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

Aki Tomoya quickly ran over and picked up the hat, explaining, "That's not how it happened. The hat just happened to fly up and then swept past me as I was riding my bike. It rolled all the way down the slope before I was able to pick it up."

He then handed the hat to Kato Megumi, saying, "Kato-san, throw it again."

"Okay."

The good-natured Kato nodded.

Then... once, twice, three times, the hat stopped rolling several meters each time.

There's nothing I can do about it; this white beret is a soft hat meant for girls, not a paper airplane that you can just breathe on and it will fly far away.

"Mr. Ethics, if this is just a farce, I'm going home now."

Kasumigaoka Utaha glared angrily at him with her wine-red eyes, almost making Aki Tomoya instinctively prepare to kneel and beg for forgiveness.

"No, senior, let me explain..." Aki Tomoya apologized repeatedly, his face flushed. "One more time, the last time, I'll throw it this time."

As he spoke, Aki Tomoya reached out and took the beret, then threw it with all his might. The result was obvious: the hat didn't roll far before falling to the side of the road.

"Could it be the wind?" Kato reminded her from the side. "When I met Aki during spring break, a gust of wind blew my hat away, which is why Aki picked it up."

Aki Tomoya nodded as if grasping at a straw: "That's right, there was indeed a gust of wind at that time."

"I'm sorry, Ethn-kun. I checked the weather forecast this morning before I left home." Kasumigaoka Utaha crossed her arms. "Today is supposed to be a beautiful, sunny day."

The weather... So, can I go back now?

"Senior, please, give me another chance!" Aki Tomoya cried, "The wind might pick up soon."

"How could anyone..."

Before Kasumigaoka Utaha could finish speaking, a gust of wind swept through the street, ruffling the two girls' hair and blowing away the hat that Kato had just picked up.

"Oh, my hat..."

"Look, senior, the wind is picking up!"

Aki Tomoya was overjoyed, and at the same time pointed to Kato, who was fixing his hair and had a slightly troubled expression: "This is the scene I saw that day."

Kasumigaoka Utaha calmly tidied a strand of hair from her forehead: "...Ethics-kun, did you record it?"

Aki Tomoya was silent for two seconds, then immediately realized: "...Wait, the hat!"

He hopped on his bicycle and hurried after the white beret that was slowly rolling down the slope and was almost at the bottom.

Fortunately, berets aren't leaves, so they won't be swept away by the wind for kilometers.

Aki Tomoya rode his bicycle down the slope and soon arrived at the spot where the beret had fallen. He stopped his bike and was about to bend down to pick up the hat when, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw a flash of gold.

Aki Tomoya turned his head in surprise, but his expression immediately froze: "Eriri? And that's... Kitahara-kun? Why are they acting so intimately?"

P.S.: Why are people complaining about Airi being a giant cat every day? Didn't we say before that she hadn't developed yet? The timeline is before Oni X.

Chapter 181 Onii-chan?

Aki Tomoya watched the two from afar, his eyes filled with complex emotions and a sense of bewilderment. Then, remembering the phone call he had made not long ago that had been hung up on, his face darkened.

Your childhood friend suddenly cancels their meeting, only to appear on a date with a classmate from school... This plot sounds so familiar, which book is it from?

Seeing that the two figures were about to disappear at the other end of the street, Aki Tomoya looked back at Kasumigaoka Utaha and Kato Megumi who were still waiting for him at the top of the hill. He hesitated for a few seconds, then gritted his teeth, not even having time to pick up his hat from the ground, and pedaled to chase after the two.

He recalled that on Friday, when his gaming club activity ended, Kasumigaoka Utaha and Eriri, whom Kitahara Sosuke had invited to stay, had vaguely overheard them discussing the game that Kitahara Sosuke had shown him last time.

The upperclassman and Eriri decided to join his game development, and Aki Tomoya couldn't stop them. After all, even he couldn't restrict other people's time outside of club activities.

That would only be a pointless waste of his goodwill towards the two of them.

As long as it doesn't affect the progress of his game development, he'll turn a blind eye. But now... Eriri actually skipped their club activities for this guy?

No!

Not yet!

As Aki Tomoya rode his bike, he pushed up his glasses on the bridge of his nose. The lenses reflected a white light, making it impossible to see his eyes.

Eriri's personality is troublesome, but her game is currently in a critical stage of production, and Eriri's drawing skills are very important to her, so she can't give up.

Aki Tomoya was not oblivious at all; he was well aware of his advantages. So far, Eriri and Kasumigaoka Utaha, who were beside him, had been adorned with his flags.

The senior student carries the banner of being almost a savior and giving her work a new lease on life, while Eriri carries the banner of being his childhood friend and some other flags. That's why he was able to take a proposal that was practically worthless and invite the top illustrators and light novel authors in the entire academy to join his club and help him make the game.

Why not look for someone else?

Because he knew very well that apart from his senior and Eriri, no one would be interested in something that seemed like children playing house, and those two weren't interested in the club itself, but in Aki Tomoya himself.

However, it must be admitted that Kitahara Sousuke's appearance greatly affected his plans. His game script was truly excellent, enough to attract top illustrators and writers to join his team.

Aki Tomo couldn't stop it either; he knew how attractive a good game would be to Eriri and Kasumigaoka Utaha.

Eriri appears to be the ace of the academy's art club, but in reality, she is the doujinshi master, Eri Kashiwagi. But which doujinshi author doesn't hope to make it legitimately?

For the senior student, it's even simpler. For a newly debuted writer, a story with an excellent plot is like poison to the throat.

That's alright, though. With the flags I've planted on them before, they won't just leave my side because of this.

However, today's events have given Aki Tomoya a serious sense of crisis: Eriri actually stood him up for Kitahara Sosuke!

Are they dating? No, given Eriri's personality, that shouldn't be possible. So what other kind of relationship do they have? But no matter what, we can't let Eriri side with Kitahara Sousuke right now. We have to nip it in the bud, even if it's just a hint.

Just like before, when he saw Kato Megumi shopping with her cousin, Aki Tomoya seemed to have a brain fart and said that he hoped Kato would break off her relationship with her cousin.

Does Aki Tomoya really not know what he's saying? Of course he does! Because cousins ​​in Japan can marry, he says that Kato, as his leading lady, must maintain a pure image. In reality, he just feels threatened and wants to nip it in the bud.

This time it's the same, he'll just pretend to be crazy and act silly. As long as he makes a small scene and disrupts their relationship, that's enough. After all, he thinks that in Eriri's heart, he is much more important than an ordinary classmate who was just in the same class for a year in the first year of high school.

He'll just go apologize to Eriri's house later; he knows Eriri too well.

Aki Tomoya rode his bicycle and chased after her without stopping, arriving behind "Eriri" in the blink of an eye.

What about Kitahara Sousuke?

He didn't see him, but it didn't matter. It was better if the other person wasn't there. Looking at that familiar blond figure in the crowd, Aki Tomoya parked his car to the side and called out:

"Eriri? What are you doing here?"

Eriri subconsciously turned around. The girl was wearing a fox-patterned mask. She was clearly stunned when she saw Aki Tomoya's figure, but Aki Tomoya took it as a sign of guilt.

"Who...are you?"

When Aki Tomoya saw the mask on the girl's face, he was also stunned for a moment, but he quickly put his doubts aside. With her obvious golden twin tails and her beautiful white skin that looked like she was of mixed race, who else could it be but Eriri!

"Eri, didn't you say you weren't feeling well? Why did you come here? Were you lying to everyone?"

He walked three or four steps away from the girl, stood on his moral high ground, and began to criticize her.

Is this the famous "catching someone in the act" scene from a visual novel? Seeing the girl's petite body retreat in fear, Aki Tomoya became even more convinced.

If you weren't feeling guilty, why did you run away?

Ellie, standing opposite him, wasn't so at ease.

From the girl's perspective, she was just standing on the street waiting for the idiot Sosuke to buy her dango when suddenly a boy exuding a gloomy aura called out a strange name to her.

Did they mistake someone for someone else?

Kitahara Airi glanced at him, not intending to pay him any attention, but unexpectedly, he took advantage of the situation and walked over, pretending to be familiar with her, and began to scold her.

As the other person approached, muttering words she couldn't understand, Ellie instinctively took two steps back, only to find that he was about to reach out and grab her arm.

Ellie started to panic. She suddenly remembered a news article she and Marina had seen on Twitter: it was said that there were human traffickers who would pretend to know you well on the street and try to get you into their car.

When you are unwilling, or when you realize something is wrong and shout "I don't know him," they will pretend to be distressed and explain to those around them that they had a fight, that they are actually boyfriend and girlfriend or relatives, and then brazenly kidnap the victim into a car and abduct them in public.

Have I encountered human traffickers?!

"If you encounter such a bad person, what should you do?"

Airi tried hard to recall what Marina had told her before.

The girl's face beneath the mask was ashen. Clutching the box in her arms, she opened her mouth without hesitation and shouted, "Onii-chan, a bad guy is trying to catch me!"

The clear and loud voice immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"Onii-chan?"

Aki Tomoya's outstretched hand froze in mid-air. Before he could react, a powerful force suddenly struck his waist, sending him flying.

Chapter 182 Kidnapper Aki Tomoya

Kitahara Sousuke paid and had just received two servings of dumplings from the clerk when he heard a noisy commotion behind him.

Taking advantage of his height, Kitahara Sosuke spotted a boy standing near Airi whose back looked somewhat familiar, and the two seemed to be talking about something.

"Are you a classmate?"

Kitahara Sosuke couldn't quite recall that he knew little about the interpersonal relationships between Airi and Marina at school.

Although it might sound a bit boastful, both of my younger sisters are popular beauties at Seifu Academy. In Japan, a country that doesn't really oppose early dating and where girls can get married at 16, they have a considerable number of suitors. You can even occasionally find love letters thrown in the trash can at home.

Because she was wearing a mask, it was impossible to tell whether the girl was happy or angry. Just as Kitahara Sosuke was about to walk over and get to know her, he saw Airi suddenly take two steps back, and then the girl's clear and bright voice instantly pierced through the crowd.

"Onii-chan, a bad guy is trying to kidnap me!"

Kitahara Sousuke's face immediately darkened. In broad daylight, under the clear sky, how could someone harass a middle school student like his younger sister? How could someone do such a thing to a girl that age?!

While his thoughts were racing, Kitahara Sosuke's actions were anything but slow. He carried the dumplings he had just bought and instantly appeared behind Aki Tomoya, raising his right leg to kick the other man in the lower back.

Kitahara Sosuke didn't use his skills because he didn't want to get involved in any more trouble.

If you accidentally kick someone and cause them to break a bone or something, even though Japan doesn't have absurd situations like in China where "if a thief falls while running away, the person chasing the thief has to bear legal responsibility and pay for medical expenses," the Metropolitan Police Department will still inevitably have to investigate.

Even so, that kick was enough to make the trafficker or harasser feel pain for several days. After that, the police would handle it.

"Onii-chan, this is the guy who tried to kidnap me!"

Upon seeing Kitahara Sosuke appear, Airi ran up behind him, pushed up her fox mask, and angrily pointed at Aki Tomoya lying on the ground.

The onlookers erupted in a frenzy, many pointing and whispering about Aki Tomoya lying on the ground.

"Hey, did you see that? This guy is a kidnapper."