Chapter 3. [Onee-chan’s Request]

As it was, the man was interpreted by me at the police station and met up with his friend.

The problem was resolved without incident.

Repeatedly <Thank you! >He was sent off, and this time he went home.

Mai was repeatedly amazed, saying, “You speak English”, “I didn’t understand a word you said in English,” and “When did you learn to speak so well?”.

“No, I wish I knew that!”

I hold my head up in my bed at home.

Because he died once? A brain anomaly? How did this happen? It’s not uncommon in otherworldly reincarnations to have language comprehension cheats as basic give, but this is modern Japan.

However, it seems that in my previous life, just before I died, I understood the men’s conversations.

What on earth were they talking about when they attacked me?

I think.

“Ha!”

I realized something and jumped out of bed.

Oh no, no, no, no, no! No way!

I hurried to operate my smartphone. My tapping fingers were too slow, too slow, too slow.

“Hurry, hurry, hurry, here it comes!”

I opened the channel of my favorite English-speaking VTuber.

With trembling fingers, I tapped on its latest video.

<“Gurururu. Domo Zombie desu”. I’m Angu-ogu!>

“Here it comes! Angu-ogu-chan is so cute! I know what you’re saying, I know what you’re saying!”

Oh, thank you, God, Buddha, and angels!

It was worth dying for!

I can now enjoy the stream, which until now I could only enjoy by the atmosphere, with a proper understanding of the content.

What happiness!

“Angu-ogu-chan, you’re so much more of a cocky little brat than I imagined! But I like that!”

I went crazy watching all the English-speaking VTubers’ videos and clippings.

Since I couldn’t subscribe to the premium service due to my allowance, I went to battle the ads that kept coming at me one after another.

After watching a few or a dozen of them, my smartphone rang with the sound of ‘Tententilo Tententen’.

The caller was Mai.

I silently hung up and returned to watching the video.

Phone. Hang up. Watching. Phone call. Hang up. Appreciation. Phone…

“Oh my God! What!?”

[Iroha-chan, you’re terrible! Why do you hang up so much?]

“I’m busy watching videos. Okay, then.”

[“I (ore)”? Wait a minute! My sister wants Iroha to come over. She wants you to help her.]

“Sis?”

Mai and I, or rather, Iroha is a childhood friends. I also socialize with her family.

Naturally, I know Mai’s sister well, but this is the first time something like this has happened. Help? What is it?

[Please, right now, she said.]

“Why don’t you just call me directly?”

[Somehow, I don’t even seem to be able to afford that?]

“Uh~…… okay, I’ll go.”

It’s a hassle, but I have no choice but to go.

Mai’s sister gives me allowance often, probably because she’s a little older than me. Instead of getting stuck here, it would be more time-efficient to go, help out, get paid, and sign up for MyTube premiums.

With such a calculating mindset, I headed for Mai’s house, a three-minute walk away.

I had no idea that this decision would change my destiny drastically.

I was so surprised to see her house.

I rang the doorbell of the house.

With a click, click, click, the front door opens, and Mai appears.

“Thank you, Iroha-chan, for coming. My sister will be here soon–”

Someone comes running down the stairs, making a tremendous crashing sound with a drab clatter and rumble. Then, “Gyan-fun!” and Mai is blown away, and a lone gal appears.

“Kyaaaaaah~! I’ve been waiting for you~, Iroha chuwaa~!”

“Goha!”

She hugged me with tremendous force.

I heard a thumping sound.

It’s a wall. I feel like I’m being crushed by a wall. Her tits are small, and the ribs hit my head directly, and it hurts. It felt like I was being held in a vise.

“Ah-onee~, that’s terrible!”

“Oh, sorry, sorry.”

Finally, she released me, and her whole body came into view.

Was the age just a hoot now? Permed hair, loosely worn LL size T-shirt, slightly gyaru-ish makeup. It’s a riajuu. There’s a riajuu here.

“Gohohohoho, gohohoho ……”Ah-onee, “ohisa”.

“Long time no see, Iroha-chan. First of all, come in.”

“Sorry to bother you.”

“Wait onee-chan, don’t close the door~! I haven’t entered yet, onee-chan!? Onee-chan!?”

Hearing her voice behind my back, I enter the house.

I went straight up the stairs and led to her room. A pitiful voice had been following me from behind the whole time, but when I closed the door to her room, I suddenly stopped hearing it.

“I don’t know what to say, but is it okay? Mai is [Huh, that’s a lie. Can you just let me in!? You’re not pretending!?] I think she was screaming.”

“Mai is really cute. The more you tease her, the more she shines~.”

“Are you an oni?”

She said it with a big smile, and I couldn’t pick on him anymore.

It would have been a different story if Mai was having a hard time with this, but she loves her sister. They are sisters who are closer than normal.

“The atmosphere in the room has changed a lot, hasn’t it?”

Iroha’s memory tells her that the last time she was in this room was more than a year ago.

I think it was a more girly room then, not like this.

“Isn’t it amazing? I had a contractor come in and remodel it. You see, I also have soundproofed walls and doors. You can’t hear Mai’s voice at all, can you?”

“Oh, yes, ……. Soundproofing? Come to think of it, the equipment around the computer is amazing too. Is it possible that Ah-onee is…?”

“Yes! I’m a streamer on MyTube right now!”

“What? You’re not a NEET?

“No, I’m not! I’m making a living on my own!”

“That’s what aunt told me.”

She laughed and said, “I thought I explained it to our mothers, but they don’t seem to understand”. She laughed and said, “Well, that’s okay.”.

“More importantly, Iroha-chan, can you speak English!? When did you learn it!? Can you speak now!?”

“Well, I can, apparently, or something like that?”

“That’s so vague. Mai told me you were fluent. Please! I need your help!”

“Help you with what? There’s not much I can do.”

“Well, I need you to help me on stream!”

“…… Yes? Yes? yes?”

* * * *

Here’s what Ah-onee’s story was.

There was a collab planned with a MyTuber living in the US. The quiz content was to give hints in Japanese and English and to derive the answer by combining the two.

The plan was to have a streamer who could speak both English and Japanese participate as a questioner.

But he said, “He couldn’t participate at a moment’s notice.”, so we need a substitute.

“Oh yeah! I tried to find a substitute, but it was too urgent, and everyone was too busy, and if I missed today, the next scheduled meeting would be in a month, so I couldn’t even move the date!

“But is it okay for a newbie to suddenly join in with the stream? Does your collaborator agree to this?”

“Well? It’s just the beginning! But I’m sure it’ll work!

He gave me a thumbs-up with a confident smile.

Communications strength. Scary.

“So, will you do it? I have the manuscript with me, but I haven’t read it because it would be a spoiler. How? Is that okay?”

“Oh.”

She hands me the printed text.

I flip through the pages and nod.

“Yeah. Well, I can read it normally.”

Why can I read it?

I know what it means, but I don’t understand why.

“Good! Well then, please do! I’ll check with my collaborator! They said okay!”

“What?”

“There’s only an hour left until the stream starts. I have to prepare a lot of things before then. I’m going to.

Ah-onee’s facing the PC turned around in her gaming chair and turned to face me.

“Do you have a favorite name?”