Zongman: A Second Dimension Girl Comes to Me

With the addition of Nanami Aoyama, the workload of Toru Duanmu and Megumi Kato was greatly reduced.

Nanami Aoyama was responsible for entertaining guests, Megumi Kato was responsible for the cashier and bookkeeping, and Toru Duanmu was responsible for cooking. Everything was arranged in an orderly manner, and Tsukishimaken's business gradually got on track.

A week later, there was more than 800,000 yen in the Duanmu family's account.

If this continues, it is estimated that before Duanmu Che graduates from high school, he will be able to earn more than 100 million yen relying solely on Tsukishima Ken, and cross the threshold of initial financial freedom.

Nanami Aoyama was also very satisfied with this job. Duanmu Che still paid her a high hourly wage of 2000 yen, and she could also have a very delicious and nutritious work meal every night.

Compared with her previous life, she can now not only afford the tuition for four classes per week at the voice actor school, but also she doesn’t have to skip lunch to save money.

On Sunday, Duanmu Che came to Akihabara.

After the debt crisis was over, the sense of urgency he had felt for more than a month was finally relieved, and he finally had time to do what he wanted to do and meet his spiritual needs.

As an otaku who loves anime, comics, light novels, games, and special effects, there are many excellent works in this world that are worth his appreciation.

Duanmu Che first went to a digital store for a look, planning to buy a Dell Alienware computer for Kato Hui next month.

The reason why he had to do it next month was because Kato Megumi warned him not to spend money recklessly before paying off all his bank debts. If he rashly went to deliver it at this time, Kato Megumi would be angry, so he had to pay off the five-month loan amount of more than 2.2 million yen and the penalty interest first.

Moreover, for some reason, Kato Megumi has been a little cold towards him recently.

This made Duanmu Che quite confused. He thought he shouldn't have done anything to make her unhappy during this period of time.

After leaving the digital store, Duanmu Che bought seven uncensored Blu-ray BDs of highly acclaimed animations at the audio-visual store.

In Japan, where the Internet is relatively backward, animation streaming is not as popular as in the United States and China. Most people still watch animation on TV, and traditional discs still have a large market.

Especially compared to the version broadcast on TV, the Blu-ray BD that needs to be purchased will add uncorrected images. For the audience, watching the animation played on the Blu-ray BD can get the most complete viewing experience.

When he arrived at a bookstore called Busukawa, Duanmu Che discovered that a writer signing event was being held on the second floor of the bookstore.

"Love Metronome... Kasumi Shiko..."

Duanmu Che looked at the words on the banner of the book signing event, and then his eyes turned to the girl who was sitting under the banner and signing autographs for fans.

She wore a white headband, with long black hair cascading down her shoulders. She was tall, with a slender waist and voluptuous curves. Although he couldn't see the iconic thin pantyhose on her slender legs from this angle, he had already recognized her.

Kasumigaoka Utaha is a second-year high school student at Shuchiin.

Even if he sleeps in class, he is still the top student in the grade.

Another identity is a light novel writer under the pen name Kasumi Shiko, and "Love Metronome" is her work.

Like his deskmate Eriri Sawamura, they are both female characters in the anime “How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend”, two-dimensional girls.

After signing her pen name on the book, Kasumigaoka Utaha raised her head and her eyes met Duanmu Che's.

Duanmu Che nodded in greeting. After all, Kasumigaoka Utaha was a senior from the same school as him.

Kasumigaoka Utaha was stunned and looked lost in thought, as if she was wondering who Duanmu Che was. She didn't seem to recognize that Duanmu Che was a student of Shuchiin.

Duanmu Che no longer paid attention to Kasumigaoka Utaha. He walked down the stairs to the first floor and picked up a few light novels from the bookshelf, including "Love Metronome". He was also very curious about the content of her works and was interested in reading them.

I also picked up comic magazines from Hakusensha, Shogakukan, and Jump and went to the front desk to pay.

But just as he turned the corner of the bookshelf, a rustically dressed blonde girl wearing black-framed glasses, holding a book in her right hand, and a brown baseball cap on her head bumped into him.

thump!

The blonde girl fell backwards, her cap fell to the ground, revealing her face.

"Sawamura-kun."

Duanmu Che was surprised that the blonde girl turned out to be his deskmate Sawamura Eriri.

"sorry."

Sawamura Eriri lowered her head and was about to apologize, but when she heard Duanmu Che's voice, she froze.

She slowly raised her head and what came into her sight was Duanmu Che's handsome face.

"Duanmu-san." Sawamura Eriri's face was stiff, and she forced a smile, "I have something else to do. Goodbye."

She stood up in a panic, and just as she picked up her cap, the book in her right hand fell to the ground with a thud, revealing the cover - "Love Metronome"

"Oops!"

Sawamura Eriri's heart sank.

All along, she had been disguising herself as a dignified and delicate young lady at school, hiding her identity as an otaku. But now, she was completely exposed in front of her deskmate Duanmu Che.

How to do?

Would Duanmu Che look at her differently? Would he tell others?

Influenced by her family, her parents are both heavy otakus, so she has been an otaku since she was a child.

She started drawing fan fiction of late-night anime when she was in the second grade of elementary school. At that time, she proudly told the class that she was an otaku, but what she got was the teacher's incomprehension and the ridicule of her classmates, which left her with a deep psychological trauma.

Later, Eriri Sawamura learned that discrimination against otakus has been very common in this society since the Miyazaki Tsutomu incident. Even though it has faded a little in recent years, it still exists.

Therefore, she no longer dared to talk about her interests and hobbies to her classmates and hid her true self.

.........

"What a coincidence! I bought this book too."

Duanmu Che's gentle voice rang in Ying Lili's ears, and he turned on the "Love Metronome" in his hand.

"Hey, are you an otaku too?"

Sawamura Eriri was surprised. Only then did she notice that Duanmu Toru was holding the animation Blu-ray BD, light novels and comic magazines in his hands.

She remembered that Duanmu Che had never talked about topics related to otaku culture at school. During lunch break, he always ate with his childhood sweetheart Kato Megumi and lived a life that seemed very fashionable to her.

Unexpectedly, Duanmu Che had the same interests and hobbies as her.

"Yes." Duanmu Che said frankly.

His frank admission made Sawamura Eriri not know how to respond next.

Eriri Sawamura took a deep breath. Since she had been exposed, she would not pretend anymore.

"Student Duanmu, can I ask you for a favor?"

"Please say."

"Can you keep it a secret for me? I don't want the fact that I'm an otaku to spread around school." Sawamura Eriri said with a hint of pleading and nervousness in her tone.

"No problem, I won't tell anyone." Duanmu Che said with a smile.

He was not the kind of person who liked to gossip, and there was no point in telling others about such things. It would only cause Eriri to suffer a second psychological trauma.

"That's good."

After receiving Duanmu Tetsu's affirmative answer, Sawamura Eriri breathed a sigh of relief, relaxed, and asked, "By the way, do you know where Kasumi Shiko's autograph session will be?"