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  Chapter 129. I 't Do Anything...

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  As a once-famous director, even though he had to step bad y low for a while, after years of experien the industry, Akiyuki Shinbo no longer had the typical mi of a rookie, thinking "I'm the best," or "Only I save the industry."

  However, even so, the act of humbling himself to g to someone else's coattails wasn't something one would expect from him.

  Yet, reality sometimes be strahan fi. When Shinbo vinced himself that Jolyne Cujoh was using this situation to ehey could focus entirely on filming the final ses of "Battle Tendency," he found it difficult to approach the project with his usual ess.

  After all, Shinbo couldn't bring himself to just dump all the responsibility onto Jolyne Cujoh. If it were only about the potential for the project to lose money, Shinbo might not have felt so pressured.

  As a seasoned veteran, he uood that even the most experienced directors in the industry 't guarahat their projects will be successful.

  In fact, after uanding the challenges of filming "Battle Tendency," Shinbo had already prepared for the worst. He had given his all, and if they still couldn't produce a satisfactory result, he'd feel disappointed, but nothing more.

  It was as if he oised for a triumphant eback, only to fall ft with his sed project. In such a case, the industry wouldn't view him as a returning champion but merely as someone who got lucky once.

  If this had happened in the past, Shinbo might have had to step back from the industry again. But with a unique boss like Jolyne Cujoh, Shinbo was fident he wouldn't o do that this time. He didn't o care about the rumors; he just o foaking good films and proving himself.

  So, despite the difficulty of filming "Battle Tendency," under Pucci's influence, Shinbo, who saw Jolyne Cujoh as a visionary and ambitious industry leader, adopted an attitude of doing his best and leaving the oute to fate. However, if Jolyne Cujoh were to join the crew now... that would ge everything!

  This wasn't about sg off with the boss around. It was simpler than that. Shinbo simply couldn't betray the person who had given him a sed d believed in him, Jolyne Cujoh.

  Even if it meant losing his dignity, even if it meant asking others for help, even if it went against Jolyne Cujoh's idea of them each getting "training," Shinbo didn't care. He just wao hold on tight to Pucci's support and beg for help!

  After the i with Nobuo Tobita, Shinbo realized that the reason Pucci was chosen as director while he was only the assistant wasn't just because Pucci had joined a few days earlier. It was also because Pucci was vastly more skilled iaihan he was.

  His ability to guide actors, especially in turning Nobuo Tobita, who had almost been abandoned by the industry, into a star, was something Shinbo couldn't hope to match.

  Thus, when Gintoki Sakata, who had been pnning to rex by pying some pako, walked into the arcade, he immediately ran into Pucci, as if Pucci had been waiting for him...

  "H-Hello, Director Pucci... I-I didn't expect you to enjoy pying pako too..." Gintoki stammered, his expression tense, while inwardly cursing Caesar Zeppeli.

  Sure, everyone knew Gintoki loved pako, but who else would still be pying pako at such a critical time? Whenever Gintoki visited, he usually found himself alone in the arcade. Well, except for the oime Caesar had joined him. So... Caesar, did you betray me!?

  As Gintoki silently cursed Caesar in his heart, he stood there like a student caught pying with his phone in css, nervously awaiting Pucci's judgment.

  "Don't be so tense. I didn't e here just to catch you pying... Well, I guess I did, but not because you like pako. It's about the final battle i episode of 'Battle Tendency.' You've read the script, right?" Pucci tinued, " you ha?"

  "..."

  I ha? Handle what exactly? Anyone who hadn't read the script might ask that. But unfortunately, Gintoki Sakata, who had read the script for "Battle Tendency," kly ucci was asking.

  Fag Kars, who couldn't be killed by magma or by the very phat birthed tless lives, could he avoid falling into despair?

  After witnessing Kars effortlessly use the Ripple, which he had painstakingly traio master, at a huimes its effectiveness, could he still muster the will to fight?

  Unlike his first escape, this time, Stroheim was by his side. But pared to the deep boween Speedwagon and Joseph, Stroheim and Joseph's e was more like a camaraderie. It was akin to how Goku barely reacted whea or Piccolo died, but was eo the point of being a Super Saiyan when Krillin was killed. This was only natural.

  In this situation, with the script assigning him the role of Joseph, would Gintoki still be able to quer his fear?

  Without the daredevil pne race against Kars to discover the ultimate being's weakness, after realizing that Kars' perceived weakness was merely due to him not being serious, could he still find the ce to cim he had found a way to defeat Kars and actually attempt it?

  ' I do it?'

  Gintoki looked down at himself, deeply silent in respoo Pucci's question. The answer seemed obvious.

  'I 't do anything...'