I Joined the Agency as a Manager to Support a Vtuber, but Somehow I Ended up Becoming the Face of the Company as an Official Staff Member? - 13

Chapter 13:Long Story Short,This Is an Impromptu Narration Session

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The video playing in front of me reached the part where narration was needed.

“The first to fall for the cheap trap was… The king of beasts, the lion. It seems the sweet scent was too much to resist.”

On the screen, along with subtitles, Hollow Echo 2nd generation member Rion Shinose was shown walking down the hallway during a break in a 3D recording session.

To be honest, I thought it would be pretty unreasonable to pull a prank during a 3D motion capture shoot, since it usually required large equipment. But apparently, compact motion sensors had been developed recently, and they had been installed in the hallway and waiting rooms.

Technological progress really is something else.

Incidentally, in the video, it was just the moment when Shinose-san fell into a pitfall trap.

“—Yes! That was great! Let’s use that just as it is!”

“Ah, thank you very much!”

Alright, not bad for a beginner, right?

“…Have you had any formal training in narration or anything like that?”

While I was drinking the water someone had handed me, relieved that we finished all the scenes in a single take, the producer spoke to me.

“No, not at all. That’s why I’m surprised myself.”

“Yeah, I was surprised too. Every sound you made was crisp and clear.”

“Thank you very much!”

I’m glad I always try to enunciate properly so I don’t get misunderstood during negotiations.

“I’ll be counting on you again.”

“Please no… I was seriously nervous just now.”

“Hahaha! Yeah, I get it. Next time we’ll make sure to have a backup ready.”

“Please do…”

It looked like things were okay now, so I left the recording booth and decided to return to my desk. I had informed Ōno-senpai about the recording, but that didn’t mean I had any excuse to slack off or delay finishing my work.

“Thanks for doing it on such short notice.”

“No, it was my first time doing something like this, so it was a great experience.”

Aihara-san also came out of the room with me.

“Ah, and sorry if this is a bit too forward of me, but… Could we exchange contact info? There’s something I want to ask you about that matter.”

“Yeah, of course.”

With that, we exchanged contact information.

Ren: “Test”

Aoi: “Cat sticker”

I sent a quick message to confirm, and Aihara-san responded with a cat sticker.

“Do you like cats?”

“Yeah. I have two at home.”

“Oh, really?”

“Wanna see?”

“Is that okay?”

“Sure.”

Saying that, Aihara-san started operating her phone and showed me her photo folder.

“This Munchkin here is Popo, and the Scottish Fold is Mochi-san.”

“They’re adorable.”

In the photo, Popo was lying on top of Mochi-san.

“Maybe I should get a pet once I’m old. Like, a hedgehog or something.”

“A hedgehog… I could see that. Kinda like you, Hiori-san.”

“Ehh, do I really resemble a hedgehog that much?”

“Just a little, maybe.”

“Well, thanks, I guess. Anyway, back to the topic… I’d like you to send me your chat history with Gomi-senpai. I need evidence if we’re going to corner him.”

“Got it. I’ll send over as much as I can.”

“No, just a few is fine. Only the ones that are prominent enough…”

“The flames of my anger are still blazing hot.”

Aihara-san stated firmly.

“…Alright. Got it.”

Scary, scary, scary. Seriously, when a woman gets angry, you really don’t know what she’ll do. Well, I suppose it’s about time someone gave Gomi-senpai a serious wake-up call.

“Please be careful. If anything happens, I’ll step in right away.”

“Okay.”

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A few days later. I was racing through the office, drenched in cold sweat.

“Excuse me!”

I headed straight for the break room. Spotting Kurama-san by the window, I called out to her.

“Kurama-san!”

“Huh!? You startled me! What’s going on, Hiori-kun?”

“Do you know where Aihara-san is!?”

As I hurriedly asked, Kurama-san hesitated for a moment, then spoke with a worried expression.

“Um, when I saw her a little while ago, she said she had an important meeting starting at 2 PM…”

Current time: 2:10 PM.

“Damn it, then I need to go check on her right now…”

“H-Hey! Did something happen to Aoi!?”

She must have sensed it wasn’t just any situation, because Kurama-san asked in a panic.

“…Kurama-san, it’s better if you don’t know right now. I’ll explain everything once it’s over.”

“Explain now! Right now! In three characters!”

“…If I have to sum it up in three characters: ‘Wait.’”

“That’s not an explanation!”

“…This is really urgent, so I’m sorry!”

I abruptly ended the conversation and left the break room. On Vitter, there was a feature called “Space” that let you do audio-only livestreams. I hurriedly opened the ‘space’ currently running, hosted by Sorane Amairo, to check the situation.

『Manager. I’m going to tell the head manager to have you removed. I’ll never forgive the sexual harassment you’ve done until now.』

『Whoa, hey, wait a second. It was just a joke, wasn’t it?』

Aihara-san’s voice came from nearby, while Gomi-senpai’s voice could be heard a little farther away.

“What the hell is she doing…? You’re never supposed to make this kind of thing public…”

This was guaranteed to blow up. A manager’s sexual harassment being exposed like this, with nothing held back, was unheard of. Even in this era when VTubers weren’t fully mainstream, this could easily make it onto national news by the next day.

I arrived at the hallway with the conference rooms. The soundproofing was excellent, so I had no choice but to check each one.

First room—nope.

Second—nope.

Third—nope.

I threw open the door to the fourth and last room at the end.

“Amairo-san!”

“!?”

She was startled by my sudden intrusion. I quickly grabbed the smartphone on the desk and ended the space broadcast.

“What are you doing…?”

“S-Sorry…?”

“Seriously… We’ll have a proper talk about this later, okay?”

“Okay…”

“But for now… This takes priority. May I have a word with you, Gomi-senpai?”

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