Ch.25 Collab Stream : "Becoming a Convenience Store Clerk with Kikyo-senpai"

"Woow, Momiji-senpai's crappy game stream was awesome."

One day, on a chatting stream.

I brought up the punishment game that Momiji-senpai had just the other day.

: That really made me laugh

: The angry voice and the space cat were switching places quite often.

: Well, it's a crappy game.

: At one point, Alphery and Nattsun rushed over to help with his mental health.

: That can't be helped. If you play something like that, you'll lose your mind.

: Ah, so that's what you expected when you did the full dive stream.

: As a Vtuber, it's great that you can do things other than VR games even when you're fully diving.

: I actually cried when she finished it lol

: She was clinging to Alphery, but she is the root of all evil...

: The expression on Nattsun's face when she saw that was indescribable.

: A lily between lilies? (Looking at the view outside while leaning on my elbow)

: That's just yuri

"I guess it's okay to call it a yuri too. There are four more penalty games to go, so there's more fun to come."

Despite suffering from mental disorders, Momiji-senpai somehow manages to clear the level, but the punishment game is not over yet.

Because she has to beat crappy games from first to fifth place.

There are still four more on the bench.

I'm excited.

: Sh- she's a demon (Yay!)

: Don’t you have a human heart? (Woah!)

: I think it would be better to stop for Momiji's sake (woo hoo!)

: There are only honest people here.

: by the way , since then Momiji has started streaming without mask, hasn't she?

"Yeah. Well, I think that her natural ability to be a streamer is extremely high, so it's fine."

That's right, after that incident of forgetting to turn off the stream, Momiji-senpai started streaming from time to time just as she was.

Actually, I was the one who recommended it.

If you follow other streamers, you'll know that a lot of those people have stories where truth is stranger than fiction.

When I hear things like that, it makes me laugh because all the delinquent and psychopathic characters in manga etc. seems more tame in comparison.

And in the streaming world, it's only people with such gruesome stories who become popular.

Of course, I understand that the customer base for streamers who show their faces is different from that of Vtubers.

Compliance is especially important for VTubers who belong to a company.

Still, I thought it would be a waste to continue sealing away that quirk bomb.

Naturally, she is a talented person who you don't see often in corporate Vtuber.

In fact, forgetting to turn it off caused quite a buzz, and the number of subscribers and concurrent viewers of Momiji-senpai's channel also skyrocketed. The result was a success.

: I never thought Momiji would be carrying such a bomb.

: She bursted out spectacularly.

: 'Did I say something weird?' She said after barraging a lot of nasty words .

: Nattsun made such a bold decision.

: Yes. Momiji is the type of woman who shouldn't be allowed into society.

: But apart from when she collaborated with Alphery and Nattsun, she's still the same as she was before.

: Obviously. I think it only works because Alphery and Nattsun have the same amount of tolerance power as a mom, right?

: Umu. It's super fun to watch, but she's the type of people I don't want to get involved with.

I guess that's the evaluation people will have.

I want to somehow correct her, but her self beliefs are too strong.

: Even so, hypnosis is a nuclear solution.

: That's an idea that you wouldn't normally come up with.

: "There's a fine line between a fool and a genius" is a really good saying.

"Yeah. I didn't think someone could be hypnotized by something as cliched as shaking a five yen coin."

 And that shout. It really makes me laugh.

: I thought hypnosis really existed.

: Wait a sec. So that means there's a hypnotizing uncle too!?

: That's a lie right, Alpheria...?

: Alphery! Behind you!

"Haha, there's no way I'd be fooled by thaー"

"ーーー"

I turned around laughing and suddenly Sakura was standing behind me.

"Hikyaa!?"

"Heuh!?"

My body reflexively twitches and I jump back.

"I, What a surprise...! What? Do you need something? Sa- Ouka."

 Oh no! I almost called her by her real name!

"Well, mom said dinner."

"Oh, it's almost that time. Thank you for calling me."

"yeah"

"ーBUT!!"

"?"

 I jumped on Sakura, who tilted her head.

"At least knock before you enter!"

"Migyaaahh?!"

Even though Mitsuki scolded her a lot, telling them to be considerate of each other during the stream!

What's more, she even plays the role of a secret agent, silencing the sounds of door openings and footsteps! Really, this girl.

As a punishment, I pushed Sakura down and, using my momentum, began tickling her.

"Ah, aha! Stop it, stop it! Ahahahahaha!"

"No way~. Is it here? It's fine here right?"

"Ah! Mmhmm, ahahahahahahaha!"

: Waah... (sound of purification)

: Thank you, thank you!

: This is what I wanted to see!

: All my illnesses, they're disappearing...!

: Aru x Saku teetee

Furthermore, this exchange continued until Mitsuki got angry.

"Ugh, what a terrible experience..."

"I caused you a terrible experience."

Dining seat.

When I tease Sakura who is whining next to me, she gives me a dirty look back.

"Well, Sakura is also at fault this time, you know? I almost called you by your real name."

"Fugu"

Well, she was streaming a stealth game yesterday so she might want to give it a try herself?

Good grief, she's such a lovely child.

"By the way, Nii-san."

"Hm?"

As I was munching on the hamburg steak, Mitsuki called out to me.

"About that thing, please leave the rest to me."

 She said, glancing at Sakura.

 I see, you mean that thing―― Wait,

"Eh? Are you okay without me?"

"Yes. We have some very talented people who have been inspired by you. I'm sure they can handle the work that you used to do."

"Hee, so there's someone like that."

Surprising.

I knew that one day someone would catch up with the knowledge and skills I had acquired in my previous life, but I never expected them to emerge so soon.

Has a wild Kayaba appeared? I need to be on my guard against this death game. (TL note : SAO reference)

"So Nii-san should just focus on yourself. There's a collab tomorrow, right?"

"Yeah. A game collab with Kikyo-senpai."

"!"

Sakura reacts with a twitch.

Once again, she's Sakura's genmate.

At this rate, it looks like I'll probably collab with the last one, Suisen-senpai, too.

I met Kikyo-senpai once during Momiji-senpai's crappy game stream, and we promised to play a game together at the time.

"What kind of person is Kikyo-senpai in your opinion?"

 She said that Momiji-senpai was scary, but she's not wrong.

"The ultimate extrovert"

Hmm.

"Did you just think, 'That's exactly what an introvert would say'?"

"I don't think so, Ultimate Introvert."

"You said it!"

Small shout tskr~ (from the listener's perspective)

"Well, I can tell that she's by far the nicest person."

After all, she's a childhood friend of Momiji-senpai.

That woman is a genius at seriously annoying people.

What's even more frightening is that she doesn't mean any harm.

I'm honestly impressed that they've been able to stick together for so many years.

People like that should be called saints.

So the next day.

I made a full dive just in time for the meeting and flew from Kikyo-senpai's My Room code to her room.

"Oh, come on in, Alpheria-chan! You made it to the meeting on time, how great!"

A half-beast girl with orange hair and a sunflower barrette, dressed in blue kimono reminiscent of the sea, greeted me with a smile.

"Sorry to bother you, Kikyo-senpai. Well, it's normal to be on time."

Kikyo Natsukawa.

She is a genmate of Ouka and Momiji-senpai, and is now the only one with a conscience in Fall, Summer, Spring and Winter.

She has a classic streaming style of playing various games and occasionally chatting, and because of this closeness, she become a lot of people's crush.

And the person herself is completely unaware of it.

She casually brushes off confessions from people who are seriously in love and treat it as a joke.

That's the gist.

She's the type who makes teenage boys mistakenly think, "Huh? Maybe she likes me...", and then when they confess, she apologises and turns him down, saying, "Sorry, I didn't mean it like that."

"Hahaha. There are a lot of live streamers who can't even do that."

Kikyo-senpai muttered as she looked off in the direction of the day after tomorrow, looking covered in sooth.

My condolences.

 …Wait, that might happen to me in the future too???

"Anyway, I look forward to working with you today."

"Yes, me too!"

Kikyo-senpai smiles brightly.

Considering how the two people I interacted with were a bit off, this feels quite refreshing.

"I'm sorry about the other day. Momiji caused a lot of trouble."

"No, even though it was her who brought it up, I was the one who decided on the content of the punishment game."

"There's no need to worry about that at all. It's all Momiji's own doing. You were surprised when she said something unreasonable, right?"

"Well, that's..."

I give a wry smile.

The unreasonable thing I was referring to was the plan to create a new avatar for Momiji-senpai if she won.

It was certainly a surprise, and it's true that it threw off a lot of our plans and caused some trouble.

But at the end of the day, it was a near complete victory, so that was good.

"That girl has always been like that. she doesn't care about other people's circumstances. I wonder how many times, maybe hundreds of times, the atmosphere has frozen over."

"I understand your feelings."

After that we had a brief meeting and then started streaming.

"Sorry to keep you waiting everyone! It's Natsukawa Kikyo!"

"Hello, I've decided to collab with my senior from Autumn, Summer, Spring and Winter again. I'm Alpheria Linker."

: Let's start!

: They're here!

: There are only my oshi

: You're still as cute and cunning as ever, Nattsun. ...Fuu.

"Well, I'm sorry~. I was just jealous of the collab with Ouka and Momiji, so I ended up inviting you."

Kikyo-senpai sticks out her tongue and makes a cunning apology pose.

"What do you mean, cunning and cute!?"

"Mostly because of your current actions"

"Huh? Did I do something weird?"

She said while placing her index finger over her lips and tilting her head from side to side.

It's amazing that she did this so naturally (trembling voice)

"I think Kikyo-senpai is fine the way she is."

"You think so?"

"That's right. Anyway, today is a collab between me and Kikyo-senpai, but what exactly are we gonna do?"

Pour the water as planned.

"Thank you for asking! Well then, Alpheria, please."

"Yes."

: No, Why's Alphery answering her own question!?

: That was a really good reply lol

"Well, this is the game I brought. And this is the game we'll be playing today. Ta da~!"

And then I opened a window showing the title screen.

"The title is 'Korokoro Part-time Worker ~Convenience Store Edition~'!"

"Yay!"

 With a clap, Kikyo-senpai chimes in.

: A joke title again.

: You like picking up weird stuff, don't you?

: I find it funny that there are many people following her steps.

: She may be new, but her influence is by far the biggest.

"The other day I heard that Kikyo-senpai was working part-time at a convenience store, and I thought, this is it!"

"Now that I think about it, I think I mentioned it in casual conversation or something. What kind of game is this?"

"As the name suggests, it's a game where you dive into the world of convenience stores and run them."

"I see. I definitely said 1 word too many. By the way, Alferia-chan, do you have any experience?"

"No, convenience stores are virgins. They're hardcore virgins. So I'm going to use this game to rank up to amateur virgins."

"What?! Hey, no dirty jokes allowed!"

Her face turns red and she starts getting angry.

Even her angry behavior is cute, is this really just her natural state?

It's not impossible for me to do it, but that's the difference between wild and farmed...!

"I'm in awe."

"By what?!"

We immediately started the game.

After splitting up, I created a lobby in the game and then reunited in the lobby.

We chose to start over, and the next thing we knew we were standing in the convenience store.

"Haha, haha, it's nice to see you..."

In front of us was a middle-aged man wearing a name tag that said “Manager,” welcoming us.

A barcode-shaped head and a skinny body. His eyes and expression were powerless, making him look like a corporate slave.

"I'm really happy to have more new employees. This convenience store is always busy. Do you have any experience working at a convenience store?"

"Yes. Leave it to me. You can ask me anything you don't understand, Alpheria-chan."

"Thank you for your help."

"In that case, there's no need for a detailed explanation... Ah, but unlike other convenience stores, there is one thing you should be aware of at this convenience store."

"Something to be careful about, huh?"

The store manager nodded.

"Yes. For some reason, this convenience store has a bad reputation. So--"

The next moment, an extremely loud horn rang out from outside, and a man with a mohawk and spiked shoulder pads straddled his motorcycle and crashed into the store.

CRASHAAAANG! The glass shatters.

"Hyahahahaha! It's a customer! I've come to buy gold! Of course, for free! Hyahahahaha!!"

The store manager moved towards the mohawk man who was looking down at us and licking his lips.

"Customer..."

"Ah? What's up, old man? I'm the customer, you know? Don't you know the saying, "The customer is God?" This needs divine punishment, ukeke――"

 *Bang!* The manager's spin kick landed on the side of the mohawk's face.

 The mohawk man was blown away into the display shelves and collapsed, taking various products with him.

As the store manager approached the mohawk man, his body suddenly expanded.

Truly muscular. Even bodybuilders would be moved to tears and exclaim, "Beautiful..."

Wearing sunglasses, he looks down at the mohawk man with a majestic look.

"Y-you little… what are you doing――"

The mohawk man buried under the merchandise stood up and tried to yell, but was at a loss for words in front of the store manager, who had evolved into a macho man.

The manager mercilessly clenched his fist at the mohawk man.

“Customer… work is not play. It’s a necessary expense to live. Losing that is tantamount to trampling on a life. Since you tried to trample on someone else’s life, you must be prepared for that, right?”

"Hii?! Wh, wait――!"

A huge arm, thicker than my waist, thrust itself into the mohawk man's face.

The mohawk man's body crumbled into pieces and dispersed into particles of light.

As the particles of light permeated the entire store, the interior, which had become a mess due to the Mohawk man's appearance, returned to normal.

"...For some reason, this convenience store has a bad reputation. So--"

Repeating the same words as before, the store manager took out a cigar from his pocket.

He lit it and let out thick white smoke.

“Kill the evil. Kill the scum. Kill the trash.

And the crap shall die."

With a clang, a rack containing a wide variety of weapons appeared from the ceiling behind the counter.

After a moment, the store manager declared.

"ーWelcome to the Johannesburg branch."

"What do you mean?!?"

The shout of Kikyo-senpai, who had been told she would just be working normally, echoed throughout the room. Lol.

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