It's Saturday.

Tokyo Haneda Airport, 9 a.m.

The Hashishima brothers and sisters who got off the plane received their luggage and walked to the parking lot together.

"Ah~~I'm so nervous, brother."

Holding books and magazines in his arms, Izumi Hashishima hunched his shoulders and said nervously: "Finally...are we finally going to see that teacher?"

Seeing his sister's appearance, Hashishima Iori, who was walking next to her, smiled softly and comforted her: "You don't have to worry. I will accompany you when you go to sea."

"But, but..."

My sister's eyes shone with anxiety and excitement.

"This is the super-popular cartoonist Mr. Fujimoto Shu~! There are many girls in our school who are his fans. Can I really become a member of the other party's studio?"

"Well, isn't that why we are here?"

A slight worry appeared on his brother's face, and he muttered something at a volume that only he could hear.

"Basically, as long as you don't have any other feelings for that teacher, there won't be any problem..."

"Eh? Did you say something, brother?" A small question mark appeared on my sister's head.

"Oh, I'm saying that there will be no problem with your ability to go to sea. I can guarantee you this?" My brother replied nonchalantly.

"Thank you, but brother, are you a little too confident?"

"How could it be? I have always noticed your talent in going overseas. Just believe in my vision. Your potential in creation is limitless."

"Ah, let's put it this way...brother, you have been hiding the fact that you are an otaku from me. How outrageous!" There were tears faintly shining in the corners of my sister's eyes, which was very endearing.

"That brother, who is both superficial and naughty on the inside, is actually an otaku like me. It's beyond my imagination.

And brother, you will only scare me if you suddenly say, ‘In fact, I am the representative of the “rouge en rouge” club!”

After all, until a few months ago, Hashima Dekai had no idea that her brother was running a very large doujin club, and she didn't even know that he was an otaku.

It can only be said that Namishima Iori hid it very well, so that she always believed in the image of her brother as a "gentle brother" who could tolerate his otaku sister even though he was a careless young man.

Namishima Iori did not deny this, but put her hand between her eyebrows with a hint of helplessness and said it lightly.

"Well, judging from the results, it is indeed like that, so I have nothing to say. Sorry, go to sea."

"Obviously I have always been uneasy about letting my brother accompany me to otaku activities..."

"Ahaha, isn't it good to be like this now? At least when we participate in otaku activities together in the future, you won't have that kind of emotion again, right?"

"That's true...but my brother's approach is still too much!"

"Well, what should I say? If it weren't for the fact that the person I'm meeting today is too special, I wouldn't reveal my identity, at least not within two or three years."

Haidao Dehai knew who the person he mentioned was, and he suddenly became sad again, "Ah, you are putting pressure on me again, brother."

"Sorry, sorry~ How about I take you to visit Akihabara after the overseas interview?"

"Really~!?"

Upon hearing this proposal from Namishima Iori, Namishima Izumi's slightly troubled face suddenly lit up.

"Of course~ After holding back in Nagoya for so long, you must be hungry for otaku activities in Tokyo, right?"

"Huh? That's true, but do ordinary people use the word "hungry"?"

"It doesn't matter, I feel the same way anyway. Why is the market size in Nagoya incomparable to that in Tokyo?"

"I understand! Nagoya is really a pity at this point."

The younger sister couldn't help but nod, agreeing very much with what her elder brother said.

"You have to know that when I am in Nagoya, it is difficult to buy something even if I rush on the day of product release. Even the open order will end soon, and even if I can buy it, I can only buy one piece."

"About this..."

Namishima Iori pulled her sister's suitcase and lifted it up casually.

"Since Chuhai now knows that I am running "rouge en rouge", feel free to tell me what you want next time. No matter how precious the product is, my brother can get it for you directly?"

As an excellent fan speculator, his methods in this regard are top-notch.

He resells the books priced at several hundred at the event for thousands or even tens of thousands. This is his battle as an alchemist.

He will not rely on the unorthodox method of queuing up on site to purchase goods, but will make full use of the connections he has established through various means, and ask the stall owners to help reserve them before the event starts, so as to take away those highly cost-effective treasures in advance.

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Not only does this not take much effort, but you can also make a lot of money, which is very convenient.

So the kind of behavior like running to the venue and queuing up has never been the choice of Hashishima Iori.

"Be elegant in everything" - this has always been his proposition and motto.

But when faced with the tempting proposal put forward by her brother, her sister's reaction was like this...

"——That won't work!"

Haidao rejected the offer without hesitation and scolded his elder brother endlessly.

"If you want something, you should queue up at the specified time, make an appointment in a formal way, and pay the normal price to buy it."

"Even if you try your best under the correct regulations but still can't buy it, you still have to keep trying without giving up."

"Don't complain about sellers, don't spread bad words on the Internet, and never deal with online sellers for the purpose of reselling."

"Even if you want to exchange with others, you must use the regular selling price of the product as the basis, and never make a transaction that deprives the creator of legitimate benefits."

"Is it right to engage in otaku activities like this? Brother!"

"..."

Namishima Iori was immediately speechless.

In his eyes, this kind of overly upright fighting method, which results in a complicated and time-consuming process with a slim chance of winning, is extremely foolish.

If it had been anyone else, he would have been too lazy to pay attention to it and could only say that we were different and not conspiring with each other. However, the person who said this was his biological sister, which really gave him a headache.

Because of this, he could not help but feel resentful towards someone in his heart.

"Well, are you going to be too influenced by Tonya-san? Do you think it's more important to follow the rules than to be able to buy your favorite products more conveniently?"

"Isn't that natural~!"

Hashima Dekai answered categorically, saying from the bottom of his heart: "When you buy something you really want through formal methods like this, I feel really super super happy~"

"……Is it."

Namishima Iori sneered at this in her heart, but when she thought of the scene where her sister hugged the purchased products tightly in her arms with a happy face... she couldn't help but fall into self-doubt.

——"The so-called otaku products are just items that can be obtained with money and connections."

It was somewhat difficult for him to distinguish whether the set of concepts he held could be considered happiness.

on the other hand.

The two are obviously blood-related brothers and sisters, and they have the same hobbies. The two of them should be able to get doubled happiness.

However!

In the world of otakus, it was not him who received the influence of Dehai, but the influence from another man.

——It will inevitably make people feel disappointed.

"Speak of it."

Ignoring her brother's troubles and sorrows, the younger sister, who seemed to have thought of something, had a look of longing on her face and murmured to herself.

"Now that we're in Tokyo, can we meet Toruya-senpai this time?"

"...Who knows?" Namishima Iori looked at her sister's expression with a very complicated mood.

"Then, after the interview is over, can we go see Senior Toruya? Brother."

"It doesn't matter to me, I just don't know if Toruya-san is available there, and..."

Namishima Iori laughed softly and whispered: "Let's not talk about going to sea, but I think Toruya-san is reluctant to see me."

"That's right. After all, you have had a quarrel before."

Hashima Dekai nodded his head, thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll go see Senior Renya by myself then. Brother, go and do your work."

"..."

Namishima Iori's face darkened, and she immediately didn't want to say anything.

It was obvious that his sister had been brainwashed by that man. No matter how much he doted on her, her status seemed to be far inferior to him.

However, it’s not that I can’t understand what I have to say.

For Chu Hai, who was two years younger than him, An Yilun was the only person she could talk to about otaku.

Therefore, when the family moved to Nagoya due to his father's work, all Dehai could feel was the sadness of losing his only stay-at-home friend.

From this point of view, his previous worries were not unnecessary. His sister was still obsessed with the man who brainwashed her. Perhaps even the new national boyfriend might not be able to change this situation.
To be continued...