Nirvana Top Laner, Reborn Tokyo Girl

Chapter 107, Section 104: You Have to Go Be With Her (First Update)
Kawakami wasn't talking nonsense.

When you open Twitter, you can see that a large portion of the current trending topics in Japan are related to Yuna Shimamura.

Things like "Shimamura", "Japanese e-sports prodigy", "anime-style beautiful girl"
As you can see, it's really incredibly popular.

Nothing more
The art style is quite different from that in China.

If you click on any topic, the discussions are all like this: "Wow, this girl is really cute! She could totally debut as an idol, right?"

[League of Legends, like Valorant, is also a game produced by Riot Games, right? It's said to be a globally popular game outside of Japan. It's amazing that a game like that can be so popular.]

[She's rumored to be the first female professional League of Legends player in the world to qualify for the World Championship? Incredible!]

Oh no, this is too cute!

Yes, that's the art style.

It's similar to a state media outlet announcing an athlete who has won glory for the country, but in reality, most people don't know what sport the athlete is in, how prestigious the sport is, or how the competition system works.

I knew he was a very talented athlete.

Just how powerful is it?
Anyway, it all depends on the media outlets that publish articles to hype it up, and people don't have their own original understanding of it.

Whether news readers can grasp the content the media is touting, or whether they can glean interesting insights from the news, depends on the situation.

All I can say is that sometimes it is, and sometimes it isn't.

If you can generate buzz, then the general public's lack of understanding of a sport will actually make it easier to create a celebrity through information asymmetry.

For example, in the eyes of those in the industry, making it to the World Championship is just that, it's certainly a very prestigious achievement, but it doesn't mean you're invincible.

But when outsiders rave about it, the situation changes completely.

Ordinary achievements can be touted as amazing achievements, and amazing achievements can be touted as unprecedented and unparalleled achievements.

If someone who knows the situation comes over and explains it to him: "Well, actually, that's not how it is."

You might also be cyberbullied, accused of being arrogant or contradicting others.

However, not all news stories like this can go viral like this.

Otherwise, wouldn't these media outlets be able to completely control Thunder and do whatever they want?
But the news about Yuna Shimamura is definitely going to be a hot topic.

Shimamura Yuna's looks, comparable to those of a girl group idol, certainly played a significant role in this.

No, it should be said that this is absolutely the primary function.

Although Akari Kujo has spent a lot of time with Yuna Shimamura, she has gotten used to her appearance.

But Shimamura Yuna's appearance is actually quite exaggerated.

To put it simply, the idols in those 2.5D projects will have some differences between their real-life selves and their 2D project images.

Especially for those who play loli-type characters in the project, the gap between the three-dimensional and two-dimensional worlds will be even greater.

However, what makes Shimamura Yuna so amazing is that if she were to take on the role of a loli-type character, she could perfectly embody the character.

This is truly astonishing.

Such a striking appearance naturally makes people subjectively believe that Shimamura Yuna is a very capable and powerful person.

This is because only in this way can they fulfill all their fantasies about beautiful girls.

In short, she is beautiful, powerful, and accomplished.

Such preconceived notions lead to the result that these people believe whatever the media promotes.

Fortunately, these media outlets weren't exaggerating too much.

In addition, although League of Legends is not popular in Japan, Valorant is.

So, very quickly, news about Shimamura Yuna spread across the Japanese internet.

Akari Kujo felt a little uneasy about this.

Although she hasn't been spending every day with Shimamura Yuna lately, she has been keeping track of her activities.

She knew that Shimamura Yuna played well, and she also knew that Shimamura Yuna went to the World Championship.

She was initially a little disappointed that no one in her own country knew Yuna Shimamura, given how amazing she was.

In the blink of an eye, "everyone in the world knows you."

This is indeed a rather subtle situation.

After spending some time in the library, she left with Kawakami to go home.

On the way, Kawakami kept rambling on and on about things like, "Wow, your friend is amazing! When you told me about her, I never imagined she could be this good." and "She's making history now. You must have helped her with that, right?"

Even though Akari Kujo usually tries to share topics about Yuna Shimamura with her, she always seems a little impatient and will even say things like, "I'm tired of hearing about this."

But today, he's been so proactive, talking nonstop.

It's really hard not to feel a bit conflicted.

However, to her surprise, at this very moment, something subtle was just beginning to happen.

Akari Kujo chatted with her best friend all the way until they parted ways and went home.

When she returned to her luxurious villa, ready to greet her mother as usual...
To my utter surprise, it was my mother who spoke first.

"Oh dear~ Akari, come here quickly."

As soon as she got home, her mother excitedly called her over.

Then, her mother showed her the phone.

The content on the phone was the news about Shimamura Yuna published by that media outlet.

As her mother showed her the news, she said happily, "Mingli, that kid You Nai is really amazing now! Although I don't know much about e-sports, after seeing this news today, I specifically asked the young people in the company, and they all said it's an incredible achievement, right?"

"I've seen everyone say that Yuna is the first woman to step onto the world stage of this game, and that this game's competition is the most influential esports event in the world. That's incredible, right?"

"That's certainly true, it's incredible." Akari Kujo felt her head buzzing.

She finds everything happening right now hard to understand.

At once.
It's one thing if those young people know about it.

Even his own mother knows? ???
It's become this popular already?

Before Akari could process the information, her mother smiled and continued, "She is truly an outstanding child. Someone who can reach the pinnacle in a certain field must have excellent learning abilities. Whatever she does, she will definitely excel at it."

"In such a short time, she's learned to speak such fluent Chinese and has become a world-class player in gaming. It's hard not to like someone like that." "And on top of that, you two are very close. Someone like that, after retiring from professional gaming, with proper training, could become a valuable member of our Kujo family. What do you think?"

"Mingli, you really have a good eye for choosing friends."

Hearing this, Akari Kujo felt a little conflicted.

Choosing friends based on their perspective?
The mother's words were somewhat pragmatic, implying that Akari Kujo's chosen friends were worthy of their family's status.

She seemed very satisfied with her close, almost inseparable relationship with such an excellent friend, feeling it was a good investment.

That statement still holds true today; Shimamura Yuna certainly seems very accomplished now.

In a short period of time, I learned Chinese to a native-speaker level, and I quickly became proficient in games to the point where I could compete professionally.

but.
In Akari Kujo's memory, Yuna Shimamura was more of an ordinary, even somewhat slacking person than someone whose talent was so dazzling that it made people dazzle.

Based on her past career path, she will most likely end up being unremarkable.

She started to be perceived as a genius, but that was only after she developed depression.

Wait a minute, could it be that this depression really broke through some special constraint she was bound to?

Just as Akari Kujo was having these jumbled thoughts, her mother changed her mind again.

"After that, I'll consider having her as the brand ambassador for our company's products. What do you think? I'll give her a sum of money that's far above her market value to help her get closer to the Kujo family. What do you think?"

Akari Kujo smiled awkwardly: "No, that's not something I can decide. I'll have to ask her opinion. I don't know if she's willing to do too much commercialization at this time. How should I put it, she's actually quite idealistic. Sometimes she's not even very proactive in making money through live streaming. In her eyes, she probably only cares about results."

The mother nodded repeatedly: "I see! A girl with her own personality is also a source of charm!"

Akari Kujo realized that her mother's attitude towards Yuna Shimamura could be described as somewhat fanatical.

But she can understand, right?

On one hand, Shimamura Yuna was her friend, and she talked about her every day. Her mother was naturally curious about her.

Driven by this curiosity, when she actually got to know Shimamura Yuna, she discovered that her daughter, whom she thought about every day, was so outstanding, and she felt a particularly strong bias towards her.

With all the above factors combined, she began to have an additional expectation for Shimamura Yuna.

She believes that since Shimamura Yuna is someone who is so close to her daughter that they can be inseparable, she is also someone that the Kujo family can completely trust to a certain extent.

For a family business like the Kujo family, the significance of a person with strong learning ability, trustworthiness, and competence is self-evident.

However, Akari Kujo thought that her mother was probably overthinking things.

Yuna Shimamura is indeed very talented.

But with her personality, she's probably not the type to hold a senior position in a company.

This falls under the category of personality issues.

However, she was too lazy to discourage her mother.

After all, Shimamura Yuna is not retiring anytime soon, so talking about her retirement now is like watching a show ahead of time, which doesn't make much sense.

Just as she was about to get up and leave, no longer wanting to discuss the topic with her mother.

Her mother suddenly said something she hadn't expected at all.

"Speaking of which, I asked around. It seems her competition starts on March 10th. You should go and check it out in person."

"Although you two have a good relationship, you haven't been in touch for quite some time, so it's inevitable that things will get a little awkward. Relationships need to be maintained, don't they? You went to the location to accompany her throughout the entire competition, which was a great opportunity to strengthen your relationship. I think it was a happy experience for both of you, wasn't it?"

Upon hearing this, Akari Kujo remained silent for a moment.

Then, she sighed, slightly breaking down, "Mom, I want to go too."

"But I didn't have a holiday at all back then."

Yes.

It's the end of February now, and in just one more month, the last semester of the second year of high school will be over.

The school will officially begin its two-week spring break on March 25th.

However, the Pioneer Tournament will start on March 10th.

By the time her spring break starts, the competitions will all be over.

She had checked the time beforehand and was considering whether to go watch the game, but she only gave up after confirming that it was impossible.

When her mother brought up this topic, it felt like she was being asked to rub salt in the wound.

It's kind of disgusting to stick your face to someone's face.

Seeing her daughter's unhappy expression, the mother covered her mouth and chuckled softly.

"Look at how dejected you are. Since I told you to go watch the game, then of course I'm allowing you to take leave to watch the game. Just make sure you finish your homework beforehand. It's only been half a month, so it won't affect anything."

"what?"

Akari Kujo thought she had misheard.

From a young age, her family provided her with an elite education and were very strict with her.

Basically, she was never allowed to make any mistakes in her studies, and her grades were never allowed to be anything other than among the top in the class. Anything that affected her studies would be banned.

This led her to subconsciously form the idea that nothing is more important than her studies.

As a result, at this moment
My mother suddenly said: "Don't go to class, take two weeks off to watch the game."

When she heard this, she was stunned and felt her worldview was shaken.

Seeing the incredulous look on her face, her mother asked, "What's wrong? Are you worried that you'll fall behind if you miss two school years?"

“No, no!” Akari Kujo shook her head repeatedly.

In fact, her schoolwork is far ahead of schedule, and these two weeks have no impact whatsoever.

The mother then asked, "So you simply don't want to see her? You want to keep your distance from her?"

Akari Kujo shook her head even more vigorously: "Of course not!"

So the mother said, "Then there's nothing more to say. This World Championship is her first World Championship, and if you go and accompany her to the end, it will surely have special symbolic meaning for both of you."

"You have to go."

(End of this chapter)