Television
Being suddenly spoken to by an unknown ojisan caused the high school girls' alert level to skyrocket.
Furthermore, having such an important request interrupted meant it was hardly surprising that this rude ojisan was met with harsh stares.
"Ah, were you in the middle of an important discussion? My apologies. Oops, I'm late on introductions, but this ojisan is someone like this."
However, using his years of experience to deftly avoid the high school girls' sharp glares, he quickly pulled a business card holder from his chest pocket and handed them his card.
"Eh, Television Teikyo!?"
"Planning Department Chief!?"
Looking at the card received from the ojisan, the girls raised their voices in surprise.
"Ah, this ojisan works as a producer at a TV station. Have you seen it? Jarinko Jr., it airs in the evenings."
"Ah! I watch that every week!!""Me too~!"
The ojisan, who had been the sole focus of the group's hate just moments before. But with just one business card, he flipped everything around. It was a moment that demonstrated the power of an overwhelmingly popular industry.
"Hahaha, is that so? I'm glad you watch it. Well, I handle things like that. So, you know the country's policies have changed a lot, right? And because of that, there's been a push to bolster the TV industry. The higher-ups handed down an order to make a show that creates a trend like, Dungeon Ability Users are Amazing! I wanna dive dungeons too!"
"Eh, is it okay to tell us about such things?"
One of the high school girls, worried by the producer ojisan's extremely frank talk, asked him.
"Ah, it's fine, it's fine. The other stations will be doing it too anyway. Once viewers see it, it'll be completely obvious that it's a heavily pushed initiative, you see?"
"Ha, haa…"
…
And so, the ojisan, having warmed up to the girls by mixing in some industry inside stories, finally cut to the chase.
"So, here's the thing. Even if we ask, talents are commodities, so no agency wants to let them do anything dangerous where they could get seriously hurt. Even so, popular entertainers who are willing to accept such things are already snapped up by other networks. So, we're looking for amateurs who can already fight dungeon monsters, photogenic people, you see?"
Turning the camera on such amateurs and skillfully crafting a program from it was Television Teikyo's specialty.
"Ah, um, us! During the previous Dungeon Stampede, we fought monsters too!"
"Ah, I know. That uniform—I just stopped by your school earlier, you see."
"Wah, is that so!?"
Hearing that, the high school girls grew excited. Could we be on TV too?—such emotions were clearly visible on their faces.
"And, I hear there's a very strong and beautiful onee-sama who taught girls like you how to fight. I'm looking for that person."
""Aah~~…""
But the moment they heard that, they visibly deflated, realizing they were outside the scope of his interest.
"Hahaha. Now, now, you girls are quite something too. Besides, I heard you were just talking about trying hard to become even stronger now. So, how about this? I'll send a crew with TV cameras; could we get permission to film this training of yours once?"
Then, upon hearing this, the high school girls turned to Ruu and desperately pleaded with their eyes, 'Please! Please accept!'
"Sigh, well. If that's the case…"
As a result, Kateshina Ruu, succumbing to the pressure from the high school girls, ended up accepting both the guidance and the interview, 'tcha.