I participated in the sports festival in exchange for making two promises with Tateyama.
First, I absolutely will not be involved in any cheerleading activities.
Second, I will just be hanging out with Tateyama and will not participate in any sports events.
“… So, you’re saying we’re going on a sports festival date?”
“W-wait, how does that even mean that…?”
Is Tateyama’s head in the clouds or something?
“Hmm… well, if we assume I’m hanging out with Kaiyatchi during cheerleading activities…”
…Wait a sec.
“B-but, Tateyama… didn’t you say you would definitely be participating in the events during this year’s sports festival…?”
“Yeah. I’ll be participating in the 2-person 3-legged race with Chi-chan, then I have to do the borrowing items and obstacle race? Those three events.”
What the heck? Just doing one of those sounds exhausting…
On top of that, Tateyama will also be doing cheerleading activities.
Is Tateyama some kind of monster?
Or should I be saying, “Of course, Tateyama is a super popular gal”?
Either way, it was a schedule that I couldn’t fathom.
“… Anyway, if you really do all that, won’t you not have any time to hang out with me…? Plus, if your name is on the sports festival participant list, you’ll have to join the group events too, right?”
“… I guess it’ll work out somehow?”
“W-well then, I guess I’ll just watch from the classroom…”
“Wait! Hold on, Kaiyatch?! Calm down!”
I’m currently as calm as can be right now, so why does Tateyama want me to calm down?
“Ugh, really! Kaiyatch is way too uptight!”
The way Tateyama puffed her cheeks in protest was definitely cute, but it didn’t resonate with me at all.
Isn’t it Tateyama who’s trying to drag someone who just wants to chill in the classroom out?
I have no reason to be scolded by her…
“What’s important isn’t just hanging out; it’s the fact that we’re both participating in the sports festival… that by itself!”
“If you put it that way, it sounds cool and all, but I really don’t want to participate…”
I learned this from last year’s cheerleading activities.
If I refuse vaguely, it only makes it harder for myself.
It’s better to refuse decisively so the other party can nod, and I can relax.
Sure, I might come off as uptight to others, but it’s better than ending up disappointed and stressed later, right?
“When I participate in the events, you can cheer for me from the stands, that’s fine, right?”
“That’s something I can also do just by looking out from the classroom…”
“Ugh, come on…!”
Heheh.
Who does Tateyama think I am?
I’m Kainoh Izumi, who has been scolded by Koga and tormented by Izutomo for nearly two years.
I’m telling you, I can’t lose a verbal battle against most people!
Of course, Tateyama doesn’t know that.
“I usually think it’s cute when Kaiyatch smiles, but today, I’m really not feeling it.”
“Huh? But I still won, so it doesn’t change anything…”
“Wait? This conversation… didn’t start off about winning or losing?”
…Huh?
“W-wait, what were we talking about again…?”
“Did you already forget?! We were talking about the sports festival, the sports festival!”
“I-it’s because you’re forcing me to do something I don’t want to do, that’s why this is happening…”
Hmm. Tateyama seems to have a talent for tsukkomi.
Well, maybe I’ll just stop messing around here.
Even Tateyama, who’s normally nice, will get mad if I push too hard.
“So during the sports festival, I need you to be there with me, okay? I don’t want to be alone…”
“Sigh… I’m so exhausted… This is the first time I’ve been this tired just talking with Kaiyatch…? Huh? What did you just say, Kaiyatch? Did I hear that wrong?”
“I-I won’t repeat it.”
“Say it again! I’ll record it! Huh? Please say it again!!!”
“I absolutely won’t…. Ugh?!”
“Ugh, seriously! How can I hate you when you’re like this?!”
E-eh, sounds like you’re hating me pretty well…
Can’t breathe…
★
[“Alpha Hunter” I’ll finish it off today! Bring it on, Hunter series!!! Let’s go together!!! #Star’s Flow#Izumi Kainoh]
-─(≧▽≦)>Zumi Zumi!
-─(≧▽≦)>Zumi Zumi!
It seems I can finally see the end of the first work in the Hunter series, Alpha Hunter.
I thought I’d break through it quickly at first, but it’s taken longer than I thought.
Well, I can’t help it since I’m not only playing Alpha Hunter during the broadcast.
But still, every now and then, when I see comments like [Mei-chan, did you give up on the Hunter series because it was too hard?] it makes me angry.
If I had all the time in the world, I would have cleared it already and moved on to Beta Hunter.
With my birthday live next month, the 2nd-anniversary live in July, and then Star Fest in August.
Being a busy high school student, especially as a senior, you should think about how much busier I’d get with that schedule…ugh…
Well, I guess I have to take it as a compliment that they all care about me that much.
“Hmm. C-coolsumi… the mood maker, Izumi here~.”
-Hi Zumi!
-I’m so glad you’re back…!
With a cough, I started the broadcast, and the most common topic in the chatroom was, of course, yesterday’s broadcast.
The fact that I finished it got more attention than I expected, and my subscribers increased massively.
-Did you get scolded a lot by Suzuha-chi?
-I almost cried when I saw ‘Guilty’ written in the Nator chat!
-I think it served you right…
“Y-yeah. I got scolded a lot. I saw a level of hell beyond my imagination…”
But that doesn’t mean my spirit is broken.
After all, I did nothing wrong yesterday! Everything I did was for Koga!
Right. It’s that guy who made those customizations that is to blame.
“K-Koga’s secret technique No. 3… the terrifying Blood Wind Sword Technique, Second Style… if it weren’t for me, I definitely wouldn’t have survived.”
-Koga Suzuha☑ : Huh?!
-Koga Suzuha☑ : That didn’t happen?!
-Koga Suzuha☑ : We just got scolded normally and went to eat a regular meal with Nekoto-chan!
-Koga Suzuha☑ : ヽ(#`Д´)ﾉ
-Oh, she’s here…
-Run, Mei-chan!
-So, you did get scolded, huh?
“Eeek?!”
How does Koga always pop up when I least expect it during these moments?
Am I being watched or something? I’m really scared…
★
After once again getting scolded immensely by Koga, I could finally start Alpha Hunter.
“T-this… isn’t it unreasonable that the evade choice is fixed…?”
The patterns just keep getting harder.
Of course, it’s not impossible if I focus, but these grievances just slip out.
-That’s exactly what the Hunter series is all about.
-Shouldn’t you be used to it by now?
Even if I said that to the Izutomos, I would only receive logical responses.
“U-uh, you guys seem to forget, this is a broadcast by a super cute high school girl and current JK, you know? Maybe treat me a little nicer…?”
No matter how challenging and unreasonable it is, this game’s main point is to relate, okay?
I’ve told them how crucial empathy is for girl; how can they still not understand that?
-Huh?
-But you can’t argue against that.
-She’s a current JK (Water Avatar).
-If we can’t bully Mei-chan, then what’s the point of the broadcast…?
“Ugh… So, that means you guys are all otaku, huh…!”
-Huh?
-This is an Yeo-sang!
-I’ll crush it with all my power!
“G-gah?!”
The mood in the chatroom suddenly turned hostile?!
Other members would get a kick out of this kind of banter, so why is it just me?!
“Isn’t the world full of unfairness… sometimes I think that…”
Of course, that doesn’t mean the Izutomos were genuinely angry, so I said that while proceeding with Alpha Hunter.
When I asked last time, there were two bosses left.
But getting to this point, just reaching the boss room is a challenge.
The patterns of the common monsters that appear on the way to the boss room have become complicated, and even a slight mistake will drain my HP in an instant.
The complaints I just let out were directed at a normal monster, ‘Gulpakshi’.
This guy does this big sword swing action midway, and even if you evade, the ‘ground tremor’ effect pushes you back significantly.
Of course, if you get hit, you die instantly.
Even if you successfully evade, you end up getting pushed off the arena due to ground tremors, and that’s also instant death.
But there are cliffs everywhere in the surroundings, so if you misplace your evade, you’ll fall off.
How can I even evade properly? This is such an unreasonable pattern.
But the Izutomos just take it as a characteristic of the Hunter series.
Well, they might have that intent to tease me, but it’s not like they’re completely wrong.
This kind of pattern wasn’t just one or two.
Still, as long as I keep a keen eye on the environment, it wasn’t too difficult, so other than a couple of initial attempts, I didn’t struggle much.
Finally arrived at the boss room.
A spacious, open area. But the cliff edges were so high that I couldn’t see the bottom.
As I approached a man sitting in the center, he stood up and whispered quietly.
[For what purpose have you come here…]
[Speak to me, who awaits the dark king!]
The man’s name was Hrungnir.
“Is that really you, Hrungnir…?”
-Mei-chan, do you know Hrungnir?
-Did you study ahead?
“…Huh? No, um, since the normal monster was Gulpakshi… Gulpakshi is a horse from Norse mythology called Hrungnir, right…?”
-You know, sometimes I feel like Mei-chan knows a lot about these things.
-Does she still suffer from Chuunibyou?
“M-Middle school disease?! I-I apologize to the worldwide mythology otakus!”
-That aside, I’m shocked that Mei-chan knows a man’s name… I feel a headache coming on…
“Ugh…”
N-no, that’s a bit…
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