NOVEL NEXT Chapter 98
“Uhh… Haah… Huu… Ah, Aki-chan. I can’t go on…”
“It’s not over yet, Izumi. Just a little more, fighting!”
“You’re too much… Huaa… Hmph… Haah…”
-YABE
-The difference between you two is too much!
-This is definitely sensitive (センシティブ)
-It might actually be dangerous, lol
-The OnTube Military’s sanctions might come down!
Why am I doing this?
When the offline collaboration with Aki-chan was decided, I naturally expected a game we could both play together.
No, of course, this is something we’re doing together, but…
★
“First of all, this is my room…”
“Wow…”
Aki-chan’s room was so spacious that it could be called a storage room instead of a room.
Or rather, it might actually be okay to call it a storage room.
“W- wait, is all of this yours, Aki-chan?”
“Yeah. It’s all mine… Well, there are some things from my little sister, but almost all of it is mine.”
From computers to manga, light novels, game consoles, figures, DVDs, etc.
There were so many items that would catch the attention of any otaku, filling Aki-chan’s room.
In other words, it wouldn’t be wrong to say this place is an otaku paradise.
…But this room had one critical downside.
“Um, Aki-chan. You said this is your room, right…?”
“Yeah. This is my room. I stay at home all the time, so my family told me to use the big room.”
“But… how do you sleep here?”
The room wasn’t dirty at all.
In fact, looking at the almost dust-free floor, it could be called clean.
However, there was no space to lie down.
There was no bed, and countless otaku items were scattered across the floor.
There was enough room to sit down and play games, but no matter how you looked at it, it was impossible to lie down and sleep comfortably.
And that’s why I thought this room was a storage room.
“Sleep? I just sleep in my little sister’s room…”
“Ah, I see?”
“Anyway, my sister comes home late from work, so it’s no problem to sleep during the day. And at night, my sister always wants to sleep together…”
“So, the lack of a bed means…?”
“Yeah. I wanted to buy a new bed when I moved, but my little sister insisted that she wanted to sleep together at night.”
“…I see.”
From that remark, I learned that Aki-chan’s sister is a sis-con.
Well, it makes sense. With such a cute, naturally alluring older sister, it’s only natural to be a sis-con. No, it might be even stranger not to be a sis-con.
You’re not strange, so don’t worry, Aki-chan’s little sister!
“S- so what are we going to do today?”
When I asked what we were doing today, Aki-chan just laughed and said she had something fun prepared but didn’t answer me properly.
Thinking about what kind of broadcasts Aki-chan usually does, it’s almost 100% games.
And considering we came to this room after that remark, we’re probably going to do something here…
“Hehehe… What I’m going to do today is this…”
“Th- this is…?”
Saying that, Aki-chan picked up something with her hands…
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[【Ring Training】I will exercise with Izumi… #AkiNekoto#KainohIzumi#StarsFlow#RingTraining]
-(＿ ＿*) Z z z
-Nyahaaan…
-─(≧▽≦)>Zumi Zumi!
“Do we really have to do this?”
I said that while staring at the ‘Training Ring’ in my hands.
“Yeah. Since we usually just stay at home, we need to exercise… Exercise for our health is essential for people like us.”
With that look I gave her suggesting we do something else, Aki-chan quietly shook her head.
And since that remark was perfect reasoning, I had no argument against it.
Ring training.
It’s an exercise game released by a famous game company.
You can use the ‘Training Ring’ inspired by the Pilates ring to replicate various actions the game suggests, including yoga or Pilates poses, push-ups, squats, planks, kickbacks, and other bodyweight exercises.
It was developed for gamers who spend a lot of time at home, so it doesn’t have the same impact as serious weight training, but it’s deemed effective for simple health exercises.
In other words, as Aki-chan said, for VTubers who usually spend an extraordinary amount of time at home, it’s the best game for exercising while playing games… but.
If you do it on a broadcast, the situation completely changes.
“Ugh…”
After all, ring training is ultimately a game where you’re ‘exercising’.
And when you exercise, your body gets tired, and naturally, moans will escape.
The broadcast of playing ring training usually aims to enjoy watching people who didn’t exercise suffer, but there are also many who just want to hear the VTuber’s moans.
…It’s not like I want to say I’m embarrassed.
Given that I was a guy in my previous life and I understand their feelings, I wouldn’t think of being embarrassed about something like this.
I just… right. I just don’t want to exercise.
I’m already going to dance training three times a week, so I wouldn’t want to exercise when I’ve come this far.
Moreover, I’m technically a TS cute girl, so there’s no chance of gaining weight!
Probably…
Anyway, even though there are moans and whatnot, it’s not like I’m embarrassed about it.
“Hah…”
Thinking about it, Aki-chan said she often plays ring training alone in her broadcasts.
I should have considered this possibility beforehand.
“But you don’t have to worry because you won’t be doing it alone. I’ll join you…”
Aki-chan said that while picking up another training ring.
“…Is there a reason why there are two training rings?”
“Hmm? Sometimes I do it with my little sister?”
If there was only one training ring, I could pass it to Aki-chan once in a while and take a break, but naturally, that became impossible.
I think I might start slightly resenting Aki-chan’s little sister…
“Well then, let’s get started.”
“…Okay.”
In the end, I ended up doing ring training with Aki-chan…
“Hello everyone, Kon Kotto… Today, just like I announced yesterday, it’s an offline collaboration with Izumi…”
“Kon Zumi… It’s the atmosphere maker, Izumi…”
-Did you wake up? (*´﹃`)
-Hai Zumi!
-Did you wake up? (*´﹃`)
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We executed the ring training in multi-mode and entered the difficulty settings screen.
The difficulty in ring training is split by gender, and then you can set it from 1 to 50, where the higher the number, the greater the intensity of the exercise.
As far as I know, 1 to 10 is for people who don’t exercise at all, 11 to 40 is for people with average fitness, and 41 to 50 is for advanced athletes.
And without hesitation, Aki-chan selected 45.
“Uwah… Are you sure you’re okay with this?”
We’re still technically playing a game here.
And the multi-mode of ring training includes competitive elements, so we even made a simple bet, yet this difficulty is…
I’m seriously questioning if she’s okay with this as I looked at Aki-chan.
“Huh? This is what I usually do…”
Aki-chan replied nonchalantly, as if it were nothing.
-Healthy girl Neko-chan
-Our master is healthy!
Right. She said she keeps doing it regularly, so this much makes sense.
However, then what difficulty should I select in this situation…?
To be honest, I wasn’t even confident with 30.
No matter how much I’ve trained in dance, I’m under average fitness due to the much longer time spent sitting.
Of course, Aki-chan said to pick comfortably, but choosing something between 1 and 10 really feels awkward with Aki-chan who picked 45…
“I- I’ll go with 25 then…”
In the end, I chose 25, right in the middle of 1 to 50.
I thought I could manage since I’m getting dance training.
At least this number shouldn’t make me feel awkward.
That was my reasoning when I picked the number.
[Please input your height and weight.]
Once I set the difficulty, a box appeared asking me to input my height and weight.
I’m pretty sure Kainoh Izumi’s avatar height is 152cm, and…
I don’t know my weight, though. Should I just input my weight?
When I weighed myself last time, I was definitely 41kg.
[152cm / 41kg]
I finished my setting and looked to the side, where Aki-chan’s setting caught my attention.
[161cm / 999kg]
“…Huh?”
“…Huh?”
“Uwah?!”
-Wow, Mizuki is 41kg, huh?
-The difference with the side is way too much, lol
-Isn’t that too light?!
Thinking about it, anyway, ring training’s height and weight don’t actually relate to the difficulty.
So normally, VTubers put in ridiculous numbers…
I made a mistake…
“Uh, um. I-I meant to input, 410kg! It was a mistake!”
-It’s already too late!
Guess so…
…But it’s not like I committed a crime or anything, right?
My weight probably won’t become a meme like some maid.
Hmm. I’m still not bad.
As I rationalized this to myself…
“It’s about to start, Izumi.”
“Ah, okay…”
With Aki-chan’s comment, the first stage of ring training began.
Well, since I picked a middle difficulty, it shouldn’t be too hard, and it would be enough to exercise moderately.
And until that thought was shattered, it took no more than 20 minutes.
“Ugh… Haah… Huu… I- I really feel like I’m going to collapse…”
“People don’t collapse that easily. Hang in there, Izumi.”
Right now I was doing squats.
After push-ups, sit-ups, planks, and kickbacks, this was the fifth stage.
Even though it was only the fifth stage, my stamina was already at its limit.
Despite setting her difficulty to 45, Aki-chan had finished all the stages before me and was waiting patiently, and she didn’t even look tired so far.
So Aki-chan wasn’t just saying we needed stamina…
“Ugh… Haaah…”
-The OnTube military is getting angry
-Our master did nothing wrong, but Mizuki is making them angry.
-YABE
The chatroom was naturally in a festive atmosphere.
Officer, could you please take away these perverts who are getting excited listening to the moans of a real high school girl?
Even if I wanted to quip something like that, being on the verge of collapsing made it impossible.
“Ah. Your posture is slightly off, Izumi.”
“Huh?!”
And one of the reasons I was already exhausted was this.
While I was struggling, Aki-chan, who had finished earlier, kept correcting my posture.
“You need to keep your legs a little closer together.”
“A- uh… Okay…”
In the middle of focusing, her sudden touch would make me react without realizing it.
I learned this level of skinship is no big deal from Tateyama during summer break, but when such a thing happens suddenly, it’s natural that I, whose mindset is still close to being a guy, would be surprised.
“…Izumi’s body is very soft…”
“Wha- wait a minute…! Aki-chan…!”
“I want to keep touching.”
-What was that just now?
-Seriously YABE
Please don’t do stuff like poke my sides out of nowhere!
It genuinely gives me a shock!
And Aki-chan, you’re so natural about it!