95 Did You Awaken to Something You Shouldn’t Have!? (1/2)
Seiji detailed the entire story to Hisashi, who remained silent a few moments, digesting his words.
”As you say, it’s about a stupid younger brother and a pair of idiotic twin sisters…”
Seiji smiled slightly. ”I originally only wanted those sisters to be punished, but the person who they harmed the most still cared for them. As that idiot’s senpai and friend, I could only… do my best to help.”
Hisashi looked deeply at Seiji, smiled, and raised his glass again. ”It seems just like what you would do, Harano-kun.”
”Is that a compliment, or something else?” Seiji also smiled and raised his glass.
They made a final toast, their glasses coming together with a ‘clink.’
Then there was silence.
”This time, I owe you… you guys a favor, and I’ll return it,” Seiji promised. ”If you ever require my assistance, let me know.”
Hisashi adjusted his glasses. ”It wasn’t much; just think of it as helping me find something less boring than usual to do… Besides, just as I mentioned earlier, breaking and entering into a high school girl’s room is an exciting experience I’ve always dreamed about!”
The first half of the sentence was spoken like a mafia member, but the second half carried the tone of an otaku.
Seiji was rendered speechless.
”So don’t mind it. There’s no need to talk about favors.” Hisashi shrugged, before he seemed to suddenly recall something.
”But there is one thing I’d like to invite Harano-kun to participate in.”
”What is it?”
”I’d like to create a game.” Hisashi smiled.
”A game?” Seiji blinked in surprise. ”If you wanted to make a game… shouldn’t it be easy for you?”
”If I pay money to hire someone, sure, but I don’t want to do that!” Hisashi adjusted his glasses as his lens flashed.
”I want to work together with someone who is my equal, someone who shares the same interests as me, but has a different opinion. We can each add our specialized touches to create an excellent game together, filled with our passion and will!”
Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata… several animes about this type of topic from his previous life flashed through Seiji’s mind.
”You can understand this pure idea of mine, right, Harano-kun!?” Hisashi gesticulated with his hands excitedly.
”Of course!” Seiji’s glasses also… whoops, his eyes flashed! ”Of course I understand your way of thinking, Juumonji-kun, because that’s my wish as well!”
”Ohh—you truly know me!” Hisashi was incredibly moved as he reached out his hand.
”Yep! Then let us work on it together! I’ll accept your invitation gladly!” Seiji reached out his own hand in response.
The two otakus shook each other’s hands.
After that, they heatedly discussed their plans for their game together for a rather long time…
…
The next day.
Mika thought he was still thinking about yesterday’s incident, and although she knew it was slightly inappropriate to ask, she couldn’t restrain her curiosity and ended up asking anyway.
As a result…
”Make… make a game?” The pigtailed beauty was stunned.
”Yep, together with a friend—the same person you heard on the phone yesterday. I’ve decided to make a dating sim together with him!” Seiji told her honestly.
Seeing Mika’s blank expression, Seiji thought for a while before he decided to give her an explanation.
”A dating simulation game is also known as a gal game, and it’s mostly focused on capturing… whoops, it’s a romance video game focused on interacting with various beautiful girls, each of whom have different backgrounds and personalities!”
”Oh… oh.” Mika nodded dazedly.
Truthfully, she still hadn’t understood what this was about, as she was still in a daze.
”Making an excellent dating sim is a dream that many otakus will have!” Seiji clenched his fist as his excitement peaked. ”I already discussed it with him; I’ll create the scenario, and he’ll take care of the coding, but we’re still missing an artist for the graphics and someone to take care of the background music.
”We definitely won’t make it in time for the holy battle of winter, so our target is the holy battle of summer next year! We’re not tight on time, but nor can we relax. I’m going to start working on the scenario right away, and he’s going to scout for more people. At the minimum we need an artist before we can begin for real!”
Mika had no words to say in response.
She could barely manage to understand what he said about the scenario, artist, and coding… but what the hell was a ”holy battle!?”
Plus, a ”holy battle of winter” and a ”holy battle of summer!?”
What type of battle was this? Twice a year!?
A barrage of comments flew past her mind. ”Seiji… aren’t you worried about what happened yesterday?” she couldn’t help ask.