Nirvana Top Laner, Reborn Tokyo Girl

Chapter 10, Section 9. Friends?
Seeing the sign on the door that read "Shimamura," her heart pounded, and she felt extremely uneasy.

After ringing the doorbell, Shimamura didn't ask her to open the door for a long time, which made her even more nervous.

'She wouldn't refuse to see me, would she?'

Is she deliberately avoiding me?

Or is she simply not home?

Five minutes passed just like that.

Just as she was considering whether she should leave and try again another day...
The door opened.

After opening the door, Shimamura Yuna cautiously peeked her head out from the crack, only revealing the area above her eyes.

Then, maintaining this slightly cute pose, she stood behind the door and quietly greeted the other person: "Um...long time no see."

It wasn't that I was intentionally trying to be cute, nor was I socially anxious.

Extracting Shimamura Yuna's memories reveals that the original owner of this body had a rather complex attitude towards what happened back then; she was both saddened and somewhat relieved.

She always knew that her illness was a torment to her friends and a harm to those around her.

So when Akari Kujo chose to keep her distance, she felt a sense of relief, though she couldn't help feeling disappointed.

'Now I don't have to worry about how to get along with her anymore.'

She thought she would never have any contact with him again in her life, and she thought she had ruined the relationship with her own hands.

To my utter surprise, I was able to see this young lady with long, straight black hair appear in front of me again one day.

Influenced by her memories, she felt excited, nervous, and overwhelmed.

Meanwhile, Akari Kujo was just as excited after seeing half of Yuna Shimamura's head.

"Um... me."

"Um...you."

She had prepared many things she wanted to say to Shimamura Yuna.

There were apologies, emotional words, and reflections on their relationship over this period.
But after actually seeing the girl, she found herself speechless.

He stood there awkwardly, stammering.

The touching and emotional reunion scene that I had been looking forward to did not ultimately occur.

There were only two girls, one inside and one outside, frozen in place at the entrance, neither of them saying a word.

The air seemed to freeze at that moment.

In the end, it was Shimamura Yuna who took the initiative to break the deadlock: "Why don't you come in and have a seat?"

Akari Kujo nodded repeatedly, as if she had been saved: "Then I'll leave it to you!"

At the invitation of Shimamura Yuna, Kujo Akari entered the house after a long absence.

The worn-out interior and the somewhat dated decorating style—everything about it felt so familiar.

She couldn't help but sigh, "Everything is the same as before."

The only difference is the Shimamura Yuna in front of me.

Compared to when the two parted ways a year ago, Shimamura Yuna now looks thinner and has a more melancholic air about her.

The long period of estrangement left her and the girl in front of her somewhat at a loss for words.

Just like before, the two sat on Shimamura Yuna's bed, one on each side.

But they no longer talk about everything like they used to.

Akari Kujo tried to initiate conversations several times, but the results were not very good.

How have you been lately? Is your condition any better?

"Fortunately."

"Um... are you having a good time?"

"generally."

How's the weather been lately?

"I don't know either, I don't go out."

She was usually quite eloquent and sociable with friends, but at this moment, she had absolutely no idea what to talk about with Shimamura Yuna. Before coming, she had planned to apologize to Shimamura Yuna and get a little sentimental. But now, those words felt too cheesy, and she just couldn't bring herself to say them.

Let's talk about the present. The problem is that the two of us have broken off contact for a while now, so there's really nothing to talk about.

What's even more disheartening is that not only could she not find topics to talk about, but the other person also seemed to have absolutely no desire to talk to her about anything.

The two of them moved from the doorway to the room, the only difference being that they were awkwardly staying in a different place.

'What should I do? What should I do?'

Seeing that the atmosphere had completely frozen, Akari Kujo's brain was racing, desperately thinking about 'how can I start a conversation' and 'how can I break the deadlock'.

Just then, she happened to see a stack of cash that Shimamura Yuna had placed on the table.

So, almost desperately, I started a new conversation: "Um, what are you planning to do with all that money you have there? Are you going out to have fun?"

She regretted it as soon as she said it.

She felt that her topic was incredibly stupid and awkward.

Why would you ask someone for money for no reason?

However, to her surprise, this seemingly silly topic actually prompted Shimamura Yuna, who had been somewhat silent until now, to take over the conversation.

Shimamura Yuna shook her head and replied, "No, no, it's just that I was checking how much cash I had because I needed money."

Akari Kujo asked with some confusion, "You want money? What do you want money for?"

Shimamura Yuna muttered to herself, 'Of course, it's about using money to profit from Brother Bin's suffering.'

However, she certainly wouldn't reveal her true intentions.

Put yourself in her shoes: a 17-year-old girl suddenly goes crazy looking for money everywhere, saying she wants to buy online gambling, and even claims she knows the future and that she's guaranteed to win.
Without knowing that one is a reincarnated person from the future, this seems a bit delusional and is quite worrying.

If any of my friends did this to me, I would really have to submit my story to an addiction rehabilitation organization.

The premise of one's own gambling is based on one's own knowledge of the future, but this is something that cannot be trusted by others.

So she chose to tell Akari Kujo a little lie.

"To buy a computer"

"Buy a computer?" Upon hearing this, Akari Kujo looked somewhat confused.

In her memory, Shimamura Yuna was almost an electronics idiot.

Aside from using her own iPhone, she knows nothing about any electronic products.

She couldn't even say she was proficient with the Apple phone she used every day.

For her, the purpose of electronic products is simply to watch cartoons, TV series, and movies, and that's enough.

This girl, who has always been almost completely unfamiliar with electronic products, surprisingly said today that she wants to buy a computer.

This is really something new.

What do you want to do with the computer?

Although she didn't know why the topic had inexplicably shifted in this direction, Shimamura Yuna thought that 'it's better than the two of them awkwardly not knowing what to say,' so she reluctantly explained her motives to the other person.

"I guess... I want to play games. I want to make money by playing games."

"Making money by playing games? Does that mean becoming a streamer?"

"Well, I guess you can understand it that way too."

Something's not right; it's becoming increasingly unfamiliar.

Whether it's games, streamers, or making money through games.

Akari Kujo is no stranger to these somewhat trendy concepts.

She herself often plays games like Valorant with her friends. Although she wouldn't call herself a hardcore gamer, she can generally understand these kinds of things.

But when these things that were originally understandable became related to Shimamura Yuna, the way things unfolded became somewhat incomprehensible to her.

If I had to say...
It's as abrupt as your mom, who never uses the internet, suddenly asking you to buy her a VTuber costume online.

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