Perhaps it was true that the president said that he had been to Asakusa often, and he could see clearly the geography of the entire Asakusa shopping district without looking at the map.
Thanks to that, I only had to follow the president’s back.
After looking at colorful umbrellas and temaris with various flower patterns at a paper craft store, the second place we headed was a shop selling various statues.
According to the owner’s uncle, foreign tourists visiting Asakusa seem to buy a lot of small statues sold here as souvenirs.
The president looked around the store and pointed to a Buddha statue with a fan.
“How about this Bishamon Heavenly Statue? It’s big and gorgeous, so I don’t think it’s bad as an ornament to put in the house.”
“That’s… it sure is cool, but isn’t this a bit too big?”
I expressed my displeasure when I saw a non-samon heaven that was almost the size of a human.
It was probably made of brass, but when I glanced at the price range, there were about 6 balls attached to it.
It certainly wouldn’t be expensive if it was the chairman’s financial resources, but the recipient would be more burdened.
However, it seems that the president’s choice seemed different to the handsome owner’s uncle.
“Hahahaha! Lady! I have some eyes for Buddha! This is one of the best pieces in our shop!”
“Fufufu, this Kumiko Saionji. Thanks to the aesthetics that I have cultivated since I was a child, I have an excellent eye for seeing this kind of art.”
“Then why don’t you take a look at these things too!”
“Oh my, this is another beautiful Buddha statue.”
The owner is excited and starts to show other Buddha images, and the president gets embarrassed and accepts it again.
It was a flowing pattern as always, so it was time to take a break from boring time and look at the smartphone screen.
The president, who was having a hard conversation with the owner, suddenly stretched his waist! He opened it up and said with a stiff expression.
“Uh, oh my. Look at my mind. I had other work to do, but I was unknowingly focused on the story.”
“What? Are you going to go already? I was going to show you my treasury collection, but it’s a pity.”
“I will visit again next time.”
The president said goodbye like that in an old-fashioned tone like an aristocratic lady, and then immediately left the store.
“…?”
What is this? Normally, we would have talked for 15 minutes longer.
I bowed my head slightly to the owner uncle, and followed the chairman outside the store to leave.
The president was crouching in front of the store, putting his hand on his ear and muttering something.
“Chairman? Where are you sick?”
When I asked in amazement, the president exclaimed, “Hey!” and jumped up from his seat.
“No! It’s nothing! I suddenly want to go to the bathroom!”
“Oh, then let’s go to the nearby tourist information center.”
“Then I’ll ask for some guidance. I’ve never been there before.”
“Yes. Trust me and follow me.”
As requested by the president, I started walking towards the tourist information center in the center of Asakusa Shopping Street.
***
[Girl, now is not the time to talk like that.]
Saionji Kumiko, who was in the midst of a discussion about the Buddha statue with her uncle, was startled by the sudden voice in her ear and stood upright without realizing it.
“Girl, why all of a sudden? Where are you hurting?”
“Oh, no. I suddenly felt a chill.”
After saying that, he turned around and put his hand on the ear-type Bluetooth earphone and spoke with ventriloquism.
‘Minami, please be quiet.’
However, Minami Akagi behind the speaker also had something to say.
[Girl, you’re here to go on a date in Asakusa, not to see the Buddha. Look behind you. Isn’t Kim Yoo-sung looking at his smartphone with an expressionless expression? In dating between a man and a woman, not making the other person boring is one of the basics of dating skills.]
“…!”
After hearing Minami’s comments, Saionji Kumiko realized later that her actions were not suitable for a date, and hurriedly arranged the conversation she had with the owner.
“Uh, oh my. Look at my mind. I had other work to do, but I was unknowingly focused on the story.”
“What? Are you going to go already? I was going to show you my treasury collection, but it’s a pity.”
“I will visit again next time.”
After skimming around skillfully, he hurriedly left the statue shop.
Immediately after, Kumiko squatted down and asked Minami a question.
‘So where can we go next?’
[Now that you have seen all the paper umbrellas, Temari, Buddha and Ebisu statues that I heard as examples of gifts, it’s time to go see the kimono and yukata.]
kimono! Yukata!
It was the perfect topic to appeal to the dark-eyed Kumiko Saionji for dating.
[Once the lady waits for me for a moment, we will go ahead and hire a kimono shop owner. You just have to match the words.]
‘How do you pass the time? ‘
“Chairman? Where are you sick?”
Kumiko Saionji stood up in amazement at the sudden voice of Yooseong Kim heard from behind.
“No! It’s nothing! I suddenly want to go to the bathroom!”
It was a loose excuse, but when I think about it, it was a good excuse.
Because it’s something you can hold on to for a while in the bathroom.
However, Kim Yoo-seong, who had no way of knowing such a situation, was the first to say whether he was considering her.
“Oh, then let’s go to the nearby tourist information center.”
Kumiko’s conscience was slightly pricked, but she decided to lie with her eyes closed.
“Then I’ll ask for some guidance. I’ve never been there before.”
“Yes. Trust me and follow me.”
[5 minutes, you only need to hold out for 5 minutes.]
***
“Brother, stay here.”
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Minami Akagi took off the headset she was wearing on her head and said so.
“What?”
The moment Shinjiro Akagi was about to ask, “What are you talking about?” Minami, who had changed from shoes to sneakers, slammed the door of the limousine and ran out at great speed.
“Minami!”
Shinjiro hurriedly shook his head.
But Minami was already sprinting towards the kimono shop in the shopping street, about two kilometers from where the car was parked, at great speed.
Probably because it was the first day of Golden Week, Asakusa was full of tourists with families on a weekend outing.
Running in such a place was originally an act that was just right for causing an accident, but for Minami Kunoichi, who had been trained by Kouga-ryu, the bad conditions were not even an obstacle.
“Suck!”
The promenade crowded with tourists is passed by jumping lightly like a stepping stone using the small sign outside the store as a foothold.
As she lands on the sidewalk, twisting her body gorgeously in mid-air, passersby see her and applaud her.
“Oh oh!”
“Awesome! Lady!”
“Are you holding an event?”
But Minami didn’t have time to respond to their concerns.
‘100m on a straight road, then 300m after turning right’
Pot!
As soon as you step on the ground, it accelerates again explosively.
Following the map entered in his head, he runs at great speed.
The appearance of her running at a faster speed than any other track and field athlete while wearing a neat office uniform was truly amazing, so she definitely drew the attention of the people around her.
“Wow! It’s a butterfly!”
At that moment, a child suddenly jumped out of the blind spot of the straight path.
“…!”
It was too late to suddenly brake while running, so Minami narrowly dumbled over her head, avoiding the child and even the mother of the child who was chasing them.
After beckoning to the mother of the child who looked at her with a puzzled expression, she started running again.
‘Three minutes to go.’
It is time for the young lady who went to the tourist information center with Kim Yoo-seong to get nervous.
She looked around to find a shortcut to a kimono shop, and found a tricolor cat walking on the wall of a densely-packed residential area.
Without hesitation, Minami stepped on the mailbox on the street and jumped up.
“Nyaan!”
A tricolor cat who sees her suddenly appears and runs away in amazement.
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Minami, who likes animals, said to herself that she was sorry, and then started running quickly over the wall.
‘Two minutes to go.’
Due to the broken wall along the way, he is forced to jump over the roof of the house.
Light footwork is the basis of Kunoichi.
Quiet but fast.
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Minami ran from roof to roof with barely making a sound of footsteps, and finally arrived at a side road leading to an arcade shopping street with kimono shops.
‘One minute ahead!’
Suddenly, a girl in a black suit fell off the roof of a residential area, and the people walking around were startled and moved away, but with an iron plate across her face, she immediately made a final spurt.
After driving in a straight line, immediately turn left.
Druck!
After running a distance of about 2 km in just 5 minutes, she gasped and held out a black card to the owner of the kimono shop, who looked at her in surprise.
“I’ll borrow this shop for an hour!”