Conquer the world, young man!

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"Go away, go away, forget it. With Kise around, we have no chance to stand out!"

"Those guys in the basketball team are already quite the show-offs, so it looks like we won't get much screen time."

The boys' discussion naturally focused on different topics than the girls'.

The person sitting on the stage with the script was a handsome black-haired man. A group of lighting technicians and cameras were set up around him. Totsuka followed Mr. Matsumoto and bowed, saying, "Hello, new director. Please take care of me from now on!"

Shinkai Seiji nodded to Totsuka with a friendly smile, "I've seen the movie you and Ren made, it was very good. I hope you can do well in filming this music video as well."

"He seems like a pretty good director," Totsuka nodded, once again feeling that choosing LME as an agency was a good decision.

"Randy, why don't you go to the fitting room with Ms. Miko to change your clothes?" Shinkai Seiji called to one of the makeup artists on the filming crew, and then continued to Totsuka, "There might be some changes to the script. The person you'll be filming with this time has no acting experience, so we might need you to mentor him."

"Huh?" Totsuka quickly waved his hand and said, "If there's anything I can help with, I'll do my best. But I'm a newbie myself, so I might have to trouble them too."

"Haha, go ahead." Shinkai Seishi was very satisfied with the humble and polite young man, and then looked at the parts of the script that needed to be revised.

Mr. Matsumoto sat down to the side, handed the totsuka to Ms. Miko, and said, "You should all be around the same age, so communication shouldn't be a problem. Good luck."

Totsuka said she understood and followed Miko into the dressing room. After changing into a school uniform and having her makeup done, she still looked youthful and radiant. Totsuka smiled at herself in the mirror when she heard a knock on the dressing room door.

Miss Miko opened the door and, upon seeing the boy outside, immediately greeted him, "You're the other main character in this shoot? Come in quickly."

Totsuka turned her head and saw a tall boy standing at the door. He was quite tall, one of the best among his peers. He also had blond hair, a handsome face, and smiling brown eyes. He peeked into the fitting room and immediately stepped forward and extended his hand when he saw her. "Hello, Randy-senpai! I'm Ryota Kise. Nice to meet you!"

Totsuka blinked. This boy seemed very enthusiastic. However, it was a bit strange to be called a senior for the first time by someone his age. He extended his hand and shook hands with him: "Hello, Kise-kun. We should be the same age. Just call me Randy."

“It seems Randy really is a good person.” Ryota Kise scratched his head and breathed a sigh of relief. “I didn’t expect the new director to choose to film at my school. I haven’t acted in any scripts before, so I was a little nervous.”

“No problem, Kise-kun.” Totsuka shook his head and chuckled. “Actually, this is also my first time shooting a music video, and I don’t know much about many aspects. Let’s do our best together.”

“Great!” Ryota Kise’s smile grew even brighter. “I really love Randy’s songs, and it’s wonderful to be able to participate!”

"Kise-kun, please do your makeup first. I can tell that Miko-san is getting a little impatient," Totsuka said in a low voice, leaning close to Kise.

Ryota Kise was slightly taken aback, then his smile deepened. He glanced at Totsuka again before walking over to the makeup artist and sitting down.

Totsuka rested her chin on her hand as she watched Kise Ryota finish his makeup. This boy really had the face of a natural star, and he had a great physique. He was a typical clothes hanger. He seemed like a very popular person.

"Kise-kun, you're really tall, are you a model?" Seeing that Kise Ryota was obviously much taller than him, Totsuka felt a little resentful that he hadn't grown much despite drinking milk all the time.

"Haha, did you notice?" After exchanging a few words with Totsuka, Kise Ryota completely relaxed. Looking at the boy beside him, his mood improved even more. "Randy is a super popular singer now, but I didn't expect him to be so cute."

"Huh?" Totsuka looked at Kise's description of him with a hint of helplessness. "Kise-kun..."

"Talking to Randy makes me feel so relaxed. I find myself opening up about my innermost thoughts without even realizing it." Ryota Kise smiled brightly. "I've always wondered what kind of person could sing such beautiful songs. I've only ever seen your album release on TV, and I was amazed that such a young boy could release an album. After listening to it, I can say it's really amazing! And after meeting you, Randy is exactly as I imagined—such a lovely boy."

"Being described as cute, I really..." Totsuka deliberately snorted and glanced at Kise: "From the moment we met, I also think that you are a really cute junior!"

Ryota Kise chuckled dryly twice, then quickly clasped his hands together, his eyes brimming with tears, and said, "Forgive my slip of the tongue, Randy!"

"Let's go out, Director Shinkai is waiting." Totsuka chuckled. In his opinion, Kise was really quite cute. He was such a handsome guy, yet making cute expressions didn't seem out of place at all.

[Host has triggered a side quest: Complete the MV shoot with Kise Ryota in a loving way. Quest reward: One advanced summoning talisman (can summon a shikigami). Failure penalty: Encounter a lewd old man.]

Shizuka paused, thinking that the system's punishments were getting stranger and stranger!

"What's wrong, Randy?" Ryota Kise turned around and asked as soon as he saw the person behind him stop.

Totsuka smiled, her voice becoming even gentler, "It's alright, Kise. Let's work hard from now on."

"Yes, Randy-senpai!" Ryota Kise reflexively stood up straight and answered. Why did he feel that Randy's aura was so strong for a moment...? It must be an illusion.

Upon arriving at the classroom, the students were already seated in their places. As soon as Shinkai Seiji saw Totsuka and Kise, he called them over and explained the things to keep in mind when filming in the classroom.

"You two already know each other, right?" Shinkai Seiji looked at the two of them and, seeing that they got along well, continued, "Kise plays Randy's friend in the film. In the classroom, you two should act like you normally would at school, just like you would with your friends. After this scene is filmed, we'll move on to another location."

Totsuka glanced at Kise, saw his bright smile, and nodded with relief, "New Director, we'll do our best."

"With Randy around, everything will be fine." Kise flashed a bright smile, stretched out his arm, and put it around Totsuka's shoulder. "Hey, are we friends from now on?"

Totsuka curled her lips into a smile and glared at Kise. "Is that even a question?"

"Good, get ready to film!" Shinkai Seishi signaled to the announcer and clapperboard crew to get ready, and the lighting and cameramen were also prepared.

The students in the class stared wide-eyed at Totsuka and Kise. The girls blushed with excitement and held their tongues, remaining silent. The boys adjusted their hair, hoping the camera would linger on them for even a second longer.

The scenes filmed inside the classroom are quite simple, depicting the daily lives of middle school students. Totsuka and Kise are close friends who sit at adjacent desks. Kise is a very outstanding person in the class, and the plot simply involves Kise comforting Totsuka after receiving the test paper.

Holding the test paper in his hand, Totsuka lowered his head in frustration. He and Kise had made a promise to go to the same high school, but with his grades, it was impossible.

Kise turned around, looked at the test paper in Totsuka's hand, took the paper from his hand, and pressed it under his palm.

He moved closer to the dejected boy, lowered his head, and whispered a few words in his ear.

Upon hearing her friend's words, Totsuka looked up, a slight smile curving her lips.

[There's still a chance, there's still room for improvement.]

You shine brightly at all times.

The song began, a comforting melody from a friend.

On her birthday, Totsuka put down her schoolbag and found a gift stuffed into her desk.

Take out the gift and see the label on it.

Keep going, we can definitely achieve our dream together!

A cute smiley face was drawn on the back of the label. Totsuka looked up at his friend's back, took out a sticky note, and wrote: "Hey, it's a promise, let's do our best together!"

He secretly stuck a sticky note on his friend's back and chuckled to himself.

[There's still a chance, there's still room for improvement.]

Because you will always be by my side.

The song conveys my gratitude to you.

During recess, the students discussed the class basketball tournament that the school was organizing.

When the class was selecting basketball players, Totsuka raised his hand after seeing his friend being nominated.

"Hey, let's cheer each other on in the competition."

The two smiled at each other and lightly bumped fists.

[There are definitely dreams that can be realized now.]

[Everything will become my motivation.]

Singing is a way of encouraging oneself.

Unexpectedly, the filming went so smoothly. Shinkai Seiji stared intently at the screen, watching the two boys' performance, and couldn't help but smile with admiration. "CUT! Great!"

Ryota Kise stood up and hugged Totsuka, his eyes sparkling. "That's amazing, Randy!"

"Little Randy?" Totsuka was puzzled that Kise had changed his way of addressing him again. He had called him "senpai" at first, so why the sudden change?

"Look at Randy, I'm so glad I have a friend like you!" Ryota Kise patted the boy in his arms on the back. "Your singing is so beautiful!"

"You two!" Shinkai Seishi sighed, facepalming. "There's this scene coming up. Now get to the next location!"

Totsuka quickly broke free from Kise's embrace; this guy seems to get incredibly enthusiastic once he gets to know someone.

"Kise, your performance just now was really good. You didn't seem like someone who was participating in a filming for the first time at all." Totsuka also felt that based on Kise's performance just now, he could definitely be considered a person with extremely high talent.

"Little Randy, just call me Ryota." Kise Ryota gave a thumbs up, his face beaming.

The next filming location was the famous basketball club at Teiko Junior High School. On the way to the basketball club, Ryota Kise chatted with him about the club.

Teiko Middle School's basketball team has always been highly regarded, and its main members are known as the "Generation of Miracles." Kise says that although he's on the main team, he's actually the weakest player. Right now, the basketball team members are practicing at school, and Kise has already spoken to his captain about borrowing a short period of time for filming at the basketball club.

"You guys are still practicing basketball at school even though it's vacation?" Totsuka had heard of the 'Generation of Miracles' before, and their impressive skills were definitely due to hard work.

“That’s right.” Kise nodded and continued, “Akashi is planning to help us win our third consecutive national championship. We can’t afford not to practice hard. If we lose… it will be terrible.”

"Your captain is so strict," Totsuka remarked. As he arrived at the basketball club, he could hear the sound of dribbling coming from inside. "Looks like I'll have to disturb your practice."

Kise waved his hand, "The new director has already spoken to him, Akashi won't say anything."

As Totsuka opened the basketball club's door and looked at the people inside, then saw Kise walk in, he suddenly had a feeling of seeing Team Rainbow.

Author's Note: To repay Yi Yunli for writing a long review for Yangzai, Yangzai will be working hard to update twice today. The next update will be delivered this afternoon!

This time the song is Kiroro - Best Friend, and the Chinese lyrics are as follows:

There are no problems now, don't worry.

You came to my side, where I was about to cry.

Whispering with an unchanging smile

There's still a chance...

You always shine.

Sometimes, rushing too much can lead to getting lost.

You always look at me with a smile on your face.

Hug me as usual

Your smile has guided me countless times.

Thank you, thank you, my best friend.

To feel this incredibly happy moment in such a instant.