Crossover Anime: The Heroine's Savior in the Other World

"Kitahara, see you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow."

Kitahara Sousuke packed his bag and, instead of leaving the teaching building immediately, walked through the corridor connecting the two teaching buildings to the place known in the academy as the old teaching building.

Since the new teaching building is large enough to accommodate students from three grades, the classrooms here are no longer used as teaching spaces, but are instead allocated to various school clubs as activity venues.

Of course, applying for a classroom is also quite troublesome. It not only requires approval from the student council and the advisor, but also ensures that there are enough club members and activities.

Kitahara Sousuke took out his key and inserted it into the lock. The lock cylinder, which had been idle for who knows how long, made a clicking sound and opened normally.

I found a corner of the classroom, pulled out a chair, and wiped away the dust with a tissue. Fortunately, it seemed that someone had cleaned it recently, so it wasn't very dirty.

Recalling how Xingyuefeng had righteously warned him that afternoon that he would never bend the law for personal gain, while muttering, "Anyway, it's just sitting empty, so I'll lend it to you for now," the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up again.

"It's true that having someone in the court makes things easier."

Coffee shops and family restaurants are nowhere near as appealing as a private classroom that requires no water or electricity.

Kitahara Sousuke opened his laptop and clicked on a spreadsheet file named 111 on the desktop. It was filled with two or three pages of various things, including novels, games, song titles, etc., but most of them were marked with red crosses.

Kitahara Sousuke first marked several names with an X, then searched for some information online, and marked the documents he had compiled.

Making a living from his past life in the ACG (Anime, Comics, and Games) community is not an easy task. Kitahara Sousuke listed a long list of things he could remember, and eliminated nearly half of them by searching their names.

The remaining items cannot be used carelessly, because it is unclear whether they simply do not exist in this world or have not yet been created by the author in the timeline. Kitahara Sousuke can only verify this by searching for the author and production company.

Authentication skills become less useful at this point. While you can identify the person's information and even their most famous works from a picture, you can't do anything about what they're creating in their mind. If you submit something and happen to encounter the original author, that would be very troublesome.

So we carefully screened them one by one, and actually found that there weren't many things that were truly useful.

"Selling game scripts may not be as profitable as releasing a complete game, but it's faster and less troublesome."

His main goal right now is to alleviate the family's financial burden as much as possible. Although it hasn't become apparent yet, Kitahara Sousuke can sense something is wrong based on Hanako's increasingly frequent overtime work lately.

“Songs are easier to write than game scripts. As long as you can write them and the quality is high enough, they are easily favored by major companies. The problem is how to turn the melody in your mind into a musical score on paper. Music theory is not my strength.”

"Comics and novels... these are things that require a long-term, gradual approach, and they're not suitable for me right now."

Before they knew it, half an hour had passed as Kitahara Sousuke sketched and drew.

……

"Senior, Eriri, that classroom over there seems to be open. Let's go there."

Aki Tomoya turned the doorknob and opened the slightly ajar door. He was taken aback to find that there was already someone in the classroom. He paused for a moment, then realized that there was only one person there, and it didn't seem to be any club activity.

"Rinya, it looks like someone's here, what should we do?"

Eriri asked in a low voice.

"It's okay, I'll go and discuss it with them. After all, this is the first all-out event of our doujin game circle, blessing software."

Aki Tomoya patted his chest and walked confidently toward Kitahara Sosuke, who was sitting at the back of the classroom. He had successfully persuaded Kasumigaoka-senpai and Eriri to join his club, and he couldn't help but feel a little smug.

"This classmate..."

"Ok?"

Kitahara Sousuke, who was typing with his head down, looked up and suddenly realized that there were a few more people in the classroom. The boy in front of him, wearing black-rimmed glasses, was looking at him with a serious expression.

"Um, our club would like to use this classroom for our club activities."

"Use it..."

Kitahara Sousuke was about to say, "What's it to me?", but looking at the other person's face, he suddenly understood the underlying meaning of the other person's words.

"What do you call it?"

Kitahara Sousuke's tone suddenly turned cold. He hadn't forgotten that Hoshizuki Kaede had told him that no club had applied for this classroom, and it was clear that the other party meant for him to leave.

"My name is Aki Tomoya."

Sensing that the other person's tone had suddenly become unfriendly, Aki Tomoya's momentum faltered, but then he thought that such a large classroom shouldn't be occupied by one person.

"An Yi, which club are you talking about?"

"It's a doujin game circle I founded called Blessing Software."

“An Yi, as far as I know, your club probably doesn’t even meet the school’s minimum requirement of five members, let alone qualify for an activity room.”

Kitahara Sousuke's gaze swept over the three girls behind Aki Tomoya, then he focused his attention back on Aki Tomoya and said in a humble yet assertive manner.

"But this is our club's first activity..."

Aki Tomo relentlessly persisted, saying that if force didn't work, he would pester her relentlessly; he was all too familiar with this kind of thing.

"Hmm, what does that have to do with me?"

"This……"

"Hey, you! Ren is trying to reason with you so gently, why are you being so aggressive?"

"Sawamura-kun? You turned down the art club's opening ceremony just for this club gathering where there aren't even any spots available?"

Kitahara Sousuke didn't even take his eyes off the screen before he retorted.

"No, I didn't..."

Eriri, whose weakness had been exposed, fell silent instantly.

Kitahara Sousuke was also taken aback, and casually said, "So you really skipped your business to play house here?"

"Excuse me, I'm Kasumigaoka Utaha from Class 3-A. There aren't any other open classrooms on this floor. Could we share one?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha tugged at the slightly agitated blonde-haired loser beside her. Unlike Eriri, she didn't miss the rudeness in Aki Tomoya's tone, so she reorganized her words and made a request to him in a consultative tone.

"Okay, senior, please go ahead and do as you please, don't worry about me."

Kitahara Sosuke nodded, ignoring Aki Tomoya, whose face was grim.

Chapter Fourteen: Why don't you go buy a lottery ticket?

Although there were a few more people in the classroom, it did not affect Kitahara Sousuke's train of thought. Rather, the performance of Aki Tomoya and the others, which resembled a theatrical performance, brought him some relief.

"Mr. Ethics, is this what you call a project proposal?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at the two thin pages of white paper, which contained only a few lines of text besides the three crooked words "project proposal," crumpled them up, and threw them into the trash can.

"Senior--"

Aki Tomoya rushed over and picked up his hard work, which had been crumpled into a ball.

“I understand the situation. Aki-kun wants us to design a visual novel game based on the day you and Kato met, right?”

Kasumigaoka Utaha rubbed her aching temples, unsure how to organize her thoughts.

"Mr. Ethics, let me be blunt: give up. You don't have that talent."

"But……"

"Rinya, I also think Kasumigaoka is right, let's forget about it."

Eriri, who had just seen the appalling contents of the proposal, nodded in agreement.

"Script, concept art, voice acting, programming, post-production, marketing. Making a game is not a simple matter; passion alone is not enough."

Kasumigaoka Utaha stretched out her fingers and listed them one by one. With each item she mentioned, Aki Tomoya's expression became more and more unpleasant.

"That's why I found Senpai and Eriri. If we have Senpai's script and Eriri's original drawings, it will definitely work."

Aki Tomoya spoke with difficulty.

"Let's assume that's the case for now. The next steps, such as the game programming, voice acting, and music, are also of paramount importance."

"I……"

Aki Tomoya suddenly felt his throat was so dry and hoarse that he couldn't utter a single word for a long time.

"Okay, we can learn and do the program ourselves as we go, and for background music, we can find some open-source music online to use temporarily."

Aki Tomoya hesitated before nodding. What he wanted to create was not something pieced together from various parts, but a perfect work that could express his ideals.

But now that things have come to this, after being thoroughly scolded by Kasumigaoka Utaha, he could only nod helplessly.

"What? On the surface, he scolded the other side into being completely useless, but in the end, he was actually helping to solve the problem little by little. This person is really sharp-tongued but soft-hearted."

Kitahara Sousuke muttered something under his breath, and the person sitting in the back almost couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Kitahara-kun seems to know a lot about games."

Like ripples spreading across a calm lake, the sound of a spring breeze rustling willow branches reached Kitahara Sosuke's ears.

"Kato... classmate."

"Huh, Kitahara-kun actually remembers me?"

A rare hint of surprise flashed across the usually expressionless face of the girl with the black bob haircut.

"Ah, it's been so long since I last saw you after graduating from junior high school."

Kitahara Sosuke carefully observed the girl. Her features were regular, her height was neither short nor tall, her skin was quite smooth, and her curves were well-proportioned. She was a very cute type.

Even if a girl like this isn't one of the seven beauties of Toyonosaki that everyone talks about at school, she shouldn't be completely ignored just because she has a weak presence.

I couldn't recall anything about myself from junior high school except my name.

"Yes, it's been a long time."

"You're also a member of this, uh, blessing software club?"

Kitahara Sosuke felt a bit of a headache as soon as he asked the question. Come to think of it, the term "blessing software" alludes to "Gentle Megumi." He had never noticed this detail when watching the anime before.

"Aki pulled me into the club suddenly this afternoon. I didn't know anything about the other members before that."

"Did it cause any trouble?"

"I was told some very rude things, but that actually gave me a little push."

Kato Megumi remembered Aki Tomoya's words, "Kato-kun, your character isn't well-developed at all," and couldn't help but puff out her pink cheeks slightly.