Ch.42 Trinity

The time was a few months ago.

This goes back to when Ariaー Alpheria had just finished her debut stream.

Mitsuki's environment at that time was quite frankly, a living hell.

After all, the amount of technology that went into Alferia's first stream is clearly extraordinary in this day and age when full dive technology is still in its infancy.

The quality was at least twenty years ahead of its time.

For comparison, imagine the world was excited, saying "Play〇tion (the original) is amazing! Has it evolved to this extent, Game-kun? Kyaa Kyaa!", like that, but at the same time, someone else came in and said "Pugh. We're playing with Playstation 5 right now, you know? Ordinary people are better suited to playing with antiques! Ooohohoho! ...Although, the original Digi〇 World is god. The original, you know! The original!!" like she was a villainess or something. Is that right?

In any case, Alpheria made full use of this extraordinary technology.

It became such a buzz that it dominated trends not only in Japan but around the world, so it was only natural that inquiries continued nonstop from various companies both domestically and internationally.

However, all of these technologies were created by Aria from scratch.

The Prisma Ark side was not informed of anything, just like the Oizu〇 Yo.

However, other companies have no interest in such circumstances.

In no time the office was overwhelmed.

Mitsuki and the office staff went through hell.

Through Alpheria's working stream, it became clear that this was a unique technique of hers.

This had calmed the situation somewhat, but it also resulted in an increase in calls for a connection with her.

Just as they had overcome such a difficult situation.

An email arrived in Mitsuki's work mailbox.

"I want to meet Alpheria. We know each other in real life."

In summary, it said something like this.

Mitsuki decided it was impossible.

After all, there were several similar emails before.

Not only were there people pretending to be friends, but even people claiming to be parents.

She thought it was silly to fight over it, so she decided to block it and forget about it.

However, an identical email arrived in her personal mailbox.

Feeling a sense of dread, she blocked it as well.

This should be the end of itー but no.

To her horror, the sender had hacked her email, penetrated the block and sent her a third email.

Moreover, it seems they decided that the matter would not be taken seriously as it stood, so they added additional information.

And Mitsuki was truly frightened.

The additional information contained a passage that seemed to cover all of the company's internal secrets and privacy.

Of course, this includes herself, Aria, and Sakura.

Vtubers belonging to the company. Each and every one of the employees behind the scenes.

Everybody's personal details were recorded in detail.

Name, age, date of birth, blood type, address, contact details, family composition, educational background, work history, qualifications.

Everything, even information that even they didn't know, was listed as if it were obvious, and it was clear that the implicit threat was that if they continued to ignore it...

Mitsuki succumbed to the threat.

She had no choice but to give in.

To add insult to injury, a fourth email arrived, this time containing a huge amount of confidential information about various countries, including Japan.

The message was accompanied by a bizarre threatening message saying, "If you do not comply with our demands, we will make them public to the entire world."

If this were to actually be carried out, it would not be surprising if it escalated into a world war.

There was no way that a private company that had only been in business for a few years could compete with hackers who were even manipulating the security of a major nation.

Or rather, even though it's just a private company, why were they not only using company secrets and privacy, but also state secrets as a tool for intimidation?

She felt a little disappointed, perhaps because the image of Aria flashed vaguely through her mind.

Somehow, she thought that her brother would do something like this.

It's because she likes to receive tsukomi from other people.

Feeling something was bothering her, Mitsuki decided to meet them face to face for now...

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"So? Who do you want me to meet?"

As I listen to the song "Autumn, Summer, Spring, Winter" coming from behind me, I ask prez, who is walking next to me.

Her exposed chest sways gently with every step she takes.

I feel like I did such a good job that I want to give myself a Nobel Prize.

That's why it has the most erotic illustrations. Especially the mole in the northern hemisphere on the right is cheating.

"The Prime Minister? The son of a villain? Ha, could it be――the hypnotizing uncle……!?"

"No way. What are those choices?"

"Well, i thought it's about time to mention the hipnotizing uncle again."

"I wonder why you're trying to appeal the hipnotizing uncle so much for?"

Probably a karma from my first life...

"But actually, why now? Wouldn't another time be better?"

If the MC was something spontaneous, it would be understandable if there were some kind of mistake.

However, since the schedule was set up with the intention that I would be the MC from the beginning, I didn't see the point in scheduling it to coincide with a live performance.

"That's right. That was my intention from the beginning as well."

"Trouble?"

 But prez shook her head.

"No, it was Ouka who started it all. I'm only folloing the bandwagon."

"Ouka? I'm even more confused."

First, she said there's someone she wants me to meet.

Prez had intended to reschedule for another day, but Ouka put a stop to that and chose this time of all days - so that's what happened?

So she agreed with Ouka's proposal.

Yeah, I have no idea.

The most important part is missing, and why wasn't I, the person involved, informed in the first place?

…I wonder if I’m just imagining something like deja vu? Like i was the one to talk.

"--Really, it's well made."

"Eh?"

The president suddenly spoke up, looking around.

The president picked up the walls of the hallway and the props to check their texture.

"This texture is not that different from the real thing. Existing VR technology only has cheaper looking objects, and the touch feels like wearing multiple gloves. But this is almost as good as the real thing."

There was an unconcealable passion behind the president's eloquent words.

"It's all thanks to you, Alpheria. Thanks to you, I am now living the ideal life I've ever dreamed of."

I gave a wry smile at prez who said that.

"It's not just my power. At first it was just me, but you got fed up with that and hired a technology geek with programming skills on par with mine, right? Now, their achievements are far greater than mine."

When I heard it for the first time, I was really surprised.

This is because I have the knowledge and skills I gained in my previous life, that may not be the case for that person.

But they worked faster than me.

It is thanks to their efforts that a Virtual Stadium of this scale was completed in such a short time and that the seniors' avatars was completed in time.

If it had been just me it would have easily taken another year.

So, the fact that she suddenly started talking like this

"Is that the person you want me to meet?"

In fact, I've never met them, let alone spoken to them.

The communication was also via prez, so even their age and gender were a mystery.

By the way, I think of that person as Kayaburn who was reincarnated into reality from the world of fishing rods.

After all, there is me in this world who have been reincarnated from another world.

So it's possible that two-dimensional characters could be reincarnated into reality. Probably. Surely. Maybe.

"Yes, that's right."

I reply vaguely, "Hmm."

"Oh, are you dissatisfied with it?"

"It's not that I'm dissatisfied or anything. I was just curious about what kind of person they are. But..."

"Why now?" I ask.

Agreement.

That's what it all comes down to.

Wouldn't it be fine to do it after the concert?

I wonder what Ouka is thinking right now.

"That's right. Let's just say that you'll understand when you meet them. I'm sure all of your questions will be answered in a chain reaction. In exchange for new questions."

"That last part is unnecessary."

They call themself Plus Minus Zero.

No, questions are popping up right now.

Rather than plus minus zero, it's just negative, isn't it? .

Eventually, prez stopped in front of a waiting room.

This is that woman's house!

"So, are you prepared forー"

"Eyy." 

I opened the door without hesitation.

"...What a contrarion" came an exasperated voice from behind.

it's your fault for talking in a pretentious way...

Now, wondering what kind of person they are, I looked inside the room, and I was shocked.

"Fuguu."

 A voice Ouka usually makes leaked out.

Before i can cope with the sudden situation, someone pushes me down.

Bang!

"Twaaaah?!"

I hit my head!

U- ughhhh, ... I shouldn't have reproduced the pain so realistically...!

A big star is spinning around.

A red comet?

No, that's not it.

The Red Comet moves more like shaa~.

As I looked up at the ceiling with my eyes wide open, I heard the sound of clothes rustling and sobbing.

It belongs to a woman.

Her slender arms were wrapped around my body and I could see that she was trembling pitifully.

Although she was desperately trying to suppress her voice, the cries that still escaped through clenched teeth spoke volumes about the intensity of her emotions.

F- for now, I have to say something.

"Um, are you okay?"

I called out to the woman who was crying with her face buried in my chest.

All I could see was her long, black hair with a purple tint.

The familiar colors bring back memories of my past life.

But that couldn't be the case, I shook my head, and just as I was about to speak to her again,

"Aria-chan...Aria-chan...!"

"----!"

My breathing stopped.

The voice calling my name was so nostalgic.

No, no way.

That's impossible.

Because there's no way she's on Earth.

My mind went blank and I realized that my heart was beating rapidly as if it was someone else's problem.

"I finally found you...! I finally met you...! Aria-chan..."

The woman looks up.

Her amethyst eyes met my eyes, and her appearance became clear.

I have no words.

A strand of black hair fell flowing over her shoulder.

I was so shocked that I looked like a complete idiot as I saw her expression reflected in my field of vision.

Her eyes, streaming with tears, were filled with heat, as if her eternal wish had been fulfilled.

That joyful smile, that expression with its vibrant colors of a smile, brings back memories of a past life.

"…………Kaguya-senpai?"

Another drop spilled out, and the woman - Kaguya Mutsuki - smiled cheerfully.

"How long are you going to keep showing that stupid face, Bakapheria?"

A voice came from the back, along with the sound of a shutter clicking.

That voice also sounded hopelessly familiar.

I turned towards the voice cautiously.

This time my eyes met with silver half-eyes.

A doll-like girl with silver hair loosely curled in twin tails.

"...Licia."

Licia Metis.

Kaguya Mutsuki.

The best friends I met in my previous life.

Now before my eyes are the two of them who formed a unit called Trinity, sang together, fought together, getting hurt together, and ran through it all dreaming of one day looking up at the endless blue sky.

This impossible reunion blew my thoughts to smithereens.

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Author's note :

In the previous Chapter, I wrote that Sanka would be the MC, but I have changed it so that Kikyo will be the MC instead.