Volume 6 - CH 7

Akechi Hideyori wants you to read

Tsugaru stares at the thumb drive

Fufufu, she will be shocked once she hears what’s on it…….

I can’t help but grin at the idea.

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“That grin is disgusting you know.”

“Yes, ma’am….. I’m so sorry.”

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Unfortunately, I’m not that good-looking.

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“So? What’s that?”

“A thumb drive.”

“I can see that! I’m asking you what’s on it!”

“It’s something very important that I can only show to someone who knows about the game like you, Tsugaru.”

“…..What did you say!?…….if that’s true then this is very dangerous isn’t it…….”

“It is. You need the highest security clearance to view this. Threat level, Pi**chu.”

“Th, that’s too scary….. Eh……? Akechi-kun, what exactly did you put on this thing…..?”

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The content of the thumb drive is a secret that can not be shown even to Master who I’ve already revealed the matter about my previous life to.

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“Don’t tell me, did you put together all the data you have about the game and put it into this!?”

“Eh? No way.”

“……eh?”

“I was trying to rely on you for the contents of the second and third games, why would I do that if I already have that kind of information readily available to me?”

“Ah…….right, that’s true………….what about this thumb drive then?”

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Said Tsugaru as she pointed at the thumb drive.

It seems she’s real curious about its content now.

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“Rest assured, it’s not a virus. Just some textual data.”

“Textual?”

“Yup.”

“So, what kind of text…….?”

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Tsugaru seems like she can’t bear her curiosity anymore.

Even if I suddenly use some foreign words, I’m sure she would forget to quip back.

Guess there’s no helping it.

It’s time for me to reveal what I’ve been hiding from everyone.

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“……It’s TakeXTowa romantic side story(Fanfic).”

“Ha?”

“This is my original fanfic jam-packed with ‘What-if’ scenarios for the BirdCage Girl route. The file is pure text, an extra-long volume with more than a hundred pages.”

“Are you stupid!?”

“It took me a year to do this. I’ve been writing bit by bit every day and I just finished it last week.”

“Drop dead, just drop dead right now!”

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Tsugaru’s reaction was harsh.

As expected of a TakeXTowa-hater.

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“Well, calm down. Even if I look like this, I was a famous [Breaking the Chain of Sadness] fanfic author you know.”

“Who cares.”

“Wh,……What……?”

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She played the game but she doesn’t care about the fanfics…….?

What’s with this woman?

Is she just a casual?

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“The fanfic authors I know of were only Real_Honnouji-san, Tetoteto-san, and Minaa-san.”

“So you do know me.”

“What?”

“T’is I, Real_Honnouji.”

“….EHHHHHHHH!?”

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What, so she does know me after all.

The devout follower of the TakeXTowa sect, the fanfic author Real_Honnouji.

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“No way!? Really!? I love your After Story for [Compensation for Illness]! Write more of it!”

“……nah, I just can’t put any feeling into that…….I only care about the TakeXTowa ship after all.”

“So useless……..”

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Tsugaru voiced her disappointment.

To think that she was a fan of my [Compensation for Illness] After Story. It was only a short 3-part work I did besides my main TakeXTowa fanfics…….

It’s my dark past so I don’t really want to recall its contents.

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“But Real_Honnouji-san, you kind of disappeared around 1 year before I died though.”

“Then that just means I died a year before you right.”

“Ah, I see! ……..eh?”

“What’s wrong?”

“No, Uh? So you died a year before me?”

“Stop with the weird question. I don’t want to remember how I died.”

“Ah,………sorry. ……….there’s no way–.”

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Tsugaru looked at my face while trying to deny something.

Somehow, I get the feeling that I should be super insulted by that.

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“If you can write a hundred pages of TakeXTowa story then you can write a [Compensation for Illness] story too right.”

“If you’re fine with a 3-pages short story.”

“Are you that unmotivated!?”

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I mean, there’s just no inspiration for that at the moment right.

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“Look, give it a read. I gave it my all for this one.”

“……well, I’m certainly amazed that you managed to write a fanfic about 2 of your friends though……”

“The ‘What-if’ scenario for this one is what would happen if Akechi Hideyori and Sasaki Emi were not evil you know.”

“That’s just our current reality isn’t it.”

“……eh?”

“Both the current you and Emi are not evil right! Are you stupid!?”

“HAH!? Oh crap!?”

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That’s true……!

I just wrote it with the premise that Takeru and Hideyori are your average pair of best friends!

………eh?

Thinking of it now, Takeru practically had no involvement with solving Eien-chan’s problem at all right……..?

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The setting is the same as what I’d imagined but the ‘how we got here’ is completely different.

In fact, all he did was go to the arcade with me, wasn’t it!?

He didn’t help at all!

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Rather, the Akechi Hideyori that appeared in my work is literally me right!?

Ugh, this is super embarrassing!

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“……no way around it. I guess my next work will be TakeXMado huh. Be sure to read it once it’s done okay.”

“I’m definitely not going to read that.”

“Why? The story won’t be about you but the original Aneja you know?”

“Reading romance fanfic about a character who looked and sounded the same as me is just plain disgusting……… are you sure that your brain is not actually rotten?”

“You’re full of complaints aren’t you. So, if you don’t want that, what kind of fanfic do you want to read?”

“ToyoXKuru!”

“W, Wh, Wh……Who’s that? What game did they come from.”

“Sorry, my desire leaked out a little……I don’t have any particular ship in [Breaking the Chain of Sadness]……”

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Tsugaru’s face was bright red.

The same goes for me.

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I don’t know who she was talking about but it sounds like ToyotomiXKurusu so it’s a little embarrassing.

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“Fine! I will read it! Just go back home already!”

“Make sure you read it to the end okay. This is my secret fanfic. You’re the only one in the world who gets to read it.”

“I got it already! I’ll at least read the first 5 pages.”

“Sure, you definitely have to finish those 5 pages okay.”

“Of course. I will thoroughly read those 5 pages and give you a terrible review later.”

“As a creator, I will accept your bad criticism.”

“Yeah, yeah, Mr.Great Author.”

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Just like that, I handed the thumb drive to Tsugaru and headed home.

As I thought, a shipping discussion is fun.

And I like the fact that I can do that with Tsugaru.

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“AHHHH! This is so good! This kind of scenario! I wouldn’t be able to come up with a situation like this myself! As expected of Akechi-kun…….

…….Eh? If I substitute Juumonji-kun with Toyotomi-kun and Towa with me then…….

Kyahhhhhhh! So good! What’s this!? It’s too good! I can’t, I’m going to die! I love you too much! Toyotomi-kun, you’re so shy!

UWAHHHH! Uhehehehe, Kyahhhh! IHihihihii!

N, No way……., Toyotomi-kun’s so bold……. That’s right, it’s your first time!”

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By replacing the names in the fanfic, Madoka was happily screaming by herself.

The one who had to witness that figure with an exasperated gaze was Nodoka.

Still, the older sister never noticed that her shameful appearance was already exposed to her younger sister.

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“It was the best, Akechi-kun!”

“Told ya right?”

“Write lots more of it okay! TakeXTowa or TakeXMado is fine, put all of your creativity into it.”

“Alright! I’m going all-in for you!”

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After that, Tsugaru excitedly came back to me after she read my new work. It seems like it was very well received.

Then, I was asked to make more fanfics about Takeru and the other heroines.

And that was how a new secret was born between Tsugaru and me.

Author note: This world is very kind

Personally, I think that the conversation they had was very strange.

“Then that just means I died a year before you right.”

I don’t think normal people talk like that.

TLN: It’s the birth of the Fanficer, Akechi Hideyori…..