"Welcome home, Master Nyan!"
From a corner, a greeting came from a shop with the sign 'May Queen nyan²'.
"Ah, it's Okabe."
The blonde maid held her small fists to her chest and said with a beaming smile:
"Welcome home, Okabe Nyan."
A drop of cold sweat appeared on Okabe Rintaro's face, his mouth twitched slightly, and he replied:
"Yo, Mayuri."
Without a doubt, the blonde maid in front of him was his childhood friend, Shiina Mayuri.
Mayuri twisted her body from side to side, correcting him:
"When I'm working, it's Mayushii Nyan Nyan yo."
"Ah, where's Tonz?" Okabe Rintaro asked.
"Ah, he's inside."
His gaze moved inward with Mayuri's words.
Then, it stopped in front of a pink-haired maid.
"Kyouma?" The curvaceous pink-haired maid suddenly turned her head, revealing a surprised expression, and quickly darted in front of Okabe Rintaro:
"I've been waiting for you, Nyan."
"By the way, did you forget our agreement to come once every 3 days, Nyan?" Complaining words blurted out.
Okabe Rintaro couldn't help but turn his head away:
"I'm sorry, because the Organization's interference is getting more and more…"
Upon hearing this, the pink-haired maid showed a look of shock:
"Nyan Nyan?! Has the Organization pushed us this far, Nyan?"
"Then, are we holding a top-secret meeting to defeat the Organization today, Nyan?"
The maid seamlessly joined Okabe Rintaro's conversation, naturally connecting with his chuunibyou mindset.
"Precisely, please arrange our usual hidden base." Okabe Rintaro nodded slightly.
"Understood Nyan, do you wish Felis to join the meeting as well?"
Apparently, Felis was the maid's self-designation.
She naturally extended an invitation to Okabe Rintaro.
But Okabe Rintaro quickly refused: "Stop it, the Organization is not something you can handle!"
But Felis snorted, rubbing her hands together: "Hmph, Felis has a forbidden ultimate technique, Nyan."
"What?! Have you learned that?" Upon hearing this, Okabe Rintaro assumed a surprised posture.
"As you thought, Nyan."
"After the training in the Guyana Highlands and the death of my master, Felis finally…" Felis crossed her hands, assuming a defensive stance:
"Learned the skill, Nyan!"
Behind Felis, in the shadows, a familiar figure stood expressionless… It was Hashida Itaru.
"Unforgivable, absolutely." He said.
[Laughed]
[Mayuri's maid outfit is really good]
[My goodness, another one?!]
[Okabe Rintaro isn't a chuunibyou, he's a succubus, right?]
[Where's the one who screams 'Mommy', work's here!]
[Here I come, here I come, don't rush — Mommy! I like this!]
[What do you call the sympathetic resonance of chuunibyou! Compared to you guys who just stay at home all day, Okabe, who doesn't care about others' gazes and can have a 'breakdown' anytime, anywhere, is definitely more attractive to beautiful girls!]
[Shut up!]
[Unforgivable, unforgivable, unforgivable]
[You're Tonz too, aren't you?]
Finding a suitable seat and sitting in the corner, Okabe Rintaro said to Hashida Itaru in front of him:
"Regarding what I told you in the message…"
"I feel like talking to a normie is already a failure." Hashida Itaru interrupted without hesitation.
"Hah…" Okabe Rintaro sighed, showing a helpless expression:
"Don't worry, I have no interest in women who never say a single truthful word."
But his explanation was clearly not accepted by Hashida Itaru.
Hashida Itaru retorted expressionlessly: "So, that's what those people online meant today by 'you have no right to speak'."
Seeing that this line of reasoning seemed unable to convince Hashida Itaru, Okabe Rintaro didn't intend to explain further. He slammed his hands on the table and took over the conversation.
"Shut up, you playboy, your 2D wife is crying!"
Hashida Itaru slammed the table in the same way, explaining furiously:
"Felis-tan is different! Even in 3D, her 2D soul burns!"
But Okabe Rintaro no longer intended to argue with him.
There would be no result anyway.
"Never mind that, look, what's this photo?" Saying this, he showed the image on his phone screen to Hashida Itaru.
Almost in the next second, the other party gave the answer.
"Oh, this, it's an IBN5100, right."
"IBN?"
"A mythical old PC." Hashida Itaru explained: "About a month ago, there was a rumor that it was sleeping somewhere in Akihabara."
"You came here because you heard about that?"
"So?"
"In the end, it still wasn't found. Many people were dispatched, but the final conclusion was that the thing probably didn't exist in the first place."
"Is it really such a valuable item?"
Okabe Rintaro was a little surprised. He had thought that such an old item would just be useless scrap metal, but it surprisingly seemed to be very valuable.
"It's been at least 30 years since it was released. Back then, because it was too expensive, it was an extremely rare item in an era when no one could afford a computer."
[Eh eh eh, if you say that, Okabe, I won't support you. What do you mean, a woman who never says a single truthful word! She's been so cooperative with your chuunibyou, how can you say that about Felis Nyan Nyan!]
[If anything, Okabe's Organization is the one that never says a single truthful word...]
[Have you all been captivated by the maid outfits?]
[Oh no, it's bad, why do I feel like my attitude towards Okabe is often like Tonz's the more I look at it?]
[It's time to prove you're a fat otaku too!]
[By the way, did someone just recognize the model of this old computer in advance?]
[Anyone who can recognize such old stuff is probably an old-timer]
[I thought it was an original computer, I didn't expect it to exist in reality?]
"Beep—" The phone on the table vibrated.
"Was that the woman from before?" Okabe Rintaro opened the message and read out the content the other party had sent:
"Sending a message in advance as a sign of respect, my name is Kiryu Moeka."
"20 years old, freelancer, I'll send it even if you don't want me to…"
"Is this person the same as that woman from just now?" Okabe Rintaro frowned.
Looking at Okabe Rintaro's changing expression, Hashida Itaru casually asked:
"What's wrong?"
"You should thank me for not selling you out." Okabe Rintaro smiled, muttering as he typed a reply with one hand:
"That's a valuable PC, it might not be in Akihabara EI psy kongroo"
Finished typing, confirmed sending.
Sending complete.
"Master, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting, Nyan Nyan."
Just in time, Felis arrived, carrying a tray.
Omurice with the words 'World is in danger' written in ketchup was placed in front of the two, and Hashida Itaru let out a restless sound with a beaming smile.
"Delicious, delicious, this is really delicious."