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Chapter 397: Heaven's Way
🕑 Added 2025-07-19 15:03:26 +0000 UTCAs Washimine's current generation game console, Nanaya will definitely support it.
However, it is still early for WILL to be released, so Nanaya can just wait until the end of the year.
Compared to promoting game consoles, Nanaya now has another thing that requires his attention.
That is——
In the temporary dressing room of the studio, Nanaya put on black leather shoes and walked back and forth in the room.
“No place to hurt your feet.”
After making sure the shoes fit him well, Nanaya nodded to the costume designer with satisfaction.
Nanaya's answer satisfied Katsura Mamako very much: "That's good, otherwise you'll be walking around on the set later and it will be troublesome if your feet get blisters. Okay, come over and put on makeup."
Nanaya stood obediently in front of the makeup mirror and let Sister Katsura apply makeup on his face as she pleased.
At this time, Nanaya was wearing a black suit, black trousers, a black tie, black leather shoes and a black coat.
Looking at himself in the mirror, Nanaya felt that he was only one step away from becoming a crow and asking Uncle Li to borrow another pair of sunglasses.
"I'm a little uncomfortable with this scruffy look." Nanaya touched his chin, "Except for that time in New Zealand, I've never been this sloppy again."
"Don't move!"
Katsura Mamako slapped Nanaya's hand away and warned him, "I don't care what you're like normally, but during this time you have to let me trim your beard. I have to make sure that the length of your beard is maintained at this standard before the filming is finished."
"Who designed this character? Not only does he wear a suit and leather shoes on the battlefield, but his beard is also shabby?"
If Kiritsugu's character had a longer beard, Nanaya could have just glued on a fake beard like Johnson did when he played the emperor.
"Isn't that person you?"
Katsura Mamako was a little speechless.
Nanaya looked at the other person with a very sincere look: "Do you believe me when I say that this matter has nothing to do with me?"
"I don't believe it. You can use this kind of words to comfort those little girls. Here, don't forget this."
Katsura Mamako snorted coldly, then handed a model pistol to Nanaya.
Nanaya took the pistol and checked it carefully. After making sure that there was no problem, he put it into the gun bag on his waist.
In addition, he had a fake beard on his face, making him look much more mature than his actual age.
"This should be okay, right?"
Nanaya looked in the mirror and felt that there should be no problem.
“It is indeed very good.”
Katsura Mamako walked around Nanaya and praised him, "You have the temperament of a middle-aged man, but I don't usually see that. I think you will definitely charm a lot of people like this."
"Yeah, I feel like I'm missing a pair of sunglasses."
But Katsura Mamako ignored Nanaya's complaints. She continued to observe Nanaya carefully: "Very good, I believe Kiritsugu and Maiya will be a perfect match."
"Ha?"
"It's nothing, just go to the set, they've already built the set."
Katsura Mamako didn't explain much, she patted Nanaya on the back.
Hearing what the other party said, Nanaya did not stay any longer. He immediately walked out of the dressing room and headed towards the studio.
At this time, the studio had been divided into two parts: a corridor and a room by an artificial wall, and then a large green screen covered the corridor and the room.
Shiki Matsuno, today's director, is standing behind the camera. He is discussing the lighting issues for the upcoming filming with the lighting technician and Shonan Rantaro.
Nanaya didn't say hello to them, but walked around the scenic area first.
Because of the trauma left by his previous role as Shinji in FSN, he now has to familiarize himself with the set and his own positioning before filming.
"Hey, Nanaya, come here."
Shiki discovered Nanaya wandering around the scenic area.
"Yes."
Nanaya was observing the distance between the door and the table. After hearing Shiki Matsuno's words, he agreed without even raising his head.
"Are you nervous?"
Nanaya muttered, "It's okay, it's not the first time I'm filming, and there are only a few people today."
This scene is the one where Kiritsugu and Maiya meet in Fuyuki City, and the entire set of shots only features two actors, Kiritsugu and Maiya.
Not only were there few actors, but there were also not many behind-the-scenes staff present today, and those who came were all veterans under Nanaya's command.
The reason for this arrangement is very simple. Today is the first set of shots that Nanaya needs to shoot for her role as Kiritsugu.
Taking into account Nanaya's poor acting skills, Shiki thought that there would be too many NGs, and too many people might affect Nanaya's prestige in the crew in the future, so the size of the entire crew was streamlined as much as possible.
Nanaya himself had no objection to this. After all, he had a pretty good idea of his own strengths and weaknesses.
At this time, footsteps sounded, and Shiki Matsuno greeted the other party naturally: "You are here too, I am sorry to bother you today."
Then Shiki pulled Nanaya who was still looking down and said, "This is the actor who plays Maiya."
"Really? I'm going to be in trouble today... Damn! Why is it you!?"
When Nanaya saw the person coming, he was so scared that he jumped up on the spot.
Since the role of Hisau Maiya doesn't have many scenes, Nanaya simply threw the role to the casting team and asked them to find someone themselves, as long as it was an oriental female actress who wasn't too ugly.
Nanaya's original intention was to treat this role as a favor and let the crew give it to someone with connections.
But I didn’t expect that this group of people actually found a relative to come over!
You can even look for Yui Aragaki. Even though Gakki wasn't very famous in 2006, I really don't mind.
If all else fails, you can look for Rinko Kikuchi. After all, she is a Japanese actress with a name in Hollywood.
Why would you guys look for this guy?
“Ori! Why is it you? Why the hell are you here to play Maiya?!”
Then Nanaya was kicked out.
"Senior, are you not done yet?!"
Ori, who was wearing a suit, clenched his fist and warned: "Senior, if you say something nonsense again, I will beat your snot out~~"
"Ahem. Ori, I have something to do with Shiki Matsuno, please feel free to do as you please."
After saying that, Nanaya didn't care whether Ori agreed or not, he just pulled Shiki to a corner.
"What the hell is going on! Why is it Ori?!"
“Because it’s suitable.” Shiki Matsuno spread his hands and said, “You asked for it yourself. Maiya’s character is a beautiful woman with no expression.”
"So you found a man for me?"
"Well, have you forgotten? What was his nickname on the set?"
"...Cold beauty."
"Look, isn't this just right?"
Shiki laughed very happily, which made Nanaya more convinced that the boy did it on purpose.
"But why would Ori agree?"
Nanaya remembered that Ori said that after filming "Overlooking the Scenery", she never wanted to play a female role again.
"Well..."
Shiki Matsuno tried to suppress his smile and said, "When you are far away in America and have a sister in your hometown in Japan who likes to gossip in front of your parents, you will always be forced to agree to some difficult things."
"Shiki Ryougi!"
Nanaya squeezed out someone's name from between his teeth.
"I know you're here, but what are you saying?" Shiki's mouth was grinning from ear to ear. Nanaya thought this expression was really asking for a beating. "I'll arrange a female double for you for the kiss scene later. We'll use a staggered method to film the kiss scene. I won't let you kiss Ori."
"Real?"
Nanaya asked suspiciously.
Shiki Matsuno nodded quickly, "Really, really. I've already prepared a substitute, don't worry."
As Shiki said this, he pointed to the corner, and there really was a woman standing there wearing exactly the same clothes as Ori.
"I'll let you go, you big-headed ghost!"
Nanaya felt that he had such good self-cultivation that he didn't even greet Shiki Matsuno's female relatives.
But no matter how unwilling you are, it's too late to say anything now.
At this point, even if Nanaya wanted to find other actors to replace him, he couldn't find any.
Although there was the option of a stand-in actress, her appearance was too ordinary and her temperament was far different from Ori's.
[I said that when I asked them why they didn't talk much, I thought they were embarrassed to ask for a backdoor, but it turns out they are waiting for me here.]
Nanaya breathed hard to calm himself down.
"Okay, I got it. I'll go and prepare my lines."
"Wait a minute. Ori! Come here." Shiki waved Ori over, "Is there any problem with your lines?"
Ori nodded slightly: "Of course, I know what to do."
"Then you two exchange your lines." Shiki Matsuno noticed the way Nanaya was looking at him, and he immediately said, "Don't look at me like that. It will be very difficult for me if you two don't have a tacit understanding later. Don't forget that you two will be lovers later."
The word "lover" in Japanese means "lover".
“I don’t remember ever planning this. Shouldn’t Maiya be considered unrequited love?”
Nanaya remembered very clearly that under Illya's coercion, he changed Kiritsugu's character to one that was loyal to Iris.
"Urobuchi changed it after he knew that Ori would play Maiya."
Shiki sold the person out on the spot.
[So he has a part in it, right?]
Even though the show hadn't started yet, Nanaya could already understand Kiritsugu's feelings.
Well, the one in reality.
Shiki Matsuno thought he was a very sensible person, and after the two actors talked about some things to pay attention to when moving, he ran to the camera and gave the space to Nanaya and Ori.
"Tell me, what did Shiki Ryougi do to you? Why did you agree to do this?" Nanaya asked, pinching his brows.
"She found me a girlfriend. If I didn't agree to this, she would propose to that woman and give me to her."
Ori explained the reason very quickly.
"Do you believe it?"
"It doesn't matter whether I believe it or not, but the problem is that my mother believes it." Ori also looked furious. "Although Shiki has not shown any signs of success yet, my mother... you know what she is like."
Nanaya recalled the first time she and Ori went to Ryougi's house to celebrate the New Year, and Ryougi Kiyomi directly assumed that he was Ori's boyfriend.
"Haha, I can probably guess it."
Nanaya responded with a sneer, but he immediately thought of another problem.
"That's not right. Isn't that a lie to a girl?! Why would this girl do such a thing?!"
Ori was very depressed and said, "Don't worry, that girl is your girlfriend senior, Rin."
"..."
Nanaya now understood what it felt like to be bullied by everyone around him, and he really wanted to say sorry to Kiritsugu.
