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part 7

remember not to ever talk to cops if you get arrested, everyone! envoke your rights and shut the fuck up! don’t make the same mistakes as moi (✿ -- ‿ -- )

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2×2 - Children on the Streets 12

Author: Akira

Characters: Yuuta, Hinata, Shinobu, Nagisa

Translator: Mika Enstars

"Exactly! This all the fault of stupid adults!"

[Read on my blog for the best viewing experience with Oi~ssu ♪]

Season: Spring

Location: 2×2 Program Set

The next day, during the shooting of the 2×2 episode 5 ending scene…

Yuuta: “—And so!”

Hinata: “How did 2×2 go this time~?”

Yuuta: “Right! Well it was a disastrous, messed up sequence of events, that’s for sure!”

Hinata: “But it was pretty exciting at the end, wasn’t it? I had fun turning into a zombie and attacking Yuuta-kun and the rest~! ♪”

Yuuta: “A strange fetish has awakened in my Aniki…!?”

Hinata: “Fufu. The reason for the mess this time was because I ignored the general premise of the “Living on the Streets Experience”.”

“I’ll be careful not to use tricks like that next time!”

Yuuta: “Well, as demonstrated in our final battle, isn’t figuring out tricks and executing them well like that also just who we are?”

Hinata: “In short, it is the management’s fault for giving us the opportunity!”

Yuuta: “Exactly! This all the fault of stupid adults!”

Hinata: “Is it okay to come to that conclusion?”

Yuuta: “Kids are dumb too, though. They’re kids. ♪”

Hinata: “That’s all! Sorry to have to go, but it’s time to say goodbye! 2×2 will continue to evolve through repeated trial & error—”

Yuuta: “So if possible, please continue supporting us~!”

Hinata: “You definitely won’t regret it!”

Yuuta: “Definitely, definitely! Let’s keep having fun together for a long time to come, ‘kay!”

Hinata: “Alright! This has been Aoi Hinata from 2wink, the energetic and awesome older brother of the twins—And!”

Yuuta: “Aoi Yuuta, also from 2wink, who doesn’t like being called the younger brother—And!”

Hinata: “Presenting our delightful guests and friends of ours, Ran Nagisa-senpai and Sengoku Shinobu-kun~!”

“Thank you both so very much!”

Yuuta: “It was a lotta fun~, and I mean it! ♪”

Shinobu: “Same goes for me! I’m very thankful for such a valuable experience, both good and bad, de gozaru~!”

“But I have my own work to do in RYUSEITAI, so I’d appreciate it if you don’t call me too often, de gozaru!”

“Or rather, Yuuta-kun, please make friends other than me…!”

Yuuta: “I’ll try~, just don’t expect much. ♪”

Shinobu: “Is hope that slim!?”

Nagisa: “…Fufu. I’d rather like it if I am invited another time.”

Nagisa: “…I had fun. It was interesting, Eden and Adam aren’t typically involved in this type of work.”

Hinata: “Ahaha, you acted in a pretty rare way this episode, Ran-senpai, so I bet you've gained some new fans~♪”

Yuuta: “Shinobu-kun too! Thanks to our program, you’ve been able to chart new territory lately as a pitiful character stuck with a troublesome friend, wait who’s troublesome!?”

Shinobu: “Ahaha, but I love Yuuta-kun nevertheless, so I appreciate the sympathy, but I ask that it be moderate, de gozaru~♪”

Yuuta: “Right! We don’t need anyone to feel sorry for us, because we live a happy life!”

“Don’t misunderstand, ‘kay? If you call him something like pitiful, I’ll get angry!”

Hinata: “With that, the party’s just gotten lively, but…”

Yuuta: “That’ll be all for today! Until we meet again, so long~!”

Hinata: “Goodbye, farewell, and see you later!”

Yuuta: “That’s all for 2wink and their delightful companions~☆”

Hinata: “♪~♪~♪”

Yuuta: “~…♪”

Yuuta: (—Ah~, gosh. Fiiiinally over. It was tough this time too.)

Hinata: (Y-Yuuta-kun, we’re still recording the final song! What a massive drop in excitement?!)

Yuuta: (It’s fiiine~, even if my excitement’s low, I’m not so unsophisticated that I’ll show it on my face. No one other than you will notice, Aniki.)

(As if anyone’s interested enough to notice our trivial differences, anyways.)

Hinata: (I don’t think that’s true~… I think you should expect more from the people around you, Yuuta-kun. Everyone pays more attention to us than you might think.)

(…I guess that’s exactly why we seem to attract the most troublesome of problems.)

Yuuta: (What do you mean?)

Hinata: (You see, in the development of the latest episode, there were those extras who played a role in attacking the restaurant.)

(The time I disappeared alongside Anzu-san, was because we were actually kidnapped by those guys.)

Yuuta: (Huh? Kidnapped? What do you mean!?)

Hinata: (Ahaha, come to think of it, wasn’t the time we first met Anzu-san was when we kidnapped her?)

(The wheel of karma keeps spinning. If you do wrong, you will get retribution, huh!)

Yuuta: (This is no time to play around~! You were kidnapped, were you alright!?)

Hinata: (Yeah. They also weren’t strangers to me, so I somehow managed to persuade them to let us go under one condition.)

(The condition was that we give them a job.)

(In other words, that’s why I hired them as extras.)

(I had to spend L$ for it, but they did an unexpectedly good job, so I think it’s fine.)

(So if we feel like it, we might be able to hire them as staff in the future if we ever need more manpower, or something.)

(For example, for Yuuta-kun, who has noticeably few friends. And while we might have helped other units a lot, we’ve never had it the other way around.)

(It’s hard to know who to turn to when we have a job that requires a lot of manpower, you know? Well, though those things are usually taken care of by the producer.)

(But going forward, I hope to rely on those people if we need someone to help.)

Yuuta: (Why would you do that…? Aren’t those guys villains who kidnapped you and Anzu-san? Why would you have sympathy for them?)

(You know Aniki, I was super anxious that I was going to lose you—Not really! I kept my composure!)

Hinata: (What’s with that needless obstinance…?)

(Those people are my friends, I left a message like that to Ran-senpai, just in case.)

Yuuta: (You have a lot of friends, Aniki.)

Hinata: (Jealous, are you? But y’know, I don’t have a best friend that I can entrust my entire self to, like how Shinobu-kun is to you, Yuuta-kun—)

(If anything, I’m jealous of you.)

Yuuta: (I’m not giving you Shinobu-kun!!)

Hinata: (I never steal anything from you, Yuuta-kun~…?)

Yuuta: (I’d say it’s the other way around. Plenty of times, too. Hmph.)

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Sunnyside Up

It's Sunstreaker Sunday so have a vore fic

Warning! The following is a self indulgence Transformers G1 vore fic! It contains tickling as well.

All characters are 18+

((There may be spelling and grammar errors))

Something wasn't right, Maddie has been acting quite strange lately since she had to go into hiding with the Autobots after getting attacked by some people she used to call her friends. Luckily, the bots were more the than welcome to have her stay with them, even Wheeljack made Maddie her own little room complete with all the essentials that she needs. Madison was laying down on the couch set up for her in the main room, wrapped up in blankets.

The bots were incredibly worried about her, a few have even tried to step in to help. The first two were Sideswipe and Sunstreaker, the twins walked over to her and kneeled down. "Hey, it's gonna be alright Maddie! Look on the sunny side of things! Like Sunstre-" The yellow bot lightly slapped Sideswipe with a playful smirk on his face. "Ow! Heh.." Maddie chuckled at that, "I'm trying my best guys, so far things seem to be alright. And I will look on the bright side!" Sunstreaker smiled and gently picked up the girl, "That's right! Be sunny like your's truly!"

He placed her in one hand and began to tickle her tummy with a few digits, "That's it! Come on! Smile bright!" Madison let out her signature cute squeaky giggles, they were so infectious that the twins laughed along, "Ahahahaha!! I'm smiling! I'm smiling!" "Yes, but it needs to be bigger! Common bro, help me get her all bright and cheery!" Sideswipe smiled and wiggled his fingers above Madison to tease her, "Alrighty~ Tickle bot is here to make you happy!~"

Maddie squeaked even more when the wiggling fingers got under her arms, the girl was in hysterics and was loving every second of it! She would squirm around quite a bit during her laughing fits and of course let out adorable little squeaks that would cause sparks to melt. After a while, the two stopped their tickle attack, "Whew! You guys got me good! But.." Madison wiggled her fingers at Sunstreaker, "It's time to get you giggling~"

A nervous expression formed on the bot's face, but he couldn't do anything since Maddie was crawling up his body. "Hey now, no need to do t-that! B-Be careful not to ruin my p-paint!" It was too late, Madison was wiggling her fingers on the bot's stomach plating, "Ahahaha!! H-Hey!! Cuhuhut it out!" "Noo~" Her little fingers managed to get in between the plating, ticking the sensitive wires, making Sunstreaker howl with laughter, "Aaaa!!! Ahahahahahah!!! Stahahahap!!"

He fell onto his back, squirming around like a worm, Sideswipe just stood back and laughed, he never saw his brother like this! Maddie got bored tickling him there so she crawled up his chest and onto his shoulder, she reached out and began tickling the fins on the side of his head. "Nohohoho!! Nohohohot thehehehere!!" Sunstreaker was laughing so hard that Maddie lost her balance and landed head first in the bot's mouth.

He quickly regained his composure and was shocked when he noticed where Maddie was, the girl was not expecting to ever see the inside of Sunstreaker's mouth and it was such a sight that she couldn't speak. The bot's glossa licked Maddie's cheek, getting her attention, she snapped out of her little trance and pulled her head out of his mouth. "Sorry about that, kiddo." "It's not a problem!"

Sunstreaker actually thought that Maddie tasted quite good, "Hey bro! Did you see that?" Sideswipe chuckled, "Yeah! Did she taste good at all?" He joked. "Actually.. yes! See for yourself." Sideswipe thought his brother was nuts, but he had to try. He gently put Maddie in his hand and began to slowly lick her cheek, leaving a big strand of saliva on it. "Hehehe! What are you doing? Ahaha!"

She giggled. "I can't believe I am saying this, but you're right. She does taste good!" Just then both of the bots' fuel tanks growled loudly, making them both turn their heads away. "Heh, ignore that, I'm just a little hungry." A thought popped up in both of their processors, it sounded very dumb in their heads but, they wanted to eat Maddie. The two looked at each other and narrowed their optics, "If you think you're gonna eat her think again!" "Ohohoho! Try me!"

Maddie stepped back as the twins started to fight, geeze all of this over who gets to eat her. She ran up to them and broke up the fight, "Guys! You can just take turns! Sunstreaker can eat me now and Sideswipe can eat me later." The two stopped fighting and looked at each other stupidly, "Oh, we didn't think of that." Madison laughed, "It's no problem!" She walked over to Sunstreaker, "You ready?" "You bet!"

The yellow bot gently scooped up the girl and immediately shoved her in his mouth. Sideswipe walked over and looked inside, watching Maddie move around in his brother's maw. The inside of Sunstreaker's mouth was grey like the rest of the bots, but one thing that was different was the uvula; it was rather tiny. Upon entering the mouth Sunstreaker's glossa greeted Maddie, licking her form, which made her squeak like a mouse.

The bot's tongue covered Maddie in warm saliva as it tasted her, "Mmmhh~" Sunstreaker made purring like sounds as his mechanical taste buds were stimulated by the girl's unique flavor. Madison was enjoying this very much, so she gave the metal tongue a big hug, gently burying her face into the soft surface. "Mhmhmhm!~" Sideswipe watched what was going on from the outside, "Is Maddie getting to you?" All Sunstreaker could do was giggle, the sensations were very new to him.

When he was done tasting Maddie, his tongue coaxed her to the throat opening. She looked down the long grey cavern, the throat looked very warm and cozy. Before the bot swallowed, Madison gave the small uvula a little kiss, causing Sunstreaker to let out an unmanly squeak. Sideswipe laughed, "What's wrong bro? Your uvula too sensitive?" The bot continued to giggle as the little fleshy bit was played with, he couldn't take it anymore so he just swallowed down Maddie.

He let out a little sigh, sticking his tongue out. She happily chuckled as she went down the tight and warm throat, after about 10 seconds, she was inside Sunstreaker's fuel tank. His belly bulged out a bit and wobbled with every movement Madison made. Sideswipe put a hand on his brother's stomach, "You alright in there, Maddie?" "Of course! I feel at home in here!" She pressed up against the soft walls, they seemed to embrace her like a pair of loving arms.

Sunstreaker was all flustered, this was the first time he ate someone and these feelings were new, but he was enjoying the internal snuggles. He rubbed his happy gut, earning some rubs back from Madison, making the tummy wobble even more. Sideswipe smirked a bit, "Woah, bro! Your tank is very jiggly!" Sunstreaker backed up a bit, "Don't you dare put your hands on it! You'll ruin my new glossy finish!" The protest didn't stop the red bot, he gently grabbed onto Sunstreaker's full belly and began to jiggle it.

Maddie was bouncing around a lot inside, laughing a bit when she would gently collide with the walls. Sunstreaker's whole faceplate turned red, he hid his face and was holding in some giggles, the sensation felt so weird! "S-Sides! Please! I-" On the inside Maddie was still being thrown around, but as she was being hurled, she jiggled the walls, causing Sunstreaker to lose his mind. "Guys!! Stahahahap it!!" Hearing Sunstreaker laugh like this was a rare sight, so the jiggling continued for a little longer until Sunstreaker managed to push his brother off of him.

Sideswipe shook his head, "Man, you're no fun.." Sunstreaker gave his brother a glare before looking back down at his tummy, "Maddie, you alright? My brother can be a big pain sometimes." The girl pat the spot where the bot's hand was, "Yeah I'm fine! That was fun actually!" He chuckled and jiggled his own belly lightly, "Hey how long do you wanna stay in there?" She gave the walls some little kisses before closing her eyes, "For a long time."

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Da-iCE ARTICLE: [HOMINIS] Da-iCE’s new song for their 5th anniversary is a heartwarming love ballad created by the members’ bond (11/14/18) | CGM

With implied and literal translation. PM me for mistakes/errors. Please put proper credits if you use.

Da-iCE’s new song for their 5th anniversary is a heartwarming love ballad created by the members’ bond

Da-iCE “Kumo o nuketa aozora” Release Interview [pt.1]

Da-iCE is a 5-member vocal and dance unit who made their major debut in 2014. Unknown of staying put, their course continues as they would release their 5th anniversary 3rd single, “Kumo o nuketa aozora”, on November 21. With the five members who are running their 5th year anniversary at full speed, we talked a lot about the ‘points to listen to’ in their new song, up to the thoughts about their 5th anniversary.

First of all, please tell us about the points to listen to on the new song “Kumo o nuketa aozora”.

Hanamura Sota (will be referred to as “Hanamura”): This time, there are a lot to listen to. The melody from A has the same melody, but because the sound of the backtrack is different on the first and on the second, the approach is completely different. Also, since there were 3 people assigned to write the lyrics, I would like you to listen to it while reading the lyrics, carefully.

Wada Hayate (will be referred to as “Wada”): Yes. Since it’s the first time that the song with lyrics written by the members became a single, it also became such a song with strong emotions. I’m on the performer-line, and so I want to show the quality of this song to the audience through dancing.

Kudo Taiki (will be referred to as “Kudo”): It is already unusual for us to have warm ballads in our songs, the more unusual it is for it to become the title song. But, our theme this year is to challenge different things. Since all the songs that have been released this year are challenging songs that we haven’t yet done before, I think this song would also make another challenging ballad. I think that if you listen and compare it to the songs that we have so far, you will know the difference.

Iwaoka Toru (will be referred to as “Iwaoka”): For sure, since many of our ballads are songs for the broken-hearted, I think it is indeed a rare-type of gentle and warm ballad for us.

Ohno Yudai (will be referred to as “Ohno”): This time, we will not appear on the MV. This is our first attempt of doing so, this is because we feel like we want to impart the meaning of the song firmly. First, we want you to focus on the lyrics, and sway with it after. Since the dance comes with a really nice choreography, I would like you to see it.

Iwaoka: The songs of Da-iCE are songs that is complete with choreography. The lyrics, the tune, and the performance are all matching to this song. It is a song containing a lot of emotions and dancing.

The lyrics were written by Hanamura-san, Kudo-san, and Ohno-san. How did the three of you assemble the lyrics?

Hanamura: First, we established the concept of the song as one that can be played even at a wedding. Since we were informed that they would choose that brightly warm ballad song through a competition, I told the staff that, if I could, I would like to participate in that competition. And so, they gave me a pleasant “OK” (suddenly, Ohno begins to tie Kudo’s shoelace and his shoelace like in a three-legged race)… w-what are you doing? (laughs)

Ohno: Just tying the laces… All right! I did it! (grins)

Kudo: Thank you. Continue…?

(laughs) Hanamura-san had requested personally that he wanted to participate in the competition.

Hanamura: That’s right. And so, they let me… (Ohno is now connected with Wada, Wada is tying his shoelace with Iwaoka’s, the “4 people with 3 connected legs” is then completed perfectly. Hanamura looks at the 4 people that seems satisfied) Sorry, my head is a bit blank with these unexpected actions.

Kudo: (as if ignoring the upset Hanamura) Since Sota has already done writing the 80% of the song, rather than to collaborate from zero [scratch], once turned over to me, I changed a little bit the framework that Sota has made first, and then further, Yudai revised it, and then, I revised it a little bit one more time with Yudai. Since it took a lot of process, I think, those steps had led it up to the first place.

What is your impression when you first read Hanamura-san’s written lyrics?

Kudo: I thought that Sota has written a truly good theme. Sota is good on writing such. There was only a little bit of editing of words after, and so I can say that it already contained a convincing substance.

What’s your favorite part of the song?

Hanamura: There are a lot of parts that I like, but if you’re asking for a particular one, I think it would be “What’s two until now, will be as one from now on” [two will be as one] [ima made wa futatsu, kore kara wa hitotsu]. This line was suggested by Yudai-kun but, I wrote it originally as “What’s 1 person until now, will be 2 people from now on” [1 person will be 2 people] [ima made wa hitori, kore kara wa futari]. However, when I thought that the suggested line was already customary and a very common thing, Yudai said, “There are lot of things that can be as one”. Surnames, for example, and two houses as well can be as one. I think it’s nice indeed to have those words with such potential I’ve never expected.

Ohno: Thank you for saying such compliment. I have the same answer. When I was thinking then, the idea about names just came out suddenly. Two will have one surname, won’t they? Those are the words that came to me. To make people sing to it, I made various suggestions thinking that my words, even only a little, if included, may add more feelings to the song. It was my first time doing it this way. Still, I had so much fun.

Kudo: It was our first time to write the lyrics as three. I like the story of the lyrics. Because, there was a proper beginning and ending, and the process in between was well established, leading up to the scene envisioned by Sota, until the end. It was quite hard to synchronize such scenes with co-authors, but in this case, they matched up quickly. I wonder if this was because of the members.

Wada: As for me, I like this song a lot. I already liked it on the lyrics of melody A. Ha! Happy? (laughs) Since there are many parts that everyone can easily relate to, I think it would remain in the heart of the people.

“Kono kyoku no sei, 5 Voice and Acoustic version” is also included in the coupling. It was a song released from 2015 that you recorded again with 5 vocals, is that right?

Kudo: Yes. It has been released on 2015. It is a song that has grown in our LIVEs since then. It was a challenge. We thought that it would be great if the 5 members could remake the atmosphere of the song that the audience is enjoying singing to. It was a challenge because in this, 5 members would be singing in unison for the first time.

What was it like when you were singing it again?

Wada: The recording was fun and so, I think it would give joy to everyone as well.

Iwaoka: I agree. This is one of those songs that brings unity to everyone whenever we perform it LIVE. It is that special for us to sing it as five.

Hanamura: It is our first time to sing in unison as five. It was fun because we know our voice in unison. This time, since the recording was done separately one by one in the past, we wanted to try a pattern in which the 5 of us are singing together in the recording booth. It might have been ‘interesting’ if we sing together as five in great chorus.

Ohno: “Say!” is the only part that we yelled and sung together in the recording booth, right?

Hanamura: That’s right. “Say!” is the only part the we sung together. Because we only did an endless and continuous “hooray” in there, it was mixed up in all the versions in the rough mix that we had up to the time of this very interview, it’s quite funny (laughs).

Ohno: That’s depending on the “Say!” that was used. Perharps, it would develop to something like what Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi-san did in “Bodyguard” [TV Asahi’s 1997 drama].

Hanamura: Who’s that?

Ohno: (while pumping his fist) Say! Say!

Everyone: (laughs out loud)

Hanamura: Everyone went hyper as we moved to the second half of the song. At first, we were just yelling the word “Say!”, but when we moved to the second half, I was in a situation where the tension was so high, I don’t know whether to yell “Say!” or “Hey!”. On the contrary, I think it’s quite funny if you leave it as it is, though.

You focused on recording “Say”?

Ohno: Yes. On “Kono kyoku no ‘Say!’”.

Hanamura: AHAHA! Kono kyoku no ‘Say!’, that’s not bad at all!

Everyone: (laughs out loud)

Kudo: We should turn the title to “Kono kyoku no Say!” then!

Ohno: It’s confusing (laughs).

Currently, Da-iCE is in the middle of a nationwide tour, right (the interview was done in mid-October)?

Hanamura: As of now, we successfully finished the tour in Chiba, Osaka, Tokyo, and Niigata.

Ohno: We’re glad that it started really well.

What do you mean by that?

Ohno: Because we tried various things since it’s our 5th anniversary… maybe, “we won’t make it to the schedule!” – I was so scared then.

Hanamura: This time, not only the sound system, but also the staff for the LIVE had changed a lot. Although it was quite difficult, with that, I learned a lot of new things. I think that it’s a year wherein we’ve grown matured for real.

What had impressed you in those 4 locations? Were you able to eat delicious foods in those places?

Hanamura: I’m so thankful to Niigata, the tickets were sold out, and the catering was very luxurious! There were ramen and curry.

Iwaoka: Curry! It was really delicious!

Hanamura: There was this seemingly famous curry which you can get from the line, called the “Curry of the Bus Center [place in Niigata]”, and it was included in the catering there. It was delicious ~ They wrote “Niigata sold out” on the whiteboard as well.

Kudo: We were so happy that the SOLD OUT happened in the biggest venue in Niigata.

5th year is wonderful indeed. What are your plans, such as gatherings, to celebrate your anniversary together as five?

Ohno: Oh, right… Now I wonder, where should we eat after this?

Everyone: (roar of laughter)

Kudo: Well, how about, let’s get together… in summer after 3 years or so?

Ohno: That won’t be our 5th anniversary anymore! (laughs)

Do you celebrate [countdown] the date of your debut?

Ohno: We do it every year.

Kudo and Wada: We do.

Iwaoka: It’s exciting, actually. We do it with our arms [wrap around, shoulder to shoulder] together.

Hanamura: AHAHA! We don’t (laughs).

Iwaoka: We’re all good friends.

Wada: Yes…

Hanamura: Well, if you’re doing this (4 people with 3 connected legs [of which Sota is excluded]), I’m surprised, you’re being bad to me now.

Ohno: (playing innocent) What? This?

The bond is connected.

Hanamura: I am the only one that’s not connected (laughs).

Iwaoka: Then hurry and tie yours [to us]!

Hanamura: Okay, I’m just holding back (laughs).

More:

Iwaoka Toru - Release Interview [pt.2]

Hanamura Sota - Release Interview [pt.3]

Wada Hayate - Release Interview [pt.4]

Ohno Yudai - Release Interview [pt.5]

Kudo Taiki - Release Interview [pt.6]

From: https://hominis.media/category/musician/post2679/

Note: a-is, I think… THIS IS IT!!! They will now sing in UNISON! (even though it may be just the word “Say!”)

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The Rozes’ Shenanigans #1

Staying in a hospital meant you couldn’t do anything aside from moving a bit around your bed. That should’ve meant you were allowed to play games all the time which definitely sounded nice, but it wasn’t exactly the case

There were times when I had to stop playing to receive shots or drink medicines or the like. And I definitely couldn’t tell the doctors or nurses to ‘wait until I’m done’, as they had their own things to do. That meant I could not play any online, multiplayer game and be uninterrupted until I finished my whole game... or I would not get my necessary meds or treatments

In other words, I had to choose between getting well sooner or staying in the hospital for a longer time... and I wasn’t exactly comfortable with the latter

That being the case, I had to put down my phone when the doctor came into the room, brought my bed to one of the examination rooms, and began to conduct a long, full-body scan on me. Obviously, I was forbidden to bring my phone to play while being scanned

“...which is why now is the time for someone to tell you about why your secret was divulged”

“Wait, that sounds incredibly ominous! Who are you talking to? And what do you mean by secrets!?”

“According to Observation Report #7, occurring on the 4th of July 2155...”

“Don’t ignore me! Oi!!”

~***~

(???’s POV)

With Sergia being hospitalized, it was obvious that the Rozes were unable to take on any missions to subjugate or even defeat a Monster that popped in their area. Although it wasn’t as if they were powerless against Monsters without a Trainer, Trainer-less Rozes weren’t allowed to engage unless it was a direct order from someone like Nua

However, it was practically impossible for Nua to deploy the extremely young but disabled girl, the idiot with almost no common sense, or the odd one who was basically a mixture of Monster and Roze. The latter two were especially harder than the former, mainly because after what had happened just a few days ago

“No, you can’t jump there! You see, you got shrunk!!”

“Guh... how come a weird red man suddenly shrink just because it came in contact with spikes!?”

“That is the concept of the game! Receiving an attack make it drop a defense or something”

“T-Th... that doesn’t make... any sense...”

“J-Juusa, just let me handle the controls!”

“Wait, you can’t... AHH!! I fell down because of you!!”

...but whether those girls didn’t care about that or something, they noisily bickered back and forth as they played the classic, ancient game made in the 20th century that Sergia fancied, for some reason

“Th... then, it is my turn...”

“No! I fell down because of Mio, so I can play for the second time! Karen can take over Mio’s turn because she made me fall!!”

"Wait, that’s not the rule! Also, you fell down on your own because you ducked instead of jumping!!”

“...I just... want to play the green guy...”

In the end, they couldn’t even get past the fourth world as they mostly died due to ‘accidents’, caused by none other than themselves

“This ‘game’ thing is hard! You can only move left, right, or jump on top of the platforms!”

“...ahaha... the games I had to play... are much worse...”

“Wow... Does Sergia enjoy torturing you or something?”

“It’s not exactly torture. It can be pretty fun if you know how to play it”

“...you’re saying there are tricks in the game?”

“Well... you’re bound to notice it, after playing a lot of times...”

Taking the controller from Juusa, Mio began to operate it and moving the cursor towards the 'Training’ Folder

But instead of opening it, she pressed the back button by accident... and her body stiffened

“...what’s the matter? Hurry up and show me this ‘hard game’ of yours”

 “Y-yes... umm...”

Mio began to move the cursor around and attempted to open the files, but she was greeted with one error after another. Some of the files even required a password to open, which she was unable to open

“...auu... which one is it...”

And just as Mio was about to enter a full-panic mode, the door opened and a loud, audible sigh could be heard from the entryway. Hearing that, Mio immediately put down the controller and turned her wheelchair around

“It took a while, but I’m back. I brought some-whoa!?”

Obviously not expecting it, Nua was smashed by the speeding Mio, causing the two to roll around and smashed to the wall

“...m-miss Nua... I need your help...”

“...that’s... not the way... to ask for help......”

~***~

“...it was an ordeal, but I was in the vicinity, so I was able to help”

From Clarisse’s tone, it didn’t seem like Nua was terribly injured after the collision impact. She also told me about how Nua scolded Mio regarding the body slam and told her not to do that again

...then again, that seemed to be just an ordinary day. It didn’t seem like anything special was happening...

“Oh, it seemed like you are no longer listening. I doubt the doctor administered some sleeping drugs, but you might have ingested it at some point in time”

...no, it’s just that I cannot open my mouth with this full-body inspection. I’m most certainly still awake

“In that case, the continuation regarding the discovery of your secret stash will have to wait until later”

There’s still a continuation!? And by secret stash, do you mean-

“...with that being said, I bid you farewell for now”

“W-Wa-”

“Sergia. Please don’t move around when the system is still running. And please keep your mouth closed”

...no matter how much I struggled, Clarisse never spared a glance as she went out of the treatment room, leaving me with a terrible sense of cliffhanger