, as I approached the middle of the story, I had a deployment method that allowed me to challenge the Tower of First Mars. The start of the first battle begins with the move of the bandits. Monster Raid was using an active turn method rather than an alternate way of exchanging turns with allies, allowing them to move in the order of highly moveable characters. So, in the case of bandits, they had the advantage of using light bodywork to occupy the terrain first. He and the archer press the standby button on the nearby rock, where bandits were herded to the left and right of the spearer. Next, the archer. The arrow has the advantage of targeting enemies from multiple angles, as the distance increases as it rises to the higher terrain and combines the techniques to attack beyond obstacles. The archer climbs a nearby staircase and pulls the bow at a Goblin who is fighting. Then the timing wheel starts turning over the archer''s head. Fight!! Rrrrgh!! When the arrow that left the archer''s hand hit the Goblin correctly, it deals 18 critical damage with a ¡®Kiec¡¯ sound. Players using archers had a fairly broad range of success with the timing wheel, whether they had invested a lot of skills in dexterity. ¡°Oh...¡± At that moment, a total of 6 Goblins started moving towards their allies, skipping over merchants and pharmacists with relatively low activity. ¡°Glug, glug!! ¡± Monsters of green skin rushed towards the intruder with shabby swords and shields, but Nakamura''s party was well utilized as its first challenger. Especially in the case of a spearer, he does not carry a shield and is among the lowest defensive members of the tank. However, he can attack from about two spaces using a long spear. If the enemy is in a row, he can pierce the enemy through the hook and attack even the enemies behind him at once. The archer attempts a long-range attack up the stairs with every turn returned to him, and the pharmacist continues to throw recovery potions at the spear knight at the bottom of the party. A medicine practitioner is in the healer family with recovery skills. Although he had the weakest recovery figure, he had the advantage of throwing a medicine bottle and restoring the health of his distant allies, so he was able to safeguard his body. In the middle, the Spear Knight drags the monsters around, and as the archer already on top of the dungeon fires his arrows in all directions, the number of enemies begins to shrink in an instant. ¡°This is worth a try!! ¡± The party members relaxed as they grabbed the first stage of the game. ¡°There are only two left, so please save your potions for the next stage. ¡± ¡°Yes, I understand. ¡± Nakamura remains quite strong, surrounded by two Goblins. Suddenly, a treasure chest appeared all over the screen. ¡°Huh? An item box. ¡± While dragon emblems are important in their level, they are increasingly important because their abilities vary depending on what equipment they use. Moreover, Nakamura''s party has a bandit that can lock pick up all the treasure chests!? A weak dealer is expected to be popular in party play, as the bandits can open all of the treasure chests even if they don''t have a treasure chest, even if they don''t have a ''Universal Key¡¯ which is usually available in the store. But here comes the party crack. ¡°Please draw the attention of the monsters. I will collect the treasure chest. ¡± ¡°Maybe more monsters will come out, so let''s wait a little longer?" ¡± However, on a difficulty lower than you might think, the bandits begin to move around the map, ignoring the leader''s orders, and quickly retrieving the treasure chest. In the case of a thief, if he waits without taking any action after the move, he starts retrieving the treasure chests in an instant because it was his job to come back faster. An arrow fired by an archer defeats a Goblin in the next turn, leaving only one monster on the map. It was then. ¡°Queek!! Kiehek!! Kiehek!! ¡± As the remaining Goblin rolls his feet with the turbulent beast, monsters appear all over the map in an instant. ¡°Oops!! What is it?¡± Suddenly, the monsters that crawled up from the ground were a group of zombies and skeletons, not Goblins. ¡°Oops!! Even here?¡± The archer is poisoned by a zombie attack protruding from behind his back. In pursuit of tactical play, dragon emblems are often pushed backwards when critically exploded with additional damage. This was the exact time. The archer was taken from the top of the map by taking additional damage because the cliff was three compartments above the other point. But what was happening now was not an archer. The bandits who ran all the way to the end of the map to retrieve the treasure chest were surrounded by monsters and placed in isolation. The Lancer dealt with the Goblins who summoned the other monsters and stormed into the enemy camp to save the thieves. A thief better at evading than any other job has managed to dodge an enemy attack by timing the Evasion Wheel in a row, but if it is attacked a second time in a row, the width of the Wheel''s success is gradually reduced. In the end, the thief who suffered a fatal blow to the third zombie is poisoned with a purple bubble over his head. The party bellows, which was so hard, collapsed in one fell swoop, and the mouths of those who were watching began to open. ¡°Phew... What do I do with that? ¡± ¡°More monsters from the first stage, as expected, dragon emblems are tough...¡± ¡°Bandits and archers are dangerous, but we''re too far from each other. One of these is gonna die in here. ¡± ¡°Hiic!! You''re dropping out of the first stage? ¡± The bandits keep their distance from the monsters for the next turn, but things get worse. The one with the party member is already being blocked by monsters and is heading to the far end of the map. Moreover, the thief who was poisoned had no choice but to swallow the antidote with further action. ¡°So you said we should wait and collect the treasure chest. ¡± Nakamura, a merchant, began to get annoyed by his tone as the party was in danger of the bandits'' unique behavior. Meanwhile, the pharmacist user stepped up toward the archer because helping the bandits surrounded by the monsters was not going to be easy. Then the party leader shouted. ¡°Ah!! Pharmacist!!! You have to come with me and heal me!! ¡± ¡°Oh, that''s because the archer forgot and didn''t bring the antidote...¡± ¡°What...?" ¡± At that moment, the bandits were surrounded by enemies in isolation, taking consecutive damage. If the situation has already gone this far, that thief is hopeless. Nevertheless, Nakamura did not give up. Sometimes you have to decide to abandon your colleagues. This is a mess. 120 < EP. 27: Monster Raid (2) > Sometimes you have to decide to abandon your colleagues. This is a mess. Jun Fei couldn''t keep her mouth shut as she watched the first party collapse at the first stage. I whispered in his ear. ¡°Watch and learn. If you do that, I''ll pretend you''re not my colleague, and leave you be. ¡± ¡°I wasn''t expecting that. And my character can''t go forward like that!¡± ¡°Are you... a wizard? ¡± ¡°Of course! Characters are women, and I named them Mirea!¡± Did you get the concept from the great firefighter Mirea? I don''t know who''s a hot chick. I shook my head to Jun Fei''s smile and focused again on the game screen. ¡®From the developer''s perspective, it seems like the merchant would rather retreat and protect the pharmacist and the archer, but what are you going to do? ¡¯ However, despite the slow maneuver, the spearer slowly made his way towards the thief on his own. The thief managed to survive through evasion and potions, but it looks like it''s going to be difficult. At that moment, the archer backs the monster in front of him and starts moving toward the Lancer. The undead monster family has low mobility, causing the archer to retreat towards the center of the map and shoot arrows at the enemy. ¡°Apothecary, please turn to the no monsters and go to the thief first. ¡± Nakamura gave some instructions to the parties to overcome the current situation, and the archers and pharmacists obeyed him, with the exception of the endangered bandits. ¡°Khhhhh!! ¡± Around the time the merchants and pharmacists were getting close to the bandits. The thief fails to dodge the skeleton-wielding sword properly and falls in blood. ¡°He''s still out there. You can resurrect him in five turns. I''ll attract monsters, so please use the resurrection item by the pharmacist. ¡± The pharmacist nods at the instructions of the spearer, and Nakamura attacks a zombie looking back in two compartments and pushes it toward himself. At the same time, the undead, who had lost their target because of the bandits'' downfall, immediately started rushing towards the Spear Knight. The spearers and archers retreated gradually from the next turn, but did not stop attacking the undead. ¡°Glug...¡± A series of ranged attacks targeted at a common enemy, the Lancer and Archer. I was able to effectively draw the enemy''s attention. Occasionally, the monster facing the apothecary draws damage from a distance with its arrows toward itself. By the time the third turn returned to the dead thief, the pharmacist had rescued the thief using a resurrection item called the Angel Wings. ¡°Oh!!! Got it. Saved!! ¡± A rogue player who suffered from his misjudgement that the whole party was in danger repeatedly apologized to his colleagues. ¡°I''m sorry. I''m so sorry. ¡± And the situation that disadvantaged the bandits at the same time as the resurrection turned upside down. Immediately, the pharmacist charged the depleted spear knight with a potion remotely, and the archer continued to fall into the corner of the map and pull the bow. The monster Raid, which was placed almost immediately before giving up, was able to win again because of Nakamura''s mercenary skills. ¡°Hey, that''s a great party. But you didn''t give up on your colleague until the end. Fantastic. ¡± Soon the last of the undead fell to the archer''s arrows, and the first stage of Monster Raid ended. ¡°Whoa!" The first stage that was thought to be easy to get out of fell to the brink of extinction by the bandits, but it was entirely thanks to Nakamura''s strategy to reverse it. Users watching the play applauded the Lancer. -STAGE 1 clear. - - Neraiutz - Neraiutz.), the best discipline player in the stage has returned to the archer. Players who managed to win the game successfully were thanks to the Lancer''s strategy, but the number of monsters dealt with was overwhelmingly dominant. The archer who won the ¡®Boots of Swiftness¡¯, a rare item that boosts the wearer''s maneuverability as a VIP reward, surprisingly handed this item over to Nakamura, the leader. ¡°I didn''t bring the right items either, so I put my team at risk. This item should be taken by Nakamura, the leader. ¡± Then the thief also handed out the items from the treasure chest to the party members. At the end of each stage, Monster Raid was able to sit around a campfire and have private maintenance time. In addition, according to the judgement of the leader, the raid could have been stopped. In this case, all the party members were awarded the Stage 1 Clear Medal and were able to start immediately from Stage 2 when they later played. Of course, players who survived in the middle of Raid were able to retreat, in which case they had to take the risk of significantly discounted experience for all the party members. After consuming resurrection items, angel wings, and a large amount of potions in the first stage, Nakamura felt burdened with moving to the next stage and offered his party a retreat here. They''ll get the full edition of Dragon Emblem 2 in the future just by participating in the event. After losing a character for no reason, it was wise to go back to town and reorganize. Although it was only the first stage, Nakamura''s party, which showed quite an impressive battle, withdrew from the event zone, receiving applause from the users. And... our turn as the next challenger approaches. & ¡°It''s overwhelming. The second party of Kang Jun-hyuk. Complete the first stage with incredible speed. ¡± ¡°Oooh!! ¡± ¡°If teamwork is right, it''s really quick. ¡± ¡°I think the party balance is better than that. There are two tankers, so even if the monsters just stick together, it won''t hurt much. ¡± ¡°I think a wizard with more range attacks is better than that? If two tankers come at us from the front, we''ll just melt them into the Fire Wall. ¡± ¡°Isn''t that a good party balance? ¡± ¡°Oh, really? ¡± After easily finishing the first stage of a group of Goblins and Undead, we simply completed our personal maintenance and entered the second stage. Jun Fei, who became a VIP player on the first stage with a powerful level of annihilation, laughed in admiration of the power of the new magic wand. ¡°I don''t have much to do with two tankers...¡± Tayama and Miyazaki, who raised the same shield knights, took turns to attract the attention of the monsters and took up defenses. They become a strong wall guarding the party, and they don''t let even a single monster through. Jun Fei was also a maniac who had been playing games for a long time, so he effectively dealt with his enemies using a wide area magic when the monsters were close to him. And this pattern worked all the way to the second stage. However, the situation changed dramatically as we entered the third stage. ¡°Is that a Hop Goblin... It''s huge! ¡± Unlike small Goblins with basic green skin, a variety of Goblins with muscle tone that seemed to burst on yellow skin had broad skill on all attacks as big as they were. Just so we''re clear, can one attack simultaneously strike Mr. Takama and Mr. Miyazaki? Moreover, on the day of a critical blow, the character itself is pushed backwards into a groggy state. In Groggy''s state, the character''s moveable behavior is pushed back and there is a risk of allowing another attack on the enemy. Thanks to this, the busiest character on the stage was my healer. As an associate, the healer was able to heal his allies and cast a Turn Undead on the undead, helping in some battles. Jun Fei stood at the bottom of the party and continued to cast flame magic at Hobb Goblins. Caaang!!! Caaaaang!!! The two shield knights gave up on the attack at all, following my instructions, and were dedicated only to defending against the attack of the Hop Goblins. My healer instantly makes the approaching zombies turn undead and restores the HP of the tankers, leaving only Hobb Goblin, the boss monster, no more around. Then Jun Fei opened his mouth with an awkward smile. ¡°Does anyone have a Mana Potion...? I''m out of MPs¡­¡± ¡°I told you to save magic on the first stage, right? ¡± ¡°Hahaha... Do you have any potions left, Jun-hyuk Mana? ¡± ¡°Wait a minute. I''ll give it to you next turn. ¡± The moment I rushed the character in Junpei''s direction, because Junpei was a little too far away from Junpei after killing the Hunting Monster. Rrrrgh!! - Goblins have fallen into a trap set up in the dungeon. You have lost the Mana Potion X2 you are carrying. - ¡°Oops!!! ¡± We didn''t have any bandits at our party, so we didn''t have any characters to detect traps set on the map in advance. But to lose two Mana Potions in this time of year, this is a bit deadly. Hop Goblins still have about half their stamina left, but when Jun Fei, the party''s only dealer, stopped attacking, no character would do much damage to him. ¡°Ah!! A second party was on the verge of attacking the boss monsters as quickly as possible. ¡± ¡®Dammit... I only have one Mana Potion left, but this is not enough to fill the tankers'' HP. ¡¯ At that time, Miyazaki, who used his shield to stop the Hobgoblin attack, opened his mouth. ¡°I have a Mana Potion. ¡± ¡°Ew? Miyazaki is a warrior character and you brought a magic potion? ¡± ¡°I''ve got some other players'' items, just in case. ¡± ¡°I love you, Miyazaki." Jun Fei transferred the character to Miyazaki in the next turn, and she stepped aside for a moment and handed over the Mana Potion to Jun Fei, who stopped the attack by the Hop Goblins by herself. ¡°Whoa... Team work.¡± ¡°Oh, I''d better keep the other players'' items with me, if that''s the case...¡± The users were amazed at our play and cheered with a deteriorating shout. Jun Fei, who received the potion from Miyazaki, started pouring out all the magic from the next turn, and I gave her strength while preserving the tankers'' HP behind her. ¡°This is the last time!! ¡± With Jun Fei''s cry, the flame rising from the ground burns the Hop Goblins. With a huge scream, the screen trembles and the giant''s body falls back. Kuang....!! ¡°Wow!! Boss Monster Cleared!!! ¡± ¡°If the team works well, Monster Raid won''t be a problem either. ¡± ¡°If you want to play or not, you''ll lose some experience, but you can retreat...¡± ¡°But if you die poor, you''ll have to rebuild your character from scratch. I find it a bit tempting... that the game is for stress relief, but I thought I might get cancer during the Dragon Emblem trial for a few days. ¡± ¡°Well, that''s a little...¡± ¡°Shh!! Just be quiet for a second. What''s on the clear screen? ¡± One user shouted, and the president was silent. A message appeared on the screen with a video informing the screen of the end of the trial. - Thank you for clearing Hardcore Mode of Dragon Emblem 2. - 121 < EP. 27: Monster Raid (3) > - Thank you for clearing Hardcore Mode of Dragon Emblem 2. - -The trial you are currently enjoying is in hard core mode, the top difficulty of the Dragon Emblem. Hardcore Mode is the extreme mode that reaches the end with just one play. But while you''ve been here, you''ve probably learned how to live in the world of the Dragon Emblem with so many deaths. - ¡°Hardcore mode? Is there a difficulty level in RPG games? ¡± RPG games in this era usually reminded me of a day-to-day play that follows a set of stories such as the Dragon Warrior Series or the Final Frontier Series. However, Dragon Emblem 2 has a slightly different format than the RPGs they have enjoyed so far. The second story of the Dragon Emblem, as seen in the Monster Raid system, was prone to RPG for online gaming in the future. ¡®Those who have crossed the difficulty limit should be rewarded accordingly. The privilege of staying in the world of Dragon Emblem forever... " Last year, the employees of the second team, who were handed over drafts of Dragon Emblem 2, were amazed at the enormous worldview. Having reviewed the draft, Hayashi changed his glasses with a embarrassing look and asked me. ¡°Sir... how do you intend to create such a huge worldview? The dragon emblem has just begun its second tale. It''s going to take at least a decade or so to build a worldview like this. Moreover, the part about users creating and fighting their own power in virtual spaces doesn''t make much sense after a few re-reads. ¡± Of course you don''t understand... Some of the drafts I handed them were systems that would be used in MMORPGs in the future... I replied with a vague expression that was natural for Hayashi. ¡°Don''t worry. I mean, I really spent 10 years looking at it and planning it. ¡± ¡°Yes¡­? ¡± ¡°For now, let''s focus solely on imprinting the world view of the Dragon Emblem into the minds of our users. In order to do that, we need to change the genre of the game first, right? ¡± ¡°Huh? So you''re not using the Tactics-based dungeon map you mentioned earlier? ¡± ¡°Oh, we''ll have to write that down later. Players who enjoy the Dragon Emblem must take the lead this time. To do that, I''m thinking maybe a breeding simulation would be appropriate. ¡± ¡°Breeding... simulation? ¡± The staff, who naturally thought of RPGs in setting up an epic fantasy worldview, suddenly turned their heads to unfamiliar genres. But as the game began to take shape, the faces of the employees began to come to life. ¡°Commander, did you feel this way when you used to make dragon emblems all by yourself? ¡± ¡°Hmm¡­? ¡± ¡°As the game gets complete, I get these people who want to play the game smiling in my mouth without even knowing it. ¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± My pervert tendency to harass users was becoming increasingly inherent to my team''s staff. And the moment the trial was decided to be made. I focused on the difficulty of the games being distributed in hardcore mode. Then, some of the staff in the development team asked me with a worried face. ¡°If you deploy Hardcore mode from trial to trial, you won''t be interested in light users, would that be okay? ¡± I smiled and answered the employee''s question. ¡°Don''t worry. This is just a free trial of gaming, not paying for it. And with dragon emblems and the identities of the games that we''ve created, users will be somewhat prepared to play. This is a Pentagon game. It will never be pleasant. ¡± ¡°Oh, that''s possible, I hear. ¡± ¡°Rather, if you''re distributing the light version as a trial, it might feel a bit bland than you''d hoped. Moreover, if your character doesn''t die, you won''t be able to make a variety of characters and challenge them. But on the contrary, after playing hardcore mode, you''ll feel like it''s worth a try. ¡± ¡°Ah¡­¡± And that''s how it''s going through this whole process right now. The users were having a lot of cheer for the messages that were coming out of the screen. ¡°Does that mean that my character could be the main character in this series? ¡± ¡°Awesome.¡± ¡°Now I understand why the Dragon Emblem 2 system is a breeding simulation...¡± ¡°The conclusion is that if the game feels too difficult, you can play it in Normal Mode, and if you want your character to appear next time, clear it in Hardcore Mode? ¡± ¡°Wow... I must really clear it with my hardcore. ¡± ¡°Well, I guess Monster Raid shouldn''t be so hard if you get the party members right. ¡± But, um... Their predictions shattered when they saw the next parties challenging Monster Raid. It was only for the purpose of attending the event, and the accelerated party was a mess from that standpoint. The role of ''healer¡¯ was especially important because it was harder to grow than other occupations, so it was indispensable and absolutely lacking. Finally, the third party, in which the four warriors stormed in, was wiped out because they used up all the recovery potions they had on the first stage and challenged the second stage too hard. The fourth party cleared the stage faster than any other party with a two-handed inspection of three archers, but eventually built a siege around the Hop Goblin before the third stage''s boss, but the net began to twist from the moment the Hunting Monster appeared and collapsed in an instant. (In the meantime, the double-handed prosecutor has taken an enormous insult to the users who have left the battle to live alone.) ¡°Coward. ¡± ¡°Abandoning a colleague to live alone is rubbish. ¡± ¡°Wow, compared to the first real party. Worst team ever...¡± Two-handed prosecutors quickly took their bags and left the venue. A total of four Monster Raid events ended, and I quietly climbed to the top in the crowd. ¡°Thank you again for visiting our Tamago Shop today. Did you enjoy our Monster Raid event? ¡± I smiled and said it behind everyone''s eyes. ¡°Dragon Emblem 2 - Age of Broken Swords and Darkness - is scheduled to launch on February 20 next month. We hope that as many users as possible are enjoying the game at the same time, so we ask for your support. ¡± ¡°Ouch!! ¡± ¡°Finally, with the launch of the game, we are also planning a dedicated shop for Dragon Emblems, so please feel free to visit if you have any difficulty playing the party in the future or want a colleague. ¡± As I put down the microphone, I lowered my head lightly, and a round of applause started pouring out from the users who were gathered at the Tamago Shop. At that time, a user asked me to step off the stage. ¡°Is there another scenario where you have to choose one of the heroes!? ¡± Suddenly, there were fewer claps. Everyone died and waited for my answer. That''s a sharp question. I sighed a little and opened my mouth to the question that flew to Direct. ¡°To be clear, this Dragon Emblem 2 consists of three originals. And... when I got to the end of chapter one. Those of you who have completed the game will have a choice. ¡± ¡°Is that a privilege only for one user to clear Hardcore Mode? ¡± ¡°No, Light users also get a choice when they see the end. Different from a player who clears a d-hard core. ¡± ¡°Ah... I can''t help but challenge the hardcore mode...¡± ¡°Every choice is up to you. You don''t have to be so blinded by hardcore alone. Enjoy normal mode enough and you won''t be late to try hard core mode later. I''ll leave you to it...¡± After the last comment, I stepped off the stage with a relaxed smile, lifting one mouth tail to make it look meaningful for the users. & A month later, one day, a dragon emblem was released. It''s been a long time since I''ve been invited to Yuki''s house for dinner. However, unlike on the first day of greeting, I enjoyed eating the fruit from Yuki''s mother''s dessert and enjoyed talking in a calm atmosphere. ¡°I see. You''ve been busy in so many ways! I wondered if something bothered you after coming to my house.¡± Yuki''s father Ishikawa, who was very bright, laughed and put an end to it. ¡°Dad... I told you before, but Joon-Hyuk is not like that. ¡± ¡°I see. I see. I see someone who looks just like her, whereas her initials...¡± I''ve felt it before with the vinegar and the second one, but who else in the world calls their daughters that? Ishikawa swallowed hot green tea and drooled Yuko, Yuki''s older sister, with her eyes, heard her voice, who was shearing fruit next to her. ¡°Honey, are you saying Yuko doesn''t have enough eyes to see people because he looks like me? ¡± ¡°Phew!! No, honey, that''s not what I meant...¡± Then Yuko''s mother opened her mouth, smiling at me. ¡°I hear a lot! I have plenty of fruit. ¡± ¡°Oh, yes, thank you." ¡°How can my daughter fall in love with Koreans this time? Is this genetic? ¡± Yuki buries her head on my shoulder, her face turning red with her words. ¡°Haha! Do you like Junhyuk so much? ¡± Yuki nods quietly at her mother''s question and does not answer. Then the father who was watching her opened his mouth, stealing both eyes. ¡°This guy. You''ve been lying to me your whole life without getting married. ¡± ¡°What''s wrong with you again?¡± ¡°Just when I thought you were getting married, all of a sudden...¡± ¡°Yuki, your father''s crying again. ¡± Then, even Yuki''s eyes, which were next to him, started to shed tears. Earlier, you were so bright and evacuated, you turned into fresh water in an instant... I''ve felt it before, but this family is evolving too fast. & That night, Yuki drove me to the parking lot where I had parked, just like before. ¡°I''m sorry. I invited you to dinner and you cried with me.¡± ¡°It''s okay. Don''t worry about it. ¡± ¡°Hah! I should meet Joon-Hyuk''s parents later. When are you going to Korea? Too busy right now? ¡± < Short: Dragon Emblem in Uchimura (Senior) > One spring of 1987... Caaang!! The sound of hitting the ball with a Yaluminium bat is heard from beyond the curtain, which is buzzing in the spring wind. ¡°I''ll take care of it!! ¡± ¡°Yikes! That makes sense! Fight!! ¡± The sound of a girl''s squeaking outside the window is particularly annoying today. "Aren''t they tired? When school''s over, we should go home. Secondary activities will freeze to death..." I tried to leave the classroom quietly, but Abe, a classmate, called me up. ¡°Hey, Uchimura. Do you have an appointment? ¡± ¡°No, why? ¡± ¡°A little. I''m going to the bookstore with Maeda. Do you want to come? It''s Pammy Day. ¡± Phew... I can''t believe he wants to fit in with this body. Not now, but someday when the Black Salt Dragon who is asleep in my left arm wakes up, your lives may be in danger. So not being close to me... ¡°I got allowance today. I''ll shoot Takoyaki on the way!¡± Abe said that I looked at his left arm. Yes. Black Flame Dragon is still asleep. I just hope he doesn''t freak out all of a sudden. ¡°¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ Yes ~ let''s go. ¡± Takoyaki never changed my mind. Abe and Maeda are perfect for those who know a little bit about baseball and soccer at this stupid high school. & After school, we boarded the train and headed for Nanba Station. In the heart of Osaka, Nihonbashi was a fairly large bustling street, making it a frequent stop with friends. The advantage of a large bookstore is that you can stand and watch new magazines without noticing them compared to regular convenience stores or small bookstores. Of course, I bought one every month with the allowance my parents gave me, but recently I ran out of allowance, so I had to settle for standing today. As soon as school was over, Connor''s magazine was quieter than he thought. There was a young man searching for a magazine near us. Abe then shouted, bringing out the best signal on the display. ¡°Ahhh!! I''m out.¡± Maeda opened her mouth, searching through the articles with her magazine wide open. ¡°Wow, there''s so many new ones out there. We''re almost out of allowance. What can I get you? ¡± ¡°Well, buy something that lasts a long time. Like an RPG. ¡± ¡°Now that we''ve broken the Dragon Warrior 2, we can sell it at the thrift store. Sure it''s fun, but a little childish? Any new RPGs to do...¡± Then Abe, who was looking at the magazine together, replied. ¡°Final Frontier. I think this is gonna be okay. RPG reporter Jun Pyo gave me 36 out of 40 points. ¡± ¡°Really? The Dragon Warrior 2 scored 38 points? ¡± Abe read the full review article to Maeda''s question. The final frontier, created by a new gaming company called Pentagon Soft, resembled the Dragon Warrior series quite similar to the story except for the battle scene at a glance. ¡°Strange? After all, a dragon warrior''s tribute? ¡± ¡°I thought the battle was fun, but the review scores are good, so you should try it." ¡± ¡°Well, I''m concerned. I''m gonna go to the game shop and ask him if he''s having fun. ¡± The Dragon Warrior and the Final Frontier. Don''t these guys know the little game called Dragon Emblem that spins around in the mouths of people who want to play some family games these days? After listening to their stories, I carefully asked Abe. ¡°You guys. Do you know a game called Dragon Emblem? ¡± At that moment, the fingertips of the man who was handing over the bookshelf next to us stopped. ¡°Dragon emblem? What is that? I''ve never heard of it. ¡± ¡°That''s right. Where did it come from? Is that another RPG? ¡± Abe and Maeda, who recently purchased a family and became interested in the game, asked me at the same time. I felt like their reactions had revealed a secret that only I had ever known, and I shook my head. ¡°Oh, no. I don''t want you to know.¡± ¡°What? That''s a dirty secret? What kind of game is that? ¡± ¡°Yes! If you''re having fun, let me know!¡± I can''t stand people asking me questions. As I took the story out and swallowed it back, Abe and Maeda continued to insist on asking about the game of Dragon Emblem. ¡°Actually, I heard it from my cousin. I got a call the other day, and he was bragging that he had a huge game in hand. Other than that, I don''t know.¡± ¡°If the game was released, it would have been in the magazine. When did you get out? ¡± ¡°I don''t know. It''s just a rumor floating around like a urban legend, but the game''s never been released.¡± Then, Abe and Maeda looked surprised at my words. Even the man standing next to us was handing over the bookshelf with a mouthful of laughter, if my words sounded like a joke. Abe was looking into the launch corner of the family game of Fame Communications to see if I couldn''t believe what I was saying. ¡°There''s no such game. ¡± ¡°I mean, I told you it''s never been released before...¡± ¡°What is that? By the way, how did your cousin play the unpublished game? ¡± ¡°Well, I heard you found it in a secondhand game shop. ¡± Then this time, Maeda asked me with a strange look on her face. ¡°You bought a game that has not yet been released in the second hand game shop!? What does that even mean? What''s the genre of the game? ¡± ¡°That''s the first genre I''ve ever seen. The background is fantasy, and the characters on the screen are standing on chessboard maps and moving them around to fight the enemy. Problem is... ¡°Problem? ¡± ¡°When a character is killed by an enemy, the data disappears in that game...¡± ¡°What? What do you mean?" So when a character dies, it disappears? ¡± ¡°Yes." Abe, who was listening to our story, laughed and laughed. ¡°Then turn the machine off and on. Or you can reload it to the save point and try again. ¡± ¡°Cousin says you can reload and start a new stage, but the character is already missing. ¡± ¡°What!? So, what do we do from the beginning? ¡± ¡°Not even that. If all the characters die, it''s just game over. And I can never play again. ¡± ¡°Crazy, where''s the producer? I make that game, and I sell it for money. We have to protest now. ¡± ¡°The producer doesn''t have one, so there''s no customer service to complain about. As I said before, the game was bought in a secondhand shop without a case, and the price sounded ridiculous, but it was 1,000 yen? ¡± ¡°Thousand yen!? That cheap? No way. Isn''t your cousin lying? ¡± ¡°Hmmm, not in his character, but he ended up losing all of his characters and being over-gamed. So he''s been wandering around the thrift store recently looking for a game called Dragon Emblem.¡± ¡°Phew! Cool. Maybe we should find out if he''s telling the truth. ¡± At the same time, we looked into each other''s eyes and ran out the bookstore door toward the nearest used shop without anyone having to look first. ¡°You guys!! Be quiet in a bookstore!! ¡± I heard the sound of the bookstore man''s whistling behind my back, but we didn''t stop. A short while later, when we arrived in Denden Town, a warrior merchant near Nanba Station, we hurried toward the visible second-hand game shop. ¡°Sir, do you have a game called Dragon Emblem? ¡± ¡°Hmm? What''s that? Is this a new game? ¡± There were many people who didn''t even know the game store because it was a game that was only circulating by word of mouth. After leaving the store, we decided to split up and look for the game. ¡°I''ll check the old road shops, so you can focus on the secondhand shops in the alley. ¡± Abe and Maeda nodded their heads and promised to meet back here in 30 minutes. I first asked around the secondhand shops I was aware of and asked about the game, but most of the shops didn''t even know about the game called Dragon Emblem. Maybe my cousin lied to me? I dubiously looked through all the famous secondhand game shops in Denden Town, but eventually I was left with nothing. However, there was some hope. It''s because I met someone who was looking for the Dragon Emblem, just like me in the second-hand game shop I last visited. ¡°Where did you hear about that game? There are five of you who are only looking for that game today, and even if you look at the family game release list, you don''t see it.¡± The last shopkeeper''s words were in my ears. ¡®There is indeed a dragon emblem. ¡¯ Confident, I decided to go a little deeper into Denden Town. We had to go back to the side of the road to make it back in time for the appointment, but somehow Abe must have been in trouble, too. As I looked around for a moment, I began to head towards the side of the house behind Denden Town. Despite the sudden decline in stores away from electronics stores, it was still rare. However, there were mostly broken washing machines and refrigerators outside because they were too old and shabby. ¡°There''s no way there''s a game store like this. Shall we go back...? ¡± As I wiped off the flowing sweat and mumbled to myself, I got tired and wanted to turn around. At that moment, I heard the main theme song of Super Maridge somewhere in my ears. ¡°BGM of Supermaridge....? ¡± Pa, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba. As I stepped into the narrow alley, lured by the faint background music of Super Maridge, I saw the shabby game store collapsing in front of me. If you touch one of the pillars, the store will collapse. There can''t be a dragon emblem in a place like this... " As I was about to turn my feet, disappointed at the size of the store, I heard my grandfather calling out to me. ¡°Welcome. Do you have any games you''re looking for? ¡± ¡°Yes¡­? Oh, that''s...¡± ¡°Speak comfortably. The store is shabby, but there''s no game like this. ¡± ¡°Do you... have a game called... Dragon... emblem?" ¡± When I spoke to my grandfather, thinking that this was my original situation, he patted the grizzly bears on the ashtray and replied. ¡°You know what?¡± ¡°Ouch!! Really!?" ¡°Yes. There''s only one left, but can I give it to you? ¡± ¡°Yes!? Ah, yes!! I''ll buy it!! But how much?¡± ¡°1,000 yen.¡± Good! I only have 1,600 yen left for this month''s allowance, but I''ll have to live with 600 yen for the next 10 days, if I can save the Dragon Emblem! After a while, my grandfather took out a black Rom Pack from the store and gave it to me. No illustrations were drawn, and Rom cartridges with only the text "Dragon Emblem" did not include packages or manuals as I had heard from my cousin. ¡°Here comes the last remaining dragon emblem. Take it away.¡± ¡°Thank you, Grandpa!! Thank you so much." ¡°Intriguing. You like his games...¡± ¡°Of course!! It''s the joy of my life. ¡± ¡°Tsk, tsk. He''s already got a big future ahead of him...¡± ¡°Here''s 1,000 yen. ¡± ¡°Yes, thank you. But you... what if... What would you do if you had the opportunity to enjoy upcoming games in advance? ¡± ¡°Future games? ¡± ¡°Games that will be released in the distant future. Don''t you want to try? ¡± ¡°Of course I do!! ¡± ¡°Really? Well...¡± ¡°But for now, I want to go home and start with Dragon Emblem!! Thank you, Grandpa.¡± ¡°No, wait a minute! Oh my...¡± I heard Grandpa''s mumbling voice behind me, but it had nothing to do with it. Right now, this dragon emblem in my hands is enough. By the way, Grandpa, what kind of game company do you know? Whether you have a dragon emblem or you want to try games that will suddenly appear in the future, is it someone who illegally smuggles them out of the game company before they''re released every day? Anyway, I''ll check back later. I ran down an alleyway where the early evening streetlights were rarely lit, returning to the place where my friends were waiting. It was my first encounter with a game called Dragon Emblem. And tomorrow, the official issue day of Dragon Emblem 2, which we''ve been waiting for, is coming. < Short: Dragon Emblem in Uchimura (Rear) > After graduating from high school in Osaka, I came to Tokyo to take a leave of absence from university, but I was a shitty worker. Despite the times when the recession has raised job thresholds, it is a dream to think that this is the Pentagon''s number one job for the company that students my age are most interested in joining. Plus, he works from home, not tied down to the company like a flat celebrity. In fact, Pentagon employees can use their benefits points to receive free in-house games. However, after the initial amount of money was exhausted, people like me who were in a hurry to buy games because they could get it from around the third or fourth quantity. A genuine gamer should buy a ¡®collector¡¯ and ''play¡¯ cartridge separately. Before I left the house, I looked at the glass ornaments that occupied all sides of the living room wall. Starting with the figures I made, there were games launched in the Pentagon that were filled with decorations. ¡°I''ll be back.¡± When I finished greeting the empty living room and opened the thick iron door, the bright morning sunlight dug into my eyes through a window installed in the hallway. ¡°Ugh, the damn solar system...¡± From Shinjuku to Akihabara, where the Pentagon is headquartered, the JR line Yamanotesen makes it easy to get around. A few moments later, when I arrived in Akiba and exited the west exit, my happy faces were waving towards me. ¡°Hey, worker!¡± Abe and Maeda, friends from high school. These guys came up with me to Tokyo after high school, and they were on the trail. Abe has been practicing in a local bakery since high school, after graduating from a professional school, and as soon as he graduated from high school, he started working for a travel agency and has already entered his fifth year as a worker. ¡°Hey, I was so worried about you and Maeda at the reunion last year, I didn''t think you''d be joining the Pentagon. ¡± Abe gladly smiles, holding my hand. ¡°Keep in touch, man. It''s hard to see your face even living in Tokyo together. ¡± ¡°Sorry, I''ve been busy with work. I''ll be in touch often from now on. ¡± ¡°Ka-chow! It''s been a while since Uchimura told me I''ve been busy with work in my life...¡± ¡°I see. Seems like yesterday I was scouring Dendentown for dragon emblems in high school, but I can''t believe this is a sequel. ¡± ¡°That''s right. That''s when you saved the dragon emblem and came back and bragged about it. without even telling me where I bought it...¡± ¡°No, I really bought it at the store that took you there. ¡± ¡°Hey, it''s been six years, why don''t you tell me the truth now? ¡± That day six years ago. When I returned to the rendezvous point with the Dragon Emblem Cartridge, Abe and Maeda were surprised and asked me. ¡°Hey, where did you get this? ¡± ¡°An old man sells them at a shabby game store on the outskirts of Dendentown. ¡± ¡°Really? Where is it? ¡± ¡°But you said this was the last of the dragon emblems...¡± ¡°Oh, really? Then I''d better make a reservation on this occasion. Show me the way. ¡± ¡°Well, it''s not that hard. ¡± However, the place I went back with my friends turned into an abandoned shop with nothing. It wasn''t that neat a store when I just bought dragon emblems, but the store in front of me had cobwebs embedded all over it, whether it had been closed for a long time. ¡°Huh!? Strange. Am I mistaken? ¡± I looked for an alley nearby with my head tilted, but I couldn''t find the game store where my grandfather was sitting. ¡°Uchimura, you''re not letting me go to the game on purpose, are you? ¡± ¡°No, it''s really here! ¡± Although he was really crazy and jumpy, Abe and Maeda, who had followed me around the alley several times, began to look at me with increasingly suspicious eyes. ¡°Hey, if you don''t want to tell me, I''ll say no. Why are you walking around with someone? ¡± ¡°I''m really disappointed. ¡± Since then, they haven''t spoken to me from school for a while. Well, soon after, I made up with him like when, but that day remained a mysterious memory to me. I sometimes visited it until I came back to Tokyo, but a few days before I came back to Tokyo, I gave up on finding my grandfather''s shop. Six years later, the three of us became social, but it was the same whether we liked the game then or now. Especially in cases like Raon, it was a mobile device that was gaining a lot of popularity among workers who took time to leave and leave. ¡°Hey, let''s talk in the queue first. I don''t think they''re fooling around over there. ¡± ¡°What is that? Oh, my God... It''s not worth the year-round. ¡± ¡°Not exactly Disneyland...¡± Located about 500 meters from the Tamago Shop in front of the station, the dedicated Dragon Emblem store was scheduled to open on time for the official release. ¡°I wonder what kind of game these ghosts died in...¡± ¡°What do you do every time you live in a really popular game? ¡± Abe and Maeda stare at the long stretch of rope and sigh for a long time, either exhausted or exhausted. However, the three of us hurried to the end of the queue and stood side by side because we couldn''t give up and go back. And after a while. With the receptionist announcing the opening of the store, the door of the Dragon Emblem Shop opens and the queue begins to decline at a rapid rate. Assigned as the head of a new shop, Miyazaki was greeting guests in her dragon emblem, smiling and dressing up at the front door. As I was walking through the front door, she saw me in a crowd of people, smiling widely and waving her hands. ¡°Oh my, Uchimura!! ¡± ¡°Hello, Miyazaki. ¡± ¡°Are you here to buy a dragon emblem? ¡± ¡°Oh, yes. I applied for welfare points, but I couldn''t stand it...¡± ¡°Me, too. ¡± She draws a ''v.'' with her finger as she raises the cartridge of Dragon Emblem 2. I couldn''t say a few words because of the rapid decline in queue, but every time I see Miyazaki''s smile, my heart pounds. ¡°Hey, who is that guy? He looks about our age. ¡± ¡°He''s a Pentagon employee. He''s the head of the Dragon Emblem Shop...¡± ¡°Really? Awesome. Are you close?¡± ¡°Well... well...¡± I turned my head to answer Abe''s question. How long has it been? The three of us bought dragon emblems almost simultaneously and moved to a fast food store near the shop for lunch. And no one was the first to naturally pull Raon out of the bag. ¡°Why don''t we take over the Trial Character and then race the Raid? ¡± ¡°Raid is a four-man party. Aren''t we short one? ¡± ¡°Well, once three people are hit, don''t you think you''ll get one of them? ¡± Let''s take a look around at Abe''s horse. Almost everyone in the store was enjoying Raon. Located close to the shop, it looked like people who bought the game were eating and visiting this place. Well, there''s no place more comfortable than here to play a game of hamburgers. & Since then, we''ve been gathering every weekend at a fixed time and enjoying the Raid. Due to one shortage, we opened a guild in the dragon emblem community of PC communications to replenish the numbers, and thousands of people from similar levels began to gather. Everyone made every effort to bring down the tower of Mars, but the dragon emblem''s raid system was not so easy to see. The more you level up, the slower you attack the dungeon in case your character loses in an instant. After two months, I and my friends have a character level of 48. After losing a level 39 character in the middle of a party annihilation, we once thought about folding the Dragon Emblem with such a huge loss. In the Dragon Emblem Shop, the character in the Hall of Fame was usually in the 70s, and the player in the top ranking recently reached the 80s. Then one day. The first ¡®Berserker¡¯ guild, currently called the highest ranking guild in Dragon Emblem, was invited by Pentagon Soft to challenge the top floor of the Maestro Tower. Users of Dragon Emblem have made requests to attend the event to see the end of this vicious game. Me and my friends asked the manager, Miyazaki, to enter the event hall as an event helper. When Maeda arrived a little late for her appointment on the day of the event, we were able to enter the event hall using the staff entrance opened by Miyazaki. ¡°Ouch!!! ¡± As soon as I entered the presidency, I turned my head to the screams that erupted... ¡®Hiya!! Black Dragon...? ¡¯ Four characters struggling against the giant dragon that occupies half the map. Armed with the final class of each profession, the party did not see a single swing in front of the dragon slaughter. The party consisted of two sages: a warrior and a shrine. The leader of the party, the warrior, is level 83. Three people remained in their 80s because the lowest level characters in the party were level 79. ¡°Awesome. You''re really going to break the end of this? ¡± ¡°Wow, a class of real sages. It''s not a joke to put a buff on a co-worker. ¡± Two dragons guarding the tower of Mars. The White Dragon, the owner of the first tower of Mars, and the Black Dragon, the owner of the second tower of Mars. They had one of the two bronze castles, Croel''s Sword. Clearing this stage would be the first party to complete Croel''s Sword. ¡°Khoo!!! ¡± The onscreen dragon cries sounded, but the members of the Berserker Guild were not shaking at all and were doing their best in their turns. ¡°Just a little more!! ¡± ¡°You can!!! ¡± How long have you been crashing that archer agility? Turning nearly 1.5 times faster than any other party, the palace swings its arrows through a vast map. An arrow in the palace with piercing properties pierces through the body of a massive dragon, inflicting continuous damage. ¡°Wow, what a dog...¡± The warrior stands at the forefront of the party, turning all the dragon strikes against himself. ¡°We''re really close!! ¡± ¡°Wow, is this really going to end in two months? ¡± Were there ever any RPG games that lasted two months of playing time? Normally it would take a week or two for the game to end, but the dragon emblem was shifting the playing time of every game of all time. ¡°Rrrrghhhhh!!!! ¡± At that moment, the Black Dragon lies on the ground with a long scream. ¡°The end... is it me? ¡± ¡°Really?" The members of the Berserker Guild were also tired, and were leaning on their chairs to wipe off their marbles. And after a while. A little message pops up on the game screens of the party members attacking the last stage. 122 < EP. 28: Grave of the Valiant. (1) > ¡°Hah! I should meet Joon-Hyuk''s parents later. When are you going to Korea? Too busy right now? ¡± ¡°Huh¡­? I don''t know¡­¡± ¡°I thought you''d stop by Joon-Hyuk''s house when you were in Korea before, but you wouldn''t look so awkward at that time...¡± Yuki said, I forgot what to say for a moment and looked at her. ¡°What''s the matter? Joon-Hyuk?¡± ¡°I''ll talk slowly about my parents later. So why don''t you tell your parents about it? ¡± ¡°Oh, Joon-Hyuk. No way...?" Yuki tries to say something with a small pout, but soon she shakes her head and shuts up. ¡°Joon-Hyuk will tell me when it''s time. I''ll be waiting.¡± ¡°Thank you...¡± Thanks to her understanding of me, I got into the car that was parked in the parking lot once stroked her head. ¡°Drive safely. ¡± ¡°Yes, thank you. ¡± & February 19, 1992. Wednesday. The day before the launch of the Dragon Emblem. It was the launch of Dragon Emblem 2 and the opening of a new store. Despite the distance from the Pentagon''s iconic Tamago Shop, the interior was very comfortable because the entire first and second floors of the new building in Akiba were to be decorated exclusively for Dragon Emblem. In just one month, the dedicated Dragon Emblem store was built on the efforts and passions of all Pentagon employees, including the Kawaguchi delegation. ¡°If Dragon Emblem 2 is released this time, it will be time for a sigh. ¡± ¡°Now that all the games that were released last year have been released, I guess, right? ¡± In Kawaguchi''s question, I nodded and looked around the store. In the center of the store was the white stone statue of King Croel, the Holy Lady Katrina and the flamethrower Mirea displayed in a glass tube. At that time, Sayuri, Kawaguchi''s assistant, who was visiting the store together, said. ¡°What kind of museum does it feel like? ¡± ¡°The first half is decorated as a store selling dragon emblems game titles and related goods. ¡± Looking at dragon emblem-related merchandise everywhere, she asked with a satisfactory smile. ¡°You said the second floor is still under construction. ¡± ¡°The schedule was so tight that we only kept the first floor open for now. The second floor, which will be opened at a later date, will be a theme cafe where Dragon Emblem users will meet. ¡± ¡°I''m looking forward to that. ¡± When the Kawaguchi representative heard my initiative, he nodded with a satisfied expression. Then, Sayuri asked me with a finger in his mouth. ¡°But how do you plan to use the other half of the floor? ¡± ¡°Oh, that''s going to be operated later, depending on how quickly users clear the dragon emblem. ¡± ¡°Hmm! Looks like you''re up to something again, like the second development team said. Still, I can''t believe you tied him up in front of Jules. Is it too much?¡± The Kawaguchi representative was embarrassed by Sayuri''s words and hurriedly cut her off. ¡°Hmph!! Ahem! I''m a little thirsty here.Could you get me a glass of Sayuri water? ¡± ¡°Yes, I understand. Jules.¡± In the words of the Kawaguchi representative, she jumped into a firepit, so she quickly nodded and headed toward the counter where the staff gathered. As she drifts away, the Kawaguchi representative sighs a long time. ¡°Joon-Hyuk, now that the Pentagon Soft is stable, can you please stop being the true representative of the Pentagon? I also sometimes get upset when employees talk to Joon-Hyuk carelessly...¡± ¡°I don''t want to. What do you have to worry about? If you think about it, Jules, you''re the one who led the Pentagon from the start. So be a little bit more confident. ¡± ¡°Ha, but I''m still young...¡± ¡°Jules is doing well enough. Please bear with me if you feel uncomfortable. Actually, I don''t have much time left in the Pentagon. ¡± ¡°Yes!? No, what do you mean? Joon-Hyuk, are you leaving Pentagon Soft? ¡± In Kawaguchi''s question, I just smiled a little. ¡°I''ll talk slowly later. ¡± & The next day. The dragon emblem 2 started as an accomplice based on the reputation and trial of the masterpiece. On the first day of the event, Miyazaki''s surprise idea was to host a professional military costume event featuring all employees in Dragon Emblem 2. Even me and Kawaguchi, who visited the venue early in the morning, were surprised at the event she prepared, and we were able to smile a lot before opening a new store. ¡°Miyazaki, Mage and Braille, So please take good care of the Dragon Emblem Store, the Pentagon''s second road shop. ¡± ¡°Yes, I''ll work hard. ¡± As the front gate shutter slowly climbed at the designated opening time, Miyazaki''s cheeks rose red to see if he was palpitating. ¡°Good day to you all!! ¡± The manager bowed his head to the employees who would work with him first, and panicked as they greeted her. ¡°I''ll work hard!! ¡± ¡°Fight!¡± Heave-ho. As the front gate shutters all went up and opened the locked door, guests started pouring in like waterfalls. ¡°Wow!! Awesome. There''s a statue of Croel. ¡± ¡°Looks like there''s a new figure in the market. ¡± ¡°Cough, look at the people''s clothes. A cosplay employee standing there is very cute. ¡± Fortunately, Miyazaki''s ideas worked, and the guests'' reactions were not bad. To set an official record of the amount sold on the first day of Dragon Emblem 2, employees quickly started responding to the crowds. Not all the contents of Dragon Emblem 2 were ready yet, so the store was using them as calculations for the sale of titles, except for Goods and ornaments, and they began to decline rapidly. Every time a title was sold next to each of the stalls, the counting staff''s thumbs moved relentlessly, and I cheered them on as I watched the queues of constantly gathering guests. That''s how much the 6,800 yen game cartridge sold through gaming shops across the country for about 100,000 in the first week alone. And this was the shortest game title ever released by any machine in the world. And the device traction effect of the Dragon Emblem was truly enormous because of the Raid System that we enjoyed with our friends in the trial. In the first week alone, more than 60,000 units of soft sales were sold. This was almost the same rate of sale as Mintendo''s family during its heyday. Due to the compulsory four-man party raid system that may be a little uncomfortable, Raon was being sold among consumers in a web of spiders. And so we entered April of 1992. The console industry in Japan has split rankings. Laon, who started as the next generation of cars, broke the NEGA drive and took second place in the penetration rate. Of course, the gap between Mintendo and the industry leader was still enormous, but it was amazing to be ranked second in the industry within a year of issuing. Thanks to this, Sonic-armed NEGA has begun to be completely pushed out of Japan''s domestic market. Even the second-in-command seat was taken by a newly born portable console, which remained a very humiliating thing for them. I mean, I''m just gonna take the drive, you know, the NEGA drive, and I don''t know why he strangled himself with a NEGA CD. Last Christmas, the new NEGA CD hit the worst volume of consoles ever released in Japan. The NEGA CD sold for approximately 4 months has only recently been distributed to over 1,000 units. But in some ways, it was a natural order. Who''s going to open their wallet at a regular price of 49,800 yen in this tough economic recession? Of course, if the game were great, it would stimulate consumers to purchase, but the graphics of Sonic released at the same time with the device did not feel much different than traditional NEGA drives. Moreover, every time I played a game, I had to suffer from extreme loading, so all of the users who had played once put down the pad with a dark reaction. The player who played the experience in Akiba told me that he thought the machine had stopped, and he repeatedly turned it off and on... But there was good news for that country. The NEGA drive, which bundled Sonic, is highly responsive in North America and Europe, and has recently started ahead of Mintendo''s super family sales. Even though I blew up all the money I made there at the crash of the NEGA CD... In 1992, there was a shift in perception in the console industry. The rapid pursuit of Raon has led to a massive increase in device supply rates, and several third-parties loyal to Mintendo have overtaken us. Among them, there was a soft company that we welcomed with two hands, Fox Soft, famous for ''Real Full Power Pro Baseball¡¯ and ¡®Demonic Series¡¯. There was a funny anecdote in the real-world full-power professional baseball that they created, and among the Japanese pro baseball players was a player called Yi and Sankei. Since high school, he has dreamed of putting his name on real-life full-power professional baseball, and as a result of his hard work, he was able to join Hansen Tigers. Hansen''s struggling pitcher lineup always pushed Eywa out the week before, but he was impressed with his name on the full power pro baseball launch the following year. But the joy of that... Despite the fact that his name is clearly on the board, his brother did not even write about him in the game. The question is, why don''t you use yourself? ¡°You have too low a stat. ¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± In this sentence, he repeatedly learned a special lesson and won the ¡®Sawamura¡¯ award for the best pitcher, and laughed at the Japanese archipelago in response to his awareness that he worked hard to raise his game stats in the journalists. (Of course, this is the story of the future in 1999¡­) Like this, Fox Soft played a lot of sports based games among Japanese gaming companies. Especially since they started the ''88 Olympic Games for Arcade, there was no company to follow about sports genres. -The combination of the format of our sporting games and mobile device Raon will bring out the best synergy. - I swallowed a picnic smile in an article about Fox Post, handing over the best signals from Fame. "Football and baseball games are a peculiar genre that can never be broken, even by fanatics, if the basics are true." Like Fox Soft said, it''s a good match for Raon... As I nodded and looked at the newspaper, I turned over the next chapter, and my face slightly crumpled. - Berserker Guild!! Ultimate Member. Second Castle Tower Challenge!! - They were the best players to break through the dragon emblem''s hard core mode in the shortest time possible, at least three to four months. ¡°You''ve already challenged the second tower? ¡± It might be because of the Berserker''s Guild that the 2nd part will go faster than I thought. After the release of the Dragon Emblem. Ranked on the top of the Hall of Fame and has become incredibly popular with users recently. I don''t want to blame them for their uplifting, but this party leader. Can''t you do something about the character''s name...? But the second floor of the shop dedicated to Dragon Emblem has passed since the full moon. Black Dragon, the master of the second tower of Mars, kneels before the Sword of the Warrior Oshiri. "Damn the legendary warrior''s name, Oshiri... That''s it." ¡¯ 123 < EP. 28: Grave of the Valiant. (2) > ¡°Wow!!! ¡± ¡°I can''t believe I''m actually clearing this!! ¡± Users gathered at the event cheered for the elite party of the Berserker Guild, but my feelings were very complicated. "Butt, the name of a great hero is butt." At that time, Hayashi, who was next to me, asked me with the same emotion or a screaming voice. ¡°D-sir. This is the name of the hero class character in Part Two.¡± ¡°Yes. Butt. ¡± ¡°Hiya!! Are you sure you want to do this? ¡± ¡°Well, promises are promises. ¡± But there is still little hope. It''s just a small difference between being a warrior and not being one. ¡°Grrrrrrr!! ¡± On the last blow of the warrior, you lay on the ground screaming at the last stroke of Black Dragon. ¡°Now... is there a gin ending? ¡± After clearing Normal Mode, the event of escaping from the collapsing tower plays and ends somewhat freshly with a message asking you to challenge the Hardcore Mode, but the end of Hardcore Mode took place slightly differently. In front of the warriors who defeated the Black Dragon, Marcin, who defeated the Holy King Croel, appears. ¡°Huh!? Drink!!" ¡°Oh!! Endings are different!! As expected, the Gin Endings were hidden in Hardcore Mode!! ¡± ¡°Are you sure this is the final battle? ¡± - Well done, warriors who defeated my dragons. - The members of the Berserker Guild look nervous as they suddenly appear. Because if you go into battle like this, the result is almost like a fire. I never thought that drink would show up on the top floor of the Maestro''s Tower when I thought it was the last battle. In retrospect, there was a similar case in the book. Some players were struck down by a sudden drink after killing the Demon King. But their expectations were well missed. In front of the party members who defeated the dragons, Marcin offered players new alternatives. Alternately, a new message window appeared on the screen of the leader of the Raid Party, Osiris. - Will you take over as'' Demon King ¡¯in response to Marcin''s offer? - The message that popped up on the screen came out of the mouths of the users gathered in the event hall. ¡°What, you can be a hero or a Demon King, depending on what you choose?" ¡± ¡°Amazing. What happens when you choose the Demon King here? ¡± What the hell? I''m gonna be the Butt Demon King!! Anyway, whatever that damn name is makes me less serious. But is the Demon King a better name than the name of a warrior? Err... I don''t know anymore. Taking a long sigh and looking at the side, Yuki, who was sitting with me, was smiling just before he passed out. ¡°The Demon King''s name is Butt. Kick, Kick, Kick.¡± Yeah, smile, smile. When I turned my head to the stage with my heart set on, the players of the Berserker Guild were discussing with a very serious face. Are you the first hero of Dragon Emblem 2? Or is it written as the Great Demon King? Neither would be an attractive choice for them. The moment Osiris, a warrior class, was offered a position as the Demon King. The same offer was offered to the palace and the sage classes that were partying together. And the Berserker party made a fairly wise judgment here. At a party of four, one warrior and one wise man is the Demon King and one corrupt wise man. And the rest of us will finish the class change with the referee and the great sage. ¡®Not a bad choice. ¡¯ Users also had an interesting reaction to their choices. ¡°My colleague split in two. What happens now? ¡± Drinking, while everyone was watching, disappeared into the dark with two of his henchmen, heralding a new war. The story ends with a video of an urgent event that leaves the Judge and the Grand Sage in a collapsing tower and tells them that the Maestro Tower has all collapsed. Another message window popped up on the screen. - Thank you for enjoying the time of darkness and the broken Sword of the Dragon Emblem Prologue. - ¡°Prologue!? ¡± ¡°The story you''ve played so far was the prologue of Dragon Emblem 2, how big is the worldview? ¡± Of course, the users who only knew it was the end began to roar at the message on the screen, so I slowly got up and went onstage, just watching the event until now. ¡°Hello, I''m Kang Jun-hyuk, the developer of Dragon Emblem. ¡± The gaze of all the people who were gathered in the event hall became calm toward me. ¡°Thank you to the Berserker Guild for completing the Dragon Emblem Hardcore Mode first. To be honest, after the launch of Dragon Emblem 2, I thought it would take at least 3 months to clear Hardcore Mode, but developers always miss their expectations. ¡± ¡°I can''t believe you were expecting that...¡± I smiled and replied to the soliloquy of the user from somewhere. ¡°That''s what a director looks like. If the playtime feels too short for the user, they can slightly increase the content, and if they want too much, they can cut out unnecessary events like pruning branches. It''s a long, boring story that''s going to tire you out. So the first story of Dragon Emblem 2 is very simple and vivid. Defeat the dragon guarding the tower with your allies. Isn''t that right, Berserkers Guild? ¡± Then, at the last class chain, the referee archer nodded and replied. ¡°Well, it''s nice to have your character grow or your town flourish by completing small quests, but I don''t think there was a flow of epic stories from the masterpiece. ¡± ¡°You got it right. Yes, because what you''ve been enjoying so far is the beginning of the Drama of Dragon Emblem 2, the prologue. The last words that came to mind in the promotional footage of the Dragon Emblem I showed you earlier... Does anyone remember? ¡± Some of the users in the event hall gave me a small resilience to my question. ¡°No way..? ¡± Yes, the newly transferred users will appear as heroes in the main story of Dragon Emblem''s next episode, "The Grave of the Braves." The Dragon Emblem''s Hero Classes are 8 for each job. In total, there are 16 kinds of the Demon Prince''s faction... Clear information from the Berserker Guild was immediately disseminated through the various magazines and the PC communication community. Then the users rushed to the Tower of Mars to occupy the remaining 12 hero classes. Your character can be the lead in the next episode. Of course, even after the registration of 16 heroes, users who had completed Dragon Emblem 2 were able to inherit their characters from the next episode, thus minimizing the range of cartridges flowing into the second-hand market. A new type of game that is being created with users has produced a very good response to consumers, and in about 3 months after its release, it vomited the salt of selling one million copies within Japan alone. & ¡°A toast to achieving the Dragon Emblem Millionaire!!! ¡± With the Kawaguchi delegation''s toast, the sound of the cups banging rang out. He praised the performance of the Elongated Dragon emblem and induced applause for the Pentagon staff. ¡°Then, shall we call Director Kang Jun-hyuk, who is the pride of our Pentagon software and is getting married next month? ¡± I suddenly swallowed the champagne in the representative''s comment, and I shook my hand and replied. ¡°I''m fine. ¡± Then Morita and Hayashi, who were sitting next to me, forced me to stand up and open their mouths. ¡°Aigoo, don''t do that, get married next month and go up and say something. Hey, what''s everybody doing? I won''t take you anywhere soon! ¡± Eventually, I stepped up to the top like I was being handed over to my second development team members, and I looked at them in a clumsy manner. Then he applauded the first team as well as the marketing and accounting teams. A small company that was within and outside of 10 is now a large company with 150 employees working at the head office. I looked at the party floor, holding the microphone, until the crowds clapped more often. ¡°First of all, I''d like to thank the people of the second development team for working with me. Launched a new portable console and now it''s about 10 months old. Raon has outperformed the NEGA within Japan and is ranked second in its penetration rate. Of course, there''s a huge gap between the industry leaders, but I don''t think it would be a dream to go beyond mintendo one day if everyone just worked hard like now. ¡± ¡°The gaming industry, which had lost its trust in users due to Atari shock, has now had its second peak since the Mintendo family. The console market is going to undergo a huge change in the future. There''s a whole new kind of genre coming out of it. The Dragon Emblem 2 prologue is the first step in preparing for that change. ¡± Maybe no one here understands what I''m saying. I gripped the microphone and smiled. & A few days from that. In Mantra Soft, Korea, several types of demo cartridges were moved to Pentagon headquarters. It was a demonstration game from a Korean gaming company that mainly develops PC games to Raon, a console breeder, who hopes to launch the games. South Korean PC gaming industry in the ''90s was extremely unstable due to illegal replication, making it extremely rare for users to buy authentic products. Later, Laon, which was launched in 91, became quite popular in South Korea, and as its penetration rate increased, soft companies were increasingly changing routes to console gaming businesses. Since the Pentagon and Mantra were cooperating with each other in both directions, most of the games from the Pentagon were released in Hangul, and along with the Dragon Emblem series, Final Frontier was becoming very popular in the country. Some of the games were converted to Japanese and released, and Mantra used to send some to the Pentagon, which showed sufficient promise in the Japanese market. ¡°Sir, I''ve sent you a new demo cartridge from Korea. ¡± Hayashi, who had picked up a brown paper box from the post office, told me as she unpacked the parcel. While I was working on a portrait of a new episode of Dragon Emblem, I sighed for a moment and received a cartridge from Hayashi. ¡°I''ve been developing a lot of Raon games in Korea lately. ¡± ¡°PC prevalence increases exponentially, and the game doesn''t sell at all. Turn your eyes to Raon, the console device. ¡± ¡°Illegal replication. That''s not only in Korea, it''s happening all over the world. In the first place, PCs were easier to replicate data than consoles. ¡± ¡°You know...¡± I stopped looking at a cartridge with a happy title while looking at some game cartridges. ¡°Hmm? You know the game? ¡± ¡°I just got off the phone with the head of Mantra, and he said," Great game. You want to try it? ¡± Hayashi muttered while reading the title of the cartridge received from me. ¡°The story of Actonicia...? That''s a great title." ¡°Isn''t that right?" In Hayashi''s compliment, a swirling smile was drawn on his mouth. 124 < EP. 29: White Devils Korea Land. (1) > Starting with the ¡®Legendary Shinsword¡¯ in 1987, Korea''s gaming industry quickly grew in a short period of time. In Japan and the United States, if the gaming industry had grown due to the development of the console market, South Korea could have grown due to the dissemination of PCs, and because of the lack of such legal formulation for illegal replication of gaming software, soft companies collapsing into undersales despite developing the famous ones. What''s even creepier is that everyone who had a PC at the time had enjoyed the game software that this sale was lacking. That is, if at least half of the users who have played the game had bought the genuine game or even a third of it, Korea''s package industry would not have collapsed so easily... Unlike that hilarious and epic story, the story of Actonicia was a title that remained sad for me. Illegal replication of the game was actually more to blame by the retailer who was in middle distribution at the time than the consumer. Rather than selling the genuine product blind to the profits ahead of us, we were encouraging users to copy the illegal software. I saw the story of Actonicia in the famous PC magazine from my childhood, and finally a masterpiece like Japan''s Dragon Warrior or the Final Frontier was launched in Korea. I thought. No, I think it was better graphics or gaming than Japanese games at the time The ¡®Symbol in Count¡¯ combat method that enters a battle when encountered by monsters roaming the field. And when we entered combat, we turned it into a simulated RPG system, creating a very groundbreaking way of combat at at at the time of combining the two genres. The moment I first saw the knight riding a horse under the blue sky opening across the bridge. I stood in front of the game store and froze. ¡®I can''t believe there was such a game. ¡¯ Console games were not the only ones. Moreover, it was a moment of trembling that my fingertips felt awkward because it was not a Japanese language I didn''t understand. But there was a problem. I didn''t have a computer at the time. No, I wasn''t the only one. I didn''t have a PC everywhere I went. The computer was one of the most expensive appliances at the time. Some might laugh, but at that time 286 PCs were super-expensive, which was about two to three million won per person. Moreover, the role of the home PC was merely paperwork or graphics work through Basic, since the Internet was not even in its preeminent period. The South Korean government''s future development industry has set up computer booths at public schools across the country, pushed for computer replenishment with the slogan of one-family 1PC, but the price of one PC was still higher than the monthly salary of a decent worker. However, there wasn''t much you could do with such an expensive home PC, so it was like a 3 million won game machine for adults. And to buy something like that for an 11-year-old. My house wasn''t rich. Nevertheless, I had to buy Gear the ''Actonician Story''. Unlike the family softs, the package that was the size of my young body was very large. The authentic package that reminded me of the thick grimoire that would appear in the fantasy world was very impressive with the face of the humanized sun in the middle. I bought the game package because it was too much freshly made, but I couldn''t return the game, so I just remembered seeing the manual in the package dry and worn out. It was the year I turned 13 two years later... However, there was another challenge waiting for me when I first played a game that looked like I had been in a New Orleans for two years. It was a ¡®bug¡¯ that poured out endlessly. In particular, a particularly severe bug could cause an enemy character to be unable to intervene among the trees in a battle impersonating a simulated RPG, or be unable to move because of me. For some events, there was also a bounce to the DOS at the start of the event, so every moment of playing the game was a tense sequence. When I forgot to SAVE, if the game stopped or bounced, I really wanted to punch the monitor once or twice in the head. By the way, is that... is that the bug that fixed everything and sent it off? & The next morning. As soon as I got to work, Hayashi approached me. ¡°Sir, this game is amazing. The demo version doesn''t tell the whole story, but it also brings a sense of purpose to find the sacred staff stolen from the enemy and a unique way of fighting that brings the gamesmanship of SRPGs to life. It was really fun to play. But¡­¡± I felt anxious and turned Hayashi''s last words upside down. ¡°But¡­? ¡± ¡°It''s a bunch of bugs. I wonder if you''ve done enough debugging work...¡± I knew it. ¡°But I think it''s a pretty promising piece if you get the bugs right. ¡± ¡°Really, sir? Can I try that, too? ¡± In Hayashi''s stern appreciation, some members of the development team began to take an interest in the curiosity. A leisurely morning after all. Employees from the second development team had time to copy and enjoy the demo version of Actonicia together. ¡°This is fun. ¡± ¡°Especially the Pas-Man? This character is really funny. It feels so good to have Han on illegal replication. ¡± ¡°Kick, queek. Oh, this is my favorite in-between gag code. ¡± Again, a good game is how to cross the border. In particular, the way Actonicia plays was able to digest in large numbers on its mobile device, Raon. Rather than playing it on a PC, do you feel like you''re getting a cold in your hand? That afternoon. While having lunch with Kawaguchi for a long time, I brought up the story about Actonicia from Mantra in Korea. ¡°If there''s such a good game, shouldn''t it be launched in Raon? ¡± ¡°But I have a technical problem. It seems that the development environment is poor, so it''s a little difficult to commercialize it as a console version. ¡± Unlike PC games that can be partially patched, bugs are fatal in console games. Because if a bug breaks that prevents storytelling, you might have to recall the sold cartridge itself. In fact, when I was working in Mintendo, a recollection incident occurred due to an out-of-progress bug, and I was forced to become sensitive because I had experienced several cases of a single company squatting. So I decided at the end of my thought. ¡°Kawaguchi, can I go to Korea for a while? ¡± ¡°Yes!? No, Joon-Hyuk. It''s the company business, but what about the wedding? ¡± Oops... I see. I didn''t realize the wedding was coming up for two weeks. 125 < EP. 29: White Devils Korea Land. (2) > Oops... I see. I didn''t realize the wedding was coming up for two weeks. No matter how workholic I am at work, I can''t help it when I''m getting married. It was because Yuki was almost single-handedly preparing for the wedding because of the overlap between the launch of the Psychic Force and Dragon Emblem. ¡®Joon-Hyuk doesn''t know the culture of Japanese marriage, so I will prepare him well. ¡¯ Whenever I''m embarrassed, she sticks out her tongue slightly and smiles like nothing. Maybe I just took it for granted that she was too busy caring. & Although I was single before time slipping, it did not mean I had never been in a relationship at all. Client problems that burst when you stay up late often. Debugging work. I was not confident about the urgency for development progress coming down from above and the people beside me under all kinds of stress. On that subject, I just wanted someone who could understand my situation indefinitely. ¡®Now that I think about it, I was looking for a living Buddha¡­¡¯ Yuki is a very bright person. It''s flawed to refuse other people''s requests well, but I am that attentive to others. I was thorough in my work and did not mind spending time alone when I was busy. After Laon launched, I took a moment to meet him on the weekends. In my careful spit out apology, she once said: ¡®It''s good to be with Joon-Hyuk when he''s free, and I''m excited about the new game when Joon-Hyuk is busy. I''m Joon-Hyuk''s girlfriend and a big fan of Pentagon Soft. ¡¯ Pufacts. This is the only way to organize her. But the moment you take that favor for granted. I was well aware that ''trouble¡¯ began between us. ¡®Regrets don''t fail. Can we also apply this part to? ¡¯ Nevertheless, since I returned to 34 and 83, my mental age was now 43 years old. Yuki''s age is 24 this year. ¡®What a thief. ¡¯ When he laughed himself out like a madman, Kawaguchi, who was eating, tilted his head and asked me. ¡°Joon-Hyuk, are you okay? ¡± ¡°Oh, I was thinking about something else for a while. As Kawaguchi said, Korea should go after the ceremony. ¡± ¡°You thought well. After the ceremony, you can go as long as you want. ¡± In my answer, Kawaguchi also smiled satisfactorily. & The first weekend of June 1992. Yuki and I had a small wedding in a nearby suburb. There were four types of weddings in total at Japanese weddings, the first of which was the most traditional method of marriage at a shrine or hotel. In this case, there are too many schedules to proceed starting with traditional costumes, so pass. The second is a similar way to the temple ceremony described above at a wedding inviting monks in a temple or a gentleman. The third was a Christian wedding held in the church, which was the most similar to a Korean wedding. However, in Japan in the early ''90s, it was only possible for the bride and groom to have a ceremony in church, so this is a natural pass. As a result, it was the fourth method: the . The inhuman ceremony was a very personal wedding where we gathered close relatives and read their vows in front of them. ¡°Are you sure you''re okay? Don''t most women dream of a more glamorous wedding? ¡± ¡°I grew up with my parents who raised me. And a dear friend with a great colleague who will replace Joon-Hyuk''s parents. Does anyone need anything else? ¡± ¡°No, it''s perfect. ¡± ¡°I think so, too. ¡± Warmth in the hands. She looks up at me and smiles at me and has a very attractive dimple. The day when the sun felt warm in the early summer. Yuki promised to spend the rest of his life together, coming out of a garden in the suburbs full of fragrant grass. The wedding host gave it to me because my best friend Jun Fei gave it to me. Among Pentagon employees were Mr. Kawaguchi, Maurita and Hayashi, and Chendra and Pumala from Leitex. After a short ceremony by holding hands and reading out their vows, some guests came from the other side of the world. Elise and her husband became the mothers of two children. And now runs the largest toy company in America, Mr. Wilson''s family. ¡°Congratulations on your marriage. Mr. River.¡± ¡°Thank you for coming. Mr. Wilson.¡± ¡°If it''s anyone else, you should come to your wedding. Because that''s who Dory is. ¡± Unlike when we first met, Mr. Wilson held my hands and smiled with delight, having his eyes and mouth wrinkled in the flow of time. Elise after Raon was released. He resigned from the U.S. branch of Mintendo and served as Mr. Wilson''s secretary and general manager of the Raon Store. ¡°Oh, my God. I''m sorry. I couldn''t make it to Alice''s wedding, but I can''t believe you''re here...¡± ¡°Of course. Of course you should be sorry! I was waiting for you to show up on the day I got married, just in case. ¡± Then James, who was with Elise, opens his mouth with a big smile. ¡°What? So this is the guy you were waiting for? ¡± ¡°Why? Are you jealous? ¡± ¡°A little?¡± Elise stabbed James in the side and naturally held him in his arms. ¡°Elyse!! ¡± After greeting the bride''s acquaintances, Yuki rushed to Elise at a moment''s notice. ¡°Congratulations, Yuki!¡± The other day, when Rob visited Japan, Elise and Yuki hugged each other like sisters, even though they had met for a long time. ¡°When did you get here? ¡± ¡°Just now. A little late, isn''t it? I''m sorry." ¡°No, thank you so much for coming. ¡± Yuki in a white dress looked brighter than anyone else in June''s sunshine. I was about to take a slow walk and greet the other guests, but I stopped walking in the presence of the elderly sitting at the end of the passenger seat. I looked closely at him who initially thought he was a guest of Yuki, who was the grandfather of the gaming store who handed me the game & watch for the first time. ¡°Uh, sir? How?" ¡°Drag him. This guy. In the past, you''ve become a meat that meets water. ¡± ¡°Sir...¡± Standing at the head of the table looking at him, the old man pulled out a plastic chair next to him and recommended it to me. ¡°Yes. With my life here, even though 2015 is coming, I don''t think I''ll go back to that life again. ¡± ¡°I''ve been thinking a lot. ¡± ¡°Of course you did. You''ve accomplished too much to give up your life here. ¡± ¡°I went to Korea in 1988. where I saw myself as a child. And I met my mother. ¡± ¡°That must have been a unique experience. So how was it?¡± ¡°I was very surprised at first, but at the same time I was relieved. ¡± ¡°Is it because I met another you to take your place? ¡± ¡°That''s right.¡± In my answer, the old man smiled with a deep wrinkle. ¡°To be honest, your regression has its perks. ¡± ¡°Yes? What do you mean? ¡± ¡°Usually, if you get an opportunity to go back in time, it''s when you made a big mistake, or if not, the turning point of your life. That means going back in time. But what about you? ¡± ¡°I... oh, no way!? ¡± ¡°Yes. You''ve created a whole new life. Take your favorite game, for example, and say you''ve created a new character. It was a very appropriate analogy. If I had been 82 years old and gone back to 83, I would have been just a baby after the first stone. Of course, I was 21 years old when I couldn''t do anything in that state. And from there, the axis of time twisted and created another me. ¡°I just wanted to feel the whole time the content of the game was growing. ¡± ¡°I''m sure you did. Don''t be so embarrassed, I didn''t come here to rebuke you. In fact, I enjoy every day of what you do here. ¡± The old man peeks Raon out of his arms and raises one mouth tail. And I almost burst into laughter without even knowing it. ¡°A dragon emblem? That was fun. I look forward to it.¡± ¡°But, sir, I couldn''t ask you before because you disappeared so suddenly, what exactly are you? ¡± ¡°Eek. This guy. Don''t you feel that way about young people? ¡± ¡°Of course not. Are you really God? ¡± ¡°Think what you like. ¡± ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ What? The answer reminds me of the legendary statue drip from the drama Iris. That''s when I heard Yuki calling me from afar. ¡°Joon-Hyuk!! What are you doing in there? Let''s all take a picture together!!! ¡± ¡°Oh, sorry. I need to talk to the old man here for a minute. Just a moment, sir...¡± At that moment, until just now, my grandfather, who was sitting next to me, turned his head for a moment and disappeared somewhere. Previously, without any explanation, I just hugged the game & watch and disappeared... ¡°Is God always like this? ¡± I got up from my seat, muttering to myself and looking at the empty chair he was sitting on. ¡°Joon-Hyuk!! Hurry up and wait for the guests. ¡± ¡°Oh, sorry. ¡± I walked smiling at the crowd who was gesturing at me from afar. Precious people who come here. And the woman I love... When I first moved back to 1983, by 2015, I was going to be 34 again... "How can I go back without them..." Jumping into the middle of the crowd and standing next to Yuki, she whispers to me. ¡°What were you thinking sitting on the bench by yourself? ¡± ¡°Well... what do your parents think? ¡± ¡°Oh, you said you went missing while traveling abroad...? ¡± It was a difficult conclusion to say that the two of them who were still alive were dead, both now and in the future. ¡°If Joon-Hyuk''s parents were here, would they like me? ¡± ¡°Of course. He would have loved it. ¡± Then the photographer cried out, looking at us. ¡°Come on, one, two, three. I''ll take it.¡± ¡°Oh, look in front of Joon-Hyuk. ¡± ¡°Oh, yeah. ¡± ¡°Come on ~ one ~ two ~¡± It was then. Originally, two people were sitting on empty chairs that my parents would have been sitting on. My mother was smiling lightly, leaning against my father''s shoulders. Is this a... is this a welcome? Or a gift from God? ¡°Son, congratulations on your marriage. My daughter-in-law is so pretty! ¡± ¡°Mother...¡± ¡°Congratulations, my son. Stay healthy there, not like your father, but drink well...¡± ¡°Father...¡± ¡°Three!! ¡± Bang!! ¡°Well, now, face the bride and start if you''re ready. ¡± ¡°Yes? What? ¡± Then, Yuki smiled at me and opened his mouth. ¡°This. ¡± A moment of carelessness, her lips hung over mine. 126 < EP. 29: White Devils Korea Land. (3) > ¡°After a while. This plane will arrive at Gimpo International Airport. Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats and put your seatbelts on. ¡± When I came to Korea in ''88, it was a frightening and cold winter, and now it''s a very deep summer. By the way, Mr. Kim Han-seok from Mantra will meet you at the airport himself. Now that you mention it, can you make your way to the hotel comfortably? July 13, 1992. About a month after Laon''s first anniversary, I went to Korea alone. While preparing for landing, Yuki muttered as she packed her suitcase for her evening trip. ¡°A honeymoon, a month''s worth of business...¡± In fact, it was a tight schedule for the month, but it seemed to be a little sad since the beginning of the marriage. I wanted to come with me whenever possible, but it looked like I could see him putting another vacation on the company in the backyard after his honeymoon. ¡°Do you want to come to Korea next weekend if that''s okay? ¡± I was sorry to see him so depressed, so I asked him politely, but a smile burst out of Yuki''s head as if he was waiting. ¡°Can you come by yourself instead? ¡± ¡°Of course!! ¡± ¡°Yes, I''ll arrange a plane ticket. See you in Korea. ¡± ¡°Hooray!" Just a moment ago, she seemed like a strayed puppy and was delighted enough to run around the living room with my permission. And I cried my pants off when I left for the airport this morning. The plane circled over the sky at Gimpo Airport and slowly rolled onto the runway. Ugh! I feel this every time I go down in the air. I hate it. And after a while. When the plane stops on the runway, the door opens. I can feel the hot air all over my body, choking my breath. It''s a shame it was casual light.If I had worn a suit to be polite, I would have died in the scorching sun. ¡°Thank you, sir. ¡± I also bowed my head and turned, smiling at the beautiful stewardess who bowed my head lightly, and the stewardess called out to me. ¡°Oh, you know what...¡± When she accepted the cold canned drink with a shy look, the paper stuck together at her fingertips. Oh, yeah? With her eyes closed, she turned her face red behind her, and spread a note on the bottom of the can of beverage coming down the stairs. It contained the frequently used hotel contacts of the stewardesses. ¡°Oh... did I just get hunted? ¡± Turning your head toward the stairs, the stewardess who handed me the note disappeared into the Huddak plane, avoiding my gaze. It means I did everything I could when I didn''t have a cell phone. As her colleagues watched, I even threw the note in the runway, so I put the note in the back pocket, and then another note was touched in my pocket. ¡°Huh? ¡± As I tilted my head and pulled out another note, it was a letter Yuki had hidden from me this morning. Her letter started from the first line by drawing an X mark on the article Jun-hyuk. Joon-Hyuk... Oh, not anymore. To the one I love... Now you''re sleeping next to me. He''s been smiling all night, laughing at what he''s dreaming about. I can''t sleep at night thinking I''m gonna be alone in a big house tomorrow. I hate you when this happens. I''d like to pinch your cheeks a little, but I''ll bear it. I don''t know when I''ll see this, but it''s very hot in Korea right now. Don''t stay out too long. I put an empty bottle of water in my bag, so if you go to a restaurant, you can drink it often. Please don''t be sick until I go to Korea next week, and be healthy. Make sure you call me tonight. He won''t eat. He''ll be waiting by the phone. Yuki folded the letter filled with his heart and put it on the tip of his nose, and a pleasant aroma appeared. She must have sprayed the perfume she used often. I smiled as I felt her consideration in distant Korean land. & ¡°Kang Jun-hyuk, it''s been a long time. ¡± After escorting the carrier out of the country, the Mantra staff next to Representative Kim Han-seok hurried to pick up his luggage for him. ¡°It''s been a long time, Joon-Hyuk. ¡± ¡°How have you been? Jules?¡± ¡°Oh, it''s awkward to hear that Joon-Hyuk is the boss. ¡± ¡°You don''t have to worry about that. I have people''s eyes, and I''m comfortable with this. ¡± When I first confronted Representative Kim Han-seok in front of the staff, he introduced me to the staff with a satisfactory smile. ¡°I don''t know about you, but you should take care of her, since she''s like the silver woman who gave us Mantra Soft. ¡± Then, some of the staff opened their eyes wide. ¡°So this is the Dragon Emblem, the developer of the series...¡± ¡°Yes, it is. ¡± ¡°Th-this is an honor. I''ve been a fan since I was a family man. I thought you were very old, but you''re much younger than I thought. ¡± I was 30 years old now, so it was not hard for him to say because I looked a little older or more similar to the employees in Mantra. But Kim was not like that. Whether the employee was offended by what he said or not, he immediately paid attention to the employee. ¡°Jules, don''t do that. I was right when I was young. ¡± ¡°I didn''t have enough staff training. It''s all my fault. ¡± As the representative of his company ducked in front of me, the employees silently kept their mouths shut if they felt anything strange. I never imagined things would get this heavy. A moment later, after boarding the black Granger in front of Gimpo Airport, the car that carried us slipped out of the airport and into downtown Gimpo. ¡°Would you like to go straight to the hotel? Or headquarters?¡± ¡°Let''s go to headquarters. I''ve been doing research on Raon. ¡± ¡°Yes, I''ll do that. ¡± Starting with console-specialized gaming magazines, Mantra was growing up to be the leading gaming company in South Korea by publishing with various gaming companies in Japan. In 1988, the dragon emblem edition and the final frontier 1 were translated, and the following year the legendary series of heroes from Final Frontier 2 and Calcomb produced a favorable response for domestic users. Then last summer. Coming close to the heart of the domestic gaming industry with the simultaneous launch of ''Raon¡¯ from the Pentagon, Mantra currently had a huge impact on the gaming industry in South Korea. A small publishing company in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, was growing into a medium-sized company with only 80 employees who had just moved into a tall building in Gangnam. ¡°Mr. Kim. I''m impressed with your business. ¡± ¡°Was all this my own strength? Joon-Hyuk was very helpful. I heard you got married last month, but I''m sorry I couldn''t meet you because it was your father''s birthday. ¡± ¡°No, thank you. ¡± ¡°Thank you. Please come into the office. Miss Lee, just get me a cup of coffee here. ¡± ¡°Yes, I understand. Jules.¡± ¡®Miss Lee¡¯ made me feel like my hands and feet were shriveled by what I had heard for a really long time. Good thing it''s the ''90s. Jules, if you call your subordinates names like that, you''re gonna call them hangouts Reggie, it''s gonna be a real disaster... ¡°Joon-Hyuk, have a seat over here. ¡± Leaning against the couch in the middle of the main room, Representative Kim Han Seok sat across from me with a smile. ¡°Nice office you have here. I have a good view...¡± I smiled at the Han River as I looked out the window at Asrai. After a while, outside the main room door, a knock rings, and Miss Lee comes to the table with two cups of coffee on the tray. ¡°Be careful, it''s hot. ¡± She wore red lipstick or trend-sensitive lipstick to a young washer, although it was a light makeup on her neat hair, and she glanced at me. Soon after giving Kim a hot cup of coffee, she got up and lowered her waist lightly. ¡°Thank you, Miss Lee.¡± Ugh, and that crooked comment... I looked up at her expression, and it wasn''t a happy expression to call her Miss, either. ¡°Hey, what''s your name? ¡± ¡°Oh, I''m Soyeon. ¡± ¡°Thank you, Soyeon, for the coffee. ¡± Then Soyeon smiled brightly, expressing her stiff face. ¡°Thank you." ¡°Jules, please call your name rather than the expression ''Miss.¡¯ It feels good to be called by a person. And I''d like you to show some respect to your employees, if possible. When you start respecting your employees as a delegate, the atmosphere of the company gets really good. ¡± ¡°Oh, I can see that. I''m sorry, Miss... no, Miss. Thank you for the coffee. ¡± ¡°Thank you, Jules. ¡± The woman who brought us coffee stepped back, and I started looking at the report handed over to Representative Kim. Representative Kim Han-seok was a gamer of a person who loved games before he was the owner of a company. And that remained true to Mantra''s performance. I checked the documents and asked him at the same time. ¡°How does Raon react in Korea? ¡± Then, without a delay of 0.1 seconds, an answer flew out immediately. ¡°Excellent.¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± ¡°Invincible.¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± Am I talking to someone who represents a company right now? Or is he calling the passing Raon Panboy and telling a story? I didn''t come to Korea to hear a compliment about Raon. My eyes naturally turned to him, looking at the report in his absurd answer. ¡°Jules.¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°Usually if you ask me this, I need you to tell me how you are doing. ¡± ¡°Yes? Oh, yes. It''s...¡± In my daily life, Representative Kim Han-seok began to unfold another chart that lay on the collapsed table. ¡°Ah, that was after the launch on August 15th. It''s sold about 400,000 so far. ¡± ¡°What about the super family of our competitor, Mintendo? ¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°Have you not done any volume research on competitor mintendo? ¡± ¡°Oh, no. I did. Hold on a second. ¡± Representative Kim also connected an external phone while sweating through documents in an air-conditioned, cool office. Beep-- ¡°Miss... no, Miss Soyang. Could you come back to the main office, please? ¡± ¡°Yes, I understand. Jules.¡± Immediately after the answer came from the phone, Soyeon came in with a knock at the door of the main room. ¡°Soyang, do you know the sales performance of your competitor, Mintendo? ¡± Then Soyeon nodded once, and immediately opened her mouth looking at me. ¡°On January 22, this year, the super family was officially distributed domestically through one of the largest domestic corporations, Future Managers, and sold about 32,000 units last month. The price is 189,000 won, which is about 9,000 won cheaper than our Raon. ¡± ¡°They were released five months later than us, but they were almost caught up. Like Jules said, I don''t think it''s invincible. ¡± Representative Kim Han Seok replied with an awkward smile on my words. ¡°However, the prevalence is still ahead of us, and as there are many Third Parties coming to the Pentagon, we will be more advantageous in the long run. ¡± ¡°Who guarantees that? ¡± ¡°Yes? Oh, well...¡± Then Soyeon, who was listening to our conversation, suddenly intervened. ¡°Excuse me, I have something to tell Director Kang Jun-hyuk. ¡± You answered Kim''s question suddenly, and now you''re giving an opinion? ¡°Ahhhh! Soyang. It''s not a place for you to get involved in a conversation. ¡± ¡°No, thank you. I don''t care about that. Speak comfortably. ¡± Soyeon was encouraged by what I said. After clearing his throat for a moment, he said to me. ¡°Raon, which we currently sell mainly, is too expensive to sell domestically. ¡± ... Did Mr. Kamauchi of Mintendo ever hear a single word from me as a subordinate? 127 < EP. 29: White Devils Korea Land. (4) > ¡°Hey, Little Yang. What the hell are you talking about? Do you have any idea what she''s like? ¡± ¡°Aren''t you Kang Jun-hyuk from Pentagon Soft, Japan? I heard that you worked in Mintendo and led the creation of a superfamily, you are the main director of the Dragon Emblem series and streets away from me, and you have also developed a mobile device from the Pentagon. ¡± Hmm. Excellent three-line summary. I swallowed a cup of coffee that Soyeon brought and slowly nodded in response to her. ¡°You know exactly who I am. I don''t need to introduce myself...¡± ¡°Thank you." Kim stares at her with a dazed look on her face. ¡°I feel a little different than usual, Soyeon. Is this the kind of person you are? ¡± ¡°I''m sorry if you feel disrespectful. Jules, I''m just a little frustrated...¡± Soyeon Lee. She was a new woman born too early. It was a particularly weak time for women to speak in the company, so it was clearly different from that of the office women who were in charge of printing, copying and serving errands inside the company. But in that respect, she was very intriguing to me. If there is only a problem, the nails that protrude out will be welcomed. I smiled at Soyeon as much as I could because she might get a good scolding if she went over. Representative Kim quickly opened his mouth, seeing if I wasn''t offended. ¡°Joon-Hyuk, I''m a newcomer who''s been here for less than a year. You don''t have to worry about it because you don''t know what''s going on at the company. And, So-yeon, it''s not just the general employees who get in the way of corporate management. Do you understand what I''m saying? ¡± ¡°It''s even more interesting that you say that. It''s nice to have a rookie who''s known me this much for less than a year, just like you said. ¡± ¡°Oh, I''m so glad Joon-Hyuk thinks so. ¡± ¡°But you just said that Raon is too expensive to sell in Korea. What made you think of that? May I ask?¡± Then, she bites her lower lip slightly and hesitates to answer. ¡°I''m really okay. If Soyeon can get an accurate understanding of the situation in Korea, we can try marketing to respond to it. So tell me without a doubt. ¡± Soyeon felt confident in what I said, and her expression was stiff for a moment. And at the same time, her mouth opened. ¡°I''ll go first. I don''t think Raon''s consumer prices match Korean people''s income levels. In Japan, the culture of gaming is evenly distributed from child to adult, but Korea is not. In Korea, Raon is aged between 10 and 20. In fact, the higher you go, the lower you get. because in Korea, the perception of game content is not very good. ¡± I tapped my finger on the watch that was on my wrist and nodded at her words. ¡°Carry on." ¡°The average salary, which is the workplace of Korean society today compared to Japan or the United States, ranges from approximately KRW 1 million. In that situation, Raon makes up about one-fifth of the average salary for a workplace with just the body of the device. If you buy a piece or two of software here, you have to spend nearly half of your monthly income on the game machine. Parents with normal mindset don''t spend this much on a child''s toy. ¡± Perfect market research without question. I applauded her. Representative Kim Han Seok was also staring at Soyeon''s broken answer with a blank look. ¡°This is exactly what I was thinking when I came to Korea. Excuse me, how old are you? ¡± ¡°I''m 24 years old this year. He graduated from K Business School. ¡± ¡°This is a waste of time as an assistant. Mr. Kim?¡± ¡°I was feeling the same way. So far, I''ve managed to build a company with the help of the Japanese Pentagon, but I haven''t learned anything this way...¡± Since Laon launched last year. If you look at the monthly sales reports from Korea, it is clear that Representative Kim Han Seok was far from the mindset of the CEO of a company. Even though all the databases of this era were manual, the documents he showed me were so medium-grade that it was not difficult to calculate the exact count. I put the documents in my hand on the table and told Representative Kim Han-seok. ¡°Jules, can I take Soyeon with me while I''m in Korea? I''m sure she''ll be a great addition to the team. ¡± ¡°Yes? Oh, yes. Sure." Okay, let''s get to work, shall we? But I think she''d be uncomfortable talking about work here. ¡°Jules, would you get me a car? ¡± ¡°Yes. I''ll have it ready right away.¡± ¡°Soyeon, come with me from today. I''ll get you out of here right away, so pack your bags and come out. ¡± ¡°Yes, I understand. ¡± As I waited for her in front of the car waiting under the headquarters building, I saw Soyeon in a thin sleeveless blouse leaving the building. ¡°Just get in. I''ll tell you the story on the move. ¡± She nods at my words and climbs into the jewelry. He was pre-issued with an international license before he came to Korea, so he did not have any difficulty driving. After turning the starter key. Powering up Excel, the car that was riding us started sliding down Gangnam Avenue. & ¡°But where are we going? ¡± It''s awkward to be next door to a stranger I met today. Soyeon asked me with a trembling voice. And to her, I replied with a playful expression. ¡°A hotel.¡± ¡°Yes!? ¡± ¡°I was thinking of putting my stuff down first. It''s only been two hours since I arrived in Korea. ¡± ¡°Ahh...¡± Soyeon nodded, her mouth wide open with the surprised rabbit''s eyes. ¡°By the way, can I ask you something? ¡± ¡°Yes. Whatever it takes. ¡± ¡°You told me earlier in the representative''s room that Raon is too expensive in the Korean market? ¡± ¡°Yes, it is. ¡± In front of the intersection, the red traffic light slows down and stops in front of the crosswalk stop line. ¡°Traditionally, selling consoles is not very profitable. Rather, the more you sell, the less structure you see. I also want to meet the income level in Korea, but I can''t just lower the price of the device because it''s expensive. We also need to prepare for the reverse income. ¡± ¡°Joon-Hyuk Kang first...? Should I call him? ¡± ¡°Please just call me Deputy Director. That''s what I do at the Pentagon. ¡± ¡°Oh, yes. Sir, I think I know what you mean. But at this rate, Raon won''t be able to see the light on the Korean market. What is the cost savings due to mass-production of parts into the device the year after Raon launches? ¡± Wow, this guy really isn''t much of a gambler. It''s like seeing me when I was new to Mintendo. So? I thought back to when I first interviewed Kamucci, President of Mintendo, and asked her a similar question. ¡°Soyeon doesn''t know enough, but the cost savings don''t come as soon as the prices of the parts she makes are reduced. Do you know how many people there are from the production plant to the distribution line, until a single console is created? In fact, there''s more capital flowing into the labor cost than there is in the unit price of the parts that go into the device. Of course, as Soyeon said over time, the price of the parts will decrease due to mass-production, but on the contrary, the salary paid to the employee will also increase. Moreover, the displays used in Raon are being produced by professional manufacturers through subcontractors, and the semiconductors are being pulled out in a similar way. ¡± Then, she immediately replied without hesitation for a second. ¡°Sir, why do you keep manufacturing factories in Japan that are expensive? South Korea can hire more people with less than half that money. ¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤!? ¡± ¡°South Korea is entering the ''90s and is seeing the effects of economic revival as opposed to Japan. In this situation, it would be better for the Pentagon to work with the Korean side of the company... ¡± At that moment, I felt a goose bump on my forearm holding the wheel. Why didn''t I think of that? I gazed at her, swallowing my thirsty saliva, muted in her clear answer. It was then. Bang, bang!! Baaang!!! She was embarrassed by the sudden sound of the horn and said to me. ¡°Sir, traffic lights. ¡± ¡°Oh, I''m sorry. ¡± I quickly got into gear and stepped on Excel to get out of the car. In 1992, the urban center of Seoul was clearly significantly larger than when it arrived in ''88. I looked at the side mirrors for a moment and thought, driving to the bedroom at the hotel. To sum up Soyeon''s words, she now used Korea to propose Raon''s original equipment manufacturing (OEM) method. In the meantime, the business has been largely distracted by dragon emblems and psychic forces, and her answers have just made me feel like my head is about to explode. There was a dragon hiding in Korean soil. A brilliant talent who''s only 24 years old now. ¡¯ After a while, I stopped at the entrance of Jamsil Lotte Hotel and handed the keys over to the hockey guy running for ballet parking. ¡°Should I wait here? ¡± ¡°Stay in the lobby. I''ll get my stuff and be right down. ¡± ¡°Yes, I understand. ¡± In Korea in the early ''90s, coffee shops were very rare to stop by to talk about. At least this great hotel had to have a business room ready to serve coffee inside. I left her in the hotel lobby, picked up the key from the counter and went up to my room. I wanted to talk in my room as comfortably as possible, but it was not polite to ask me to come into the hotel room of the first guy I met, and I didn''t want to create any misunderstandings when Yuki came to Korea next weekend. I took my clothes off the carrier, hung them in the wardrobe, and changed into comfortable jeans. What you need to do in Korea during this schedule is to increase Laon''s domestic penetration rate and represent Somnori Soft, who developed the story of Erk Tonicia. It was to meet Lee Won Seung. Somnori, the latter of whom I could visit the office and try, but the issue of the former supply rate was decaying briefly on the plane, so meeting Soyeon acted as a great fortune to me. ¡®My head is spinning when I talk to young people. Is that why you say that the older you are, the younger you have to be around? I didn''t expect to hear Shigere''s genius voice in Mintendo and get a kick out of this place called the Pentagon''s White Devil. ¡¯ I swallowed a bloody smile and headed to the lobby where she was waiting. 128 < EP. 30: Dragon Mountain. (1) > After a few hours in the hotel''s business room, she and I spoke alone. She realizes that she has a superior ability to manage the company beyond her expectations. As vice president of the K. Student Council, she was clearly thoughtful enough to stay after her presidency, probably born as a man, and swiftly turned her brain. Moreover, she was also a slightly western beauty with a cool nose and eyes. ¡®Then how come you''re in business at this age? ¡¯ In the OEM way she said, Korea was the best choice for the time being. Looking further into the future, it might seem wise to have factories in China or Southeast Asia, but OEM manufacturing was also a business that needed some skill. In that sense, South Korea''s latest trend in technological strength has been not a bad choice, she argued. Minten, Sensony, Parasonic and Nicor were also reaching out to Thailand in the long run, so I slowly nodded my head. Made in japan at a friend''s house. Contrary to what it says, a friend made in Thailand. It says, "It''s not fake." It reminded me of a real life. ¡®So I deliberately made in Japan and sold it at a more expensive retail store. ¡¯ I told Soyeon, who was drinking coffee, to organize the documents from Mantra in person. ¡°Starting tomorrow, Soyeon, go to the hotel business room here. ¡± ¡°Yes? Here? ¡± ¡°Unfortunately, I don''t have a lot of time, so I''m going to run it at half speed, so be strong. Oh, and do you speak any foreign languages? ¡± ¡°You can speak English somewhat. ¡± ¡°Learn Japanese if you can. Soyeon may have a lot to talk about with the Pentagon in the future. ¡± ¡°Yes, I understand. ¡± In her answer, I took the documents with a satisfactory smile. ¡°Well done, then. Go home.¡± ¡°Yes? Already? It''s only 4: 00 in the afternoon¡­¡± ¡°Soyeon''s work is done today. Go back and get some rest, and I''ll see you here tomorrow morning at 9: 00 a.m. ¡± ¡°Yes, I understand. ¡± & The next day. She was waiting for me at the hotel lobby exactly before 9: 10. In the morning, I heard from Soyeon that Korean users'' reactions to Raon in the business room were more severe than I thought. ¡°I was also aware that the Korean console market is not that big, but this is a bit of a problem. ¡± As Soyeon said, Raon was almost dying in Korea. This is because devices that were not available in Japan and the United States were declining in sales at a rapid rate except for the initial launch in Korea. There were several reasons for this to happen, the first reason was the absence of dedicated soft ( ). Currently released exclusively for Raon in Japan and the United States, there are about 23 softwares. However, in Korea, there were only 10 softs that were less than half of them. Except for Spa 2, Slam Dunk and Final Frontier 4, which were launched at the same time, there were only seven games launched in a year. On the contrary, only in the early years of this year, more than 14 fully distributed games have already been released in the Korean market. The "future boss", who formally signed a sales contract with Minten and the super family, only sold cases of games imported from Japan with stickers called the official domestic edition. I did not push for the game itself to be Hangul. They deliberately brought in action-oriented titles that did not need to be translated, so it did not have a big impact on sales, even if they were not. However, except for the first party, the Pentagon, the third-party, which is almost invincible. Even though the first company, the Pentagon, could not force other third-party companies to Hangul, it was also a sad part for me. What the hell is "invincible"? Kim Joo... It was a hard judge to breathe... ¡¯ And number two. It was very ambiguous to wager a large shop nationwide on the Korean market. Raon''s current penetration rate is about one to two people in one of the public schools. It''s literally one of those fancy game consoles where rich kids play. If the supply rate of the device is low, even if it is a large store, the audience will also be low. Kim Han-seok said the opening of the Raon Premium store was on hold until the rate of supply increased. ¡®Yes. Waste of money in the air is safe... but at least you should have tried marketing to increase supply...¡¯ With a long sigh, I closed my eyes for a moment and cleared my mind. Representative Kim has the ability of a publisher to contact popular games released in Japan. I also had no complaints about choosing a good game and formally distributing it domestically, but I couldn''t keep waiting for Representative Kim to say this. ¡®Maybe I should look into the market situation myself. ¡¯ & That afternoon. After eating with me at the hotel, Soyeon went to the bathroom. I changed my clothes in the hotel room and came down. After wearing a hat on a pair of jeans instead of a casual suit, Soyeon tilted her head and asked me. ¡°Huh? Sir. Where are you going?¡± ¡°Yes, I''ll go with Soyeon. ¡± ¡°Yes? Where? ¡± ¡°Soyeon will also be more helpful in experiencing the real world than the majority of Laon''s shipments and sales volumes on paper. ¡± ¡°Reality?¡± ¡°Yongsan is called Korea''s best electronics store. Is there anything more realistic about the Korean gaming market today? I''ve got a car waiting outside. Come with me. ¡± After I eat. I took her out of the hotel door, which I hadn''t digested yet. & Shortly after, I stopped in a public parking lot near Yongsan Station, and immediately opened the door, I frowned at the hot air I felt. "God, it''s so hot out here..." At that time, Soyeon got out of the car and said to me, looking at the shopkeeper and the PC accessory store. ¡°This is Yongsan electronics store. ¡± ¡°I see. I too have been for a very long time.) I''ve come to see you...¡± Was the Yongsan landscape in the early ''90s this bad? However, I was the best electronics store in the country, so my memory was a little heavy in my head. Anyway, faced with Yongsan in the past, I smiled with my hands on my waist. ¡°Sir, let''s go. ¡± Soyeon was very excited to see if she had been to Yongsan for the first time, as if she had been to an amusement park. At that time, I had only seen the lady selling Dragon Toast at the Yongsan electronics store. Amazing to her, but surprising to the people who work here. I''ve already hurried behind her heading to the store. After a while, we arrive at the entrance of the crying grocery store, called the game alley, looking into the tunnel that extends in a long straight line. ¡°Wow, there''s a lot of game stores. ¡± When the mobile phone sales boomed into the 2000s, the game store was thrown out as an underground toad store, but during this time the game store was mostly located on the side of the street. Even from afar, there were a lot of game cartridges on the shelf in front of the store, and a package box of the newest breeds, Super Family, Raon and NEGA drives, caught my eye. Since it was a weekday, the inside of the tunnel shop was quiet, I entered the store with a light heart, and the eyes of the owners guarding the shop shined sharply. It''s like an Impala jumping from the African meadow into the belly of a beast. On the other hand, before walking for a few steps, we started hearing the voices of the employers calling us from all sides. ¡°Sir, are you looking for something? ¡± ¡°Sir, I''ll take good care of you. Come here, sir. Customer!?" There''s a lot of tourist behavior called "Peekee." I ignored their words and looked at the shops because I didn''t have any guests at all on weekdays. ¡°Hey there, pretty lady. What are you here to buy? I''ll make it cheap for you. Come in here. ¡± ¡°Gosh, what is that guy, buying a game with his girlfriend? I''m furious.¡± I was nervous about the sound coming from everywhere, and Soyeon whispered in my ear. ¡°Are these really people who do business here? Why is everyone trying to attract guests like gangsters? ¡± ¡°Well, because of the local nature, shopkeepers only gather as men, and guests tend to treat men more harshly than anywhere else. ¡± In fact, there are a lot of flying and gangsters in this period, so there are rumors to be careful when you come to Yongsan, so you don''t have to explain how bad the security of the area is. As I passed through the long line of Han Nation tunnels around 200 meters, I turned back and started looking at the opposite line. - Get super family stock. ? 1800!! - - One hundred and ninety thousand won portable gaming machine!! - -Emergently acquired. Get many of the latest Super Family games!! - While looking at the propaganda phrases that were attached to each store, I stopped walking on the propaganda phrases that were attached to one store. - For Super Family. Dragon Warrior V reserved. - The Dragon Warrior series in Phoenix, which will be launched next month, was very popular in Korea. Moreover, in this case, the Super Family was launched two and a half years later, and it is currently ranked # 1 in Japan''s expectations. Usually, Yongsan gaming shops in this era were called "pouch sellers." They often went back and forth to Japan to buy second hand games or new games and made a profit by selling them at an expensive price in Korea. Of course, trading is to make a profit, because the profit itself was taking a violent action that greatly contradicted the state of the art. I stopped in front of the store for a moment, and as if I had waited. ¡°Can I help you find something? ¡± A man who looked like a dry weasel lifted his front teeth and smiled at me. I asked him in peace with his smile. ¡°Dragon Warrior 5. Are you getting booked? ¡± ¡°Ah, yes. Of course. Do you want to book? ¡± ¡°Yes. How much? ¡± Then Karju glanced at me and Soyeon behind my back, raising one mouth tail and answering. ¡°How much did you find out? ¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± This is the same time as answering a guest''s question... I swallowed a ridiculous laugh and answered his question. ¡°How much will you give me? ¡± Then the owner''s eyebrows twitched and replied. ¡°For now, the Dragon Warrior Series is the first game to appear in a superfamily, and it''s going to be a very hard title to find in Japan. ¡± Looking at the passage description, he never seemed to give a cheap price, and even after that, he stretched the explanations of how hard the Dragon Warrior was to find titles and offered a price at the end. ¡°US $1,800.¡± ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. Now the exchange rate is 7 to 800 KRW per 100 yen. How does a 9200 KRW game work when you run a calculator? That''s it - foam 129 < EP. 30: Dragon Mountain. (2) > ¡°The down payment is 50,000 won. Do you want to book?¡± ¡°That''s enough.¡± ¡°It''s the same for everyone else. We only take out one or two things as a service to our customers. Actually, we don''t have anything left. ¡± Ha-ha! You have to hit some gau to take the bait.If you change 9200 yen to the current won, it will be around 73,000 won. But 180,000 won, does it make sense that there''s nothing left to eat after receiving 2.5 times more? I looked at the super family price tag in front of the store and said, "I''m exhausted. ¡°A game costs the same as a console? ¡± ¡°Oh, this was cheaper because it was officially issued in the country by my future boss. Last year it was ? 380,000. ¡± I''m proud of you, asshole. I blew the curse into my heart and took a step. Then Soyeon followed me closely. ¡°How unfriendly is the gaming store? ¡± ¡°That''s just the tip of the iceberg. ¡± I next went to a fairly large store in a tunnel shop. Then the rich man gasped up slowly in the shop. ¡°Welcome. You''ve come to buy a lover''s game. It''s rare here. You like games, miss? ¡± ¡°Oh, yes. I like it.¡± The shopkeeper smiled at Soyeon''s answer and squirmed the debt he had in his hand. Lowering your awareness of yourself through these day-to-day conversations makes it easier to sell, so it was one of the most frequently used methods for people with some sales experience. The owner turned to me next and asked. ¡°What are you looking for, young man? It''s quicker to ask. Hey, ask him. ¡± ¡°I''m here to buy some Raon. ¡± ¡°Looking for a new one? Looking for second-hand?¡± ¡°How much is the new one and what is the used one? ¡± ¡°How much did you figure out? ¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± These people are really... I felt blue at the moment, but I replied with the quietest expression possible. ¡°It says $300 in front of the store, right? ¡± ¡°That''s right, 1900 won. ¡± The owner rummages inside the cramped counter, pulling out Raon''s package box and placing it on the shelf. And I lost my word on that part again. The box in front of me was scratched and crumpled because it was not properly stored. ¡°I meant the new one. ¡± ¡°That''s new. Open it and see.¡± The owner was sweating in a narrow counter and rubbing his elongated debt. Finally, I sighed a little and looked at the opening before opening the package box. Naturally, the ''seal¡¯ was damaged. If I could''ve ripped the seal out of my mind in such a hurry, I would''ve used it. It wasn''t cut with a knife, but I looked at the owner for a trace of cautious removal of the sticker, and he frowned in embarrassment. ¡°We are supposed to check with our retailers to see if the original product is well contained when it is delivered. In case they sold it, if the customer insists it''s not contained, we don''t have a choice. ¡± I can''t believe that a merchant would suspect a customer before a defective item... Soyeon asked the owner if she could do better than then. ¡°Then you can open it when you sell it and check with the customer. ¡± ¡°Ahhhh! I don''t know what she doesn''t know because she''s young, but at that moment, this product becomes second-hand. If you change your mind, you won''t be able to sell. ¡± This man, armed with a typical old-fashioned mind, did not seem to be able to speak a word. So I decided to use what he said. ¡°So you''ve opened this product once? ¡± ¡°That''s right. We need to make sure there''s nothing wrong with the contents. ¡± ¡°I don''t need a product that you''ve confirmed. because I had already opened and taken out a new product at that point. ¡± ¡°Ugh... Young people don''t understand. ¡± I don''t know who you''re talking to. Don''t you know the difference between a new and a second hand? At that time, the host bowed again with an unpleasant expression and pulled out a new Raon from under the shelf. Then, this time, an intact one appeared. ¡°220,000 won.¡± ¡°What? That new one was $300...¡± ¡°It was new yesterday. The seals are completely intact, which is ? 220,000. ¡± What''s the point of entering the store if it''s the same device anyway? After talking to this guy constantly, I felt very confused. Since then, I''ve been asking about gaming software, but the game is also selling a little bit more than the regular price for such nonsense reasons. I wanted to give up the purchase and go outside, but I heard his voice as if to listen behind my back. ¡°It''s hot in here, and these crazy bitches are bothering me. Oh, this sucks. ¡± I looked around a few more stores since then, but other places had similar unit prices. Sometimes I felt like the shopkeeper exchanged his eyes with the owner of the store across from us and exchanged signatures. Eventually, I returned to the entrance of the first tunnel shop, circling around in the deep heat and finding a fast food spot far away. ¡°Let''s stop by there and get a little thirsty. ¡± ¡°Yes...¡± Soyeon was quite shocked by the retail scene she had never felt before. And it was the same for me. As the next generation of media enters the CD, Yongsan will be home to the replicated CD. The MOD chip attracts users who come to purchase the genuine item, and in the process, more evil owners change lenses or parts, and Yongsan crashes from the best electronics store in the country to a market where immoral merchants gather. CD players, cameras and PC parts as well as silk games have been tampered with by consumers just a little bit of caution, so there''s nothing wrong with being screwed... But this is 1992. At least until the early 2000s, when Internet shopping malls were active, there was no choice but to weep and mustard to find Yongsan in order to get the latest games or PC parts. ¡°I really don''t understand. How can I get more money depending on when the product comes in? I mean, there are some sealed stickers that are ripped out of the retail store daily and check the contents in advance, and of course there are some products that are faulty by the misses when they''re shipped out of the factory, but this is clearly against public trade. ¡± I opened my mouth to calm Soyeon who was angry like fire. ¡°Perhaps the one with the broken seal was the return product. ¡± ¡°Returns?¡± ¡°If it''s just a customer''s transformation, or if it''s something wrong with the device, or if it''s not... it''s on the shelf. ¡± ¡°How do you know that? ¡± ¡°First of all, the box is crumpled. You can see that the box has been emptied for quite some time. If there was content in it, it would never have crumpled that way. It''s a common technique. because display is essential for consumers to see the real thing. ¡± ¡°Absolutely not. I''m sure our mantra offers a display demo for our guests...¡± ¡°Sell it anyway. And you take out a new product and you show it to your customers, and if it''s too old, you clean it up and you put it back in the box. And then they sell it at the top, and then they display another new product. ¡± I also remember buying an expensive MD player on display in a store in high school because I was fooled by this technique once. I asked her who was swallowing the drink with a depressed look. ¡°Were you surprised? ¡± ¡°I was very disappointed rather than surprised. If you come out of a retail store like this, no matter how hard we try, the consumers end up having to deal with the damage. ¡± ¡°Yes, that''s why it''s important to build the right distribution line. It''s also important to market it. ¡± ¡°But we don''t have that department yet. ¡± Mantra had 70 employees, but it was a company that did a lot of work. There was a division of editors who make console magazines and sales who publish games, so the marketing side was minimized to be featured in monthly magazines. In the early ''90s, even small businesses and large businesses were not so keen on promoting their products¡­ ¡°It will be made soon. And Soyeon needs to play an important role there. ¡± Soyeon tilted her head in my words and made a puzzled face. Instead of answering, I just smiled and drank soda on the table. ¡®I was roughly anticipating, but I thought there''d be one or two conscientious shops, so how come they''re all the same people? I''m sure there were a few good stores around the corner when I was a kid¡­¡¯ Wait, a corner place? Then again, why were they not well-mannered tunnel shops, and in deep alleys they never would have known if they didn''t look for them on purpose? Maybe they had a reason to be. & After taking a break for a while, Soyeon and I went to a remote place, not a tunnel store where the game stores were gathering this time. I saw a game store or two even where the stores that were dealing with electrical wiring were still selling at relatively normal prices. ¡°Why are the prices different from here at the tunnel store? ¡± The shop owner sighed and answered my question, looking like he was in his early 40s. ¡°The shops are all there once they come to buy the game, so they usually go there when they come to Yongsan. But it turns out it''s quite different from the floating population. Everyone who shops there seems to have their own stores, but one person actually has several stores. You may look like a business owner, but in fact, you''re mostly a paid trouser owner. ¡± ¡°Ah¡­¡± ¡°The owners who run the store go to Japan once or twice a month to buy the game, but if they pass customs well, they can make a huge profit. And when you bring in a game like that, you call it at the beginning. Employers offer their managing trouser owners double the selling price, and trousers take a half-percent gain and take their own salary. ¡± Huh... They''re not gangsters running a tavern.What a stupid distribution system. Having heard the explanation, I couldn''t be more than just an outrageous behavior. So Raon is pushed backwards, and the superfamily games are pushed in... That evening, I sat separately with the head of Mantra''s Kim Han-seok from a fairy in Gangnam. ¡°As soon as you come to Korea, you have no time to breathe. I heard from Soyoung that you visited Yongsan Electronics Shop today. How was your day? ¡± ¡°It was a mess. ¡± ¡°Yes, I also ran a PC game retailer four years ago, but it wasn''t that great. A conscientious business is a difficult business to succeed in. ¡± ¡°First of all, I''m busy with my appointment with the chairman of Somnori Soft tomorrow." I came to Korea to talk to Somnori in the first place. But in this market, even if it goes smoothly with Somnori, Laon''s failure will continue. ¡± ¡°Phew... I really don''t feel sorry for you. ¡± ¡°No, Jules. It''s not too late to try. It''s okay.¡± ¡°Do you have any good ideas? ¡± ¡°There''s no better way. It just pays back the same way. ¡± 130 < EP. 30: Dragon Mountain. (3) > ¡°There''s no better way. We have to pay them back the same way they did. ¡± ¡°The same way? ¡± ¡°The owner of a store outside of Yongsan that doesn''t have a lot of floating population said that the area already has a good neck in Yongsan, which is occupied by several large businesses. ¡± ¡°Yes, it is. The other day, we tried to set up shop nearby, but the landscape was so heavy that we had to give up whether the owners were united or not. ¡± I''m sure they will. If Raon''s professional stores get in there, their unethical distribution network will collapse. ¡°By the way, that tunnel stall. In fact, it''s not a good place to do business in some ways. ¡± ¡°Well... definitely not a good location. There''s a street in the station...¡± So you''ve made the entire affordable street market a specialty for selling games. I emptied the glass in a heartbeat. I smiled at Kim. ¡°Then let''s change the board. ¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°On August 15th, the Raon 1st Anniversary launch will take place in Yongsan. ¡± & The next day. I came to Mapo-gu, Seoul, but I couldn''t find a place to stop, so I was circling the same area. "Is there really no place we can stop the damn car? ¡¯ So I got out of the car grumbling and barely parking around a few times. As I learned from Representative Kim, Somnori was making a game at the home of Representative Lee Won-seung, without having a company office. In 1992, the game development environment in Korea felt like seeing Japan 10 years ago. A character designer and a programmer in a cramped backroom. And one of the main directors that coordinates these two. Somnori, who created the story of Actonicia, was also one of the amateur game producers with similar numbers. As I understand it, the story of Actonicia was 1994. The game was made by 5-6 people who knew Lee Won Seung Won. The total development cost for the year was about KRW 3 million. Usually in the case of indie game producers, after selling the game, they often acted as a side business rather than a business because it was a form of distributing revenue among their team members. Some people blame the total development fee of KRW 3 million for nonsense, but there is no rent because the office is not paid for separately, and all work computers have brought in personal items and worked on them, so there is no facility. Only use the minimum cost of food and expenses to craft the game and then distribute the proceeds sold among your team members. This was the beginning of South Korea''s development of indie games in the early ''90s. Ding-dong. After a long time following the enemy''s address on the note, you hear the voice of the man hanging from the intercom as you ring the doorbell of the house you found. ¡°Who are you?¡± ¡°Hello, I''m Kang Jun-hyuk, who I contacted yesterday. Are you Lee Won Seung Won from Somnori? ¡± ¡°Oh, yes. Wait a minute." - Tick tock, tick. A private house with a small courtyard, in the early ''90s, faced by a large red brick house with a typical middle class household, a glass front door opens, revealing an awkward image of a man. ¡°Are you from Mantra? ¡± ¡°Yes, it is. ¡± I smiled at the man who was staring at me in a tired tone. ¡°Your house is a bit messy, but you should come in. ¡± ¡°Now, if you''ll excuse me. ¡± As I walked into the house''s workshop, the smell of a wily widow provoked my sense of smell, according to Lee Won Seung Won''s suggestion. The cups on the table were all stacked with different types of containers, and the 1.5L petting bottle next to it was filled with butts and had a strange color. In the bunk bed in the corner of the workshop where the light was not very good, I noticed that someone was taking a detour after finishing the work. ¡®Hah... It''s too clumsy to talk about work here. ¡¯ After wandering around the workshop because there wasn''t enough room to sit to talk, Lee Won Seung Won''s representative was embarrassed and scratched his back head. ¡°Can we just talk at the dining room table? ¡± ¡°That''s better. Haha...¡± Soon after moving to the dining room table, Lee Won Seung Won picked up a juice bottle from the refrigerator, but there was no cup to put it in. Seeing a pile of dishes that seemed to overflow in the sink, it was probably natural. ¡°I''m fine. ¡± ¡°I didn''t think you''d be here in person, so I wasn''t prepared. ¡± ¡°No, I''m in a rush to schedule a visit. I''m here to talk business anyway, so you don''t have to worry about tea. ¡± I once again introduced myself to Lee Won Seung Won, sitting across from the dining table. ¡°Hello, I''m Kang Jun-hyuk, who I contacted last night. I''m not actually from Mantra, but I''m from Pentagon Soft in Japan...¡± ¡°Then you must be the developer of the Dragon Emblem...!" ¡± ¡°Oh... yeah, that''s right. ¡± Lee Won Seung Won was furious with my answer, and he couldn''t help but open his eyes. ¡°Somehow. I heard your name yesterday, but I really didn''t know you were Kang Jun-hyuk.¡± ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. Was my name that famous in Korea? It felt awkward, so I scratched my cheek and opened my mouth. ¡°Thank you for noticing. So you don''t have to explain me in detail. ¡± ¡°Of course. We''ve all played the game that Joon-Hyuk created. ¡± ¡°Thank you." ¡°By the way, what brings you to Somnori? ¡± At that moment, I asked Lee Won Seung Won''s question, ''I had a lot of fun with Actonicia as a child.'' I almost replied. Somnori''s story was remembered as a masterpiece of the Korean gaming industry. While escorting the stalk of Cainan, knight Lloyd, who was robbed by the enemy raid, wrote a story of taking his granddaughter Ilene with him on a journey to retrieve the staff. The story stream was influenced by the JRPG at the time and had a simple story structure that led to the village buying new armor and repeating the level nogada. Nevertheless, the story of Actonicia was very popular with its users, a surprising possibility of graphics and stories that were not found in the local games at the time. And it was thanks to the unique combat system that represented SRPG. Although it didn''t come to mind at first, Actonia began to increase in sales volume through word of mouth from PC users. However, after 80,000 copies, the sales started to decline dramatically. At that time, the story of Actonicia was released at a time when illegal copying of the game was very high. Of course, to prevent unauthorized copying, a total of three times appeared in the middle of the story, which resulted in a password character asking the users for a password, but the ''cracked file¡¯ that made that effort a blunder led to a rapid decline in sales. So the 1st Korea Gaming Promotion Agency. After 100,000 copies of the target game, he got down on his knees to illegal replication... but this small number of people brought 100,000 copies of hedge money to the domestic market won''t be ignored. It''s just that he can''t get far... 100,000 copies is 100 million won per soft incentive. However, Im Won-seung Representative of Somnori was unaware of the sale option contract at the time, and made a big mistake in handing the finished game over to a company called Soft Ray for a cheap price. As a result, all sales revenues in Actonicia went to Soft Ray, and Lee Won Won said that he really only had a small amount of money in his hand. If we add a little bit to the story of Soft Ray, which embodied all of Actonicia''s great masterpieces, they run a institute that nurtures industry professionals themselves called Game School, created games such as Poinsettia, the Invincible, but not so great, and subsequently changed their mission to ST Entertainment and produced a few more games, but closed the company doors leaving a monster called "Speaker Blue Bird." With the exception of Actonicia''s distribution, there was not a single success, and they were also buried in the ruins of illegal replication of the game and were forgotten for a moment. I answered Lee Won Seung Won''s question, "What brings you here?" ¡°I''ve played a demo version of Actonicia you sent to Mantra. ¡± ¡°Oh, have you done it yourself? ¡± ¡°Yes. I had a little bug, but it was definitely fun. ¡± In my acclaim, Representative Lee Won opened his mouth, blushing his face. ¡°In fact, the battle system in Actonicia was inspired by the SRPG method of the Dragon Emblem. And the person who came up with the idea said so, and I don''t know how to react to this. ¡± ¡°I heard the head of Mantra''s Kim Han-seok is looking for investors. ¡± ¡°Ah¡­ yes. Yeah, we''re amateur game producers, but we''re all just as passionate. But to unleash that passion...¡± ¡°You''re going to need money. ¡± He said, "Yeah, well, we''re all out of work, and we''re not even costing enough to live. So we created a prologue section and sent it out to a number of companies to attract investment. ¡± ¡°Did you get the answer? ¡± ¡°Oh, thank God I got a few calls. There are positive answers for Mantra, Soft Ray and Myrine Soft, famous for their legendary new swords. ¡± ¡°Soft Ray..."? ¡± I said, "Yeah, it''s a popular place for PC magazines these days. Do you know it? ¡± ¡°Oh, yeah... a little bit. ¡± ¡°But, Joon-Hyuk is the first person to come to the office like this. ¡± ¡°I''m also very interested in the story of Actonicia. ¡± ¡°Oh, thank you for saying that. But¡­¡± ¡°Hmm? Is there a problem? ¡± ¡°Well... actually, I made a deal with Soft Ray last week. ¡± ¡°Yes!? ¡± ¡°I''m in a bit of a hurry, actually...¡± Lee Won Seung Won, who scratched his back head with an awkward smile, avoided the look of apology to me. I looked at him with my fist wrapped around me for a moment and carefully opened my mouth. ¡°May I see your contract with Soft Ray for a moment? ¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°I''d like to check on you for a moment. in case there are any improper contracts in Somnori. ¡± ¡°Wrongful... contract? ¡± Surprised by the appearance of an improper contract, Lee Won Seung Won''s representative tilted his head a moment later and brought over the contract documents from Soft Ray. ¡°I''ve checked a few times, but nothing''s wrong. You will receive KRW 3 million in advance, and after the game, you will then be offered KRW 7 million in Soft Ray. ¡± "Oh my, you''ve got a lot of money. I don''t know how much Actonicia will sell..." I swallowed an empty laugh into my heart and examined the terms of the contract I received from him. ¡®As expected, there are no contracts for future incentives. ¡¯ And I immediately passed it on to Lee Won Seung Won''s representative. Then, Lee Won Seung Won replied with a big smile. ¡°It''s not the right time for PC supplies in a typical home yet, but how much would I pay to sell it? If you go out two or three thousand, it''s going to be great. ¡± This guy... He''s totally underestimating his own Actonicia. I answered his pranky reply with a serious look. ¡°What if they sell over 100,000? ¡± ¡°Yes¡­? ¡± ¡°A mere $100 million is an incentive. Will you give up?¡± ¡°Uh, uh, well...¡± At this time, the amount of 100 million won was unimaginable, so Lee Won Seung Won suddenly started to sweat. ¡°Well, can we sell that much? ¡± ¡°I''ll let you sell a million. So you can cancel the contract on Soft Ray and come with us. ¡± ¡°Yes? One million!! ¡± The door slammed open inside the workshop with a thud, like the scream of Lee Won Seung Won''s representative. ¡°W-what''s going on!? Brother.¡± The programmer who was in the middle of conception woke up to the shout of Lee Won Seung Won. However, Lee Won Seung Won didn''t care, but he was just looking at the contract in my hand and my face. ¡°Is that really possible? ¡± ¡°Yes, I can. I''ll pay for the breach of contract as well. But there are conditions. ¡± ¡°Condition?¡± ¡°The story of Actonicia is not published for PC. Release only for Raon, the Pentagon''s mobile device. ¡± Then the programmer who just woke up said to Lee Won Seung Won. ¡°Sir!? What''s that guy? What the hell is he telling you to do? ¡± Then, Lee Won Seung Won opened his mouth while drying up his excited brother. ¡°You fool. Can''t you be quiet? What are you doing in front of a guest? ¡± ¡°Sir, do I look like I''m going to stand here?" Your answer is making a mess right now. ¡± ¡°What is wrong with you? What''s your problem?¡± ¡°Of course I''m upset!! If you were to develop the Achto for Raon, as he said...¡± The programmer takes a deep breath and opens his mouth, almost broken. ¡°Shouldn''t we be working from the beginning...¡± Hey, don''t freak out. I''ll join you this time. 131 < EP. 30: Dragon Mountain. (4) > The next day, the first thing I did was rent an office near Marpo. Raon''s first anniversary is in a month. Somnori''s cooperation was absolutely necessary for a successful event to be held. And in order to do that, a smooth development environment was essential. By changing the platform from PC to Raon, all developments that have been made to date have again changed 0%. In fact, there was a demo version of Raon Actonicia from Mantra that I had sent earlier if I could get some, but it was honestly only Mana level. And why is that? Would I have come all the way out here and ported back to Actonia? Akto was clearly a masterpiece in the gaming industry at the time, but it was not a massive masterpiece. There was definitely something that needed fixing, and there was something that needed fixing. First, the SRPG''s undercover combat. Here''s a bit of a blur. At the classic RPG, which was the main level nogada, Actonicia was very slow in tempo. One of the reasons is that the size of the battle map is too wide for the number of allies and enemies that appear. At the point of hitting and fighting anyway, I had to spend 2-3 turns just going to meet the enemy, but this part only felt very frustrating. ¡°Why is this battle map so wide? ¡± ¡°It''s for the broadness of the battlefield...¡± ¡°I''ve only slaughtered three or four monsters, but the map is a bit... small for a battlefield. As soon as the battle begins, I''m faced with the enemy once or twice with the vastness of the battlefield. I get bored when I level up like this in RPG games that require battles every time. ¡± And number two. I applied unique settings for each character''s job. In fact, magic was very useless in Actonicia. In a fantasy world where swords and magic thrive, magic has a huge impact on the world view. However, due to the excessive consumption of one MP magic in Akto, after just one or two strokes, there are no more points left to use magic. After fixing half the system parts of the original draft except for the story, the faces of some of Somnori''s team members, including the Lee Won-seung representative, began to harden. ¡°Jules, who the hell is that? ¡± ¡°This is Kang Jun-hyuk from Pentagon Soft, Japan. ¡± ¡°Ah, Pentagon Soft...¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± ¡°No, wait. Kang Jun-hyuk from Pentagon Soft!? ¡± ¡°Yes, my dear, I am the main director of the Dragon Emblem series. ¡± ¡°Ugh...¡± The developers who created the story of Actonicia in Somnori for the first time were not actually professionals who created the game. It was just a group of indie games where a few people who liked the game gathered to make the game as a hobby. Suddenly, if you create a professional game for those people, it will be confusing, and such confusion will bring about refusal. ¡°Hey, I came to see Lee Seung Seung Won because I thought I was making a really simple role-playing game, but if I spend too much time here, my career will be difficult. ¡± While researching the project book, while filtering out unnecessary parts, a skinny programmer carefully spoke to me. I continued to examine Akto''s plans and answer his questions. ¡°What are you working on? ¡± ¡°Oh, well, a small company is building an English language education program for children. ¡± ¡°What is your monthly income? ¡± ¡°Well, when you''re done, your boss says he''ll take care of it, but basically he gets about 100 a month. ¡± In the programmer''s answer, I looked at Lee Won Seung Won. ¡°There will be a deposit coming in from Mantra this afternoon. Have lunch later and check your bank account. I''m not going to interfere because you''re in charge of the crew. Keep in mind that you don''t have much time to convince and drag people you don''t want to do it with. And¡­¡± I turned my head toward the development team and looked at them for a moment, followed by horses. ¡°I can assure you, by the end of this project, you will all be able to grow by a few steps. But I''ve been working for the next few months. Family at home, friends. You''ll have to put all that behind you and get on with it. If you''re that excited, we''ll guarantee you a monthly salary of KRW 2 million until the game is completed. ¡± ¡°What... 200!? ¡± In the early ''90s, the fixed income of 2 million won per month was equivalent to the base salary of a small and medium-sized enterprise, so it was not surprising for them. ¡°What do you think? Can you do it? ¡± The people who were gathering in the office at my question slowly nodded up and down. & August 14, 1992. Since a month ago, many people have gathered on the first floor of Yongsan Terminal, as well as Soyeon and Mantra''s employees have been actively promoting around Yongsan Station. Terminal stores that were able to enter the building directly from Yongsan Station Exit along a long corridor tended to be more rented than anywhere else, instead of having a lot of customers. ¡®But there''s no place like this for an early subjugation of the aircraft. ¡¯ I smiled gladly at the growing parade of people. There''s been a lot going on in the last month. I''ve been busy with almost no time to breathe except for the weekend Yuki visited Korea. The second thing that was lacking in manpower was taking amateurs who didn''t even understand basic coding, which was frustrating and crazy, but I slowly worked with the feeling of suppressing anger and soothing the crying child as much as possible. In the end, I always had time to teach programmers after work, rather than progress in the development of the game. As a result, I don''t think I''ve made the progress I was expecting, but I think I''ve reached an acceptable level. ¡®The rest is up to the users. ¡¯ At that time, while drinking machine coffee on the second floor, I saw some familiar faces in my eyes as I gradually looked at the users coming to the event. Huh? They''re the owners of the old tunnel store, aren''t they? Apparently, with news of a large-scale event in Raon, a disturbing rumor made Yongsan gaming store owners feel uneasy. Terrible rumors that they reveal discomfort. To clarify that, I emptied the remaining coffee and baked a paper cup. ¡°After a while. Raon''s first anniversary in Mantra is about to begin. As I previously announced at the event, Kang Jun-hyuk from Pentagon Soft, who has developed the Dragon Emblem series and mobile device Raon, will be invited as a special guest. ¡± ¡°Oh...¡± ¡°We also hope that Raon''s exclusive RPG game, made purely of our technology, will be released after the event today. ¡± ¡°Whoa!¡± This event celebrates Raon''s first anniversary. The reaction of the users gathered here was hotter than ever because it was the place to announce Laon''s march in South Korea. I came down the stairs from the second floor and slowly took a breath back onstage until the moderator called. I''ve been there many times, but I was always so nervous that I could feel my heart pounding before I came onstage. Moreover, this time the first presentation in Korea. Maybe today will be the trigger for the re-evaluation of a device called Raon by Korean users. ¡°Then, I will take you to Kang Joon-Hyuk''s stage to announce the full event. ¡± With the sound of shouts coming from the stage, the curtain heads up to the stage. As I stepped onto the stage following the event assistant''s instructions, the shouts of those surrounding the stage began to louder. ¡°Ah, you''ll also see that Kang Jun-hyuk, the main director of the Dragon Emblem series and the streets without me, is also very popular in Korea. Please greet Korean users first. ¡± ¡°Hello, I''m Kang Jun-hyuk from Pentagon Soft. ¡± I looked around at the users clapping with a light smile. Some were waving a family dragon emblem genuine case in their hands, while others were making a hand-held picket. ¡°Thank you for welcoming me here. In fact, I should have set up a seat like this soon.I ''m just sorry to see you after the first anniversary of Laon''s launch. ¡± I bow once again in their reactions and raise my head after raising my apology. Then I noticed the faces of some of the older retail owners who appeared to be among the users and began to distort severely. ¡°He was with a woman back then...¡± It seemed that I recognized myself at a glance because it was a very rare time for a customer to go to the store with a woman. I opened my mouth, making eye contact with one of them, with a big smile. ¡°When I arrived in Korea about a month ago, I was sad to see Raon''s distribution line. And the most unfortunate distribution market... is right here. Yongsan.¡± Subsequently, my long sigh echoed through the speakers everywhere and I took a step towards the center of the stage. ¡°The Yongsan electronics store is the heart of the gaming industry, which currently has the largest distribution line in the country. Games that are released locally and sold overseas can be found here as much as you want. Do you have any idea what Laon is worth? ¡± Then, different prices started pouring out of the mouths of the people gathered on the stage. ¡°Isn''t it $300? ¡± ¡°No, it''s 198,000 won. ¡± ¡°What? I bought it for 220,000 won. ¡± ¡°I''m 2300 won. What''s wrong with the price? ¡± The faces of the employers who were mixed among the users began to stiffen at the prices of the different Raons, which were revealed in detail. I sent an autograph to Soyeon, who was waiting downstairs with a mischievous look on her face, and she came up on the stage with two Raons in her hands and put them on the table. ¡°This is Raon, who was just bought at Yongsan''s ¡®Out¡¯ Shop through our staff. Here''s the receipt: 1: 10 p.m. on August 15th. I bought this just 20 minutes ago. ¡± I hold one Raon on the table in my hand. ¡°Usually our products have these sealed stickers on them to see if they are open. However, this product appears to have a broken sticker once. Well, let''s rip it out. By the way, the store owner said it was a new product, and there was nothing wrong with the contents. ¡± I put down the microphone for a moment and opened the box. Then Raon, wrapped in plastic, reveals himself inside. ¡°Now, as you can see, the components are fine, but if you look closely, it feels a little strange. First of all, the plastic surrounding the product is crumpled up strangely. And the adapter wires are also roughly tied to something. So let''s open another product. This is a regular priced product from a store on the outskirts of Yongsan for ? 198,000. First of all, there are no signs of damage to this seal sticker. That means they''ve never opened it. ¡± Again, I put down the microphone and opened a new product. And it appeared next to the box that was just opened. ¡°Let''s compare the product body this time. Fortunately, Raon is white, so the color difference is noticeable when compared to a new product. ¡± At my request, Soyeon took out the two raons in the box and held them in both hands. ¡°Oh, it''s much cleaner on the right. ¡± At first glance, the left side was slightly yellow to make the usage feel stronger. It was a persistent problem of white plastic discoloring due to the heat inside the instrument. ¡°Oh, fuck. I bought a new one for the first time, but something''s stuck...¡± I held the microphone on the table and cared for a moment. ¡°Of course, not all companies will operate this way, but the real damage is what the users here are losing, and I thought you should have a reasonable reward and remedy. So I decided.¡± The users at the venue looked at me with a nervous look on their eyes. ¡°No more time on the spot. I will not distribute any products regarding Raon to the tunnel stalls. ¡± ¡°Oops!! ¡± ¡°What!!! ¡± This was the harbinger of the horrific rumors that were circulating among the emerging commercial owners. 132 < EP. 30: Dragon Mountain. (5) > ¡°No more time on the spot. I will not distribute any products regarding Raon to the tunnel stalls. ¡± ¡°Oops!! ¡± ¡°What!!! ¡± This was the harbinger of the horrific rumor that wandered among the established businessmen. And the effect was immediately seen by the employers interfering with the users. ¡°You''re not giving us anything at all!? ¡± ¡°I''m ridiculous. You have no intention of selling anything. ¡± At that moment, the employers'' eyes were pierced by the unexpected words. What an idiot. It''s like a suicide bombing out here. Either way, I walked back to the center of the stage, ignoring them. ¡°Why do you use the Yongsan electronics store? Don''t you have a game shop in your neighborhood? No, there is. If you live in the suburbs of Seoul, you won''t find one or two PC shops in the same time period today. And they''re definitely selling games there. whether it''s illegal software or genuine software. ¡± ¡°Nevertheless, the reason you''re looking for Yongsan, located in the heart of Seoul, is because you might be able to live a little cheaper with the diversity of game titles. Of course it is, because today the only game stores representing Korea are Yongsan and Cheonggye Cheon. ¡± The users who gathered at the venue began nodding at my words, and the employers who were mixed in the crowd began to slip away with a red face. I was in a hurry before they all got out. ¡°But Yongsan has changed. Of course, not from the beginning. But games are becoming bigger and bigger, and more and more stores are being mean to users. ¡± Then, one user who was just listening to my story raised his hand and asked a question. ¡°But if you want to find games that are only released in Japan like Dragon Warrior 5, you have to use the merchant. ¡± ¡°Well, that''s true. I have nowhere else to go. ¡± I sighed and replied to their voices. ¡°That''s right, our country is still missing games and animation in negotiated items that can be fully funded with Japan. So here''s Mr. Kim Han Seok from Mantra, who has been walking around Yongsan electronics store with employees for the past month, categorizing conscientious stores and unconscious stores. And at the end of this month, we will write an example of this in the Gaming World, which is published in Mantra. And I also want to ask you one thing. ¡± ¡°Consumer rights need to be found by consumers. When I visited Yongsan last month, he was booked by Dragon Warrior 5 in several stores. It is also a very popular series in Japan, and since the cartridge unit price of the super family is so expensive, it will be launched at a somewhat higher price of 9200 yen. That''s about 73,000 KRW at the current exchange rate. ¡± ¡°But I noticed that the purchase price of this software in Yongsan was ? 180,000. Recently, they''ve been receiving up to 200,000 won. And of course, it doesn''t mean that they should ignore the hard work that comes from Japan. But getting more than twice as much money is a clear explosion. That''s why I want to emphasize to you more and more about consumer rights. ¡®Expensive is expensive.¡¯, ¡®cannot be purchased at this price.¡¯ Why can''t you talk? I understand your desire to play your favorite games a little sooner, but if you continue to support the seller in this way, there will be no end to it. ¡± In my words, the user who just asked me another question. ¡°So what the hell are we supposed to do? You have to tell me how to do it rather than telling me that I can''t do it. ¡± ¡°Yes, it is. So I''m going to show you how to do that now. As I said just now, a new corner of the Yongsan gaming store will be posted in the Game World at the end of this month. The first month was when Mantra''s staff jumped on their feet, but after a few more rounds, they might reveal who they were. So from now on, I ask you, Discuss with the magazine the kindness of your store and the pricing of the games sold. ¡± ¡°There are definitely a lot of friendly shops here in Yongsan at good prices. But they''re pushed into a corner by the tyranny of the big business. This type of harassment is prevalent not only in games, but also in other electronic products. The biggest power of consumers is the choice of outlet. Instead of forcing them to buy at a price that they feel is unfair, we ask that they spend the right amount of money through information sharing. That''s it." ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± Buddy, buddy, buddy. Applause, which began with one person, spread widely and quickly began to fill the first floor of the terminal store. ¡°Wow... I feel so good!! ¡± ¡°If you launch Game World this month, you must buy it. I''m only going to the stores listed there. ¡± ¡°Oh, shit. From what I hear, I was a coward. I have to cancel right now. ¡± ¡°I could really use some help with this right now...¡± After hearing the complaints that had been piled up, the employers who were still at the event looked very troubled. ¡®I don''t know how much this will change, but we''ve got at least one high wire...¡¯ I hold the microphone in my hand and open my mouth again. ¡°That''s all the Pentagon and Mantra have to offer. But I think it''s clear that our responsibility, which was poorly managed, So this time I''m going to tell you about the reward. ¡± ¡°A reward? What else is there? ¡± The venue, which was buzzing with the word reward, became quiet for a moment. At that moment, I saw the knight riding across the bridge on the screen behind my back. Immediately, the opening video of the game along with the great background music began to play. ¡°Huh? What is it? Is this Raon''s new game? ¡± I stepped back to the edge of the stage to prevent the screen from obscuring and watched the opening of the new game with the users. The title of the blue sky with the bright sun shining on the bridge where the knight rode was the ''Actonician story¡¯. Morita could have made a nicer opening, but she couldn''t ignore the effects of purely domestic RPG titles made by domestic developers. Instead, the opening made up the initial event scene of the game and increased the amount a little more, which was quite responsive than I thought. ¡°Domestic RPG? ¡± ¡°Oh? What is it? Feels pretty good. ¡± Especially in the convoying scene of Kainan''s staff, elasticity began to leak from people''s mouths in a solemn atmosphere. I originally drew a decent picture because it added a sprite effect in a convoy event that might have been a little empty. And in the subsequent battle scene, I was appalled by the faces of the people gathered at the event. ¡°That''s how we fought out of Dragon Emblem 2!? ¡± Yes, by improving SRPG''s formerly obscure combat approach and introducing tactically actionable tactical formats on a narrow map, Gamability felt 180 degrees different. ¡°Wow... did the local RPG advance to this much quality? ¡± Somewhere I heard a criticism of following the Raid method of the Dragon Emblem, but as soon as my name came up to the Battle System Director, the user''s work ( ? 21917;) immediately turned into cheer. ¡°Oh!!! The creators of the Dragon Emblem participated!? ¡± ¡°Awesome!! So this game can be seen in collaboration with the Pentagon!? ¡± The short opening video ended with the title "Actonicia Story" branded by users again at the end. I opened my mouth as I approached those who were making a blank face with the introduction of a new game. ¡°The story of Actonicia is a pure national game created by an Indian game developer called Somnori in Korea. As you can see, I was assigned a combat system in Actonia to assist with the task. ¡± Since my name worked well in Korea, the users gave a big applause with cheer. Somehow, I felt like I was snatching the ball of Somnori''s Lee Won Seung Ry. I rushed him onstage. Lee Seung Won, who received the microphone from me, hesitated for a moment and greeted the users with a trembling voice. ¡°Hello, I''m Lee Won Seung, the main director of the Actonician story you just saw. I''m very proud and very excited to see the story of Actonicia, which started out as a fun gathering of gamers, being released as a console game. Although domestic game development is still lacking in comparison to Japan or the United States, I am very happy to be able to make such a great game in my relationship with Kang Jun-hyuk. In the meantime, I want to leave you with one word: Our Somnori Soft is committed to starting this year in Actonia and working hard to win the Korean Games. ¡± ¡°Oh, is there a professional game developer in my country? ¡± ¡°I''m impressed. It''s not like when the Final Frontier or the Dragon Emblem were engraved...¡± ¡°Cheers!! Make lots of great games!! ¡± In the support of the users, Lee Won Seung Won said his head bowed and greeted them, not being able to speak anymore. I was also the moment when I felt overwhelmed by the support of Korean users. After handing the microphone back to me from the Lee Won Seung Won Representative, I smiled slightly and added an additional explanation about Achto. ¡°Actonicia is currently working hard to target this winter issue. In addition, this game is a token of our appreciation for Raon''s first anniversary and for those of you who have loved Raon so much...¡± Shortly after I finished my presentation, I came downstairs, filled the hall with enormous shouts and applause. & After Laon''s first anniversary. I had a quiet drink at the fairy I met with Representative Kim Han-seok the other day. ¡°We were surprised at the announcement and free distribution of the Actonian Story Bundle. Tell me in advance...¡± ¡°I''m sorry I didn''t tell you in advance. I wasn''t able to tell you beforehand because I was working at Somnori until yesterday. ¡± ¡°But the reaction was very good. Increased sales of temporary distribution Flash cartridges, right? ¡± ¡°Please complete your market research in advance and win the Pentagon. Maybe you can get Soyeon to do it well. ¡± ¡°Yes, I''ll do that. ¡± ¡°You''re still young, but Soyeon has a different talent for management. I think it would be more useful to keep Kim''s assistant than a general office assistant. ¡± ¡°I''m sure you''ve learned a lot from Joon-Hyuk over the last month. This is an anticipated employee. We will do as you say. ¡± ¡°Oh, and can I ask you one more thing? ¡± ¡°Yes? What kind of favor...¡± When I told Kim what I thought about Laon''s production line later, he looked at me with the surprised rabbit''s eyes. ¡°Joon-Hyuk, there''s really nothing there. It''s just a wasteland. I don''t understand how you could build a manufacturing plant in such a place. ¡± ¡°It''s just a temporary production plant that looks at it for about a decade anyway. Subsequently, production lines may change to other countries. But before that, I''m going to buy up all the land. ¡± ¡°Huh... It doesn''t matter to me, but I''m worried you''re wasting your money.¡± Kim said to himself, emptying the cup to see if my choice would bother him. ¡°The Pancho of Bundang. There''s something there... Ha-ha-ha...¡± 133 < EP. 31: New Wind. (1) > A month after Laon''s first anniversary was over. On the third floor of Yongsan Station and directly following the terminal, there is a new in-house gaming shop run by Mantra. Soyeon took a picture of the new store and sent it to me by international mail. Among them, I saw some employees from Mantra, but I was glad to see them again in this picture. Similar to the Pentagon in Japan, the Mantra Shop was crowded on its first day. Does the photograph give you a vivid sense of what the scene was like? Due to the fact that the market was too small to open a dedicated shop for Raon in Korea, the title of Mantra also became a gaming-specific multishop. (Of course, I was interested in official domestic ticketing titles¡­) After handing over Soyeon''s photos one by one, a smile was drawn on her mouth naturally. Then Hayashi spoke to me. ¡°Are these pictures from Korea? You look happy. ¡± ¡°I''ve met a lot of good people. ¡± ¡°I heard there are many beautiful people in Korea, and Yuki''s mother is also Korean. If I had known this, I would have followed you when you went to Korea, but I''m sorry. ¡± Morita, sitting at the opposite desk, tilts her head and asks Hayashi. ¡°Isn''t it going well with Kaori on the design team? ¡± ¡°Kaori feels like a sister... Young...¡± ¡°I never had a brother like you either!¡± Kaori from the design team, who came in through the door of the development room without knocking, smiled at me without even looking at Hayashi. Immediately, Hayashi''s voice came from behind her. ¡°What are you, a six-million-dollar man, and our office noise barrier so fragile? ¡± ¡°I have good hearing. Director Kang Jun-hyuk, it''s time for your meeting. ¡± ¡°Oh, is it time already? Then why are you here, Kaori? ¡± ¡°Well, Mr. Kawaguchi has included me and a few other teams of Tamago-based monsters in the new monster design. ¡± ¡°Really?" ¡°Maybe the new Final Frontier series that you''re planning this time is a little special. ¡± With Kaori''s anticipated voice, the team in the second development room tilted their heads. & The new Final Frontier series she mentioned did not mean the next five. In fact, this story goes back to Final Frontier 4, which was simultaneously released with Raon last year, when there was a disagreement within the first development team during the planning phase of Final Frontier 4 as a new generation. When progressive opinions were compatible with conservative opinions of maintaining the RPG format of the existing Final Frontier and trying to make everything new in time for the launch of the new generation. The main director, Kawaguchi, raised his hand in the process of a typical JRPG by a traditional Final Frontier, whose work covered the story of courage. However, seeing these meetings separately, it was also very unfortunate that the plans for the new Final Frontier. ¡°Today''s meeting is about the derivative work of the Final Frontier series, as I mentioned earlier. ¡± The meeting room was comprised of employees who had originally issued an agenda from the first development team, including me. The Kawaguchi representative made a brief eye contact with me and then pressed the projector''s switch to project the design on the white screen. ¡°First of all, let them know that this agenda was created based on last year''s plans for the new Final Frontier. At the time, Nomura, who was part of the first development team, announced an action RPG plan to fight the characters themselves in the field, and at the time it was one of the conflicting works because it hurt the atmosphere of the Final Frontier. But given the title Final Frontier, this game designed by Nomura has a pretty unique way of gaming. I thought it would be a bit of a waste to let this go. ¡± I opened a new game planner on the table. And looking at the title of the game in the first chapter, I smiled unconsciously. ¡®I was just wondering, was it like this? ¡¯ In addition to the Final Frontier series, it was one of the most fun games I''ve ever known... ¡°For now, I''ve decided to put a title separately because I can''t continue to use the name Final Frontier. The title of the new project is New Sword Legend 2 - Secret of Mana-. ¡± Then Kaori, who was next to me, lifted his hand and opened his mouth. ¡°Huh? Two? So what''s a one? Jules?¡± ¡°Kaori, I don''t know, actually, I once created an action RPG game at the Pentagon. ¡± ¡°Really? Did you come to Raon? ¡± Next to Kaori''s question, I opened my mouth. ¡°You mean the legend of the new sword made for Mintendo''s portable gambler. ¡± ¡°Yes, it is. It was one of the most successful IPs in portable gamblers, which lacked RPGs at the time. Ironically, it was also originally derived from the Final Frontier. So we decided to call the new game Legend 2: New Sword. ¡± The people in the meeting room nodded and agreed to the detailed description by Kawaguchi. Recently, Japan''s RPG game market has made some subtle changes. Unlike traditional RPGs like the old Dragon Warrior or the Final Frontier, new RPG games were ranked as expected. Among them, the top class was a game called ''Tails of Illusion¡¯ produced by Tripos. A remarkable response to the NEGA production announcement was recently announced that it had abandoned development into a platform for NEGA drives. For reasons of development, the NEGA drive was interposed as lacking in performance to achieve additional graphics improvements, but in fact it was just an excuse for anyone to see. Since Christmas last year, the penetration rate of the NEGA drive has definitely increased, but it has not naturally been connected to purchases of the NEGA CD. The NEGA, which had barely made it to the console market, was having a very difficult day because of the NEGA CD that was too far ahead of its time. However, this led Mintendo to become even more stubborn because he declared that the cartridge system was the best medium for home console devices and became a ''Lom cartridge believer¡¯ after carefully observing the failure of the NEGA CD. Well, Mintendo has no reason to give up cartridge production. The loyalty he receives is enormous. Anyway, Tripos left the NEGA and returned to a ¡®presumed¡¯ state of issuance, and rumors were circulating in the industry that he was talking to the mintendo side, considering equipment penetration and sales volume. In fact, there was a reason that the new game became so popular. The Tales of Illusion has shown an ideal that any player who has ever played RPG has ever dreamed of¡­ ¡®RPG games where fighting is fun. ¡¯ This was the trend in RPG gaming today. In NEGA, which lacks RPG games relatively compared to super families and Raons, we announced a new action RPG game after losing the Tales of Illusion, which is the ¡®Story of Thor¡¯, the most famous of all the games for NEGA drives. A NEGA that is already producing new Action RPGs for minten and vengeance with a diverse RPG fleet. Our Pentagon could not sit idly by while flooding the RPG. But here''s the question. ¡®Why am I here? ¡¯ The new IP, the Legend of the New Testament, was not something I had to get involved with as the Head of Development. However, my curiosity was completely solved by Kawaguchi''s words. ¡°I wanted to give this new action RPG a try. And in order to do that, I felt I really needed Joon-Hyuk''s help. ¡± Mr.Kawaguchi, are you...? The moment I opened my mouth to Kawaguchi because I felt ominous. He smiles calmly in his mouth and loses his luck first. ¡°I want Joon-Hyuk, the main director of the Neo-sword legend, to take over. ¡± At that moment, the faces of the members of the first development team gathered in the conference room froze cold at the same time. Haha... These people must have heard about me to the rest of my team. In response to people''s reactions, I smiled and asked the Kawaguchi Representative. ¡°Why did you choose me? Here we have Nomura, our original planner. Wouldn''t it be better to choose him? ¡± ¡°Actually, this was Nomura''s personal request. He wants to work on the project together under Joon-Hyuk. ¡± ¡°Yes?¡± Workra, who was sitting across the table from me, looked me in the eye and politely bowed her head. ¡°Sir, please do the same for me. ¡± Hmm... A new sword legend. I also loved the New Sword Legendary Series as a child, which made me feel the most fun I could not find in Action RPG at the time. Especially in the case of the subsequent release of 3, I could confidently say that it is the best masterpiece for the whole super family to put on five fingers. "And this is an opportunity for me to create those games myself..." Looking at the faces of the development team members gathered in the sliding conference room, I opened my mouth with a smile. ¡°I''m sorry, Jules. I don''t think I can afford to be the chief director of the New Testament. Mr. Nomura is already a thick planner in the Pentagon, and I think he''d better be in charge this time. ¡± & Eventually, I spoke with the Kawaguchi Representative in the representative room after the meeting with Nomura as the main development team for a new project. ¡°I was hoping Joon-Hyuk would take over as the main director of Labour, but is there a project you are working on separately? ¡± When Kawaguchi asked, I moved the cup of coffee to my mouth. ¡°Minten and Sensoni''s movements have been unusual lately. And rumor has it that the NEGA is also launching a new project based on the NEGA CD that was released as a peripheral. ¡± ¡°What new movement of console companies...? ¡± ¡°Jules would have noticed something. because a new console doesn''t just happen overnight. Maybe it''s already begun. ¡± I put the coffee mug on the table and put it next to the horse. ¡°The specs of the next-generation console and the invisible neurological warfare of the media to be used...¡± 134 < EP. 31: New Wind. (2) > Five years have passed since the launch of the NEGA drive in late 1988 when the 16-bit gaming market opened. And now, in the fall of 1992, The leadership of the home console industry has been completely transformed into Japan. The current generation of home consoles are the super family of mintenso and the NEGA drive of the NEGA because no foreign company has ever created a new gaming device at the risk of failure again. And the Pentagon''s Raon. It''s holding its own for three rivers. Of course, there was also a console device with an extrinsic component, which was a very expensive console created by SMK called "Gio Neo." Launched in 1990, Gio Neo jumped into the console business with the aim of a business or home lease, but the battle between the brawl rights and the legendary Erie fight game was more than anticipated and demand for the home has been somewhat recent. The 16-bit Motorola 6800 CPU and 8-bit Zylog CPU are also lacking in two CPUs, the video chipset is designed to display 380 sprites in 4096 colors at the same time. In addition to that, the sound chips embedded in the device used Yahama products that support a total of 15 sound channels, including up to seven digital channels, which in short boasted about four to five times the performance of the super family. However, the ¡®Gio Neo'', which is made of a system that plugs almost the entire entertainment room substrate itself, was priced beyond imagination per cartridge. The price of the game cartridge was around 30,000 yen in the case of the recently issued and highly acclaimed dragon ticket. Although it was originally developed for home and not for commercial use, Gio Neo was one of the hardest to find consoles at home except for a wealthy young master who could afford it. Following the popularity of the widely opened 2D fighting game market since Street Fire2, SMK was highly loved by users for the prestigious price of fighting games, but the sale of home consoles was so expensive that only games created by SMK were remembered as unlucky gaming machines that were released. The first company to discover that they were building a new console at this time was NEGA, just like before. Ironically, the release of the new species is ahead of schedule, as we were planning to launch the NEGA CD a little bit more competitively in today''s world, but because of the volume crashing below expectations? ¡°Again, the NEGA is on the move. ¡± During a meal near the headquarters, the Kawaguchi representative spoke to me. I swallowed a sip of warm leafy tea and opened my mouth. ¡°Did the new model''s name sound like this NEGA Saturn? ¡± ¡°Yes, it is. The specs we just announced will create a monster machine with immense 2D sprite performance. ¡± As Kawaguchi said, the first issue concept of the NEGA Saturn was aimed at the best 2D graphics. And it was probably a natural choice. When the development of NEGA Saturn began, 3D gaming was still very poor. At the time, the NEGA wanted to create the best console that could be transplanted into a growing arcade of fighting games for home use. The SMK''s fighting game or Capco''s game required quite high 2D graphics performance. But I never thought such a prudent choice would hold Saturn''s ankle to the end... ¡°It''s also said that Sensoni has been having frequent interactions with Minten recently. Mintendo admitted it, but Sensoni first announced that the next generation of the superfamily''s gaming media was CD. ¡± ¡°Gear Station project...¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°Oh, it''s nothing. Soliloquy.¡± Mintendo''s silence in Sensoni''s presentation is proof that a new project is shaking from the start. I smiled slowly in the coming 32-bit era when I heard that Sensoni''s Kurakagi Kentaro, who designs sound chips for the super family and has established friendliness with Minten, recently visited the Mintendo headquarters. However, on the contrary, Kawaguchi appeared anxious. ¡°If this is the case, shouldn''t our Pentagon be prepared? Any word from Rob or Ellis in the United States yet? ¡± ¡°Don''t worry too much. Raon has only been a newborn for over a year now, but sales are increasing at almost the same rate compared to the launch of the Super Family in 1989. At the moment, it would be better to focus more on Laon''s marketing and game releases. ¡± ¡°Well, the next generation of warfare is only the beginning, so you''d better not think about it too deeply. ¡± Kawaguchi finally let out a small sigh with a sad expression. & Unlike Kawaguchi''s concerns, the New Sword Legend 2, created by Nomura Director, was completed with a very low quality in August. In particular, the cooperative play mode, where three people play games together, using Raon''s data cable, was very popular, and his idea of being able to play RPG games with friends began to coincide with Raon''s concept and became quite popular. ¡°Joon-Hyuk, I think this game is really fun. ¡± With RPG games, Yuki, who can''t use his clan, used to ask me to play New Sword Legend 2 together whenever I had time to finish it once a weekend. Last year, when Dragon Warrior 5 and Final Frontier 5 launched in a row, it was quiet for months, and now it''s a new sword legend... In fact, the game of this period was not very impressive for me. Even though he had already enjoyed the works of the past, he could not think that he was enjoying them more than stimulating the fragrance of the early days. Besides, does that perfume seem lighter than the ''80s games these days? Sometimes we used to go out on weekends together to explore game shops and Tokyo''s food scene in Akiba, but Yuki always smiled as she looked around the store to see what was so amazing. ¡°Ah!! The price of the figure Uchimura made has gone up again!! ¡± ¡°Really? How much this time? ¡± ¡°190,000 yen.¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± They already know each other in the industry. It''s so amazing to see an expensive figure being sold, even though the scalpel is a constant recession every year... While buying a drink from the convenience store, Miyuki rushed to me and asked me. ¡°How much would the Miyuki Kimono version in my living room sell here? ¡± ¡°It almost cost me 800,000 yen at one time. ¡± ¡°Will it still cost that much? ¡± ¡°Well, it was a little bit of a subtle competition back then, but wouldn''t you take more than 300,000 yen if you gave it to me now? Recently, there have been a lot of spectacles, so I feel like the popularity of the streets without me is fading...¡± ¡°Well, it''s been three years since the street without me was published. Does that mean you''re not planning on making a follow-up to a street that I don''t have? Director Kang Jun-hyuk.¡± She glanced at me with a fist like an interview. ¡°I can''t do that. To be honest, I''m not sure I can be more inspiring than I was before, and now the trend in the mind-blowing game is a little bit strange¡­¡± ¡°Ahhh!! I know. Rumor has it!! Urgh!! Urgh!! ¡± ¡°Hey, there are people around...¡± After a while, we moved to the workshop where Chendra used to work, and we were amazed at the tall building because of the bright sunshine. ¡°There''s a building in here. It used to be an alley where Chendra made copy packs for the family...¡± ¡°Oh, did Mr. Chendra do something like that? ¡± ¡°Huh? Didn''t I tell you? ¡± ¡°Yes, I''ve never heard of it. ¡± I stood on the side of the road for a while and told Yuki about the day I met Chendra. ¡°Wow, that''s where we ended up, and that''s where we are now. ¡± ¡°Well, to Chendra, to me, at the time, we were win-win. ¡± ¡°That''s how the dragon emblem was created, so I met Joon-Hyuk. ¡± ¡°Oh, is that how it goes again? ¡± I glanced at the tall building above Chendra''s workshop and smiled. "I never thought there would be a softmap building here that specializes in game software¡­" The software map, representing the Japanese gaming distribution industry, was the store that sold the contents of the game in a single building from the first floor to the fifth floor. Normally, the first floor of the new open softmap was occupied by the Mintendo superfamily because it specialized in selling the most popular type in the current generation. ¡°Wow, this store is huge. Other than the Pentagon, I never thought I''d find a store like this...¡± ¡°Yeah, it''s been open recently. Shall we go in? ¡± Yuki nodded as if he was waiting. I took a stroll inside the store and looked around inside, and it looked very neat and neat like a newly created store. Usually when we think of a game store as a cramped store, we come up with an image of a whole bunch of game cartridges, but this place was like a department store with all sorts of categories. I also had a professional feeling that I was accepting bookings with my own ranking and expectations. The image in the store, along with the sign, gave a unified sense of blue. It seems to be a big store, and there were a lot of people in the store. ¡°The first floor is only minten. Where''s Raon? ¡± Then the temple passing by kindly replied to Yuki''s solitude. ¡°Sir, Raon products from the Pentagon are ready on the second floor. You can use the escalator or the elevator you see over there. ¡°Oh, yes. Thank you." ¡°Have fun shopping. ¡± ¡°It''s like a department store that specializes in gaming here. There''s an escalator, and the staff is nice...¡± Yuki seemed very fond of the first softmap she visited. After a while, when Yuki and I arrived on the second floor, there were so many Raon devices everywhere that it felt like a dedicated floor for Raon. Among them are many users who are enjoying the most popular new sword legend 2. It seems like an RPG game that can be played together. Among the Raon users, New Sword Legend 2 felt like it was becoming a must-have item for Raon users like Spa 2. "Sure, it''s fun, but bitter on the one hand..." Yuki and I went on a tour of the Laon floor on the second floor and looked around the games with bitter taste again. "The launch of Raon must have changed the past I knew..." Changes in the game market as a result of the response are subtle. Every game was released almost exactly the same as I knew it would be, and the content of the game did not change much. In fact, I had asked Nomura to produce the Legendary Sword 2, hoping that it would make a difference in the game I used to know using the platform called Raon, but the results were a little more convenient and not much different. Usually a great game is created, and the synergy of it leads to a new game being derived, but I have never released a different game that will make my heart beat. Did I lack my stimuli? Or is it that we don''t have enough talent to bring out the content of today''s games? ¡¯ While looking at the ground, Yuki''s footsteps, which were walking with arms crossed next to me, stopped in front of a large TV. ¡°Huh? What''s wrong with you? ¡± ¡°Joon-Hyuk... What kind of game is that? ¡± Turning to Yuki''s voice, the world of dark fantasies unfolded on the TV screen. And it caught my eye at once. The Devil of Foxsoft? No... what is it? ¡¯ - When the red moonlight seeps through the broken tube. A corrupt king who sacrificed his people... ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± I feel like I''m grabbing her heart from the opening. 135 < EP. 31: New Wind. (3) > - When the red moonlight seeps through the broken tube. A corrupt king who sacrificed his people... ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± I feel like I''m grabbing her heart from the opening. Every branch that comes out of the giant tree is slowly shaken by the icy breeze of the corpse, and momentarily after. An old woman who lit a lantern in a dark room opened her mouth, staring straight at me across the screen. - Yeah, that''s Rodrik. Home to the firewood kings who followed the will of the flames... The sentence that followed, I swallowed dry saliva without even knowing it, and I felt the strength of my hands holding Yuki by myself. - That''s why pilgrims head north, to find the meaning of the prophecy... - But the flames are gone, and the king can no longer sit on the throne... - When the succession lights out. When the bell rings in the dark, the kings who lost their thrones will rise again in their coffins... - Deep Saint... mode rich. - Pearlon''s Immortal Guards of Darkness. - - And the lonely king who sacrificed all his people to the Abyss... - But in the end, kings will never find their throne... - Now there''s just less ash. - - Cursed immortal body without a name. - ? But ashes like yours always crave a little fire... ? ? Waiting for the day when it burns again... ? When Yuki and I heard the old woman''s story about how frustrating the opening was, we watched the video standing still. ¡®There is something different about it. It''s not the same game as before. ¡¯ Soon, the short demonstration ended with the title in red on the black background. - Bloody soul. Bloody soul. I''ve never heard of it. Was there a game like this in this era? With an opening of this quality, I''m sure I''ll have something to remember, otherwise... ¡®A new game. ¡¯ Of course, I haven''t played every game in my childhood as a super family, so I can''t be sure... Bloody Soul was an action game set against a dark fantasy world view created by Japan''s Phantom Soft. I was very excited all the time to watch the demonstration video in a dark atmosphere that reminded me of a cartoon called ''Berserk¡¯. Maybe after ''83. It''s the first time you''ve seen a game made by another company, and it''s exciting. After that day. I couldn''t wait for the Bloody Soul to be released on Front Soft. I could have visited the Phantom Soft myself, but I didn''t want to do that. I wanted to play as a pure gamer, one step away from being a developer. The Bloody Soul Phantom Soft did not get much attention in the gaming industry initially, but as the issue day approached, rumors began to rise in the rankings of high speed marches for users. And in the winter of 1993, when the cold wind blew, The Bloody Soul title was released at 7pm when darkness fell. On the way home from work... I stopped by Shinjuku''s big shopping center and saw a lot of users carrying the same game cartridge in the corner of the game. Sometimes it''s not so bad to feel like a gamer. ¡¯ Yuki also fell in love with the gloomy atmosphere of Bloody Soul, so she asked to buy one with her, so she stopped at the stand and there were only two cartridges left. You don''t seem to be having a bad reaction. I''m glad there are still two left. ¡¯ It''s easy to download with Raon Sharer, but I also like that I still own the cartridge because of my old gamer tendency. I didn''t see any explosive sales compared to the series that had built up their reputation as a new IP game, but was it because of its unique atmosphere? The atmosphere on the first day of prom isn''t so bad. On the way down, the escalator raised his head to the voice calling out to me, and Hayashi and Kaori were coming up from the other side. ¡°Huh? What are you doing here? ¡± ¡°I''m on my way back to Bloody Soul. ¡± ¡°Unh!! Did you leave any on top of that? ¡± ¡°No. I''m on my way to the last one. ¡± ¡°Ahhh!! Dammit. I never should have come home after dinner!! ¡± ¡°Yes!! ¡± I turned my head and looked back, looking at the distressed Hayashi and Kaori who had passed through the escalator. "When did you say you didn''t want to be like your sister, and you had dinner with her? I have something to mock when I go to work tomorrow. ¡¯ I leaned out of the mall with a bleeding smile and headed to the stall where I had parked my car. & When I got home and pressed the bell, Yuki, who was preparing dinner, smiled and welcomed me. I think this is the moment when I think of all the good things about marrying Yuki. There was no need to turn on the fluorescent lights in the dark living room, and the aroma of boiling broiled miso stew filled the living room instead of the cold air in the house. ¡°Miss Neeyang!¡± Since I started living with Yuki, the cat "A day" started to look at the shopping bag I was holding, and I turned to disappointment with a face that was lighter than I thought. ¡°Joon-Hyuk!! Did you buy it?¡± ¡°Of course!¡± When Yuki lifted her shopping bag in her apron, holding the ladle in her hand, she jumped out of the living room in a cheerful look. Usually shortcakes or women''s reactions to sweet desserts were still glamorous to show on a slightly different item called Yuki''s game. One day, he crouched on a single-serving couch, scratching his head with his hind legs and looking at Yuki. After a while, after finishing dinner a little sooner than usual, we leaned against each other''s single-seat couches and took out Laon each other. Yuki, who put his leg on my knee as usual, said, putting the game cartridge into Raon. ¡°Don''t you get a little excited when you plug a new game into a cartridge? ¡± Soon after the logo of the Phantom Soft came to light with a scattered wind sound, BGM felt nervous and she twitched her toes and touched my abdomen. ¡°Joon-Hyuk, I think you''ve lost weight lately. ¡± ¡°Is that so? The fortress is almost office only, so it looks like you''re stretching a bit. ¡± ¡°Miss Neeyang!¡± ¡°Oh my, we''ve been here all day!¡± I think Yuki''s arms are so good at sitting on Yuki''s thighs one day in perfect bread pose. Yuki also often uses her wrist brace and day when playing Raon (?) so they could be seen as a perfect symbiotic relationship. After a while, after finishing setting up a simple character and entering the game, the knight showed up on the screen with quite a heavy feeling. Bloody Soul''s overall game style was a side-by-side scroll, and what was unique was that the character''s equipment was overwhelmingly detailed. The movement of the character, according to the heavy worldview flowing throughout the game, was also expressing the feeling of wearing real armor. I sprinkled my sword through the air a few times, reading the timing of the operation, and slowly stepped forward. There is no blatant explanation for saving the world like the Dragon Warrior or the Final Frontier. Like a vagrant thrown alone into the desert, you walk through a disapproved cliff with no clear purpose, and you see an enemy standing in front of you with a shield and a torch. Is that a Hunting Monster? ¡¯ I roughly measured the distance from him and swung my sword with my light heart. At that moment, Tae-in!! A seemingly trivial wooden shield flicked my sword and struck the torch straight away. What!? Surprised, I hurriedly opened my distance to the monsters with the roll button, but the monsters even read the timing of my roll, narrowing the distance, and rushed straight in. I can''t help but pick up my shield and stop his torch attack before I can draw my sword. Another monster that didn''t exist just now came over my back. ¡°Ugh!! ¡± I started to move the directional key in a frenzy to catch the two monsters that just appeared in the beginning. The Bloody Soul has a Stamina Gauge, which uses a system that shears the gauge every time it swings a sword, which gives the player subtle stress. If you just used it too recently, your shield couldn''t bounce off or hit the final blow because you didn''t have enough power to stop the enemy''s attack. Once you used all the Stamina Gauge, you couldn''t roll or swing your sword until it kicked back. It felt very stuffy. While she was at a distance with the enemy, she looked at Yuki and saw that she was also struggling with extreme game difficulties. ¡®Dammit, what''s so hard...¡¯ If the Devil Castle or Mahjong Village stressed players with non-striking monsters from left to right, a Hunting Monster like Bloody Soul was usually set on the mid-boss difficulty level of the game. ¡°YOU DIED. ¡± As I was halfway through stage 1, Yuki''s speaker at Raon continued to hear a eerie voice that meant the death of the player. ¡°Ahhh!! He''s dead again... Hehe...¡± ¡°Meow!¡± A long, drowsy day above her knees, she scrapes her yawn and moves to the other couch. That night. Yuki had a total of 16 deaths until I completed the first stage, and I had five deaths on the first stage as well. Crazy and jumping was a way to gain experience in this game, but the experience gained by killing monsters became unusable until it reached a level up point. If a character dies before reaching a level up point, all of the experience points he collected will be dropped to the ground, and in order to recover them, he or she must successfully reach the point of death. But it''s another exhausting way to recover your EXP, so if a character dies while you''re at it, the EXP will all be blown away, so the pressure will be enormous... & The next day. After going to work at the company, word of Bloody Soul was spreading in the mouth of the development room staff who were playing a little game. Even Hayashi, who was so greedy about third-party games, poured out so much praise for Bloody Soul, not to mention his remarks about the game in the magazine. And that atmosphere has played a big role in reinforcing my desire for development, which has been quiet and sleeping. ''The release of Dragon Emblem 2, the second episode of Dragon Grave, is almost here. The time has come to prepare a production announcement for the next one. ¡¯ I looked at the poster on the wall of the development room of the ''street without me''. Then I naturally remembered the story Yuki told me in Akihabara. "Do you have any plans to make a sequel to a street that I''m not in? ¡¯ ¡°Hmm, the sequel...¡± Of course, I do not intend to create a follow-up to the village name of Street 2 without me. Borrowing the title of the masterpiece can bring some excitement, but it can''t be more inspiring. If you took tears out of a Japanese gamer''s eyes like a flood, you''d have to let them shed tears this time. What good would that do? I had a strange smile on my mouth that I had been thinking about for a while. 136 < EP. 32: Gift of God. (1) > A few days from that. I found the Ueno award for the sounds of the Pentagon Soft. After the fifth story of the Final Frontier series, he was already considered a maestro in the gaming industry''s sound scene, and was one of the most famous composers to capture lyrical music like an orchestra in the game. ¡°Hey, Joon-Hyuk, what are you doing in the studio? ¡± Ueno asked me with a curious look because it was not a place to visit unless it was time to develop the game. ¡°I''m planning a new game, but I have a favor to ask Ueno about it. ¡± ¡°About the game for me? ¡± Usually when a game is created, the sound part is after the game is complete. Planners and composers often discuss and produce according to the atmosphere of the story, but it was very rare for the composer to come to him from the planning stage of the game¡­ or unprecedented. I sat across from him tilting my head and asked again. ¡°Yes, it is. What do you think of the music of the New Age genre? ¡± ¡°If you''re in New Age, are you talking about music genres like Kuramoto Yuuki? ¡± ¡°Yes, that''s right. ¡± Kuramoto Yuuki was one of Japan''s leading musicians in the New Age genre. Like Louise or Romance, he was one of the most beloved musicians in Japan as well as the world through lyrical music. Personally, I prefer the music of Hisaisi Joe in Vibrey Studio, but Ueno''s musical taste is in Kuramoto Yuuki. In fact, the most ideal musician in the game being planned is Yiru, Korea. This is 1993. He was 79 years old. He was so young. ¡°Then why are you suddenly asking about the New Age genre? ¡± ¡°Actually, the main character of the game I''m planning this time is the pianist. ¡± ¡°A pianist? ¡± The pianist sparkled and glowed the eyes of the composer Ueno in his protagonist''s job. & If "The Street Without Me" was a story of preparing to leave a loved one behind, then the game that I was planning this time had a story that stood on the other side. No one knew about the new project except the owner, Kawaguchi, and composer Ueno, to prevent it from leaking out from inside the Pentagon. Thus, the super-popular content representing the Pentagon and the subsequent development of the ''streets without me¡¯ that were all covered with social issues were very carefully developed. I started working on the scenario with a separate writing room to get rid of the weight of the new piece sitting on my shoulders. But there was someone else who shared my pain... He was Ueno in charge of all the sounds of the Pentagon Soft. I used to spend most of my time with Ueno because the main character''s job was musician and his role worked very well. The Bloody Soul created by Phantom Soft during the space in which a new novel was created was being sold at tremendous speeds in the acclaim of users and magazines. Contrary to what Kamauchi used to laugh at at at the beginning of the launch, Raon was no longer just a halfway game in the release of the Pentagon Soft Games. If there is a third party that wants to be launched in the Raon Platform, I always visited the company and did not spare development kits as well as any technical support, so the software is very robust, no matter how much it costs each month. Among them, Bloody Soul and the game that was launched as Raon in 1993 were incredibly popular with users in the "Great Pirate Age 2" by Goei, the creator of the Three Country Series. A memorable superb title for anyone who had enjoyed PC gaming as a child, it was an enormous title that provided just enough fun to sail the sea and trade or fight enemies. Based on actual history, longitude and latitude, all the students who played the game at that time took out a textbook called "Social Widow," and rumored to be a tremendous help to play the game. For a while, the best seller ranking in the bookstore was "Social Widow," a middle school textbook. And the wavelength was spreading to a similar level in Japan. Released exclusively for Raon, the Great Pirate Age 2 has distinguished itself from other platforms by the addition of a data exchange feature to exchange treasure maps with friends, which has served as a benefit for mobile devices and has helped sell. Thanks to this, I was able to relax and work comfortably. & ¡°So... put together what you''re saying, is this a beauty romance simulation that follows me off the street? ¡± ¡°Well... no. ¡± ¡°So... it''s a piano game in a beauty love simulation? ¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± The piano game, though. Maybe it was before a genre called rhythmic gaming started. Having heard all my descriptions, Hayashi made a strange look to see if he couldn''t understand the game properly. Then Morita, who was next to him, takes a long sigh, putting down her synopsis data. Moisturizing tears fill Mauritan''s eyes. ¡°There''s no connection to the streets without me, but again, the story is unique. ¡± Hayashi gives Maurita her thoughts as she wears her tongue. ¡°And then I started getting headaches again, thinking I''d just finished the second episode of Dragon Emblem...¡± Maurita asked me instead of Hayashi burying her head on the table. ¡°Somehow you and Mr. Ueno from the sound team have been seeing each other very often since last year, and that''s why? Honestly, sir, I''m disappointed. We were a team that created a street where I wasn''t, and you kept it a secret from us...¡± ¡°I''m sorry. I had a hard time disclosing the scenario until I came up with the right one...¡± A new project titled ¡®Gift of God¡¯ begins with a car accident for the protagonist who was called the genius pianist. Dizzy sirens and people screaming. Inside, the protagonist''s face wrapped around the protagonist''s hand is not hidden from the ambulance headlights. Only her message, screaming for help to save the protagonist, is sprinkled all over the screen. ¡°Please, help him. Help me. God... please... please...¡± And that moment. A strange thing happened to the character who lost his mind listening to her sad voice, which was a year before the accident. Here, the story of ''Gift of God¡¯ used a multi-ending scenario that varied depending on how much time this year was spent. Hmm? Scenario too simple for you to imagine? So how about this story? In front of the protagonist who returned a year ago, the protagonist who returned before dating the hero doesn''t know who she was who held her hand before she died. How are you feeling? Feeling better this time? However, the story of God''s gift does not end with just finding her. And the next story begins with what she said one evening while walking with Yuki. & ¡°Well... I passed!! ¡± Yuki returned the scenario to me with a satisfied expression after reading all the synopsis on God''s gift. But she lets out a long sigh and buries her head like it''s lying on the table. ¡°Ah! It''s unfair. ¡± ¡°What?¡± ¡°It''s good to get the scenario before anyone else, but there''s a big difference between knowing this story and enjoying it, not knowing it and having fun. ¡± ¡°Well, that, too. So why don''t we just show them the next story? ¡± ¡°Ugh... I don''t like it either. ¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± What am I supposed to do? I put the synopsis back on the table and put it back in the bag. ¡°Joon-Hyuk, why don''t you try a drama writer at the station sometime? God''s gift is a pretty good story this time. ¡± ¡°I can''t even make a game right. The dramatic anger of God''s gift is better left to the station writer when the game is successful. ¡± ¡°I''m the writer from the station? ¡± ¡°If contact comes from Fuji TV, I''ll see your face and think positive!¡± ¡°Oh, thank you. Mr. groom!" ¡°By the way, is the scenario really okay? ¡± ¡°Do you think it''s okay to make the game as it is? It''s just...¡± ¡°Just?¡± Then Yuki sticks out his tongue and replies. ¡°If you''re wondering what''s behind it, I''ll let you know if you can take a walk and buy me a green tea ice cream. ¡± ¡°What...? Tonight?¡± ¡°Winter and day have gone by, and I never get tired of seeing cherry blossom petals scattered by the night wind. It''s raining tomorrow, so it might be the last time I see cherry blossoms today. ¡± It was one spring day in 1994 when the basic scenario of ''Gift of God¡¯ was completed. After leaving the mansion in a light sweater with Yuki, the cold air at midnight felt very good. ¡°Ah, that feels good. ¡± ¡°The wind is blowing a lot, so it really is going to rain tomorrow. ¡± So, there was a cherry blossom blossom blossoming in front of the Mansion, like a dance, scattered by the wind. Yuki smiled at me, deeply slashing the dimples to see if I really liked the landscape. ¡°You see, you were good to come out, right? ¡± ¡°Okay, so let''s talk about the scenario. ¡± ¡°Ahhh! I haven''t even had ice cream yet! With my bare mouth? ¡± ¡°You came out to buy it. That''s what matters.¡± ¡°No, I can''t talk to you until I get ice cream in my mouth. ¡± Then I burst into laughter as she pulled out her neck as long as I could see. ¡°Joon-Hyuk hasn''t been able to walk like this since he was busy. So why don''t we just cut to the chase for a second? Just until I get to the convenience store¡­¡± Looking at Yuki with her hands on her waist, she gently crossed her arms and leaned against my shoulder. ¡°Then shall we go? ¡± ¡°Yes. Let''s go...¡± We slowly walked towards the convenience store, being hit by a delightful breeze of petals. Just taking a few steps. I asked her, in case something like this happens again. ¡°Why don''t I go and get you 30 of your favorite green tea ice cream? Put it in the fridge...¡± ¡°Oh my god!!! ¡± Boom!! Yeah... I thought I''d end up getting my back smashed... 137 < EP. 32: Gift of God. (2) > The way back from the convenience store with green tea ice cream. After putting a spoonful of ice cream in her mouth, a smile burst out of her face as if she had a happy smile as if she had the whole world. ¡°Ah, it''s delicious. ¡± ¡°Wind blows at midnight, ice cream. Don''t you have a cold? ¡± ¡°I know, but I can''t help pulling on something sweet and cheap these days. ¡± The pouting mouth twitches toward her, muttering as I show her the envelope in my hand. ¡°I was joking, though. I didn''t expect to buy 10. ¡± I packed up the last one of those convenience store refrigerators, so if there was more, maybe 30 of them... ¡°Isn''t this a barbershop? ¡± ¡°Well... were you greedy? ¡± Touching Yuki''s head with an embarrassing expression, we slowly walked to the mansion. The cherry blossom leaves that were scattered under the white streetlight stuck to her hair, but even that soon got along well with Yuki like an accessory. ¡°Is it good?¡± ¡°Yes.¡± After seeing Yuki''s strong nodding face with a spoon in his mouth, I couldn''t even say a word. ¡°But Joon-Hyuk. Just out of curiosity, what does the title of this piece mean? ¡± ¡°God''s gift? ¡± Yuki looked up at me with curious eyes. I hesitated for a moment to answer her question. ¡°As I was thinking about the story, I wondered what would happen if the heroine''s earnest prayers reached God''s ears. ¡± ¡°A desperate prayer, romantic. ¡± ¡°The story of God''s gift. Doesn''t that sound familiar? ¡± ¡°Well, a little bit, actually. I''m sure it''s a new feeling, but is the content deployment so familiar? Do you have any motive for that? ¡± ¡°Of course I do. It''s a very famous piece, too. You probably don''t know it. ¡± ¡°Really? What is it? ¡± I spun my horse around for the fun of driving Yuki''s love soy sauce until I got another back-smashing. I heard that little dick is spicy, and I can feel how spicy that little palm feels. In the meantime, I was glad that I didn''t get hit on the cheek with that hand. ¡°Mermaid Princess. ¡± ¡°Mermaid master?¡± ¡°Yes." I still scratch the middle of my itchy back and grin at her. ¡°I sacrificed myself for my beloved prince, but he doesn''t know mermaids. And eventually you marry the princess of your neighbor.¡± ¡°Ah¡­ what if I make the wrong choice in this story¡­? ¡± ¡°Well, it could lead to the wrong kind of hero, right? ¡± ¡°Oh, this is just too much. Well, it''s less impactful than I thought. ¡± She quickly emptied a cup of ice cream and pushed the paper cup into the trash can on the way over. However, after discarding the cup, she still had a brown plastic spoon in her right hand. ¡°Huh? Why don''t you throw away the spoon? ¡± ¡°I just want one more. ¡± Shhh!! Her hands reach towards the plastic bag like a predator aiming for food, and I quickly pull back the bag containing ice cream. As she cut through the air with her spontaneous car, she made a sad face. ¡°Huh?" ¡°Let''s start with the scenario, shall we? You had ice cream like we promised. ¡± ¡°Tsk, got it. ¡± She unleashed a rather plausible and fun idea with her mouth-watering plastic spoon. And after a while. When I heard about the new scenario from Yuki, I looked at her without even knowing it. ¡°How''s that? Not bad, huh? ¡± Is that why they say it''s better if you get hit? Yuki''s idea made me feel that the story structure and character settings that almost loosened me up were much more detailed. ¡°Not bad, huh?" ¡°Of course, because I''m a seventh year broadcaster. ¡± Yuki, who was drawing a V with her finger towards me, was dazed and quietly approached me as I was preparing the scenario in my head. And the moment she reached out to the envelope with ice cream in it, I pull the envelope back once more and take a step back. ¡°Not today. You must really have a cold. ¡± ¡°That''s lethal. You promised me ice cream if I told you everything. ¡± ¡°The bad guys in the movie make all the information come out and pull the trigger. ¡± ¡°Ugh...¡± ¡°Consider it my gratitude for your health. ¡± ¡°Well, it''s a little cold now. ¡± Whether she eventually gave up on taking the ice cream from me, she began walking slowly, holding my arm tightly. & After the basic story and character setup, the "Gift of God" project began to develop rapidly. The ''Gift of God¡¯ was a visual Noble format that seemed to read novels with beautiful music rather than a simulated element that schedules to connect with someone like a street without me and makes love based on the results. Thanks to you, I was able to enjoy the story as comfortably as a book if I just gave you a simple branch choice. I chose this relaxed system because I wanted to create a game that people using Raon could enjoy comfortably during the train journey because they use a lot of public transportation. Before starting the chapter, the game started by playing the main song of the scenario, and if there was anything unique about it, depending on the piano''s clearance rating, it was able to recall the scenario''s clue that occurred in the chapter, just before the traffic accident. Thanks to this, Hayashi joined the composer Ueno to challenge the first genre of rhythm games in the gaming industry. Of course, the framework of the basic game has borrowed the form of rhythm games that I was aware of. When the game screen was split in half and the dot block pouring down from above entered within a constant timing line, it was able to combine notes like playing a piano. And if you don''t miss consecutive notes, a combo occurs. Depending on the score connecting the combos, fragments of the memory were played like a music video before the traffic accident on the right side of the screen. The first rhythm game, ''Gift of God¡¯, was a form of progression that drew the protagonist''s memory through this video and the chapter event after it was cleared, approaching the true story. With the setting that music allowed him to enjoy the story of the game, the composer Ueno poured all his passion into his work. There are six chapters to the game. However, if you enter the car twice after the end, a new scenario will open and you will be able to play a new song accordingly. Thanks to this, Ueno had to compose a total of 12 main songs and up to the basic BGM during the production period. In the case of BGM, he said he could leave it on the outside, but he insisted that he didn''t want to hurt the overall image of the game, so he decided to leave the sound to him. After solving the systemic part with sound, all that was left was a character illustration that could be said to be an important component of the game. And this is a lyrical story game that seems to be playing right here. It is a game of music. It is a game of ''God''s Gift¡¯. It is a game of setting up a terrible character. "Maybe Yuki''s a better storyteller than I am. Even in the streets without me, Nanase''s sales finally beat Miyuki''s... or did Yuki''s marriage affect her sales volume? ¡¯ Yuki was in charge of the storm on the ''streets without me¡¯ that spread to social phenomena, and everyone who was there found out at the announcement event at the Psychic Force. However, after the propose incident, gamers seemed to have been greatly shocked. And that reflection had an enormous impact on the amount of street sales I didn''t have. Suddenly, the second hand market started to overflow with cartridges in Miyuki scenarios on the streets that I was not in, and the volume of sales decreased dramatically in new products as well. But the gamers of this age are still good. Among the future events that I knew, there was no good reason to burn a comic book or tear an erection and send it to the publisher for "virgin" controversy. ¡°For now, I drew four heroes according to your settings. ¡± I took a look at the Heroic set-up I received from Morita. The first is a beautiful, half-blonde violinist. Yukinozo Kaori. An active and vibrant personality, she is the absolute voice owner who first noticed the protagonist''s genius as a friend since childhood. The second is a world-class pianist who is responsible for the main piano lessons. Satsuki Noriko. Her calm personality was a character who was likely to gain absolute popularity at a certain age due to the unique maturity she felt in adults. The third is behind the main university, cellist Otani Haruka. I''m always shy in front of the main character, but I''m as good as a cello. She also felt like she would receive absolute support from an age group opposed to Satsuki Noriko. And lastly, with the protagonist and Kaori, Lee and Ray, childhood childhood childhood friends. Like the protagonist, she is one of the hidden talents who cannot be hidden from the protagonist''s light. I started the piano before the protagonist, but I was a hard-working character who tried hard to stay ahead of his natural skills. Her slightly weak-looking appearance seemed sufficient to stimulate a man''s protective instincts. So two comrades and one associate, Yeon-ha. I was amazed at the character design that was so perfectly woven that I could call it four-colour. ¡°Okay, we''re good to go. ¡± ¡°Glad you like it. ¡± Maurita sighed for a long time, whether she had let out my OK sign. & A few days later, a poster of the back of four heroes began to appear throughout the game store in Akihabara. - Another story begins in the streets you remember. - Gamers remembering the advertising flyers of the masterpiece ''Street Without Me¡¯ began to show tremendous interest in new game posters that suddenly appeared. ¡°What is this? Could it be the sequel to the street without me!? ¡± ¡°Oops!! If you look at this metaphor and promotional phrase, it''s a follow-up. ¡± Gamers strolling the streets of Akihabara in the back of four heroes standing side by side in front of the Tamago Shop began to gather one by one in front of the store. I swallowed a relaxing cup of coffee while looking at those who were looking at the posters with curious eyes. ¡®What will those curious faces look like when they finish the game? ¡¯ When I thought about it, I remembered the day I came back with Yuki for ice cream. At that time, Yuki offered me a new scenario. What if... the protagonist''s accident was a deliberate car accident caused by someone? And how would Joon-Hyuk feel if he was one of the four heroes? ¡¯ 138 < EP. 32: Gift of God. (3) > The user''s response was slightly modified when pasting the poster at the end of the previous page. ---- & Summer of 1994. I feel like we walked the streets of the night when Yuki and the cherry blossoms were scattered, but it''s already summer... I feel that time passes very quickly when I enter the full-scale game development. Tamago Shop in front of Akiba Station changed its name to Pentagon Premium Shop last week. In addition, the dedicated space for Tamago monsters inside the store has also been streamlined, so the service of renting portable gamboys has disappeared as before, other than the space for users to enjoy a simple battle. Some users were worried about the disappearance of the Tamago monsters, but this is actually because there was a small disagreement between the mintendo side and the Pentagon. Last month, thanks to the Tamago monster, Mintendo suddenly offered a high royalty for the regeneration of the cartridge in a friendly relationship. The reason for this was that the term of the contract had expired, but that did not make any sense. Kawaguchi''s representative was furious about Mintendo''s unjust treatment of the First Party, but I took it personally. The reason Mintendo''s out here is because he''s got a great contingency plan in place. Is the Pok¨¦mon Ball coming out already? You''re faster than I thought¡­ ¡¯ Among the game titles that supported the mintendo brand, there were quality softwares such as the legendary Karin or the Donging Com series, in addition to the Super Maridge series. These softs were popular not only with the tough super family, but also with the portable gamble boy. However, after clearing all three titles once, there was a lack of a second element, so it was rather difficult to enjoy for a long time. In this sense, the Tamago monster created by the Pentagon Soft has become an example of what one source multiUssing is. The Pentagon built portable accessories handsets and linked them to portable gamboys made by Mintenso so that the Tamago monsters could enjoy the game at a glance, but this was not the case. At the beginning of issuance, of course, it was difficult to sell because there were no game cartridges of Mintendo''s Gameboys or Tamago monsters, but as time went on and the supply of Gameboys increased, Pentagon proceeds began to increase considerably more mainly by selling handsets than Mintendo. Mintendo then tried to recalibrate the revenue distribution, but he had already signed the contract. While Kamauchi instructed his friends to create a game of data communication using portable gambling bays, Shigeru was already overwhelmed by Karin''s legend and the creation of the Dongking Com series, so Mintendo had no choice but to assign a second party to create a new game. What appeared there was an IT company called Frick Soft. Often people think that Pok¨¦mon Balls are made by Mintendo, but technically, Pok¨¦mon Balls are made by Frick. Well, thanks to the power of the Pok¨¦mon Ball, Mintendo became first in rank and eventually became almost the first party. At that time, Morita and her staff entered the staff entrance of the Pentagon shop before it was open. ¡°Sir, we have the heroes'' posters and the idiot pop. ¡± ¡°Oh!! ¡± At Morita''s word, associates who were cleaning the Pentagon shop gathered at the Ur counter. Employees who worked at the Pentagon Shop had been proud to be an avid Pentagon Soft fan since before working here, so they would go back and cheer on pure Pentagon-loving gamers every time a new game was released. Some people said they joined to buy the Pentagon''s first games at the interview, so the popularity of the Pentagon software within Japan was quite good among gamers as well. However, after episode 1 of Dragon Emblem 2, everyone was a little disappointed that there was no game to be released. The news of the subsequent releases of the streets without me was an exciting announcement like the Davies in the drought. After placing a box of POP water in front of those who were looking at the promotional flyers with excited eyes, no one had to take the cutter knife out of their pocket first. ¡°Move aside. I''m gonna have to tear this down first. ¡± ¡°Get in line!! ¡± ¡°It''s been five years since I simultaneously launched at the Super Family launch, a street sequel without me. grumgh¡± The employees hurriedly took out the isochronous POP water, pouring out impressive resilience. ¡°Let''s see what this hero looks like! Huh? ¡± With both hands supporting one key POP water, the employee tilted his head and looked at the other POP water. Other employees, however, were also looking at other leaflets of water with their own eyes. ¡°Sir, is this it? ¡± ¡°Huh? Oh, the faces of the heroes are still private...¡± Yes, all the POPs that arrived today were drawn only by the backs of the heroes. The first one is the blonde ponytail, and the second one is the wavy hair with a slight redness. And the third little girl with brown hair who looked like she would make a cute impression to anyone, and the last black haired woman with an inviting feeling was the last hero. They were all carrying one musical instrument behind them, a blonde ponytail with a violin and a brunette hair, and the little girl with the neck of the Challenge... The other two characters majoring in piano had the piano placed to the left and to the right. ¡°Oh, I think I''m going to fall for something behind my back. ¡± ¡°Shit!! I''ve been waiting for this day since the rumors started circulating at HQ, and now I look behind me!! Behind the back of a pretty girl!!! ¡± ¡°As a gift from God... I feel like my heart is being tightened from the title. ¡± ¡°You can''t be crying because you opened your face later. ¡± Knowing the story behind the scenario on the smile of innocent employees, Maurita looks bitter. I shouted in a loud voice, lifting the mood with applause if Morita''s expression would be noticed by the staff. ¡°Well, the store is just around the corner. Everyone clean up quickly and put on a show at the promotional store. ¡± ¡°Yes, I understand!! ¡± Since I had a lot of promotions to install before the opening, I took the poster out of the box and went around the window myself, and Maurita started rolling up her arms and moving flyers to help employees. After finishing all the preparations before the opening, I took a step back without even noticing the guests coming to the store, looking at the Idol posters that I had already installed in the main window. "A zombie movie is no different..." & August 12, 1994. After a surprise announcement through the magazine last month. The whole of Japan began to be aroused. I thought only one game would react like this, but the story on the street that I don''t have is amazing. I was about to come to Pentagon headquarters and report to the press. I was hoping that Misato would come, but such a brilliant coincidence did not occur. I see it on TV news sometimes, but it''s still a bit of a waste. Issue date of God''s gift is December 24, 1994. There''s still four months left, and the only reason I''m going through that heat in August is because... because today is the release of the download code for the pre-release trial in October. And after a while. As soon as the door opened, the people who were waiting in front of the store started to rush in with the waves. However, senior Pentagon associates who experienced this situation to the point of boredom quickly began to control their customers. ¡°The amount of deployment codes you have experienced is sufficient. Line up, please. ¡± ¡°Watch your turn. Please follow the control of your employees ~¡± Users who searched for distribution code leaflets in Abigail only began to listen to employees when they were relieved that there was enough quantity. Some of the gamers in the queue have made a devastating look at the way promotions show only the backs of store heroes. ¡°Thought you''d see the faces of the heroes if you came into the shop...¡± ¡°Yeah, I was looking forward to it. It''s empty.¡± ¡°I''m fine. Is it something more exciting? I love that unique blonde ponytail...¡± ¡°Pony Tails are the truth... they must be very kind and active. ¡± ¡°I have a bad feeling about this character from the back. ¡± ¡°The only person in Hahn who can match Morita right now is Yoshihara Satoshi from Langrett. ¡± ¡°Well... I think I''m much better off with Mauritata. ¡± ¡°So am I. Yoshihara-san''s illustration is definitely cool, but is it too unrealistic? Mauritania''s character, on the other hand, has some kind of emotional appeal. And now he''s a pretty good drawer...¡± ¡°Yes, that''s right. That''s exactly what I''m talking about! ¡± I didn''t know what to do, because Maurita had opened her face to eavesdrop on my customers'' words at a good time. I tapped Mauritana''s shoulder and laughed. ¡°How does it feel to be ahead of the competition? ¡± ¡°La, rival. ¡± ¡°You came to my office earlier and whined about how users compare to Yoshihara Satoshi. ¡± Then Morita looked around and said to me with a embarrassing look. ¡°Commander, when did I...¡± ¡°Huh... Then who was I talking to? ¡± ¡°Well...¡± In response to Morita''s crawl, I turned my head toward the ceremony with a mourning smile. & When I returned home from work that day, I stopped in front of a convenience store near my house. - Sweetheart... ¡°Oh, are you on your way home from work? ¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± Now, this 19-year-old woman, Albanian, says, "Welcome home," when I walk into the store, instead of, "Are you going home? ¡¯I asked. That means I frequent this convenience store on my way home from work... ¡°Yes. You''re working again today? ¡± As I walked to the refrigerator with the answer, the student called me up. ¡°I''ve already prepared it at the counter. A box of green tea ice cream, right? ¡± I knew I didn''t hear it once or twice, so I pretended to be pretty good. I turn my steps toward the refrigerator and turn to her. ¡°Does your wife only eat this stuff these days? ¡± I nodded, smiling and smiling at Albanian''s question. ¡°My wife has morning sickness. Haha...¡± 139 < EP. 32: Gift of God. (4) > ¡°My wife has morning sickness. Haha...¡± ¡°But isn''t ice cream cheap? What if I want to eat tangerines or breadcrumbs in the middle of the summer? Don''t you think it''s embarrassing? ¡± ¡°Well, that''s what you get for listening to a student. I''m having a hard time. ¡± ¡°A man who comes to buy ice cream every three days for his wife. Our convenience store is very popular these days. It''s so romantic.¡± After making the ice cream payment, I smiled and answered Albanian jokes. He said, "Well, you have to be nice to your wife this time of year to be treated like a husband. ¡± ¡°Wow, who said that? I''ll write it down in my notebook and tell my boyfriend later. ¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± I don''t know, I heard from one of the guys at the company before 1983. Hmm... Bourne has unloaded a tremendous burden on Albanian boyfriend. Don''t blame me too much. Keeping a family''s peace is the same as keeping Earth''s peace. Shortly after, I came out of the convenience store, and 30 Alba Saints set the box down in jewelry and grabbed the steering wheel again. ¡®I can''t believe I''m eating all this in three days. In a way, that''s great. Green tea ice cream... You don''t think a green Goblin with green skin will be born when the child is born? ¡¯ I lowered my hand brake and lowered my head lightly as I slowly stepped on Excel and headed home. I hear laughter. ¡°Hahahaha!! I think he''s a son.He''s a smart guy who resembles a strong force. ¡± Hmm? Is your father-in-law here? Ding-dong! After pressing the doorbell and waiting for a moment, Yuki, who was wearing an apron, opened the door. ¡°Well done again today. Wow! It''s ice cream. I was running out of time, thank you. ¡± ¡°Is your father-in-law here? ¡± ¡°Huh? How did you know? ¡± ¡°I heard voices outside the door. ¡± ¡°Phew¡­ really? ¡± At that time, Yuki and his father-in-law welcomed me to Yuki''s sister. ¡°Long time no see!!! ¡± As soon as I saw him, I couldn''t get used to his face giving him a pleasant hello. 46-year-old this year, he married at the age of 18 (20 years old in Korea), gave birth to his first daughter, Yuko at the age of 19, and Yuki at the age of 20, so how quickly he lived his life... Moreover, the age difference did not feel so great as he was 46 years old but almost a fraudulent owner this year. (It''s actually been 11 years since ''83, so I''m 45 years old if I add up to my age before regression¡­) ¡°Hi, Jay. Yuko''s here, too? ¡± ¡°My parents asked me to drive for them...¡± Oh... were you forced into this? Are your parents here with you? ¡°Oh, there''s our son-in-law. ¡± The mother who welcomed me with a gentle voice was wearing an apron like Yuki. ¡°I''ve been wanting to have dinner with you for a long time, and I''m sorry he didn''t call me because he wants to come in right now. You must be tired after work. ¡± ¡°No, I''m just hanging out with Yuki in a big house, and she''s warm. ¡± Then, the cat who was watching me under my feet, "A day," cried in drooping tones. Does that mean don''t forget yourself? Yuki grabbed that day and lightly scratched his neck. ¡°Ouch! We had a good day. I''m disappointed that Joon-Hyuk left you out.¡± Anyway, after greeting Yuki''s family and placing the ice cream box on the dining room table, I began removing the wrapping of the ice cream box and moving it to the freezer. My mother-in-law opened her eyes, looking at me like that. ¡°No, did you buy thirty identical ice creams? ¡± ¡°It''s Yuki''s stock these days. I have severe morning sickness...¡± Yuki is sitting at the dining table, smiling in the ventricle, her hands twitching at her chin. ¡°Mom, my Joon-Hyuk is nice, right? ¡± ¡°Ask the groom who''s been working so hard since morning to buy this, and you can''t do that!¡± ¡°Tsh, you can have a baby later and be ten times better to Joon-Hyuk. ¡± ¡°You must keep that word. And don''t ask Kang-gun if she''s coming too soon. ¡± ¡°Haha, it''s not that hard. ¡± Is that why they call son-in-law mother-in-law? It''s been a long time since I finished preparing a meal and sat around the table in a waxy atmosphere. Yuki has been smiling with a smiling face since she met her family for a long time. "If I''d known this, I should have had a seat like this." ¡¯ Today''s menu is skiyaki. Skiyaki, a traditional family dish in Japan, was one of the typical traditional traditional traditional traditional dishes boiled with vegetables and meat that each of them liked in a large pot. It looks a bit like a shabbshave, but it''s like a dish where you take your eggs and dip them in boiled meat and vegetables. ¡°I hear a lot about our son-in-law!¡± Yuko soothed his mother''s extreme treatment of soaking meat and broth in a small bowl. ¡°Joon-Hyuk really likes my mom. We totally owe you cold food. ¡± ¡°So get married quickly and bring me a nice son-in-law. ¡± ¡°Oh, really? ¡± Then, his father-in-law, who secretly put meat in his bowl, listened to his wife. ¡°Bring me a son-in-law who makes as much money as the mighty. Then I''ll marry you without saying a word. ¡± ¡°Just, I''ll live with my dad. All my life...¡± ¡°If this goes like this, I''m out of here...¡± It was like watching a scene in the New World, and the meeting continued ever after, and Yuki and I had fun laughing and grabbing the boat throughout dinner. It was a moment to realize that Yuki''s family was the most precious relationship I had ever met in the world. After dinner, I enjoyed the postprandial year with my father-in-law in the veranda of the mansion. It didn''t matter because Japan didn''t have the same courtesy to burn cigarettes with a hand-held adult, unlike our country. ¡°I don''t think I''m old enough to have grandchildren yet, but I can''t believe I''m a grandfather already. Something doesn''t feel right. Is this your punishment for getting married so early? ¡± ¡°Think of it as a gift rather than a punishment. ¡± ¡°It''s also called having a child a gift from God. When I first embraced Yuko, I thought I could raise a little girl like this in the world...¡± After talking to him, he shook his head at Yuko, who was sitting in the living room. ¡°I was raising my first child to see if she came too far. I''ve become too tall. ¡± ¡°But Yuko has a broken personality. Yuki is so naive, sometimes I worry. ¡± Then his father-in-law took a deep cigarette and gave a mouthful of laughter. ¡°Yuki may look like that, but he''s the stubbornest member of our family. ¡± ¡°Really?" ¡°That''s how much I struggled when Yuki was young. It''s less now, but when I was a kid, Yuko felt much quieter. ¡± Hmm... In Yuki''s case, there was something introverting about him, but sometimes it seemed to attract me. If you think about it, your relationship with Yuki started with the contact she gave you first, and the proposal also fell into a trap with Junpei and was publicly humiliated (? I was. Suddenly, I remembered an old story that I also laughed at, and my father-in-law threw a cigarette on the ashtray and brought out an old story that I did not know. ¡°So when was that, like, six or seven years ago? Yuki came home late one night, and she told me that she met a very nice man, who said he was also Korean. Since I was a kid, thanks to my mom, I''ve always had a fondness for Koreans. The youngest child in kindergarten said he was going to marry a Korean man because he grew up...¡± When I imagined Yuki in a kindergarten hat as a child, I thought of a very cute image. And the more I wanted my second year to be a daughter, the stronger I felt. ¡°Anyway, from the day I met that Korean, I keep staring at my phone all the time, but if the phone rings, I''ll be the first to come running and get it. But he was very frustrated because he didn''t get a call from the person he wanted. One day she bursts into tears on her own, and the next day she''s completely hypotensive. And then one day, it''s like giving up everything, and then you''re in the back room, and then you turn to pressure again...¡± ¡°Haha... That must have been hard. ¡± ¡°Who the fuck is ringing my daughter? When I met him, I tried to break his legs. ¡± I stumbled across his right leg without even knowing it. ¡°Yuki tells me you''re creating a new game that''s coming out at the end of the year. ¡± ¡°Oh, yes. It''s called God''s Gift. ¡± ¡°That''s an incredible coincidence. ¡± ¡°Yes? ¡°Yuki''s due date is around December. Isn''t your child a gift from God, too? ¡± ¡°Ah... I see. ¡± ¡°Congratulations again. And thank you for living well with my daughter. ¡± ¡°Thank you, Father. ¡± ¡°But you know what? I have a personal question¡­¡± ¡°Yes, tell me. ¡± ¡°When... is the second episode of Dragon Emblem due? ¡± ¡°Oh, well...¡± I forgot to tell you, Yuki likes games. You were also one of the Pentagon Soft fans... 140 < EP. 33: International Electronics Fair. (1) > September 6, 1994. One of September, when the heat of August is still rising. I walked out the front door with a heavy travel carrier. ¡°I''ll be back then. ¡± ¡°Have a safe trip. Joon-Hyuk.¡± After preparing for my business trip, Yuki said goodbye to me with a slightly reminded expression. With her in front of me, I couldn''t take a step, and I asked Yuki who was hesitating on the porch. ¡°Hmm. Are you sure it''s okay without me? I could say I''m not going on business right now.¡± ¡°Of course, I wish Joon-Hyuk could be with me, but this is a pretty important event. C... what was it? ¡± ¡°Consumer Electronics Show (CES).) ¡± Then Yuki opened his mouth, clapping his hands with a yellow smile. ¡°Oh, right. Is that... an electronics fair? ¡± In Yuki''s reply, I slowly nodded. The event, which took place in Las Vegas, in the United States, was like a place where companies were promoting their consoles to people around the world during a time when there was no game-specific exhibition yet. Of course, other than gaming appliances, household appliances such as TVs, refrigerators and air conditioning were the main household appliances, but gaming consoles were also participating in events annually because they were within the category of electronic appliances. The CES held this year was, in a sense, a global event anticipated by Minten, NEGA and the Pentagon, although it could have been accompanied by several Pentagon personnel at other times. ¡°From today, when my sister comes home from work, I decided to sleep at my house for a while, so that''s fine. ¡± ¡°Hmmm¡­ Yuko, I should buy you a nice present when you come back. ¡± I sat on my knees in front of Yuki, holding the carrier for a moment, and gently stroked her belly. ¡°I''m going on a business trip, Dad. Stay with your mom. ¡± Yuki smiled and gently embraced my hair. ¡°Have a safe trip. Say hi to Ellis and Wilson for me. ¡± ¡°Yes. I will...¡± After a while, you take the carrier and leave the mansion, a bright sunlight flashes down through the leaves, stabbing you in the eye. Hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on. Yuki, who came down with me, smiled comfortably because of the cooling cry of a cicada coming from somewhere. I said it was okay several times, but Yuki finally came out to meet me in the parking lot. Seeing that she is traveling abroad, she also said she is fine, but she seems to have a big heart. A smile was drawn on her mouth as she waved her hand hard beyond the rearview mirror. "Family is a good thing..." I suddenly felt that way as I left the mansion and bent the handle. & In a moment, let''s reach Narita International Airport. I noticed a familiar face in front of the ticket office. ¡°Sir, over here. ¡± I raised my hand slightly toward her as she was dragging the carrier in the presence of Kaori waving towards me. Next to her are Hayashi and Maurita. And the Kawaguchi representative and her secretary, Sayuri, smiled and welcomed me. ¡°Did you say goodbye to Yuki well? ¡± When I nodded slightly at Kaori''s question, Hayashi, who was next to her, grabbed her head and said. ¡°Farewell to a full-time business trip, where do we go on such a long journey? ¡± ¡°It''s a long way!! Across the globe!! ¡± ¡°No, I mean... Phew... Never mind. What am I gonna say to you? ¡± In Hayashi''s conversation with Kaori, we all smiled in front of the airline ticketing center and each of us held a carrier in our hands. ¡°So that''s it? ¡± Sayuri answered my question. ¡°No, there''s the manager of the Pentagon shop, Miyazaki, and Uchimura, who designs figures -- oh, there he is. ¡± When Sayuri said that, I saw them rushing towards us. ¡°Ahh... Ahh... Sorry I''m late. ¡± With Miyazaki like that, Uchimu is almost out of breath... They were appointed as an assistant to the CES event and decided to join them on this business trip. At that moment, I took Miyazaki''s carrier, who was about to collapse to the side, and I was surprised by the heavy feeling coming from my fingertips and asked her. ¡°What have you brought so much of? ¡± ¡°I''ve never been abroad before. I brought everything I could. ¡± ¡°They sell all the essentials there...¡± ¡°Th... right? ¡± Hayashi tilted her head and slightly looked at Miyazaki''s carrier and looked similar to me. ¡°This is too much weight to charge...¡± But Uchimura''s baggage, on the other hand, was a suitcase. Are you going to a two-night, three-day retreat? ¡°Uchimura... Is that the end of the package? ¡± ¡°Yes? Oh, yes. I thought it might be a good idea to live there¡­¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± Why is he so calm again? I sighed and looked around. When I asked the airport staff who was passing by if they were selling travel carriers, they fortunately told me that they had a shopping center underground. ¡°Do we still have time? ¡± ¡°Yes.¡± Kaori''s answer was that I quickly bought a new carrier from the underground mall and distributed Miyazaki''s luggage. It took us a while to share the luggage, but then we were able to finish the ticket and head to the boarding field. After a brief examination of his departure, Khaori sighed and cried out as he left the country for the first time, when he came out to a shopping area with a colorful duty free shops. ¡°Tax-free!! Duty free!!" Kaori''s cry made the Kawaguchi representative look embarrassed at the watch. ¡°This is going to take a while. ¡± I also agreed with the Kawaguchi Representative because I was checking boarding times. ¡°There are duty-free shops at Las Vegas Airport on the way back anyway, so why not shop there? ¡± ¡°Hehe... I was expecting an airport duty-free shop...¡± Kaori blushed and apologized to Miyazaki, blushing his face. ¡°I''m sorry. I''ve been packing a lot of stuff...¡± Then Uchimura opened his mouth to see if he could help Miyazaki. ¡°Apologies. I''ve brought too little baggage...¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± What are these people talking about? When Uchimura looked at him with a frown, Sayuri, who was next to the Kawaguchi Representative, lifted his applause. ¡°Well, there''s a simple duty-free shop near the boarding entrance, so let''s get moving. ¡± With her word as the eldest sister among the women, we set out for the boarding gate as a group. Then, the Kawaguchi representative opened his mouth next to me. ¡°Joon-Hyuk, what happened in America the other day? Do you think he''ll make it? ¡± ¡°Rob says I can barely keep up with the timing, but he doesn''t give me an answer. ¡± ¡°The highlight of this conference is'' that, ''which would be a little difficult if it wasn''t done already? ¡± ¡°If you do that, the biggest payoff will be the NEGA in front of you. If not...¡± ¡°What if it''s not...? ¡± ¡°Mintendo and Sensoni have put together a new device for your attention. ¡± ¡°Yes!? Don''t tell CES about the new device!? ¡± ¡°There''s a good chance.¡± No, actually, this is for sure. Mintendo and Sensoni are announcing the new Gear Station Project to CES because I''ve already been informed historically. The fact that Kurakagi of Sensoni has been in and out of Mintendo almost every day since last year has been reported to me by a close associate in his time at Mintendo. The Kawaguchi leader was surprised by Mintendo''s quick footwork, and his expression was stiff. Once the NEGA Saturn and Gear Station projects are announced, at CES, our Pentagon has nothing to show for the hardware. Now I just want Rob to get to the CES venue on time... & Let''s take a moment to think about the 1994 gaming industry. The early ''90s combat game boom, which started at Street Fire 2 and led to the Psychic Force, was in big swings in'' 94. Released in December ''93, Real Fighters from NEGA gave gamers tremendous cultural shock at the time. Of course, I have had occasional experience with 3D graphics technology before, but it is rare for a work that expresses people in such detail. Fighters made of polygon technology exhibited axial and transverse movements as opposed to traditional 2D games and exhibited fights of different dimensions in virtual space. Especially when hit hard by the protagonist Akira, the pain was pleasant to the player as if he felt it directly. It was a great piece to pursue reality in its true title. The RealFighter''s unique, merciless technical damage has left the skilled artisan stranded since the beginner. The NEGA Real Fighter was the first and most notorious fighter since a beginner accidentally went around the lever and the skillful went to the goal, and was recognized as a defeat when he hurried off to the outside. However, an ironic situation arose in the development of next-generation devices thanks to the best fighting games on behalf of the country. And why is that? It''s because the NEGA Saturn was built on a thorough, 2D foundation from the planning stage. Next-generation NEGA Saturn''s goal was to create the best girl games at the arcade center, based on SMK''s iconic games with absolute coin retrieval rates and stunning illustrations to form the core user base. The average number of purchases a console mania makes per year is roughly five times that of a Light User. Saturn was obsessed with 2D technology as if he could overcome the failure of the operation by quickly completing and moving on to the next one. By the way... ¡®Suzuki Ryu'', the main director of the company and not any other company, developed the innovative 3D game ''Real Fighter¡¯. It was crazy and leapfrogging for the NEGA. Because unfortunately, NEGA Saturn was too poor in 3D performance to turn the real fighter. Eventually, the NEGA did not give up on Saturn, who was on the verge of completing its astronomical development due to a single 3D combat game. But the flow of time was gradually leaning toward 3D technology, and we couldn''t completely ignore that reality. And the NEGA came up with an answer. As always, with the worst possible technique... How did you do that? The worst way to force 3D performance into a fully built 2D console... 141 < EP. 33: International Electronics Fair. (2) > After giving up duty-free shopping and hurrying together, we arrived at the boarding gate relaxed, gasping for breath and leaning against the waiting room chair. ¡®You can just come slowly, but why did you run all this way? ¡¯ I didn''t get on one or two planes, but when the rookies got mixed up, I panicked... After a long chase, Uchimu, who grabbed the backrest of the chair and started to feel nauseous, already had a white face. ¡°You okay? Take a deep breath...¡± ¡°Yes? Oh, yes... tow, tow, tow!" Two flights and I''ll clear the invoice... Immediately, as the stewardess informs the passengers who are waiting, the people, including our group, slowly begin to line up in the waiting room. And then... a familiar voice came from behind my back. ¡°The Force...? ¡± I turned my head to find the protagonist of my voice, and the man who looks at me in a clean suit... ¡°Mr. Gunpei?¡± ¡°Haha! What a surprise. Just in case, I didn''t expect to be on the same plane. ¡± Shigei and Kawata Satoshi at the HEG Institute, a second party in Mintendo, stood beside Gunpei looking at me. Minten was also expecting to announce a new project at CES, so I thought I''d run into him at the event, but I didn''t think I''d see him here. ¡°I''m glad you''re looking well. Gunpei.¡± ¡°Healthy. Your games brought me back from the dead.¡± Whether he remembered Valentine''s Day or not, Gunpei smiled calmly. ¡°I''m sorry about Bourne back then. ¡± ¡°No. I was a different kind of experience. ¡± Their attitude towards me, who was now a competitor in my past work colleagues, was no different than before. And it was the same for me. The legends of Super Maridge and Karin... The fact that Mintendo is one big axis in the gaming industry in the future. As I looked around for a moment, I asked Gunpei that there was no President Kamauchi. ¡°Ms. Kamachi, are you not attending the conference? ¡± ¡°Well, this time he''s giving everything to Yamashta at an American office. I guess you''re old now...¡± That seems to be the same to you, Gunpei. I suddenly thought of Gunpei who looked older than the first time I met him, but of course I didn''t take him out of my mouth. ¡°Sir, please board the plane. ¡± As the conversation grows longer, the stewardess looks at us and speaks carefully. ¡°Let''s talk about the details on the plane. ¡± It took approximately 13 hours from Japan to Las Vegas, so I conferred with Mr. Kawaguchi to arrange seats based on first class for the best possible staff. ¡°Wow, I can lie down and go!! ¡± Kaori and Miyazaki, who were flying for the first time, couldn''t hide their excitement in a private space designed like a capsule. Gunpei also smiled brightly, clutching wrinkles around her eyes, whether her granddaughters were cute or not. ¡°I heard that the employee benefits of Pentagon Soft are well-known, but don''t they all use first class? ¡± ¡°Long-distance flights are important to employees. ¡± ¡°Fantastic.¡± ¡°By the way, when you and Gunpei used to go to the United States, you both used business classes, right? I wasn''t in a frenzy to persuade Kamachi who was going to burn the Economy back then¡­¡± ¡°Still, he''s much better these days.¡± ¡°I think so. ¡± Gunpei sat down with a smile on his mind. Later, with a brief instruction from the aircraft pilot, the giant plane slowly moves, and Kaori opens his mouth with an anxious expression. ¡°You''re not going to crash or anything like that on your first plane experience, are you? ¡± Then Hayashi, sitting next to her, mutters, wrapping her prepared eye patch. ¡°If not, I''m tired of working late last night. Don''t be a jerk. ¡± ¡°By the way, I don''t see anything good coming out of your mouth. ¡± & Pentagon employees who had to endure long flights from Narita, Japan, to Las Vegas, the United States, started pulling Raon out of their bags as soon as the airplanes rose. In fact, what other content is as time-consuming as a game on a long distance trip? I also took out Raon for a little while, but Gunpei, who was sitting next to me, stared at me. ¡°Raon is such a concise design at any given time. It''s like there''s a screen on the gamepad. ¡± ¡°Thank you." ¡°By the way, Kang-gun has a genius sense of designing portable gaming machines. I guess the first Shinkansen we met gave me the idea of Gamboy...¡± Gunpei smiled happily as he pulled out the portable gamble boy he had made with me from his bag. & ¡°I''m... bored.¡± ¡°Then sleep like me. ¡± ¡°Sir, you''ve been asleep for nine hours. Can a person sleep that long? ¡± After waking up to Khaori and Hayashi''s conversation, I looked up at the tightly closed window. I checked the time with my wristwatch, frowning for a moment in the dazzling sunlight. 11: 30 pm Japanese time. But the plane that was moving along the sun was still flying under the bright sun. ¡°Can I get you something to drink? ¡± I nodded and asked for a glass of water for a sensible stewardess question. ¡°Please wait a moment. ¡± I turned my head and looked at Gunpei, touching the dull skin. ¡°Hiic...!! ¡± I stretched out my arms and straightened Gunpei''s head as if he was sleeping with his head bent to 90 degrees like a corpse. I think I''ve been flying for 10 hours. Is it too far? Even in first class, airplanes to America are very boring. I looked around and I saw that everyone was sleeping with their eye pads on or looking at CES related documents for next weekend. This year, Gunpei, 53, was also asleep with documents in his hands to check the CES data and see if he had forgotten to sleep. After a while, I asked the stewardess to bring me a thin blanket and cover it with Gunpei. Then she smiled at me a little. ¡°That''s very kind of you. Are you with someone else? ¡± ¡°I was a boss at work. ¡± When I went to Toyworld with Gunpei to capture the American market and was reminded of the time when I was faced with the door slam, I smiled and looked at the bright sunny window. ¡°I''m hungry... sir. ¡± ¡°How long have you been eating? Are you hungry already? ¡± ¡°Oh... I want ice cream. Cool green tea ice cream. ¡± Kaori''s voice from behind suddenly reminds me of my refrigerator. Green tea ice cream... did you buy enough? ¡¯ & Our plane will be landing at Las Vegas Airport. Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats and fasten your seat belts. - ¡°Ahh! Almost there. ¡± We arrived at Las Vegas Airport in 14 hours via the L.A. Airport, each of us lighting up our bases and unwinding our bodies. Kaori, in particular, opened her mouth with yawns to see if she was completely exhausted during a long flight. ¡°Yawn, airplanes are such a boring mode of transport...¡± Then Hayashi, who was sitting next to her, looked at her with a silly look. ¡°Boring? You don''t seem to know your first class on the first plane, but if you''re on an Economy, you''re going to experience a living hell...¡± Miyazaki and Kaori tilted their heads to Hayashi''s words, but after landing the plane, they saw the faces of the people coming out of Economy and began nodding at each other. We got off the plane with our own luggage, briefly explained why we were visiting the United States, and then left for the airport. ¡°Mr. Kang!! ¡± As soon as I spoke to the gate, I turned my head to the voice of Mr. Wilson, who came out to meet us with Ellis. ¡°Mr. Wilson.¡± After the wedding with Yuki, we met for a while, and Gunpei and Shigei greeted us from behind. ¡°Then we''ll go, too. Meet me at the CES event. ¡± ¡°I''m sure the Pentagon has prepared a number of things, but it won''t be easy this time. Be prepared.¡± Seeing his mouth with a confident expression, I smiled and replied. ¡°We''re not going to like this. When you come, swallow at least one heartbeat. He could pass out. ¡± ¡°Guy. Still got some nerve. ¡± Shigere tapped my shoulder and hurriedly moved after Gunpei. I looked behind them and turned to the voice of Elise, who was rushing me. & As employees boarded the vehicle waiting for them at the airport, Elise in the passenger seat told the Kawaguchi representative. ¡°Should I take you to the hotel first? Or do you want to take a look around the venue first? ¡± Then Kawaguchi opened his mouth, looking closely at me. ¡°First things first...¡± After talking to, I took a quick look at the reaction around me, and everyone was staring at Mr. Kawaguchi with a sad look to see if he wasn''t getting used to paralysis. I finished signing with Kawaguchi''s eyes as they cried for their lives. ¡°Let''s go to the hotel. ¡± ¡°Wow, you''re the best. Thank you!! ¡± ¡°Yes, I will. ¡± ¡°Let''s unpack first and let me and Jules take a look around the venue first. ¡± ¡°That would be great. We can check the size of the venue, so the staff is waiting at the hotel. ¡± Then Morita and Hayashi, who had eaten the Pentagon''s eyebrows with me for some time, stepped forward. ¡°We''ll go with you. ¡± Morita and Hayashi say I nodded and cleared my head. ¡°Great. Then the rest of the team, just the rest of the hotel. ¡± ¡°I understand.¡± Although I was tired from the jet lag adjustment, I decided to overdo it because I wanted to see the size of the venue with my own eyes. Leaning against the window, I looked at the sunset in Las Vegas, which is called the City of Pleasure, and I was secretly thinking about the light of the neon sign, one by one. ¡°Manager Kang Jun-hyuk. ¡± ¡°Yes, Mr. Ellis. ¡± ¡°I got a call from Rob before you arrived at the airport, and he said he completed the cigarette case mission you asked for. What was it? ¡± The Kawaguchi representative, who was sitting next to me, was also puzzled by Elise''s words. ¡°Excellent. Tell Rob you did well. ¡± 142 < EP. 33: International Electronics Fair. (3) > Consumer Electronics Show (CES).) Starting in 1967, the event took place annually, alternating between the Las Vegas Convention Center and the Hilton Hotel. Hosted this year at the Las Vegas Convention Center, more than 200 companies around the world have already registered, and spectators expected to be the largest ever. If this crowd is gathered because of game providers like our Pentagon or Mintendo, it''s a mistake. Of course, some are looking forward to the official announcement by CES of Saturn, a new device from the NEGA, but unfortunately the most notable item at CES in 1994 was the ''mobile phone¡¯. In fact, the mobile phone that we know is much more historic than we thought. The Drance Portable phone used in the early 80s weighed four kilograms and had to be carried on its shoulders. It was the ¡®TEC8000¡¯ that was launched in Motorola in ''88 that changed to the size it could hold. At that time, the first phone sold for 2,400 million won was very heavy at 771 grams. The product that I could use if I threw it away, because it was not damaged or waterproof, was actually treated as a ''weapon¡¯ due to the many injuries that the drunk caused to hurt the other person using his cell phone. It became the foundation of the mobile phone that we know, starting with Microtech 2, which was launched in Motorola in ''92, flipping it down to 219g. Of course, this product was also an enormous expensive model at the time, so it was a limited model used by entrepreneurs and senior citizens, and gradually the walls began to crumble from 94 to 95. ¡°Sir, have you seen the new cell phone from Motorola this time? ¡± ¡°Yes, I did. ¡± Kaori, who had been to Motorola''s Exhibition Hall, spoke to me, dropping her purse. Japan''s mobile phone carriers have recently gone through a series of interest-free installments for mobile phone replenishment, but the basic calls are still very expensive. Today is CES''s first day. The event was mainly held with broadcasters and businessmen, as the public had not been permitted to enter and enter. Thanks to this, I did not feel particularly crowded or unique to the venue. I also visited the booths of each company as I slowly walked around the venue during the morning. Kaori and Miyazaki, who had been following me around for a short time because of their English, have now run to feel resilient and interact with their staff every time they see something new that is familiar with the atmosphere of the venue. ¡°Wow, it really feels like I''m in the future. It''s creepy to think that what I''ve seen here is going to appear in the world in as little as three months and as long as a year. ¡± This conference made me feel like I was in an old electronics museum, even though it might be a total collection of appliances in the future. ¡®It''s a little sad that we can''t be touched together in this situation...¡¯ I took them straight across the event and entered the game category exclusive area at the far end. There were four video game consoles participating in the CES event, the largest booth was Mintendo, who is currently ranked # 1 in gaming sales. In the center of the curtain covering the entire booth with a yellow curtain was a question mark marked with a dot, reminiscent of an item box appearing in the Super Maridge. There were already a lot of people around the booth because Mintendo was firmly positioned in the United States. ¡°Are you preparing a surprise show in Mintendo? ¡± ¡°Are you going to announce a new device? ¡± ¡°Then I read in the paper a while ago that Mintendo and Sensoni are jointly building a new console. ¡± ¡°No, I heard Sensoni had a disagreement after releasing a new mintendo storage medium to the CD. ¡± ¡°Really? So Mintendo doesn''t want to use CDs? ¡± ¡°Well, I have to go public at the conference, but so far Mintendo hasn''t responded to any new devices...¡± As you look around in the crowd, Sensoni''s booth is located close to Mintendo''s booth. Starting with Walkman, AV equipment and broadcasting equipment. After expanding to TV, Sensoni''s brand power was already shoulder to shoulder with some of the world''s top companies. The geodesic console and TV had a very close relationship, so there was a booth next to the booth where the console companies assembled, along with Mitsubashi, and a corporate booth specializing in displays such as silver and Daegu in Korea. As Korea''s electronic product development became active in the ''90s, international expositions often made Korean companies feel uncomfortable because they started to stand out. Meanwhile, unlike Mintendo Booth, which was quiet because everything was private, the booth on the NEGA side was quite responsive to visitors. At the end of last year, the ¡®real fighter¡¯, made from the arcade substrate ¡®MODEL1¡¯, was also a popular cultural impact on the US market. ¡°Wow... that''s amazing. I can''t believe the day is coming when I''m going to play with 3D graphics like this¡­¡± A user playing a real fighter in the NEGA booth was moving the lever with admiration. The character in the screen rotates around the 3D space, aiming for gaps in the opponent''s space, sometimes causing those watching to become enthusiastic about the delight of blowing into the outside with a heavy single blow. NEGA Sathorn, which is expected to be released at the end of the year in Japan, was originally not expected to be released due to the overwhelming popularity of Real Fighters, but users had hoped that Saturn would be able to enjoy the game at home. In that situation, ''Real Fighters are not scheduled to be released to Saturn.¡¯ It was clear that they could not bear the anger of the users. So? Saturn''s issue date was set for the end of the year in ''94, but the price and concurrent issue titles have not yet been confirmed. "Well, tomorrow, if you don''t want to do it, you''ll have to go public..." I took a brief tour of the NEGA booth and walked over to the Pentagon booth. Standing in symmetry with Mintendo Booth, the Pentagon Soft Booth was preparing for a private conference, as was Minten. You cover the event with a white curtain, and there is a glimpse of a busy shadow moving inside. With the advantages of mobile devices on our backs, Raon, who is on his way to the North American market, was secretly looking forward to speaking at the conference. ¡°Wow, there are a lot of people on our side. ¡± ¡°I didn''t know when I was only in Japan, but Raon''s popularity is amazing in the United States. ¡± Miyazaki, the manager of the Pentagon Shop, took a camera and began filming the crowds at the Pentagon booth. Perhaps he was returning to Japan to show it to the Pentagon''s staff. & The next day. Starting in the morning, the crowds started to crowd inside the venue due to the crowds coming to the convention center. Khaori came to us with a pale, dull look, having opened his booth slightly and checked out in the appearance of a different venue than yesterday. ¡°Th-there''s a lot of people... outside. ¡± I was checking on the event with the Kawaguchi representative and smiled at Kaori''s words. ¡°For now, there is no greater global event than this, so it is natural for the crowd to overflow. ¡± Then Morita, standing beside me, nodded, agreeing with me. ¡°I''m sure it is, but the console is more interesting this year. I think it''s the rumors about the next generation of mechanisms. ¡± ¡°Our conference is scheduled for 3 p.m., right? ¡± ¡°Yes, once the NEGA is scheduled for a presentation at 11: 00 a.m., mintendo at 1: 00 p.m., 3DO at 2: 00 p.m. We are the last three o''clock. ¡± ¡°Hmm. Now that we''re done preparing for the presentation, let''s take a look at the NEGA situation. ¡± Whether he was nervous about preparing for the afternoon''s presentation, the Kawaguchi representative took a short inhale and nodded. ¡°Do it. ¡± It''s so convenient to have a deputy president. After handing over the proceedings to Morita, I slightly removed the tent behind the booth and left the venue. And a moment of money on the corner to get to the NEGA booth. I felt suffocated by the crowd. I understand Kaori''s face is white and dull... Laon''s launch ceremony, which I''ve spent the night with so many users, hasn''t been crowded this far... Is it because of the expectation of the announcement of the next generation of machinery, as Kawaguchi said? This year CES seemed to have more gamers than the average crowd. ¡°A presentation about NEGA Saturn will take place shortly after 11: 00. Once again, we would like to remind you From 11: 00 in a few minutes...¡± While listening to the announcement, I looked at the watch, and the time was pointing to 10: 58. In the wake of the Real Fighter, the NEGA, which clearly demonstrated what the next game is, although it was pushed to the superfamily in the hometown of Japan to "defeat", the North American and European markets have secured a significant level of mania thanks to ''sonic¡¯. I moved near the NEGA booth where the presentation was taking place, squeezing through difficult crowds. And after a while. Under a slightly darker light, Suzuki, the head game director of NEGA, was on stage. ¡°Ouch!! Suzuki Ryu!! ¡± With numerous arcade game developments and his first 3D fighting game in mind, he had already made a name for himself as the best director in the gaming industry, such as Kumamoto Shigeru, Mintendo. And on stage with him was Yamanaka Hayao, president of the NEGA. The presentation of the NEGA, led by the signage director and president, has generated tremendous expectations from the start. The atmosphere began to rise in an instant, as well as releasing an innovative off-road racing game called ''real fighter¡¯, based on the powerful 3D performance of the MODEL1 arcade substrate. ¡°Awesome!! That was amazing. ¡± ¡°I think the NEGA has prepared for the next wave of the war. ¡± ¡°Can I enjoy graphics like that at home!? ¡± Yamanaka, the boss, was smiling satisfactorily in the enthusiasm of the NEGA users, but was it my own illusion that the smile felt a little stiff somewhere? With the atmosphere up, people began to be very excited about the price of the NEGA Saturn, which was going to be announced soon. ¡°So how much is that? ¡± ¡°Since the original NEGA drive was $249, shouldn''t it go that far? ¡± ¡°That''s a fair price for a home game. ¡± Given that the first 32-bit game 3DO launched last year came at a crazy price of $699 and was hit by a huge afterstorm, the price disclosure to consumers was a cautious part. Shortly after the promotional footage prepared by the NEGA ended, Yamanaka carefully approached the center of the stage with his microphone in his hand. Along with a short greeting to those visiting CES, he carefully opened his mouth with a piece of paper spread out. ¡°The launch price for the new console, NEGA Saturn...¡± At last, the moment of destiny... Quiet enough to hear the sound of foreign spills next to him, and Yamanaka''s mouth finally opened. ¡°$399.¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± At the same time, the atmosphere within the president became very subtle. 143 < EP. 33: International Electronics Fair. (4) > ¡°$399.¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± At the same time, the atmosphere within the president became very subtle. 44800 yen, to be exact. It could not have been more expensive for the home console kids enjoy. In fact, the NEGA Saturn was not this expensive console at the beginning of the plan. Given that Saturn''s mother, the cause of the failure of the NEGA CD, was expensive and loaded, developers have created a sprite machine that can express extreme 2D functionality at a relatively reasonable price point. Unfortunately, the ¡®Real Fighter¡¯ popularity, which demonstrated the possibility of 3D gaming using polygons, has changed the game industry. Gamers who had enjoyed the Real Fighter were naturally thinking of the ¡®Real Fighter¡¯ being transplanted into Saturn, although it was not officially announced. On expectations of rising users, Yamanaka leaves Saturn''s launch for over a year, bringing together technology developers to drop an assignment, which is to ¡®get the real fighter back from Saturn.'' ¡¯. This was a more wicked command than "Rebuild the machine." The remaining development period is less than a year. Developers who did not have enough time to produce new chips in limited resources have increased Saturn''s performance in a very simple and ignorant way. The method they chose was to hit two identical CPUs to complement Saturn''s added 3D performance. This seemed like a very simple solution, but it made Saturn''s production unit price pop and gave developers a very difficult development environment. It was only in the future that I knew that dual CPUs were produced beyond dual CPUs to quad CPUs, but it didn''t matter that the algorithm was already contained in the CPU chip, but the dual CPUs of this era were literally two of them. In this regard, the NEGA only needs to distribute operations to third parties that are developing Saturn games to each CPU. I explained. That''s easy to say. Aligning each CPU''s sync was a challenge for senior programmers who had as much development experience as possible. Even if one CPU finishes an operation, the program will have to be delayed overall if there are still operations left on the other. ¡®One of the worst is usually the greed of the chief executive. ¡¯ I slowly shake my head, swallowing a bloody smile. Meanwhile, Yamanaka quickly added that Real Fighters and Daytona 3D, which were shown earlier, would be released at the same time as Saturn''s launch to boost the response of cooler users at the same time as Saturn''s price disclosure. Then the users started nodding their heads to see how positive they were going. Obviously, $399 was higher than the price that users expected, but the fact that the real fighter could be enjoyed at home was creating an atmosphere that was somewhat tolerable. So I raised my hand to Yamanaka. Then Suzuki''s eyes opened wide as she recognized me. Then I whispered to the boss straight away. Maybe he''s talking to Yamanaka about me, can he ignore me in front of so many users? At that moment, I heard the voice of a user who recognized me from somewhere. ¡°Huh!? I saw him in his magazine. ¡± ¡°Who is it?¡± ¡°He''s an employee of Pentagon Soft, and before that, he started a super family in Mintendo, moved to the Pentagon and created Raon. ¡± ¡°Fantastic. So he''s a console developer? ¡± ¡°I''m also a console developer and game designer. He even created a street without me at the main director of Dragon Emblem. ¡± As expected of an event of this magnitude, there are a few people who recognize me... However, a voice from somewhere was pierced into my chest like a screamer. ¡°I thought you looked like a pervert for making so many hard-core games, but surprisingly ordinary...? ¡± ... What does a pervert look like? And then I remembered the guy in the churning with the yellow towel around his neck, but let''s just forget about it. ¡°Hmmm... any questions? ¡± Yamanaka''s face shivered slightly. ¡°Are the real fighters'' playback screens for arcades? Or is it actually Saturn? ¡± At that moment, Yamanaka and Suzuki narrowed their eyes and showed discomfort. Do you know how much I hate the look in their eyes right now? But as I began to speak to the users around me, Suzuki couldn''t help but answer the question. ¡°The real fighters'' promotional footage I''ve just shown you is for arcades. RealFighters for Saturn are still under development. But the entire VM team that built the real fighter for the perfect transplant is working hard, so you can expect it. ¡± Yeah, I bought Saturn believing that... However, the real fighter for Saturn I had played was too far away from the word ''perfect transplant¡¯. Because of the lack of full polygons, the background was set up with a single 2D texture, and the character was also drawn to lacking 3D performance, so the graphics felt very messy during the manipulation or as opposed to the arcade version. The betrayal I felt then... Otherwise, Saturn was priced at a high price and when he first came to Korea, an enormous price of about 60 to 700,000 won was formed by the pouch sellers. I tried to keep up and play somehow, but I couldn''t help but remember that I eventually sold Saturn and traded it for a gear station a few months later. NEGA''s new announcement has stopped at the point of implanting most of the games previously announced for arcades. Users who attended CES did not hide their somewhat disappointing expressions. Seeing the next generation of mechanisms, he expected a new piece to be announced that would show the right performance for him. However, given the game and the time of rebuilding the device, a new announcement was not a big deal for the current country. But the CES Conference was a real start. It''s because Mintendo, the current king of the game, is scheduled for 1: 00 p.m. In addition, users were gathering for meals and mintendo conferences, thinking they would be able to see the truth about the project being made in collaboration with Sensoni. ¡°That''s one hell of a name for mintendo. ¡± Morita and Hayashi, make sure you''re ready for the event. And a Kawaguchi representative approached me one day. I briefly conveyed my feelings to those who missed the presentation of the NEGA. ¡°I think the NEGA was a little unprepared. There was not even a live video of Saturn, the next generation of engineers, and the price seemed to have gone a little bit beyond user expectations. ¡± When they heard my words, the Kawaguchi representative tilted his head and asked. ¡°Isn''t there about three months left before the official launch? If that''s what it takes to promote Saturn, it''s a bit of a stretch. Is there something internally wrong? ¡± ¡°Well, I don''t know about that. It could be an internal problem, it could be a deterrent to mintendo...¡± The Kawaguchi leader looks at Mintendo Booth with his arms folded and mutters. ¡°I wonder what kind of cards Mintendo and Sensoni will take out in the coming generations of war. ¡± ¡°Let''s just eat for a while, shall we? ¡± In my opinion, they nodded and replied. ¡°I was hungry, but that''s a good idea. ¡± & ¡°I''ve been eating hot dogs for days now, so this one''s bitten. I want to eat. Bob!!" A hot dog with enough mustard sauce was cut and the water swallowed the cola while Hayashi grumbled. Then Morita, who was next to him, smiles and opens her mouth. ¡°Why?? I like it. ¡± ¡°You''re a born instant. I''ve been eating flour for days, and I''m dying of indigestion. ¡± It''s been 10 days since I''ve been in the United States, and I''m starting to get these complaints. Apart from Uchimura and Morita, who had been trained as instants for a long time, everyone missed their homemade hammock meal. By the way, I kind of miss Yuki''s food too... After a brief meal, Rob came back to the Pentagon booth with a hot dog and welcomed me in a suit. The hot beard was also cleaned up, and he had a very different image than Rob I used to know. ¡°You''re Rob, right? ¡± ¡°Yeah, man. By the way, do I have to do a presentation? ¡± ¡°Since you built it, of course you should explain the structure. ¡± ¡°I''ve never been out of this position before, so I''m trembling...¡± ¡°There''s nothing to worry about. All you have to do is tell us about the VRAM chip we made. We''ll take care of the rest. You got your performance footage ready? ¡± Rob nods, his thumb raised in my question. & 1: 00 p.m. Tiring!! Mintendo Booth finally shows up with the buzzing effect of Super Maridge eating coins. ¡°Ouch!! ¡± When Yamashta, the president of the United States, and Shigei, joined the stage for Mintendo''s presentation, the shouts of the people gathered around the booth began to warm up the president. As disappointed as I was at the NEGA conference, the psychology of wanting to be rewarded in Mintendo seemed to have worked even more heavily. Super Marie''s father, Kumamoto Shigeru, smiled and waved his hands at people until the shouts of the users grew louder. After meeting Yamashta for a long time, I applauded him a little distance from the presidency. ¡°Welcome to the International Electronics Fair. Thank you very much. Ten years ago, I didn''t expect the gaming market to be this big just to release a family to the United States. Our mintendo has been working to bring you more fun and fun games through generations from family to super family. ¡± Yamashta said a small inhale after giving him a pre-written welcome. ¡°And now. The age is about to change again. with a new console created by our mintenso. Well, many would expect that the 16-bit game market would be next to the 32-bit market. And I don''t think that''s the wrong choice either. But¡­¡± In Yamashta''s speech, people gathered inside the president were increasingly drawn to his speech. ¡°But... someone has to think ahead, and 16 bits doesn''t have to be 32-bit next. ¡± From the mouth of the users with a smile as self-confident as Yamashta''s. ¡¯I started leaking elasticity. ¡°We''ve been thinking a lot about this project. Working with Sensoni to develop a new generation of machinery. We thought the real medium of the game you wanted was not the CD. Games should always be intuitive. And in order to do that, I realized that CDs are incredibly slow media. We had to choose, by giving up a project that we collaborated with Sensoni on with a huge amount of capital, until we gave up the game you wanted. I''m going to make more...¡± ¡°Ouch!!! ¡± ¡°I won''t say a word. Our next console in Mintendo uses a 64-bit system. And I''m going to show you a whole new kind of game. ¡± 144 < EP. 34: Tyrannosaur. (1) > ¡°I won''t say a word. Our next console in Mintendo uses a 64-bit system. And I''m going to show you a whole new kind of game. ¡± ¡°Wow!!!! ¡± In Yamashta''s remarks about to leap a generation, a shout sounded out from the users. Yamashta''s remarks that users who had already experienced the real fighter in 32-bit generations would show more than just that caused a tremendous surge. ¡°What is it? So Mintendo takes the reader''s route again? ¡± ¡°We gave up our joint development project with Sensoni for a 64-bit console. Maybe so? ¡± Not because of 64-bit, but because of the discarding of the CD''s storage medium. But for the users gathered here now, it seemed good. In fact, not a single console was successful with the CD until now, and the failure of the NEGA CD caused disbelief in optical disc media, so some users felt that the choice of mintendo in the ROM cartridge was right. Whether my friend came to see the CES or an American friend in front of me, he raised his thumb toward Mr. Yamashta with a cheerful expression. ¡°You''re right. I used to call it the next generation of media, but it took me 10 seconds every time I played a game. It''s not a cup of coffee...¡± ¡°Is that really it? ¡± ¡°Don''t tell me. I took a couple of shots of sonite off the NEGA CD, and then I got mad, and I just turned it off...¡± ¡°As expected, mintendo''s a bit of a stickler for games.¡± ¡°Anyway, I''m happy to continue using the cartridge. ¡± Without a single apology to Sensoni, Project 64 was very smoothly announced, featuring a giant Super Maridge face on the backstage screen with an aspiration to introduce 3D to all games after the launch. Then, the screaming elasticity leaked from the mouths of those who were watching. ¡°Ugh¡­ Jesus Christ!! ¡± A mustached Italian in a red hat, represented by everything in 3D, cried out ¡®Mamma mia¡¯ with round eyes to the users. Not the clumsy texture you saw in the real fighter, but the face of Maridge as if she was just moving alive was drawing. In their reactions, Sige added a satisfactory smile and explanation. ¡°As you can see, this is the face of Maridge in full 3D. And I can tell you that this is part of the project 64 performance that can convey even the feelings of the character. ¡± ¡°Awesome.¡± The appearance of Super Maridge, expressed in 3D, sent a queue of memories of the somewhat lukewarm conference of the NEGA. At first glance, Yamanaka''s face turned red in the announcement of Project 64, which was superior to the next generation they created. From the point of view of the NEGA, Mintendo was a naughty man who would flee far away if he ever thought he could be caught up. And the pattern remained the same this time. ¡°Joon-Hyuk... Why does this feel so good? ¡± In response to the cheerful users, the Kawaguchi Representative opened his mouth with an embarrassing expression. And I understood the heart of such a Kawaguchi representative. Even though our conferences have not yet begun, the president''s mood has already reached its peak. ¡°Don''t worry too much. because Project 64, which Mintendo published, is not going to be available very soon, as we''ve changed the project that was under development anyway. ¡± And after a while. My expectations were correct. After promoting the new Super Maritime series, Project 64 announced its launch at the end of 1995, Yamashta said. Users were a little disappointed at the announcement that they had to wait over a year, but was the quality of the Super Maridge so outstanding? I finished presenting the next generation of machinery in a somewhat accepting atmosphere. But that wasn''t the end of Mintendo''s conference. After that, he announced a game titled ''Pok¨¦mon Ball.'' At the same time, he announced a smaller, lighter ¡®portable gamble pocket.¡¯ This was clearly the next step towards the backward launch of Project 64. The new ¡®Gamboy Pocket¡¯ changed from its existing heavy and dull shape to its light and slim shape. Liquid crystals also went from yellow to black to enhanced readability, so the new ¡®Gamboy pocket¡¯ did not differ significantly from Raon in size and weight, just by looking at its appearance. Of course, there''s a big difference in internal performance... Gunpei, who came onstage in succession to Barton, naturally attracted the attention of users by listing the advantages of the new Gamboy. In particular, the ''Pok¨¦mon Ball¡¯ announced with the new model produced an enormous reaction for the children. At first glance, it looks similar to the Tamago monsters we created at the Pentagon, but instead of just breeding monsters and fighting each other, the system was capturing monsters along the RPG-style storyline and turning them into allies, bringing other interests to users. ¡°Wow, that sounds like fun...¡± ¡°You look like a Tamago-like monster, but you can enjoy Gamboy Bay without a separate terminal...¡± ¡°There are 151 kinds of monsters, and there''s enough to collect them? ¡± Although Project 64''s launch date was far away, users cheered on the announcement that new Gameboys and Pok¨¦mon Balls would be launching next month. After a satisfactory presentation, Gunpei smiled at me with a slight wink that was quite far away. It felt more like a gesture of gratitude to an ex-colleague who together made a gamble than a bad one. Oh, my God! Even though Gunpei, the presenter, disappeared backstage in the content of the conference, Park Su-jung did not stop. Can we continue to listen to this in the next two years? ¡¯ I shaken my head lightly and took a step from the mintendo booth. So the next conference is a 3DO? However, the 3DO was not a particularly promising type. It''s a monumental console that opens up the 32-bit game market, of course, but is that all you have to say? In fact, 3DO was a type of machinery that attracted considerable attention at the beginning of development. Because the needles and michael who designed the 3DO had a background in creating a portable game called ''Atari Rings¡¯ in the early ''90s, and they were among the first wave engineers to design the next generation of consoles equipped with 32-bit CPUs and CD-ROMs. The company that first visited with you and Mikal with the idea of a new model that had been swayed by napkins after dinner at the restaurant was a NEGA. At the time, the President of the United States of America said he was very positive about you and Michal and contacted the Japanese headquarters. However, Yamanaka refused their proposal. At that time, the NEGA drive was being sold off in North America and the European markets because it did not want to be influenced by rumors of the next generation. It''s also when Sensoni introduced CD-ROM technology to plan Saturn''s draft... After all, the two pools, which were not covered by the conditions, found AE, the best gaming company in the United States. There, he met a man named Trip Hawkins who, at the time, was chairman of the AE company, moved beyond the candy bars of the two stones and established the 3DO as chairman of the AE. For a typical gaming machine, 3DO came up with a slightly bizarre form of fabrication, which was not built as a console in 3DO itself, but as a form of award-winning and subsequent distribution of revenue to companies that make appliances. So? Depending on the manufacturer, the design of the 3DO was different, including South Korea''s ¡®Silver Star¡¯ also participated in the construction of the console under the name 3D Live. (Design was the worst of each company.) Trip Hawkins believed his 3DO business would bring a huge revolution to the gaming market. Because the 3DO was not just a gaming machine, but was also made possible by VCD to play videos, so we thought that if the VHS (Video Tape) market crashed, the market would naturally bring VCD. Hawkins, who thought of the 3DO as a home multimedia device rather than a gaming machine, announced the 3DO last year at $699 in console prices. And then... nobody bought the 3DO. It was neither a gaming machine nor a video player, and no one bought intermediate devices for that price. It''s the latest device, and it''s not stupid enough for consumers to buy it without bubbles... Anyway, a year after issuing the 3DO, Hawkins had to make a decision. At the time Saturn and Mintendo''s project 64 were announced, the fate of the 3DO seemed to have already been decided, but he was preparing for a 3DO conference with a grip. ¡°He looks like he''s losing all the misery in the world...¡± Before the start of the conference. Hayashi mutters, looking at Hawkins'' face, checking out the stage equipment and Mike. ¡°It''s worth it. I stepped out of the chair of a prominent AE, and things got messy. ¡± President Kawaguchi nodded his head and agreed with me. ¡°There''s a rumor going around that there''s going to be a significant price reduction at CES. But I wonder if that works for the users. ¡± ¡°Recently, the 3DO''s supply has been so low that they''re reluctant to launch an exclusive game at AE that they get their children''s backs kicked...¡± ¡°It''s just a simple example of the device''s high specs not guaranteeing success. ¡± And after a while. Trip Hawkins trimmed his neck and announced the start of the 3DO conference. However, after Mintendo''s conference, the people who were gathered at the venue began to scatter around whether they wanted to have a late lunch. The 3DO conference, which is already being thoroughly turned away from its users, began to feel so lonely. ¡°Hello, I''m Trip Hawkins, the head of 3DO, and I''ve been very fond of Core users since opening their first 32-bit game market last year. However, I feel that due to the rather high device prices, I am high on the barrier to entry of Light users¡­ this time in our 3DO, I am giving you a bold price revolution¡­¡± But Trip Hawkins'' misfortune did not end there. ¡°We''re starting a conference on a new console device at Sensoni!! ¡± At the same time, the heads of 4-50 users gathered in front of the booth in the shouting of a user who had come from somewhere turned. ¡°What!? ¡± ¡°Sensoni''s game console!? ¡± ¡°Wow!!! ¡± Suddenly, Hawkins begins to panic and panic at the reactions of the users rushing towards Sensoni. ¡°That... bold... price revolution...¡± But not a single person listened to his voice. Well, just a quick tip, Mr. Hawkins lowered the price of the 3DO to $499, but still disappearing from the concept of hitting Saturn and the Gear Station with a backdoor punch later on? Sensoni''s announcement of the next generation of consoles was very sudden. In front of Sensoni''s booth, there were numerous users. Sensoni, who was presenting the console game for the first time, gathered so many users because of his curiosity about the ''Gear Station¡¯, which was under co-development with the brand power and minten in the international market. Kawaguchi''s representatives were unable to come together because of the preparations for the next conference, but Maurita and Hayashi were puzzled by the reactions of explosive users. ¡°Was Sensoni this popular with gamers? ¡± Hayashi looks up at the stage and answers Morita''s question. ¡°No, it''s more brand power. It''s a much higher global company than minten, which produces consoles only. ¡± I nodded, agreeing with Hayashi. A man stands with a gray device under a white spotlight. ¡°No way!? Is the next generation of consoles already complete? ¡± In Hayashi''s question, I nodded, biting my nails. ¡°With Sensoni''s skill set, a certain amount of know-how can create a device in a heartbeat...¡± Kurakagi smiling at you. And the gray thing in his hand was definitely the gear station I knew about. 145 < EP. 34: Brachio- # South ~ ~ (2) > Kurakagi smiling at you. And the gray thing in his hand was definitely the gear station I knew about. ¡°It is my great honor to introduce you to the first console created by Sensoni, a place that is truly global. ¡± Kuragaki, holding the gear station in an unexpected surprise announcement, started flashing the camera flash. Really unpredictable development. I never thought Sensoni, who was abandoned by Mintendo, would enter the console market so quickly. But the one who was more shocked than anyone else was Nakayama, president of the NEGA. Though a little unprepared, NEGA''s strategy was to jump quickly into the 32-bit market and try to take over the market ahead of Minten''s, but I can''t believe she''s coming out of the presentation with a live device... Kurakagi was relaxed, smiling face to face, waving his gear station towards the camera. ¡°Before introducing the Gear Station, I''d like to thank ¡®Mintendo¡¯ for helping us develop our equipment. In fact, the Gear Station was the name of a project I was working on in collaboration with Minten, but I thought about Minten''s relationship with her, and I took it literally to the device name. I would like to thank Mintendo for this. ¡± Curacagi Kentaro... He cried as a universal engineer, and was an outstanding talent in the top class even in the development department of Sensoni, a group of engineers from the modern era. In the ''80s, he saw his son having fun playing a family he created in Mintendo, and he was convinced that it was a game where Sensoni had to go. In a hurry, he put his plan into action and spread sound chips to the superfamily and CD-ROM technology to the NEGA. Even though he did such a crazy thing as a loosened calf, it was thanks to his outstanding skills. Eventually, Oga Norio, the chairman of Sensoni, ran the project in such a way that Kurakagi would be so confident, and Minten and Sensoni rushed the development of the next generation of devices under the name ''Gear Station¡¯. But since the beginning of the project, the relationship between the two companies has not been smooth. Because the storage media they wanted to use was different. For Mintendo, the Rom Cartridge was an attractive storage medium with a lot of profit, and Sensoni wanted to use the CD-ROM to redirect the royalty of cartridge construction that Mintendo is currently earning... Mintendo never gave up on the Rom cartridge as it had a decisive impact on the profitability structure of both companies based on what they designated as storage media. In the medium of the game, Mintendo was about 10 years ahead of Sensoni, so he could not force himself. So Kurakagi had to meet Kamachi in person for a long time and try to turn his mind to the advantages of the media called the CD. Kurakagi also excelled as an engineer, but he was also as articulate as he was, so his loyalty to storage media was compromised with Sensoni in the right line without bothering Kamachi. I thought maybe the storage media for Mintendo''s next-generation devices is tilting towards the CD... That''s when the NEGA CD was released. And, as you all know, it was devastating after the launch... With his own eyes on the complete failure of CD media, Kamachi decided that the next generation of existing storage media would be Rom Cartridges. It was crazy and fascinating for Kurakagi, but it was hard to convince Kamachi that he was already completely distracted. In fact, some people don''t know this part, but if you look at the lower part of the Super Family, there is a slot that you don''t know the meaning of. And because of this empty slot, you can see how dense Kurakagi are, which was a reserve slot to connect the Super Family with the CD-ROM from Sensoni in the future. At a time when he didn''t even know that the Gear Station project was going to work, he was already going to join Sensoni in the war on the next generation of consoles. (Of course, the MEGA CD helped the project take off the air...) And now... As if awaiting the end of Mintendo''s Project 64 conference, Sensoni immediately announced a whole new generation of new variants. ¡°What is that? Is that the next generation of engineers from Sensoni? ¡± ¡°I... I think so. ¡± ¡°Wow, this is amazing. This is the scariest CES of the year. Since I showed up at the conference immediately without any notice, the reactions of the gamers were truly overwhelming. It''s one of the most popular global companies in the world, and one of the great marketing skills. Maurita and Hayashi also opened their mouths in unexpected situations and said nothing. ¡°Why are you so fascinated? ¡± ¡°W-why are you so lax? ¡°Of course I expected this. I can''t believe Censoni hit on Mintendo. It''s not a pleasant company to back off, is it? ¡± ¡°That''s it, but I didn''t expect to rush in so quickly. ¡± ¡°That''s what pride looks like. It''s only one of the few companies in the world, not only Japan, but also Mintendo. ¡± Kamauchi of Mintendo, Yamanaka of NEGA, and Sensoni''s Ogres were all extremely hypertensive and extreme in nature. She can''t live without losing a word. Often, well-known politicians and CEOs tend to be stubborn and self-centered not to listen to others. And unfortunately, the three people listed above were also of such class. Will they not be mistaken? Ogre, who initially reacted aesthetically to the Gear Station project, was quite famous for being equally upset in the conference room about the unilateral destruction of Mintendo''s contract. As if his married daughter had been divorced and returned, Ogre did not spare his sole support in developing his own gear station. ¡®It doesn''t matter how much you spend. Create the best console in the industry. ¡¯ This was Ogre''s order, and Kurakagi carried Ogre''s chair on his back and became Sensoni''s computer entertainment president in the plains. Kurakagi took enough of the camera''s flash baptism to slowly put the microphone in his mouth. ¡°The gear station, developed by our Sensoni, boasts the most powerful performance of any existing game console. And based on that performance, I promise to give you a new experience. And the reason I''m telling you this confidently is because of the super-speed computing device R3000A that''s in there. I just want to give you a simple model name, and I don''t think you''ll know it very well. To give you more details, R3000A is the CPU for the best work computer, the ''Work Station¡¯. ¡± ¡°Oops!! CPU for work stations!? ¡± ¡°That''s ridiculous. How did you come up with the idea of plugging a workstation CPU into a home game console? ¡± ¡°As expected, Sensoni is a big company. There''s no mercy in using parts...¡± While users gathered at the Sensoni booth were appalled by the fact that they were using an existing top-notch CPU, employees from the NEGA and Mintendo side were hardening their faces against the announced CPU model names. Kurakagi then began to describe the 3D chips used in the gear station. ¡°Today, the game market is looking to make a big difference again, unlike it did 10 years ago. That''s the introduction of 3D technology called polygons. From the beginning of its development, the Gear Station has sensed changes in the game market and maximized 3D performance. And this is the result. ¡± Caaang!!! The title appears on the screen as the sound of metal striking from the speakers on the stage frightens Kurakagi''s words to fall. And as soon as I saw the title, a smile was drawn on my mouth. "Hey, that really brings back memories..." - Temple. Although it is similar to the ¡®Real Fighter¡¯ created by the NEGA at a glance, each character fought with its own weapon, the Arena of Fighting Games was a title called the Three Forces of the initial 3D Feud game. Although the series lost its unique gameability and there were no follow-ups from 3, the same case was never lacking when compared to contemporary real fighters or iron pistes. Rather than just characters, graphics were better than real fighters... And as opposed to that, users began to stare at the screen dazed as if they were possessed by something. The Temple was looking for a very speedy fighting style, unlike the heavy feeling that Real Fighters had conveyed. The character''s weapon crosses over, avoiding enemy attacks with transverse movements, and the motion swings as soft as water flows. ¡°Oh, that''s amazing. ¡± ¡°But was that game at the arcade center? ¡± ¡°I don''t know. It''s the Temple. I''ve never seen it before today...? ¡± ¡°Right? I''ve never seen it. Does that mean... the original Gear Station game? ¡± ¡°So that''s live footage coming back from the gear station? ¡± Kurakagi nods at their reactions and holds the microphone in his hand. ¡°The Temple you are looking at is now being demonstrated by associates using a completed gear station. ¡± Kurakagi confidently pointed to the curtain placed on the left side of the stage, with the black curtain sliding to the left and to the right, two employees holding the gamepad at the gear station gestured to the users. ¡°Wow!!! ¡± And Kurakagi''s next remark surprised the users again. ¡°We are also pleased to announce that Temple will be the first in the industry to be transplanted from home gaming machines to arcade centers. ¡± It was a statement that broke the rules that had been observed in the gaming industry so far. Usually until now, games have been released at arcade centers. It was a time when it was natural to be implanted into a home console. Comments on these inverse transplants were more shocking to users than they could have imagined, as the home console was close to the quality of the arcade center''s games. But Kurakagi didn''t let go of the minds of the users who were about to collapse. ¡°The Temple will be launched with the Gear Station on December 4 this year. ¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± For a moment, I realized what that meant, and it was still for about 3 seconds. ¡°What, then? So the Gear Station is launching on December 4th of this year? ¡± ¡°Saturn is in November, and that''s launching in December!? ¡± When the launch of the main gear station was announced using a software release date, the CES president was filled with screams. The crowd cheering once every 10 seconds, even those who didn''t know how to play the game, ran to Sensoni''s booth and began to draw the crowd in front of him. "What a great speech..." I continued to watch Sensoni''s conference with my arms folded, swallowing laughter in my heart. Kurakagi then took a step back with the words to show the limit of CPU for ''work station¡¯ and 3D chips utilized in the gear station, and a huge screen installed on the stage came up with a demo shot. ¡°Ugh¡­!! ¡± The impact of that one image was truly enormous to the users. ¡°Tyrannosaur...¡± A 3D dinosaur that was squeezed out of all the performance of the gear station reminded me of Jurassic Park, which opened in the theater last year. At that time, Jurassic Park, which represented a living, breathing dinosaur with surprisingly sophisticated computer graphics, impressed visitors. Kurakagi also used it to market the Gear Station. The fantastic graphics of the gear station shocked the users, but on the other hand they were creating a sense of anxiety. The console that showed such great graphics would never come out cheap... But after all the presentations, the highlight of the shocking conference came out of Kurakagi''s mouth. ¡°The Gear Station is scheduled to be launched for $299. ¡± The end. I silenced both my ears without knowing the screams of the people. ¡°Oh, my God, that''s $299!? ¡± ¡°Saturn is $399. ¡± ¡°Sensoni was very determined!! ¡± With unbelievable performance and shocking prices, Sensoni''s booth has made a mess. Kurakagi smiles satisfactorily at the user''s reaction onstage. The crowd continued to applaud after Mr. Kurakagi left to see if he was still excited. & ¡°What the hell happened at Sensoni? ¡± When I returned to the Pentagon booth with Morita and Hayashi, the head of the Kawaguchi who was tidying up the collar for the conference approached me with a white, dull face. ¡°Sensoni announced the next generation of mechanics called the Gear Station. This item has workstation-grade performance and costs $299. ¡± ¡°Two... $299? ¡± ¡°The crowd is in a frenzy. It was a successful conference that went beyond mintendo. ¡± ¡°Ha¡­¡± The Kawaguchi representative listened to my report and sat on the chair as if he had fallen. Now that the judges are about to start the conference, they''ve launched an enormous story at Sensoni, it shouldn''t be just me. At that time, the curtain in the waiting room opened and Miyazaki reached out to us. ¡°Jules, there are people outside the event booth. We should probably get started soon. ¡± ¡°Ah... ah...¡± Kawaguchi, who swallowed the water in the bottle with trembling hands, stood up to wipe off the cold sweat with a handkerchief. I''m so nervous, I can''t even hold a conference. Worried, I grabbed Kawaguchi''s hand to go to the president. ¡°Jules, wait a minute. ¡± Taking the script and moving to the venue, the Kawaguchi representative was surprised by my actions. The tremor at his fingertips engulfed his fear. ¡°Come up to the stage in a little while. ¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°I''ll go up first and change the mood. ¡± Three minutes before the event began, I urgently called Uchimura, who was in charge of the proceedings. I then checked the order of the promotional footage for the conference and numbered each one separately to return to him. ¡°I''ll go up first instead of representing Kawaguchi. Upload the promotional footage exactly as I just did. ¡± ¡°Yes? Oh, yes! ¡± ¡°Take good care of her. ¡± I quickly untied the tie strap around my neck and threw the suit''s jacket on the chair. In a light blue shirt, I walked up to my elbow to loosen my sleeve collar and looked around at the president and stepped onto the stage with a light step. ¡°Whoa!!!! ¡± Unlike other conference hosts, I appeared to smile lightly with my microphone in my hand. ¡°Good morning, everyone. You just announced at Sensoni a new breed of very good performance. Gear stations. I was also a very interesting conference as a single player, rather than a competitor in my own industry. ¡± The users gathered at the Pentagon booth nodded their heads to see if they agree with me. ¡°I also want to thank Sensoni for presenting the Pentagon''s new piece in such a hot atmosphere. ¡± I held Mike in my hand for a moment and applauded Sensoni Booth. ¡°First of all, I want to introduce you to Kang Jun-hyuk, who is in charge of the Pentagon''s second team. You probably don''t know much about my game by name, so let me tell you about the dragon emblem series.¡± ¡°Oh...¡± ¡°The streets without me. ¡± ¡°Oh...¡± ¡°Valentine''s Day. ¡± ¡°Ouch!! ¡± ¡°Psychic Force. ¡± ¡°Wow!! ¡± ¡°And then there''s the Tamago monster. ¡± Every time I enumerated my works, people''s reactions began to boil, and at the same time, my heart began to pound as if it were about to burst. ¡°And I''m here today to introduce two more new pieces. ¡± ¡°Yay!!! ¡± The moment people''s faces lit up in the announcement of a new novel. I grabbed Mike and asked them. ¡°But first, I want to show you the latest in our most popular Pentagon software series. Everyone... do you like opera? ¡± Looking at the users who were puzzled by my question, I took a step back and opened my mouth. ¡°I hope this video will calm your nerves for a moment and let the Pentagon''s conference begin. ¡± Turning his head to check Uchimura''s side, he sent an OK sign with his fingers. Nod your harpoon. I came up with a title that was familiar with the screen prepared for the stage. -FINAL FRONTIER VI- ¡°Oooh!!!! ¡± The latest in the final frontier, far more recognizable than the Dragon Warrior overseas, thanks to its four and five hits in North America. As the sixth title appeared on the screen, people began to elasticate their expectations. And after a while... On the white screen, a female character in a dress with beautiful background music started singing as she walked out onto the terrace. The opera scene of Final Frontier 6, called the greatest event scene of all time, announced its beginning. 146 < EP. 34: Tyrannosaur. (3) > Opera in Final Frontier 6 was one of the events that emerged during the story, and the Empire''s actress Cerissa was inspiring on the stage dressed as an actor. It would have been an event originally made of midi sound, but I was able to use Raon''s performance and know-how to paint the voice of a real musical actor into the game. After a while, under the night sky on the screen. A simple narrative flows over her head in a fine dress... The female protagonist, forced to marry the prince of the enemy army, stares up at the sky every night and misses his lover... You, my dear. Somewhere far away! Eternal love that never fades, I just took an oath! Even when I''m sad, Even when I''m in pain... The star that shines in the night sky, Consider it you! unwanted covenants; Do I have to? What about me, you? Answer me... Consider. (In this area players actually move the character to dance with the vision of their loved one, and the man disappears leaving a bouquet of flowers.) Thank you. Thank you. My love! At least once. To me who was shaken... Quiet and sweet. Answer me. Forever. Forever. I''ll be waiting for you. The crowd in front of the Pentagon booth was just staring at the screen, throwing a bunch of flowers into the night sky as finale. ¡°W-what did we just see? ¡± ¡°I feel like I''m getting a twist in my chest.¡± The Final Frontier was showing the extreme of modern 2D graphics over and over again in its sixth series. Eras are flowing into 3D games using polygons, but it is still early stages and it is difficult to express emotions delicately. ¡°Oh, good. 3D graphics aren''t bad, but 2D is also a game...¡± ¡°I thought the last five times were pretty good graphics, but 6 is not really a joke. ¡± The intensity of all the elements demonstrated in the 2D RPG was unique to each character, allowing them to enjoy different battles. Like, for example, the character Matthew on the screen right now. ¡°Huff!! You use special skills as a command input method? ¡± When I typed in the wave command in Street Fire 2, Mash was a character that I liked very much as a child. Especially, the protagonists of Final Frontier 6 each had one story, and the vast story told to users was armed with over 20 hours of extravagant content. Maybe that''s when it started. What was the rumour that the odd series on the Final Frontier focused on the new system and the even series focused on the story? The opera scene in Series was enough to appease those who had come to Minten and Sensoni''s conference, and the audience cheered for a calm round of applause after the promotional footage of the Final Frontier. ¡°Mr. President of Pentagon Soft, who is responsible for the development of Final Frontier 6. Please welcome Kawaguchi to the stage. ¡± ¡°Whoa!! ¡± Luckily, Kawaguchi appeared on stage with a shy look on his face. ¡°Thank you for your support. I''m Hironobu Kawaguchi.¡± Kawaguchi bowed and respectfully greeted the users gathered at the event and held the microphone in his hand. ¡°Actually, I''ve never been on a stage this big before, so I''m very nervous. So I''m honored to introduce you to the final frontier six that I created on a global stage. ¡± When Kawaguchi finished, I looked at the spectators and added a brief description of the current CES conference. ¡°As demonstrated in Mintendo''s Project 64 and Sensoni''s Gear Station, the era of 3D gaming has taken place to deliver intense impact on a different level to date. The NEGA and Sensoni announced that they are launching a new breed at the end of the year, and Minten, who is now number one in the gaming industry, is also focusing on 3D gaming using polygon technology to suit the times. But we need to think a little bit differently. ¡± In my remarks, the heads of the visitors gathered in the chairman began to tilt. It was because they were already expressing themselves brilliantly enough to feel that the characters represented by polygons could no longer be glamorous. In fact, I''m sure that as technology progresses and evolves, more graphics than this will seem hard to see, but as generations and generations pass, game graphics will start to evolve at enormous speeds. There is no such thing as the eyes of a human being. I have a puzzled look on my face. I open my mouth with a slight smile to the audience. ¡°Polygon technology is a newly born technology. Of course, computer graphics, called CG, has been enabled in the movie industry for a long time, but it''s the first time in this generation that we''ve applied that technology to games. But 2D graphics technology, on the other hand, has made tremendous progress over the last 10 years. ¡± Then, some of the spectators who noticed the intention I was about to say began to nod slowly. ¡°As you can see from your eyes, Final Frontier 6 has done a wonderful job of bringing together the atmosphere of the dark century''s end. One day, I was watching the development of that final frontier, and I suddenly thought, ¡± I was behind a horse, curling up one side of my mouth like I was enjoying the look on the crowd''s faces that made me look crazy. ¡°The 2D Illustrator and the 3D Polygon... what happens when you put them together? ¡± ¡°Huh¡­? ¡± ¡°Hmm!? What''s he saying? ¡± People looked vaguely at me to see if I didn''t understand what I was saying. Polygons and Illustrations. The combination of these two extremes and polar tendencies that were not a match at all at all. It was a strange combination that could not be imagined by modern gamers who had just seen a real fighter. ¡°You don''t seem to have any idea what I''m talking about. But don''t worry. I don''t know in America, but one of my favorite Eastern proverbs is, The white paper is a quote... which means I''d rather see it once than hear it 100 times. It means¡¯. How about that? Very simple and accurate, right? ¡± Looking at their reactions and looking toward the waiting room, Rob and Maurita were sending out OK signatures instead of Uchimura. With a slight nod to their message, I took a step back with Mr. Kawaguchi and followed behind. ¡°Then enjoy it slowly. This is our new polygon technology in the Pentagon¡­¡± You''re not here with me anymore. but I always have you in my heart.- (Even though I''m not with you anymore, I still miss you so much...) ¡°This line...¡± ¡°oh... my... god... the street I have left...?¡± (No way. A street without me!?) ¡°That won''t do. Stop¡­¡± ¡°How many tears are you going to tear out of my eyes again!! ¡± A flimsy finger sticking out towards a snowflake falling from the sky. And the cold, windy hair... The opening video of ''The Street Without Me¡¯, which was called the best masterpiece in 1990, solidified the faces of the people gathered in front of the Pentagon booth. As I smiled at their dazzled faces, I opened my mouth, covering my mouth slightly. ¡°Introducing the Tag Demo, which is the specification of the new Resident Console Project ''Complete Raon'' in the Pentagon. ¡± The street I have left, which is an English title of a street I don''t have, will be painted on the screen in gorgeous handwriting, moments later. Then I came up with a phrase, and cheers burst from people''s mouths again. ¡°Wooooo!! ¡± -The full voice.- This one sentence gave an explosive commendation to the CES audience. ¡°F-Full Voice!! ¡± ¡°So you can hear all the Hiro lines in real voice? ¡± ¡®I still miss you so much.¡¯ The elegance that was conveyed in a line of dialogue must have been remembered by users who had played a street without me. However, Miyuki, the hero who appeared shortly afterwards, once again shocked people. This is because, although it may seem a bit awkward, the image of her smiling at the player was clearly a 3D character. ¡°It''s definitely a 3D character, I feel like I''m seeing a 2D illustration...¡± ¡°This is much nicer than the real fighter and the battlefield you saw earlier. ¡± When people murmured, I moved to the center of the stage and said, ¡°This is one of the bonus modes used in streets without me being released to Complete Raon. The newly remade ''Street Without Me¡¯ will include voice data in every Hiro''s dialogue. ¡± ¡°Ugh... You really mean Full Voice? ¡± ¡°And once again, for those of you who enjoy ''The Streets Without Me''... we''ve put in a new mode of conversation with her since the game was completed. And in this mode you can use the cartoon rendering method and the 360 degree camera angle, showing the fusion of the first 2D and 3D developed by our Pentagon. ¡± ¡°Oh¡­ some kind of fan service mode? ¡± ¡°One full voice function is enough to make me want to buy... rice.¡± Miyuki, represented by a full-screen pool polygon, smiled on the faces of the viewers. I straightened my voice for a moment and followed up. ¡°As well as the bonus elements, the character illustrations and event scenes in the basic story are also being remade by the original Morita to fit the new platform, so I hope you are looking forward to it. So I''m going to introduce you to the next presentation. ¡± Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk! Caaang!!! A picture of a broken sword falling from the sky sticks out of the ground. The mouths of those who were watching the conference emitted a bewildering cry. He must have known about the Pentagon Soft game¡­ I put the microphone close to my mouth while the promotional video was playing. ¡°You''ve waited a long time. The second episode of Dragon Emblem 2. ¡± ¡°Huh¡­!? Huh!?" ¡°Y-you can''t be!? ¡± ¡°Introducing the Grave of the Valiant. ¡± Kiiing!! Now I have the sound of the screenplay, which has become a trademark of the Dragon Emblem, and I am familiar with the title phrase on the white screen. ¡°Wow!!!! ¡± ¡°Yes!! I knew it!! ¡± ¡°What, what!? The real Dragon Emblem!! ¡± A sudden follow-up announcement of the Dragon Emblem raised the mood of the chairman who had calmly sunk into the opera event and the streets without me. 147 < EP. 34: Tyrannosaur. (4) > ¡°What, what!? The real Dragon Emblem!! ¡± A sudden follow-up announcement of the Dragon Emblem raised the mood of the chairman who had calmly sunk into the opera event and the streets without me. Fans of Pentagon Soft began shouting in unison towards the screen. When he heard the deafening shout, Kawaguchi blocked his ears for a moment and smiled at each other. In their explosive reactions, Kawaguchi and I whispered to each other. ¡°As expected, dragon emblems are quite popular overseas. ¡± ¡°This Final Frontier 6 will also be a hit based on the reactions of the gamers. ¡± Later on, the promotional video lit up a cranky woman blowing a flute on a cliff, and by the time the lyrical flute''s melody had subsided, there was a red-haired man holding up a piece of sword embedded in the ground... He fits a broken blade into his hand and grins as he reveals his fangs. A typical Pleasant-style man hops on a horse flying a red cloak and twists the harp, and a giant black horse, with a turret, lifts his front foot and runs through the sunset meadow. After a while, the camera angle that was shining at him closely shifted back to the first person he was looking at to show that the red sunset was actually a fiery battlefield, and the short opening video of the Dragon Emblem Valiant''s tomb ended. And on the subsequent playback screen, people stared blankly at the new genre world again for the first time in their lives. ¡°What is it? Dragon emblem 1, a new genre called Simulation RPG. The first episode of Dragon Emblem 2 introducing a new element called Tactics SRPG with Character Growth and Multiplayer. A time of broken swords and darkness. And finally, at the end of a long period of time, the genre of the grave of the second episode suspect was a ''turnaround strategy simulation¡¯. Based on similar genres... Yeah, like "Warriors of Might and Magic"? Players became Knights of the Dragon Emblem World and were able to multiply their territory and collect hidden artifacts throughout the continent. An unexplored area marked in black reveals a picturesque 2D map every time a player passes by. ¡°This time around the World Map...¡± ¡°Upgrading your territory is like a three-national system. ¡± Gamers who have been through so many genres so far seem to understand the new system of frozen dragon emblems just by playing. The first users to defeat the dragons guarding the two towers in the book will appear as powerful heroes in this episode, and the red-haired man in the opening will be the leader of the Berserker Guild and the player who chose the Demon King''s path, not the warrior. It was "The Black Horse King Osiris." Thanks to the perverted sense of the name of the Berserker Guild leader, the Demon King''s name almost became Osiris (buttocks), but the dramatic consensus on the name of Osiris, which was worshipped as the god of lions in ancient Egypt, led to its current name. You had no idea that the playful character name was going to be a hero in the next book¡­ The new Dragon Emblem was originally intended to be made of portable Raon, but the capacity was too small to contain all of the world''s vast spectacles compared to the original one. I had a dream that I hadn''t considered the current situation in the first place... I wanted to draw the world of dragon emblems in a little more detail and broad. I was developing a tomb of bravery, and I''m running out of cartridges in Raon. I felt. The current cartridge capacity in Raon is about 64 mega... Of course, this was twice the capacity of a super family rom cartridge, but the game I had planned had already exceeded that capacity. However, I was unable to break up the second episode again, so I decided to release the second episode as the next one. The development speed that had been supported by capacity and performance problems from the beginning began to stretch out cool like a sailboat hit by a hurricane. The base of the Grave of the Valiant is similar to that of the ¡®Might and Magic¡¯ turnaround simulation, but once it encountered a continental enemy or other hero, it retained the gamesmanship of the Dragon Emblem using the Tactics combat method expressed in 3D. The terrain of combat, expressed in 3D using polygons, was able to rotate the map 360 degrees, allowing it to explore hidden treasures or traps, which brought it to a fairly fresh shock for its users. ¡°The combat map is 3D, but the characters are 2D... They look great together without wearing a camouflage. ¡± The dragon emblem''s battle map impressed the users with the battle scenes of characters fighting on the 3D field because the structure was identical to the final frontier tactics to be released later. ¡°Wow, can one 3D effect really make a difference in the game? ¡± Shigeru from Mintendo and Suzuki from NEGA were among those who gazed in awe at the battle of the Dragon Emblem. Even the best current directors were fascinated by the cartoon rendering methods I showed in the street makeup version and the new way of expressing the old game system in the Dragon Emblem. The moment when a spectator reacts in a combat way with a new world map. A priest appeared in the dark, kneeling alone. Seeing the video, Seegee responded first because she was dazed by the priest praying to God in an inviting manner. ¡°High Priestess Katrina? ¡± - To save this world... full of war. Please give him one more chance... A drop of tears fell to the floor from the edge of her slowly closing eyes, momentarily after. A young man wearing a gauntlet with a metal ring appeared in the dark. ¡°Huh¡­? Is that from the time of King Kroel? ¡± ¡°Oh, my God, that''s amazing.¡± I don''t know if my whole body is shaking at an event I didn''t think of. The users just stared at the screen, breathing heavily. Soon after the prayer, Katrina slowly raised her head. King Croel smiled and said to her. - Katrina... - Holy Father... ¡°Wow!!!! ¡± The people at the conference were impressed by the cookie footage of King Croel''s resurrection. Each of them began to utter a word. ¡°Yes, I knew this would happen. Somehow the protagonist died so easily...¡± ¡°Ah¡­ so the heroes in episode one are also added to episode two? ¡± ¡°Oh, that gives me goose bumps. A street without me and a dragon emblem for the next generation. It''s worth the money...¡± After two videos, I walk to the center of the stage where the spotlight shines. Lost. ¡°This concludes the promotion of the next generation and two works scheduled to be published simultaneously. Next, before I introduce Raon''s new game, the 32-bit retention console project, ¡®com. Let me briefly explain Fleet Raon ¡¯. ¡± If NEGA and Sensoni had previously introduced the device and added a description of the game, Pentagon''s conferences, like Minten''s, were conducted in a format that first demonstrated the performance of the new species and then explained what would be released. On the stage, I made eye contact with the spectators for a moment before continuing with the explanation of the next generation of machinery. ¡°As you may have noticed, CES is looking forward to this year''s conferences in gaming history. Minten and the NEGA, and Sensoni and our Pentagon. because there are four companies that are simultaneously announcing the new species. ¡± ¡°Starting with NEGA''s Real Fighter, which opened up the horizon of 3D gaming first, the gaming industry has recently taken advantage of a whole new graphics that has never been seen before. And within that, what our Pentagon chose was a fusion of 2D and 3D. ¡± ¡°Opened last year in the theater, Jurassic Park showed extreme computer graphics. It also shocked graphic designers and programmers in the gaming industry. But it''s hard to express graphics like Jurassic Park on a console right now. ¡± Then a user who was listening to me disagreed with me. ¡°But the Sensoni Gear Station has almost identical graphics to the Tyrannosaurus in Jurassic Park. ¡± In his words, I replied with a relaxed smile. ¡°So did the Tyrannosaurus move like the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park? ¡± Then the user shook his head to the left and to the right, exhaling a little elasticity. ¡°In fact, the graphics used in the game are slightly different from the computer graphics shown in the movie. There''s a big difference between making a video according to the rules set by the director''s intent and actually responding to your manipulation. Here''s what I''m going to add to the description: ¡± At the end of my speech, a giant Tyrannosaur appeared on the screen set on the stage. ¡°Huff!! The same Tyrannosaurus at the Pentagon...¡± The Tyrannosaurus of 3D graphics, precisely expressed in polygons and textures, was not significantly different from that seen in Sensoni. ¡°Unfortunately, there''s a overlap between what we have and what we have at Sensoni. So much so that Jurassic Park, which opened last year, had a huge impact on 3D modeling. ¡± The ripple effect. I''m sure everyone here thinks so, but I asked Rob to do it for me before I came to CES because I knew Kurakagi in Sensoni was going to lie about modeling Tyrannosaurus. ¡°Like Sensoni, this kind of graphical representation is possible in the next generation of Raon. But intuitively moving this kind of quality modeling requires a lot more CPU specifications than we thought. And that''s why Sensoni didn''t actually make a move on Tyrannosaurus. ¡± The spectators nodded slowly to my explanation and looked at Sensoni Booth. Until now, the screen showing Tyrannosaurus represented in 3D was turned into a demonstration of the 3D fighting game, Temple. ¡°Yes. In fact, in order to intuitively respond to user controls, graphics like that should fit the performance of the gear station at the moment. ¡± Then this time another user opposed me. ¡°So how do you explain the moving 3D Maridge that we showed you in Mintendo? ¡± As I looked at the spectator without any answers for a moment, I slowly raised my microphone and opened my mouth. ¡°I''ve never said that the Tyrannosaurus that we''ve created lacks the capabilities to move. ¡± At the same time, Tyrannosaurus, with his mouth wide open as if he were alive, trembled toward the audience. ¡°Khoo!!!! ¡± 148 < EP. 35: Admiration of the Wind. (1) > The 3D performance demonstration of ''Complete Raon¡¯ using Tyrannosaurus resulted in a huge impression for users. Simply moving. Leaving the passive fact of immobility, the Pentagon has correctly planted the realization that the next-generation machinery created will outperform other companies'' consoles. In fact, I also made a move about this part, which is that I immersed all of the performance of Complete Raon in one single object. (Miyuki''s exquisite cartoon rendering technique, shown in bonus mode in the streets without me, was actually created in this way.) If another dinosaur of the same quality had emerged, the frame rate would have dropped significantly due to the overload of device performance and would have been blinding and difficult to see. A game cannot do anything with just one object. No matter how beautifully expressed the prosecutor wields his sword, if he never accepts it, the content of the game cannot be established. An enemy''s shell shot in a shooter. Opponents in Feud. Fields and combat systems that make up RPG games. It is the world of programming that intersects truly myriad judgments and equations in a single player movement. Of course, it doesn''t mean I did well with my performance performance. At these international conferences, it can be somewhat fraudulent to talk about device performance, but it is still very cute compared to the NEGA''s ''real fighter¡¯ which will be released later. (Fraud is a fraud when it comes to approving issuance of that quality.) I''ve summoned Robb onstage to explain the dynamic movements of Tyrannosaurus. He came to the conference with a face that reminded him of the awkwardness of standing in front of many people, and he vigorously explained the performance of the 3D accelerator in Raon in a trembling voice, but in fact the general public was not very interested in Rob''s professional description. In the past and the future... The gamer''s only interest is one. All right. I''ll buy you some. Just give me a cool game. It was... The remake version of Final Frontier 6 and Street that I don''t have. In addition to the quiet piano music of the New Age genre, the conference of Raon, which has become a new episode of Dragon Emblem, concluded by promoting the "Gift of God" which is scheduled to be released next spring in the United States. The CES also did not reveal the faces of the four pilgrims who appeared in the gift of God, and just like Japan, they had to be satisfied with their backs. Obsessed with the beautiful tune of the piano played by the protagonist of the last gift of God, visitors applauded the new genre "Graphic Noble." & ¡°So? So what happened? ¡± ¡°Suddenly, when the dinosaurs screamed, everyone was surprised and flipped over.¡± ¡°Really? Oh, that must have been fun. I wish I could have been there...¡± 8: 00 p.m. that night. I was cleaning up the venue after Day 1 of the International Fair for the public. I called Yuki in Japan. As soon as we got to the United States, we met Rob and reconstructed the character modeling of Tyrannosaurus and Miyuki based on the performance of his 3D accelerator, Morita and Hayashi for a week... and the results of Rob''s fatal hanging with designers. The conference could have ended well, but it was such a busy day that Yuki and I barely had a good time on the phone. ¡°That''s enough. I have to go in. I''ll wait for the staff.¡± ¡°Yes, I want to take a nap. Suddenly I''m so sleepy. ¡± ¡°They used to say you get more sleep when you''re pregnant. ¡± ¡°Where else did you hear that? ¡± ¡°Just like that? ¡± Actually, I heard this before ''83. Then I heard Yuki''s voice over the phone. ¡°By the way, I got a package from Ueno at Pentagon Soft today. ¡± ¡°Parcel...? From the composer Ueno? ¡± ¡°Yes, there''s a note and a CD. ¡± At that moment, I realized the intention of Mr. Ueno to send the CD to my home. You mean all the music that goes with God''s gift is done... His music from Final Frontier 6 was not only praised for his silk opera scene, but also for being the best OST in all series. ¡°Maybe that CD is the original soundtrack to God''s gift. ¡± ¡°OST? Let''s hear it. ¡± You hear a clickable sound that looks like you''re pulling the CD out beyond the handset. A few moments later, you hear quiet music through the speakers in the living room. ¡°Wow, I love the music of Mr. Ueno. ¡± From the very first song, whether she liked his music or not, even though it was the first time she had heard it, she was still humming and following the note. I closed my eyes for a moment and listened to her voice coming over the phone. ¡°I miss hearing your voice. ¡± ¡°Me too. So come back soon. ¡± ¡°Yes. The event ends tomorrow, so I''ll move on as soon as I''m done. ¡± The moment I was about to end the call with Yuki. Miyazaki approached me to see if the event was over. ¡°Hey, boss, you''re looking for Jules. ¡± ¡°Yes, I''ll be right there. ¡± ¡°Yes, sir. ¡± & After speaking with Yuki, I went to the waiting room Miyazaki told me about, and I was happy to see him for a long time. ¡°Toroyama?¡± In the past, I felt different from what I saw in Phoenix Soft seven or eight years ago. He reached out to me with a happy smile that he remembered me at first glance. ¡°It''s been a long time, Kang Jun-hyuk. How have you been? ¡± ¡°Oh, yes. I''m glad you look healthy, too. ¡± Yuji, who was next to Toroyama, also reached out his hand and asked me to shake his hand. ¡°Huh? Even Yuji? What brings you to CES?¡± Moreover, it was quite unexpected that the director of the sign for Phoenix Soft and the comic book maestro Toroyama would be here in the Pentagon''s stadium. Especially in the case of Yoosee, who was deeply in love with Minten because of the Dragon Warrior series, his visit was even more surprising... ¡°At this conference, many companies, including the Pentagon, announced a new generation of new variants. It''s one of the most iconic console companies in Japan, so there''s nothing to miss. ¡± Yoo Ji waved my hand with a satisfied expression and added something to the back. ¡°But I was very impressed by Sensoni and the Pentagon''s conference, among other things. It was also the most exciting next-generation machinery. ¡± With the most realistic performance performance using giant dinosaurs, the conference between Sensoni and the Pentagon was considered to be the best event booth of many appliances launched at CES, and Yoo Yuji''s remarks were clearly not merely a salutation. The Full-Polygon Super Maridge of Project 64, which Mintendo showed us, was also very responsive, but there''s no further explanation as to when we''re launching the next generation of planes. I brought shame to the users. ¡°By the way, what brings you to our Pentagon Staff Room...? ¡± In my straightforward question, Yoo Ji scratched the back of his head, smiling awkwardly. ¡°Actually, I''ve been interested in Raon, created by the Pentagon Soft for a long time. The streets without dragon emblems and me also have a very impressive memory of playing. I had a little taste, but I also felt like I had a lot to learn from that unique feeling on Valentine''s Day. ¡± I looked at Yuji for a moment, who only said good things about the phrase Pentagon. Overseas exports have brought unprecedented growth to the cartoon market, as has Akira Toriyama, a cartoon maestro, and the main director of the unprecedented national RPG Dragon Warrior series. Horley Cow. And along with the Dragon Warrior, the main conductor, Kawaguchi Nobuhiro, of the Final Frontier, is called the Dual Mountains of a traditional Japanese RPG. There''s only one game I can think of in my head with just these three... After looking around at the three people for a while, Yuji opened his mouth first. ¡°Actually, I brought Toroyama here to make a suggestion to Kawaguchi and Junhyuk. ¡± Huh...? Wait. This project was originally done by the three of you... & Dragon Warrior series. Called the National RPG, it is one of the best games in Japan for all ages, from children to adults. Until the fifth most recently released series, the entire series was hit in succession, with 10 million copies of aggregate sales in front of them, recognizing them as the pride of the Japanese gaming industry. But, um... Unlike that domestic market, the Dragon Warrior''s reaction in the overseas market was very cold. Overseas users did not have any sense of where to find the fun in just one fairy tale book. The effects of the first-person combat system, the tradition of the Dragon Warrior, seemed so humbling to their eyes that the adventures of the warriors leaving to fight the Demon King seemed so childish. In addition, Phoenix Soft has not had many hits like this except for the Dragon Warrior, which is a signage game. Compared to the year the Dragon Warrior was launched and the year it did not, the company''s revenue was dramatic and dramatic. Of course, the dragon warrior''s derivative, Toruneko''s Adventure, was somewhat popular, but it was difficult to cope with a company that grew in size with a series of Dragon Warriors. Unlike them, however, the Pentagon, which has a series of finals frontiers and dragon emblems that are thrilling to launch in foreign markets, would have been quite fascinating to Yuji. What''s the difference between my Dragon Warrior and their game? What is it that bends the user''s mind? If we keep this up, we''ll eventually hand over the so-called National RPG to the Pentagon. You pretend to be exhausted, but you can see all kinds of anxious feelings bothering him. Maybe he had to make a choice. Should I stay as a frog in a well like this...? Otherwise, you could create the best issues in the gaming industry like never before. And now, the main director of Phoenix Soft. Hory Yuan chose the latter without hesitation. ¡°Kawaguchi. And Joon-Hyuk. I want to create software for you and Raon. ¡± 149 < EP. 35: Admiration of the Wind. (2) > Pentagon and Phoenix Soft were known to people as rivals in Japan''s gaming industry in some sense. In fact, Kawaguchi said this in an interview with Pammy when he was producing Final Frontier 1 and it was becoming popular. -Playing the Dragon Warrior series, I realized what I lacked about the game I created. In the next episode, I will strive to create the best game that surpasses the Dragon Warrior. - It was like declaring Phoenix Soft as a rival, admitting in some sense that it had created the Final Frontier based on the Dragon Warrior. Of course, while some dragon warrior enthusiasts were uncomfortable with his remarks, the final frontier actually began to grow based on the unique gameability different from the dragon warrior over and over again. Not just to stop the Demon King from destroying the world, the Cinematic Story technique gave each character a story, gaining the probability of confronting the protagonist, and asking players questions about what is the right choice based on it, showed a smooth story line for adults to enjoy. At present, the Dragon Warrior and the Final Frontier could not easily say that the volume of accumulated sales in the series was almost unequal, so either side must be advantageous. At that time, Yuji''s remarks were very fresh. Industry Number One, the main directors come together to create new RPG games. It was a great collaboration to bring a storm to the industry just for the announcement. & The next day. Day 2 of the public viewing, the last day of CES. Since all the presentations were already made on day 1, Minten, the NEGA and all companies were demonstrating yesterday''s content to users. Among them, at yesterday''s warlike conference, the NEGA was struggling with a painful blow. Although it was the fastest next-generation model ever released by console companies, users were also disappointed that there were no games worth demonstrating. On the other hand, Sensoni has been eliciting tremendous reactions since yesterday due to the simultaneous 3D boxing game "Sentinel Temple". This is because the characters in the Temple made of full polygons showed a neat level of graphics that was consistent with NEGA''s ¡®Real Fighter¡¯ for the home console. ¡°Wow... I feel so different playing it myself. ¡± ¡°I''m sure it''s brilliant in terms of graphics, but it''s too light to move compared to a real fighter, so I''m a little...¡± ¡°I rather like being speedy. The command input was easy, so the skill was good, and the real fighter was too much to use. ¡± I agree with that. It wasn''t easy to command a real fighter when you thought he had stiff skin on his finger when he tried to use "Destroyed Twins" on RealFighter 2 with a Saturn Pad. Suddenly, I remembered an old smile. I slowly turned my head and looked at the Pentagon booth, and there were a lot of spectators gathered at our venue. What they''re looking at is Miyuki''s 3D modeling. Unlike the 2D illustration, 3D was not difficult to add a costume once modeled. In the remodeled version of the street that I was not present, I gave her a ¡®costume¡¯ that was available in bonus mode as a clear game privilege, and I was able to dress her up in bonus mode as a seasonal outfit. If you just ask me what''s so special about changing costumes, I can''t argue with that, but in the future, there was a gaming company that released that character costume on a quarterly basis and benefited a lot more from it than this. Rather, I''m your man... The strategy of commoditizing this single content is not very good right now, but it is a very lucrative business in the future. What if Miyuki sells Santa costumes for 100 yen for Christmas? Is there anyone who wouldn''t kill that thing? ¡¯ People will be willing to pay 100 yen to buy data in less than a few bytes. But what if it''s divided into dozens? A person who curses is a fraud. Especially in a game where you take a girl hostage. & Day 2 PM CES Conference. At a global event that is beginning to run toward the end, users are converging on the console booth to ease their hearts. A mobile phone that is an intensity of communication technology that has made great progress with a large brown tube TV. Although there are many electronic devices on display, such as audio, refrigerators, and washing machines, today the Chairman was still an example of ten thousand because many gamers came to CES just by looking at the content of the game. and between 2: 00 and 4: 00 p.m., which is the busiest. The Pentagon has announced another announcement in front of its users. ¡°What? The new announcement was over yesterday, wasn''t it? ¡± ¡°Could there have been more hidden announcements for the day two spectators...¡± Users'' expectations began to rise at the sudden announcement of the new book. Sensoni and Mintendo''s eventful faction also began to twist in the sudden announcement of the Pentagon''s new book. Soon, the spotlight on the stage at the Pentagon booth turned on, and I carefully climbed back onto the stage. Having people''s expectations in one body made me a little nervous, but now I''m not shaking much because I''m used to this place. ¡°The reason I''m back here today is because of news about a new story that was suddenly decided last night. ¡± The word ''new novel¡¯ that came out of my mouth, people had already begun to grumble. ¡°Before I introduce you to the work, let me tell you that it will be an unprecedented, unprecedented collaboration. And I think it''s a great honor to be able to launch such a meaningful piece into the Raon of our Pentagon. I''d like to introduce you to the main director of Phoenix Soft, Horie Yuji, who will cover the scenarios for the new RPG game. ¡± Some of the spectators were appalled at his name. ¡°Hory Cow makes Raon''s game!? ¡± ¡°Is the Dragon Warrior moving the platform to Raon? ¡± ¡°Don''t tell me there''s a connection between Phoenix Soft and Mintendo...¡± ¡°Since it''s new, isn''t it a game other than the Dragon Warrior? ¡± Industry members who were watching the Pentagon conferences were puzzled by the news that the main director of a rival company was participating. The most visible of them were the Temples of the Mintendo side. It was also those who quickly left to report the collapse of one axis that became a great pillar for them. I haven''t introduced you to the most amazing person yet, and I''m already scared. I swallowed a smile and put the microphone back in my mouth. ¡°Famous for his dragon warrior series, Yuji decided to play the scenario in this piece. And the person who will be in charge of the system for the new game will be the main director of the Final Frontier series, Kawaguchi. ¡± ¡°What!? ¡± ¡°No way!! ¡± It was a shocking news for the audience that the two main directors of the gaming industry, who considered it water and oil, were working together to create a new film. As I looked at the audience with my own ears, but I could not believe it, I saw two people holding hands and starting to scream from everywhere. ¡°Huff!! It''s real?¡± ¡°Wow! I''m actually watching, but I can''t feel it...¡± ¡°But will two main directors make the game better? ¡± ¡°Well, they say a boatload of boats are headed for the mountains...¡± Some mixed voices were also heard, but the audience cheered them on to see if the combination of the two generally felt bad. I waited a moment for their screams to stop and then calmly smiled at my mouth. ¡°So before I introduce you to the final character of the new game, I''d like to share with you the character that you drew for yourself. Maybe if you look at the character, you''ll immediately get a sense of who''s in charge of character design, but look at the screen. ¡± As I raise my hand to the screen, I think of the man with the red scalpel holding the sword on the screen. And that moment. The mouths of those who were watching the screen burst open, screaming. ¡°D-Dragon Ball!? ¡± ¡°Every Toriah!! ¡± ¡°Whoa!!!! ¡± Today, the most popular cartoon in Japan... or the world... was indeed the Dragon Ball. A great best-seller that''s been translated into almost every language in the world and is incredibly popular with kids and adults... The sound of an unexpected scream was heard as if the booth was shaking in the character''s design, reminiscent of the superSaints appearing in his work. And as he responded to the shout, the backstage curtain opened and he walked out with the microphone. ¡°Hello, master dragon bowl. This is Toroyama.¡± ¡°Oooh!! ¡± ¡°Even Toriyama''s character design is the perfect combination. ¡± In the freezer pouring out here and there, an unfamiliar person asked a friend next to him. ¡°Are they that great? ¡± ¡°There are endless kings in the field of scenarios, gaming systems and character design. ¡± ¡°Ah¡­ I see. Well, I know dragon balls. ¡± The Dragon Ball, which is updating its year-round record every single time it is released, is famous for being the world''s most sold comic book. Now that more than 20 million copies of official publications have been sold, if you include pirates, it''s probably the most famous cartoon in the world. So why? The game was so unknown that no one in the world knew his shadow. We haven''t even announced the game properly yet, but the three of them together have completed a page of history... The name of the new film they were going to create was surprisingly ''Kronos Trigger¡¯, and Yuji had been waiting for Turra Kawaguchi''s approval to complete the scenario and character with Toroyama before consulting with us. Kawaguchi enjoyed agreeing to collaborate with Yuji, who he usually admired, and Toroyama was also very excited to work with Amano, who was in charge of the won currency at the Final Frontier. So, why am I not one of them? It is clear that the "Chronos Trigger" they created together is a historic masterpiece of time. But I politely refused their request, which I did not want to put up with my name. Almost done with the gift of God and the development of the Grave of the Braves, and I can''t get myself into work again for a while just to catch my breath. Not even to see Yuki in labor. Moreover, recently, there was a genre that came to mind when I was making God''s gift... We are planning a new breeding simulation for the next generation of performance. If you ask me what I''m breeding this time... I don''t know... idol? 150 < EP. 35: Admiration of the Wind. (3) > Japan''s local reaction to Pentagon''s new game "Chronos Trigger" announced by CES was hotter than anywhere else in the world. As soon as I got back to Japan, my Pentagon headquarters went out of business on a flooded magazine call. ¡°Oh... I should have been there if it wasn''t for appendicitis!! ¡± The day after returning from the United States, I found Jun Fei''s hospital with Yuki, and I put a simple snack on the table. ¡°But the surgery went well, and the farting went well, so you''d better get some rest. ¡± To grumbling Jun Fei, I threw in a game cartridge for Raon. ¡°What is this? ¡± ¡°God''s Gift Piano Part Demo. Play when you''re bored. It''ll help stabilize your mind and body. ¡± But Junpei, who wouldn''t even listen to me, was already putting a demo cartridge in Raon. Yuki smiled and shook his head to see if he was crazy. ¡°I wonder who''s really not Joon-Hyuk''s friend. ¡± ¡°He''s not my friend. ¡± ¡°No, you''re right. There are no two of them. ¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± I suddenly burst out laughing at Jun Fei, who was sticking her earphones into her ears and focusing on the game. He was on his way to the airport for CES, and he was suddenly transported to the hospital with abdominal pain and he missed the best event in the game. I feel a little sad about how uncomfortable it must have been with the reactions of reporters who have been there. I owe Jun Fei something I don''t know, so I''ve heard from the United States and I''ve been worried a lot, but I''m glad you look healthy... I feel like he is wiggling his fingers so fiercely that I feel like I''ve lost him because I don''t need to worry about him. After enjoying the play demo for a while, Jun Fei looked stunning as he pulled his earphones out of his ears. ¡°Fantastic. Not only the buttons, but the crosshairs, they can be used as piano material...¡± ¡°It''s also owned by Ueno, who is famous for his songwriting on the Final Frontier. I think that''s a very emotional way to go. ¡± Jun Fei nodded, agreeing with me. ¡°God''s gift to Final Frontier 6. Besides, the next generation of dragon emblems and street remodels without me, you must be very busy. ¡± ¡°Well, I''m not really busy. I don''t make all four of them myself, and already the Final Frontier and God''s Gift are almost done, so there''s a little bit of manpower left. ¡± ¡°Hmmm... It''s not like Kang Joon-Hyuk is playing around like that. ¡± I wonder if I''ve known him for a long time? Jun Fei looked at me with a meaningful smile. But I deliberately turned my gaze to Yuki by my side and said, ¡°I''m going to rest until the God-given gifts are released, and I think a child will be born soon...¡± Yuki looks ashamed and puffed up his belly. ¡°I want you to be a healthy boy who resembles Joon-Hyuk. ¡± ¡°Well, I wish I was a cute little girl like you. ¡± ¡°I just need you both to go somewhere. ¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± Jun Fei''s eyes were suddenly wet. & After returning to Japan, Kawaguchi and Yuji worked together to build a new development crew for Kronos Trigger. There were also an enormous number of developers volunteering to participate in the best games that the older directors collaborated with each other, and the story line of freelance writer Hory Yue, who was storytelling in comic magazines before working in the gaming industry, was a fabulous line of stories based on time travel. Moreover, since Toriyama''s name was added to the character''s painting, the popularity of this work has been anticipated. However, the main story and character composition. And a unique battle system. Sound was not a very cautious part of this piece. It could ruin the atmosphere of the children''s work, so even if I let the subcontractor take over, it was not an awkward part. Then the person selected by my recommendation was Ueno, who was responsible for the sound of God''s gift. Having seen the OST of God''s gift and the Opera Scene of the Final Frontier, the Phoenix team unanimously agreed to join him, and Ueno accepted Mr. Kawaguchi''s proposal to join the Chronos Tricker Sound Development Team. And the music that was born there was one of the most famous songs in RPG game history, "Admiring the Wind." I couldn''t be more excited about the fact that Kronos Triggers will come out to Raon to record 2.3 million double millions worldwide. & November 22, 1994. When the wind feels a bit chilly in the late afternoon... Around 500 gamers in Akihabara have been twisting and releasing their bodies in front of an event all night. Since yesterday evening, the waiting parade has been expanding slightly, and they''ve gathered more than I expected. I was out at the venue for market research and met Jun Fei who was out there for coverage. Jun Fei, who had an appendectomy the other day, stepped into discharge the next day after I went to the hospital. At the beginning of discharge, it seemed like yesterday that he was struggling with meat, but now he had completely regained his normal pace. ¡°How are you feeling? ¡± ¡°You and Yuki got a little salty the day before discharge, but I''m okay with it. ¡± ¡°If it''s that unfair, get married. ¡± ¡°Am I going alone? I need a partner!! ¡± ¡°It might be a good time. If you don''t want to deliver ice cream every time you go home...¡± ¡°Ice cream delivery? What are you talking about?¡± ¡°Here''s the thing. Anyway, how are they holding up? ¡± ¡°It''s not bad. No matter how expensive or expensive it is, people will buy it eventually. ¡± ¡°44,800 yen. It''s never going to be cheap for consumers. ¡± Then Jun Fei opened his mouth, stealing his nose with his fingertips. ¡°By the way, it''s never cheap for the NEGA. I visited the headquarters of the NEGA once in a while, but they were very appealing to pricing. ¡± ¡°Well, that''s it. It''s a machine that wasn''t built right from the start...¡± ¡°Huh? What did you just say...? ¡± ¡°No, I''m talking to myself. ¡± And then at 11: 00 a.m. NEGA Saturn, the world''s first 32-bit game machine, launched. The simultaneous release of the title has released the best 3D fighting game ''Real Fighter¡¯ as desired by the user. However, close to a year after its launch at the Arcade Center, ''Real Fighter¡¯ was a huge disappointment to users. ¡°What the...? ¡± Jun Fei also did not conceal his frustration with Saturn''s ¡®Real Fighter¡¯ graphics being demonstrated at the venue. The neat 3D graphics that were shown on the arcade substrate were showing where they were going and the small staircase that made the snowflakes frown. Due to the hard performance compared to Sensoni''s gear stations, Saturn hit one more CPU in a parallel format at the last stage in a hurry, but theoretically, there were very few directors who could actually use two CPUs efficiently, so it was a hell of an experience for developers in this era. Their signage director, Suzuki, also failed to cross the walls of the early dual CPU, so Saturn''s first work, Real Fighter, was released to a truly miserable level. Upon inflating the expectations and showing the unexpected graphics on the console, which cost 45,000 yen, the users began to be furious. The next generation of mechanisms that took years to develop consoles were launched titles like "Real Fighter" and "Daytona." I''m so pissed off that I only got two of them, but I can''t wait to get them out at this quality... Moreover, considering when a home game could be enjoyed by the party itself, it was common to incorporate a story for each character or an appropriate ending element, but the real fighter literally moved the arcade system itself. So the only menus you can choose are ''Arcade Mode¡¯ and ''VS Mode'' ¡­ Jun Fei gave Saturn''s Real Fighter Review Score a humiliating 10 out of 40. Jun Fei replied to reporters around him saying that this score was too much for the launch. ¡°Hey Mr... Honestly, 10 points is a waste. ¡± & One evening, after the Saturn launch, the Japanese Festival was busy. I parked my car in a public parking lot in Tokyo and asked a cigarette. The ¡®Gift of God¡¯, which was due to be released on December 24, was already in the making of cartridges, so I recently visited Harajuku, often called the Young Street. Located between Shinjuku and Shibuya, Harajuku is one of the places where young people who dream of musicians gather around the bustling street called Takeshitatori. "I can''t say I''m young anymore..." I was just 32 years old when I flew to 1983 at the age of 21. Besides, I have an important meeting today, and I''m in a suit, and I look older than usual. In a bitter mood, I slowly walked towards the main street, rubbing a cigarette butt into a portable ashtray. ¡°Do you have any harvests today? ¡± I walked the street, muttering to myself, looking for a place where indie bands would gather often, with my hands in my pocket. Currently, Idol in Japan was a trend in the popularity of the men''s idol group SMEP around a company called Janis. SMEP was the group led by Sakai, who caused a commotion on the day of the launch of the Dragon Warrior 3 and the Psychic Battle. After that, it was the idol group that became quite popular with gamers. However, no matter how popular the public is, you don''t need male idols. What I want now is a group of female idols that will make Japanese gamers come alive. If you ask me why I''m looking for an indie band on the street to create an idol raising game, the first thing she and I want to do is use a singer-aspiring character that everyone can recognize. Because it''s good for each other. Of course, it was best to ask Sakai Izumi from JARD, who is currently in first place on the Oricon chart, if it is to follow the public''s preferences, but I was more immature than the best musicians known to the public, but I wanted to create a new idol group to grow up with the games I created. At best, you can use it as a game character without any problems. The kind that possesses beauty and flair. Then, somewhere in my ears, I heard the voice of a woman with a unique tone. ¡°About time the streetlights turned on. Lean on one shoulder and look up at the sunset clouds above...¡± I stopped walking in her voice, singing along to the acoustic guitar accompaniment, and stared at her dazed. Very atypical looking face and a clean smile. And her dark, compelling voice stopped the steps of everyone walking the streets, including me. ¡°Wow... nice voice...¡± ¡°Who? I''ve never seen you on this street before. ¡± ¡°Can I make a debut with that? ¡± Suddenly, people gathered around her, praising her voice, and putting coins in guitar cases. A moment later, after a song, she stood up and bowed to the audience and saluted them. After watching him for a moment, I approached her and presented her with a business card as she prepared the next song. ¡°Will you sign with me and become an idol? ¡± 151 < EP. 36: Singer-songwriter. (1) > ¡°Will you sign with me and become an idol? ¡± ¡°Yes?¡± Whether I was embarrassed by my questions, I drew a glancing smile on her face with her eyes wide open. Did you cut it too far in front of and behind? But her voice had the power to capture people. If it wasn''t for me, she''d have a proposal from management one day. ¡°Look... I have to finish the concert today.¡± ¡°Oh, excuse me. We''ll wait until the show is over. ¡± I lowered my head slightly and apologized to her, then decided to stay a little distance and watch her perform. Leaning against the small chair, she chokes with a warm car in a warmer bottle and starts singing in a different tone than before. Every day that passes by is increasing. We think each other''s minds are always there. You said it was okay if we didn''t get together. Pretend you''re strong, but you''re only sighing. A jewel I''ve left in the passing seasons It''s an unfinished puzzle that''s lost precious pieces... Like white eyes watering the streets. Fill this album with memories ~ Her image of the microphone rising up with her eyes closed, shining more beautifully under the streetlight. Her ballad song for the coming winter seemed to warm us up like white snow. After another song, people applauded and cheered for her. She then laughed at the crowd in a series of songs she had composed herself. ¡°Thank you. Thank you. Gentlemen." With her charming voice, many people gathered around her one day. Inside her guitar case was a sizable sum of money. Even with just one coin, the yen was worth a lot of money... As I approached, she raised her waist and looked up at me, folding her folding chair in half. Ugh... I can see you''re very cute again, right? ¡°You''re still... there? ¡± ¡°It''s not empty. I shouted too fast before, but let me formally introduce myself...¡± ¡°No, I just wanted to sing. I didn''t mean to be a singer. ¡± She cut off my horse like a knife, and quickly tied the guitar case around the floor. ¡°No, it''s...¡± ¡°I''m sorry!!! ¡± I couldn''t help but stare at her as she ran away without looking back. ¡°What the...? ¡± What did I do wrong? & ¡°Hmm? So you ran away? ¡± ¡°Yes. I felt like I was becoming a very bad person...¡± After dinner. Whether I took the coffee Yuki gave me, I wrapped it around a warm mug. She sat on the couch opposite me and glanced at me with ice cream on the lid of the cup. ¡°Could it have been too sudden and embarrassing? ¡± ¡°Meow!¡± ¡°Ouch! We''ve been here all day!¡± Yuki hugs a day between her legs and puts them on her knees. Toxic, the one who never set his claws on her appeared to be in the perfect ''bread pose¡¯ on Yuki''s thigh. With a thin finger, you rub the tip of her nose with a flirty tail to make her feel better. ¡°Haha, tickling!¡± I swallowed a cup of warm coffee and asked her. ¡°No matter how petty, it''s dangerous for pregnant women, isn''t it? ¡± ¡°I asked the doctor, but nothing particularly bad. However, I was scolded because I laughed all day, no matter how much sex I dropped next to Joon-Hyuk during his business trip. ¡± One day, she closed her eyes on her knees and brought them to her mother. Kyrgyzi, home to Yuki''s main street, is famous for its abundance of cats. The villagers regarded Gilan''s existence as normal, so they sometimes fed him on the walls for them. Yuki''s mother also kept a bowl of cat food in the small courtyard. One day, she was wandering around the courtyard for a long time, wondering if a kitten had fallen from her mother. The mother couldn''t help but bring the wet kitten into the house because of the rain. She washed the child well and left it in the yard the next day when the sun was shining, but the mother of the kitten didn''t show up. At that time, Yuki at the church thought how beautiful the kitten looked white in his eyes. Yuki came back to our house with her cat in her arms, or she was lonely in an empty house when she went to work on weekends. That evening. When I got home from work, a white kitten looked up at me, tilting its head. ¡°Who are you¡­? ¡± ¡°Oh, Joon-Hyuk. This is cat day. I went to my mom''s today and brought her back. ¡± ¡°Huh? Did your mother have a cat? ¡± ¡°No, it''s the way of the Kyrgyzie. I was wandering around the garden all by myself, wondering if my mother''s cat had left...¡± ¡°Hmm... So you just brought him here without saying a word to me? ¡± ¡°Can we... raise him? ¡± ¡°No offense, but... hmm...¡± For a moment, I bent my knee and faced the kitten in front of me. The hand of the man who was staring at me with a fat face flew towards me. ¡°Kuang!! ¡± Phew!! ¡°Tsk!! One day!!" The guy who punched me in the face in the first place was a male, as expected. After that, Yuki died of gum, but especially to me, it was a cat day. Yuki, who had emptied all of the ice cream, asked me, putting an empty cup on the table. ¡°Then why are you looking for an indie band in Harajuku? ¡± ¡°Well, I''ve got an interesting idea...¡± ¡°Are you planning another new game? ¡± Yuki asked, and I moved the mug to my mouth and smiled. ¡°No, the project I''m working on is not just about the game. ¡± Yuki tilted his head to answer me as if he knew, stroked the back of the day gently. ¡°Another patent for the Western Union sale!¡± & ¡°Singer Audi... Sean? ¡± After presenting the new project, the staff gathered in the meeting room were looking at me with a frown. I put the laser pointer into the suit and nodded at Mr. Kawaguchi''s question. ¡°Yes. About nine people were chosen as representatives for each region...? ¡± ¡°Yes!? Nine? ¡± The conference room began to be engulfed in the announcement of the female idol group consisting of an unprecedented nine-person system. ¡°What the hell is Director Kang Jun-hyuk thinking? I can''t feel it anymore...¡± ¡°I know. Why are we auditioning for a singer when we''re not a management business? ¡± After catching a few stories in a loud conversation, I confidently replied with a smile on my mouth. ¡°Don''t worry. Once you''re done auditioning, you''re ready to get into the game. ¡± ¡°A game?¡± The Kawaguchi representative sitting at the top of the conference room asked me if I didn''t understand what I was saying. ¡°Of course. Our Pentagon is a game company. But this project...¡± Before saying the following, the conference room staff looked at me with a frustrated look on their faces. I leaned down slightly, placing my hands on the table, followed by a horse. ¡°We are going to try to create a game that is in the midst of reality and fiction. And I''m confident that one of these projects is going to bring tremendous reactions to gamers over the next decade. ¡± The Pentagon staff, including the Kawaguchi representative, looked at me with a foolish expression in my remarks. By the way... when you make this game, what should you call the genre? Virtual reality idol games? No, no, no, there''s got to be something more systematic and genre to pull it off. After a while I thought about the genre of the game in my mind while employees were dazzled. I put a smile on my mouth, adding strength to my hands on the table. Yeah. If we''re going to put genres on this game, we should call it the Real Idol Fostering Project. & The next evening. After work, I went back to Takeshita Toori in Harajuku to look for a singer-songwriter on the street I met last time. Arriving near the place where I met her two days ago, I hurriedly walked to the sound of guitars coming from somewhere. But why does the guitar sound so weird? I almost wanted to run around the corner where the bench was installed, but as soon as I heard the first verse of the song, I stopped walking. ¡®It''s not her. ¡¯ Shit. We took a wrong turn. You''re not coming out today...? Where she used to sing, she was singing in the tearing voice of an indie band armed with fierce costumes. ¡°Kill Mount Fujii!! Attack Tokyo Tower!! ¡± What kind of song is that? Why did you kill Mount Fujii and the Tokyo Tower? ¡°Khoo!!!!!! ¡± ¡°Yaaaahhhh!!!! ¡± I left the place immediately because I felt like I might be going crazy if I stayed here any longer. I looked around the street in case she was taken away to sing somewhere else. But no matter how much I wandered around, I didn''t see a singer-songwriter that sounded like her, and it ended up being a dark night. Glug-ug-ug... I was already hungry after a long dinner, so I stood on the side of the road for a moment and looked around. ¡°How far have you come? Maybe we should just go back and get something to eat? ¡± I recently called Yuki on an open cell phone and told her I was coming in for dinner. ¡°Oh... I''ve been shopping for something delicious...¡± ¡°I''m sorry. I''ll just eat and go in here. ¡± ¡°Okay, don''t be too late. ¡± ¡°Yeah, see you later. ¡± As I was walking along the street on the phone with Yuki, I saw a yellow sign at the end of the alley. Kishimori ramen? ¡¯ Ramen houses that use their name in a neighborhood like this usually go above and beyond. I quickly set the menu for hunger, nodding slightly and running to the end of the alley with a yellow sign. Yuck. The iron door is stuffed, but you hear a greeting from inside, shouting bingo into the smell of stuffed pig skeletons stimulating your nostrils. ¡°Welcome ~ ~¡± The moment I hear the voice of a bad woman. I stopped walking into the store. ¡°Sir...? Are you uncomfortable?¡± Suddenly, she approached me with a sudden burst of action, and she immediately met me in the eye. I grabbed the tray that was holding her in my chest. ¡°Oh, you didn''t!? ¡± ¡°Ah-ha-ha... don''t get me wrong. I just came here because I was hungry. ¡± 152 < EP. 36: Singer-songwriter. (2) > ¡°Oh, you didn''t!? ¡± ¡°Ah-ha-ha... don''t get me wrong. I just came here because I was hungry. ¡± ¡°Welcome, sir. Hey, Kanna, what are you doing? If you have a guest, we need to get him back to his seat. ¡± Surprised by the voice of the big man dressed as a chef, she lowered her head slightly to guide me to my seat. ¡°You shouldn''t be distracted when you''re busy. ¡± ¡°I''m sorry, Dad. ¡± Huff!! Dad!? The man standing in the kitchen resembling Goliath is her father? However, as he said, the store was full of customers who were busy. The steam from the hot broth leaking from the kitchen was filling up the store, so it felt like it had entered the veil. After a while, I opened the menu for hunger, thanking her for bringing cold water with a towel. ¡°What would you like to do? Guest!" Don Cotes (Pork Bone) Ramen and Professor in the voice of a cheerful chef. I also ordered a light drink called Highball. Kanna, the waitress, and a small ramen house consisting of four people from the kitchen, entered their cooking as if they were putting coal in a running steam engine car. The sound of oil splashing and people chattering... It was the resting place of the workforce who ended the day. ¡°Don Coz Ramen and Highball are here for you! Please wait for the teacher. ¡± When I swallowed the Hurook noodles, I had a glacial smile on the taste of the brimming broth in my mouth. ¡°Wow, this ramen is really good. ¡± ¡°Thank you! Is this your first time at our shop? ¡± ¡°Yes, I live in Rockefront. I''ve lived in Japan for a long time, but Harajuku doesn''t come here often...¡± ¡°Welcome. In fact, my shop is a pretty famous ramen house in Harajuku. ¡± ¡°Oh, really? Somehow the ramen is very good. ¡± ¡°Sir, where are you going today? Are you familiar with the program" Onaka Swata "? ¡± Umm? If it''s the Onaka-Shita Award, then it''s Yuki''s late night food drama. ¡°Ah¡­ yes. I know, right? ¡± ¡°Hahaha! That''s right. Actually, my shop was introduced there in five. Since then, more and more people have come to visit us. It''s not a storefront at the station, but it''s a great day for visitors to this secluded street ramen house. ¡± Somehow I felt like I looked familiar inside... I slowly swallowed a highball with cool ice and looked around the store, and there was a photo of the main character and the host hanging around the store. Then I looked at a picture that was hanging in the corner and I burst into laughter. Then the host tilted his head and asked me. ¡°Do you know him? ¡± ¡°Is this the woman in the picture... the drama writer? ¡± ¡°Huh? That''s right. How can a guest do that? ¡± Kanna opens her mouth after completing the calculations at the counter. ¡°He''s a broadcaster. ¡± ¡°Huff!! Are you sure?¡± ¡°Yes¡­? No, I...¡± Ugh... What''s wrong with this story? & In the end, thanks to the service and the addition of Karaoke (fried chicken) to the teacher, I was bloated and ordered another glass of highball after my meal. ¡°Did you get your meal right? ¡± ¡°Oh, yes. It was really delicious. ¡± ¡°Haha! I can''t believe you''re Yuki''s husband. What brings you to Harajuku? Is there something else you want to cover? ¡± ¡°Actually, I''m here to see some musicians performing on Takeshita Street. ¡± ¡°Oh, you mean the indie band or something. Phew! I wouldn''t have much to say about that. It''s killing me these days. At the beginning of the evening, I would sing a song that didn''t sound like much music, and I would squawk and squawk and squawk, and at first it would be tolerable, and then the fortress would seem to be way out of line. I don''t know where to sing such a harsh song in Tokyo Tower. Those are the disgrace of our Harajuku. ¡± Don''t you know your daughter is singing on the street? ¡¯ I turned my head slightly and looked at Kanna, and I was somewhat convinced of the look on her face. I swallowed a sip of the extra highball and told the host. ¡°Actually, I''m not with the station. ¡± ¡°Oh, really? Did Yuki tell you about this place? ¡± ¡°No, it''s just a coincidence that I''m here. I was just looking for someone, and I came in hungry. ¡± With a slight look back at Kanna, emphasizing who the word is, she starts to wipe the table with a red face. ¡°Huh! Did you find him? ¡± ¡°Yes. Luckily, I found it overlapping. ¡± ¡°That''s great. ¡± In the host''s reply, I left the highball smiling and got up from my seat. ¡°Here''s the math. Mr. Kanna.¡± ¡°Oh, yes. ¡± While cleaning the table, she hurriedly ran to my call and stood in front of the register. Luckily, the register was a bit far from the kitchen, so I opened my wallet and took out the card that I didn''t give you yesterday at the same time. ¡°I''m Kang Jun-hyuk from the Pentagon. ¡± ¡°Is it a... is it a company? ¡± Don''t you know our company? But it''s a company that knows a lot about the game, and I asked her again just in case. ¡°Raon is a company that built a portable gaming device. Don''t you know it? ¡± ¡°Oh, I''ve seen my friends do it before, but I don''t like games...¡± Well, maybe it''s not an advanced time for Internet news, and if you don''t like games very much, you don''t know. I said, holding the business card with the money in her little hand. ¡°There is a game that we are planning this time, and we really need Kanna''s voice to play it. Please think carefully and contact us. ¡± Then he glanced back at the host and added a word. ¡°I can give you absolute secrecy. Don''t worry." ¡°Ah¡­¡± & ¡°Oh really!? The place where you had dinner tonight was Kishimori Ramen? ¡± ¡°I know. I was surprised to hear from the owner. ¡± ¡°I was going to tell you to go to Harajuku, but it worked? ¡± Yuki, smiling in the bathroom, sat in his arms for a day, added by clicking his nose to see if he remembered the taste of kimori ramen. I opened the magazine with a bloody smile on her reaction. ¡°Oh, I want some kimori doncots ramen, too!¡± ¡°And the teacher was delicious, too. ¡± ¡°Huff!! Teacher! I want to eat Teacher too!¡± ¡°And karaoke...¡± ¡°Ahhh!! I hate it!! I can''t wait! ¡± ¡°Haha! Sorry. ¡± ¡°By the way, Jun-hyuk was looking for Kanna in Kishimori Ramen. Funny coincidence. Last year I saw her, she was in high school, and she was so beautiful. ¡± ¡°I see. Kanna was good...¡± ¡°¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ What did you just say? ¡± ¡°What did I just say? ¡± Phew!! Phew!! The type of transmission that jumps over the speed of sound by bouncing off one of the cushions in the blink of an eye with the elbow. Yuki, the breastplate of a cushion pillow, has been hanging over me since she dropped her predator on the floor. Is this why people say not to think about anything else during conversations? & December 23, 1994. Almost a month has passed since I met Kanna and handed her my business card, but I still haven''t heard from her. It even has a company phone number and mobile number, but if you still haven''t heard from him, isn''t the singer thinking? I wanted to go to Kishimori Ramen''s house again, but I decided to just hold back, which seemed to burden her for some reason. When the public auditions were announced through Pammy Communications and popular gaming magazines for a new project, it seemed like it would take some time for many candidates to audition. ¡®Let''s not rush into it. If she wanted to, she''d come to me on her own. ¡¯ I took a deep breath to explore the streets of Akiba in order to suppress a nervous mind. Recently, Japan''s game market is truly the abomination of chaos. The console market was fragmented with Sensoni''s ¡®Gear Station¡¯, launched in early December, as users were reluctant to hesitate about which devices were better between the Gear Station and the NEGA Saturn. The first gear station in the gaming industry was armed with extremely strong performance, but there were some anxiety factors. How much will Sensoni, the giant oyster, invest in the game market to win the game? Even in the early ''90s, when superfamilies and NEGA drives were booming, there was a new console company, but the third party didn''t get it and so many companies collapsed like the wind, so Sensoni could not ignore the possibility of early glittering and collapsing businesses. Is that why rabbits are king in a cave without tigers? Without further information on Mintendo''s project 64, the console market was strangely transforming into the competition between emerging companies Sensoni and the Second Factor NEGA. Of course, I was confident that no matter how brilliant the Sensoni''s gear station was, I would be able to surpass it as a NEGA. Despite its outstanding specifications, it has been a strong support for Real Fighter''s Suzuki Ryu and Sonic''s Taka retention along with the know-how that has been making the game. But a surprise ambush appeared in front of a self-confident NEGA... It was the NANCO that abandoned Mintendo and stuck him into the Sensoni Faction. Prior to Mintendo''s project 64, the NEGA''s plan was to seize this opportunity to take out third parties belonging to Mintendo. NANCO, who had considerable awareness for its users, suddenly launched a 3D fighting game called "Rage Driver" and "Iron Fist" on the day of the release of the gear station. Otherwise, the ''Iron Fist'', which was often compared to the ¡®Real Fighter¡¯ at the arcade center, was launched into the gear station recently, and users came rushing towards the gear station without any need for you. The main body price set at 34,800 yen was 10,000 yen cheaper than the competitor Saturn, so users unhesitantly raised their hands at a better performance than Saturn and a cheaper gear station. Thanks to Saturn''s uneasy beginnings with magazine criticism and censorship. In a market structure like that hell, our Pentagon was slowly walking its own path. And as a demonstration of the results, the Pentagon''s Premium Shop was crowded with users from the early evening. ¡°Here you go, folks. If you stay in line, I''ll give you blankets in order!! ¡± Along with Miyazaki''s cry, a number of employees began handing out blankets with illustrations of "God''s Gift." 500 blankets specially made for today, but... ¡®I don''t think we have enough room for this...'' ¡¯ Tomorrow is December 24, 1994. Graphic Noble with Classic is the official issue date of the genre "Gift of God". 153 < EP. 36: Singer-songwriter. (3) > Pentagon Soft Director. Kang Jun-hyuk. A director is a pretty high position within the company, isn''t he? As I lay in bed and looked at one of the business cards on my fingertips for a long time, I sighed and put my business card on my desk. Then he looks at the hidden mother''s guitar case above the wardrobe and mutters to himself. ¡°Mom, what should I do...? ¡± & The next morning. The train to school for class is always crowded. I can hardly breathe on a difficult subway train between the worker and the students who go to school, but everyone is holding something in their hands. Older adults still hold small books in their hands, but as soon as they got on the train as they had promised, they took out a white game machine. Since the launch of the portable gamble boy in Mintendo, there have been a few players playing on the subway, but the number has been increasing explosively since that white game machine appeared. Moreover, even the children who gathered on campus during the holidays and read books have recently plugged cables into each other''s game machines and enjoyed something together. Raon... All I knew was the name of the game machine. Shortly after the train stopped at the station where the school was, I took a deep breath, barely out of the crowd. ¡°Kanna!¡± When I came down the subway station stairs, Mayumi, who was from the same high school, waved her hands at me. And next to him, her boyfriend, Nakamura, was still engaged in the game with his earphones on. Mayumi and I were close friends who were not in school, but were in the same university and had maintained a good relationship since freshman year of high school. ¡°Mayumi, Nakamura. Good morning!" But Nakamura wasn''t listening to me, he was beating the game hard. Eventually, Nakamura, who was beaten by Mayumi, pulled out his earphones screaming. ¡°Ahhhhh!! It was going well!! It was 128 combos...¡± ¡°You''ve been holding on to that game machine all morning. When someone greets you, you should know how to listen!! ¡± ¡°I was going to say hello. I tried! ¡± Nakamura grunts and lowers the power of the game machine in his hand. At that moment, I looked at Nakamura''s game machine without even knowing it. ¡°Oh, that''s Raon, right? ¡± When I asked, Nakamura and Mayumi opened their eyes wide and asked me again. ¡°Kanna, do you know Raon? ¡± ¡°Yeah, well, it''s famous. I see a lot on the subway these days...¡± ¡°That''s the first time I''ve ever mentioned her by name. Everything is so strange in my life...¡± Nakamura puts Raon in her bag and smiles. I asked again for those Nakamura soldiers. ¡°Nakamura likes games, don''t you? ¡± ¡°Of course. Of course.¡± ¡°What''s your favorite game? ¡± ¡°Well... I''m not much of a genre guy, but I''m mostly RPG. And the Pentagon? ¡± ¡°Pentagon Games?? Is there such a genre? ¡± Then Nakamura slightly raised his mouth and answered my question in detail. ¡°Pentagon games are not genres, they''re literally games created by a game company called the Pentagon. Even you don''t know how to play the game, Final Frontier. You''ve heard of dragon emblems, right? They''re all made in the Pentagon. It''s a company called the Masterpiece Manufacturer, and it''s enormous. The loneliness, the news, the lack of me...¡± At that time, Mayumi, who was listening to Nakamura''s story, flicked her fingers and opened her mouth. ¡°Ahhh!! Street without me!! I know that game. ¡± Even Mayumi, who was not interested in the game as much as I am, showed quite an interest in ''the streets where I am not.¡¯ ¡°Huh? Have you played that game, too? ¡± ¡°No. When the game came out, I went down to the living room for a drink of water at dawn, and I heard the sound of tears in my brother''s room. So I opened the door a little bit to see what was going on, and it was a gamepad? She was crying her head off. ¡± He nodded and agreed that Nakamura would agree. ¡°I understand. So did I. The streets without me were the best game of my life. ¡± ¡°Hiya!! Otaku!!" At that moment, I smiled at Mayumi, picking up Nakamura. ¡°It was a game that was really determined and intended to resonate, and it was popular with the public. Especially since part two won''t be able to withstand that kind of mental strength. ¡± ¡°Is that really it? ¡± ¡°I''ll lend it to you. Do you want to try it? ¡± ¡°No, my brother is still keeping it as if it were just a tribute, so he can try whenever he wants. ¡± With Nakamura and Mayumi''s reaction, I lowered my head slightly and thought. ¡®The Pentagon Soft is a very popular place. Then why did he ask me to become an idol in such a place? ¡¯ A person named Kang Jun-hyuk. You don''t look so bad, and besides, if you''re Yuki''s husband, you seem like a trustworthy man. That afternoon. By the end of the first lecture, when I arrived at the student restaurant, many students were already filling the restaurant. I was trying to figure out where to sit, but I heard a voice calling out to me from one side. ¡°Kanna! Over here!! ¡± ¡°Oh, Mayumi. ¡± She was having dinner with Nakamura. She pulled out the chair and recommended it to me. After finishing eating, Nakamura was sitting at a table, eavesdropping on Raon. ¡°Here we go again. Here we go again." Mayumi looked at him pitifully, swallowing a hand-wrapped lunch box. After a while, Nakamura, who was beating hard at the game to see if he knew that. Screaming, you get down on the table. ¡°Ugh... kneeling in 187 combos with the damn notice in front of you. ¡± As I was curious about Nakamura, who was so unfair, I tilted my head and asked him. ¡°What kind of game are you playing this morning? ¡± ¡°Well, I don''t know, rhythm games? ¡± ¡°Rhythm game? ¡± ¡°This is the new Pentagon game I told you about this morning, and you can''t break up with it if you really try it? ¡± ¡°Is that it? ¡± Then Nakamura reached out to me and said. ¡°If you''re so curious, why don''t you play for yourself? ¡± ¡°Can I... try? ¡± ¡°Of course. Here, let me show you. ¡± After taking a seat next to me, Nakamura told me that it was a relatively easy song. The first time I held Raon, I felt a soft, curling hand. ¡°You''re lighter than I thought. ¡± ¡°Right? Now, if you press the A button here, and you choose to play demo...¡± I nodded and plugged my earphones, as the Nakamura told me, due to a simpler maneuver than I thought. ¡®You said you pressed the button to adjust the rhythm bar coming down the screen to the timing notes at the bottom...? ¡¯ After a while, I look at the red rhythm bar slowly coming down from the top, and I press the button, and the sound of a clear, clear piano rings in my ears. In line with the rhythm, a girl''s back was briefly touched like a scene from a movie. ¡°Ah¡­¡± With a small elasticity and then pressing another button to the rhythm bar, one piano music based on the base music began playing in my ears. ¡°You''re pretty good for the first time. ¡± Concentrated on the music, the sound of Nakamura''s voice coming from next to him, I continued the music, beating down the rhythm bar well. As my fingers moved as if dancing, I heard the elasticity of the Nakamura army over the earphones. But it seemed good. I wanted to see the girl on the screen right now. However, if the timing was off, she would have to maintain the Compact Combo with precision timing, like a machine, in order to get back to the previous scene and see the Hiro''s appearance perfectly. I tried to move my finger hard, but as the music flowed to the middle, a number of rhythm bars poured down at a rapid rate and it wasn''t hard to keep up with the timing. ¡°A little more power, Kanna!! ¡± Mayumi cheered for me one day, but in the end, my play collapsed in 65 combos. Once the timing started to deviate, a bar graph called the recall gauge quickly fell down and announced the end of the game. ¡°Wow¡­ but 65 combos for the first time, that''s amazing! ¡± Taking out the earphones, the Nakamura army handed over Raon with a satisfactory smile. ¡°Is this really the first time you''ve done it? ¡± ¡°Yes, but something was fresh. I thought the only game I ever knew was how to beat an enemy like Super Maridge, but... is this something special? ¡± ¡°Right? That''s why I love the Pentagon. Every time a new game is released, it feels very refined!¡± I only played it once, but I thought I could understand the way Nakamura praises me like that. ¡°How was Kanna''s fun? ¡± When Mayumi asked me, I thought about it for a moment and gave an honest impression. ¡°Something... sad. ¡± ¡°Ugh? Sad? ¡± ¡°Yeah, well, you know, the whole time I was playing the song, it just felt like I was trying to picture someone. I feel like I''m playing the piano soloist...¡± ¡°Bingo! That''s very accurate. In fact, I get a lot of appreciation for the kindness of PC communication communities. ¡± Nakamura later explained that the game titled "Gift of God" will be released on the full version of December 24 next month. What I played was a play demo version of 4 songs that I could play in this play, and the trial game told me that players could see her face other than the back of the hero painted on the pamphlet. The characters that Nakamura Army had cleared to full combo status were Yukinozo Kaori, the lively blonde-haired character, and Otani Haruka, the cute looking challenger. Once you''ve cleared all the rhythm bars with Fulcombo, you can always see the face of the Hiro. ? ¡°Now I''m only playing 62 hours of demo time to see the other two faces... Especially ¡®Satsuki Noriko'', the main character''s lesson teacher, has not yet been cleared by me...¡± ¡°Huff-puff! Is that it? ¡± Mayumi asked you to give her the Satsuki Noriko theme, known as the highest difficulty level, if she was curious about the Nakamura Military''s description. And I realized how reckless the challenge was by giving orders to the rhythm bar that was pouring down with the aggressive introduction. ¡°Now do you understand why I''m tapping buttons with you every day? ¡± ¡°So you''ve been hitting this thing with Raon since you were in school? ¡± When Mayumi asked, Nakamura nodded as if it were natural. I looked at Raon on the table for a moment and asked Nakamura. ¡°This game machine called Raon. How much can you live for? ¡± ¡°Kanna, are you trying to buy this? ¡± ¡°Yes. And a game called God''s Gift, if possible...¡± In my answer, Nakamura opens his mouth with a big smile. ¡°Hahahaha! Good. Kanna, come with me to the Holy Land on December 24!! ¡± ¡°Sanctuary...? Where is it?¡± ¡°Where am I? If I was a shrine for Otaku, would I be outside Akihabara?!! ¡± 154 < EP. 36: Singer-songwriter. (4) > ¡°Hey, Nakamura...? ¡± ¡°Huh?" ¡°What day is it today? ¡± ¡°That''s the day God''s presents come out. ¡± Phew!! Hmm... Honestly, I think Nakamura was a little too much this time. Mayumi swung her bag full swing at Nakamura and shouted from the street, "Are you still angry?" ¡°Die!! Huh!? I''d rather die out there!! ¡± ¡°Ouch!! Arrggg! Stop, it hurts!! ¡± The Nakamura army is struggling to stay out of the line despite all that commotion. I looked at Mayumi and Nakamura''s couple for a moment and apologized to Mayumi. ¡°I''m sorry, Mayumi. I shouldn''t have...¡± ¡°No. Kanna, you have nothing to apologize for. This human would be here today if it wasn''t for you. ¡± ¡°Hmph!! Of course!!" ¡°Seeing that mouth still alive, you haven''t been beaten up enough!? ¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± ¡°I''m the only girl on Christmas Eve who comes with me to buy a boyfriend game...¡± Yes, today is Christmas Eve, as Mayumi said, called Lovers'' Day. Normally on these days, it was a game release day for lovers like Dorado to eat KFC chicken together, to go to a nice cafe, or to watch a movie, but for Nakamura, who loves games, today was the day of the game that has been waiting for the past year. ¡°How long do we have to wait, anyway? Anyway, after the game, we decided to go shopping together in Shibuya this afternoon. ¡± But given the endless parade of standby, I don''t know if Mayumi''s plan will work... I came here in a hurry like Nakamura said, but I can''t believe people are coming all this way to buy a game. The day a new game is released in Pentagon Soft, his words began to come true, which he said were the festival of gamers. ¡°Hey... I think we''re close to at least a thousand people. ¡± ¡°I heard more than 500 people have waited since last night. They must have handed over the cloth already. ¡± Turning to the conversations of the gamers coming from the front, there was already a long procession after us. Oh, my God. Is this the kind of game that can get people together like this? For ordinary people like me and Mayumi, this situation was completely understandable. ¡°Nakamura. Is this a game called God''s Gift that only comes out today and never sells again?" How did so many people get together the day of the launch? ¡± ¡°Of course I want to play the game sooner than anyone else. And if I miss a chance, I have to wait for the cartridge to regenerate. Well, you can download it cheaply through a handset, but whatever the game is, it''s best to have it as a cartridge. Given the circumstances, the cartridge from the first copy usually runs out in a day or two. As I said before, the Pentagon has only released one million copies of its games on Valentine''s Day. But he also gave us 530,000 Harp Millions. ¡± ¡°Ouch!! Don''t tell me it''s a school game!? ¡± I asked her with a curious voice in Mayumi''s reaction to the words Valentine''s Day. ¡°Mayumi seems to know the game. Is that fun, too? ¡± ¡°Fun!? I thought he was passing out watching the game he bought. Don''t buy the Apostle Raon game today either. ¡± Then Nakamura said, smiling in relief at Mayumi''s words. ¡°I want to do it anyway, but I can''t do it because it''s a different kind of machine. ¡± ¡°Hmm? Valentine''s Day isn''t a Pentagon game? ¡± ¡°No. It was built in the Pentagon, but it was launched as a super family in Mintendo. It was just before Raon was released... so it was a tragedy that cartridges were produced only for a year after they were released. ¡± 530,000 games in a year. At that time, the eyes of the waitresses gathered around us began to slowly turn towards us. Nakamura also lowers his voice to see if he''s conscious of his surroundings. ¡°This... seems to be secretly hated? ¡± ¡°Why? What did we do wrong? ¡± When Mayumi was unhappy with people''s reactions, Nakamura put her finger on her mouth and said in a low voice. ¡°It''s because of you and Kanna. ¡± ¡°Huh? Because of us? ¡± ¡°Quietly look around. ¡± With Nakamura''s words slowly turning his head and looking around, there are only men around. Of course, I saw a female user in the middle of the queue, but it didn''t look like she was with her boyfriend. At that moment, I heard a voice of fretting looking at us. ¡°That guy. You''re acting like you know something about two women who don''t know anything. ¡± ¡°Yeah, well, with the Pentagon''s history, we''d know better. I don''t know where you come from pretending to be a watermelon...¡± Nakamura also smiled at me and Mayumi, saying that he heard their conversation. ¡°Did I come to buy a game and pretend to be too smart? This is what happens when you bring your girlfriend to buy a game. Actually, that''s what I used to do. I came alone to buy a game, but when I had a nice couple standing in front of me, my insides were twisted...¡± A little later. 10: 30 a.m. The front door of the Pentagon Premium Shop opened, and the employees dressed in white uniforms stood in front of the store as if they were a department store guide. And between them, a man, who looked like he was in his mid-30s, climbed onto a little platform and grabbed the ready microphone. Are you with the Pentagon Soft headquarters? I didn''t see Kang Joon-Hyuk before... ¡¯ ¡°Greetings and thank you very much for coming today to purchase the ''Gift of God¡¯ from our Pentagon. I''m Kawaguchi Hironobu, the CEO of Pentagon Soft. As I mentioned earlier today, I was going to hold a fan signing ceremony for the Dragon Emblem Series and Kang Jun-hyuk, the main director of the street that I am not in, but I was unable to attend today for any reason. ¡± ¡°Eeh!? ¡± ¡°Oh, I brought all the stuff I was collecting for the autograph...¡± ¡°What''s going on? Is there anything more important to the director than an appointment with the user? ¡± Then, after waiting all night from last night, some users who were wearing blankets from the Pentagon cried out. ¡°Huh? He was with us until dawn. ¡± ¡°I know. I said thank you in person for the coffee. What''s the matter? ¡± The Kawaguchi Representative was also making an embarrassing face to the voice coming in from the queue. ¡°I''m sorry. Director Kang Jun-hyuk was there until dawn to keep his promise to you, but he suddenly went to the hospital after hearing about the birth of his wife around 5am. We appreciate your patience. ¡± The people who were waiting slowly nodded and opened their mouths to see how much they could understand what the Kawaguchi representative had said. ¡°You can''t do that with your wife''s birth. ¡± ¡°Yes. To be honest, I was moved to be here until dawn with Manzak''s wife. ¡± ¡°Oh, I want that blanket, too. Should I have come at dawn...? ¡± The day of release of the game titled ''Gift of God¡¯. A child truly called a gift from God... I closed my eyes for a moment and prayed for Yuki''s safe birth. & God''s gifts began to get really explosive at the same time as they were released. The place where we are standing is about two-thirds of the way in the queue, but the line drops quickly thanks to the cashier spread out over several places. As soon as I got the game, I often noticed someone who smiled and hurried back home, opening it immediately and putting the cartridge in Raon. But most notably... ¡°Nakamura, why is the box so big for the game he bought? ¡± I was also curious about the car and Mayumi asked Nakamura military first. Isn''t there one kind of game called God''s Gift? Occasionally, some people saw people taking large packages from the register, and some bought four boxes. ¡°Oh, that''s a... limited edition package. ¡± ¡°Limited Edition?¡± ¡°Yes. A custom product that can only be purchased by people who have pre-paid. ¡± In Nakamura''s answer, I tilted my head and asked him. ¡°You''re not playing anything else, are you? ¡± ¡°Of course. Everything else except the game script. The limited edition of this god''s gift consists of just 500 first-come, first-served orders for each hero. That''ll be 2,000. ¡± ¡°Wow... 2,000!? ¡± ¡°2,000 of them, not all of them will be sold here, but they will be distributed to Pentagon shops across the country. But if I had bought all four versions of him, I would have broken the money. That''s 14,800 yen a box. ¡± Taking Nakamura''s silent expression, I and Mayumi were appalled. ¡°Th.. 14,800 yen!? What the hell''s in there? ¡± Then, the serious and solemn Nakamura family informed the components of the limited-edition package precisely like a machine without missing a grain of grain. ¡°1 cartridge with game base. 11 musical notes of an alcoholic piano song in the gift of God. And one copy of each heroine''s Star Conti Illustration Book in a 68-page game. Chapter 1 BGM OST. One original version of the OST playing the piano. And Orgol with each hero''s theme song. And¡­¡± ¡°And¡­? ¡± ¡°Heroin figures on the most important 1/8 scale. ¡± ¡°If it''s a figure... you mean the character doll? ¡± In Mayumi''s question, Nakamura nods slowly and mutters in a pathetic manner. ¡°Phew... That''s why I pay double for 5,480 yen!? Crazy. Crazy... really. ¡± ¡°Really? But the gamers liked to think it was very cheap when the price was first published. ¡± ¡°Close to 15,000 is cheap? ¡± ¡°Yes. I heard that an eight-scale figure maker personally vetted a figure craftsman called Uchimura. He''s already called God''s Hand in the figure industry. It''s worth a lot of money just because he makes his own figures. ¡± The Nakamura soldier walks out loud in front of the queue when people leave. Mayumi opened her mouth following Nakamura''s lead. ¡°Isn''t it just sales details? ¡± ¡°It''s detailed in general terms, but it''s a blessing for us. ¡± At that moment, Mayumi''s eyes glowed with Nakamura''s answer. Then he grabs Nakamura''s shoulder and asks. ¡°Did we just...? ¡± ¡°Huh¡­? ¡± ¡°Answer me straight. You booked that limited edition, too!? ¡± ¡°Well, you know... Hahaha!¡± & ¡°Thank you, sir. Have fun playing. ¡± A few moments later, Nakamura comes out of the Pentagon shop, smiling with a big box in his arms. Even though Mayumi ripped his head off and made a mess of it, at least at this moment, did he look happy? I also bought a Raon body and a gift cartridge from God. ¡°Kanna, would you like to join us for lunch? ¡± Mayumi asked me, covering Nakamura''s hair between her fingers and blowing it out. Nakamura said with a loving look, I wanted to come with you, but I didn''t want to interrupt their dating anymore. ¡°Mmm-hmm. No. I have to perform in Harajuku tonight, so I have to practice early. ¡± ¡°Okay. Okay. Have a good vacation, and contact me often!¡± Then Nakamura said to me, looking into Mayumi''s eyes. ¡°Call me if you have any questions about Raon. You know my home phone number? ¡± ¡°Yes, thank you. Nakamura.¡± After saying goodbye to the two of you, walking up the subway stairs with a rifle, I stood in the platform to get off the train and looked at the Raon box in my shopping bag. Did he live well? ¡¯ I was born and bought it for the first time. I''m not so confident about this because I''m weak on electronics, but I''ve heard enough from the Nakamura military before I bought it, so it should be okay... I smiled gladly at God''s gift package, which I saw in my shopping bag. ¡®That day''s piano... This is the end of it. ¡¯ But at this point I really didn''t know. I never thought my life would be completely changed with a portable gaming machine and a cartridge called God''s Gift¡­ 155 < EP. 36: Singer-songwriter. (5) > Whether it was taken out of the shopping bag or back home with no one, the ¡®God''s Gift¡¯ had very small components. When the seals of the sealing package were removed and the paper box opened and opened, a manual and game cartridge were placed in the inner plastic case. I looked through the thick manuals before playing the game and saw that I had a great story line that clearly exceeded the framework of the existing game that I had known so far, even Prologue alone. Is this the moment when the graphic novel genre is real? After turning over the page introduced by four heroes, a simple manipulation of the game was written. And on the last page of the manual there was a score for the main theme song. I put two batteries in Raon''s body and turned on the power switch, just as the Nakamura told me. Later, in the middle of the screen, a cute phrase called RAON popped up and the initial setup page popped up. When I moved the crosshairs to match the date and time, and then entered the ID and password to be used on the handset where the game could be downloaded, I noticed the main screen. -Put your game cartridge in a slot. - By inserting the game cartridge according to the text shown at the top and pressing the Select button, I remembered a message window before the manufacturer''s logo appeared. -Information of earphones is recommended over internal speakers for clearer listening to God''s gift music. If you want stereo sound, keep your earphones plugged in and press the YES button. - I removed the earphones I used for the Walkman from the desk drawer, plugged the earphone jack into the bottom of the Raon and pressed the OK button. After a while, a screen titled "Gift of God" appeared along with a beautiful piano tune. The windswept curtain and the grand piano next to it gave a very poor feeling to the one looking at it. When I was watching the title screen while listening to the main theme song of God''s gift, ''Love Letter,'' I felt like my breasts were eating for no reason. -NEW GAME- -PRACTICE MODE- -OPTION- From the three menus, I placed my cursor at the top of the new game and pressed OK. With a fade out, the title screen slowly darkened and the game started with a spotlight on in the middle of the screen. At a piano show in Concul, it began by slowly stepping onto the stage and placing your hands lightly on the piano keyboard. -Elohim Essaim, Elohim Essaim... all will be done as I wish. - Then I started playing the piano with the rhythm bar coming down from the top at the next part of the bottle. The first song of God''s gift is Chopin''s Knockton op.9 No. 1... Is this what it feels like to hit a piano by yourself in the moonlight shining through a window frame? This song, which has a very emotional feeling, was one of the famous songs that comes to mind when it was shortened with an assessment that the tone was too beautiful. I never thought I''d see classical music through a game... Soon, I began to hit all the rhythm bars at the right time, focusing on the increasing tune of the piano. Since the song lasted about 6 minutes and 30 seconds and required a high concentration, I could feel my fingers hardening as the combo reached 180. Chopin''s piano song had a lot of cuts in the middle, which was very similar to his personality of shutting down words because he couldn''t tell his lover what he wanted to say. A little more... a little more... I was obsessed with the protagonist''s liquor and moved my finger. I got a S rank by completing the protagonist''s first song as a full combo. Is it because I usually like classics and like to play guitar? My fingertips were a little bumpy, but I can''t tell you how impressive it was to play the piano. Even though Chopin''s emotions were transferred to a small cartridge like this, I did not feel sorry for the amount of money I bought this game. And after a while. The true story of God''s gift begins with a powerful applause from the audience. I imagined for a moment that it would be as much fun and happy as Chopin''s beautiful piano tune, but my hunch was shattered along with the protagonist''s accident scene in the game. The sound of sirens from the ambulance coming over the earphones and a woman screaming for help. A woman''s voice is heard in the flashlight rushing by the emergency room. ¡°Please... God. Please don''t take him away like this. ¡± Her humbling voice was repeated faintly so that she could not tell which of the four heroes belonged. At some point. I heard someone''s voice in her desperate wish. Whether the voice was God''s response... or the Devil''s twist was the only part you had to clear. & A year before the accident came around, there were four heroes, of which I liked the vibrant violinist named Kaori. She was like a sister who definitely brought her protagonist''s tenacious personality despite her comradeship. The protagonist had to think about who was the hero who had prayed for him within a year, but when he played the piano, he had to try not to miss her as much as possible in the part that played the piano. Especially in the second chapter, her memories of working with Kaori were so dull that I thought Kaori might have saved the protagonist at the time of the accident. "I wish she was the hero who saved the protagonist..." Even if you lose your memory, the protagonist is trying hard to find the woman who prayed for you. Her desperate wish to save the protagonist, even though she lost all memory of herself... Seeing them together reminds me of Princess Fairytale Mermaid of Andersen. And at the same time, I remembered the sad ending together. ¡®Eventually, the mermaid, who had never been loved by the prince, vanished into a bubble...¡¯ 156 < EP. 37: Defective. (1) > How does it feel to be a father? Perhaps after a few hours, Yuki and I will become a mother and father of a child. Nevertheless, it was still unclear. I got a phone call from my mother that Yuki had been taken to an ambulance, and on the way to the hospital, I began to think of something arrogant in my head. December 24, 1994. 5: 30 a.m. I stopped in front of the red traffic light, and I tapped the handle on my anxiety. Although the road was quiet because of the early dawn, whenever I tried to step on Excel in a hurry, I just got a call from my mother. ¡®Yuki arrived safely in the hospital and went into the delivery room. Don''t rush. Slow down. Drive safely...'' Yeah. If you don''t want to act rashly and get into an accident, let''s take our time. I waited for the traffic light to turn green in an empty distance, then slowly stepped on Excel. & After a while, when I got to the hospital, I hurried to park my car in the parking lot and ran into the building. Fortunately, the on-call nurse immediately took me to the delivery room, so I didn''t have to do anything in the hospital. ¡°Joonhyuk, are you here? ¡± My father-in-law and my mother-in-law, who were standing in front of the delivery room, rushed as soon as they saw me and grabbed my hand. ¡°How''s Yuki? ¡± ¡°It''s been about an hour, so it''s time to hear from you...¡± Her mother was wearing a pair of slippers to see if she had rushed out of her sleep. He told me to come slowly, but he was also very embarrassed. ¡°I''m sorry. I can''t even be around Yuki for work...¡± ¡°What''s good about family? We help each other like this. ¡± My father-in-law tried to smile while tapping my shoulder. However, my father-in-law, who always seemed pleasant, felt his expression stiffened at this moment. It seemed like a comfort to you both that I came right away. Every time I heard Yuki''s groaning in the delivery room, my mother prayed to God with her hands together. As your mother-in-law, babies are babies, but Yuki''s health is paramount. How long has it been? Yuki has been moaning for an hour since I arrived and embarrassing me and my parents. Is he supposed to be out this late? I never thought an hour would be so long... It was then that I heard a small cry from inside the delivery room, and Yuki''s moaning was frequent. ¡°Did you...? ¡± The three of us swallowed our saliva, gazing into the delivery room without having to do anything to you. Shortly after, the doctor came out of the delivery room wearing a mask on his green scrubs. ¡°Teacher. How are the mother and child safe? ¡± The doctor who took off his mask asked Yuki''s mother, smiling at his mouth and nodding. ¡°She''s a princess who looks just like her mother. The mother and child are healthy, so you can relax. ¡± ¡°Hah... Thank goodness. ¡± She sits on the bench in the waiting room, putting her hands on her forehead, and lets out a breath of relief. After the doctor lowered his head slightly towards us. He disappeared somewhere, and we kept walking around in front of the delivery room until Yuki came out. Thanks to what the doctor said, my father-in-law also looked bright. ¡°Joonhyuk, congratulations. ¡± ¡°Thank you, father-in-law." ¡°Isn''t it a shame she''s a daughter? ¡± ¡°Not at all. A daughter is better than a son. ¡± ¡°Thank you for thinking that... Why isn''t it coming out like this? Is something wrong? ¡± At that moment, the door of the delivery room opened terribly, and nurses carried Yuki to the cot. I carefully approached Yuki''s hand as she came out of the delivery room soaked in sweat. ¡°Well done...¡± Yuki, who had sweaty brow on his forehead, was lying on the bed and smiling helplessly at me. ¡°She looks just like me and Joon-Hyuk, as Joon-Hyuk wished. ¡± ¡°I heard from the doctor. She said she looks more like you than I do. ¡± ¡°I think I have the same eyes as Joon-Hyuk. Haha... Ah... It''s hard. ¡± Even though it must have been hard on her own, I felt so lovely to think of her smiling at us for waiting. Her mother-in-law touched her cheeks, handing the scalp to her forehead with sweat, to see if she felt that way. ¡°Oh my, you''ve done so much for my daughter. ¡± ¡°Mom, how did you have me? I honestly don''t think it''s going to be a good second... it''s been too hard.¡± Yuki opened her mouth as if her emotions were rising. ¡°It''s okay. Good job. My daughter... you''re a mother now, but what if you cry like a child? ¡± ¡°Yeah, but my mom''s hands are so warm...¡± Yuki blushed her eyes, holding her hand on her cheek. This is maternal love, right? Then my father-in-law, who was standing next to me, tightly squeezed my shoulder. ¡°Phew... this time. Men have no idea what to do. Useless. Useless... ¡± ¡°I see...¡± & A child was born. It''s the most fun Christmas Eve the whole world has ever had. This child, born in winter, had snow-white skin. The most delicate and pure thing in the world... That''s why I felt like I had to spend my life defending it. After Yuki, his mother, he asked him to become a ¡®Snow¡¯ and a wise child, and he named him ¡®Snow Hyun Kang.¡¯ Although it was a difficult name to pronounce for the Japanese, Yuki smiled at the child who was asleep in the incubator beyond the glass wall, whether he liked the name Seohyun. ¡°Sol... oops, my baby. Look at me! Look at me! Peek-a-boo!" I guess it''s too hard to pronounce for Japanese people. Still, Yuki is trying very hard to pronounce the name Seohyun. Looking at Yuki staring at Seohyun while tapping the window, I felt that she had always looked young, and now she is a mother of a child. Fluffy, fluffy, fluffy! Suddenly, I quickly moved away from Yuki''s staring eyes and got the phone. ¡°Director... No, Director!! Was the baby born okay? ¡± Beyond the voice of Hayashi, beyond the handset, there were many people''s voices in the surrounding area. Everyone at the Pentagon was curious about Yuki and his son. ¡°Uh, I was born at 6: 52 a.m. ¡± ¡°Oh!! Are you a prince or a princess? ¡± ¡°It''s a daughter. Her name is Sung-hyun Kang. ¡± ¡°The river sole... what? ¡± ¡°Seol. Hyun. ¡± ¡°Tsk... tsk...? ¡± ... It''s not too late now. Should I change my name? Anyway, Hayashi announced Yuki''s birth on the other side of her handset, and at the same time she heard the cheers of the employees who were delighted with her ears. I looked at the time with my wristwatch and asked Hayashi. ¡°But isn''t this a busy time? How''s God''s gift treating you? ¡± ¡°I don''t know. The cartridge you have prepared has been fully sold and is currently only for users using handsets to sell downloads. But mostly because of the small baths, they waited for the second volume and went back...¡± ¡°What...? It''s only 3: 00 p.m., and there''s 1500 seconds out!? ¡± ¡°The trial, which was released for free in October, caught the eye of the layman who doesn''t know how to play. Today, we have over 500 units in the Pentagon alone. ¡± When a typical or somewhat recognizable game series was released, God''s gift was a single IP hit and record sales. I thought it would be unusual from when it was less than half a day before the limited edition of bookings that were only booked in the Pentagon Shop, but I didn''t think it would be this bad. ¡°I''ll come with you to the hospital after I''ve cleaned up the situation here. ¡± ¡°Yes¡­? No, no, Yuki needs to rest today, so can you come with the staff later? ¡± ¡°Oh, well, that, too. ¡± ¡°I''ll only get my heart today. Thank you.Good work, everyone. Get some rest early today. ¡± ¡°Yes, I understand. I''ll see you soon. ¡± After speaking with Hayashi, I put the heavy cell phone on my waist and returned to Yuki. ¡°Is this a company?" ¡°Yes. Hayashi says congratulations. ¡± ¡°You can''t be in the hospital right now. Great. I''ve got a lot of puffiness in my face! ¡± ¡°Don''t worry. I told you to come back later in case you cared. ¡± ¡°Phew! Thank goodness...¡± ¡°Now that you''ve seen Seohyun, let''s go inside and get some rest. Huh?¡± ¡°I can''t wait to see it...¡± Yuki barely takes a step back to the hospital room with me. My father-in-law and my mother-in-law went home to get what they needed until she got admitted, so there was no one in the room except me and Yuki. Yuki rested on the bed with her arms raised, and the nurse was ready to die for snacks. It was a diet prepared separately by the hospital for sleeping mothers who couldn''t eat anything from breakfast. After a few moments, the nurse who placed the warm death on the table on the bed checked Yuki''s health and left the room. ¡°I was just hungry, which is good. ¡± After he died, Yuki clicked his saliva and opened his mouth to me. He looked so cute, she stared at him dazed, and she smiled softly. ¡°Feed me quickly. I can''t even handle a spoon because of my solo work. So hurry up!" Sunset sky by the window... It was only 4 p.m. in the winter, but the sky outside the window was bathed in golden light because the sun was setting exceptionally fast. I spread my lips over her lips, closing her eyes, slightly opening her mouth, as if a young bird were feeding her mother. Surprised, she flinched for a moment, but soon Yuki grabbed me gently to my lead. ¡°What is this doing in the hospital? ¡± ¡°Whatever... I''m kissing my girl. ¡± ¡°I didn''t brush my teeth...¡± I turned her head inward, touching her shifting cheek for a moment, and once again I gently coveted her lips. ¡°Oh... Joon-Hyuk. ¡± I felt her warmth for a moment, holding her in my name in a whispering voice... Gurgle... The door was opened in the hospital room and my father-in-law came in. ¡°Ouch! My son-in-law. You''re in a hurry. You''re planning a second one already? ¡± ¡°Mom, can you... knock...¡± ¡°Great, great! Let''s challenge our second son like this!! ¡± Yuki and I blushed their faces and bowed our heads. Why are you here at this hour? Haha... ¡°Now go inside the west side of the river. I wouldn''t have been able to sleep until dawn, but I need to go in and wash up and get some rest. I''ll keep an eye on it. ¡± ¡°No, thank you. ¡± ¡°It''s no big deal. Go change your clothes, get some sleep, and come to the hospital in the morning. You don''t have to go to work tomorrow, do you? ¡± ¡°Oh, yeah, I''m fine. ¡± ¡°Well, get in there and get some rest. ¡± ¡°Your mother-in-law must be tired too...¡± ¡°I''ll stay here and keep an eye on Yuki. Don''t worry about me...¡± Then Yuki smiled and agreed with his mother-in-law. ¡°Yes, I have to talk to my mom today. Get some rest first. ¡± ¡°Hmmm, okay. I''ll be back early in the morning. ¡± ¡°Yes, thank you for coming today. Be careful in there.¡± ¡°Good night...¡± & Shortly after, I returned home, I took off my suit and leaned against the couch. I see cats every day at my mother-in-law''s house. The house alone was very quiet. "Was my house this quiet? ¡¯ Sitting blankly with my phone on the table, I was curious about the reactions of users who had played "God''s Gift." ¡°Let''s take a moment to connect to the PC Communications Community. ¡± 157 < EP. 37: Defective. (2) > ¡°Let''s take a moment to connect to the PC Communications Community. ¡± Today''s online community is literally a part of friendship with new information in the gaming industry. Rather than just sharing reviews of games on the market with members. People who use PC communication at this time had a strong predisposition to early adopters and only had a certain level of knowledge about PCs, so information dependence was still fairly high on gaming magazines that were more offline than online. Nevertheless, the community has been growing by the day, and the gaming community has been growing. Yuki said he turned on his computer as soon as he got home, but he''s comfortable with no one to talk to today... After a while, I prepared a warm green tea because the room was cold. I found a dedicated community titled "The Pentagon World." As the title suggests, this was a community primarily about games released by the Pentagon and games exclusively about Raon, so other companies'' games were less common. ¡°Oh, I see a new bulletin board has been created for God''s gift. ¡± As Kim swiped the green tea rising to the top of the dunes and entered the newly created gift board number, a related topic popped up. [Sentence] I brought a gift from God!! Ultimate early speech. [Buyer] I''ve been waiting since last night. I almost froze to death, but I got a limited quantity blanket!! Despite the issue date, the newly created bulletin board number was 247 times. Or is this the kind of explosive reaction that happens on the day of issue? When I came home, I felt like there was a lot of fatigue that had been piled up since dawn yesterday, but I checked some topics that I was curious about how the users felt about playing. --- [Sentence] Gift from God. I''m impressed from the first introduction. Awesome. It''s been a really long time since I''ve played a game, and my fingertips feel so shaky. I don''t usually know the classics, but the main piano player in the prologue has been one of the top classes I''ve played so far. I''m amazed that classical music can shake people''s minds like this. What was the title of the classic that came out in the first introduction? --- [Info] Look at the minutes below. This is Chopin''s Noughton (nighttime song) number one on op.9. I like to explain this, so I''ll just briefly tell you that one of Chopin''s main songs, op.9, is divided into 1, 2 and 3, and it''s the most popular chopin knockton song of all. I would also like to give you a very high score on the main director of Kang Jun-hyuk, the Pentagon, who chose this song in the Prologue section of "Gift of God." Originally, it was a song of prayer before reading the night prayer in a church called Knoxton. Chopin''s delicate, wet tone is so well represented that it is sometimes called a late-night song. When I say that I''m classical about the theme of the game in this song of God, it''s true that, frankly, my feelings are way ahead of my expectations. because I thought that combining this genre with a game, which is not a public enemy, which is a very difficult genre, is a very dangerous act. Moreover, the sound performance of the current Raon would be difficult to convey the rich sound of the classics. (But that was my worry-free concern.) But I was as thrilled as you at the beginning. I don''t know what the hell I did, but I''m amazed at the Pentagon''s technological power again. This may be a bit of a spore, but in Chapter 2, Nicolo Paganini''s Caprice No. 24 collaborates with Hiroin Kaori will feel a real thrill. (Those without rhythm or agility will be faced with extreme difficulty. I just woke up after three tries.) I swallowed a mouthful of laughter watching a user''s description of Chopin and Paganini come to light. In PC communication, there was no comment system underneath the topic, so if someone asked a question, would someone else have replied to it? There were very few simple abbreviations such as "blah", and it was fun to check each other''s posts as if they were letters. Then another topic caught my eye. --- [Question] What does the line mean before the main character plays in the prologue? -Elohim Essaim, Elohim Essaim... all will be done as I wish. - Elohim Issaim? He was mumbling to himself in a solemn atmosphere, and he looked terrified. Where''s this coming from? --- [Answer] Look below! - Elohim Issaim, Elohim Issaim... everything will be my wish. - And I was a little bit surprised at this as well. This is not an everyday metabolism, but a kind of spell used in the occult element. But like the title of the game, it''s not an incantation to pray to God, it''s an incantation to pray to the Devil. It was very impressive that the Devil''s spell, contrary to the title, was the first novel to open the game. But then I remembered another post, and in Chapter 2, Caprice 24, a concert with Kaori, is the epitome of Nicolo Pagani, also known as "The Devil''s Violinist." For the warm title, "Gift of God," the first line of the character, or the choice of the song, represented a very close relationship with the devil, which gave me goose bumps. It makes me very curious as to who the heroine was that brought her time back. This is a piece that I''m personally excited about, like "The Walk Without Me," or "Valentine''s Day." --- [Question] Huh? You''re working with Kaori in chapter two? I was just playing Chapter 2, and I didn''t have a cooperation event with Kaori. Instead, there was a piano concert event with Mr. Satsuki, who was in charge of the main lesson. Personally, I like Kaori the best of the four heroes, but how do I cooperate with her in Chapter 2? Please tell us how. --- But the answer to that question comes from the wrong user''s post... --- [Info] I got Rank D at Gala Show and started playing, so I immediately became game over. Hi there. A few recorder hits in a school musical instrument is a different pitch. He said he was going to play a game of music, and frankly, I was just going to pass it, but I bought it because I was intrigued by the word "graphic novel" from the Pentagon. - Actually, it''s a secret that you''re drawn to the beautiful backs of heroes. But again, from the very first prologue, we had a setback. Is there a problem with my finger? I pressed the button in time to the timing bar, and it was so late that I was just game-overplayed during the first challenge and only completed in the second one. Grade is Rank D. ¡®The audience''s reaction is cold in the message window.¡¯ and then we leave the stage. If the story is true, won''t the heroine deliver a bouquet of flowers and ride with you in the car? However, when I got Rank D, the blinded heroine was disappointed in the protagonist and went home first. I can''t. I''m coming back in my car alone, and suddenly I''m in a car accident, and it''s game over. Is it because we don''t have a heroine to turn back the clock? --- ¡®Phew... It''s not a good headbutt. Prologue made it possible for anyone to wake up just a little bit carefully, because Chopin''s Knockton is beautiful and colorful, but he doesn''t use fast tempo, so even beginners are careful to get a full Combo S rank whenever they practice repeatedly. ¡¯ --- [A] Below. Practice and play in practice mode. The article by appears to change the story based on not only the event branch where you select the dialogue window, but also the completeness of the piano. For your reference, the Chapter 2 in the post below will not trigger an event if you clear with Kaori at Acquisition Rank B. Instead, he cooperates with university subordinate, Cellist Otani Haruka. --- Then, many players who checked the post said they felt they had to start the game all over again, and the lines were running. In order to cooperate with Kaori, you had to earn Chopin Knockton''s Full Combo S Rank, so it must be hard without paying attention. Kaori''s popularity is piercing the sky, according to Uchimura and Maurita. When the Kaori figure version was first closed on the day of the trial, was it blonde power? I had a green tea that had just begun to warm up and was placed in one glass exhibition in my living room 4 I looked at the heroes. On a 1/8 scale, Yukinozo Kaori was wearing a white dress with his instrument, Violin, on his chest, with a distinctive smile. The moment their picture was published through various magazines. The Pentagon''s stock graph showed a tremendous rise. It was the first time that the user''s reaction was unexplainable because they had left the content of the game and revealed the appearance of the Hiroist in this way. As soon as the magazine was published, the Pentagon was ringing all the phones in the customer support room. All bookings were made in small quantities at premium shops in each city, but it was Akihabara''s No.1 and No.2 stores as well as the most awarded locations. Thanks to the crowds from the province, the event was so busy that I didn''t really want to think about it again. Born from Morita''s blueprints and Uchimura''s ideas, the figure on the eighth scale was made with only 500 figures per Hiroin. To rank them according to personal tastes, I think Kaori is the best character you two have ever worked for. Then Satsuki, the protagonist. I think it''s very impressive what you find between those purple fuzzy dresses. Third, another childhood friend of the protagonist, Yi and Ray, was very well suited to her shy, light blue dress. Finally, there is an absolute popularity of the protagonist for some classes. ¡®Otani Haruka¡¯. Her appearance, wearing a pale pink dress that was the same color as her hair, brought a cute little sister to life. ¡°Someday. The Great Rory Age!! ¡± A character that has Morita''s personal emotions mixed with Uchimura''s? Phew... This must be why you haven''t met a woman who deserves it... But in some ways, Morita''s visions of the future terrify me. As he hoped, there was a time when the Lorita boom had been happening to certain gamers since the late ''90s... When I finished my warm green tea, I was about to get up from my seat thinking about taking a shower. I noticed a post I just posted. [Question] Is it just mine? Sometimes I hear a beep-beep-beep during the game. And the moment I saw the title of the post, I had a smile on my mouth by myself. Someone''s already heard that...? ¡¯ 158 < EP. 37: Defective. (3) -7 End- > During the final test for bug fixes, I went to the sound director, Ueno, and made an offer. It was about intermittent beats that could be heard while playing the game. ¡°Just like Joon-Hyuk said, let''s put intentional beats in the game. ¡± ¡°Yes. But it doesn''t have to sound too blunt and accurate, but a little vague? ¡± ¡°Vaguely¡­ then we can adjust the bit frequency separately to about 19kHz. ¡± ¡°1.. 19.. what? ¡± ¡°Frequency bandwidth that only teenagers with very sensitive nerves or a healthy body can perceive. Normally, 15 kHz is a band of frequencies that ordinary people can hear without crowds, but if you go above 19 kHz, only people with very sensitive senses can hear it. ¡± Oh, I hadn''t thought of that, but it''s a surprise. Ueno''s words exactly coincided with the concept I had in mind. Sounds to some, but none to others. This beat, like a hallucination, could be an important key point that encompasses the ¡®Gift of God¡¯ overall. Well, maybe this is a bad product controversy, but... And now... In front of me was a post that matched 99% of what I had previously predicted. At least a few days later, I thought you''d be noticed, but you''re faster than I thought. --- Osaka user who ran as soon as the Pentagon shop opened this morning and bought a gift from God. Again, I was very satisfied with the first introduction that didn''t disappoint my expectations. I hear strange beats during the game, whether the cartridge I bought was bad. That doesn''t mean I keep hearing it, but I can''t hear it for a while after the intermittent beep-beep-beep that I heard while I was playing the BGM. I tried to play it again from the beginning, but it didn''t sound like that in the Prologue, and then I hear the time when the main character of Chapter 1 went back one year. Does anyone else have the same symptoms as me? --- [A] Looks like the cartridge is bad down there. I''ve never heard a beat like that before in all my life. Perhaps you should contact Pentagon Customer Service to exchange your cartridge, as they may have been damaged by misses during cartridge production. --- I heard that the frequency area of the bit sound set by Ueno can be heard as much as one or two per column. Is that so? This post, which could be a great hint to the story of the game, was soon being condemned as a simple cartridge defect. Then another interpretation of beats in the game came up from a newly posted post. [A] I heard intermittent beats. While playing carefully with my earphones plugged in because I saw a post about poor sound below. I heard the beep-beep-beep you were talking about. But the zigzagging distance doesn''t sound like a ripping sound source, but it has a concise tempo, so it feels kind of intentional. To give you an additional explanation, I gave my sister one of my earphones, but she said she heard nothing except background music in the game. So it seems that the beep in question can only be heard by people with sensitive hearing. I''m also very focused, but I can''t be sure I can hear it. For your information, the earphones I used were Sensoni''s E868. --- The expression "intentional" in the newly posted posts led community members to use all their earphones to track the whereabouts of beats. After the shower, I returned to my computer, and I was already running more than 10 posts on beats. Some claimed that they had heard beats, and some asked for the model name of their earphones, leaving a feeling that no matter how much they turned up the volume throughout play, there were no beats. In response to various users'' reactions, I lowered the power of the computer while swallowing a pitiful smile. I''m going to be so excited about Sensoni''s earphones. ¡¯ & The next afternoon. Before I went to the hospital to see Yuki. I headed to a large record store near the station. The recent emergence of portable CD players has made a difference to the trend of mobile devices that were at the center of the workman, and the trend of high-quality competition has also made earphones able to output high bands cleanly. Among them, the most popular models were Sensoni''s E848 and E868 models, which were fairly expensive models for earphones, so no purchase was made except for some acoustic device enthusiasts. I woke up this morning and went back to the Pentagon World community, and every bulletin board had an enormous number of writings about the beats of "Gift of God." I looked around a few posts and came to the chat room and there was a heated debate. Why can''t I hear a beat? - - Change your earphones. I switched from cheap earphones to your sister''s high-end headphones, and I heard the beats you were talking about. - - No, but why does everyone care so much about beats all of a sudden? I can''t even hear you, but isn''t the content of the game important? - - because the beat might be related to the story. If you''ve seen the Pentagon walk, you''ve done enough. Remember when the protagonist on the streets without me deliberately broke the game graphics? I thought my room TV was broken. - - Yeah, I was surprised then. The game screen that used to be fine suddenly shattered, and that''s good enough. - I''m afraid of the Pentagon. - - I was thinking about changing my earphones while I was buying a portable CD player, but I''m going to have to pick up something useful next time I go downtown. - - Sensony E868 totally down. There''s nothing in modern earphones that has better resolution than this. Play God''s Gift with it and you''ll get to experience a whole new world. - I was thinking about Sensony E868 yesterday''s post, how much is that? - -4,800 yen. - No, what earphone costs... - Earphones worth that much. - Anyway, in the distant future, there must be people who show off to a healthy person like this. As I opened the record store door with a smile on the conversation in the morning, the "Love Letter", God''s main theme song, was flowing from the speakers installed inside the store. It''s rare to play theme songs in a game that''s only been released for a day at a record store like this. Maybe the shopkeeper was a fan of Pentagon Soft, or he got a recommendation from his staff... As I looked inside the crowded record store for the weekend, I looked at the audio-visual side of the crowd. In order to experience the sound quality of the universalized CD media recently, several people stood in line waiting for their turn. The most influential musician in the Japanese record market recently is X-JAPAN. I remember how many times this group was quite popular in Korea in the same era. X, Tears, Endless Rain. It was mostly the same famous song, but... Unfortunately, their music didn''t really suit my taste, but it reminded me of a smile that I didn''t know I liked more than Glay or Luna sea. ¡®Especially Luna sea-Love song was the real deal..¡¯ But the reason I came here today was not only because of those memories. In fact, it''s part of market research for a future project. First of all, the ¡®Gift of God¡¯ OST that was simultaneously released with the game yesterday is currently on SOLD OUT. If the OST of the traditional Final Frontier or Dragon Emblem had been sold by a gamer enthusiast, this "Gift of God" would have drawn considerable attention from the public thanks to the use of music from classical and New Age techniques. ¡°So, I don''t care if it''s open, can you sell the OST you''re playing in the store right now? ¡± ¡°I''m sorry, sir. The CD currently being played is not available for sale due to promotional use in our store. Please leave your name and contact information on this booking list and we will contact you upon arrival. ¡± A guest who visited the record store to buy a God''s Gift OST left the record store disappointed with the employee''s expression that it was out of stock. The OST was launched with a soundtrack with regular BGM sound recordings as well as a Galasho version with original performances of heroes, and the current classics were a Galashoe version. (The CD Yuki had given to Ueno the other day is also this version of Galasho.) We were confident that some sales would take place because they were both high quality records, but we didn''t expect to run out of OST in a day... As I walked to congratulate myself on the successful sales of God''s gifts, I listened to the voices coming from the corner of my earphones. ¡°Before I just came out to meet you, I saw some scary stuff on the PC at home. ¡± ¡°Hmm? What is it? Did you find anything interesting? ¡± ¡°This post is about the ¡®Gift of God¡¯ we bought yesterday, and once he organized and posted the events up to the point where he played, I did a terrifying in-depth analysis, but it was really creepy. ¡± ¡°Yeah? What was it about? Isn''t the main character trying to find the hero who saved his life? ¡± ¡°Actually, I thought so, but I don''t think it''s that simple. Once he saw the end from yesterday to this morning for speed clearance purposes, he returned to the game a year ago...¡± ¡°Ugh? The story goes back a year? What''s that supposed to mean? Explain it to me. ¡± ¡°Did you see that post yesterday about the Gift Community of God with the beeping and groaning? ¡± ¡°Yeah, I saw that, too. ¡± ¡°The second time the author entered the article, people who couldn''t hear the beat more and more often. And I''m sure you''ll hear it. And when you hear that sound a lot, does it sound like a machine that checks the E.K.G. of a hospital? ¡± ¡°Ugh¡­? Then it can''t be¡­¡± ¡°A year of repeating time. And strangely regular beats. Put all this together. It is assumed that the protagonist''s current state is¡® coma ¡¯. What do you think? Amazing, right? " 159 < EP. 37: Defective. (4) > & Leaving the record store on my way to the hospital. I accidentally leaked a smile out of the conversations of users I overheard in the corner of my earphone. ¡®I can''t believe I guessed from the second round to the Normal Ending. What a great detective, Konan... " When I told Ueno my thoughts about why I should first use high frequency beats, his face, who was staring at me with a stunned expression, rose in succession and laughed at his mouth. ¡®At the end of every story, how would users rate the work of God''s gift that I''ve made? ¡¯ However, it may take a little longer to know. I stopped at the red traffic light and looked at the shopping bag on the passenger seat. Inside were music CDs of one of the producers who would be in charge of the main launch of ''Complete Raon¡¯. Who is he? I don''t know... a secret yet? & Could it be the birth control? Thanks to Yuki''s energy earlier than I thought, I arrived in the hospital room and saw Seohyun coming out of the nursery for a while. ¡°Seolhyun! Hey, Daddy''s here! Daddy''s here!¡± ¡°What, do I have to hold you like that already? ¡± Then my mother-in-law opened her mouth somewhat tired. ¡°Don''t tell me. I''ve been waiting to see Seohyun since last night. I heard you went home last night and went to the nursery 12 more times. I''ve been in and out five times since this morning, and he''s taking me to see if I can''t make it to the doctor. ¡± ¡°Seolhyun! Mommy! Peek-a-boo!" I''ve been practicing a lot since last night, and now the pronunciation ¡®Seohyun¡¯ sounds quite natural. I looked at Yuki for a moment and thanked my father-in-law and mother-in-law for protecting me from yesterday. ¡°Sorry, mother-in-law. I''m too late, aren''t I? ¡± ¡°No, no, no. Thanks to you, I had a great time with my daughter. No matter how much Yuki boasts about you. I heard that the other daughters of the house saw the husband''s impersonation at this time, but Joon-Hyuk must have been educating their wives well. ¡± A smile was drawn on his mouth without knowing how cute Yuki looked when he was drawing a ''V¡¯ with Seohyun sitting behind his mother. ¡°Yuki looks just like her mother. She''s so nice and pretty. It''s all because of you. ¡± ¡°Oh, my son-in-law. What a pretty thing to say! She''s my daughter, but I envy her. ¡± My mother-in-law coughed and stabbed me in the side as if to learn from my husband next to me. ¡°That''s... a little something. Do you have any idea how much I''ll be compared to you when I get home? ¡± ¡°Haha... I''m sorry. ¡± ¡°My oldest daughter should get a son-in-law like Junhyuk soon, but with eyes only... Junhyuk. Do you have any decency to introduce me to Yuko? ¡± ¡°Yes? Oh, that''s...¡± In her words, I thought of some of the Pentagon staff, but I only thought of two beasts waiting for the ''Age of the Rory Boom¡¯ among the money-making solos I know. I don''t think you both like Yuko... So who else is there besides the Pentagon employee? The moment I thought of one person. The door to the hospital room opened wide and the person I thought of came in. ¡°Joon-Hyuk, my friend!! Boy or girl?! Why haven''t you heard from me?! ¡± Then Seohyun, who was in Yuki''s arms, suddenly opened his eyes and wept. ¡°Oh, Jun Pyo!¡± Unlike Yuki who greeted Seohyun quickly, her mother-in-law''s expression was stiff. He didn''t seem to like Jun Fei''s rash behavior when he dared to resonate with his granddaughter. ¡®He''s gone without seeing her. I''m glad you said it before. ¡¯ After a while, his father-in-law and his mother-in-law died at home, leaving Yuki and Seohyun a good request. Surprised Seohyun felt some relief in Yuki''s arms, and quickly squeezed his little finger and touched Yuki''s cheeks. ¡°Yuki''s parents. You look so young. ¡± ¡°You''re actually young. You''re getting married early...¡± ¡°Oh, the reason Yuki is so beautiful is because she resembles her mother. I hope Seohyun will grow up to look just like Yuki. ¡± ¡°Thank you for the kind words!¡± I asked Jun Fei, who was talking to Yuki, to give me a drink. ¡°I''m sorry. I was so busy yesterday, I forgot to call you. So what''s going on? Aren''t you guys a little busy lately? ¡± ¡°Busy. Busy. It seems like the busiest time of its life since it was founded. Sensoni''s Gear Station Launches NEGA Saturn. And a gift from your god from the Pentagon. At the end of the year, there was a huge explosion. We''re at least ten people short. I want to borrow a cat''s hand. ¡± ¡°Can I come here at that time? ¡± ¡°Hey, I''ve had a few years of gaming journalist time, and I''ve got all the bad stuff going on downstairs for the high-end job. ¡± ¡°Luxury work? ¡± ¡°Yes, you''re here for the interview. ¡± ¡° ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤. ¡± ¡°I''d like to congratulate my friend''s wife...¡± ¡°Why don''t you think we''ve changed our order? ¡± ¡°¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ ¡¤ It''s probably because of the mood. ¡± I swallow laughter at Jun Fei''s sarcastic expression and pull up a chair nearby I sat down. ¡°If you can''t talk, you''ll hate it...¡± ¡°Wow, that sounds fun. Seohyun! My dad is interviewing here!¡± Yuki looks at us with an unexpected smile. & ¡°Then Joon-Hyuk. Have a good trip." ¡°Yeah. It''s a little low to be going to work in a month. ¡± ¡°You''ll get used to work soon. Bye-bye, Seohyun. ¡± Yuki waved his little hand and came out to the outdoor parking lot. I kissed those two mothers on the forehead once and then got in the car. Starting with the brakes on, I can only feel my shoes so hard for so long. "Phew! All the good days are over, so let''s get back to work." ¡¯ By the way, I haven''t seen Kanna since the day Seohyun was born... But if she had responded to my proposal and contacted the company, the staff would have told me, would she still not be interested in Idol''s debut? After stepping on Excel again in a bitter mood, I saw Yuki waving his hands at me as he slipped out of the parking lot. I waved my hand at her gesture and walked out of the mansion parking lot and into the street. & ¡°Ahhh!! Chief... no. Director!! ¡± I was about to enter the headquarters building, and I heard Kaori''s voice behind my back. Kaori, a member of the monster design team, was often teased by employees at the time of the launch, but he was also proud of his God-given personality. The atmosphere of these two has been unusual since I went to work with Hayashi this morning as well. ¡°Happy New Year!¡± ¡°Yes, you get a lot too. Marry Hayashi this year. ¡± Then Hayashi, who was about to greet me by my side, cried out to me with a embarrassed look. ¡°Isaiah, what a terrible sound...!!! ¡± Hayashi, with her toes in the pointed heels of Kaori, cries out in the lobby with her eyes turned upside down. ¡®He''s completely changed his character, too. ¡¯ He used to be very cold and rational when he worked in Mintendo, but after he went to the Pentagon and met Kaori, he became just a common character that you can see everywhere. "Like Vegeta. ¡¯ I knocked him on the shoulder with a smile on my face. ¡°Give up and live with him! You like Kaori anyway. ¡± ¡°N-not really... ugh!! I want to see this. What do you really think you''re doing?! ¡± Hayashi sticks her tongue out at herself and looks at Kaori running away for a while. I thought it would be awkward for you to come back to work after so long, but it feels like you went to work last week and spent the weekend there. I asked Khaori, throwing a bloody smile at Hayashi. ¡°Did anything happen to the company while I was gone? ¡± ¡°Everything''s fine. It was enormous. Each magazine had asked me how much I wanted to write an article about God''s gift. ¡± ¡°I''ve heard nothing from the company about that. ¡± ¡°Well, Mr. Kawaguchi and Mr. Ueno responded to the interviews of the journalists. ¡± ¡°Oh, I see. I''m sure Jules and Director Ueno had a hard time...¡± ¡°But it''s because it''s so flattering. You were having fun, too. Especially since Ueno took part in the interview himself...¡± ¡°Really? I thought Mr. Ueno was very quiet, but wasn''t he? ¡± ¡°Who''s not? By the way, where were you this month''s interviews with the director in Pammy Communications? Jun Pyo wrote a very good article for me. ¡± In Hayashi''s question, I recalled the interview that day and smiled. & In the newly created moving room next to the main room, I unplugged my coat from the hanger and powered up my computer. On my desk was a brief report detailing what happened at the company while I was away. While the computer was on, I was leaning against the chair and looking at the report, and the knocks rang and Morita and Uchimura came in. ¡°Director, it''s been a long time. How was your vacation? ¡± ¡°If anyone hears that, they''ll think they''ve been reinstated in a year. Don''t you think everyone''s overreacting? ¡± Uchimura, next to Morita, opens his mouth, raising his tail. ¡°It''s good to see you. The year had changed in that month, and it was 1995. ¡± Since last year''s visit to CES, Uchimu, who originally made figures in his home, he has been intimate with Maurita and has been designing polygon characters in the second development team for two months. What do they have in common with making figures and creating 3D characters? Uchimura used the low polygon to create a decent character design, and Maurita praised that Uchimura and always brought him around. "You really are a good match for your teacher and pupil..." I put the report on the desk for a moment and asked Maurita. ¡°So, what''s going on? ¡± ¡°Oh, I''m here to tell you about the audition situation in each of the regions you mentioned earlier. ¡± Oh, by the way, I was presenting the Virtue Idol project as the launch of "The Complete Raon" before the launch of God''s gift. What to do as soon as you get back A pile of them. But who''s to blame? That''s what I want to do. ¡°These are the profiles and tapes of participants once they have reached the finals for each region. ¡± I gave him a thick envelope from Morita and nodded and told him that I had worked hard. Uchimura, who was next to Morita, took a moment to look at me and opened his mouth. ¡°Director, I have something to tell you...¡± ¡°Huh? What is it? ¡± ¡°That''s... it''s about the theme of God''s Gift Ending Song. These days, there''s a girl in Harajuku who sings the lyrics herself to the theme of God''s Gift Ending Song. It''s been a pretty talkative community lately. They say you''re a good singer...¡± A girl singing in Harajuku...? 160 < EP. 38: Shining Star. (1) > - Featured article: Director Kang Jun-hyuk of God''s gift. - Who is he? Junpei Ishimoto. Before going into the story of the gift of God in its entirety, I want to focus on a little incident that happened in the spring of 1987. If you have played family games at the time, you will remember one game that wandered around like a urban legend among users. Yes, the Dragon Emblem. Everyone would be the Dragon Warrior and the Final Frontier if they were Japan''s current dual-decker RPG game. However, if you name one more title after the other, you will not hesitate to choose the Dragon Emblem. Of course, dragon emblems may not be the traditional RPG genre, so they are a huge contribution to the current game market. Compared to the Dragon Warriors and Final Frontier series already released in chapters 5 and 6, Dragon Emblems are confident that they will be able to experience a whole new world that is completely different from the original game, except for the remake. After all, if you are an avid fan of the Pentagon games, if you add some details here, let''s leave the Dragon Emblem story out of this, as it will be a clich¨¦ for each other. (In fact, even a dragon emblem column can be drawn for more than five pages, but if it were, the arrow of blame would surely fly to the readers who bought the magazine wanting to know about God''s gift. I can tell by the handwriting.) However, it wasn''t the ''Dragon Emblem¡¯ series that really made Jun-hyuk Kang stand out in the gaming industry. Readers would have noticed it at once, but the work that led to Kang Jun-hyuk''s current director... and Pentagon Soft as the best game maker was the appearance of ''The Street Without Me¡¯. Literally, this piece, which took all the modifiers "Thought Colony," caused an enormous surge of excitement that even people who didn''t know anything about the game were somewhat aware of the story. Not only the game, but also the OVA, which was a huge success with the animation, has melted down many amazing systems that had never been tried before in the game history. A performance that deliberately destroys game graphics. A unique way of selling games with the same title, sold separately by heroes. And because of the tragic development of stories that are not commonly seen in movies or dramas, this game, which has caused a lot of social hedging, has become a title that will forever be remembered in the minds of all citizens as well as gamers. Here, dragon emblem and the distance without me have one thing in common. There will be readers who will look to see if there is anything in common in this genre that has absolutely nothing to do with it. But this work has a certain resemblance. That is, both works are games created by Director Kang Jun-hyuk who hides his existence. Until we realized that these two works were actually made by him, we knew that Kang Jun-hyuk''s work was only one "Psychic Battle." At the end of the family, the comet-like Psychic Battle was the first to incorporate the code ¡®sexy¡¯ into the game, along with an enormous tantrum that surpassed the family''s specs. This work is also later developed into an arcade game called ''Psychic Force¡¯ and has still cultivated many battle teams, so Kang Jun-hyuk''s skills as a director are already an icon of trust. In addition, based on his career as the development team leader of the super family, ''Raon¡¯ has become the most powerful portable gaming machine of our time. As the next generation of machines, such as the NEGA Saturn and the Gear Station, Raon is silently guarding his position as a mobile device. Last year, CEO Kang Jun-hyuk announced a new series of Dragon Emblems that leveraged the next generation of ''Complete Raon'' projects and a full-boy version of the streets that I am not. In the meantime, some gamers expressed anxiety about releasing a new console about Raon recently, but he is currently the director of Pentagon Soft, who confidently discusses that he will never be disappointed in what he is concerned about. ¡®Raon will do everything he can as a mobile device, even if it is the next generation of mechanisms. Spa 2 and the Legend of the New Sword. And I don''t want to overlook that, because the time and place shown on the Dragon Emblem, the cooperative mode is an attractive element that can''t be seen through. ¡¯ This is the answer he gave when he interviewed Director Kang Jun-hyuk about Raon in person. As a professional director, he was already aware of what the user was worried about, and I doubt that even if the next generation of mechanisms were released, he would stay in place as a top performing mobile device. In addition, Kang Jun-hyuk, director, says that the next generation and the portable Raon can see the ¡®harmonizing effect¡¯ when they have both at the same time. Now, after I finish my long introduction, I''m going to give you an in-depth review of God''s Gift. Simply put, the game has shown the most beautiful prologue in the history of gaming. Immediately after playing even the handwriting you don''t know about classics. I bought Chopin''s Knockton myself from a record store nearby. Are you sure you want to do this? God''s gift is a piece of work that broadens the realm of player knowledge while also showing other possibilities of the game by showing the lives of classical songs and pianists that we do not know as well. Is it the latest gift from God? I almost burst into laughter without even noticing that the classical music appearing in God''s gift at the record store was causing a shortage of supplies. I am very proud as a "gaming journalist" that the game that solved everything by simply firing a missile at the enemy is so close to the public. The gift of God is not only the protagonist, but also the four heroes, who work with each instrument in a variety of ways to influence the likelihood of working with the protagonist, and what is unique is that the narrative branches the scenario. Since it contains spoilers for the game, if you don''t want to know the story in advance, I recommend clearing the story and watching it later. I also looked at the illustrations provided by the heroes before the game was released and thought of a relationship such as'' street without me ¡¯or¡® biceps memorial ¡¯. But... after two endings before I wrote the review, the honest impression of the author... The game is close to ¡®Thriller¡¯ water. Especially since her betrayal of the top voter before the launch feels so terrifying... Can loving someone make someone so cruel? As I got closer to the latter part of the game, a movie came to my mind, which was the ''jerk¡¯ who had locked up a novelist in his house and forced her to write. A protagonist''s life ruined by one person''s madness. It started with an unidentified effect that sounded intermittent throughout the game. After the issuance of God''s gift. The sound that the communication community was talking about was not heard at the time of the first play, but it was definitely heard when the second play took place. And now the sound is clearer in the third story. I felt that creepy feeling when I first realized what that sound meant, and I grabbed the pad and I trembled. - The killer is Yukinozo Kaori. - The memory of the protagonist as he played in the game... felt that the culprit of every incident was directed at her. Every time I did that, I shook my head and repeated, "No, I don''t think so." But... The more I went through another recall event, the more I felt my deep trust in her was shattered. Please tell me that''s not it. Play third round. So, until now, after the third iteration of the year, all events concerning Yukinozo Kaori have tied her to the culprit. Dual Personality Or should I say a person like her is multi-personality? At least one comfort was that when I asked Kang Jun-hyuk, director, if she was the culprit, he just smiled calmly and said that he would know if I could play a secret cooperation that I could play if I got an S rating on all the songs. (Honestly, I wanted to hear his answer and throw Raon in his face for you to try.) Unfortunately, no one in charge of attacking Fame Communications has completed all plays with an S grade. If any of the readers who are watching this post have cleared all songs to S rank, please contact Pammy Communications Editor right away. And I need you to tell me something... Yukinozo Kaori is not the culprit... & ¡°How''s that? Isn''t that fun? ¡± I waited for her at a nearby cafe until the end of Mayumi''s part time, returning Nakamura''s magazine. ¡°The person who wrote this review is very fond of Kaori. ¡± ¡°Of course. It''s a huge topic in the online community... ¡®Don''t be fooled. X years.¡¯ I...¡± I smiled and answered Nakamura''s words. ¡°Don''t worry. It''s not her.¡± ¡°Yes¡­? What?¡± ¡°She''s not the killer. ¡± ¡°How do you know that? ¡± ¡°Because I cleared it to All S rank. ¡±