In response, Hayasaka Ai, whom Shinomiya Kaguya had specifically sent to handle this matter, continued to have the Shinomiya Group bodyguards investigate the situation inside and outside the bookstore.
If they found anyone acting strangely, they would record their appearance for a more detailed investigation later.
"So what kind of person is Lady Kaguya looking for anyway?"
At the same time, Ai Hayasaka, who was in the same café as Renji Miyauchi but at a different table, mumbled while biting her straw, while holding her phone and receiving information from the bodyguards.
She could guess that her young lady had recently encountered some strange things, which caused her personality to become more… let's just use the word "outgoing" for now.
However, perhaps due to certain restrictions, Kaguya had not explained the details to her very thoroughly.
All she knew now was that there was a "Mysterious Person" who had connected many girls through some means and given them some special powers.
But they didn't seem to know what the Mysterious Person wanted to do, so Kaguya wanted to find the whereabouts of that Mysterious Person and figure out his purpose.
This was probably Ai Hayasaka's guess about the whole incident.
The reason she was there was because her young lady had told her there was about a ten percent chance that the Mysterious Person would appear nearby to attend Kasumigaoka Utaha's book signing, and had instructed her to investigate.
As for her young lady, she should be heading towards Chiba with that mysterious shaman and a few bodyguards at this time.
"A ten percent chance is too low, and I don't know what characteristics the Mysterious Person has. Am I really supposed to note down all suspicious individuals and then investigate them one by one? Such a huge workload will kill me…"
Ai Hayasaka muttered in a low voice.
She was completely unaware that the Mysterious Person she was talking about had already turned to look at her position more than once since entering the café.
"So Kaguya sent Ai Hayasaka here and went to find Jerry herself, huh? She really doesn't plan to miss any opportunities."
Renji Miyauchi even felt like writing in his diary at that moment to complain about Kaguya exploiting her good friend like that.
However, before he could take out his diary, Itō Kaiji's figure already appeared at the café entrance.
Just by looking at him hesitantly entering the café and then appearing startled when greeted enthusiastically by the maids, one could tell it was clearly his first time at a maid café.
It wasn't until he saw Renji's figure that he finally relaxed a little, stuttered a few words to the maids, and then walked straight over.
"First, take a look at the menu and see if there's anything you want to eat. This café's food tastes pretty good."
"As for your work, I've arranged to meet a classmate of mine here. If he's willing, he might become your dedicated filming partner in the future, so let's explain all these things together once he arrives."
Originally, when Kaiji heard that Renji had invited someone else, he was worried it might be his competitor, but after hearing that they would become partners, he felt a little relieved.
However, to improve Renji's impression of him, Kaiji still resolutely told Renji that he was mentally prepared. As long as Renji needed him, he wouldn't care about his image in the video and would do anything.
Perhaps because his voice was a little too loud, Ai Hayasaka, sitting not far away, immediately perked up her ears and cast a gossipy glance towards Renji.
Mentally prepared?
Don't care about image in videos?
I'll do anything?
To be honest, this sounded much more exciting than the surveillance mission her young lady had assigned her.
Feeling the gazes of many passersby and even the maids around them becoming strange as they looked at the two big men, Renji Miyauchi couldn't help but blink.
Itō Kaiji was indeed still a bit too naive at this point, only thinking about making a career and not considering anything else.
But considering that he was only just turned 20 this year and hadn't suffered any major setbacks—even though he was almost scammed big time by his junior yesterday—Kaiji still held a trusting attitude towards this world.
Renji first nodded friendly towards the passersby who were looking over, indicating that they were not discussing any special topic.
After years of filming rustic abstract videos, he could still maintain a relatively calm expression when faced with the curious reactions of onlookers.
Looking at Kaiji, who lowered his head, realizing how foolish his behavior had just been, Renji instead encouraged him: "That kind of momentum just now was actually pretty good. People in our line of work shouldn't care too much about what others think of you. If you can maintain that momentum, I guarantee you'll earn at least this much compensation this year."
Renji held up one finger.
One million?
Kaiji shook his head; even as a convenience store clerk, he earned one to two million a year, so Renji's offer would clearly be more than that.
So, was it an annual salary of ten million yen?
Kaiji couldn't help but swallow.
His imagination only allowed him to think to that extent. One digit higher, and that would be a number he couldn't save in his entire life.
Looking at Kaiji, whose breathing had become much heavier, Renji said nothing more; he would let the other person PUA himself for now.
And it was at this moment that Sakakibara Kōichi finally arrived at the café.
He was momentarily stunned when he saw another somewhat unkempt man next to Renji, but he quickly realized that this must be the friend he had brought to film videos together.
It wasn't until he greeted Renji and sat down that he heard the name Asahigaoka Media from the conversation between his classmate and this man.
As a student with the strongest ability to accept new things, Kōichi had heard of Asahigaoka, after all, it was one of the main origins of popular online videos in recent years.
But didn't his classmate say he grew up in the countryside of Saitama Prefecture?
Then he suddenly remembered that Asahigaoka, geographically, really was located in the countryside of Saitama Prefecture.
With his many years of experience reading mystery and suspense works, Kōichi quickly linked it to the possibility that his classmate's photography skills came from participating in the filming of those online videos while living in Asahigaoka.
"Indeed, 'some' of those videos were filmed by me, but more often, they were ideas that we young people came up with together," Renji humbly attributed the credit to the other villagers.
Then he also stated that he came to Tokyo with some aspirations, wanting to create more technically sophisticated and profound works.
After decisively cutting ties with his past self, Renji then described the type of videos he intended to film recently.
"In short, I've found a few suitable locations. If you're interested in these videos exploring various murder scenes and supernatural occurrences, we can go for a test shoot after we eat and purchase some necessary equipment nearby."
After all, he couldn't bring all the necessary filming equipment with him, and Akihabara itself was Tokyo's, and even Japan's, most famous electronics district. He could buy everything else just by taking a short walk outside.
Kōichi glanced at Renji and Kaiji, thought for a moment, and then nodded in agreement without much hesitation.
As someone who enjoyed reading mystery and horror novels, who didn't have the dream of being a great detective?
Although it was just reviewing and discussing cases through video after they were closed, at least this kind of close contact with real cases sounded much more interesting than the club activities at school.
Having made his decision, Kōichi quickly began to inquire, drawing on his many years of reading experience, about where they would film the video that night.
Don't let his usual quiet demeanor fool you; when talking about things he liked, he could be quite talkative and a bit of a tsukkomi (straight man).
As their conversation gradually got on track, the passersby who had initially wanted to watch the show silently withdrew their gazes.
They had thought it was an audition for some exciting movie; it turned out to be just a group of bloggers who wanted to make money by filming online videos. How boring.
On the other hand, Faris NyanNyan, who worked part-time at this maid café, seemed quite interested when she heard their conversation.
She apparently wanted to further promote Akihabara's moe culture through this type of online video.
After all, she was the one who introduced Akihabara's moe culture to this world.
Although it had already shown initial results, it still lacked some promotion to become the otaku culture center she envisioned.
For this, she even proactively asked Renji for a business card, suggesting that if Renji truly made a name for himself, they could consider a collaboration.
Meanwhile, Ai Hayasaka, who had her ears perked up and heard most of their conversation, sighed regretfully.
After all, putting Kaiji aside, the other two young men were quite presentable. If they were really going to film some special works, she wouldn't be entirely against supporting them a little.
However, supernatural videos, listening to them talk about it, sounded somewhat interesting. They should be more entertaining as a side dish for meals than those rustic videos that she was gradually getting tired of.
Thinking this, as a loyal viewer of Asahigaoka's rustic videos, she casually recorded the information about these three individuals in her notebook.
She planned to use her position to investigate the quality of their videos while she was investigating other suspicious individuals.
Muttering to herself, and receiving information about suspicious individuals from several bodyguards, Ai Hayasaka continued to work on the task her young lady had assigned her.
In any case, even when Renji and the others finished their meal at the café and were about to leave, Ai Hayasaka was still mechanically recording various things in her mini-notebook.
What a hardworking person.
However, considering that the other party, who was not yet an adult, was already earning an eight-figure annual salary, Renji felt that this workload was quite reasonable.
I hope you investigate more thoroughly then, so I can completely clear the Mysterious Person of suspicion.
What Renji hadn't expected was that as soon as the three of them stepped out, they ran into another group of four girls on the street.
Miyauchi Kōzuka, Katō Megumi, Shiina Mahiru, and Shiina Mashiro.
A month ago, this was a strange combination Renji couldn't have imagined in a lifetime.
On the street, a brother and sister, who looked about sixty to seventy percent alike, unexpectedly met on the street.
"So, little brother, what's your situation?"
Before Renji could speak, Miyauchi Kozuka was the first to ask.
She thought her situation was quite normal.
Shiina Mahiru, who was a neighbor, and Mahiru's cousin, Shiina Mashiro. Plus Katō Megumi, a friend she knew from school.
It was perfectly normal for them, a group of girls, to go shopping together on a weekend, right?
As for why they came to Akihabara?
That was also because Shiina Mashiro came back to Japan to draw manga, so it was perfectly normal to bring her to Akihabara, a street with various moe cultures, to have a look, right?
But what was going on with her little brother?
One somewhat thin boy, and one unkempt young man.
How did her little brother become friends with these people, and why were they together in Akihabara on a weekend?
They weren't here to buy anything lewd, were they?
Feeling the suspicion in Kōzuka's eyes, Renji hadn't expected such a coincidence, running into his naive second sister on the streets of Akihabara.
But that wasn't really important.
After all, it was normal for his second sister to appear anywhere.
More importantly, he felt a familiar aura from Shiina Mashiro, whom he was meeting for the first time.
It was the aura of the Ripple Breathing.
And it was the kind that was quite skilled in the rhythm of the Breathing Method.
The advanced stage of Ripple Breathing is to naturally maintain the rhythm of the Ripple at all times, and the naturally clumsy Mashiro in front of him seemed very close to this realm.
Excluding the extremely low probability that she met a certain Ripple family while studying in London and acquired the Ripple Breathing Method.
Then there was only one answer.
That was, Mashiro was also a girl who possessed a diary.
However, the naturally clumsy her had not yet joined the chat group created by those girls.
She had simply learned the Ripple Breathing Method recorded in the diary and, through her own talent, had quickly raised her proficiency in Ripple Breathing to an astonishing level.
Of course, she couldn't compare to him and Jerry, who had copied his talent.
But among ordinary people, she could definitely be considered a genius among geniuses.
Could it be that all these naturally clumsy people are talent monsters?
Renji muttered this in his heart, and at the same time, upon realizing Mashiro's situation, he immediately adjusted his breathing rhythm.
Speaking of which, this was his first time having such close face-to-face contact with a girl who possessed a diary, and in such an unavoidable situation.
However, he, who always had multiple contingency plans, had considered similar situations.
So there was no hint of surprise on his face; he simply told his second sister the identities of Itō Kaiji and Sakakibara Kōichi, and stated that he was planning to buy some photography equipment.
Then he received a scornful look from his second sister.
That look seemed to say, "You're in Tokyo now, can't you film something more high-class? Why are you talking about filming supernatural videos in front of so many girls?"
But in action,Kōzuka still remembered her younger brother.
"I didn't tell you before, but my little brother is quite good at photography and taking pictures. If you ever need help with that in the future, you can directly ask him for help; he guarantees he won't charge you."
As she said this, Kōzuka couldn't help but mutter to herself, "Big sister, I can only help you this much."
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