Whether she would really go on strike in the future, Ichin didn't know. But he was certain that if a similar opportunity appeared again, he would still drag Kō along.
Listening to Kō's complaints, Ichin said with a smile, "You really dislike it that much? Going on strike, even? You should know that after appearing this ti, you gained quite a lot of fans."
"Exactly, exactly!"
Aoba nodded repeatedly. "After watching the livestream, we checked several ga forums. A lot of players were talking about you, Kō! They even dug up the Fairies Story series you worked on before, and so photos of you appearing in ga magazines!"
"Huh? They even found those? No way!!!"
As soon as she heard that, Kō imdiately started flailing around on the sofa. To her, those old interviews and things like that were black history she absolutely did not want to see again.
But whether she liked it or not, those old materials had already been dug up.
Ichin had seen them long ago. In fact, everyone present had already seen them as well.
Ignoring Kō, who was still twisting around on the sofa, Ichin walked straight into the kitchen.
In the kitchen, Utaha, Yukino, and Iijima Yun were preparing dinner for the evening. Umiko had already placed the barbecue she prepared into the oven, so there was nothing left for her to help with. She was now happily playing with the cats in the living room.
Seeing Ichin enter and imdiately put on an apron, Utaha smiled and said, "Ichin, you should take a rest. The three of us can handle it."
"It's fine. I'm not tired today. I'm not like Kō, acting like she's dying after being on stage for such a short ti."
As he spoke, he washed his hands and walked over to Yukino.
"How many vegetables still need cutting? I'll handle them."
Yukino nodded and handed over part of the chopping work to him.
Yun looked at Ichin, then at Yukino, and finally at Utaha. Tilting her head in confusion, she eventually went back to her own task.
During this period, it wasn't just Yun. The others had gradually begun to notice sothing unusual about the relationship between Ichin, Utaha, and Yukino. However, it wasn't sothing they could ask about openly, so they could only quietly observe.
Ichin vaguely noticed everyone's reactions, but he didn't care much. Ever since Haruno discovered their situation, the three of them had gradually beco more open in front of old companions like Kō.
If soone asked about it, they wouldn't mind explaining. But since no one had asked so far, they were happy to keep things as they were.
At six in the evening, dinner was finally ready. Everyone gathered around and enjoyed a lively al together.
Sure enough, once the food was served, Kō imdiately forgot about the gloom she had when she first returned. Her mood instantly brightened as she picked up a grilled lamb rib and began gnawing on it.
"Mmm, it's been so long since I've eaten Umiko's barbecue. It still tastes amazing."
Hearing Kō's praise, Umiko smiled.
"There wasn't enough ti today. Next ti we have a gathering, I'll make sothing even better for you all."
Upon hearing that, Momiji nodded repeatedly, not even having ti to swallow the at in her mouth.
Once the atmosphere at the dinner table grew lively, everyone began chatting again about the Tokyo Ga Show.
Besides their company's presentation today, two major companies, Konami and Square Enix, would also start livestream promotions later in the night segnt.
While eating, Aoba looked at Ichin.
"Ichin, when you were there earlier, did you see any famous producers?"
"No," Ichin shook his head. Opening his mouth, he ate a peeled shrimp that Utaha had handed to him before continuing, "When we arrived, there weren't many people backstage. The real highlights will be in the next two days, so there's no rush. Why? Do you want so producer autographs? I could temporarily assign you to help at the booth tomorrow. During your free ti, you could go look for the producers you want to et. I heard that Shigeru Miyamoto and several Nintendo producers will be attending this ti."
"I'll pass on going to the venue," Aoba said quickly, shaking her head. "I'll just work normally. If I went there, I wouldn't know what to do anyway. And as for autographs, I've already gotten plenty these past two years. There's no one I particularly want anymore."
As the company gradually gained fa, combined with Hazuki's connections, they had t several famous ga producers whom they once never even dread of encountering.
Especially with Nintendo. Since the collaboration had gone very smoothly, Aoba and the others had participated in several exchange activities with them. They had t quite a few famous producers, not only getting autographs but even taking photos together.
At this mont, Rin suddenly said thoughtfully, "By the way, I heard that Bethesda will also participate in tomorrow's livestream event. It hasn't been publicly announced. It's supposed to be one of the surprises this ti."
"Huh? Really?" Kō looked at Rin in surprise. "How co I didn't know about that?"
Rin smiled. "When we were at the venue earlier, you were so nervous that you could barely keep yourself together. How could you possibly notice things like that? But Ichin heard it, right? The host ntioned it to us afterward."
Ichin nodded. "Yeah, I did hear the host ntion it."
"..."
Yagami Kō couldn't take it anymore. Feeling even more embarrassed about how she behaved today, she imdiately threw herself into Rin's arms.
"Waaah, Rin, I'm too embarrassed to face anyone now."
Rin maintained her gentle smile as she hugged Kō and softly patted her head.
Seeing Kō like this, Mochizuki Momiji blinked, then quietly grabbed another grilled rib from the table. Nene and Aoba quickly joined in as well, happily competing for the food.
Seeing this, Rin smiled and said to the Kō in her arms, "Kō, if you keep acting like this, there won't be anything left for you to eat."
"Huh?"
Kō turned her head and imdiately saw that only a few grilled ribs remained on the table. At that mont, Eriri picked up another one.
"Hey! Leave so for !"
She had just climbed out of Rin's arms and picked up her chopsticks when Ichin beat her to it and grabbed another rib.
Taking a bite, Ichin smiled.
"Quick hands get the food, slow hands get nothing, Kō. There's no ti for crying at the dinner table."
Glancing angrily at Ichin, Kō finally stopped making a fuss and focused on eating.
Even if the grilled ribs were almost gone, there were plenty of other delicious dishes today.
The lively dinner lasted two hours. Afterward, everyone sat around resting for a while and drank so tea before saying their goodbyes.
As for Eriri, since her ho was also in the villa district, she didn't go back. Instead, she went upstairs to the dia room with the others to watch a movie together.
They had previously watched two Scary Movie films, so this ti it was ti for the third one. And since Eriri hadn't watched these older movies in a long ti, she was quite interested.
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