In the Wenchun editorial department, Miyagi, as a literary editor, opened his office computer as usual, and then put a capsule in the capsule coffee machine. After finishing this, he habitually opened his work computer.

Mail.

Today is the deadline for the Bunshun Literary Newcomer Competition. Seeing the pile of manuscripts in the mailbox, Miyagi couldn't help but sigh silently.

For a senior editor like him, there is no sense of expectation for the works of newcomers. Especially in recent years, as the trend of imitation has become increasingly popular, Miyagi has rarely read the kind of works that are full of authorship.

A sincere work.

The emails in the mailbox are arranged in chronological order, with the latest received email at the top. Because the reception time is set, emails that exceed the deadline of the competition will be sent to the trash. I can only see Miyagi even watching.

I emptied the messages in the trash without looking at them, then cheered up and clicked on the email message at the top.

""spark"?"

"Do you think you can win the editor's favor by giving a foreign name? Haha, today's newcomers are so self-righteous. Without a touching story, everything is in vain. If you don't even know this truth, how can you participate in a literary competition!

"

Miyagi complained in his heart with some boredom, but after the computer loaded the manuscript, the author's pen name surprised Miyagi. But soon, Miyagi began to laugh in his heart again.

"Arata Furuta? You used a celebrity's name as a pen name. Do you want to attract the editor's attention? Don't be ridiculous. This kind of trick can only backfire."

Just like that, without even reading a page, Miyagi almost threw the novel into the trash.

But now that he has opened the manuscript, he always has to take a few symbolic glances. Unfortunately, when Miyagi scanned the first page, he was put off by the author's poor writing style and sentence structure. He read

It can be concluded that the author must be a novice. Just for the grammatical errors, Miyagi only glanced at it and picked out no less than five places. After seeing this, Miyagi even felt that there was no need to continue reading!

"but……"

When he thought that the other party was a newcomer, he might have submitted the article with literary ideals in mind. Miyagi couldn't bear it anymore. So he patiently planned to browse the first chapter of the book to see if there was anything he could save.

possibility!

The story begins one summer, when a young man named Tokunaga Taiho and his childhood friend Yamashita formed the spark comedy group. They wanted to show off their skills in the comics industry. However, even though they wrote new jokes day and night

, but the show was not popular, so Tokunaga and Yamashita had no choice but to accept the job of dressing up as mascots in the supermarket wearing cow suits.

On this day, the agency took over a job for the two of them to perform at the Atami Fireworks Festival. At the fireworks festival, Tokunaga and Yamashita's joke failed again. After Tokunaga stepped down, who felt frustrated, the stage

A pair called the Dumb Duo came up. Unfortunately, because the fireworks show was about to start, the street director in charge of organizing the performance occupied the stage, enjoying the arrangement over and over again by the sensible subordinates in the audience.

Can.

It wasn't until it was Dumb's turn to come on stage that Kamiya pointed at the audience members who were eager to watch the fireworks show and left and cursed "Go to hell!" over and over again, irritating the audience and almost starting a fight on the spot. Right here.

At that time, the sky was filled with brilliant fireworks, which were particularly dazzling.

…

"What are you doing!"

When Editor Miyagi saw this, the coffee in his hand became a little cold without realizing it. Although when he thought about it carefully, the story seemed very dull up to this point, but for some reason, Miyagi liked it very much.

…

At the fireworks display, Kamiya's performance left a deep impression on Tokunaga. Tokunaga took the initiative to contact Kamiya and wanted to become his disciple. Kamiya agreed without hesitation. However, Kamiya asked Tokunaga to write a biography for him.

.Keep your promises

For this reason, Tokunaga even knocked on the door of the closed stationery store after the tavern closed, and spent a huge sum of two thousand yen to buy a pen. With expectations for the future, Tokunaga ran into the morning light.

Looking forward to the future life.

But it is a pity that after returning to Tokyo, Tokunaga's life was still uneventful, like a pool of stagnant water. But at this time, Master Kamiya decided to come to Tokyo to develop.

…

When Miyagi saw this, he no longer cared about the author's grammatical errors. Even the author's poor writing style no longer mattered to Miyagi. At this time, he was immersed in the author's story.

I couldn't help myself. And the cup of coffee I brewed in the morning remained untouched until now.

In the evening, Miyagi didn't even notice his colleagues leaving get off work. It wasn't until he saw the last paragraph that Miyagi raised his head. It was at this moment that he realized that, unknowingly, he had Two lines of tears were left.

How long has it been since you were moved by someone else’s work?

In fact, Miyagi no longer remembers it. However, although this novel is full of feelings of mourning from beginning to end, it makes people feel infinite emotions after reading it. Unlike other newcomer novels where the protagonists are all successful and famous, this novel

Tokunaga and Kamiya in the novel look particularly friendly, as if they were performing on the streets of Shibuya.

"Dingle bell!"

"Moses Moses!"

"Do you know what time it is? Don't you plan to go home today?"

"Ah, I'm so sorry, I'll go back right away!"

As the ringing of the phone interrupted Miyagi's thoughts, Miyagi realized that he had gone home late. After answering the phone, Miyagi made up an excuse and hurriedly packed his belongings and planned to go home. But after a while,

On the way, he kept thinking about the plot of the novel in his mind.

When Miyagi walked out of Shibuya Station, he suddenly heard the rhythmic sound of taiko drums in his ears. The plot of Kamiya and the taiko drummer in the book sounded. Miyagi stopped for the first time.

Then he stopped and listened.

"Taiko, the little brother of Taiko! The little brother wearing the red hat! Dragon, wake up! Let the sound of this taiko drum wake you up!"

In the novel, Kamiya's lyrics made Miyagi stop in his tracks. At this time, he couldn't help but clap his hands to the rhythm of the taiko drum. When the taiko performer saw that there was finally an audience, he started to perform.

He worked even harder. This made Miyagi unintentionally experience Kamiya's state of mind in the book. Only passers-by looked at the middle-aged uncle and the drummer as if they were fools.
Chapter completed!