23 Prepare to be Amazed! (1/2)

”Ahhhhh… Now this is living…”

After a long day of talking and shopping, Axel relaxed in his apartment on a new sofa. And thanks to his inventory, he didn't even need to carry anything back or hire movers.

Instead of an empty room, a tv was set in the left-hand corner of the lounge as two sofas were set five meters away in the shape of an L with a large gap where the two lines intersect. In front of the two sofas was a small coffee table while a larger dining table was behind the sofa on the right-hand side.

Pulling out his phone, Axel opened his contacts and muttered, ”Good thing I remembered to grab Iwai's number before heading home.”

With a short sigh, Axel put his phone away and looked at the sight before him. On a 50 inch flatscreen TV, an online gun match was playing out as Stella was constantly flailing about with a controller gripped between her tail while shouting.

This was one of the items Axel bought today: a gaming console. Somehow, Stella became instantly drawn in once he finished setting it up.

At the start, the pair played together. However, it didn't last long as Axel yawned and told her he was gonna watch. From that point, Stella continued to play single player until she was completely dominating.

Axel found her way of playing… unique, to say the least. She would wrap half her body around the controller and with her tail, she would move the thumb sticks while she pressed the buttons by twitching her muscles.

But fighting the computers became unappealing to her. Pausing her game, she stared at Axel and said, ”Master, this is becoming boring. The computer is too predictable. I'd like to try this 'online multiplayer' you were talking about.”

After a short talk with the landlord, Axel acquired the Wi-Fi password at the cost of an extra 2000 yen. Once everything was set, Axel watched as a legend was born.

Thanks to the training up until that point, Stella dominated as she somehow always took top of the leaderboard. Occassionally, Axel would have a turn to let Stella rest but the outcome didn't change in the slightest. Well, he actually did managed to beat her score on more than one occasion, much to Stella's annoyance.

And with the aid of video games, a friendly rivalry was born between the two. The duo continued taking turns, trying to best the other.

Shaking his head, Axel stared at the curse-hurling snake and said, ”Stella, turn off the game. It's dinner time.”

Stella glared at Axel like an enraged beast and growled, ”Your only saying that cause your in the lead.”

”What? No. Look at the time, I have business tomorrow so early dinner then bed.” Said Axel while he was trying his hardest to stop a smirk from appearing on his face.

Stella saw that his face was constantly twitching and thought he was thinking about tomorrow. She felt guilty that she was causing him to worry and said, ”Ok… let's have dinner.”

Confused about her sudden change of mind, Axel shook his head and waved his hand. A couple burgers appeared as Axel said, ”These are from that burger place by Iwai's shop. I think it was called 'Big bang burger'? Meh, doesn't really matter. Let's dig in.”

Axel and Stella enjoyed a delicious dinner while the two joked around the entire time, causing dinner to last an extra 20 minutes. After a quick shower and wash, Axel entered his bed and slowly made his way to the land of dreams when his phone suddenly started ringing.

Groaning, Axel rubbed his eyes and grabbed his phone. He looked at the time and thought, 'It's almost 11pm… what does Iwai want.'

Opening his screen, a text appeared that said, 'Come to the store around 6am.'

Wryly smiling, Axel set his phone to wake him at 5am before heading back to sleep.

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