At this ti, inside the Fraxinus airship, in a room similar to a reception room containing the spatial teleporter: Yatogami Tohka, Yoshino, Itsuka Kotori, Yamai Yuzuru, Yamai Kaguya, Ryougi Yutsuki, Izayoi Miku. The Spirits sealed by Itsuka Shido were all gathered here.
"Reine, why did you call us here today? Didn't we just finish our physical checkups not long ago? Or is there a problem?"
Carrying so curiosity, Yutsuki asked Murasa Reine, who was accompanying Kotori.
Reine gently shook her head and slowly answered.
"...No, everyone's physical checkups are fine... We invited you here today for another matter..."
"Another matter? What is it?"
Yutsuki tilted her head, asking sowhat puzzledly.
"...It takes a bit of effort to explain. I'll explain it all together when Shin gets here... It's about ti, anyway."
Speak of the devil and he shall appear. Just as Reine was thinking this, Itsuka Shido was teleported over to this side.
"...Sorry for calling you over in such a hurry, Shin."
"No, it's nothing... But if you weren't just calling , but everyone else too, you should have told that from the start."
Seeing Tohka, Yutsuki, and the others gathered here, Shido couldn't help but scratch his head in confusion.
"...Ah, sorry. Forgetting to contact... I an, the surprise was a huge success!"
"No, no, you obviously wanted to say you forgot just now."
In response to Reine's attempt to bluff her way through halfway, Shido retorted with a speechless face. Then, Reine's gaze shifted slightly away from Shido.
"...That's not true, right? Everyone."
"Mhm!" Tohka nodded with a face full of joy. Although she herself probably didn't realize it, she really did play along with Reine's words.
"Um... yes..."
"Because Reine said she had sothing very interesting to show us, so we ca over~"
Yoshino and Yoshinon in her hand also smiled and nodded.
"Kuku... to actually summon here, you must have prepared quite the tribute."
Deliberately showing an evil smile, Kaguya covered her cheek with one hand. The gaze peeking out from between her fingers was filled with a bit of provocation.
To this, Yuzuru, as her soulmate, provided a supplentary explanation from the side.
"Request. My stomach is still hungry, hoping for a brief explanation."
"Darling~ Honey~ Do you want to go eat dinner together later? I found a very delicious Japanese restaurant~"
Miku obviously cared more about Shido and Yutsuki than interesting things. She blinked and sent an invitation to the two.
"Well... that's exactly what's going on." Yutsuki shrugged slightly and said to Shido, "But what exactly this interesting thing is, we're not very clear either. Everyone is waiting for Kotori-chan and Reine's explanation."
"...I see." Shido looked at the gathered Spirits and asked Reine sowhat puzzledly, "But didn't you say we were going to play a ga? With this number of people... is it a party ga?"
Hearing Shido's words, Tohka asked curiously.
"Ga? Were we called here to play a ga?"
"Well... that's how it is." Nodding gently, Reine explained, "Shin has already been notified beforehand. Actually, we called everyone here this ti for Ratatoskr's new ga—'Fall in Love, MY☆LITTLE☆SHIDO ②'."
"Ah... that ga."
Hearing Reine's words, Yutsuki rub her forehead with her hand, feeling a headache. If you ask why, because through a series of coincidences, she, like Shido, had also played Ratatoskr's Galga, and then... smashed the computer on Shido's behalf.
Whether the new ga was excellent or not, Yutsuki didn't know. But its predecessor—"Fall in Love, MY☆LITTLE☆SHIDO", was absolutely, without a doubt, sumd up in one word: a scam!
Seeing Yutsuki's instantly disinterested expression, Shido understood her thoughts and gave a sowhat helpless, bitter smile.
"So, what kind of ga is it?"
"...Anyway, let's go to the prep room first. It's easier to explain."
"This ti's 'Fall in Love, MY☆LITTLE☆SHIDO ②' is a full-dive type super realistic dating simulator!"
In a room filled with various high-tech equipnt, Itsuka Kotori said very proudly.
"That's way too much evolution in one breath!!! (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻"
Yutsuki shouted with a terrified face.
Can you imagine? Except for the production quality which was comndable, if the scam plot of this Galga was sold, it would definitely be labeled as a "trash ga." In just a few short months, its sequel suddenly made a massive coback, marching towards the cutting edge of the gaming industry with a high-end image enough to blind countless otaku gars. No! It should be said it crossed an entire era!
Could this kind of thing happen in reality? Are you freaking kidding ... okay, this is an ani world.
"In other words, through sothing similar to the 'Cocoon' that appeared in the sixth movie of Detective *Beep*nan, you can intercept the information coming from a person's brain, and thereby connect the player's consciousness to the virtual space constructed by the computer to play the ga, right?"
"Mhm... as expected of Yutsuki-nee, you understand so quickly." Kotori smiled and nodded, explaining enthusiastically, "This ga can reproduce the five senses like touch and taste. If you sleep or eat in the ga, there will be corresponding sensations. Moreover, the NPC dialogues are gathered from the player's mories and subconscious awareness, so you could say it's almost identical to the real world. Well, this is just what the people in the company say. I haven't experienced it personally myself."
Why don't the people in your company just ascend to heaven?
"Well... but while this ga is highly realistic, its requirents for the computer are also excessively high. Even within Ratatoskr, only the supercomputer inside the Fraxinus can run such massive data. This is also the reason why you were called to the Fraxinus."
As if to ease Yutsuki's surprise, Reine slowly provided an explanation.
Hearing Reine's explanation, Yutsuki finally showed an expression of tentative acceptance.
"But, using such high-end technology just to make a Galga... although it feels weird saying this as a Galga enthusiast myself, it just feels like a huge waste..."
"...Now that you ntion it, it does a bit..."
To Yutsuki's conflicted muttering, Kotori nodded with so empathy.
"If it were , I would definitely develop a ga where people can full-dive into a virtual world, wield swords, and fight monsters to conquer dungeons. The ga's na would be 'Sword Art Online'!"
"Wait, Yutsuki-nee! I'm sorry to interrupt, but I feel like if you keep talking like that, a lot of problems will arise, so please stop."
"Eh? I also wanted to explain the setting where I, as the ga developer, trap all the players in the ga, and if their HP reaches zero, their brains will be fried by microwaves."
Yutsuki gave a regretful explanation.
"That's just a death ga!"
"Wield your dual swords and save the world, HeroShiri-chan!"
"Who is that person?!"
Well, seeing Kotori and Yutsuki unknowingly straying from the topic, Shido coughed "Ahem!" twice to pull their attention back, and then said, "So, how do I play this ga?"
"...Anyway, just sit in the machine first. I'll take care of adjusting the settings." Reine said slowly to Shido while operating the computer.
Shido nodded gently. Following Reine's instructions, he sat inside the machine, and then put on the goggles-like device attached to the machine.
"Hey? Reine, what are we going to do next? It's rare for us to co, I want to play with Shido too."
Tohka looked at Reine with eyes full of expectation. However, Reine shook her head helplessly.
"Sorry, Tohka. This ga is still in testing, and the other equipnt hasn't been activated yet. Currently, only one person can play."
"Wh... at...!"
Hearing this sentence, as if struck by a bolt from the blue, Tohka's face showed very obvious disappointnt. Even the ribbon in her hair drooped listlessly.
"Ugh... so that's how it is." Hearing this news, Yutsuki also showed a very disappointed expression. Honestly, setting aside the ga's plot, just this next-generation design alone gave Yutsuki the urge to want to try it out.
"But since that's the case, why did you call us here?"
"...I think everyone would be very interested in seeing Shin's cute appearance while playing the ga."
"Hold on a second, this is too weird! You guys just want to watch get played with, don't you!"
Hearing Reine's words, Shido, who was originally on standby, imdiately said in a panic.
"...There's no such thing... right?"
"You averted your eyes! Although I couldn't see it, Reine, you definitely averted your eyes just now, right? You really are just planning to watch get played with!"
"What does everyone think?"
Reine ignored Shido's shouting and asked the Spirit girls who were watching the show on the side.
"Oh, oh, now that you ntion it, I really want to see it! (
▽")" "Indeed, this kind of opportunity is quite rare~ (￣▽￣)ブ" —BY Yoshino & Yoshinon.
"Mhm, mhm... Shido is the common property of Yuzuru and . Isn't it a perfect thing to engrave this sha of his into his soul? ○( ＾皿＾)っ" —BY Yamai Kaguya.
"Agreent. Let's morize it well in our heads. (￣︶￣)" —BY Yamai Yuzuru.
"Well... I actually don't care either way, but as the Commander, I have the necessity to supervise, so it can't be helped, you know! (〃＞皿＜)" —BY Itsuka Kotori.
"Shido's neglect and humiliation play, huh... well, it's fine to watch it to pass the ti. （￣△￣）" —BY Ryougi Yutsuki.
"...-_-|||"
At this point, what else could Shido say? If he said any more, it would all end in tears QAQ.
(Forget it. For now, I'll just forget the fact that they're watching . The "Fall in Love, MY☆LITTLE☆SHIDO" I played before had a lot of shocking and unpredictable plot twists, it should be fine this ti.)
Comforting himself with these words, Shido slowly took a deep breath.
"OK. Connection complete."
After hearing this sentence from Reine, Shido felt his consciousness fly to another world.
Original author's PS: If you ask why I used emoticons at the end, it's because I felt annoyed facing the ga's dialogue, so I cut corners. ╮(╯▽╰)╭
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