Chapter 20 - Amuse Inc. - Entertainment Prodigy

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After the girl walked away from my desk, no one else approached me. I looked outside again and let out another sigh.

'This is so boring.'

My classmates think I'm some kind of mysterious person, but I just find all of this extremely boring.

My studying and learning abilities are also at Rank S, so nothing here is a challenge for me. On top of that, I'm mentally much older than these kids.

Every semester, I rank first in the entire school. No one even comes close.

Always perfect scores.

Along with my appearance, that's what draws attention to me.

'I won't deny it, being liked by teachers has its advantages.'

I smiled unconsciously, and the girl sitting next to me looked at me. I looked back at her, and our eyes met.

If I remember correctly, her name is Mirai. She's also one of the girls who confessed to me.

How many times has it been now? Around 15? Every week someone confesses to me—it's really annoying.

Then lunch break arrived.

As soon as I stood up, everyone looked at me.

"Hey, hey, he's going behind the gym again."

"Someone's going to confess to him again."

"Wasn't it Karane-senpai who came earlier? I wonder if he'll accept her confession. She's really beautiful!"

Hearing my classmates, I left the room with my hands in my pockets and walked through the corridors.

My appearance is even better than when I was a child. I'm very tall now, my physique is great even without much exercise, and my face is basically perfect. I put any Japanese or Korean actor to shame.

But an appearance like this brings a lot of problems.

Besides frequent confessions from girls, sometimes people are afraid to approach me because of my "mysterious" aura, and some people even take photos of me without permission!

Once, I was walking home and an older woman took a picture of me. She probably thought I was in high school because of my height. What would she think if I told her I was still in middle school?

Then I arrived behind the gym.

A beautiful girl was waiting for me.

Short black hair and big, beautiful eyes. She really has a good appearance and a nice figure, but…

"Kyo!"

"Yes?"

She was visibly nervous. I kept my usual expression, just waiting for her to say the words: "Do you want to go out with me?"

But she said something else.

"Could you help me?"

"Sorry?"

That surprised me.

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After talking a bit with Karane, she explained what she meant.

She had started a project on the internet. She created an Instagram account and wanted to make a mini-series or something like that.

Actually, not just on Instagram—also on Tiktok and Youtube.

Hearing that, I remembered the embarrassing videos I used to see on Instagram, TikTok, and other short-video platforms.

There's no way I'm participating in something like that.

"I'm sorry, Karane-senpai, I can't help you with that."

Hearing my response, she looked visibly disappointed. "I see. But why?"

"There's no specific reason. I just don't want to do it," I answered honestly.

"Hahaha. You're really straightforward, just like they said."

"Sorry if that bothers you."

"No, no, it's fine." Karane waved her hands. "I actually prefer you this way."

"..."

Then I turned to leave. But before I could go, she asked:

"Don't you have an Instagram account?"

"No," I answered immediately.

"What a waste…"

"..."

"What I mean is—you're really handsome. You'd definitely gain a lot of followers!"

"I see. Maybe I'll create an account later," I said before leaving.

I heard Karane give a disappointed sigh behind me, but I didn't care.

'Instagram, huh?'

Creating an account and making it popular could make things easier. Companies would probably come after me like vultures after a carcass.

Speaking of companies, it's surprising that I've never been stopped on the street by a recruiter before.

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After returning to the classroom, I created an Instagram account with the name "KyoEvans." Fortunately, no one had taken that name since it's quite unique.

Then I took a selfie right there in the classroom, making a peace sign with my hand.

I didn't smile—it was just a casual photo.

I didn't add any hashtags or anything, just posted it. I probably should've set it as my profile picture, but I didn't.

Then it was time to go home.

Some people approached me and invited me to karaoke, but I declined.

I'm very good at singing, but I don't want to waste time singing at karaoke.

While walking home—since I like walking—I decided to go to Akihabara by train. Once I got there, I went straight to the novel and manga stores.

People seemed surprised to see me there.

What's that supposed to mean? A handsome guy can't be a fan of this kind of stuff?

After looking around for a bit, I found the section where all 16 volumes of Overlord were being sold.

The shelf space dedicated to Overlord had decreased in all stores.

'Well, the hype has already passed… at least until season 4 comes out.'

The age rating is 14+.

Pretty low for the kind of story Overlord is.

Well… a 4-year-old wrote it.

I couldn't help but laugh.

I put Volume 1 back on the shelf and started looking for things to buy and read. I always buy novels or manga—I want to see if the writers in this world are improving.

'After I published Overlord, many works with the same formula appeared, but they were all terrible.'

Even so, they sold very well.

'That bear suit novel is still only at Volume 8? That author writes pretty slowly.'

Then I filled a bag with the first volume of several random novels and mangas and bought them.

Even though it cost over 15,000 yen, it didn't even make a dent in my bank account.

'Maybe I should spend some of this money. How about buying a new house for my parents? We still live in the same place.'

I smiled bitterly and left the store.

But as soon as I stepped outside, a man with a gentle expression approached me and handed me a card.

"My name is Rikuya Takahashi. I'm a recruiter from Amuse Inc. Have you ever thought about becoming a model or an actor? Your appearance is excellent!"

I smiled at him and said:

"I was waiting for this."

He looked completely confused by my words.

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Chapter 20 - Chapter 20 - Amuse Inc.