Is this guy a newbie?

When the official profile photo shoot finally ended, Kazakami Ritsu, who had returned to the waiting room, sat on the sofa looking as if her soul had been extracted from her body.

Not only her, but even Sano Nana, who was usually full of energy, had a tired expression on her face.

“Hey, Ritsu-chan, are you okay?”

“Not really, I’m so tired. We were just taking pictures, so why is it so tiring?”

Hearing Sano Nana’s question, Kazakami Ritsu pulled back her soul, which was about to leave her body.

She lay on her back on the sofa, when a familiar face suddenly appeared in her vision.

Unbeknownst to her, Rimukudo Makoto, who had come to the waiting room, lowered her head and met eyes with the rookie under her charge.

“Looks like the photo shoot was tough. Because I wanted to take some photos for GS’s rookie promotion, I asked them to take a few extra shots.”

Before Kazakami Ritsu could even sit up straight, a pair of fair hands had already landed on her shoulders.

“P-President Rimukudo…”

This was Rimukudo Makoto, the young president who had taken over the entire GS and had appeared once when the two had first joined the company.

Sano Nana was startled by her, and quickly left the sofa and stood up straight.

Rimukudo Makoto looked at her exaggerated reaction and shook her head with a helpless expression.

“Don’t be nervous. I’m here to listen to your promotional recordings. You can feel free to express yourselves in the lines, but at the very least, record three different vocal tones.”

Before she could finish speaking, a slightly balding middle-aged man walked in from outside.

The balding middle-aged man glanced at Rimukudo Makoto in surprise, obviously not expecting the president to come in person.

“I’m Yoshida Sora, and I’m the Sound Director who will be assisting the two of you with the recording. Please take care of me.”

Yoshida Sora suppressed his doubts and solemnly handed over the scripts he had prepared in advance.

“This is the script I prepared for the two of you based on the information provided by the training center. There are various character design templates inside. Of course, you can also freely express your choices in the lines.”

After saying these words, Yoshida Sora looked at Rimukudo Makoto with an inquiring gaze.

The female president’s mouth curved slightly, and she reached out to take the script for Kazakami Ritsu.

“I’m looking forward to your performance. Good luck.”

She patted Kazakami Ritsu’s shoulder encouragingly and handed the script in her hand to Kazakami Ritsu.

Kazakami Ritsu, whose mentality was originally calm, felt a hint of pressure after noticing the expectations flashing in the female president’s eyes.

Being targeted by the big boss for no reason wasn’t a good thing.

Sano Nana flipped through the script for a while, then took the initiative to speak as if she had made up her mind.

“I’ll go first. I’m afraid that if Kazakami performs first, it will affect my performance.”

‘Hey! What do you mean by that?’

Kazakami Ritsu widened her eyes, meeting Sano Nana’s slightly teasing gaze in shock.

Yoshida Sora nodded, walked into the dubbing room next door, put on his headphones, and made a gesture.

Sano Nana took a deep breath and strode into the oppressive recording studio.

Before long, Sano Nana’s emotional performance echoed through the broadcast in the dubbing room.

“Hello everyone, I’m Sano Nana from Galactic·Sound agency. I hope you all enjoy my performance, and please support me.”

After the energetic self-introduction, Sano Nana organized her emotions and slowly opened her mouth.

“It’s okay… I’ll be waiting for you, I’ll keep waiting until you come back.”

The first version was a gentle-style voice, with the emotional expression being quite standard and without any problems.

“So that’s how it is? You chose her…”

The second version was a slightly regretful, cold voice. This time, it seemed like the resonance was somewhat inadequate.

“You ask me why I’m not reconciled? As a loser, isn’t this only natural!”

The third version turned into an angry voice expressing tension. From the perspective of performance, it could be called perfect.

As the performance of the three different vocal tones ended, Sano Nana opened her eyes below the microphone.

In the three recordings, she respectively substituted three different identities: the childhood sweetheart who grew up together, the underclassman who failed in her confession, and the villain who was unwilling to fail.

Her voice was a kind of energetic voice, which was full of tension while also possessing individual characteristics.

Especially the last performance that showed explosive power, she felt that her breath control and emotional expression were quite good.

Yoshida Sora, who had listened to the recording, nodded, giving the girl behind the soundproof glass a thumbs up with a calm expression.

Seeing the Sound Director’s gesture, a bright smile immediately appeared on Sano Nana’s face.

As soon as she walked out of the recording area, she ran over happily and hugged Kazakami Ritsu’s arm.

“Little Ritsu! How was it? My performance was pretty good, right?”

Kazakami Ritsu, who was startled by Sano Nana’s sudden action, was stunned for a moment before responding with an awkward smile.

“Yes, very impressive. As expected of you.”

Her praise came from the bottom of her heart, after all, Sano Nana’s performance this time was really excellent.

It was just that the two didn’t stick together for long before Rimukudo Makoto, who was next to them, cleared her throat to remind them.

“Kazakami, it’s your turn. Don’t keep Sound Director Yoshida waiting.”

Hearing the president’s reminder, Sano Nana quickly let go of Kazakami Ritsu’s hands and made a fist at her.

Kazakami Ritsu nodded at Sano Nana and walked toward the recording area in front of her.

The door slowly closed behind her. Kazakami Ritsu, who had walked to the microphone, slightly raised her head and looked at the lights above her head.

‘This is where characters are given life.’

“So then, Miss Kazakami, please start with your self-introduction and performance.”

Yoshida Sora’s voice pulled her thoughts back to reality.

Kazakami Ritsu took a deep breath and introduced herself.

“Hello everyone, I’m Kazakami Ritsu from Galactic·Sound agency. Thank you all for your support and love. I will continue to work hard in the future.”

After finishing the very formulaic self-introduction, Kazakami Ritsu adjusted her emotions.

After Sano Nana’s performance just now, a scene involuntarily appeared in Kazakami Ritsu’s mind.

The Ferris wheel with its brilliant lights in the amusement park, the boy and the girl in the small compartment.

“Hey, I’m really very happy…”

“This dreamlike time is about to end. I hope everything can end here.”

“This is still the first time you’ve cried in front of me, right? You usually endure it well, you’ve worked hard.”

The gentle and delicate voice was transmitted to everyone’s ears through the professional recording microphone.

The veteran Sound Director, Yoshida Sora, trembled slightly, his gaze as he looked at the girl behind the soundproof glass full of surprise.

‘This flawless performance… Is this child really a rookie voice actor?’

At that moment, Yoshida Sora, who had worked in the industry for more than ten years and thought he had seen everything, doubted his own abilities for the first time.