Chapter 168
Walking along the school path, Nozomi slowly tucked her hair behind her ear. She looked at Mineo and said with a bright smile:
"I noticed earlier that many girls in our school were stealing glances at Mineo-kun."
"It seems Mineo-kun's appearance really is quite a magnet for young girls... If I were to take you on a lap around the school, I'm afraid I'd become public enemy number one for the female students in no time."
Seeing Nozomi's teasing gaze, Mineo said with a smile:
"I wasn't really paying attention to the other girls."
"After all, there is a goddess standing right beside me now..."
"If Nozomi-chan were to say that you felt charmed by me, then I might actually get a little excited."
"Eh? When Mineo-kun says things like that, are you thinking about Eli-chi, or are you thinking about Minami-san and the others? If they heard that, I imagine quite a few people would end up feeling sad."
"Does Nozomi-chan intend to go and leak this secret?"
"Leaking the secret? Well, that depends on my mood."
Nozomi stopped in her tracks, then tilted her head up to look at Mineo.
"If Mineo-kun can make me feel happy, then I might just forget everything you just said."
"And how exactly can I make you feel happy, Nozomi-chan?"
"If Mineo-kun could let me experience that sensation of flying through the air again tonight, I would definitely be very, very happy."
Seeing that clever, fox-like glint in Nozomi's eyes, Mineo felt somewhere between wanting to laugh and cry.
This girl—if she wanted to play, it would be better to just say it directly, yet she always insisted on spinning these elaborate strategies.
"If I have some free time tonight, I'll take you out to play, Nozomi-chan."
"But it might be very late at night."
"The time doesn't matter at all!"
Nozomi said with a smile:
"It just so happens that both my parents are on a business trip and won't be home for a few days, and tomorrow is a school holiday!"
"As long as Mineo-kun invites me, I'll definitely be there at the first opportunity."
"But we can talk about that later. We've reached the school auditorium. I expect Minami-san and the others are still backstage preparing. Mineo-kun, please wait here for a moment."
"Does Nozomi-chan not intend to watch the performance with me?"
"No, I still have matters that need to be handled immediately. Besides, if I sit next to you, I'm worried Minami-san and the others won't be in the right headspace to perform well. For the sake of keeping my juniors' mental state in top shape, I, as their senior, am forced to make myself scarce for a while."
After saying that, Nozomi gave a cute little wave and left the auditorium.
Mineo stepped into the hall and headed for a seat in the middle row. Taking off his small backpack, he pulled out his phone and a camera.
At the same time, he took out a laptop and connected the three devices together.
Mineo had planned a big move beforehand, and that big move was a Dimensional Live Streaming session.
By utilizing the dimensional phone's function to connect across the entire 2D dimensional space, Mineo only needed to link the camera and laptop to the phone to realize an interdimensional image transmission.
Didn't Kotori and her friends lack an audience to cheer them on for their first performance? Then he would bring the best audience possible to them.
After setting up all the equipment, Mineo immediately opened the livestream room on his laptop.
After setting the comments to a private mode that only the host could see, Mineo sent a message to several friends on his phone.
"The livestream room is open, it's open!"
"Open your phones, search for Takamine Mineo's livestream room on the webpage, and you can enter."
Last night, Mineo had given most of his friends a heads-up that he would be starting a livestream today, so at this moment, many friends were already waiting by their phones.
The popularity of Mineo's livestream room was zero at first. However, as the mass message went out, a large number of friends joined the room in a short amount of time.
"Welcome, Toriko, to the livestream room."
"Welcome, Nakiri Alice, to the livestream room."
"Welcome, Sakurajima Mai, to the livestream room."
"Welcome, Kasumigaoka Utaha, to the livestream room."
"Welcome, Izumi Sagiri, to the livestream room."
"Welcome, Saitama, to the livestream room."
"Welcome, Kinomoto Sakura, to the livestream room."
"Welcome, Daidouji Tomoyo, to the livestream room."
"Welcome, Nishimiya Shouko, to the livestream room."
"Welcome, Rimuru, to the livestream room."
"Welcome, [Name], to the livestream room."
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In less than five minutes, the popularity of Mineo's livestream room jumped from 0 to 66 people.
However, to prevent identity chaos, the friends entering the room saw everyone else as anonymous, and their comments could only be seen by Mineo as the room owner. They could not see each other's comments.
Daidouji Tomoyo: "Mineo-oniichan, is the performance about to start? I'm really looking forward to it..."
Nakiri Alice: "I say, Mineo, was the 'important business' you mentioned just going out to livestream some girls dancing? You're not looking for a little side distraction behind mine and sister's backs, are you!?"
Toriko: "It's rare for my good friend Mineo-kun to start a livestream, I have to show my support!"
Izumi Sagiri: "Can Mineo-oniichan help me capture some reference material?"
Saitama: "Mineo-kun, when are you going to help me grow my hair back?"
Akakubo Momo: "Sensei, I've just made a new dessert, the presentation pattern is quite good, please give me a critique."
Kasumigaoka Utaha: "Am I being asked to enjoy a performance by girls who might end up fighting over the same man as me in the future?"
Sakurajima Mai: "Mineo, why does the hall look so small? It looks like a school auditorium, and it doesn't seem like there's a crowd around..."
The comment column continued to update rapidly. Mineo felt like he was about to roll his eyes just looking at it.
He moved the mouse and activated the Mute All Mode.
Then, he typed out a message on the keyboard:
"I'm going to enable silent mode for a moment."
"The people performing on stage this time are three of my distant cousins. This is their first performance; they don't have much confidence and are afraid the atmosphere will feel empty, so I opened this livestream hoping you all could give them some encouragement."
"They are still very young, so nobody say anything reckless!"
"After you finish watching their performance later, just give me your honest opinions!"
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