"I want a computer that works, Twilight, after all, I'll need to make slides later."

Tsukasa Higashino simply made this request to the Dusk Qiren.

He doesn't need anything else, and he basically doesn't need it if he wants it.

In this regard, Twilight Qiren laughed, and only felt that Higashino Tsukasa was being polite to himself: "Higashino-sensei, you're welcome, you can say what you want, as long as it's within the plan, I will definitely be satisfied." ”

Listening to the other party's praise of such a Haikou, Higashino Tsukasa couldn't help but be a little interested - Kumamoto Prefecture is really so generous, you can have whatever you want?

He thought for a moment before he said, "Then I hope to have a few puppeteers, the kind of experienced actors." Well... If there is a professional motion designer, I would like to ask him for advice, but I don't have many requirements for the rest. ”

Kumamon actors must be selected, and Higashino wants to see if there is a player he likes.

"Uh..."Listening to Tsukasa Higashino's words, Dusk Qiren first opened his mouth, and then said with some embarrassment: "Mr. Higashino, let's not hide it, we can solve the problems of funding and hardware, but what about human resources..."

He stretched out his hand and made a 'little bit' gesture: "Then we estimate that it is a little bit worse, and it is a little difficult to solve at this stage." ”

Tsukasa Higashino understood everything as soon as he saw this little gesture.

After all, a little bit is a little bit, a lot is a little bit, and nothing is a little bit.

In other words, it's nothing.

However, the deep twilight Qiren was also a little embarrassed to say so many big things before, and the actual operation couldn't be done, so he hurriedly assured Higashino Division: "Give me three or four days, Mr. Higashino, I promise to get all these people you want, as long as you can do a good job of the mascot image of 'Kumamon'." ”

A good horse with a good saddle is something that the people of the twilight still understand.

I finally met the red rabbit horse of Higashino Division, if he didn't even give him forage to eat and didn't give him a saddle, wouldn't this be a tyrannical thing?

As for Hayakawa Su, they...?

The people of Twilight also wanted to give them a saddle, but they didn't need it at all, they just went back to nature, and they died casually.

Hayakawa Su's design is completely their own favorite mascot design, which is completely different from Higashinoji's mascot design, which is completely in line with Kumamoto Prefecture.

After greeting Higashino for a while, he got up and said goodbye, preparing to find a relationship now and hire a few professional puppet actors - Kumamoto Prefecture is a little poor, but a lot of money has been allocated for mascot design.

After sending off the Dusk Qiren, Tsukasa Higashino put down the sketchbook and greeted Higashino Chihaya: "Chihaya-sama, do you want to go to Kumamoto Castle to see?" ”

He promised Higashino Chihaya to come over and take her on a tour, and it would be no problem to do the mascot design at night.

Most importantly, observe Chihaya Kumamoto... Chihaya Higashino was originally part of the work.

If he couldn't find an action designer on the Twilight side, then he thought it would be okay to just take Chihaya Higashino as an action model.

Regarding Higashino Division's statement, Higashino Chihaya naturally nodded happily and agreed, when she was in Tokyo, Higashino Tsukasa had never taken her out much because of schoolwork, and now that she finally had the opportunity, of course she didn't want to miss it.

Changing into outfits, Tsukasa Higashino took a sketchbook and two kinds of needle pens, checked his wallet again, and then went out contentedly with Chihaya Higashino, who also changed into outfits.

It's just that as soon as he went downstairs, Tsukasa Higashino ran into an acquaintance.

"Brother Higashino?"

Hayakawasu saw Higashino Tsukasa from afar, and after reaching out to greet him, he found the long-haired girl following him: "This is...?" ”

The hotels arranged for them by the Dusk Qiren are all the same, but Higashino Tsukasa is in a double room, so naturally he is not on the same floor as them.

"This is my sister, Chihaya Higashino." Tsukasa Higashino introduced with a smile: "I was planning to take her to Kumamoto Castle to have a look." ”

"Oh... Oh... I hope that Brother Higashino and Miss Higashino will have fun. ”

Hayakawasu nodded, but there was something inexplicable in his heart.

It's only the first day that Tsukasa Higashino has been here, so has he started sightseeing? This attitude towards work is too loose, right?

And who travels for work with their own family? It's too easy.

However, this is also a matter between Tsukasa Higashino and the people of the deep twilight, and the people brought by the division of Higashino must have negotiated with the people of the deep twilight.

And he is also the author of the mascot image design, and he is naturally happy to see that Higashino Tsukasa does not seek to improve, after all, this is how he has a chance.

But even if Tsukasa Higashino really works hard... Hayakawa didn't think that his more than ten years of design experience would lose to a seventeen-year-old like Tsukasa Higashino.

This is the self-confidence of being an old timer of Tsukasa Higashino.

You can't really be beaten to death by the newcomer Higashino Division, right?

Hayakawa greeted Tsukasa Higashino and exchanged pleasantries for a while before seeing him and Chihaya Higashino leave.

"Let's go up and get back to work."

Hayakawasu muttered to himself, remembering the lark he had just seen while walking, and only felt that there was some inspiration again.

This time, the image of the mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture, he is determined to get.

......

Japanese horses are mostly grown in Hokkaido in the north and Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu.

Most of Hokkaido's horses are used for equestrian competitions and ceremonial guards, but Kumamoto Prefecture is the birthplace of horse meat cuisine.

As a particularly famous dish here, Tsukasa Higashino will not miss it.

It has to be said that the streets of Kumamoto Prefecture are full of shops selling horse meat specialties, and most of the family restaurants also have signs such as 'Kumamoto Local Cuisine - Horse Meat Cuisine'.

Tsukasa Higashino bought a few bags of horse jerky, and while he kept one bag for Chihaya Higashino to eat, he took the rest back to Tokyo as a souvenir for Hosokawa Koharu and Ryoko Okano.

After finishing the souvenirs, Tsukasa Higashino took Higashino Chihaya to the famous local 'Ma Sakura' horse meat restaurant in Kumamoto Prefecture.

According to the people of the deep twilight, it seems that this restaurant has also won the first place in the Japanese 'local cuisine' food section before.

The name of the shop, 'Ma Sakura', is actually quite interesting.

Horse meat has always been called 'cherry meat' in Japan, and high-quality horse meat is called cherry blossom because it has little fat content and takes on a pink color like cherry blossoms when exposed to the air.

The name 'Ma Sakura' represents the chef's confidence in the quality of the horse meat in his shop.

But... Confident or not, Tsukasa Higashino doesn't know, but it's still delicious to eat.

He asked for a hot pot set meal and a barbecue set meal.

The outside of the steak is fried and grilled to the yellow color of the sauce, while the pink and tender horse meat inside is juicy, and with the ponzake sauce, the burnt flavor and the tender and smooth meat juice combine with each other, and it is indeed delicious.

Not only Higashino Chihaya, but even Higashino Tsukasa mixed three bowls of rice in a row.

Chihaya Higashino, who was struggling to deal with the horse meat in front of him, noticed that Tsukasa Higashino had stopped his chopsticks and picked up a pencil and a sketchbook.

So she raised her head and warned: "Ace, don't draw me!" ”

"I didn't draw Chihaya-sama." Tsukasa Higashino said with a smile, "I'm drawing these horse meat dishes, after all, this is the first time I've seen them." ”

"Really?" Higashino Chihaya showed a suspicious expression, and then reached out to take the sketchbook in Higashino Tsukasa's hand: "Show it to my sister." ”

Naturally, Higashino Tsukasa wouldn't give it, he just smiled and appeased Higashino Chihaya, but the pen in his hand didn't mean to stop at all.

Then there is horse meat sushi grilled with an airbrush and a horse meat hot pot with a steaming and fragrant taste...

Chihaya Higashino, who was next to him, was very concerned about what Higashino Tsukasa had drawn, but he was reluctant to put the bowl down, so he could only stuff horse meat into his mouth very angrily.

Really, so angry! But it's delicious! Can't stop.

After eating this meal, Higashino Chihaya was not less angry, but he ate it with relish, his mouth was stuffed with horse meat, and even the meat on Higashino's plate was half of the meat on Higashino's side, and while seeing Higashino Tsukasa's laughter, the pen in his hand had no intention of stopping at all.

A meal was eaten quickly.

Although it was actually a bit expensive, he and Higashino Chihaya ate more than 15,000 yen.

But Higashino Chihaya was very happy to eat, and Higashino Tsukasa naturally didn't spare this money.

Moreover, this encounter can also be used in "The Lonely Gourmet"...

On the whole, I am quite satisfied with the consumption of Higashino Tsukasa this time.

After lunch, Tsukasa Higashino took Chihaya Higashino to see Kumamoto Castle.

In this way, almost until the afternoon, Tsukasa Higashino and Chihaya Higashino took the car back to the hotel.

"The harvest is not bad." Tsukasa Higashino glanced at the sketchbook in his hand.

At this time, the sketchbook in his hand was already crowded with the image of the honest and cute Kumamon.

Not only the expression of covering the mouth, but also the cute action of stomping and stomping.

This can be regarded as the harvest of Higashino Tsukasa in a day, and the character image is more vivid, and it is getting closer and closer to the Kumamon in Higashino Tsukasa's mind.

As for Chihaya Higashino...

She had already brushed her teeth, taken a shower, and fell asleep comfortably.

Tsukasa Higashino turned down the temperature of the air conditioner, and then went back and began to refine Kumamon's movements, including some meanings of the mascot image of Kumamon that he had not thought of.

If the black color on Kumamon's body represents the historical landmark of Kumamoto Castle, then the blush on its face represents Kumamoto Prefecture's former name as the "Land of Fire", and it can also refer to Kumamoto Prefecture's abundant red crops such as watermelons and tomatoes.

The meaning of the name Kumamon is also more or less contrived.

"Then the next thing is Kumamon's standard selling cute moves..."

Tsukasa Higashino pondered as he flipped through the first few pages of his sketchbook.

It is densely painted with Kumamon's movements.

His next job is to pick out the most suitable action for the actor from so many cheap and cute actions.

It may seem like a big project, but Tsukasa Higashino also has memories of his past life to assist, so it won't take long.

In this way, it was deleted and reduced for nearly two hours, and Tsukasa Higashino finally finalized three actions.

The first movement is that Kumamon spreads his feet and raises his hands high.

This gesture is similar to the action of welcoming tourists, but the round feet that are spread apart give Kumamon's welcome a more funny and cute feeling.

The second action is equivalent to the action of interacting with tourists - Kumamon stretched out his hand 'snap', lowered his head, and hung a cute expression on the bear's face, which made people laugh and think it was cute when they saw it.

The third gesture is the gesture of saying goodbye to the tourists, Kumamon tilts his head, waves forward, and covers his mouth with one hand and snickers.

These three actions were carefully selected by Tsukasa Higashino in order to fully express Kumamon's cute and honest and cute character, and also to facilitate the interaction between Kumamon and tourists.

Tsukasa Higashino draws very carefully, and repeatedly refers to the Kumamon in his memory and the Kumamon in his current hand.

"That should be pretty much it... These are the basic movements of Kumamon. ”

Tsukasa Higashino stopped his pen, took a deep breath, and then looked sideways at the time next to him—it was already past twelve o'clock.

I have to say that he is prone to lose track of time as soon as he gets up to work.

Even Higashino Tsukasa is a little tired at this time.

After all, he walked around outside all day today, accompanying Higashino Chihaya for various sightseeing.

"Rest."

Higashino put the sketchbook back and brushed his teeth again before going to bed.

The overall image of Kumamon has been completed by 70 percent.

But... To be honest, Tsukasa Higashino's job is actually pretty much the same up here.

It's up to you to see what kind of Kumamon actors you can find and interpret them vividly.

Kumamon's movements definitely need to be revised, after all, Tsukasa Higashino still has to consider the difficulty of the actor's performance after actually wearing Kumamon's holster.

But that's also after the Dusk Qiren brought in the holster actor.

As for now... I can only rest.

......

The next day, Higashino gets a freshly opened laptop from Dusk.

This surprised Higashino somewhat.

Even in Japan, laptops from 2003 are a rarity.

After all, this thing is not widely popular, and Japan is an extremely nostalgic country - even if Japan already has more convenient full-screen smartphones in later generations, clamshell machines are still widely used by the Japanese.

So the fact that Higashino was able to get such a laptop made Higashino Tsukasa feel surprised and a little moved.

It seems that the people of Twilight Qiren regard themselves as their last hope, and the treatment is basically full.

You can really have whatever you want.

The other party treats himself like this, and Higashino naturally doesn't intend to disappoint the other party, so after taking the computer, he went straight back to the room and started making PPT slides.

He had already thought about the specific direction - to prepare the explanatory copy of the Kumamon image and the specific explanation of the image.

Wait until the PPT is done, let those county councilors of the county government see it...

This time, the mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture should have been almost taken down by him.

As for Hayakawa Su, they...?

Belch.

That's not in Higashino's consideration.