The Guy Who Messed Up Is Gradually Doing His Best - Chapter 43

“Thank you for your cooperation today.”

“Likewise, nice to meet you.”

“Yoro.”

Today, I’m visiting the Akane Various Channel. Since it’s in the neighboring prefecture, it was an early morning and quite a hassle, but I arrived safely.

But this is also Sawakaze Kazuya’s hometown. The way the women passing by at the station looked at me felt a bit sharp, so it probably wasn’t just my imagination.

Since he’s local, he must be quite popular. I often see his posters around the station, but I also witnessed a woman who was looking around nervously peeling one off and taking it with her.

So, sitting right in front of me now are Saijou Aoi-san and Saijou Akane-san, and it seems like the two of them are sisters doing a livestream.

They say they’re living apart from their parents for social studies, but this place is amazing. The top floor of a super high-rise apartment.

Her sister, Aoi-san, came to pick me up at the station by car, and this is where she brought me.

The older sister is a model-like beauty with long black hair that reaches her waist, styled with loose, soft curls. She is wearing a high-end dress with a cardigan over it.

On the other hand, the younger sister is slightly shorter than the older sister but has quite a bit of width. She is what you would call chubby, with some meat on her face, and her hair is styled in twin tails.

She seems to be quite sensitive to heat, wearing a wrinkled short-sleeve T-shirt and baggy shorts. She looks to be around my age or maybe a bit older.

Hmm, I feel a sense of familiarity. It reminds me of how I used to be not too long ago.

The younger sister plays the game, and the older sister does the filming and editing.

“Um, is it a game where you control anime-style animal characters to reach the goal?”

Apparently, it’s called “Run Animaru-kun.” I was practicing, thinking it was the first-person shooter game “Mow Conaidet” that Akane Various Channel always streams, so I’m a bit let down…

“Yes. It’s the new game that our company is going to release.”

Oh, it seems like it’s going to be a game for the latest console, FunPlay 6.

Her sister Akane-san hasn’t shown her face, but it seems she will be participating this time using a 3D avatar.

Right away, Akane-san and I wrap sensor-equipped belts around our arms, legs, and waist and stand in front of the TV. Looking at the demo screen, this is an action game.

“Akane, give it a try.”

“Understood.”

I thought Akane-san was going to go first, but Akane-san chose to play together.

“Right?”

“Uh, yes.”

The older sister gave a wry smile. It seemed unexpected.

I chose the bipedal horse (Hihinbei), and Akane-san chose the bipedal lion (Animaru).

A stuffed horse is nibbling on a carrot, and a stuffed lion is roaring at it. It’s just cute, with no sense of power.

——Huh…?

The character I control is cute, but the game itself is quite hard. When I walk, I walk in place, when I run, I run in place, and when I jump, I jump in place.

“Hah, hah…”

Akane-san is running while shaking the flesh on her chest and stomach, but her chin is already raised and she looks like she’s in pain.

“Akane-san, do you want a heart box?”

Heart boxes are items that can be hit from below to recover health, power up, or provide other benefits.

“Hah, hah, I don’t need it.”

“Akane-san 1-Up Doll.”

“Hah, hah, I don’t need it.”

“Akane-san… the invincible item…”

“Hah, hah, I don’t need it.”

Akane-san seems to be doing her best just to run straight ahead.

At such times, a small stone comes rushing towards us. We have to either dodge to the side or jump over it.

“Hah, huh… Hah, huh…”

Akane-san seemed to be struggling with the jump and moved to the side, but when she wobbled and looked like she was about to fall, I hurriedly hugged her.

“Are you okay?”

“Okay… Ah! I smell like sweat.”

“Really? I can’t tell either because I’m sweating too.”

Then, slowly separate our bodies and make sure I don’t stagger before moving away.

“Thank you.”

As soon as we stopped, the horse and the lion were taken down.

“Shall we take a little break?”

“Understood.”

After enjoying the tea sweets that her sister Aoi-san had prepared and relaxing for a bit, we took another round of photos. Then, after a couple of breaks, the shoot was finally over.

Akane-san is exhausted and sitting down now, but she really pushed through to the end and surprisingly has a lot of stamina.

“Thank you for today.”

It might be flattery, but I’m relieved they said we got a good video.

“No, I had fun too. Oh, but Akane-san, next time let’s do ‘Mow Conaidet’ together.”

“Yeah, got it.”

Two people asked for a handshake, so I shook hands with them and then left the apartment, but I didn’t expect them to follow me outside the apartment to see me off.

As soon as the two disappeared from sight, I teleported back.

——?

A message and image arrived in MAIN, so I opened it, and it was Kimishima-san. Sorry for not noticing.

I was the only one who couldn’t make it, but it seems everyone else went to the studio right away.

In the image that was sent, everyone, including the shop staff and Kaori-san, was in it.