Chapter 52: Fate Meets Again
Shinjuku Station is huge, so it is natural that the meeting place should be decided in advance.
The meeting place agreed between Hayashi and Kyoko Fukada was in front of a bulletin board near Exit A1 of the Yamanote Line.
The Yamanote Line is the oldest of several railway lines at Shinjuku Station, formerly known as the Akabane-Shinagawa Railway, which opened in 1885, and in the late nineteen-fifties, the Shinjuku subway station was officially opened, and the Yamanote Line gradually became one of the busiest subway lines in Tokyo.
Because of the busy line and the fact that it connects business districts such as Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, and Shibuya, this line has always been a good place for literary and artistic workers to draw materials, the most representative of which is the "XX Tram" series. It is said that art comes from life, and the real Shinjuku Station is indeed the hardest hit area of "groping pig hands", so it is also called the "nightmare" of Japanese girls.
Normally, no girl would choose this place to meet, and Kyoko Fukada's insistence on meeting here makes one wonder if she has some kind of quirk......
(Ahem, the above is written by the driver of this seat, who has been arrested by the police for speeding.) )
Back to the point.
Among the literary works spawned by Shinjuku Station, the most famous is "City Hunter".
"City Hunter" is a popular manga created by the famous manga artist Tsukasa Hojo, which has been adapted into animation, movies, etc., and the famous action comedy star Cheng Long has starred in related works, and has captured the hearts of countless Japanese women with his superb skills.
When it comes to "City Hunter", it is impossible not to mention the male protagonist "Feather Fang".
The feather fang, which is translated as "Han Yuliang" and "Meng Bo" in China, can be summed up in one sentence, probably "not very serious urban soldier king".
Feather Fang is a bodyguard and a private detective, but in reality this guy will take on any job - provided that he only accepts commissions from beautiful women. Legend has it that if the client writes the word XYZ on the message board at Shinjuku Station, he will have the opportunity to see his true face.
The slightly old message board behind Lin Hai was the contact board of the City Hunter.
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Lin Hai waited in front of the message board until almost half past five, and just when he thought he had been released the pigeon, Kyoko Fukada finally came late.
Kyoko Fukada's dress made Lin Hai feel very speechless-
She wears a red wide-brimmed bucket hat, large sunglasses and a mask, and a knee-length raincoat wrapped around her body.
That's weird!
This is clearly three hundred taels of silver here!
But then again, although Kyoko Fukada's dress is particularly eye-catching, the purpose of hiding her identity has been achieved. If she hadn't taken the initiative to come over and say hello, Lin Hai would never have dared to recognize her. Well, I really didn't recognize her, not deliberately pretending not to know her.
……
After Kyoko Fukada and Lin Hai met, they didn't talk nonsense, dragged his arm and ran wildly, and with a rhythm that the author couldn't keep up with, he directly switched the camera to the box of a KTV near the subway station.
(There is no doubt that the author is not lazy, just lazy.) )
"Hoo ......"
Breaking into the box, Kyoko Fukada took off her hat, glasses, and mask, threw her head on the sofa, took off her raincoat and hung it on the coat rack, and then collapsed on the sofa like a dead fish.
"I mean, are you alright?"
It was the first time Lin Hai had seen this kind of half-dead in the afternoon and alive at night, and he doubted that she would faint again if she would not be able to get up in one breath.
"Ah, I'm sorry, the plan has changed, anyway, I'm sorry to have caused you to wait for a long time......"
Kyoko Fukada folded her hands together and begged for mercy.
"Well, I don't mind, but what's going on?"
Lin Hai was confused, how did she feel that Kyoko Fukada was like a thief, this was too different from her performance in school, right?
"Kyoko-chan has been harassed lately, that's why she is so careful when she goes out. ”
A strange and familiar voice came from behind, answering Lin Hai's question.
Lin Hai turned around and found that there were actually others in the box.
It was a girl with short hair, a T-shirt and ripped jeans, who looked a little boyish.
Seeing the other party's face clearly, Lin Hai hesitated for a moment and said in surprise: "It's actually you!"
Lin Hai's reaction made the girl very happy, and she said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to remember me, and I didn't expect to meet again so soon." ”
"Uh, have we seen each other before?"
“……”
……
Misunderstandings about this kind of thing are usually because each other's brainwaves are not in the same channel.
Lin Hai recognized the girl in front of him because the other party was really a household name in the original history.
The girl's name is Hikaru Utada.
Hikaru Utada, one of the three major singers of Heisei and a generation of divas in the Japanese pop music scene, was selected as the "Most Influential Artist of the 00s" by Rolling Stones of Japan......
is different from Lin Hai, who is a street boy, Utada Hikaru in his previous life, and his achievements are so high that he can't even look up.
It's unattainable, and naturally there has never been an intersection.
Because he had never dealt with each other, Lin Hai felt inexplicable by Hikaru Utada's words.
……
Hikaru Utada's face completely collapsed when she heard Lin Hai ask her question.
She wrinkled her brows and glared at Lin Hai dissatisfied, making Lin Hai more and more confused.
"Are you stupid?"
Kyoko Fukada came up and said in a tone of lesson: "It's hard for Hikarata to talk about you every day, you actually forgot her!"
Being treated as a stupid person by Silly Gong made Lin Hai very unhappy, but he really couldn't remember where he had seen Hikaru Utada, so he cautiously didn't speak.
Lin Hai didn't say anything, and Utada Hikaru couldn't help it.
She glared at Kyoko Fukada in shame, and said angrily: "Who has to talk about him every day!"
"Yes, I have a good memory, you say once, twice, three times a day—" Kyoko Fukada folded her hands and counted to three, then gave up on the arithmetic problem that was a bit difficult for her, and said, "All in all—well......"
Hikaru Utada pounced on and covered Kyoko Fukada's mouth, who quickly broke free and continued: "Ah yes, take out that photo in your wallet and show it to this negative man!"
Negative man?
Lin Hai's head was full of black lines, and he felt that the silly modern language should really make up for the lesson.
……
The two girls begin a battle for the pouch, and with Lin Hai choosing to stand idly by, the fight quickly ends with Silly Gong winning.
No way, the physical strength of the stupid person is not covered.
Kyoko Fukada threw Hikaru Utada down on the sofa and ravaged it, and after the other party gave up resistance, Silly Gong searched for a photo and happily came to Lin Hai to ask for credit.
"Oh, that's the picture!"
Seeing the photo, Lin Hai's memory suddenly came alive.
The photograph was taken at Suntory Hall, showing Lin Hai half-hunched over the edge of the stage, talking to a girl standing with her head up.
The angle of the photo is very good, it is a classic diagonal composition, and the ambient light is also very face-saving, and the pale gold outline light pulls the two out of the dark background, giving people the feeling of soul collision.
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Lin Hai's first feeling when he saw the photo was surprise, and the second feeling was surprise.
He never expected that the "only audience" of the first performance in his life was Hikaru Utada!
He glanced at Hikaru Utada, who was sulking on the sofa, stepped forward, and said apologetically, "I'm really sorry, it was backlight at the time, so I didn't see your face clearly......"
Hikaru Utada seemed to accept this explanation, and her expression softened, but in less than three seconds, her face inexplicably re-tensed.
Utada stretched out his hand with a bare face, and said angrily: "Give it back to me!"
Lin Hai returned the photo to the other party.
Lin Hai guessed that the girl was going to take the photo to vent her anger, but he guessed wrong, the girl did not tear up the photo on the spot, but put it back in her handbag.
……
The atmosphere is a little awkward, but fortunately, there is still Kyoko Fukada, a light bulb that shines at any time.
The light bulb even had a longer reflection arc than ordinary people, and she asked Lin Hai with a puzzled expression: "No, your reaction just now obviously knew Guang-chan, why do you say that you don't remember her?"
Lin Hai said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "I know Hikaru Utada as a singer. ”
Lin Hai's answer made Hikaru Utada stunned. The girl, who had lowered her head and didn't know what she was thinking, suddenly raised her head and asked, "Do you know me?"
"I have a collection of the album 'Precious', and the lyrics and songs are very good. ”
"Really?" Hikaru Utada's eyes lit up instantly.
"Of course it's true. ”
After Lin Hai finished speaking, he silently added - it's just a matter of the previous life.
"Precious" is Hikaru Utada's first album released as a solo artist, released at the beginning of this year, when she was still a contracted singer to EMI in the United States.
"Precious" was created for the American market, except for a cover of a song by the Carpenter band, the rest of the tracks were written and composed by Hikaru Utada himself, and the lyrics were all in English, but it coincided with the internal reorganization of EMI in the United States, so the album was not circulated in the United States, and was only released in small quantities in Japan.
Although Lin Haihai has also been a musician all his life, he is also a fan of Hikaru Utada, and as a fan, this kind of commemorative album naturally has to be in the bag. In retrospect, Lin Hai spent a lot of effort in order to collect this album at that time, after all, Hikaru Utada had already become famous at that time, and this album, which was originally not a high circulation, naturally became more rare.
Thinking of the hard work he had put into collecting records in his previous life, Lin Hai's mind was opened, and he thought that if he changed to buying discs in this life, it would be faster than making music to make money.
Of course, it's not impossible to occasionally pan for discs, but if Lin Hai wants to give up his music dream, he doesn't have to think about it.
……
Knowing that Lin Hai had actually heard his own song, Hikaru Utada's face was a little tense.
Looking at the smile on the corner of her mouth, Lin Hai struck while the iron was hot and talked about his opinion on "Precious" - of course, mostly praise. Lin Hai is not a fool, he is a musician himself, so he naturally knows how to poke at the excitement of the other party.
Hikaru Utada's smile grew more and more, not because of Lin Hai's praise, but because he was not polite.
He really listened to it, and he understood his own music.
I thought I was just understanding each other unilaterally, but I didn't expect the other party to know me so well, is this fate?
Or rather...... Got a heart?
The girl's face turned red, and she felt that the deer in her heart was bumping, and the original little loss had already been thrown out of the clouds......
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