Before the Exhibition

Before boarding, he called Eri.

"I'm at the airport."

"Mm, be safe on the road. Before Kazuki went out this morning, he said he wanted to draw you a map of Los Angeles. I glanced at it. There were three suns and a dinosaur on it."

"Los Angeles does have dinosaurs. They're all over Hollywood."

Eri laughed. "Stop being glib. Let us know you arrived safely when you get there."

"I know."

After he hung up, the boarding announcement sounded.

Nakayama Takuya picked up his backpack and followed the flow of people toward the gate.

This was the first E3.

For the first time, the entire video game industry had its own dedicated exhibition. They no longer had to crowd into a corner of CES and fight household appliances and audio equipment for visitors.

Sega had been one of the earliest promoters of the event. From approval to site selection to attracting exhibitors, they had tossed and turned over it for more than a year.

At last, it was almost time to show the results.

Nakayama Takuya walked out of the terminal at Los Angeles International Airport and immediately boarded the minibus arranged by Sega of America with the rest of his group, heading straight for the reserved hotel.

The flight had taken nearly eleven hours. He had slept fitfully on the plane, and after landing, his head was not very clear, while his sense of time was all mixed up.

He calculated the date. There were still three days until they could enter the venue and start setting up on June 5. No hurry.

He checked into a room at the hotel, took a shower, pulled the curtains tightly shut, and slept until early the next morning.

IDSA had rented a temporary office in an office building near the