Chapter 153

"I'm Andersen. Ritsuka should have introduced me to you, right? Although I firmly refuse any physical labor, since this is the job that Ritsuka has given us, we can only do it well."

On the day before the first exhibition of the Shining Masterpiece Show series, the Alice in Wonderland-themed exhibition, some members of AMP48 came to assist the Shining office staff in setting up the exhibition at the introduction of Ritsuka Fujimaru.

"I am the captain of the AMP48 team Adventure in Wonderland, and the remaining four are ordinary members."

Andersen ended the self-introduction perfunctorily and prepared to leave, but he didn't expect that Fujimaru Ritsuka, who was very familiar with every Servant, had predicted his action early on and asked Marines Billy, who took over the position of president of the agency, to introduce himself to all the members sent by Chaldea in advance when he came forward to formally reply to Shining Agency.

"The Wonderland Team will take over the work of Shining Masterpiece Show Phase I and Phase III." Marisbury told Shining Saotome, the president of Shining Office, "The Wonderland Team consists of five members, namely Andersen, Nursery Rhyme, Jack, Voyager, and Oberon, with Andersen as the team leader."

"Also, don't get curious about the names of our firm's idols - that's just advice."

"…This exhibition——"

"Oh, the members that Ritsuka said would come to help are here!" A red-haired male idol sneaked out from behind the backdrop at the entrance of the exhibition, "Shin, Tokiya, Ren, Sho, Nazuki, Cecil - and Haruka, come and take a look! They are the newcomers that Senior Ai met when the Mankai Troupe was performing on the street, and they are recommended to help!"

"Ishimu." The adult man with short orange hair sighed at Ishimu, "Why are you here to join in the fun instead of rehearsing?"

"Teacher Hinata is still the same." Kurusu Sho walked in front of the companions called by Itjuki Otoya, and walked to Itjuki Otoya while stretching. "Fortunately, the seniors are far away, otherwise Shou-senpai would definitely bring everyone from QUARTET☆NIGHT over..."

"Although everyone here is related to the idol industry, I think we should first understand the other party's development direction, right?" Ichinose Tokiya and Nanami Haruka walked at the end, crossed their arms, and looked at Andersen and the other five seriously. "We can't just listen to the other party's words - Ms. Fujimaru said that you should be the members who best meet the requirements of our first and third exhibitions. Can you explain why you deserve such a recommendation?"

——This job should not have anything to do with Andersen, who likes to slack off. But because the writers who wrote down or wrote these two stories were serious homebodies in a sense, this task fell on Andersen, the only fairy tale writer who appeared as a member of the AMP48 group.

"Because we are the ones who create fairy tales, record fairy tales, and listen to fairy tales." Andersen put his hands in his pockets and answered Ichinose Tokiya's question, "And fairy tales are part of nursery rhymes. By the way, do you know "Mother Goose's Story" and "Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes"? "

"Whether they are stories or nursery rhymes, they all belong to Mother Goose - the original and representative collection of all stories."

During the free time on the first day of AMP48's debut, it was not only Ritsuka Fujimaru who went to watch the street performance of the Mankai Theater Troupe and brought work from other agencies to the agency - among them, some idol activity plans that were still in the early stages of planning also appeared on the desk of the director's office.

"These are two plans that are still in the early planning stage..." Roman sat directly on the pile of books next to the bookshelf, using the seal of Marinesbury to approve Fujimaru Ritsuka's report while exchanging opinions with other members responsible for supporting the operation of the office. "Which group brought these two plans back?"

"It's Mr. Shakespeare and Mr. Holmes Jr. - the Sherlock recorded in the Whitechapel Anomaly." Da Vinci leaned against the bookshelf and tilted his head to look at Lansemello who was sorting the large number of work notices brought back by Fujimaru Ritsuka. "The one that Mr. Shakespeare brought back is a drama plan, and the one that Mr. Holmes Jr. brought back is a variety show plan."

"…Love variety show?"

Ritsuka Fujimaru, who had just opened the door to the director's office, had a dazed expression on his face.

"If he wants to be on this kind of variety show, he should at least drag William along." Lansemero pointed out this fact sharply, bringing the topic back on track. "I took a look at the draft of the variety show, and it's still okay for the six people from Baker Street to play with - it's a mystery and crime-solving variety show plan."

"Well, everyone should have seen the list of works produced by other agencies, right?" Marines Billy cleared his throat and explained to Fujimaru Ritsuka why such a variety show plan appeared in the special point. "The original intention of this variety show plan is to create a kind of linkage between different works - because they each have mystery TV series under their own banner. This plan is to make the protagonists active again and collide with each other."

"Dream Link." Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded, indicating that he understood the essence of this variety show plan. "What about the one that Mr. Shakespeare brought back?"

"Although the proposer is Mankai Theater, the one who is in charge of production and execution of the plan is the idol who is studying the producer course at Dream Academy." Olga Marie took the drama plan from Marisbury's hand, "This plan is based on the performance characteristics of Mankai Theater's summer group. I hope that everyone in the special point can enjoy the fun of the drama."

"Enjoying the fun of drama? And the performance characteristics of the Summer Group?" Fujimaru Ritsuka raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"In fact, there is also a common performance concept of Mankai Theater and GOD - The show must go on." Kirshtalia stood behind Olgamari and read the content printed on the plan, "That is, no matter what happens on the stage, the performance must continue... This means that the entire plan is very much a test of the performers' ability to respond."

"Improvisational performance plan." Fujimaru Ritsuka summarized.

"However, since they want everyone to enjoy the drama, I think, as long as time permits, maybe we can all participate in the performance of this project. They should not restrict the participants."

In short, while Shining Agency was preparing for the first phase of the Shining Masterpiece Show, based on the previous discussions within Chaldea, Fujimaru Ritsuka, who was also in charge of the producer duties, took Kirschtalia and Mashu to attend a meeting held by the producers regarding the two projects.

"First of all, Ki's impromptu performance plan proposed by Mankai Theater has been completed." The idol of Starlight Academy stood on the podium as the host of the meeting. "Although the members of Mankai Theater and Shining Office were not present due to work reasons, the members of God and Raging Office will convey the meeting situation to them, so our meeting will continue as usual."

"The impromptu performance project has been distributed to everyone. If you have any objections to the content of the project, please raise your hands and speak in turn." The blue-haired girl with a side ponytail motioned for Saesakusa Kii to come on stage. "Kii will explain the details of this project to everyone, and will also inform everyone about the specific requirements of the audition selection for this project."

"… Regarding the specific arrangements for the performance and the audition requirements, this part was discussed with the director of the Mankai Theater, Izumi Tachibana, and the playwright, Tsuyoshi Minaki." Saesusa Kii stood on the podium and explained the plan to the participants with a microphone. "Although it is an improvisational performance plan, considering that some members have never been involved in drama in the past, they will provide a certain degree of scripts for each performance."

"However, the script will be much simpler than the script of a serious stage play. According to Mr. Minagi, the best situation is to use a script with only an outline in the early stage, that is, the beginning and the end are fixed, and the story in the middle is filled in by the performers. In the later stage, the script is gradually cancelled, and only the character settings and scenes are provided. The rest is entirely decided by the performers."

"Question." The school girl with purple low ponytails asked Saesakusa Kii who was explaining, "Considering the length of each performance, even the full-time Xia Group can't make seamless improvisations that are different for every performance, let alone those of us who have never been exposed to drama performances - so, what methods will be used to trigger continuous improvisations?"

"It's a lottery." Saesa Kii held up the black cloth bag she carried to the conference today. "We named this bag 'Improvisational World'. Performers can randomly draw a piece of paper from it and improvise to advance the plot based on the content of the paper - of course, the content they draw must be shown to the audience. For example, like this -"

Saesusa Kii reached into her backpack and pulled out a piece of paper. The word "chocolate" was written on it.

"I'm the Chocolate Detective who can find out the truth in a flash of inspiration as soon as I eat chocolate!"

"I understand. There is no problem here." The purple-haired girl nodded.

"So, what are the audition requirements?" The representative of the GOD seat sat in the back, holding his chin with his index finger, looking down at Saesakusa Kii on the podium, frowning slightly, "It can't be the same kind of member recruitment audition requirements that Tachibana's daughter used to pull up the troupe, right?"

"Well... I'm sorry - according to Tachibana Izumi's suggestion, there is still no audition requirement for this project." Saesusa Kii smiled awkwardly and answered the question of the representative of GOD seat, "If you have any opinions, please go to the director of the Mankai Theater, Ms. Izumi, to communicate after the meeting..."

"… That's all about the impromptu performance plan. We'll be voting on it soon to see if it's the final version."

“3, 2, 1.”

"Confirmed as final execution version."