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“We’re almost done. ……”
Alone in his hotel room, Seto Arima was working on his computer.
He was managing his schedule and preparing documents.
Gathering information on the playing styles of recent professional gamers.
Managing contracts.
Amane and Kenmochi.
Their influence in the gaming industry is immense, and being their manager is no job for a half-hearted person.
No matter where he is, even on holidays, he must always be in work mode.
“The two are Takaaki Amamiya kun and Nagase Karina,……, who are well-known players in Arcadia Fantasy, but they have no achievements and no experience in tournaments. Apparently they were allowed to join the Game Research Club after finishing in a draw with Amane-chan and Kenmochi-kun, but that’s a hard story to believe.”
If that is true, the two may have the makings of becoming professional gamers.
While Amamiya has yet to show anything noteworthy, Karina already had the keen eye of a gamer.
She has an air of similarity to Kenmochi, whom I first saw at a small FPS tournament when he was a junior high school student.
”Seto-san, I’m home.”
There was the sound of the room door opening and Amamiya and Kenmochi entered.
Seto pauses his work and greets them.
“Welcome back. How was the campsite? Did you have fun?”
“Well. yes.”
Seeing the two with a downcast look on their faces, Seto became concerned, closed his laptop, and stood up.
“Kenmochi-kun, if something’s wrong, please tell me. If we leave it like this, it might cause problems for the upcoming training camp.”
As an adult, I couldn’t just let it slide.
Hearing this, Kenmochi raised his clouded face.
“It’s about Amane. ……”
Seto had a bad premonition.
What happened to Amane? Seto was shocked by Kenmochi’s words.
“Ugh…… Ugh……”
“Manager Amane…”
Karina was holding a glass of water in her hand, and Anna, with an anxious look on her face, was standing by the side of the suffering Amane.
I didn’t expect this to happen.
(If I had done something about it, this would not have happened ……)
With a tearful expression, Karina gently squeezed Amane’s hand.
Even though she regretted it, it was already too late.
“Ugh,…… no more,…… no good,…….”
Amane was in pain.
Not mentally, but physically.
That’s because, earlier at the campsite.
“I’m going to throw up, uuuu”
It was because she had eaten too much barbecue.
Seto, who came to the girls’ room, looked at Amane, who was in pain with her hand on her stomach, with a dumbfounded look on her face.
“Hey, Amane-chan. It’s good to have fun to the fullest. It’s your precious summer vacation as a high school student after all. But you haven’t forgotten that there’s a live broadcast coming up later, right…?”
“I remember. ……”
“If you can’t make it, I’ll cancel.”
“I’ll do it. ……”
Amane Shiori is a distributor.
As a professional gamer VTuber.
There is nothing wrong with canceling the streaming, and it can even be moved to tomorrow.
But Amane did not want to betray her audience.
Even if it hurts, painful, if she says she’s going to do it, she’s going to do it.
(She’s a good example of a streamer, But….)
Seto put on a scary face.
“Don’t forget you’re a pro-gamer.”
He said it briskly, but Amane, freaked out by the horror lurking in it, saluted him as he lay back down.
“… I understand that, thank you.”
Amamiya, watching the scene, smiled bitterly and left the women’s room.
Returning to the men’s room, Seto returned as well.
I was awkward because I hadn’t talked to him much, but perhaps sensing this, Seto spoke to me in a friendly manner.
“Amemiya-kun, thank you for your hard work. About Amane-chan, she’s a senior who’s a handful. I’m sorry.”
“No, no. I’m totally fine.”
(Hmm? Which is it?)
Even though it was awkward, the other party was an adult.
Compared to his classmates, Amamiya found it easier to talk to him.
“No, senpai is a decent person, even though she looks like that.”
Amamiya recalled the incident that had just occurred at the campsite.
When a second fight was about to break out between her and Takasaki, it was Amane, the very person who was being badmouthed, who intervened.
[Yes, yes, that’s enough, you one-year kids]
She was so brazen that she didn’t care about the insult she had received from Takasaki.
“So, it’s all right.”
“I see. ……”
Seeing the eyes of Amamiya who said so clearly, Seto smiled.
Compared to the three unique individuals, Amane, Kenmochi, and Karina, Amamiya was a rather unremarkable young man, but Seto changed his opinion of him.
(You have an eye for people,……, you have some good qualities, don’t you?)
“You know, Amamiya kun. Have you ever seen Amane-chan play a serious game outside of club activities?”
“No, I haven’t.”
“Then, would you like to observe tonight’s streaming from close by?”
Seto looked at his suitcase, which he had placed in the corner of the room so as not to disturb anyone.
He had brought the equipment that Amane usually uses so that she could stream outside.
“Yes, by all means!”
“The streaming starts at 9:00 a.m.. I have about two hours left. During that time, you can spend it doing whatever you like. Don’t bother the people at the hotel.”
“I understand.”
Bowing to Seto, Amamiya took his phone and left the room.
Outside the room, Karina was waiting for him.
“Takaaki kun, why don’t we go outside for a bit, just the two of us?”
“Outside? I’d like to, but there’s no store nearby, right?”
“I don’t mean that. I mean, let’s go for a walk”
Amamiya nodded, as he had no particular plans or errands to run before the streaming began.
“Okay, let’s go.”
“Thanks……”
Turning her back so that Amamiya could not see her, Karina gave a small gut punch.
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