179 < EP. 42: Gala Show (3) >

The Gala concert of God's Gifts was scheduled for 8 p.m., but is now 3 hours before the concert begins.

There were a lot of people around the theater.

Are all these people here to see our show?

Actually, no.

The result of the Hanabi (Flame) Festival and Gala Concert in the village were due to overlapping events. Anyway, there were women and children in Yucata all over the street.

Lots of Yatai (street vendors) were installed in the middle of the town, and the children liked sugar apples or the aroma of Osaka's famous takoyaki.

I suddenly wanted to see Seohyun when I saw 5-6 year-olds sitting on a goldfish fishery that would make him fall in line after failing three times.

‘Is that why all fathers in the world who have daughters naturally become fools...? ’

I slowly walked into the town's public parking lot, swallowing a bloodsucking smile.

While wearing a power ranger mask, the kids nearly tripped over the crowded narrow passageway, but they weren't particularly angry. I used to be that age.

“Rather, I'm worried they'll fall and get hurt. Does that look right to you? ”

Kudang!!

“Waaaahhhh!!! ”

The guy who was running in front of the horse scared of falling fell down on the pavement block that was still under maintenance. Oh my, I knew it...

At that time, the child who was chasing me lifted the fallen child lightly and lifted him up and took off his broken mask. Then a familiar child's face filled with tears came into my eyes.

Huh? Those guys...?

“So I told you not to run when you go. ”

“Still, my power ranger mask is broken because my brother just chased me! Hehe...”

“Don't cry. I'll give it to you. ”

“You're Red. I hate red."

“Then I'll go to the street vendor and change him to blue. It's only been a while, so he'll probably replace it with something else. ”

“Really?"

“Let's go. ”

After taking off his dusty brother's pants, he picked up his mask and held his brother's hand with one hand.

I watched their brothers for a moment and followed behind them after checking the time with my wristwatch.

‘Yuki still has time to arrive. Can I say hello? ’

The brother who was walking along the street that was lit in colorful colors stopped in front of the store. A well-sized middle-aged man tilts his head toward the children carrying masks.

“Mister, could you switch this mask to blue, please? ”

“Hmm? What's the matter, you don't like the color? ”

“My brother fell and my mask broke, so I wanted to change what I bought to blue...”

“Tsk, tsk, tsk... Did you get hurt? ”

“Yes. I'm fine...”

The shop man looked at his brother who was sniffed out with red-eyed eyes, and he took out a new mask that was hanging from the ceiling.

“Kid. Is a power ranger good for crying? You have to be strong to protect Earth!! Now, don't cry, I'll give you a new one. ”

“Huh? Really? ”

“You shouldn't run around wearing masks. Okay?"

“Yes!! ”

Thanks to the friendly masked man, the brother accepted the new mask and replied graciously. As I watched them for a moment, I slowly walked back to the store. Then he opened his mouth pointing to a cute fox mask that was only half the size compared to the other masks.

“If I go, will you give me one? With that little fox mask over there...”

Then the brother who received the new mask and was excited looked up at me and cried out at the same time.

“Huh!? Mister!!"

“Hello! How have you been? ”

“Wow! What are you doing here? ”

“I have some business here today...”

Then my brother clapped his hands and shouted.

“Ah!! I hear there's a" collar "concert at my school tonight. ”

“It's not a collar, it's a Gala concert...”

Well, I'm not familiar with the names of elementary school students.

After a while. The way back to the parking lot when you go to the shop owner to pay for it. The two brothers have been following me around and saying things like that, depending on whether I've been happy to see you for a long time.

At that time, the child who was exhausted from the earthquake debris, I also felt relieved to see him fully restored health.

“You don't fight with Raon anymore, do you? ”

“Yes, of course. Thanks to you, I now have a brother and me. ”

“Yes, thank God. ”

Right after they were rescued. As soon as he woke up from the hospital, the child was transferred to the hospital, and it was written on the front page of the newspaper that Raon wanted to do it. That's why they call him "Raon" at school?

Anyway, thanks to that, we were able to achieve almost enormous marketing results for free, so we promised to provide all the devices and games that are coming out of the Pentagon for free.

‘If there is one problem, it is that there are very few games that we have released to date that elementary school students can play...’

But I guess I'll just have to grow up and play later...

At that time, he was walking around, holding his brother's hand, and staring at a shop.

He naturally turned his eyes and saw that there was a sugar apple coated with candy, half a slice of apple, placed neatly on a stick.

If you eat it, it's so sweet you can't eat it all, but it's still like liquorice.

“Bro, I want to eat that...”

“Huh? No. We spent all our allowance on that last trip. That's why I told you to think carefully when you go. ”

“But I still want to eat...”

I stared at the two brothers fat and opened my mouth.

“Do you want me to buy it? ”

“Wow!! Really?"

“Hey, you really...”

Unlike the younger brother who answers straight away, the older brother hurriedly stopped him. He wants to eat, but he's acting like an adult.

“No, it's okay. You buy it to listen to your brother. ”

I don't think I understood what I was saying, but he nodded. I gave two sugar apples for 100 yen each to the children who bought them.

As he received the candy apple, he chewed and smiled deeply.

“Is it good?”

Even though I didn't have to answer, I could not help but see my brother telling me everything with his face.

“Then I should probably get going. I have someone I want to meet...”

“I'll go to a collar concert with my mom later. ”

“You're coming to the concert? ”

“Yes, my mom's taking me there. ”

“Really? Hmm...”

I looked at the children's power ranger masks for a moment and knelt on my knees and set my eyes high with them.

“Hey... if you and your mom come to the concert later, can you do me a favor? ”

“Yes, I will. But what's the favor? ”

“Well, only a power ranger can do that...”

&

“Joon-Hyuk!! ”

After a while, Yuki and his older sister Yuko came in the car and waved their hands at me.

“Hello, Yuko. It's been a long time."

It's been a long time since I saw Yuko dressed in a very sophisticated semi-formal. Yuko, who looks like Yuki but has a different charm, greeted me with a little head salutation.

“Hello."

“You've had a hard time driving. ”

“No. I just drove here myself...”

Yuki, who was next to me, whispered in my ear.

‘Liar. I'm a big fan of my sister's gift to God. All S rank players. ’

“Yuki, what did you just say? ”

“Huh? Nothing! Huh? Joon-Hyuk, what's with the mask? ”

She turns her eyes away from Yuko's vertebrae and looks at the Fox Mask in my hand.

“Huh? Oh, here's your present. ”

“Oh! Cute!”

Yuki placed the mask in my hand directly over my head. A fox mask that was a little smaller than the other masks was an accessory mask that gives points slightly across the side of the head, not on the face like the power ranger masks of the children we met earlier.

“How does it look? Does it look good? ”

“Yes. Cute!”

“Tsh, I came all the way here to see... everything. ”

“Marry me if you're jealous!”

“Hmph. Never mind. ”

Why is it my illusion that the level of conversation between the two of you is similar to the brother I met earlier?

I slowly shook my head and looked at the watch.

“I should probably get going. The show is about to start…”

“Oh, let's go, then. We...”

Slowly beyond the red-hot sunset, under the pitch-dark sky, we hurriedly walked to the concert hall.

&

Shortly after Yuko and Yuki entered the concert, Gala concert of God's gift lifted the veil.

Compared to concert venues that mainly cover classical or orchestral performances, the stage facilities were crude, but the God-given Gala concert itself was a place to celebrate the completion and clearance of the game and listen to the music in the game as an actual instrument.

As the thick curtain lifted, Ueno, the Sound Director of the Pentagon, along with the giant piano in the center of the stage, began to play Chopin's waltz directly in a suit.

“Wahhhh…”

The warm piano's reverberation at the Grand Piano contained a luscious sound that could not be captured on Raon's tiny speakers.

Is it because the first song is Chopin's waltz?

The Gala concert of God's gift gave me an incredibly solemn and luxurious feeling that it was an event for gaming content.

I'm staring at Ueno onstage, dead of breath.

Sitting at the front of the stage next to me, Yuki and Yuko held their hands together and looked at him with dazzling eyes.

That was enough to catch everyone's attention when Ueno was getting his spotlight on the stage.

When Waltz's melody, which seemed like it wasn't going to end forever, began to fade...

Suddenly, the elasticity of the mouths of those who fell into his music leaked out.

Darla, darla, darn.

After finishing the first song with a clean ring, Ueno slowly got up and held the microphone in his hand.

“Hello, everyone. I'm Ueno Cyto, the sound director at the Pentagon. Thank you so much for coming all the way to our Gala concert. First, a gift from God, our Pentagon signage director.

It started with Yin Kang Jun-hyuk's little idea. It's simply a very monumental piece that has pioneered a new genre of ‘rhythm games’ in the framework of RPGs that beat, break and grow so far, or action dominant games.

And I think it's an honor to be able to put my music in such a great piece. ”

Ueno lowers his head slightly, looking at me in the front row.

In the applause poured out by the president, I also lowered my head slightly in return, and he smiled at his mouth and turned his eyes to the audience.

“Then the next piece I'm going to play is the second collaboration with Yukino Kaori. It's the grief of Chrysler's love. ”

Yuko said to Yuki, as the crowd clapped.

“Oh, I love this part of the game...”

After facing the piano again, Ueno closed his eyes for a moment and breathed.

You move your finger very slowly, touching the piano keyboard.

When the sound of a fluttering piano filled the concert hall and even the people sitting in the audience were enjoying his piano with their eyes closed...

Yuki whispered in my ear.

‘Joon-Hyuk... Didn't Ueno say this song was a violin collaboration before? ’

In Yuki's question, I pointed my finger to the screen of the stage with my jaw. And then after a while. The lighting on the ceiling darkened and the blonde woman appeared on the screen.