“Well then, everyone, please don’t cause any trouble during the vacation.”
“Waahhh!”
The second summer vacation at high school has finally begun.
To be honest, summer vacation doesn’t mean doing anything special. It’s more about enjoying things you usually can’t, which is something only the social butterflies can do.
I’m pretty sure I’ll end up spending all my time at home again this summer vacation.
But I don’t really mind. The fact that every day is a holiday is enough to justify the existence of summer vacation.
“There’s talk of everyone getting together today. What about you, Kayanoh?”
As expected, Miyauchi came up to me before we left the classroom. When she asked if I’d join Tateyama’s team-building proposal, I shook my head in response.
“I’m sorry, but today I’m just a little….”
I realized that after participating last time, team-building events really don’t suit me. It’s not singing, and there’s no chatting with anyone. All I end up doing is sitting alone, staring blankly.
Of course, as a time assassin, it fits well with my character, but time assassins shouldn’t misuse their power. It’s a tremendous ability that’s only allowed to be revealed when necessary…
“Well then, see you later, Kayanoh.”
“Ah, goodbye…”
★
[…Isn’t Mei-chan getting tangled up with Suzuhachi a lot lately?]
While ego-surfing, I stumbled across a thread with such a story. To be honest, if I were to speak my mind, it was nonsense.
[They’ve been mentioning each other less than before, and there haven’t been many collaborations recently.]
[She didn’t even join for Suzuhachan’s birthday live.]
[She did seem a bit awkward during the second generation group collaboration.]
The community’s support for that opinion was surprisingly overwhelming. So much so that when you searched for Suzui’s name and the pure white sea, terms like “Suzui conflict theory” and “pure white sea conflict theory” would pop up.
But I had already told them that I couldn’t participate in Koga-chan’s birthday live because I was busy…
Sure, I haven’t interacted with anyone other than the regular collaborative content with the pure white sea recently, but is that really enough to start a conflict theory?
The person I’ve been in contact with the most is still Koga-chan. In fact, the last time we had a group collaboration, Koga-chan even made my favorite cheese hamburger steak and loves my secret pork cup noodles.
I really can’t understand what’s awkward about it. But since the viewers wouldn’t know about that, I guess it can’t be helped…
When I conveyed those thoughts to Koga-chan.
[How about we have an offline collaboration together after a long time?]
“Ugh…?”
Koga-chan said that nonchalantly.
[It’s true that we’ve both been busy recently, and aside from regular collaboration, we haven’t had a chance to meet. Well, it’d be best not to be swayed by such opinions, but… you’re already worried, aren’t you, Izumi?]
“Y-Yes…”
Our closeness, and the fact that Koga-chan is my first friend, will never change. It’s just that with rumors of conflict spreading like this, it’s annoying me.
Of course, I know the conflict theory is supported much more than I expected, but still, it’s a minute portion of the audience as a whole. Once I start worrying, though, it just draws my attention more.
[Well then, why don’t you come over to my house next Friday? There’s no need to prepare any content separately; we can just hang out and start a broadcast in the evening. Just chatting would be enough.]
“Should I…?”
It’s true that those opinions stemmed from our recent scarcity of interaction, so it might be unnecessary to prepare anything special if we just meet.
“Th-Then, I’ll come to your house next Friday.”
[Okay. I think around 1 PM would be fine.]
Thus, with the start of the vacation, the first collaboration was set.
★
[【Pure White Sea】Let’s read a little Mycaron together! #Star’sFlow2ndGeneration#KogaSuzuha#KainohIzumi]
“And so! We’re going to take some time to read Mycaron!”
“Hey everyone, ah, hi…”
– Suzui!
– Hizumi!
– This is so sudden for an offline collaboration?!
It was an unscheduled offline collaboration, but it didn’t take long for the viewers to gather. After all, Koga-chan had mentioned during our lunch that we met, and she left a note saying, “See you in the evening.”
Probably, the Izutomo and Soramate were waiting since then.
– Did you meet for lunch and then come home together?
“Ah, yes! I was out with Izumi for lunch and then came to my house.”
Even though Koga-chan and I went out together, we didn’t really do anything special. We just had cheesy katsu for lunch, watched a newly released movie, and ended up shopping before heading back.
But it seems that was enough for the viewers.
– Suzui’s Tehe
Those kinds of reactions flooded the chatroom. Well, I understood since I also flooded the chat with silly remarks during collaborations between Natsune and Kurokami-senpai when they talked about trivial matters.
– What do you plan to have for dinner?
“On the way home, Izumi suddenly said she wanted curry. So I went and bought curry ingredients before coming in.”
The reason I told Koga-chan that… was for no particular reason. There are times when you just suddenly want something.
Like today, I suddenly had a craving for luxurious pork cup noodles… Sometimes thoughts just pop up like that, and when I came home, I wanted curry.
To be honest, I thought it was too sudden, and I planned to just order in when I got home, but…
“I said since you’re staying over today, I’ll make it for you. Eating homemade food is healthier than takeout.”
That’s what I said while buying the curry ingredients. Koga-chan truly is wonderful…
“And soon after, Ayaka-chan and Yukari-chan will come over, and we’ll all play ‘Last Star’ together.”
Last Star. It’s short for “Last Stardust,” a game that can be played on the portable game console, Play Box Switch. To put it simply, it’s like an anime Avengers crossover, featuring various characters from anime and games, competing against each other.
And this time, two new characters, Uncle Satoru and Charlotte, were added. As soon as they were added, I asked M-chan for broadcast permission, and just the day before yesterday, it was finally granted.
– If it’s Last Star, it must’ve been Mei-chan who suggested it.
– Is Nekoto-chan not coming?
“I did contact Nekoto-chan, but today she said she has to play the newly released eroge…”
– LOL!
– That’s so Nekoto-chan…
Well, to be precise, the collaboration was originally meant to involve just the two of us. However, Yukari-chan, upon hearing that Koga-chan and I were meeting, asked if she could join too…
[Akabane Yukari: Since I won the last gacha battle, can I get my wish to play together next Friday?]
…a request? And then, Utsumi-chan, since she’s right next door, said she wanted to join after our work, and thus the four of us were summoned.
Aki-chan, as Koga-chan just said, isn’t coming because of her eroge…
But since this offline collaboration started because I wanted to dispel the conflict rumors with Koga-chan, we agreed for Akabane-chan and Utsumi-chan to come later.
“Now then, let’s start reading Mycaron!”
[Suzui! Hizumi!]
[It feels nice to see the two of you collaborate after such a long time.]
[Since you two met, are you gonna play ‘Dawn’ which you didn’t finish last time?]
“That’s not happening! Absolutely not!”
“Izumi. Honestly, about half of the Mycaron messages today were about that.”
“….”
Why do these guys want me to play that game again?! It’s already been nearly a year; it’s time to just forget about it!
…I will absolutely not play that game, no matter what. My charisma as a cool middle-aged man could completely crumble.
“Well, to be honest, I want Izumi to finish ‘Dawn’ too, but… it doesn’t seem like it’ll happen anytime soon. Still, I’ll definitely get her to try again someday. Now, let’s move on.”
“Eh…?”
I feel like Koga-chan just said something strange, but it must be my imagination…?
[If you were to travel in summer, would you prefer the mountains or the sea?]
“I’d obviously pick the sea! I dislike bugs, so I wouldn’t want to deal with them in the mountains.”
“K-Koga-chan… dislikes bugs?”
“Is there really anyone who could like bugs?”
“…Well, with that, I have nothing more to say.”
– For a girl, bugs are a nemesis.
– I want to see Suzuhachi and Mei-chan in swimsuits!
It’s true that I don’t like bugs either. But that doesn’t mean I’d skip out on a trip just because of them.
No, to be honest, this question is a bit off.
“So what about you, Izumi? Mountains or sea?”
“…I-I hate both. I’d rather just stay at h-home.”
The idea of going on a trip is already an absolute no for me.
“…I see.”
We continued the broadcast for about an hour, reading through Mycaron.
[Akabane Yukari: I’m almost there.]
[Utsumi Ayaka: I’ll be home soon!]
“Then see you all in a bit!”
“U-Um, everyone, bye-bye….”
As Yukari-chan and Ayaka-chan announced they were nearly there, we wrapped up the broadcast.
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