"So this is this world's arcade."
I entered the arcade and looked around.
"More or less the same as the previous world. Well, they're both modern worlds, so I guess it's not surprising."
The place was crowded with children and teenagers.
I went to one of the arcade machines and played Street Fighter.
*Click* *click* *click*
"Hellooo~ how about playing together?"
While I was busy playing, I turned toward the voice beside me.
She was a girl, and who would've thought—one of the heroines.
"Sure."
"~~~~"
She sat in front of me and started player 2, and we began fighting each other.
While playing, Ixa thought about something.
Mina Hoshino, 17 years old, 140 cm tall, long yellow twintail hair, first-year senior high school student, and a gamer as well as a VTuber with 3 million subscribers.
This Yakult bottle has a tragic fate in the eroge... no, everyone has a tragic fate, but hers is somewhat special, I suppose.
She gets doxxed by a group of fanatic fans who begin their actions when her parents are away on a month-long business trip.
At that time, they come to Mina's residence when she's home alone and gang-rape her for 3 whole weeks, training her to become a sex slave and even secretly streaming while having sex behind her avatar at the fanatics' demand.
In the ending, she ends up pregnant, and the details are unclear because the gallery and CG only show up to that point—
"Hahah, you're so weak! How can you be this weak?~" Mina Hoshino said with a smug face toward me.
Yes, the kusogaki personality that needs correction, which many players love, makes her a popular heroine among players.
"Yeah, you're very good." Ixa responded casually.
"Heheh, even though you're a guy, you're super weak~" she laughed softly.
"💢..."
"Weak~~"
"💢💢!"
"Let's have a rematch. If you win, I'll give you 1000 yen."
"Okay~ you asked for it. Don't cry if you lose~"
———
"I won."
"How!? You were so weak earlier!" Her cheeks puffed up slightly.
"I was just going easy on you, Yakult bottle."
"Who are you calling a Yakult bottle!!"
Mina looked at Ixa's poster showing 190 cm.
"Uhh... you're just tall like a pole!"
This brat...
"Oh yeah, by the way, what's your name, stranger?"
"Ixa Pendragon, second-year Class A at Kibougami Gakuen high school."
Mina flinched upon hearing that.
"Ah! So we're in the same school! I'm first-year, so you're Pendragon-senpai!"
"Oh? Don't you know about my bad rumors?"
"Eh? Ah, that's right. I just realized you're that person."
"I don't think it's that bad? Since I just played with you. So, are you actually like that?" Mina asked.
"I used to be like that."
Yes, I was like that because of the OG Shishido.
"How about now?"
"I don't think so."
"Then that's good, right? My mom once said everyone deserves one chance to change. Whether they're accepted or not is another matter, but what's important is whether they change willingly or not—not about being accepted."
"A Yakult bottle like you talks quite a lot."
"💢? Hah!?" Mina, turning red, kicked Ixa's leg.
Of course, Ixa didn't budge in the slightest.
After talking for a few minutes.
Mina checked her phone.
"Ah, it's time. I have to go home."
"I just remembered something—what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be at school? I'm here because I skipped, so I know you should be at school."
"I overslept, so I didn't go to school~ Papa and Mama don't mind once in a while~"
"Well then, see you later, senpai!"
"Wait, take this."
As Mina was about to leave, Ixa stopped her and gave her a small milky-white marble.
"What's this, senpai?" Mina tilted her head sideways with a puzzled look.
"A small gift. Just keep it with you. It's very important."
"Aha! Are you trying to hit on me, hmm?~" Smug.
"...Whatever. Interpret it however you want."
"Hmph, you're no fun."
"Well then, bye." She waved her hand and left.
Ixa just watched from a distance.
With this, that problem should be preventable.
Ixa decided to go to the convenience store to buy groceries and head home.