Kana stared at Sakurajima Mai, who had just walked in.
The other person obviously also noticed this girl who had clashed with her several times and was also a “genius child actor”.
Then, right in front of Yuji and Kana.
She turned her head, said a few words to the manager beside her, and then pointed in the direction of the two of them.
After getting permission, she walked over carrying a white crossbody bag and sat down.
“Kana-chan, good morning.”
A fair palm lifted to slightly tuck back the hair by her temple, a simple casual greeting, and she sat down neatly.
“Ah—” Kana, who was staring at her, pouted with dissatisfaction.
She didn’t expect the other person to so blatantly insert herself between her and Yuji’s conversation.
But even so, she still nodded in response.
“Good morning, Senior Sakurajima.”
There was no help for it; after all, the other person was her senior who entered the industry before her, and since she came over to greet her proactively, there was certainly no reason not to respond.
However, compared to Kana’s series of psychological activities, Yuji’s thoughts on the other side were much simpler.
At the moment, he was sizing up Sakurajima Mai in front of him.
If Kana gave him the feeling of being as eye-catching as a little sun, childish yet with a hint of willful petulance.
Then the first impression Sakurajima Mai gave him in front of him was perhaps — quiet.
Yes.
Quiet.
Her expression was calm, she spoke quietly and without fuss, and didn’t even show much emotion.
It was no exaggeration to call her a living, breathing cold-faced beauty in the making.
In terms of appearance, she was indeed outstanding, with a pair of large, beautiful, magnificent navy-blue eyes, a small face that was slowly developing and losing its baby fat, and slender, long limbs…
Just as Yuji was scanning her up and down.
Sakurajima Mai’s voice suddenly sounded.
“I say…
you…
are very interesting.”
He raised his head.
Only to find that Sakurajima Mai was staring at him.
She crossed her legs, the tips of her round-toed leather shoes slightly upturned, exuding an indescribable queenly demeanor.
Those navy-blue eyes were filled with keen interest.
“This is the first time I’ve been stared at like this by a male child actor younger than me.”
She deliberately leaned her body forward, giving the other person plenty of oppressive feeling to see how he would react.
“That’s right, because Senior is very good-looking.” Yuji said.
“Woo!”
There is no woman in the world who hates others praising her for being good-looking.
Not to mention Sakurajima Mai was almost in the first year of junior high, and had some awareness of her female appearance.
So being praised so directly like this also caused two flushes of red to float across her fair face.
After all, she actually quite liked boys younger than her, not to mention that Yuji’s facial foundation was right there — red lips and white teeth — which greatly attracted older sisters like her who had a bit of a “younger-boy complex”.
Just as she revealed an interested look and wanted to say something —
“Senior Sakurajima, please, please don’t bully him.
He’s just a newly entered child actor.”
Kana suddenly stood up, blocking in front of her and Yuji.
“Eh…”
Looking at Kana in front of her, Sakurajima Mai made a surprised sound.
She and Kana had competed a few times and had cooperated a few times in terms of filming.
Therefore, she also had some understanding of Kana.
Although Kana’s professional ability was very good, and she was very kind and straightforward, she also had quite a few minor flaws.
For example, Acting as if no one else was around, being self-absorbed, and not quite knowing how to read the room during filming.
And such an Kana was actually willing to stand up and proactively defend a male child actor of the same age…
“Interesting…”
Sakurajima Mai blinked.
She was now even more curious about Yuji behind Kana.
“Rest assured, Kana-chan, I didn’t mean to bully him.”
More accurately…
Sakurajima Mai looked at Yuji; from the moment they met until now, not to mention cowering, the other person didn’t even seem to have a shred of awe for her as a senior.
This kind of kid…
didn’t look like someone she could bully.
So her voice paused, she extended her palm toward Yuji, and revealed a gentle smile.
“Hello, my name is Sakurajima Mai.
May I ask what your name is?”
“I am Yuji.”
Yuji nodded, extended his hand, and shook hands with Sakurajima Mai.
“Yuji…”
Sakurajima Mai blinked.
She didn’t have much impression of this name…
Was he a child actor from some small agency?
The two shook hands and exchanged a few polite pleasantries.
Then it quieted down.
The reason was very simple.
The audition for “she and him” was finally about to begin.
The general audition process was actually very simple.
Actors sat outside the room and just waited for the people inside to call their names.
But today was different.
There were simply too many people coming for the audition.
Therefore, the organizers could only set up an audition stage, placed plastic stools below it, and whoever’s name was called would go up and perform.
Taking the brunt of it were naturally the two main characters, “Ryoya” and “Junko”.
Junko’s audition was first.
I must say, this was the first time Yuji had seen a real-life audition.
He was quite interested in this and couldn’t help taking a few extra glances.
But as he watched, Yuji couldn’t help but withdraw his gaze.
The reason was very simple —
The Acting level of these child actors was simply too low.
It was one thing for some child actors to read mechanically, but there were even more exaggerated instances of forgetting lines.
The expressions on their faces were also very stiff, and when they smiled, it was uglier than crying.
If translated to the levels within the system, the average Acting level of these child actors probably hovered around LV3 to LV4.
And as for the only two who surprised Yuji, they were indeed Kana and Sakurajima Mai.
Perhaps it was due to the bonus trait of being a “two-dimensional heroine”.
The Acting skills of these two people visibly surpassed the surrounding child actors by a large margin.
Whether it was line delivery, body language, or facial expressions, they performed quite perfectly.
Roughly calculating, the Acting level of both of them probably reached the standard of LV7 (Professional) Acting.
This also made Yuji sigh in emotion.
Geniuses truly existed in this world.
…
“Hoo…”
Exhaling a large breath, Kana walked down from the stage with a flushed face after her performance ended.
Her heart was incomparably jubilant.
After Yuji’s previous mediation, she could feel that her performance this time was nearly perfect!
It was even higher than her level when filming “white coastline”!