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Chapter 155: Ancient Spring Temple (12)

Two weeks later.

The wound on Akikawa Sosuke's neck has basically healed.

He boarded the bus to Hakone with Itakura Misaki.

After more than three hours of driving, Akikawa Sosuke and Itakura Misaki finally arrived in Hakone Town in Kanagawa Prefecture.

There are many tourists in Hakone, and when you arrive at Hakone Yumoto, where there are many hot spring hotels, you can see natural hot springs with white mist everywhere.

As soon as Akikawa Sosuke got off the bus, he smelled the smell of rotten eggs in the air.

Even Itakura Misaki, who had been looking forward to coming to Hakone, couldn't help but frown when she suddenly smelled this smell.

And Akikawa Sosuke knew this very well, this was the smell of hydrogen sulfide.

This just proves that the hot springs here are not false propaganda, but real natural hot springs from volcanoes.

Akikawa Sosuke dragged his suitcase and followed his agent who was using a mobile phone navigation system for a while before arriving at their destination.

A hot spring hotel called Kosenan.

Although Kosenan is classified as a hot spring hotel, it is actually a luxurious hotel built in the mountains.

Usually the number of tourists coming to soak in hot springs starts to increase in the afternoon and reaches its peak in the evening.

However, at the hot spring hotel where Akikawa Sosuke and Itakura Misaki were commissioned to work this time, there was already a long line at the door at noon.

Akikawa Sosuke noticed that more than 70% of the tourists queuing now are tourists with children.

Obviously, this collaboration between Kamen Rider and Kosenan also brought a lot of guests to this hot spring hotel.

Akikawa Sosuke and Itakura Misaki were not tourists, so they entered the hotel from another passage.

After Itakura Misaki handed her business card to the staff of the hot spring hotel, someone took Akikawa Sousuke and Itakura Misaki in.

Here, the staff in charge of this joint event gave a brief introduction to the work process to Akikawa Sousuke and Itakura Misaki.

The first and second days are simple rehearsal stages, and the official performance begins on the third day.

The character played by Akikawa Sosuke is not the protagonist "Kamen Rider" in the work "Kamen Rider", but the new villain "Evil Mask" who appeared in the latest theatrical version of the animated film.

Due to the popularity of the theatrical version, and the fact that the villain this time is not a monster in the traditional sense, this villain character was brought to the stage for performance again.

Also, because this stage play is mainly aimed at children, the official does not seem to be planning to spend too much energy and time to polish the actors' acting skills and the plot.

"Mr. Akikawa, your main role is to highlight the strength of the protagonist, Kamen Rider. After forcing Kamen Rider into a desperate situation, the evil Kamen Rider will eventually be defeated by Kamen Rider."

"There will be a plot later where Kamen Ultraman will reform the evil Kamen."

"After that, the evil mask successfully cleared his name and realized his mistakes, and the story ended there."

"Although as a villain, Mr. Akikawa, you don't have as many action scenes as the protagonist Kamen Rider, there are still some action scenes."

"But these aren't very difficult performances. Two days should be enough for you to become proficient at them."

After the staff introduced Akikawa Sosuke, they also briefed Akikawa Sosuke and Itakura Misaki about the performance time and the arrangements for the hot spring hotel.

"The performance is at 4 o'clock every day in the afternoon and lasts for an hour. After that, there will be another hour to take photos with the children."

"Mr. Akikawa, you can take a rest now. Rehearsal will start at 2 pm."

After giving a brief explanation, the staff member left.

Akikawa Sosuke and Itakura Misaki got the keys to their own rooms.

"It seems to be just the cheapest standard room." Akikawa Sosuke glanced at the room number on the card key and said softly.

"It's great that they provide free accommodation. You know, in this peak season, even the most ordinary standard room costs 50,000 yen a night!"

Itakura Misaki said.

"Ms. Itakura, when you came here with your family before, did you also stay in a standard room?"

"Hehe, that's not the case."

Itakura Misaki said this while waving her fingers proudly.

"When I came here with my parents as a kid, we stayed in a luxurious room with a private hot spring!"

“You don’t have to squeeze into a public open-air hot spring with a bunch of tourists. You can enjoy it in your room!”

"I see. It seems Miss Itakura's family is quite wealthy."

"After all, Dad used to be the best programmer."

When Itakura Misaki talked about her programmer father, her expression was full of pride.

Akikawa Sousuke noticed that Itakura Misaki used the word "before" when describing her father's profession.

'You were a programmer before? Not now?'

"Looking at Ms. Itakura's age, her father should be in his early 50s, so he should not be old enough to retire yet."

Akikawa Sosuke noticed something strange, but he didn't ask any questions.

The two took the room cards and returned to their respective rooms. After having lunch, they began the formal rehearsal at two o'clock in the afternoon.

Here, Akikawa Sosuke met the actor who played the protagonist Kamen Rider.

He is a young actor with a pretty face but an exceptionally good figure.

The other person looked to be around 24 years old, and obviously exercised regularly. His physique was much stronger than Akikawa Sosuke.

"Hello, my name is Kenji Furusawa, and I'm from Murano Entertainment."

Kenji Furusawa greeted Sosuke Akikawa enthusiastically, and Sosuke Akikawa also responded with a kind attitude.

"Hello, Akikawa Sosuke, from Wonderful."

In addition to Kenji Furusawa who plays the protagonist Kamen Rider, there is also an actor who plays a monster and two actors who play passers-by.

The main cast consists of these five people.

It can also be seen that, except for Kenji Furusawa, the other people present are not very enthusiastic about this work.

But this is understandable. After all, this kind of work basically does not help the actor's popularity.

Besides Kenji Furusawa, the only other people who had the opportunity to show their faces were Sosuke Akikawa.

After everyone got to know each other briefly, they began rehearsing.

After putting on this tight leather suit that looked like that of a special effects actor, Akikawa Sorasuke felt that his enthusiasm for his work was instantly reduced by half.

Time passed quickly during this simple rehearsal.

Soon, two days passed.

The first day of the official performance also arrived.

(End of this chapter)