I live my life in Tokyo

"Thank you, Yuuki-kun. I'm really hungry now."

"Wait a moment, I'll go serve Li some food."

Asuna Yuuki left quietly like a fairy among flowers. Sakakibara Kaede did not disturb Koichiro Yuuki who was watching the video. She entered her room from the corridor and changed into loose home clothes.

He turned on his computer and replied in the guild group, saying that he would be online soon. He also opened the bug group to take a quick look at the latest situation and whether there were any modeling and texturing bugs.

"Ah - really, how come I'm like my brother, forgetting about time when I'm working."

Asuna Yuuki knocked on Sakakibara's door several times. Seeing no response, she pushed the door open and found that Sakakibara was currently chatting in the bug group while running the modeling software to experiment with the reported bug.

She walked over and placed the tray full of food in front of Kaede Sakakibara's desk.

Asuna Yuuki leaned forward slightly, resting her arms on Kaede Sakakibara's gaming chair, and looked at the model intently.

"Hey, what kind of weapon is this?"

"This is the reward for the side quest you can take after the Dual Swordsman job change quest. It's blue in rarity. Since it's a piece of equipment you'll definitely get, it's now one of the designated equipment for land reclamation." Sakakibara Feng turned sideways naturally, his blue eyes and orange eyes colliding, "Although there are better equipment, that one only has a chance of dropping when you fight in the Demon Flame Cave."

"There are some errors in the texture of this weapon. I'm fixing it now."

Asuna Yuuki was wearing loose clothes at home, and Kaede Sakakibara turned her head consciously and focused on the modeling on the screen.

The girl noticed the young man's gaze and felt goose bumps running through her body. She had never had such a reaction after being stared at by anyone before. She seemed to be sucked into those blue pupils.

Once again, she realized that she was living with the actor-singer that her classmates admired.

It has been a long time since Yuuki Asuna heard her classmates praising actor Sakakibara at school. What's more, Sakakibara had once filmed a graduation commercial at their school. It can be said that every freshman who has just entered the school will be told about the great achievements of actor Sakakibara by seniors.

Besides hearing the news, the female classmates would watch the video clips of actor Sakakibara's acting skills over and over again every day, drooling or giggling into their phones from time to time.

The boys all emphasized that they praised Sakakibara Kaede because of his character and personality, as if everyone had communicated with Sakakibara Kaede during the time when he entered the school to shoot commercials.

Living under the same roof with Sakakibara Kaede, Yuuki Asuna personally felt the approachable side of the young actor.

The people who cooked with Yuuki Asuna that day were all famous actors and idols in the industry, but like Sakakibara-senpai, they were approachable and just like her, they laughed and chatted like ordinary girls.

It turns out he's not as out of reach as he seems on TV.

The personas of actors and singers gradually fade away, and the star-like sparkling background in the eyes of their fans gradually disappears.

Yuuki Asuna discovered that the person in front of her was just a senior named Sakakibara Kaede. He would laugh, yell, and most of the time he was... quiet.

Humans are social creatures. Sometimes when Yuuki Asuna returns home, she would see Sakakibara-senpai sitting alone at the dining table writing a paper or report. More often, he would hold a book and read quietly, and he didn't seem to be afraid of loneliness.

"Asuna, Asuna-san."

Sakakibara Kaede shifted his gaze and waved it in front of Yuuki Asuna's face. The latter let out a cry and came out of her imagination. She felt a little hot where Sakakibara Kaede was staring at.

"Mitt and his team are going to open up new land tonight. I'll help you complete the side quest and get the weapons."

"Is Qingfeng not going to open up the wasteland?"

The two's names had somehow become in-game IDs.

"Well... I won't go. They're all here." Sakakibara shrugged. "Asuna, don't you want to finish the difficult level earlier? Your teammates in the wild team are unreliable. If I team up with you, at least we'll have a strong tank, right?"

It's no joke that teammates in the wild team are unreliable. Koichiro Yuki did a lot of market research and found that a large number of people are online all day except at night. Except for those who work the night shift, there is only one answer: housewives.

It's not discrimination against housewives, it's their way of expressing themselves... It's really frustrating.

"Ah, okay... By the way, Sakakibara-senpai, please eat quickly, or it will get cold soon."

"Ah."

Sakakibara Kaede agreed softly, and Asuna Yuuki walked back to the corridor. When she returned to the living room, she found that Koichiro Yuuki had ended the online meeting and was loosening his tie.

Koichiro Yuki looked obviously relieved and was now lying on the sofa to rest.

"Dad, did you say anything?"

"No, my father still takes good care of me." Yuki Koichiro seemed to notice what his sister was worried about, and he chuckled and comforted her, "We were just discussing the solution to this market research and the future direction of RECT."

"This time when I went on a business trip to Kyoto, I met a very good professor, Professor Shigemura from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Kyoto Institute of Technology. Professor Shigemura is very interested in the hardware and software development of RECT. The professor's daughter is also playing Sword Art Online. I'm not sure, but the professor may join our project in the future."

"Brother, you are tired. Why do you only talk about work?"

"This is just a sequelae of some stress." Yuki Koichiro sighed, "Father wants to train me to be a comprehensive successor. In the future, I will definitely be traveling around the country on business trips, and I may not be able to take care of you every day."

Yuuki Asuna handed her brother a cup of warm tea, "Really, I'm not a child anymore. I'll be an adult next year."

"Father and Mother have always supported our decisions. If I'm not around in the future and Asuna encounters something she can't handle on her own, she might as well go home to see her parents." Yuuki Koichiro took a sip of tea, taking a long breath.

"I understand. But Sakakibara-senpai will also take care of me, so you don't have to worry too much about me, brother."

Koichiro Yuki couldn't catch his breath and almost spit out the fragrant tea in his mouth. His face turned as red as pig blood in an instant, and then turned pale, like snow flying in December.

"elder brother?"

Sensing his sister's inquiring eyes, Yuuki Koichiro quietly exited the science macho mode and nodded, "I'm relieved that Sakakibara-san will take care of you, but Sakakibara-san has many friends in the entertainment industry, so Asuna shouldn't force herself to make close friends with them."

"Ah, but I'm already friends with Sakurajima-senpai and the others."

Asuna Yuuki laughed and began to show her mobile phone. There were indeed three new friends on Line - Mai Sakurajima, Madoka Higuchi, and Toru Asakura.

"That's good that we get along." Koichiro Yuki stood up, yawned, and walked towards the bathroom.

"Sakakibara Kaede is a very reliable man. If Asuna has any difficulties, just go and discuss it with him."

"Ok."

Yuuki Asuna chuckled when she heard this. She watched Yuuki Koichiro walk into the bathroom, and then began to tidy up the living room and kitchen. She still had some time before her team mission with Sakakibara Kaede, so she was not in a hurry.

The moment the girl turned around, turned on the TV and started humming a song, a black shadow rushed out of the bathroom, opened the door of Sakakibara Kaede's room and then closed it.

"Huh? Did I hear it wrong?" Yuuki Asuna turned around and didn't notice anything unusual.

Sakakibara Feng heard the footsteps and took off the headset. Yuuki Koichiro saw him reporting the latest news to the bug group while correcting various modeling and mapping errors, and the delicious dinner on the table was not touched at all, and he couldn't help but feel a little sad.

If all employees were as dedicated as Sakakibara Kaede, RECT would have soared into the sky long ago.

"Senior Yuuki, you have serious dark circles under your eyes. You'd better get some rest early."

"You're almost the same, Sakakibara-san."

"I stayed up late to study yesterday." Sakakibara smiled softly, "The content of the Department of Economics is really interesting. Studying makes me forget the time."

"I'm moving out in a few days."

Sakakibara Kaede was startled, "What happened?"

"I'm on a business trip, traveling all over the country, and I won't be able to return to Tokyo for a while." Yuki Koichiro put his big hand on Sakakibara Kaede's shoulder, "Sakakibara, I have something to ask of you."

"Is it to take care of Yuuki-kun?"

Sakakibara Feng knew what the other party was worried about, and he said seriously, "I have already regarded Yuki-san as my own sister, so it is natural for me to take care of her."

"Yes." Yuki Koichiro pursed his lips, "But most importantly, I hope Asuna can always smile. Can you do that?"

Sakakibara Kaede smiled gently, "I am Kamen Rider Kuuga, and protecting the smiles of others is my goal. Senior Yuuki, don't worry..."

Asuna Yuuki was listening to the conversation between the two men outside the door. She felt itchy in her heart for some reason, and hurried back to the kitchen, her heart beating faster.

Chapter 16 I like to kill people in my dreams

The departure of Yuki Koichiro really caught Sakakibara Kaede off guard. He believed that since Yuki Koichiro was so passionate about Sword Art Online, software, and code, he should stay in the position of software department director for a few years steadily, and then take over Yuki Shozo after learning slowly.

Shozo Yuki is not old, he is only in his forties, but he has already begun to train his son to take over.

This is different from what Kaede Sakakibara and Koichiro Yuuki himself had imagined.

The young man looked at Koichiro Yuki's departing back and couldn't help scratching his cheek. In the future, without the tough senior in this room, he would definitely feel lonely.

This should not be happy news for Yuuki Asuna. Her brother is away on a business trip and she doesn't know how long it will take for him to come home. It is natural for her to feel lonely.

Although her stomach was a little bloated, Kaede Sakakibara still stuffed the fried meat cooked by Yuuki Asuna into her mouth. She quickly typed lines of characters on the keyboard with her left and right hands, while chewing the Yuuki family's meal for tonight.

The young man burped and pushed open the door with the food tray.

There was the sound of running water coming from the direction of the bathroom. It was Koichiro Yuuki. He had to go to bed early tonight because he had to go to a meeting at the company early tomorrow morning.

As for the furniture, he didn't care much about such things, or rather, he didn't care much about such a small amount of money. Finding someone to take it away and sell it was the most likely option.

Asuna Yuuki sat at the bar, watching TV quietly, with her fingers flat on the bar, tapping them from time to time.

"Yuuki-scholar."

"Ah... Sakakibara-senpai, was today's dinner delicious?"

Yuuki Asuna stood up and smiled. The girl looked no different from usual, and there was no negative emotion in her eyes.

"Asuna... you're so strong."

"Mo, I'm not a child anymore."

The chestnut-haired girl came to the young man, and the two stood in front of the sink and began to wash the dishes. "When I was a child, my parents often went on business trips, and it was common for my brother and I to be alone at home. At first, I missed my parents a little, but later I got used to it."

“Even though my brother and I live here now, this place in my heart is still home.”

Yuuki Asuna pointed to her chest.

Then she smiled softly, "Besides, I have Sakakibara-senpai with me. To me, Sakakibara-senpai is like a brother."

"That's good. I also hope you can treat me as a brother." Sakakibara Feng said softly. He wiped the bowl and put it back in its place. "The relationship between a simple senior and a junior is still too cold."

"We are still comrades-in-arms, um, does it count as friends?"

The young man paused when he heard this, "Yuuki-kun should consider me a friend."

"That's for sure."

Sakakibara Kaede looked at the school girl beside him who was giving him a pure and youthful smile, and he also smiled slightly. When he met her two years ago, he didn't know that he would have such an intersection with her. Fate is really a wonderful thing. The incident of inviting the girl to dance with him at the school festival was still vivid in his mind.

It also caused her a lot of trouble.

"Sakakibara-senpai?"

"Ah, sorry."

"Stop apologizing all the time."

Yuuki Asuna dried her hands and put the phone on the table into her pocket. "I'll be online in a moment. I'll wait for you in the game."

"it is good."

Sakakibara Kaede couldn't help but smile as she looked at the girl's excited back.

In addition to Sakakibara Kaede, the player who is doing the side quest for Yuuki Asuna tonight is Yuki, who has nothing to do. Of course, Sakakibara Kaede has asked the other party on Line before, and also asked Miss Konno. He was relieved to hear that Yuki's health has improved in the past two days and he studies on time every day.

He didn't know what the future would be like for Aiko and Yuki. All Sakakibara Kaede could do was pray for their good health and to be discharged from the hospital as soon as possible.

As for the one person left in the four-person team, Sakakibara Kaede pulled a member of the union. He remembered that it was a girl in the Department of Economics, named Kinoshita.

"Hey, can you hear me?"

"Yes, very clear."

Both sides were clicking on the microphones. Sakakibara Kaede leaned comfortably on the gaming chair and took a sip of boiled water. After the lights in the room were dimmed, the Chuo District and Tokyo Bay outside the window were so dazzling in the night.

This kind of life is really relaxing.

"By the way, Asuna, did Mite say anything to you after he received the CD that day?"

"Ah..." Yuuki Asuna was stunned for a moment, and manipulated her mouse to click on the team application sent by the Minotaur Harukaze. "Mite was very surprised. Didn't you notice that she hasn't logged into the chat room these days?"

"what's going on?"

"Mite is shy. She can't digest the fact that Sakakibara-senpai is Harukaze-san for a while."

Sakakibara Kaede understood and raised the corners of his mouth slightly, as if his prank had succeeded. After pulling Yuki and the one-handed swordsman with the ID name Xiaoqian into the team, he entered a coordinate in the team list.

"But...Mitt asked me like crazy if I was dating Harukaze or something."

Yuuki Asuna whispered softly, and laughed at the end, "I'm sorry for causing trouble to Sakakibara-senpai."

what. . .

One lie requires countless lies to cover it up.

At that time, Mitt's reaction was that Harukaze and Asuna were having a sweet online romance, but when Mitt knew that actor singer Sakakibara Kaede = Harukaze, Mitt immediately smelled something fishy. Could it be that Sakakibara Kaede was secretly dating his good friend Yuuki Asuna?

You have to know that Sakakibara Kaede had filmed an advertisement in their school at that time, and everyone knew that the young man invited Yuuki Asuna to dance, so it was not surprising that Mitt thought about it in this way.

Of course, telling the truth would only bring more confusion to Mitt. . . The fact that they shared a house might be hard for Mitt to accept.