However, as Hachiman pressed the shutter, PA no longer had so many thoughts, she just felt her whole body was "uncomfortable."
Heartbeat accelerating... body tingling and numb.
Although Hachiman wasn't shooting continuously, but waiting for PA to adjust her pose before shooting again.
But one after another, PA's condition grew increasingly "bad."
She now understood why Manager Seika's face had been abnormally red when being photographed. Just posing a bit and she was panting as if she'd done intense exercise.
Although it was like warming up before exercise, which could make the subsequent state better, while the state improved, there was also a faint pressure accumulating in her body with no outlet.
"W-Wait a moment... rest..."
"???"
Watching PA, who had only taken a few photos before her legs went weak and she needed rest, and Ijichi Seika beside her still breathing steadily, Ijichi Nijika's gaze toward Hachiman changed.
Earlier when she'd been sitting in Hachiman's lap, she'd already faintly felt something was off.
But due to certain well-known circumstances, she knew they were very vulnerable when facing Hachiman, so she hadn't paid much attention to the changes in her body.
After all, some people craved Hachiman day and night, her occasional wandering thoughts were nothing.
However, now seeing her own sister Ijichi Seika and the shop's big sister PA-san both showing "uncomfortable" abnormal reactions, Ijichi Nijika immediately realized there was a problem.
The shared-sense collar wasn't activated, the tea they drank seemed fine too. So was it the cosplay outfits on their bodies that had a problem? Or was it the camera in Hachiman's hands?
Ijichi Nijika's gaze swept across Kashima Risako, Kirisu Mafuyu, and the others whose expressions were normal, finally landing on the pink camera in Hachiman's hands that looked unremarkable and was the same color as Lala's hair.
Could it be Lala's black-tech camera?
Ijichi Nijika was about to speak up and call a stop to today's cosplay shooting when several young, crisp voices came from not far away.
"Master-nii! We're here!"
"Brother Hachiman, we've come to take photos too!"
"E-Excuse us..."
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"Moemi, Hinami, Yuki?"
Hachiman turned to look, the three girls walking toward them were Kanzaki Moemi, Fueguchi Hinami, and Kamijo Yuki.
Although they were respectively cosplaying as Honkai Star Rail's Yunli, Arknights' Melantha, and Wuthering Waves' Roccia's signature characteristic outfits.
Some were barefoot, some had changed hair color and gained cat ears and cat tail, some had even changed hairstyle, with all sorts of varied clothing styles on their bodies. Even without extra makeup on their faces, the three of them had changed so much they were hard to recognize.
But the Service Club didn't have many their age to begin with, let alone a team of three playing together, Hachiman knew who they were at a glance.
"Hehe, Master-nii, do you like our cosplay? Then tonight remember to pick us to play with you, okay?"
Kanzaki Moemi ran toward Hachiman with the lightweight prop greatsword in her hands, her small face looking up at Hachiman, her words full of anticipation.
Although tonight was the guess-who segment, and exposing yourself early made it easy to lose, was exposing yourself really bad?
Master-nii would clearly know it was them, yet still pretend not to recognize them, only recognizing them after some examination, or simply pretend he couldn't guess.
If they both revealed their identities early so Master-nii would pick them, AND weren't guessed correctly and lost the game.
Then they'd have profited enormously.
Of course, they definitely weren't just cosplaying their current characters, that would have no freshness.
She herself still had Honkai Star Rail's Lynx cosplay prepared, which she could switch into for Master-nii to appreciate.
Even the three of them had Azur Lane's Javelin, Laffey, Z23 (Nimi), and other games' three-little-one configurations they could cosplay.
Even if they didn't look that similar, it didn't matter, various exquisite cosplay outfits and props could make up for that. Their competitive pressure wasn't great.
She would work hard on behalf of her sister Sayaka too!
"Is this Moemi's own idea, or everyone's decision together?"
Looking at the precocious Kanzaki Moemi, Hachiman pinched her finely-carved fair cheek, smiled, and looked at Kamijo Yuki and Fueguchi Hinami who were also standing there with small faces looking up.
"Of course it's everyone's decision together! Hinami, Yuki, hurry over!"
Kanzaki Moemi didn't struggle even with her cheek being pinched, just waved her little hand at Kamijo Yuki and Fueguchi Hinami.
"Th-that's right, we all wanted to come play with Big Brother..."
"Mm..."
The remaining two little ones quickly nodded.
However, despite being about the same age, Kamijo Yuki and Fueguchi Hinami weren't as lively and proactive as Kanzaki Moemi.
Kamijo Yuki was a bit more enthusiastic than Fueguchi Hinami. Only when meeting Hachiman's eyes would she quickly look down.
When Hachiman wasn't paying attention to her, she'd secretly peek at his profile.
Actually, of the three, the most perverted one was the seemingly quiet, introverted, easily-embarrassed Kamijo Yuki, she was Kamijo Maki's younger sister.
And the strongest was Fueguchi Hinami of ghoul origin. If she absorbed enough awakening magic elements to awaken her bloodline, the ghoul bloodline's defects would completely disappear.
Kanzaki Moemi was the most ordinary one, yet also the one with the strongest drive to act.
"Master-nii, take a couple photos for us. There are still lots of big sisters waiting behind, if we don't shoot now there won't be time."
Seeing that the two of them had both spoken up, counting as having said hello, Kanzaki Moemi quickly shook Hachiman's arm and begged.
She didn't have those big sisters' good figures, couldn't use bodily advantages to please Master-nii.
But small had its advantages, she could act spoiled to her heart's content without seeming calculating.
"Mm, I'll take them for you now."
Looking at the cute and lively Kanzaki Moemi, Hachiman smiled and pinched her pink, adorable little cheek again before starting to photograph them.
Honkai Star Rail's Yunli should be a bratty kid character, right? Kanzaki Moemi, this little one, didn't cosplay her anything like her, but if she really were a bratty kid, he'd actually have a headache. Better that she's obedient.
Although Kanzaki Moemi and the other two hadn't become magical girls yet, and their bodies weren't crystal-clear and flawless like magical girls'.
But youth was power, without becoming magical girls they were already very fair and pink.
"Hah!"
"Earth, it descends!"
"With might, eradicate!"
Recalling Yunli's character lines, Kanzaki Moemi swung the prop greatsword that was a bit taller than her, continuously striking poses.
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