章節 94: Sequel: The Fake Saint Is Off to Japan 4
Under the pretense of investigating, I'd made my way back to...Japan!
Once again, I'd arrived through my old room and sneaked out.
Let's go, Tokyo!
Speaking of my old room, since I'd died in it so suddenly, it had apparently become stigmatized property.
It made my life easier. I hoped people would keep believing it was haunted for a long time.
Anyway, I was in the mood for curry today! First things first, I started walking toward a nearby curry restaurant.
Huh? Wasn't I supposed to buy a console and a copy of Kuon no Sanka?
Yeah, no, I'd given up on that already. Trust me, I'd tried! But the game was sold out at all the shops I visited. I could've downloaded it directly from the console's digital store, but the console itself was also sold out!
Out of options, I'd had no choice but to amend my plans—which meant curry. Alas, sometimes the world stands in your way!
I was walking along as inconspicuously as possible, but just like last time, people were gawking at me. I was used to the attention, though, so I just ignored it and went about my business. Eat up, folks—I'm serving looks.Although I was a fake, I'd still lived as the saint for seventeen years on the other side. This wasn't my first rodeo—far from it. To make sure my cover would be perfect, I'd gotten used to sprinkling a bit of magic here and there. I looked perfect from every angle.
I spotted a young man—probably a university student—staring at me with a dreamy look on his face, so I smiled his way.
Rejoice, for you've been blessed with my (fake) saint's smile!
Unfortunately, a nearby car collided with another that had stopped at the red light. The following car was dragged into the accident, adding to the confusion. It looked as though no one had been hurt, thankfully, but the cars were in a sorry state. Besides, the road was completely blocked.
Hey, that's dangerous! Why were you looking at me?! Eyes on the road when you're driving!
After a couple more steps, some guy stopped me and offered his business card. "H-Hello! I'm sorry for stopping you like this. I'm Usojiyanai, from True-False Entertainment. Would you happen to be interested in joining the industry?"
I thought these talent scouts only ever showed up in anime and manga! So they're actually a thing, huh?
These invitations were always scams, though, right? Sorry, but I'll pass.
I'd read enough doujinshi to know that the girls who said yes were always dragged to confined rooms and surrounded by a bunch of dudes. "You brought a cute one," they'd say as they locked the door to make sure the girl wouldn't be able to get away. "Don't worry about it. That's the usual process," they'd tell her as they started with soft touches to avoid spooking her. Then, they'd casually tie her up under the guise of taking pictures, and by the time the girl realized something was truly off, it'd be far too late. She'd lie there, angry and shivering as the men had their way with her.
I know my stuff, all right?
I ignored the guy and hastened my pace. However, I soon found myself blocked by a crowd. What's going on?
"Damn it! Why isn't the ambulance here yet?!" I heard someone scream from the center of the throng.
I managed to take a look and saw a middle-aged man frantically performing CPR on another guy of similar age. He was doing everything he could to save his life, while the crowd that had formed around them was content watching from afar.
Well, after calling an ambulance and finding an AED, I suppose there isn't much to do besides wait. Hang on—someone did call for an ambulance, right? This wasn't one of those cases where everyone's waiting for the person next to them to actually make the call, right?"Bad news!" a man exclaimed as he came running from behind me. "The ambulance can't get through because of an accident down the road!"
Oh. That accident, huh?
It was quite unfortunate that the ambulance had come from that direction. It'd have no choice but to turn back and take another path. That would take time, and it was unclear whether the man would hold on until then.
Wait...is he gonna die because of me?
That driver had taken his eyes off the road because of me, after all.
No, he's at fault. I didn't do anything!
But still...I was indirectly involved, wasn't I?
Ugh, fine!
I pushed my way through the throng and sat down next to the unconscious man. The guy who'd been doing chest compressions tirelessly this whole time stopped as he looked at me blankly.
Why are you stopping?! Move your hands!
I rested my hand on the unconscious man's chest and used thunder magic to kick-start his heart. I also took the chance to blast some healing magic at him to fix his fractured ribs. I wasn't sure whether they'd broken when he'd collapsed, or if it was because of the chest compressions, but that didn't change anything.
After making sure he was breathing again, I stood up silently and started walking away.
"W-Wait! You... You got him to breathe by touching his chest?!" the other man exclaimed.
Dude, I have other places to be—the curry restaurant, in fact—so don't ask questions!
I couldn't exactly ignore him, so I turned around and decided to shove all the credit—and all the annoyance that came with it—onto him. Right as I was about to start talking, though, I paused for a second. The guy was so muscular it was funny. You a bodybuilder, or what?
"I didn't do anything," I finally said. "I wanted to take over to help you, but he started breathing again just as I did. You saved his life with those chest compressions."
I was ready to leave when I noticed that some idiot was filming me with his phone. I walked away, but he followed me from a distance.
Really? We're stalking people, now? Don't blame me if I pay you back with a little prank, then.
I summoned a gust of wind and aimed at the stalker's hand, making him drop his phone. It fell right into a storm drain and disappeared. YES! BULL'S-EYE!
"NOOO!!!" the man screamed. "MY PHONE!"
Serves you right! If you contact a worker, you'll probably be able to get it back! Good luck, bro!
By the way, the curry I had after this tasted incredible.
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Net! News
[The beautiful respondent of Quiz Runner looks exactly like a famous game character?!]
6/13 (Wed.) 20:22
Have you seen the picture of the lady who's currently shaking the internet?
Three days ago, at 18:23 on the tenth of June, she appeared for around ten seconds on Ultimate Quiz Runner. The show, famous for having celebrities and ordinary contestants compete by answering questions, has always enjoyed high ratings since it started airing one year ago.
The correct answer rate, which is shown on-screen at all times, is ascertained by having regular people answer the questions in the streets. Occasionally, such footage is shown.
In this case, a young lady was asked to answer the following question: "Between a Shiba Inu and a Siberian Husky, which dog is closer to a wolf genetically?" The blonde green-eyed beauty, who appears to be European or American, stole the hearts of thousands of viewers in those short ten seconds. The participants on set were also stunned into silence as they watched her interview.
While no one has been able to figure out the mysterious girl's identity, her resemblance to one of the characters of the dating sim Kuon no Sanka ～Fiore caduto eterna～ has been noted by fans, who speculate she may be a cosplayer.
Reports concerning her whereabouts have started appearing on several websites, but we ask that you avoid inconveniencing this lady. Please remain reasonable.
She can't be from our plane of existence. That girl's gotta be 2.5D
Pfft, she was edited like crazy, wasn't she? ...she was, right???
If I see her irl I'll give myself a heart attack. I want her to give me a heart massage too.
Bro, the one doing the chest compressions was a beefy dude
If I can get the saint to give me mouth-to-mouth, my life will have been worth it
Her trying to perform CPR was very Ellize-coded
The bulky middle-aged dude cracked me up, though. He was going at it so vigorously. Is he a pro wrestler or something?
The guy's ribs were cracking, legit thought he'd die because of that
I mean, that's how it goes when you've got killer arms
Still, isn't the guy who filmed an absolute bastard (and I'm putting it mildly)? He did nothing but film, even when the first responder asked him to call an ambulance and look for an AED.
He totally is. He even zoomed in on the unconscious man's face. Tbh, we should call the cops on him.
Seriously, though, what did Lady Ellize (tentative) do?
She said it was a coincidence that he started breathing right when she arrived. That sounds a little too convenient, though.
Why's my wife's picture here?
Excuse me? You mean my wife, right?
She's Verner's wife.
Her hair looks sooooo soft. I wanna ruffle it!
Over here, officer! We've got a creep!
For real, though, don't be weirdos and harass her. Stalking's a crime.
On the internet, Ellize's appearance in the real world was a hot topic. Obviously, almost no one actually thought that the Ellize from the game had somehow found her way to Tokyo. While the people kicking up a fuss in the comments sounded like idiots, they did have a bit of common sense—enough to believe that such a thing wasn't possible.
However, one woman wasn't like them.
After reading through several articles talking about Ellize, she closed all of her tabs and leaned back on her chair, letting out the breath she'd been holding.
"It's really her..." the black-haired woman—who looked rather plain compared to how she usually did, given that she was lounging at home—whispered. She'd spent the last hour staring at countless pictures and videos of the blonde girl, and she'd finally reached a conclusion. That was Ellize. The real Ellize. She'd somehow made it to this world.
The young woman was far from being insane. In fact, she had a very good reason to believe what she did. She was the only person here who knew that Fiori truly existed.
How? Well, she'd lived there for a thousand years before entrusting the rest of her life span to Ellize herself. After her death, she'd found herself in this world, her memories intact.
That was why she knew, without a shadow of a doubt, that this Ellize was the real deal.
"Ellize... What in the world are you doing here?" Yamoto Tamaki—or Profeta, as she was called in her past life—whispered.
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