222. It Feels Lacking If You Haven't Visited Akihabara

Izumi and the others went to the train station together. At that moment, Izumi turned to Tabane and Kakashi.

"Since you guys are here, why don't we go around Tokyo tomorrow? We can find a hotel near here."

Touring to another world did sound interesting to both of them, so they agreed with what he said.

"So you can leave us here, Kuroneko!"

"I thought you two were going straight home."

"Seriously. It's still half a month of holiday, why don't I take this opportunity to have some fun?"

"Then, we're part here. See you."

"Bye!"

Thus, Kuroneko and her friends parted with Izumi and the others. Izumi's group chose to head out of the station and look for a nearby hotel.

While on the train, Kyousuke curiously asked Kuroneko about the previous people.

"Kuroneko, who are they?"

Kuroneko slowly turned her head toward Kyousuke.

"Those people?"

"Yeah. You even call one of them a big sister."

Kuroneko only understood after he said that. She teased him.

"Oh, is one of the two girls your type?"

"It's my to like- auch." Suddenly, Kyousuke's foot was stepped on by someone beside him. "What are you doing, Kirino?"

Well, the one who stepped on Kyousuke's feet was his own little sister who put on an annoyed expression, or maybe she was jealous.

Kirino averted her gaze and said one word.

"Nothing."

Meanwhile, Kuroneko answered the question earlier.

"I happen to know them online. Oh, right. I'm just reminding you, especially Kirino, don't mess with that boy and that big breast sister! They are very, very dangerous when they are pissed off."

Of course, Kuroneko mentioned Izumi and Tabane. Indeed, Kuroneko rarely saw them angry. Tabane alone could be very dangerous even when she was joking around. Just like how she launched missiles at her close friend just to test the capabilities of the new generation of IS a few years in the past. As for Izumi, even though he was indeed friendly toward his acquaintances or friends, he was so terrifying against the enemies. Not only once, Kuroneko saw how horrified he was when he faced the enemy. Either from his looks or his actions. Kuroneko believed that Izumi was the type of person who didn't even hesitate to torture his enemies if they deserved it.

When Kyousuke heard Kuroneko's words, he was quite surprised.

"Seriously? How dangerous are they?"

Meanwhile, Kirino snorted.

"Humph, what can they do? They're nothing. I've never known anyone like them."

What Kirino said only made Kuroneko smirk. She said to Kirino.

"Well, it's up to you whether you want to believe me or not. The important thing is that I warned you. Don't cry when something happens, because it must have been their doing."

"I wouldn't believe they could do anything to me."

As soon as Kirino finished speaking, Kyousuke's cell phone rang. He saw the call number hidden on his cell phone screen. Out of curiosity, he picked it up.

"Hello."

[I heard everything you know! Hehehe.] A man's voice was heard laughing on his cell phone.

Kyousuke immediately became nervous and looked around. However, he didn't see anyone holding the phone. Kuroneko who noticed his behavior already guessed. Then she said.

"Let me guess, it must be them, right? I'm sure they have something hidden in your shirt. I told you they were terrible."

Kuroneko told Kyousuke to turn around and look for a device that was definitely placed in his clothes. Not long after, Kuroneko saw a small device attached to the hem of Kyousuke's shirt.

Kuroneko's friends also saw the small device that Kuroneko was already holding.

*crack*

Kuroneko crushed the device which made Saori ask.

"Is it something like a tapping device?"

"It's not something like that, but this is indeed a tapping device."

Kyousuke who was still holding the phone to his ear heard.

[Wow, the device was caught. Well, it doesn't matter. Hello, is Kyousuke still there? As I said before, not everyone you meet is a good person. There is no guarantee that the stranger will tolerate your sister's harsh words. You have to reprimand her and teach her some manners, or you'll get in trouble.]

*beep*

Before Kyousuke could answer, Izumi had already hung up the phone.

Kyousuke felt complicated. He himself didn't know how to teach his younger sister some manners since his sister was also rude to him.

"So, what did he say?"

Kyousuke saw Kuroneko who had just questioned him, so he answered.

"He asked me to reprimand and teach Kirino some manners." Kyousuke scratched his hair because after saying that, Kirino glared at him. But he remembered something.

"Kuroneko, did you give them my number?"

"No. Why should I?" Kuroneko stopped her answer for a moment and looked around. Then she continued with a slightly low voice. "With their capabilities, hacking and dismantling national-level security is also not a problem for them. Finding someone's phone number is not difficult at all. Literally, something like that is just a piece of cake for them."

"National–what??"

Kyousuke was surprised because Kuroneko's words were completely out of line. Something like hacking national-level security was undoubtedly no ordinary skill in his eyes. Even Kirino frowned after hearing that. It was as if Kuroneko was talking nonsense all of the time.

Kuroneko immediately put her index finger to her lips and asked him to lower their voices.

"Shhhh! Too loud!"

Kirino, who didn't believe Kuroneko, snorted.

"Humph. There is no way they can do something like that." Then, her gaze turned to Kuroneko. "It must be you, right?"

Kuroneko didn't really care and told them.

"If you don't believe it, just try to irritate them! But don't blame me if the next day your virtual accounts and bank accounts have been stolen."

Kuroneko told them because she knew Izumi and Tabane pretty well. Regardless of how high security is, they can hack it with just a few taps on their computers.

Elsewhere.

"Are you satisfied teasing him?"

"Well, I was just kidding. Besides, I'd look like I'm a NEET if I liked to bother other people. I have a lot of things to do, you know."

The ones who spoke were Tabane and Izumi who had just finished calling Kyousuke, Kuroneko's friend. At first, Izumi and Tabane wanted to hear how Kuroneko's daily life was. Since Kyousuke seemed to be seeing Kuroneko often, Tabane hid a device on Kyousuke's shirt. But they both heard something quite interesting. That was why Izumi called Kyousuke.

— — — —

The next day.

Izumi saw where many shops had stickers, banners, products, or anything about anime. Izumi said with excitement.

"As I expected, this is the world of anime lovers."

Then, Tabane corrected his words.

"It's an otaku."

"No! It's anime lovers!"

Unexpectedly, Rori joined in.

"It's otaku!"

"Wanna fight!?"

"Hee, you're brave enough to challenge me."

"Hey hey, stop! We can't fight here!"

Kakashi tried to stop them. It could be terrible if they got out of control.

"Ufufufu, Kakashi, you're taking it too seriously."

"Yeah, we were just kidding you know."

Kakashi heard that their words were not convincing enough. However, he felt he didn't care anymore so he shook his head.

When Izumi glanced here and there, something made him stop. His gaze stopped at a shop selling Yu-Gi-Oh cards. Seeing Izumi's exaggerated reaction, Rori asked.

"What's up?"

Izumi ignored Rori's question while muttering. "Should I make that? But how am I going to promote the device later?"

Izumi suddenly looked to the right and saw Rori with an annoyed expression on her face.

"Eh, what's up?"

"I should be the one who asked you. Why did you just doze off earlier?"

"I found something interesting. Tabane-chan, do you know that thing?" After speaking to Rori, Izumi turned his head and asked Tabane while pointing at the picture in the Yu-Gi-Oh! card shop.

"Which one? Yugi's picture? Or Kaiba's picture? Even though I've never seen the anime, I've tried the game. It's quite interesting."

"Both, Yugi and Kaiba. But the most important thing is the device on their left arm. Do you know?"

"Hmm, what is it? Duel card, no... Card something?"

"It's a Duel Disk! What do you think if I create such a device and that thing will show a mini hologram image according to the card used when playing?"

Hearing what Izumi meant, Tabane immediately understood.

"You mean like the battle effects of those cards, like in the game I played?"

"Yup, more or less."

Izumi nodded. If Izumi could make such a device, at least he had to make sure that the price was still affordable for the lower middle-class people.