I Was Reincarnated as a Creepy Fat Guy, Then Trained Myself Without Sleep. And Then, for Some Reason, the Heroines Start Approaching Me - Chapter 2: Someone I Don't Like

Currently, I was having lunch with the two people I’m always with (the overly skinny bookworm and the introvert) iin our usual inconspicuous spot.

“Itsuki.”

“Hm?”

After eating the bento my mom made, the bookworm buddy with round glasses started talking to me, his glasses glinting.

“Do you know about hypnosis apps?”

Ah, here we go.

I remember getting information about hypnosis apps from the bookworm earlier, and I was supposed to use it to completely win over Kanna Kanzaki. By the way, in the extra chapter of the manga, these two also use the hypnosis app for various things.

“Oh, I’ve heard of it. It’s supposed to let you control someone’s mind, right?”

“Yeah, that’s right. As expected of someone who plays online games late into the night”

“Shut up.”

In the manga, I showed interest in it, and during summer vacation, we made a promise to use this app and share our thoughts. However, I absolutely won’t do anything like what criminals do.

No matter how tough reality may be, using hypnosis to impose my desires on someone is something that should never be done.

So, I opened my mouth and addressed the bookworm.

“If you install such a suspicious app, your phone will be taken over.”

“Oh, now that you mention it…”

“Remember those ‘absence notification messages’ that pretend to be delivery services? It’s somewhat similar to that.”

“Hmm… So it’s a scam after all. In that case, you must never install it. If my beloved wife Neneka-chan, whom I’ve raised so dearly, were to be taken over, life would lose its meaning.”

“That’s a character from a smartphone game, you know.”

I said to the bookworm in amazement. Well, it was me who introduced him to that Neneka-chan smartphone game, after all.

The me before reincarnation.

But now, I am Itsuki Kondo after reincarnation. In other words, there’s something I must do.

“Anyway, how about we do some exercise?”

“Huh?”

At my suggestion, both the bookworm and the introvert, who had been quiet until now, widened their eyes in surprise.

“We’ve been treated like outcasts at this school for a long time, so during summer vacation, let’s train our bodies and live a better life.”

Recalling the discrimination and contempt that Itsuki Kondo and these two had experienced, I conveyed this to them with a bitter expression.

Then, the bookworm started trembling his lips and said with a quivering voice.

“I-Itsuki… I never expected to hear the word ‘exercise’ coming from your mouth…”

It seems that the bookworm was moved. I feel a bit conflicted.

“Games, idols, and anime are all fine, but the real world is important too. I felt that the three of us together can make a change.”

“!!!!”

Both of them tensed up for a moment.

Afterward, the introvert with long bangs spoke to me.

“I… I…”

Overwhelmed by his emotions, the introvert stammered, repeatedly saying “I” with trembling lips.

Thinking that he must have something to say, both the bookworm and I waited with smiles on our faces.

“I… I’ll do it.”

Oh, it’s been a while since this guy agreed to something. Before meeting me and the bookworm, he used to be a recluse…

He was looking at me with clenched fists. His bangs were too long to make out much of his expression, but his gaze was fixed on me through the gap in his blue hair. I said a few words to him.

“Exercising builds confidence. You’ve always had social anxiety, haven’t you?”

“…”

“Let’s do our best.”

“Y-Yeah…”

I gave a thumbs-up with hands like pig’s trotters and made a triumphant face. Probably from a distance, I must look extremely creepy.

“Well, well, I guess I can’t help but join this. Well, I didn’t have much to do during summer vacation other than studying and gaming.”

The bookworm fiddled with his glasses frames and chuckled.

I declared to them.

“I’ll take this seriously, you know. If you’re going to give up, do it now.”

However, their determination remained unshaken.

X X X

As we planned with determination, the end of the school day came in no time, and the three of us began our journey home together.

As we tried to exit through the main gate, we were met with cold stares from the people around us.

I felt sorry for the two of them.

If the bookworm and the introvert guy had just stayed quiet, they probably wouldn’t have received these contemptuous glances. But by associating with me, they ended up catching some of the blame.

I tried my best to ignore the surroundings and keep moving forward. Then, I noticed a pair of male and female students talking in a somewhat pleasant manner.

It was Kanzaki and Hayama.

“Kanna, wanna come to my place today?”

“…”

“What’s wrong?”

“Is there someone at your house?”

“Nah, it’s just me today.”

Hayama walked, his face contorted, but he continued to look at Kanzaki with a smile without breaking it. As for her, she averted her face from him and looked down

“Well, that’s a bit… you know…”

“Heh, I recently got a big TV, so I thought we could watch one of your favorite movies together…”

“In that case, I’d rather go to the movie theater.”

“Hmm, then during summer vacation, how about we go to the movies together? It’ll feel like a date after a long time.”

“Hmmm… well, I’ll think about it.”

Hayama spoke to Kanzaki while glancing around. It seemed like there was more to this than just going to the movies.

In this world, Hayama and Kanzaki hadn’t yet formed a romantic relationship. But Kanzaki was the main heroine: long, silky black hair, big bust, slender waist, and a shapely rear end.

No matter how long they’d been childhood friends, he couldn’t resist his instincts that were welling up inside him.

However, in the story of this manga, Hayama and Kanzaki wouldn’t have a relationship. After the summer vacation, the Kanzaki who had been thoroughly trained by me would fall for me, body and soul, and eventually confessing it to Hayama, bringing the story to an end.

But I had no intention of hypnotizing Kanzaki and doing as I pleased. There was a world between him and her that I couldn’t intrude upon.

As I watched Hayama and Kanzaki’s backs while sighing in relief, Hayama suddenly seemed to sense something and turned to look back.

He glared at me with a look of contempt. Seeing this, the bookworm and the introverted guy shrugged their shoulders and slowed their pace.

After a few seconds of silence, Hayama turned forward and continued walking casually. However, he was now closer to Kanzaki than before.

Certainly, he had his own life and choices. So, it didn’t matter what he decided to do.

But there’s just one thing I want to say.

I don’t like him.