Asakusa's "Unoichi" is bustling with crowds of people.
Naoki Nagayama stood on the royal road of Washu Shrine. There were long stalls lined up in two rows, and countless small lanterns hung on the roofs. On both sides of the street, in addition to various snacks, there were all kinds of weird kumote. , crowded and hung on the display wall of the stall,
The bear's hand is more like a magic weapon than a broom. Most of them no longer look like brooms. A bamboo pole is hung with treasure ships, fans and other auspicious pendants, and some even have slightly scary masks. .
The crowds in the middle of the stalls were crowded, and all men, women, and children came to participate in the opportunity to pray for the New Year. The overcrowded crowds and dense products even made Naoki Nagayama feel a little afraid of crowds.
"Naoki-san, do you want to buy a bear hand? Put it in the studio?"
Yoshimura Otomo asked from the side, surrounded by Shuichi Itou, Masataka Komori, Riko Hayano and other company employees. It really turned into a team building.
"Then buy one, a bigger one." Nagayama Naoki nodded. Although it is a bit formalistic, it is a symbol of good omen and can make the company more united.
When buying this bear hand, several grown men were very glad that Hayano Riko came. She was really good at bargaining. While buying the largest bear hand, she also asked the store to give each of them a souvenir, a super small bear hand. , bear hand jewelry, bear hand pendant, etc. Just pick one.
The largest bear hand was held by Komori Masataka, and then the surrounding stall owners quickly gathered around a few people, cheering, clapping, and singing slogans for good luck, which made half the people on the street look over. .
A few people waited a little awkwardly until the bosses finished singing, and then quickly wanted to disappear into the crowd. For people who don't like to be in the limelight, this situation is comparable to a large social death scene.
Among the moving crowd, the group calmed down a little. Itou Shuichi asked: "Naoki-san, is this the filth removal ceremony you are talking about? Although it is very lively, it seems a bit too casual."
"No, I heard from a friend about the filth removal ceremony. It involves monks wearing eagle masks, holding magic weapons and bear hands to clean away filth from people." Naoki Nagayama told what Akina knew.
After hearing the sermon, Yoshimura Otomo also turned his head: "Is Naoki-san talking about the "Vulture Dance"? The "Vulture God" wearing an eagle mask came to "Youzhi City" to dance to drive away evil spirits?"
Nagayama Naoki was surprised: "Huh? Is there anything like this?"
After talking for a while, he still couldn't figure out which one it was. Naoki Nagayama decided to look for Akina Nakamori while walking around and find out what the so-called decontamination ceremony was like.
At this time, Nakamori Akina naturally arrived at the Washu Shrine, but she did not go to the busiest royal road.
The program team has contacted the organizer of "You no City" in advance, and the live broadcast will be held in an area of the shrine not far from the royal road where you can see the lively scene but not too many tourists.
"Akina-chan, what are you watching? The live broadcast is about to start." Today, in addition to manager Kenji Hatanaka, Nobuo Tomioka also came over. He reminded Akina Nakamori, who was looking at the royal road, "If you want If you go to see it, you can go play after the show is over~"
"Hi!" Akina was actually thinking that Naoki-san should have arrived, right? She had previously made an appointment to go to the torii to find him after the show, and then we could do the decontamination ceremony together.
As the crew unfolded, lights, cameras, and sound microphones were set up one by one, many nearby tourists were attracted, and a group of people slowly gathered in the area that was not originally very lively.
At this time, Naoki Nagayama was holding a large bag of cut sansho peppers and tasting them. In addition to the sweetness, the soft and glutinous strip-shaped rice cakes can also taste the spiciness of sansho pepper powder. The sweet and spicy taste is very novel.
After seeing the crew in the distance, I suddenly understood that it was the live show Akina was talking about.
"Otomo-san, my friend is there, let's go there first."
"Ah, there." After seeing it, Otomo Fangcun walked in that direction.
In the flow of people, it is very difficult to not follow the crowd and go in a certain direction, not to mention that in a team of 5 people, the group can only move at a turtle speed.
After a while, Nagayama Naoki heard the sound of music coming from over there, it was the soundtrack of "Second Love", and then Akina's sweet voice came out,
Yoshimura Otomo also heard it: "Naoki-san, that's "Second Love"? So, is it Akina Nakamori from Kenyin who is live broadcasting?"
"Well, it should be a program related to "Youzhi City"."
Yoshimura Otomo and Itou Shu glanced at each other. Could it be that the friend Nagayama Naoki made an appointment with was actually Nakamori Akina? When did the two of them start?
After leaving the royal road, the number of people suddenly became less and the speed of progress was much faster. Nagayama Naoki quickly arrived around the show and saw Akina who was live broadcasting.
Akina wore a light white sweater today. In order to see her face clearly at night, she even combed her hair behind her back and tied it with hairpins, exposing her slender neck.
At this time, Nakamori Akina's singing session has been completed. Currently, under the guidance of the host, she is trying the "Ya no Tou" (eight-headed taro) featured in "Youzhishi". After only one bite, she said "very good"
"Eat" comment, the artist's smile on his face is already familiar, making people feel that it is really delicious.
Naoki Nagayama signaled the others to wait a moment, while he himself walked to the outside and looked at the details of the live broadcast with his height advantage. It seemed that it would take some time, so he wanted to go around the corner and wait.
It was already dark, and in the area without lights, Nagayama Naoki accidentally bumped into someone who was also standing in the corner.
“Private Marseille.”
After saying a simple sentence, I was planning to leave, but a surprised voice suddenly sounded in my ears: "Oh, Naoki Nagayama?!"
"How will you be here?!!"
Tomioka Nobuo had a good plan. Today, while taking advantage of Asakusa's "Unoichi" live broadcast, he happened to apply to participate in the internal decontamination ceremony with the person in charge of the organization, hoping to get rid of someone who has been haunting Akina-chan.
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The live show went very smoothly, and Akina-chan's performance was also perfect. Although the song belongs to a certain person, which is a bit jarring, but the result is good.
Seeing that there was nothing unexpected, he planned to step aside and stretch himself for a while. Unexpectedly, after standing at the corner of the live broadcast for a few minutes, a reckless guy touched him from behind, causing the original
I almost stumbled due to my relaxed posture.
Although the guy behind him quickly said "Private Marseille", he was still ready to teach him a lesson, so he turned around and looked over after he stood firm.
The lights of the live broadcast were behind me, and the guy walked over from the darkness. Nobuo Tomioka could only see the outline of the guy for a moment. He only thought that the person was very tall, and he had a good figure and face. Judging from the outline, he should be handsome.
people,
But so what? He still bumped into me: "Oh!"
Then I saw the man's face exposed to the light, which looked a little pale in the dark background. Moreover, this face was very familiar, it was the person who was here to clean up the dirt today!
Nobuo Tomioka felt as if he was a vampire in his surprise and trance. A chill ran down his back and the hairs on his neck stood up:
"Naoki Nagayama?! Why are you here?!"
Nagayama Naoki was startled by the sudden shout of the person next to him. After taking a closer look, he realized that it was an old acquaintance: "What? It's Nobuo-san. I was shocked."
Fortunately, the sound from the corner of the live broadcast did not affect the progress of the live broadcast.
Nobuo Tomioka panted violently and suppressed the surprise in his heart. Is this guy Naoki Nagayama really some kind of ghost? Why can he see it everywhere?
"Naoki-san, why are you here?"
Nagayama Naoki didn't hide anything: "Ah~ we are here to participate in the filth removal ceremony. We have encountered many bad things recently, so we wanted to cleanse ourselves of the filth. I saw Akina live broadcast, so I came over."
As he said this, he motioned to Fangcun Dayou and others to come over.
This sentence is not a lie at all, but by some strange combination of circumstances, Nobuo Tomioka got the order wrong, thinking that Naoki Nagayama was coming first to participate in the decontamination ceremony, and then he came over after seeing Akina Nakamori,
Fangcun Dayou and the others who came together just proved this point. The company's collective behavior was naturally arranged in advance.
Yoshimura Otomo and his group saw Nagayama Naoki talking to someone, and then motioned for them to come over, thinking that this person was the person Nagayama Naoki mentioned before.
Itou Shuichi asked: "Naoki-san, is this your friend?"
"Hi, this is Nobuo Tomioka, the music producer of Warner Pioneer. Nobuo-san, this is the director Shuichi Itou of Shuyu Pictures, and this is Otomo Yoshimura, the president of GG Studio."
"first meet."
Nobuo Tomioka, who was distracted, completed the ritual of the first meeting in a daze, even exchanging business cards. Facts have proved that this Japanese ritual is indeed a conditioned reflex.
When the greetings were over and the live broadcast came to an end, Tomioka Nobuo came to his senses and looked at the guy next to Akina Nakamori who always appeared by chance with a somewhat complicated look:
"Naoki-san, are you joining us for the cleansing ceremony?"
Nagayama Naoki was a little confused: "Huh? Isn't the filth removal ceremony performed together? I don't know very well. Is there anything special about it?"
Yes, at this point in time, there are probably only the same batch left.
Nobuo Tomioka sighed, is this an evil fate?
I hope that in the subsequent cleansing ceremony, the Eagle God will use Tian Congyun Sword to cut off this evil fate!
The live show ended soon. Naoki Nagayama watched Akina Nakamori and Kenji Hatanaka bid farewell to the program staff politely. Then he turned his eyes and saw Naoki Nagayama who was with Nobuo Tomioka.
"Naoki-san! Why are you and Nobuo-san together?"
"I accidentally bumped into Nobuo-san just now, and both of us were shocked." Nagayama Naoki talked about the little accident just now, and then handed over the cut sansho pepper in his hand, "Akina-chan, you have worked hard on the live broadcast, this is my condolences.
Taste"
After hearing this, Akina happily took it: "Arigado~"
Then he quickly poked a piece with a small bamboo skewer: "It's not sweet, it's spicy~"
For those who love spicy food, this kind of snack is just what they like.
Nobuo Tomioka saw the familiar look between the two and murmured in his heart, but it was hard to say anything at the moment. Should Akina-chan just ignore Naoki Nagayama? This is obviously impossible.
So he gave Hatanaka Kenji a look, indicating that he should do something to separate the two of them. As an experienced manager, Hatanaka Kenji immediately understood: "Akina-chan, we are going to have a decontamination ceremony, the time is right."
Damn it! Kenji Hatanaka chose the worst reason!
Nobuo Tomioka quickly interjected: "Ah, our decontamination ceremony should take some time to pass. Naoki-san, if you are in a hurry, go ahead!"
The company's team building cannot be delayed for us, right?!
"Ah, we are not in a hurry." Nagayama Naoki said directly. Without Akina-chan, we still don't know where the decontamination ceremony will be. "Is there anything else after Akina-chan?"
Nakamori Akina glanced at Tomioka Nobuo: "There shouldn't be anything else to do after that. The original plan was to go shopping in "Youzhi City""
"That's just right, we're only halfway through the shopping. Let's go together."
Of course, Yoshimura Otomo and the others had no objection to what Naoki Nagayama said, but Nobuo Tomioka couldn't think of any reason at this time, so he could only walk around "Youno City" together in frustration.
The team of eight people has grown very strong. Nagayama Naoki and Nakamori Akina walked in the front and talked and laughed. Others also chatted from time to time, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
Everyone looked at the various products on the Youshi Market. Everyone started to take roasted bird skewers, beef skewers, Oden and so on. Tomioka Nobuo also bought a medium-sized bear hand for Akina Studio.
On the way, we also encountered a masked eagle dance performance, the mask of the eagle god with "sharp eyes", which looked and felt like Angry Birds.
Tomioka Nobuo and Hatanaka Kenji, who fell behind unknowingly, began to whisper:
"Nobuo-san, what's going on? Why is Naoki Nagayama here?"
"How do I know? I was shocked when I saw him appear!" Nobuo Tomioka smiled bitterly, "Maybe it's really a bad fate!"
Kenji Hatanaka scratched his head: "What should we do? Do we still want to participate in the decontamination ceremony together?"
Nobuo Tomioka looked at the two leaders and gritted his teeth: "Of course, I don't believe that this kind of evil fate can still exist in front of the gods! We must let the gods cut off this connection!"
After walking around, eating and drinking, and strolling around "Youzhi City" for more than an hour, I felt a little tired.
"Naoki-san, let's go to the filth removal ceremony. It's getting late. I wonder if it will be closed."
"Well, does Akina-chan know the way?"
Akina Nakamori hurriedly ran to Nobuo Tomioka, said a few words, and then walked to the front: "Captain Akina already knows the route, follow me!"
As he said that, he led the way in front of the team, with a majestic look, as if he was a grand goose leading a group of goslings.
The cleansing ceremony at Washu Shrine sounds very high-end, but the experience is not much different from other shrines.
The group washed their hands and rinsed their mouths at the hand-washing house to eliminate the smell of what they had just eaten and completed the process of purifying the body and mind. Then they completed the offerings at the money box and rang the bell to inform the gods.
Next came the filth removal ceremony. The receiving monk assumed that Naoki Nagayama and his party were together. After seeing Nobuo Tomioka who had contacted him before, he did not confirm his identity. The monk led the group to a main hall. Enshrined Japanese warrior statue.
Everyone closed their eyes and prayed on the futon, and then the monk wearing the mask of the eagle god began to dance around everyone, an unknown and powerful dance, and then waved the magic weapon back and forth on everyone, and the filth removal ceremony was over.
After leaving the shrine,
"Is this the end of Akina-chan?" Nagayama Naoki was a little surprised. Shouldn't he perform a performance such as chanting a spell, drawing a talisman, or even breathing fire?
"It should be so." Akina Nakamori has never participated in the decontamination ceremony, so she doesn't know very well.
But at this time, Tomioka Nobuo seemed to be more relaxed: "Akina-chan, we're almost going back! Naoki-san, you should go back too, right?"
"Ah, yes." Naoki Nagayama glanced at Yoshimura Otomo and the others. It was already quite late.
"Then let's take our leave first." She turned around and left. When Akina Nakamori saw it, she hurriedly said goodbye, "Naoki-san, I'll leave today~ See you next time~"
"Hey, see you next time." Nagayama Naoki saw Tomioka Nobuo walking towards the torii with his bear hands in his arms, and suddenly remembered, "By the way, Akina-chan, this is for you."
He took out an ultra-small Kumote key pendant from his pocket, which Hayano Riko had given him during the bargaining session. Naoki Nagayama chose a key pendant.
"I hope Akina-chan can catch all the luck~"
"Hahaha, Arigado~Naoki-san, bye~"
After Akina accepted it, she quickly called to Kenji Hatanaka and walked towards Nobuo Tomioka, and his figure slowly disappeared.
Naoki Nagayama looked back at Yoshimura Otomo and others:
"Mina-san, should we go back directly? Or go have a drink?"
