Relieved by all that he had poured out, Izumi walked home while looking up at the sky. He put his hands in his pockets and began to think ahead. He no longer needed to be burdened with his feelings anymore as if he had been freed from the curse that had made him sick. Though, the curse was still lingering in his thoughts.
The next day, Izumi leaves for school early because the football club of his school is having a training camp. And the members are expected to arrive on time. The training camp location this time is quite far, and the location is in the highlands southwest of Miyagi prefecture, Naruko.
In Naruko, members of the football club can train their physical strength by running in uphill areas full of trees. There is also a football field close to a small lake. After doing the training, they can rest and relax by soaking in the hot springs in Naruko.
Well, even though Izumi joined the training camp, at the very least, it could also be considered a vacation.
After doing training and physical improvement for one week, the coach, Nakazawa Katsutoshi gathered all the members of the football club.
"Today, I will insert several players from team B to team A and vice versa. Team A will compete by including players from team B, both from the main team and reserve team. I will also choose who will enter the core team as long as the play is promising. Assessment based on play, physique, fitness, ability, communication, and leadership."
The coach explained at length to all members that those two teams will be equal and balanced. Not only the division of teams, but the coach also chose captains of teams A and B, be it core team or reserve.
After playing in one match, the coach chose the captains.
"Miyamura Izumi, you're chosen."
Izumi was a little surprised by what the coach said. He often skipped club activities, so he thought he wouldn't be selected. Moreover, he is the newest member. Izumi is selected as the captain of reserve team B.
Izumi raised his hand because he felt that it was unfair to the other members. After all, there were still a lot of second-year players.
"Why me? I recently joined this club."
"This is my decision after seeing how you play on the pitch. You have the charisma that can lift the morale of the team, control the flow of the match, and always calm on the pitch."
Izumi scratched his head. When he played, he always organized both attack and defense from his position in defensive midfield. Even though he deliberately played not seriously, the coach still chose him just because his leadership spirit was so obvious. And it meant, he was chosen as a vice-captain in team B as well as become a core member.
Izumi agreed on the condition that the other members also accept it heartily. What's more, he may often be absent from club activities. For example, if someone objected, Izumi didn't mind if the position was given to someone else.
He likes sports, but he also didn't really want to focus only on sports. Because there are a lot of things he wants to do.
Develop artificial intelligence, another world, as well as administrator D who lives in his current world. Those things alone already made his head hurt, especially the latter.
— — — —
When it was getting dark, Izumi, Hiroyuki, and Shou were soaked in the hot spring. There were also two other first-year students, Kazama Jin, and Tsukamoto Tsukushi.
When Izumi soaked his body in a hot spring, he let out an expression.
"Ahh. If we soak in hot water like this, I wonder why everyone reflexively says "Aah"?"
"Oh yeah, that's right."
Jin nodded, and then, he also added.
"Besides, it doesn't matter if you say "eeh", "uuh", or "ooh", right?"
"How about "iih"?"
"Why don't you try?"
"Why is our conversation so weird like this?"
Hiroyuki and Shou also joined the conversation. Also, Tsukushi followed after that.
Then, Izumi asked.
"Who started?"
"You are!"
Everyone immediately turned their heads while pointing at Izumi. They also burst out laughing.
A moment later, Jin said.
"By the way, no matter how many times I see that, it's quite surprising that you not only have piercings but a tattoo as well."
"Removing this tattoo will be troublesome, right?" Shou asked.
Izumi just nodded to answer while looking at the tattoo on his body.
Hiroyuki remembered something that made him ask Izumi.
"By the way, last week, a cosplaying little girl came to pick you up. Who is she? I don't think she's your sister."
Not only Hiroyuki, Shou, and Jin also respond.
"Right, right. I saw her too. Don't tell me she's your lover."
"If she's his lover, then Miyamura must be a lolicon."
Izumi, who leaned back and rested his head on the big rock in the middle of the hot spring, said without looking at them.
"Hey hey, don't spread misguided gossip. That girl said that she is the illegitimate daughter of my father. Don't look at her little girl's appearance, she's older than you, guys."
"Oh. So she's a legal loli."
Izumi slowly looked at them and smirked. If the members of the chat group have known Izumi for a long time, they will know what the meaning behind his smile is.
"Would you like to meet her? I can introduce her to you."
Hearing Izumi's question, Jin immediately waved his hand.
"Pass, I'm not interested in little girls."
"Tsk."
"Did you say "tsk" just now?"
"No, it's your imagination."
"Don't lie! I'm sure something will happen if one of us gets to know that girl, right?"
"You're so paranoid huh? Hahaha."
Izumi and his friends were joking with each other in the hot spring. Well, it's a place for relaxation, there's nothing wrong with joking to change the atmosphere.
— — — —
While Izumi was at the training camp, Tabane and Rori returned to their respective worlds.
On the 11th of August.
After the training camp was over, Izumi had time to spare a few days which he used to complete his artificial intelligence since it had entered its final phase. However, he couldn't complete it since he needed a voice sample.
"I have to find that person first to complete my first virtual idol." Izumi secretly said.
Izumi opened the chat group.
Izumi: @Kuroneko, if I remember correctly, the date in your world is the same as mine, right?
Kuroneko: Really?
Izumi: Is today August 11th?
Kuroneko: Eh? So, your world is also August 11th?
Izumi: Yup. Oh right, Kuroneko. I'm going to visit your world. Anyone wanna come with me?
Tabane-chan: Me me me!
Kuroneko: If you wanna go to my world, then you should help me!
Izumi: Help you? Why?
Kuroneko: Can you just answer "Alright"??? I made a doujin. And I want to sell it at the summer Comiket.
Izumi: Oh, a doujin? The "H" one?
Kuroneko: I'm not that pervert!!!
Izumi: Too bad. I thought you had awakened your hidden desire.
Kuroneko: Like hell, I would!!
Tabane-chan: So, when do we go?
Rori: Tomorrow?
Izumi: Oh, you're coming too, Rori?
Rori: Of course. How can this big sis not help her little sis who needs help?
Kuroneko: Rori… I love you! Kyaa...
Rori: Ufufufu. I love you too.
Tabane-chan: Hihihi...
Izumi: Someone, please help! Suddenly this Chat became a gathering of Yuris!
Kazuma: Yuri is better!!!! A fellow girl who was doing obscene things was unbearable… My bad, I got excited.
Tabane-chan: Kuzuma!
Rori: Kuzuma!
Kuroneko: Kuzuma!
The chat group is so quiet because of the business of each member. Currently, half of them don't show up in the Chat Group. Izumi thought Kazuma would come to visit Kuroneko's world, but he didn't. What was surprising was that Kakashi suddenly appeared and said that he was a bit free because Sasuke was no longer at Konohagakure, while Naruto was under Jiraiya's tutelage.
Izumi and the others decided to depart the day before the Comiket event. At that time, it was already dark and they appeared almost at the same time in a deserted alley.
Izumi looked at Rori and Kakashi who were wearing their usual clothes. From the point of view of people from the modern world, it was certain that people would say "cosplay" when they saw Rori and Kakashi. Meanwhile, Tabane's clothes still looked ordinary in the eyes of modern world people. Well, the most conspicuous thing about her was the robotic bunny ears she wore.
On the other hand, Izumi cosplayed as Kirito from Sword Art Online. Dressed in all black starting with his shirt, jacket, pants, and shoes. The swords on his back are just decorative swords that Tabane made. And those two swords are somehow similar to the original with each of them being black colored and the other one light blue colored.
Since the next day is the summer Comiket event, it wouldn't look strange if someone wore such outfits already. They walked somewhere and stopped in the park. Well, Izumi could only think of that place right now.
Izumi asked.
"So, where should we go?"
"Hihihi, just follow me!" Then Tabane stood up from her seat and walked in a certain direction. Izumi, Rori, and Kakashi looked at each other, then followed suit.
Kakashi didn't know much about Japan, so he was a little curious.
"By the way, where are we now?"
"Yeah, we were teleported here near Kuroneko's place, are we?"
Not only Kakashi, but Rori also asked. Even though Rori had visited the modern world, she didn't know much about the regions of Japan.
Izumi replied.
"This should be Chiba prefecture. Our destination tomorrow is in Tokyo city, to be precise Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo international exhibition center."
Tabane nodded at Izumi's words, then added.
"This place isn't far from Tokyo, but tomorrow we have to leave early. Well, if we're late, just use the IS."
Rori turned to Tabane.
"Why not just use your IS for cosplay?"
"Hey hey, Rori, the real IS is going to attract too much attention."
Izumi rejected Rori's suggestion because it was too much. Usually, if people cosplay with a robot theme, people would not make it from metal as components, because it would be too heavy.
After a while.
Izumi and the others entered the hotel, their arrival made everyone's eyes fall on them, either because of their clothes or because they looked like couples.
The receptionist lady greeted them gently.
"Welcome, is there anything I can help you with, gentlemen, ladies?"
Tabane came forward and said to the receptionist lady.
"One double room and one love room... auch..."
Izumi had expected Tabane to say something weird, so he chopped her head with his hand. Izumi turned his gaze to the receptionist lady and said.
"Just two-double rooms, please!"
"Yes." The receptionist lady responded calmly and smiled sweetly. She took two room keys immediately and gave them to Izumi.
"Let's go, Kakashi-san! Let them get their own room."
"Sure."
Kakashi followed Izumi from behind. Suddenly, they heard a voice.
"Izumi-chan, why don't you want to share a room with me? You coward! That's why you're still single after breaking up with your girlfriend."
Izumi stopped his step and turned around. He saw Tabane grinning at him. Izumi curled up his lips and said.
"Why do you think I will end up with you?"
"Eh, I have Kagune, and so do you. You're a genius in science, and so am I. Don't you think we're perfect for each other?"
"Only twice, it must be a coincidence. You're too superstitious."
"You need another one? Hmmm, you have a personal IS, and so do I. How is it, how is it? So, let's share a room with me!"
"Agghhh, can you not talk about it now? Look around you! Aren't you feeling embarrassed?"
Izumi was annoyed with Tabane who was talking casually without looking around her. He was embarrassed by the behavior of the girl in front of him who did not care about the presence of other people.
Izumi immediately rushed to the room and ignored Tabane's annoying behavior.
— — — —
Izumi opened the Group Chat and typed a message while mentioning Kuroneko.
Izumi: @Kuroneko, we are already in your world. What time are you leaving for Tokyo?
Kuroneko: Oh, you're here already? Why didn't you say so?
Izumi: We didn't mean to bother you in your home anyway, so we stayed at a hotel.
Kuroneko: I see.
Tabane-chan: Kuroneko-chan, Izumi-chan doesn't want to share a room with me. He said he was embarrassed.
Kuroneko: Pervert.
Tabane-chan: Alas, even Kuroneko-chan isn't on my side.
Izumi: Your behavior embarrassed me!
Tabane-chan: No way!
Kuroneko: You should learn TPO first!
Izumi: Just forget about her. Anyway, we'll meet tomorrow before leaving for Tokyo. What time are you leaving?
Kuroneko: The train leaves at 6:45, so we'll meet at least half an hour before in front of the train station.
Tabane-chan: No way! Did you guys really ignore me?
Izumi: Oh, so early?
Kuroneko: Of course, I also need preparations to open my stand.
Izumi: Got it, see you tomorrow!
When Izumi put down his phone, he heard a knock on the door. Well, needless to say, the culprit was Tabane.
Izumi opened the door and asked.
"What is it?"
Izumi looked at pouted Tabane. She asked.
"Are you mad at me?"
Izumi shook his head.
"No, I'm just a little annoyed that your behavior is different than usual." Izumi replied monotonously.
"Oh, so you like my usual behavior?"
Suddenly...
*bam*
Izumi forcefully close the door and said from inside his room.
"It's night already, go sleep!"
Then, Izumi walked away from the door and rest on the bed. He suddenly felt sleepy and his vision slowly became blurred, before long he involuntarily closed his eyes.
— — — —
The next day, at half past six in the morning they checked out of the hotel and went to the train station. While waiting for Kuroneko, they bought food that would at least fill them up. And the practical food they could get at that time was Onigiri.
Izumi complained while stroking his stomach.
"Not enough. I'm still hungry."
"It's your own fault."
Tabane chuckled at him, even Rori also giggled.
They were joking with each other as they walked toward the train station. It didn't take them long to arrive, and it was still six in the morning.
They waited at the spot visible from the entrance. That way, Kuroneko would immediately recognize them because of their clothes that looked like they were cosplaying.
Still, by waiting in an obvious spot in front of the station, they all caught the attention of passersby. Additionally, Rori and Tabane were beauties. No way people would ignore them.
A while later, Kuroneko came along with a girl wearing spiral glasses and a strange style of clothing. The girl was surprised when Kuroneko came to Izumi and the others.
"Kuroneko, who are these cosplayers? Your friends?"
Kuroneko nodded.
The girl who came with Kuroneko was Saori. She is an avid fan of the otaku culture and also a close friend of Kuroneko.
Seeing the appearance of Izumi and the others, she said inwardly. "The spiky-haired man is Kakashi from the Naruto anime, another one is unmistakable, he really looks like the main character in the Sword Art Online anime. The little girl cosplayed as the recently famous Rory Mercury. And who's the other one? If I'm not mistaken she's cosplaying as a character in a sci-fi anime. But I forgot which anime."
Well, even though Saori is also an anime fan, she can't remember all the characters from the thousands of anime characters that have been created.
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