Chapter 367: – A Prototype Slice of Life – II

Chapter 367: – A Prototype Slice of Life – II

"Have you been playing the new VR game?"

"Which one?"

"<World Line>, obviously! What other VR game is in the news?"

"Well, the newest Fishing Simulator game just came out with the deep ocean update, so-"

"Tch. You and your fishing... no wonder you got catfished on your date."

"Hey!"

Listening into the conversation between a pair of businessmen on the train in front of her, Rin smiled, trying her best not to laugh.

It was afternoon on January 10, 2025. A Friday, and two days after V-Show Girls debuted.

It was also the first real time the Prototype girls had to spend time together without any obligations or people hovering in concern.

Since the Prodigy girls were planning a big collab stream later that evening to celebrate memberships opening, the Prototype girls were free since they wanted to give the spotlight to their kouhais.

Which led to the current situation of Rin, Asako, and Alphy riding the train to Akihabara.

Asako glanced over at the two businessman who were talking before muttering, "I still think we should have driven there. Akiba is only a few minutes away from Tokyo."

Rin glanced at her older sister and whispered back. "Yes, but don't you want to do normal things every now and then, Aneue?"

Asako shook her head and said, "Never been normal, Sis. Besides." She rubbed her arm and said, "The last time I tried doing a normal thing, I bumped into John."

Rin blinked. "Huh? You bumped into Mister John?"

"Hm?" Asako tilted her head and said, "Did I not tell you? Could have sworn I did..."

At that time, a small chime echoed, shortly followed by an announcement over the intercom.

"Akihabara Station. Now arriving at Akihabara Station. Please be cautious as you depart the train."

The train came to a gentle stop. Shortly after, the doors opened.

Asako sighed and said, "Finally." She brushed past the other passengers and walked off first.Fiind updated novels at novelhall.com

Rin watched her older sister rush off and shook her head with a bemused smile.

Out of the three, Asako was the most nervous about going about in public.

Rin wondered for a bit if it was because Asako was worried someone would recognize her for her yakuza past instead of for being Aoko... But then she realized that it was probably because Asako still was shy about being an idol.

Seeing Asako quickly rush off and act super suspicious, Rin decided to grab Alphy so that they wouldn't lose Asako.

Looking over at Alphy, Rin grabbed her hand and said, "Let's go, Onee-chan!"

"Hm?" Alphy blinked and looked back at Rin. "Sorry, Rin. Did we already arrive?"

At that time, there was a soft *clunk* as a capsule fell down from the gachapon machine.

Alphy pulled it out and then tilted her head. "...It's gold?"

Asako immediately looked over. She stared at the capsule for a bit before slowly looking back at the banner.

An advertisement about a family trip to Hawaii as the jackpot. And the indicator of drawing that trip... was a gold capsule.

The same that Alphy had just pulled.

Rin gasped and clapped her hands. "You did it, Onee-chan!"

Alphy carefully rolled the capsule over in her hands with a bright smile on her face. After looking at the banner one more time, she turned back to Asako and Rin and said, "Do you think Papa will be happy? With this, we can go on a family trip together, right?"

Rin blinked and then quickly looked at Asako.

For a split second, Asako had a disappointed expression on her face. But only for a split second. Afterwards, she plastered on a bright smile and said, "Congrats, Alphy! And I'm sure John and everyone will love a trip to Hawaii."

Rin smirked and said, "Well, you're quick to change your tune, Aneue. Wasn't someone just saying how Onee-chan was just throwing her money away?"

"Shut it, brat."

Rin giggled and then looked back at Alphy. "Anyway, we should probably get going Onee-chan-"

*clunk clunk clunk*

A rapid series of clunks. Gachapon capsules falling down as Alphy put some more coins into the machines and turned the knobs.

"O-Onee-chan?" Rin blinked and said, "We're going shopping, so you don't have to- eh?"

The capsules weren't gold since there was only one grand prize and Alphy had won it. But they were just as shiny as the first prize had been. Only, isntead of gold, they were a fancy silver color.

Asako stared at Alphy for a bit before shifting her gaze back to the banner. And then she looked back at Alphy with blank eyes. "...Are you a goddess of luck, Alphy?"

"No. That's Betty." Alphy popped open the silver capsules and pulled out a folded piece of paper. After unfolding it, she said, "Oh! It looks like I got a designer purse!" She turned the paper around so Asako and Rin could read it.

Asako read it first and then started stammering. "Th-Three hundred thousand yen?!"

Rin noticed they were starting to draw a crowd. Seeing that, she grabbed Asako and Alphy's hands and said, "Let's go before we draw any more attention, Aneue, Onee-chan."

Sheesh. Did Aneue love Onee-chan that much? Why was it that every time they went out together, Aneue was always stunned by everything Onee-chan did?

...Maybe Rin needed to start taking pictures to embarrass her big sister later on so she started being more serious.

Ooh. Or maybe...

Rin glanced over at Asako and Alphy.

Asako stared back and frowned. "What?"

"Nothing~!"

...A secret guerilla Tweeter space should be fine, right?