CH 24

Thursday.

Otozui and I were visiting a client, a smartphone manufacturer, for our next presentation.

The Tanabata campaign project we were working on was aimed at promoting the company’s smartphones.

Japanese smartphones were being overwhelmed by foreign products, and the company wanted to change the game.

In the reception room, we were having a meeting with the lady in charge of production.

“Sasamiya-kun’s work is always trouble-free, so that helps.”

“I’m glad to hear you say that. Please entrust your next campaign to our company.”

“Fufufu. I’ll judge your presentation fairly, so don’t ask too much.”

The lady in charge, who could best be described as a “cool beauty”, showed no signs of letting her guard down.

I could tell from this conversation alone that she was quite capable of doing her job.

However, it felt good.

The outcome of this presentation would determine whether Otozui would be able to stay in the department or not.

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There was no way I could let her down.

Then the lady in charge received a call from outside.

“I’m sorry. I have to leave for a while.”

The lady in charge stood up elegantly and walked out of the reception room as if she was walking on a cloud.

I must admit that I found her beautiful waist to leg line quite attractive.

Oops. No, no, no.

Feelings of guilt are bad for work.

I’m a cool guy who doesn’t let his emotions get the better of him.

Then Otozui, who was sitting next to me, poked me in the side of the head.

When I looked at her, she took the trouble to make eye contact with me and said, “Hmph!” then turned away.

After waiting for a while, she looked at me again and turned away.

“… Hey, Otozui. What is it?”

“Sasamiya-san likes beautiful people like that”

“I wasn’t thinking about that.

“Just a moment ago, that woman had a nice waist to leg line. ～～～～～～～～～～～～”

“…”

I didn’t realize she knew that …

I did see it, but only a glimpse.

Mu~. …. I’ll follow up here.

I chose my words carefully and answered in all seriousness.

“I’m only interested in my cute junior. I’m not interested in anything else.”

That’s settled.

I rearranged a few lines from the foreign drama that aired yesterday.

In fact, my first priority was to fulfill my role as trainer

Now you know how sincere I am.

With that in mind, I looked at Otozui.

“Ho ~uwa~a~a~a~a~a~a~a~a~a~a~a~!?”

… I didn’t understand, but her face was bright red, mouth was wide open, and her whole body was shaking.

“… I’m sorry. Did I say something wrong?”

“N … No! I-It’s … fine. I-It’s …… leathery!”

It was funny. In the drama, the person who was told this was happy, but ….

Did I use the wrong phrase?

“Ano… Sasamiya-san. I have a request …”

“What is it?”

“It’s … I wanted … memories. …”

It was unusual for Otozui to make a request like this.

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It must be something very important.

But wanting memories, that was kind of meaningful.

What in the world is this request?

Otozui said.

“This is the voice recorder I’ve been using to record our meetings. Can I keep it for a while?”

“Vo… voice… recorder…”

When I looked, I saw a voice recorder on the table, with the recording indicator glowing solidly.

Now that I thought about it, Otozui always used a voice recorder when she had meetings.

I remember that I had checked with the lady in charge even before this meeting started.

But …, that was ….

“No way. My line from earlier, … You were recording …”

“Yes and no.”

“You’ll delete it…, right?”

“….”

“Why don’t you answer? Why are you averting your gaze?”

At that moment, the door to the reception room opened.

The lady in charge came back and tilted her head when she saw us.

“What’s wrong?”

“Ah, …, no. Nothing in particular. … Haha …”

I was too embarrassed to say that she had recorded this meeting.

“Sasamiya-kun, there’s someone I want you to meet. She’s a VTuber who’s going to tie up with us for this campaign.”

“Yes, of course.”

This project had an unusual aim: to create an event that can appeal to people who do not go out.

Unlike in the past, more and more people now refrained from going out.

That was why the client came up with the idea of collaborating with a V-tuber.

The lady in charge led me to a beautiful, intelligent woman with glasses.

She wore a knitted top that emphasized her large breasts while wearing an ill-fitting denim jacket over her shoulders.

At the same time, I felt the blood drain from my body.

Yes, …. I knew this woman.

“I’m Mai Kaedezaka, and I’m the voice actor of the Vtuber Momiji Akane. It’s nice to meet you, … Sasamiya-san.”

“Oh …, ah …. Nice to meet you …”

The day before yesterday, it was Yuika’s senior … Kaedezaka who played me.

In this presentation, the Vtubers were also going to participate as judges.

This meant that I had to give a presentation to Kaedezaka.

She was smiling all the time, but her eyes were filled with hostility towards me.

I was in a bad situation. …

■–Afterword–■

Next time, Yuika will help the troubled Sasamiya!