Anxious about not being requested on Detective Knight Scoop

Do you all know "Detective! Knight Scoop"?

For people in Kansai, it is already a part of "Friday life".
It is a soul program, not a soul food.
It is a long-running program that has continued for 38 years.

In this program, there are many legendary requests called "God episodes," and among the numerous requests, I think everyone probably has their own "My Best Scoop."

As for me, there is a request I simply cannot forget.

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It is the episode where they solve the mystery of the "man who has been running for 10 years."

The request was as follows.

"There is a salaryman who runs to the station every morning. For 10 years. There must be some deep reason for that."

Yasushi Ishida was dispatched. He started tailing him, blending into the morning commute rush. The cameraman was also jogging. Out of breath.

When he finally caught up to the person and asked for the reason—

"No, I'm just running because it's a waste of time otherwise."

…That was it.

There was no hidden human drama or family circumstances behind it. The requester, the viewers, and probably the detective all gave a bitter smile, thinking, "I see..."

I don't think it was a "God episode."
A masterpiece, or perhaps a misguided work?

But for some reason, I remember that episode vividly.

Because—

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I will come out.

Actually, I am that very salaryman.

Every morning, I run the 5 minutes to the station. For many years.

It's not for my health, and it's not for a diet.
It's not like jogging is my hobby, either.

There are only two reasons.

• Because I want to stay at home until the very last minute

• Because I walk abnormally slower than other people

"Five more minutes," "Just one more minute," "No, thirty more seconds."

At the end of that small battle, I am running again today.

A woman who pushes the limit of not being late, that is who I am.

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However, one day, I realized something.

As I was running to the station like usual, I made eye contact with an elderly woman out for a walk coming from the opposite direction.

"Oh, I feel like I saw this person yesterday, too."

The next day, I made eye contact with the same elderly woman in the same spot.
And the day after that. And the day after that.

In other words, it means I am running in the same place at the same time every day.

There are many witnesses.

• The elderly women walking with their friends for their health

• The man walking his dog

• The high school students on their way to school

Everyone is watching me.
They are definitely watching.
I have that feeling.

"That person is running every morning."

They must be thinking that.

And someday, someone is bound to think this.

That person runs every morning... there must be some deep reason for it. I'm curious! I want to know!

At that moment, that image flashed back into my mind.

Detective Knight Scoop. Yasushi Ishida. The cameraman following behind.

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I suddenly felt anxious.

What if someone eventually submits a request to Detective Knight Scoop?

The program staff starts moving.
Yasushi Ishida is dispatched.
(Or maybe I'd be moved if Kanpei Hazama came instead).

Following me with a cameraman in tow.
Chasing after me at a light jog.

Finally catching up and pointing a microphone at me.

You run every morning, is there a reason?

I answer while out of breath.

...No, I just run because I walk slowly.

Huh?

At that moment, both the detective and the client would surely freeze, thinking, That's it...?

It would be a complete recreation of that salaryman episode.

History repeats itself.
The man who keeps running, chapter two.

The woman who keeps running.

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However, I am now a parent myself.
I cannot expose my face to the world over something like this.
I cannot afford to be identified.

So I made a decision.

To that end—

I will make a funny face while running.

This is my own defensive measure.

Instead of being the "mysterious person who runs every morning,"
I should become the "person who runs with a funny face."

That is fine.
If it means avoiding being reported to Knight Scoop,

being a weirdo is fine.

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However, there is a new problem.

At this rate, there is a possibility thatI will be reported to the policebefore the detectives get involved.

"There is a person who runs with a funny face every morning," "I'm scared."

If such a report is made, a patrol car will come, and I will be questioned.

At that time, I will surely say this:

“...No, I’m just running because I walk slowly.”

The police officer will also give a bitter smile.

The first case in history
of being reported for walking too slowly.

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Even so

I run again today.

Through the morning residential streets. While making funny faces.

Grandmothers out for a walk look at me with suspicion.
Dogs bark. An old man panics trying to control his dog.
High school students giggle.

That is fine.

I push the line right up to the edge where no detective will be dispatched and no police will be called.

Because I am

a woman who wants to live on the edge.

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By the way,

a little work tip, but

for employees who always submit things right at the deadline,
"This person must want to live on the edge" thinking that helps reduce my frustration a little.

And for employees who finally submit only after the deadline has passed and I have to prompt them,
"They tried to live on the edge and failed" is what I think.

Come on, everyone, let's try.

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#WhatAreYouTalkingAbout

Also, I was able to write this article because AI has evolved.

Some of you might think, "Did you have AI write the text?" but that is not the case.
There is no way I would have AI write something like this.

The correct answer is,
because with the evolution of AI, I was able to look up whether the Knight Scoop request I remembered actually existed!!

This was truly moving!!
It is so helpful that AI can answer things like this when I don't know how to look them up.

And so, I searched the official website and found it!

By the way, you can look up past episodes on the official website.
However, since you can't reach the end without knowing the broadcast episode, I recommend using GPT to get a lead first, and then searching.

https://www.asahi.co.jp/knight-scoop/archive.html

Why don't you try looking up the Knight Scoop request that remains in your memory [My Best Scoop]?

Whether it is
a masterpiece or a disaster is up to you!

(Wrong show)

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