Chapter 156

"Good morning!"

Three days have passed since the last producer meeting ended. With the cooperation of various agencies, the preliminary preparations for "This is just basic reasoning "Elementary"" were completed at a rapid pace and entered the official shooting stage.

Due to the unique nature of their roles, idols also take on a lot of related jobs - so when Fujimaru Ritsukasaku was invited to appear on the set as a detective assistant, she noticed with her sharp eyes that many idols who were not on the list of performers were walking around the venue.

Kiriya Aoi, who was in charge of hosting the producer meeting and was also the general manager of "This is just basic reasoning "Elementary"", was holding a list and calling out names.

"Mankai Theater Company - the lead actor of "The Master is Addicted to Reasoning", Mr. Arisugawa Yoshi, and the co-lead actor, Mr. Tsunemi!"

"The Mankai Troupe is here!" A chestnut-haired woman loudly answered Kiriya Aoi's roll call, but quickly turned around and stuffed a large bag of marshmallows into the sleepy white-haired man's hand, "Mr. Mi, it's time to get up - today we have a filming for 'This is just basic reasoning "Elementary"'."

"Shining Office - the leading actors of "Detective Tokiya Locke Case Files" Mr. Ichinose Tokiya and Mr. Seikawa Mato!"

"Shining Office is here."

The two idols from Shining Office, who had already changed into character costumes, nodded to Kiriya Aoi.

"Animusphia Agency - starring Mr. Sherlock, Mr. Holmes, and Mr. Watson in "The Disturbing Sherlock Holmes"; Mr. El-Melloi II and Miss Grey in "The Case Files of El-Melloi II"; Miss Lynes and Ms. Fujimaru Ritsuka in "The Case Files of Lady Lynes"!"

"Animusphia Office is here!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka pushed his members towards the makeup artist and turned back to answer Kiriya Aoi.

"Dream Academy - "Chocolate Popcorn Detective" starring Otoshiro Saira and Saesusa Kii!"

"Okay, okay, okay! Dream Academy is here!"

Saesusa Kii smiled and gave Kiriya Aoi an OK sign.

"Finally..."

"Starlight Academy - The lead actress of "Super Delinquent Police Officer" Kiriya Aoi!" Kiriya Aoi closed the list in her hand and ran to the makeup artists' position to wait for her makeup. "I can actually appear in a show with so many protagonists of mystery shows... This is - too unusual!!!"

Although idols know how to put on makeup, they are not professional makeup artists, so makeup artists have always been a rare and scarce candidate in the special spot - let alone Izumi Izumi of the Aki Group of the Mankai Drama Troupe, who is an amateur makeup artist who is self-taught and has even learned special effects makeup. Apart from Izumi Izumi, the most outstanding makeup artists in the special spot are either models or fashion designers.

So everyone had to squat in front of the few makeup artists and line up - and while queuing, they had to listen to other idols who became staff members of "This is just basic reasoning "Elementary"" and tell them about the next shooting process and shooting requirements.

"We will change the location after we finish shooting here. It's not far away, and the scenes are all set up in the studio." The members of the first generation of Mankai Theater, who have already retired from stage drama performances, were asked to be the show's camera directors this time. They are now explaining the next shooting process to the idols they are responsible for. "The scenery here is used for shooting the opening short film, and the scenery on the other side is the scenery that will be used for a long time in the future."

"After all, there has to be a reason to bring so many characters from mystery shows together!" Kiriya Aoi, who was standing at the end of the line and eavesdropping on the director's explanation, explained to Fujimaru Ritsuka with a smile, "And when it comes to mystery, everyone will think of Sherlock Holmes! That is, the British in the 19th century--"

"Sealed wax envelope." Fujimaru Ritsuka stroked his chin and commented, turning his head to look at the male director who had tied his long red hair into a low ponytail. "It looks unexpectedly formal. Is there anything I should pay attention to during the filming, Mr. Hinamori?"

"You're a detective assistant, so the focus of the filming won't be on you." Hinamori Kasumi shook her head at Fujimaru Ritsuka and looked at Lenis who was in front of her. "All the detective assistants are required to do in this short film is to hand over the envelope prop to the detective and then wait for the detective to make a judgment. However, since there is no script, you just need to act according to the way the characters usually interact with each other."

"For example, in your Animusphia Office's 'Monarch El-Melloi II Case Files', Miss Gray could just go and wake up the sleeping El-Melloi II - ah, it's Ritsuka-chan's turn now."

In a sense, Fujimaru Ritsuka can be said to be the person who is most like the protagonist of other worlds in the entire "Type-Moon" world.

Because she/he has an inherent skill that most protagonists have, but almost no other protagonists in the "Type-Moon" world have - that is, to make everyone who comes into contact with her/him feel close to her/him subconsciously.

Now that she is on the road to becoming Alaya, Fujimaru Ritsuka can have a greater impact on the crowd - just like when she was first surrounded by idols, the idols only wanted to pull Fujimaru Ritsuka into their own offices, rather than being alert to the reason why she suddenly appeared here.

——Of course, Mori Kasumi couldn’t be avoided, not to mention that he originally promoted this type of good kid.

Before sitting in front of the makeup artist, Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled and thanked Hinamori Kasumi——

"Thank you, Mr. Hinamori."

"Close your eyes." The black-haired, green-eyed boy calmly ordered Fujimaru Ritsuka to do so, while asking the makeup artist on the other side, "Is Mr. Xing still okay?"

"We haven't learned how to do Mr. Rurikawa and Ms. Shibuya's hair yet." The girl with long brown hair answered his question calmly, "Why don't you do it for them when you have time, or--"

"I remember the first generation did it." Izumi raised her eyelids and found Kamisaka Reni and Hinamori Kasumi in the crowd, "Mr. Reni, Mr. Kasumi, can you take care of Mr. Sachi's and Ms. Shibuya's wigs? I remember that you two were the ones who used wigs the most in the first generation."

"Those two kids are temporarily playing the role of Mrs. Hudson, right?" Hinamori Kasumi looked at Kamisaka Reni who was following the Holmes and others, and briefly confirmed the situation of the two temporary NPCs, "Then give me that wig over there - although it's true that I haven't performed in a stage play for a long time, my skills in this area have not regressed."

After the makeup is completed, everyone will start the official filming - the scene and plot of the opening short film are very simple. Simply put, each character has received an invitation letter to participate in a reasoning party. Each invitation letter corresponds to a detective, and the detective can bring his detective assistant.

However--

"I'm thinking about something." As the general planning director, Kiriya Aoi looked at the members who joined the directing team with a deep expression, "For the opening short film, should we make a sound version? Or is it a silent version like the QUARTET☆NIGHT solo concert held by Shining Agency in the past?"

"…You haven't made up your mind yet!?"

The idols who were working part-time nearby looked at Kiriya Aoi with horrified expressions.

"Actually, it doesn't matter whether it's filmed with sound or without sound - I just haven't thought about the final effect yet." Kiriya Aoi explained to the members of the directing team sincerely, "And the background music and sound effects added by Shining Agency in the later stage are quite a lot... They even have color filters representing the members."

"These characters don't have representative colors." Kamisaka Reni reminded Kiriya Aoi, "But if we want to do it, that kind of effect can be achieved - let's finish shooting first. The first group is "Detective Tokiya Locke's Case Files."

So the people who didn't need to perform for the time being watched the photographer ringing the doorbell of Tokiya Locke's rented apartment in the set while filming, holding an invitation letter carefully prepared by the props team - Shibuya Tomochika, who temporarily played the role of Mrs. Hudson, opened the door and called Shinzo to hand over the invitation letter to Tokiya Locke.

Fortunately, no one had high expectations for the opening short film - as long as there were no major problems, it was basically over as long as everyone's appearances were filmed; so even if it was shot one group at a time instead of all at the same time, the shooting speed of the opening short film of "This is just basic reasoning "Elementary"" was fast enough.

So, while the Animusphia Office had not yet come to the filming, Kasumi Hinamori took the opportunity to bring the Holmes from Kamisaka Reni over to perform with the El-Melloi Case Files for emergency remedial lessons - to sum it up simply, don't panic, don't laugh, don't rush, and don't forget.

"...I believe in you!" Kasumi Hinamori gave a thumbs up to the Chaldeans, looking at them with sparkling eyes, "After all, this is just a casual short film - the new Spring Group of the Mankai Theater has transformed from a novice to a professional actor who can fill the seats of the Qianqiu Music Festival within a month!"

"We tried our best..." Fujimaru Ritsuka held back his words, but finally couldn't help but complain to the people around him, "I finally know what Mr. Rainey said at the producer's meeting when he started the Onmyoji Theater Company - to teach a layman with zero basics to become a professional actor in just one month... Even a crash course can't be that quick!"

"So, what did he say then?" Lenise raised her eyebrows with interest.

"It was the first producer's meeting I attended." Fujimaru Ritsuka pulled Renis's sleeve, his expression serious. "At that time, we were discussing the details of the project 'The show must go on'. Mr. Rainey asked about the audition requirements of the project at the meeting... He said, 'It can't be the same kind of member recruitment audition requirements that Tachibana's daughter had when she started the Mankai troupe, right?'"

"Why? Are you curious about how Miss Supervisor pulled the Mankai Troupe together again?" Rurikawa Yuki, who was temporarily playing Mrs. Hudson on the side of Holmes, turned her head and raised an eyebrow at Fujimaru Ritsuka. "Although I don't like to say this myself, Miss Supervisor really picked up everyone back then - for example, Mr. Mi collapsed in front of the dormitory door, and was directly tricked by Miss Supervisor, who didn't have enough people in the winter group, to become an actor."

"Well, in a sense... this is quite unique."