It prospered with the establishment of the shogunate, and then declined with the decline of the shogunate. After hundreds of years of twists and turns, Kamakura is now just a small city by the Sagami Sea, famous for its various historical monuments.

However, Shimizu Toru and Nanami Nanami had no intention of visiting the ancient sites. After putting down their luggage at the hotel that had been booked in advance, the two arrived at another scenic spot near Kamakura: the Shonan Coast.

There were no tourists on the beach in the morning, only the students from Kamakura University were chasing and playing. The clear and transparent sea water rolled up waves and rushed to the beach, leaving traces of varying depths on the sand, and evaporated before the next arrival. The birds flapped their wings, suddenly passed through the sea, and then hovered in the sky.

With a few cry, the two of them stepped on the fine sand, each with their own thoughts, silent.

After walking a few more steps, Shimizu Tetsu raised his camera, aimed at the sea surface and pressed the shutter several times, and pretended to take materials. At the same time, he was thinking about today's plan in his mind, but did not notice the sound of the train approaching behind him.

When he turned around and looked over, there was only a little blurry shadow left.

"…electricity."

"What?"

Nanami's words next to him were swallowed by the train and the waves, and Shimizu Tetsu could only ask again.

"Enodeng, Shimizu, have you never watched "Slam Dunk"?"

As she said that, Nanami made a jump shot after seeing Nanami. Unfortunately, the sand was soft and she didn't jump very high, but her canvas shoes accidentally fell into it.

Holding her to stabilize her body, she simply took off her shoes and socks and carried them in her hands, and walked barefoot on the beach.

Slowly laughing, Shimizu Tetsuki remembered a question.

"Qi Jian you have participated in the high school girls' basketball league before? I guess you like basketball very much."

"Of course," she put her hands behind her back, and her tone was relaxed, "I joined the women's basketball department in junior high school and participated in the event until I retired from the senior year. However, after arriving in Tokyo, I didn't have much time and couldn't find anyone who played with the ball together before."

Still a little surprised at the strength in her slender body, Kimizu said, "What a pity" and noticed that she blinked her eyes and looked at her.

"Has Shimizu, what club have you joined before?"

"My words... I participated in the Kendo Ministry for a while, but I left the Ministry after staying for a year. Later, I became interested in literature and never participated in club activities again, until now."

She nodded slightly and suddenly said, "So you have really practiced kendo."

It made Shimizu Tetsu unable to touch his mind for a while.

But that doesn't matter. After the topic was opened, neither of them had the idea of ​​ending, and they were chatting together.

However, Nanami, who was barefoot, seemed to be attracted by the conversation, and did not pay attention to her feet. She accidentally stepped into the puddle left after the ebb. She almost staggered and her delicate and fair ankles were also stained with some wet sand.

Before she could let go of this scene, Shimizu Tetsu immediately pressed the shutter, which made Nanami look red. She raised her arm and tried to hit her. She put it down before she touched him, but just took a few steps and walked in front with her head hanging down.

Fearing that his little joke would really anger her, Shimizu Tetsu hurriedly chased after her, but she didn't know how to speak. After a moment, a sound came from the side.

"Speaking of this, how is your new novel in Shimizu?"

He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and Shimizuki organized his words in his heart.

"The outline has been completely confirmed, and most of the first chapter has been written. Go back and add the rest, and then modify and polish it. You should be able to publish it in a magazine."

"Um."

She still lowered her head, just nodded slightly. Shimizu Tetsu could only continue to speak.

"This book... is planned to write five chapters in total. According to the progress of one chapter per month, the serialization in the magazine will end in January next year. If the response is good, physical single-books should be released in March. It is almost the first anniversary of my meeting you, and you can return the new book to you by then."

"Do you still remember?" Nanami suddenly raised her head, and her eyes seemed a little surprised.

"certainly."

"Um…"

She looked away from her eyes and the sea breeze suddenly became violent, blowing her hair around.

Although she was not sure why she was silent, Shimizu Tetsu would not let go of the topic that she finally followed.

"By the way, Qi sees how you are in school, have you found a job in painting or design?"

She turned back her gaze after a long time and shook her head gently.

"It's okay at school, and the teachers and classmates are good, although sometimes the homework is a little harder, it's not a big problem. It's just... the work in painting or design is not that easy to find."

"That's how," Kiyomizu paused and said the thoughts that had been hovering in her mind before, "Then are you planning to try the cover or poster design?"

“Cover?Poster design?”

"Yes, the cover and poster of my new book. After all, the sales of novels depend largely on publicity, so the publishing house is still willing to invest money in this regard."

Seeing that she listened seriously, Shimizu Tetsu continued to speak.

"But you know the situation in Zaijian study. There are only about twenty people in total, and there are no personnel responsible for cover and poster design, so they usually ask outside designers to design. Since that's the case, I think Qi Jian you happen to be a design major at Dongyi University and have good painting skills..."

"So that's how it is."

Nanami nodded slightly, but there was suspicion in her eyes when she looked at him.

Shimizu Tsuki showed a helpless smile: "When it comes to sales, unknown writers like us have no say. At most, they will introduce you to the publishing house. Whether you can adopt your works will ultimately be decided by them."

This explanation obviously relieved her a little.

"Since that's the case, I'll give it a try."

While chatting about the novel, the two walked to the end of the beach without realizing it. The dam made of gray concrete suddenly penetrated into the sea water, blocking their way. At the same time, the topic was almost exhausted.

Looking at the white foam rising from the waves under his feet, Nanami suddenly spoke.

"So, is this the 'material' this time?"

For some reason, Shimizu Tetsu heard a hint of disappointment from her words.

"Of course not."

“Hey?”

Nanami Nanami turned her head and noticed that Kiyomizu was looking at the sea in the distance.

"Look at that side."

Following the direction of his finger, Nanami saw a few blurry shadows, squinted her eyes and looked at her for a while, but she was still a little uncertain.

"That's... a ship?"

"To be precise, it is the boat used to set off fireworks tonight's fireworks."

"Fire Conference?"

Nanami Nanami turned around and looked behind her. Someone had entered the empty beach at some point. Several rows of stands were set up. There were still a large number of equipment piled up at the entrance, waiting for the relevant personnel to deal with it.

After moving his eyes to look at Shimizu Tsuki, who was full of confidence, Nanami suddenly felt that the weather was a little hot, and she couldn't help but lean into the cold waves.

Fireworks Conference...this is the ultimate goal of his trip?
Chapter completed!