What exactly is a metropolis?

After the last rehearsal and the time and place of tomorrow's meeting were agreed, Shinichi Iwahashi said goodbye to the members of Mimi Club. When I got home, I put the paper bag with the costume on the table, and lay down on the tatami mat without even changing my clothes.

The hometown of this body is an ordinary family of four in Shizuoka. In today's RB society, which is known as 100 million total middle class (100 million middle class), it is the kind of family that is very common.

Her father worked at Suzuki's research institute, and her mother was a housewife. I have a sister who is 10 years older, and after graduating from the Faculty of Law of Tokyo University, she joined a law firm. The relationship between the two siblings is lukewarm, and in the eyes of the elder sister, who has a capable personality and never does superfluous things, it is probably superfluous to maintain a good relationship with the younger brother.

The two siblings attended the same public junior high school in Katacho, the older sister is an excellent alumnus, and the younger brother is an ordinary student.

In that school, there were a large number of students who had their own stores or family workshops at home, and although they may not have made much money, but they couldn't find a way to go, it was a good alternative life path to go home and inherit the family business.

And working families like them lack such a clear way back.

Both sisters and brothers understand this at the same time, and the elder sister, who has extraordinary talents, has found a place in life with her own talents. My younger brother, who lacks this talent, also came to Tokyo after graduating from high school. Even when he packed up his things, said goodbye to his parents, and left Shizuoka with only a minimum of living expenses, he didn't know what he was going to do when he came to Tokyo.

The metropolis is not only a "center", but also a stage where it can develop itself and there are all kinds of possibilities. Be patient and always know what you want.

Shinichi Iwahashi suddenly discovered the charm of a metropolis.

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At half past five on Tuesday afternoon, after work, a minibus came to pick him up. Walking to the side of the car, the young man in the driver's seat leaned out, "Iwahashi-san?"

"Yes. Iwahashi Shinichi was still carrying a bag of performance costumes, and of course that kind of ostentatious clothes could not be changed in advance.

I thought that the young man was the driver, but when I got into the car and greeted each other, I learned that the young man surnamed Minejima was the agent of Mimi CLUB. For the first time, Shinichi Iwahashi knew that the underground band had an agent.

"There are many cases where the members of underground bands are also agents. However, as far as we are concerned, no one is good at managing the itinerary, so ask a broker. Kensaku Okubo and Shinichi Iwahashi explained.

"You're not omnipotent," Mineshima joked, "I'm just right to eat on this." ”

Mineshima is not only a band from Mimi Club, but he knows a lot about clubs in Tokyo, so he can find more opportunities for the band to perform, and he also acts as a bus driver to take the members to performances farther away.

Tonight's performance will be held in Yokohama City. The car got on the highway, and Shinichi Iwahashi realized that something was not quite right.

When I first got into the car, there was no guitarist Takuji Sakamoto among the band members who had worked together for three days in the car, but there was a young woman I had never met.

The girl wore shoulder-length hair and bangs, and wore a fashionable beret, with a demure temperament, like a working girl who had changed her uniform. Iwahashi Shinichi nodded at her, and said hello.

At that time, she stretched out her index finger, slightly lifted the sunglasses on the bridge of her nose, and smiled slightly, which was considered a return salute. - a little incompatible with the demure temperament, with a little frivolous demeanor.

No one said where the girl came from.

It just so happened that Amaya Matoshi asked him to come over and sit again, and Iwahashi Shinichi didn't think much about it, so he just let it pass. But now, I'm leaving Tokyo, and no one mentions Takusa Sakamoto along the way, as if I've forgotten him.

Could it be that Takuji Sakamoto also had some accident like a falling wrist on a bicycle and couldn't come, so he found a replacement? Shinichi Iwahashi was a little worried.

The strange girl sat in front of him, and when he didn't realize it, Iwahashi Shin'ichi stared at her for a while, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that it seemed to be a little familiar.

At this moment, as if sensing his gaze, the girl suddenly turned her face and glanced at him. After being caught, Iwahashi Shinichi was stunned for a moment, and a thread of inspiration when Conan solved the case suddenly flashed in his mind.

"Ahh

Masashi Amaya, who was sitting next to him, was startled, "What's wrong?"

"Is it Sakamoto-san?" said Iwahashi Shinichi.

As soon as these words came out, everyone burst into laughter. The small bus is full of cheerful air.

"We're guessing when you're going to find out. Ryu Ishii couldn't help but laugh, as if he had finished a prank.

"If you can't find out, let him talk to you after the show. "It's a mess, I don't know who threw it over.

Who came up with this bad idea? I promise thank you for coming forward.

Takuji Sakamoto, from the beginning of joining the band, when he stood on the stage, he appeared as a woman, and for this reason, he also has a very matching stage name: Emi Hakata.

"Sakamoto-san is dressed very similarly, and he has not been discovered by the audience until now. During the performance, there were many people in the audience who enthusiastically shouted him 'Little Huihui'. Mine Island, who was driving, also interjected. For this kind of prank, he looks happy to see it come true.

Xiao Huihui...... All right.

You can't change your ostentatious costumes without changing them backstage, and you can't dress up your disguise beforehand. Having said that, if the appearance is exaggerated, he may be recognized at once, and it is precisely because of the simplicity of his dress that he did not think about this aspect in the first place.

"By the way, when you get backstage, please be sure to call him 'Emme-san' or 'Little Memi'," Ryuya Ishii added.

Xiao Huihui is okay, Huimei-san is okay. In fact, it is still called Hakata-san, the safest.

However, Shinichi Iwahashi can understand why this is more or less possible, "This identity is like a Disney actor's headgear, right?"

A true couturier, like an actor in a Disney hood, will never shatter someone else's dreams – and that's an admirable spirit.

It's not something that someone like him can compare to who is still stuck at the level of 600 yen an hour.

"Bingo!" the members of the band agreed with him, "It's Iwahashi-san!"

Although this kind of praise is not something to be proud of.

The bus drove steadily on the highway, and after the heat wave caused by the revelation of Takusa Sakamoto's identity receded, it fell silent again. Shinichi Iwahashi turned his face away and looked out the window at the scenery that was constantly being left behind.

There really is a big girl in the band......

If he had known about it the day he first went to see them, he might have been surprised for a while.

But now, after a long time with this band whose somewhat strange style is a mystery, he can be regarded as a person who has seen the world.

The world is big, don't be surprised if something happens.