Chapter 3 (1/2)
DURARARA!! NICONICO SPECIAL EDITION PART 3: NICOCOCO!!X3
Ikebukuro - Business District
It was the same business as usual today for the town of Ikebukuro.
It was just pa.s.sed 7:00 p.m. Whether it was salarymen returning from work, or
students having fun long after school, or maybe those people wearing those strange
clothes and you’re really not sure what they’re up to, various kinds of people were
bustling around, each going about their own Ikebukuro life.
Everyone on the streets all had their own individual emotions written across their faces,
from the cheerful laugh to the tired sigh of the worker, it all came together to make up the
usual atmosphere of the town.
All except for one.
That exception was straddling a black bike with no headlights or license plate was a
suspicious looking shadow——That is, the “Headless Rider,” who was hanging around
with a handy cam gripped in her hand.
“Oh, if it isn’t Celty. What are you doing?” From out of the darkness, a voice called
the wandering Headless Rider, Celty Sturluson, to a stop. The voice belonged to a
longtime friend of hers, Heiwajima s.h.i.+zuo.
He was certainly a conspicuous figure, walking around in his bartender outfit, but he
was nothing compared to Celty. s.h.i.+zuo had just finished work and was on his way home
when he happened to spy her sneaking around behind a telephone pole and called out to
her.
“A-ah…S-s.h.i.+zuo. It’s been a while.”
“Yo. What’s that, you’re holding a video camera. Doing work?”
“No……it’s like, a hobby or something…Just, thought I’d look for something
amusing or strange to shoot…”
“Something strange?” Hearing such words from Celty, who was a strange
phenomenon in and of herself, s.h.i.+zuo looked puzzled.
“Uuum, I need to make a video to post on Niconico Douga, but I haven’t really
had any good chances.”
“What? What the h.e.l.l is a Niconico Douga?”
“…Uh, well, it’s an online site where you post videos, and people comment on
it and share it and stuff…” s.h.i.+zuo wasn’t really interested with anything to do with the
internet, so Celty tried to keep her explanation to the basics. She thought it would be
useless to try and explain in depth, but this explanation seemed to work.
“Aaah…so it’s an online thing.” s.h.i.+zuo let out a sigh and pulled a face as he continued.
“I’m not really suited for online stuff. There’s no one in front of me I can get mad at
and beat up, so I ended up destroying everything around me instead.”
“….I see. Then, yeah, it’s better if you don’t use it.”
——He really does have no patience or ability to ignore things does he.
Although she thought it, Celty would never say that out loud, so she turned the
conversation back to her original purpose.
“Well, at any rate, I guess I won’t be able to make an interesting movie that
attracts everyone’s interest after all. Sometimes I see street performers or some
people acting strangely, but it’s creepy if I take a video without permission… I
think it’ll only be possible if some pink elephants and white crocodiles come
dancing down the street after escaping from a circus. Hahahahahahahah.”
“You’re, in an unusually bad mood.”
“I, I guess.”
“In the first place, those kind of strange events don’t simply show up that often.”
s.h.i.+zuo said in disgust, as he took a swig of the canned juice in his hand.
“Well, that’s true but still…” From behind Celty, who was still watching the events of
the town while holding her video camera, s.h.i.+zuo began to crush the can he had finished
drinking with his finger.
“I think it’s better when nothing’s happening. Taking a video of a peaceful town and
then getting that feeling of calm that comes from watching it is the best, isn’t it.” As he
spoke, he carefully smoothed out the steel can with only the power of his finger.
“Well…I agree it would be best if I could upload something like that to Niconico
but…Peaceful things really are great. But people really want to see videos of
others showing off their c that not everybody has…”
“Special skills, huh.” As the conversation went on, s.h.i.+zuo continued to manipulate the
steel can in his hands. He easily crushed the hard bottom as though it was clay, and, fed
up with it, folded it all up.
“If that’s the case, then just walking around won’t really work, yeah? I mean, I’m just
saying, don’t you think you should turn your camera to a more clear and concrete
purpose?”
Finally, due to s.h.i.+zuo’s super human strength, the steel can was compressed into a
tiny, dice like cube. The dense level of compression exceeded that of a vice, and was
enough to make someone think that the metal sides had actually been soldered together.
“That’s a good idea…Especially since people with amazing, special skills don’t
show up very often.”
“Yeah, that’s true. Well, I don’t know why you’re making that movie, but good luck.”
As he said that, s.h.i.+zuo tossed the little cube into a nearby metal recycling bin. Listening
to the sound it made hitting the sides of the bin, s.h.i.+zuo turned back onto his road home.
——It’s just as s.h.i.+zuo says.
——After all, if it was easy to make a movie, people wouldn’t work so hard at it.
Letting out a deep sigh in her mind, Celty put her camera away and returned to her
motorcycle she had stopped nearby.
She paid no attention to the result of that man’s superhuman strength that was rolling
around in the nearby recycling bin.
♂♀
“Ah! It’s Headless Rider-san! Yahoo~!”
“……”
Several minutes later, as Celty had driven slowly through the town, she spotted a pair
of twin girls she recognized, and the one with gla.s.ses had flagged her down.
“Uum…you’re Izaya’s sisters, right...”
“I’m Mairu! This is Kuru-nee!”
“……”
There was the lively sister, Orihara Mairu, and her opposite, who just silently did a
quick bow of her head, Orihara Kururi.
“Whaat~? What are you doing~? Work?”
“No, nothing like that…ah, that’s right, this is good timing.” Although she had only
been peripherally connected to these two by fate before, Celty was desperate and decided
to try and consult them.
“I think this is a bit sudden to ask…but do you know Niconico Douga?”
“Yup, we do!”
“Can you tell me what kind of videos you like?” After all, these two were high
school girls. While she didn’t know what ratio of Niconico users were high school girls,
she thought it might be useful to hear the preferences of a young person, and she could
listen without taking it too seriously.
“p.o.r.n!”
“…Eh?”
“And videos of girls dancing around half-naked going ‘nukyaa nukyaa~’!”
“This is the first time I’ve ever heard of someone saying ‘nukyaa nukyaa~’…”
Celty was clearly fl.u.s.tered, not knowing if this was a good answer or not, but Mairu
continued to talk.
“I’ve made one before too, with Kuru-nee, y’know? The two of us dancing.”
“I see.”
It’s true that the two were pretty, and combined with the novelty of twins, the video
would surely be popular if they danced well. Thinking that, Celty decided to try and ask
how many views it got. But Mairu finished her story before she could.
“But you know, it got deleted.”
“Eh?”
“Apparently it was in violation of the Terms of Service, something about【s.e.xual,
obscene, and violent acts, or acts that cause extreme discomfort to others.】”
“High school girls shouldn’t be making videos that violate the kind of rule! No,
no matter what age you are you shouldn’t do that!” Seeing Celty so extremely
fl.u.s.tered, Mairu gave a loud laugh as she spoke.
“It’s fine, it’s fine! It wasn’t like it was a matter for the police or anything…just
barely.”
“That’s not a good thing!”
“It’s really fine though. It’s not like we were stark naked~. What got us was that Kurunee’s
dance was just too erotic. Even I started to drool at the pa.s.sion Kuru-nee put into
her dance.”
“Enough already. I’m sorry. I don’t want to hear any more dreadful things.”
——Geez, they really are Izaya’s sisters aren’t they…
After parting from the twins, Celty once again began to aimlessly wander the town.
——But, maybe that’s how all the kids feel these days?
——I don’t really have any acquaintances among young people recently.
——Well, I want to capture the hearts of ordinary people too, not just young people.
——I’m going to have to try to ask more people for their opinions.
♂♀
Russia Sus.h.i.+
“Movie? Good timing, you should make a propaganda movie for our store.” Hearing
what Dennis, the owner of Russia Sus.h.i.+, had to say, Celty broke out in a cold sweat and
was lost for words.
As though he heard what had been said, Simon suddenly appeared, holding a plate of
sus.h.i.+ and dancing in front of Celty’s camera.
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