Muku Sakisaka/Bling Tonight

Ride the Wind

Backstage Stories

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Kazunari	…
Muku	I’m home.
Kazunari	Ah, welcome back, Mukkun.
Muku	What are you up to?
Kazunari	I’m assembling a cash cannon I made with a 3D printer.
	A uni friend made one for an assignment and I thought it looked interesting.
Muku	A cash cannon?
Kazunari	Yep, you see~, it’s a gun that shoots money bills as bullets…
	Hold on, just a little more—.
	Alright, perfecto!
Muku	Oh~, it looks like a toy gun.
Kazunari	Right, right. You insert the fake bills here~.
	Pull the trigger, and—.
	*shoots*
Muku	Wahh! Amazing!
Kazunari	It’s like a scene from a movie, right?
	The flow would be sicker if I could set a larger number of bills, but it’s pretty hard.
	But I think it’d be lit if you made bills with original designs on them and used this at a wedding or surprise party or something!
Muku	Ah! Right, in that case…
Tenma	DON’T POINT THAT OVER HERE!
Misumi	Wheee, I caught a whole bunch!
Muku	You’re rich!
Kumon	Lemme try it next!
Izumi	(Is that Summer troupe? They sure are energetic in the morning…)
	…Huh, money’s falling from the sky!?
	Wait a second, what’s going on with this huge load of cash!?
Yuki	Don’t worry.
	They’re all counterfeit bills.
Izumi	C-counterfeit!? That doesn’t make me feel better at all though!?
Misumi	Look, look, it’s my face~.
Izumi	…Huh?
	Ah, you’re right. It's Misumi-kun’s face, and over here is Tenma-kun?
Kazunari	As Mukkun suggested, I made bills with everyone’s faces on them.
	‘Course, the design was all me!
Izumi	Woah, that’s amazing.
	They came out great.
Kumon	Also, this is the cash cannon that Kazu-san made! The bills just fly out.
Tenma	How about you give it a try too, Director?
Izumi	Can I?
Kazunari	Of course!
Kumon	The money’ll come out when you press this trigger.
Izumi	Here goes—.
	*shoots*
	Wah~, that feels great!
Kumon	I know, right!
Kazunari	I took lotsa pics for the ‘blam!
Izumi	If only all of this was real money, huh~…
Tenma	Oi, oi.
Yuki	We wouldn't be laughing if they were real.
Sakyo	Oi... what is this disaster zone?

Tenma	Ack…
Sakyo	These better not be real wads of cash.
Muku	Of course not!
Misumi	We have money with Sakyo on them too~.
Sakyo	What the hell…
	Don’t play with people’s faces.
	Good grief… clean this up properly.
Misumi	‘Kaaay!
Izumi	These bills came out really well, so it might be great to give them to everyone as a memento later.
Kazunari	You can use them in games and stuff too, right~?
Muku	Yeah.
Tenma	—Ah.
Kumon	What’s wrong?
Tenma	It’s already this time, huh?
	I have work after this, so I gotta get ready.
Izumi	I have some outside work to do today too.
Kazunari	‘Kay then, shall we get this tidied up?
Muku	Yeah.
	(I’m so glad I pre-ordered today’s new book release.
	I can’t wait to read it.)
Izumi	…
Muku	Ah, Director-san.
	Are you done with your work?
Izumi	Yeah.
	Muku-kun was—at a book store?
Muku	Yes.
	Today was release date of the new book I’ve been looking forward to for so long.
Izumi	Oh, I see.
	Well since I’m out already, I guess I’ll do some shopping before I head home too.
Muku	I’ll carry your bags.
Izumi	Is that ok? Thank you.
Muku	Ah, that reminds me, it looks like they’re holding a lottery at the shopping district right now.
	I received a lottery ticket earlier—.
	Huh? That’s strange, I swear I put it in my pocket.
Izumi	Something fell.
Muku	Ah, a bill from the cash cannon…
Izumi	Maybe it got mixed in with your clothes without you realizing.
Muku	It’d be bad if you took this out by mistake while you’re shopping, huh?
Izumi	Fufu, that’s true.
	But it’s a bill with Sakyo-san’s face on it so it might be worth a lot—.
	*wind blows by*
	Ahh, the bill—.
Muku	Wait!
???	—.

Izumi	Waaait!
Muku	Just a little more—.
	*wind blows*
	Ahh!
Izumi	So close!
	It got blown up so high…
	Maybe we should give up already.
Muku	B-but what if someone picks that bill up, uses it at a store without knowing, and gets arrested and charged for using counterfeit money…!
Izumi	EHH…!?
	(Um, I don’t think that’s going to happen…
	And actually, my body’s reaching its limit…)
Muku	Director-san, please leave the rest to me!
Izumi	Sorry, I’m counting on you…!
Muku	Yes!
???	Wait~!
Izumi	!?
Muku	Eh? EH? Are they chasing me!?
???	HOLD ON~!!
Muku	EEEEK!
	*runs*
Izumi	(W-what was that…?)
	(I wonder if they were chasing after Muku-kun…?)
	I feel like I’ve heard that voice somewhere before though…)
Sakoda	WAIT FOR ME~!
Muku	WAHH, I’m sorry, I’m sorry!
Sakoda	Wait~!
Muku	We just made those bills for fun—I wasn’t planning to use them as actual counterfeits…!
Sakoda	Sakisaka-san, IT’S ME! Sakoda!
Muku	Sakoda-san!?
Sakoda	Wasn’t that a bill with aniki’s face on it flyin’ around?
	Are those new goods!?
Muku	HUH!? U-ummm…
Juza	…Muku?
Muku	Ju-chan!
	*wind blows*
Juza	Hm? What’s this?
Muku	Ah, catch that bill!
Juza	This one?
Sakoda	Amazin’! It really is a bill with aniki’s face on it!
	If they’re goods, I’d love to buy one!
Muku	Oh, no, that was something Kazu-kun made for his cash cannon… So you can take it if you’d like.
Sakoda	You mean it!? SCORE!
	Ah, that reminds me, I was in the middle of work!
	Alright then, see ya!
Muku	Good luck today!
Juza	You guys made that kinda thing?
Muku	Ehehe… I’m glad it made Sakoda-san happy.
	There’s also a bill with Ju-chan’s face on it.
	Kazu-kun designed one for everyone.
Juza	Is there a Settsu one too?
Muku	Yes.
Juza	Which one’s worth more?
Muku	Eh? Umm, I wonder which one…
	Should I ask Kazu-kun later?
Juza	…You were running with all your might, huh?
Muku	Ah… you’re right.
	I was desperately chasing after the bill and running away from Sakoda-san, so I wasn’t thinking about anything else… but it was fun.
Juza	I see.
Muku	Ah! I have to get back to where Director-san is.
	I promised her I’d carry her shopping bags.
Juza	Then I’ll go too.
Muku	Yeah, let's hurry!

Anna