Male Idol V13c132

Volume 13 Chapter 132 Kirika Kotono, RTA Otome Game Strategy

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Edited by: Kanaa-senpai

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 Today is the day I participate in the real-time attack Japanese tournament.

 [Next is the otome game, right?]

 [I heard Inko is participating.]

 [Sorry, this is my first time seeing this. How do we compete?]

 [↑ All participants start the same game at the same time, and the first one to finish wins. Each team has 2 people: one plays the game, and the other explains it clearly for us.]

 [↑ Oh, thank you!!]

 [! member]

 [Sayamu Inko / Morikawa Kaede, Kohina Yukari / Yukishiro Mikuni, Mayuzumi Shintaro / Shirogane Aqua, Kirika Kotono / Shirogane Kanon]

 [Inko is explaining, so it’s Morikawa, lol.]

 [In a way, her explanations are so professional. Inko is really aiming to win.]

 [Kohina Yukari and Mikuni-sama!?]

 [Why is Kohina Yukari teamed up with Mikuni-sama, lol?]

 [Mikuni-sama is replacing Emily-sama because Emily-sama suddenly got morning sickness…]

 [↑ Take care, Emily-sama.]

 [Having Mikuni-sama replace Emily-sama is crazy, lol.]

 [Why did Emily-sama ask that person to replace her, of all people, lol?]

 [Wait a minute, Mayuzumi-kun is playing!? Not Toa-chan!?]

 [Could it be that Toa-chan also has morning sickness!?]

 [Wait, what?!]

 [I have to make red rice!!]

 [I heard that Toa-chan is pregnant with Aqua-sama’s child.]

 [You guys, LOL]

 [Enough already!!]

 [Nee-san and Kanon are serious, right? lol]

 [RamenHagetoru: For sure, Nee-san and Kanon will win.]

 Hagetoru-san is in the comments.

 I heard about the morning sickness, but I hope it’s getting a little better?

 Please don’t push yourself too hard.

 I sit in my chair and wait for the host’s signal.

 ’Now, please start the game!!’

 I quickly enter my name.

 In otome games, changing my name to Kanon-san or President Atori makes the game way easier, but this Event requires clearing in normal mode, so using special names is not allowed.

 Normally, I would set my last name to [A] and my first name to [A], but that’s too boring, so I picked a last name and first name that can be quickly changed from [A].

 ’Oh, it seems that Nee…Kirika Kotono has named her character Ai Aina. It’s interesting how players have their own preferences, even in an RTA.’

 After entering my name, it’s time for character settings.

 The choices and events change based on personality, so I switch my character’s personality from normal to clumsy big sister.

 Next, I select my birthday, favorite food, and hobbies.

 At this point, Kanon-san explains things on my behalf.

 ”First, about the character’s personality, the classic types are definitely the clumsy big sister or the elegant lady. At this point, Aqua’s internal favorability rating goes up. Many strategy sites recommend the assertive big sister type, but while the internal rating skyrockets, the choices that come with it are a bit tough, you know? The birthday event is usually set during the summer break, which is when events are guaranteed to happen, but they went with the New Year instead. The favorite food is meat, and the hobbies include training and running, which means there are lots of events to meet Aqua and boost the favorability rating. They really did their research on this.”

 Kanon-san explains it really quickly and well.

 I don’t want to push Kanon-san, who is pregnant, too hard, but she is the only one in this world who can keep up with my speed. Kanon-san knows that too and said she wanted to do it herself.

 After the character setting, it’s time for the appearance setting.

 For the appearance setting, I max out the chest size in an instant. That’s good enough.

 The bigger the chest, the better, right?

 I start the game.

 [This is impossible for Inko to win]

 [The pressure is just different]

 [This is what a capable woman really looks like]

 [Sorry. Kanon-sama is probably saying really helpful things, but she’s talking so fast that I can’t keep anything in my head]

 [RamenHagetoru: Kanon, you’re amazing]

 [Why are Kohina Yukari and Mikuni-sama fighting during the character setting stage? lol]

 [↑ They’re playing a different game over there]

 [Mayuzumi-kun and Aqua-sama’s stream is really heartwarming]

 After the game starts, I skip all the conversations with full effort.

 Once the conversation ends, I quickly open the options menu and click on auto-dash, skip all conversations, and turn off movies, voices, and music.

 This saves a lot of unnecessary hassle.

 ”The key point is that you not only turned off the movies but also the music and voice options. This makes the loading time a few seconds faster. It might seem like a small difference in each scene, but by the time you finish the game, you can save almost a minute, which is pretty significant.”

 The first week is like a prologue, so there’s really nothing much to do.

 If I had to focus on something, it would be saving money instead of going to hobby training.

 ”Whoa, Kirika Kotono has cleared the prologue the fastest! Sayamu Inko is right behind her! A little later, Kohina Yukari also clears the first prologue! Mayuzumi-kun, do your best!”

 Once the prologue ends and the real game starts, I immediately head to the Training Room.

 I need to meet Aqua-san to earn some favor points.

 When I arrive at the floor with the Training Room in the Beryl headquarters, I first go to the snack area to check if the bananas are out and trigger the replenishment event.

 This event only happens during work hours, and since there’s another main event in the afternoon, I have to trigger it in the morning for sure.

 I buy the most expensive banana, and on my way back, I stop by a lingerie shop to buy some training clothes.

 ”Here’s another point. When it comes to training wear, you usually go to a sports shop, but this training wear can only be bought at a lingerie shop. However, this means you’re almost out of money now.”

 After restocking on bananas, I head to training and complete the encounter event with Aqua-san.

 From here on, there are scenes where mistakes are not allowed.

 ”You can choose which training menu to pick, but by following the same routine as Aqua, you can increase your favorability by 1.2 times. What’s important here is the initial status of your breast size and the training outfit. If they’re big, they bounce, which means you can earn more points. The training wear you bought earlier, called Chijyo Kunkakunka, or CK for short, can really boost your points. But, if your breast size is too big, the difficulty of the mini-games increases a lot.”

 I clear the mini-games in the training menu one after another.

 Because of this, Aqua-kun’s favorability limit reaches the daily maximum.

 [Oh no. The last combo is too strong.]

 [Inko is doing her best, but the enemies are too strong.]

 [This is like, Nee-san and Kanon-sama are playing a different game.]

 [Huh? Did Nee-san’s unstoppable mode just start?]

 [RamenHagetoru: Kanon, you’re amazing.]

 [Nee-san is amazing too.]

 [↑ What’s this?]

 [↑ Watch the stream of Aqua-sama and Mayuzumi-kun. Aqua-sama is endlessly praising Mayuzumi-kun, it’s hilarious!]

 [The stream of Mayuzumi-kun and Aqua-sama is crazy. Aqua-sama is even more lenient than in the otome game.]

 [On the other hand, Kohina Yukari and Mikuni-sama are having a friendly fight.]

 [Kohina Yukari: “Isn’t your son weird!? Why isn’t his favorability going up with this!?” Mikuni-sama: “Huh!? It’s because you keep picking strange choices! You should have been more lenient earlier!” Kohina Yukari: “Why! Normally, you would stick your tongue out and tease him there, right!?” Mikuni-sama: “You’re the only one who would do that to Aqua-kun!!”]

 [↑ LOL]

 [↑ Meanwhile… Mayuzumi-kun: “Um, I’ll go home right after work.” Aqua-sama: “Shintaro, you’re amazing. That serious side of yours is a big plus for me.” Mayuzumi-kun: “Leave it to me, best friend.” Aqua: “You’re amazing.” → His favorability didn’t go up because he went home early.]

 [↑ LMAO]

 [The stream with Mayuzumi-kun and Aqua-sama is too funny!]

 [RamenHagetoru: Mayuzumi-kun is raising the favorability of the real Aqua-sama, not the one from the otome game, so it’s fine.]

 [↑ Are you a genius or what?]

 [Only Mayuzumi-kun has started a real Aqua-sama speedrun, and it’s hilarious!]

 [↑ He might already be at max popularity and has fallen for him.]

 [Wait, there are too many streams I want to watch!]

 [I have 4 windows open, but Kohina Yukari’s stream and Inko’s stream are too loud, plus Aqua-sama keeps saying “You’re amazing,” and Kanon-sama’s fast-paced explanation sounds like a chant, making it super chaotic.]

 Ugh! I just glanced at the comments.

 I didn’t expect there to be such a trap!

 Aqua-san’s stream looked really interesting, but I held back and focused on the game.

 ”Already, the affection points from Aqua today have exceeded the limit, and it seems like the overflowed numbers are being cut off. This is the key point. Look, an event is about to happen!”

 Just as Aqua-san and I stepped out of the Training Room, I slipped on a banana peel that was on the floor and fell.

 ”Okay, here’s the event. Because we bought a banana earlier, the wild Kaede-senpai’s banana peel is placed right in front of the Training Room, and it triggers the event when we come out. Also, events where skin touches skin really boost affection points, but if it happens when we’re all sweaty after training, the overflowed affection points can cause a bug. Plus, choosing the natural trait of being clumsy with banana peels during character setup is also a key point.”

 Alright! Everything went perfectly. I did a fist pump in my mind.

 The affection points overflowed for the second time, causing the numbers to glitch and max out the affection points.

 [You’re explaining it normally, but I have no idea about that!]

 [RamenHagetoru: Kanon, you’re amazing!]

 [The clearable Nee-san is awesome, but you explaining it is even more amazing!]

 [The admins of the strategy site are shocked too.]

 [As expected! The strategy team is at a loss. Normally, affection points definitely go up in the morning after the prologue, and parameters are easier to increase, so events with Aqua-sama happen, and no one goes to buy bananas.]

 Since this has happened, I no longer need to go to the Training Room.

 I sell all the training clothes and items I bought and go eat Yakiniku.

 ”Kobayakawa-san said it too, right? Just smoke the meat, and eating undercooked meat here will give you a stomachache.”

 With the status of feeling unwell, I choose to [go to work] without hesitation.

 Of course, after going to work, I pick high fatigue Events for both the morning and afternoon, and even do overtime.

 ”Ah, I see now.”

 Kanon-san nods repeatedly.

 It seems Kanon-san has noticed my intention.

 [Ah, I see now ← Sorry, I don’t get what you mean.]

 [RamenHagetoru: Kanon, you’re amazing!]

 [Kanon-sama is so incredible that Hagetoru has completely turned into a broken radio, lol.]

 [↑ Aqua-sama is like that too, so it’s okay.]

 [What on earth are we being shown…]

 [Breaking news, Inko, because she’s too used to the usual hard mode, she’s confused by the normal version’s difficulty and ended up starting a conversation with the invisible Wild Morikawa Kaede and the invisible Wild Kohina Yukari.]

 [↑ Damn, I’m curious about that too.]

 [It was supposed to be the fastest strategy for an otome game, but everyone is acting weird, lol.]

 [↑ It can’t be helped. It’s an otome game after all!]

 [The darkness of this game that created the mysterious genre called otome game is deep.]

 On the 2nd and 3rd days, by repeating the same strain, the protagonist collapses while working.

 This triggers the hospitalization Event.

 ”The point is that when you’re working with Aqua, you fall down. Since the favorability has overflowed, he will definitely come to visit. This way, even if you’re not at work, you can maintain the favorability through the hospital visit event.”

 The main point of being hospitalized is just one thing: getting out early.

 By leaving early, I will still have the debuff of being unwell, but for an RTA, this is just a buff.

 I keep using the debuff of being unwell to collapse in front of Aqua-san and get hospitalized over and over again.

 This makes my schedule go super fast.

 [What are we even being shown?]

 [Oh, so this is an otome game.]

 [Kanon-sama, if you’re nodding the whole time, it means you know this method too.]

 [RamenHagetoru: Kanon, you’re amazing!]

 [At this point, she’s already in first place by a landslide.]

 [This is crazy!!]

 [The developer’s mouth is hanging open. This bug must have been unexpected…]

 [Even the real Aqua-sama is just repeating “You’re amazing!” every time Mayuzumi-kun picks an option. This is also a bug, right? lol]

 [↑ That’s true lol]

 [Inko’s stream is kind of bugged, right?]

 [↑ Remembering her hard mode, Inko started crying, so everyone is comforting her! You should stop slacking off here and go water Inko like Morikawa!]

 [Kohina Yukari and Mikuni-sama, what’s up? You were just fighting, but now you’re both despairing together.]

 [↑Kohina Yukari: “Well then, you choose the options instead!” Mikuni-sama: “Alright. Leave it to me.” So, Mikuni-sama got defeated, and after that, Kohina Yukari teased her, and they started fighting again. But even when Kohina Yukari made a choice, Aqua-sama’s affection level dropped. Before they knew it, the two of them were happily playing the game together ← Here we are now.]

 [↑ I was moved.]

 [After all, it’s an otome game. Even the fights between Kohina Yukari and Mikuni-sama can’t stop it.]

 [Sorry. Today, Inko, who was almost crying and getting comforted by everyone while playing the game, is super cute.]

 I kept repeating this until mid-December, and I decided to stop my early discharge and just leave normally.

 Because of this, even though I had taken a few months off from work, I could handle Christmas, the big Hizume event, New Year’s, and my birthday event all in a row. I was able to overflow my affection level even more.

 Then, on top of these 4 back-to-back events, I moved, which made me super tired again, and I went to eat Yakiniku with Kobayakawa-san, which was just smoke.

 ”Perfect random number adjustment and status management. Every choice and action is really efficient. You can tell a lot of preparation went into this play. Normally, if you just play, you might run out of money during the New Year’s events or have to skip some events. But by being in the hospital and saving money, you can do all the events. Plus, we managed to move perfectly. Everyone, look at the money. We only have 92 yen left. And we still completed the move.”

 I was hospitalized again, and without ever going to work, I headed towards the ending just by attending Aqua-san’s hospital visit event.

 [You guys are the real winners]

 [RamenHagetoru: Kanon, you’re amazing]

 [No one can beat you]

 [I’m not trying to pick a fight, but I’m really sorry for challenging the real deal!]

 [Starting tomorrow, I’m done calling myself the strategy team]

 [It’s all about the Verification Team]

 [The level is different, and so are the skills as actors. Is this the real deal?]

 [Everyone else is still stuck in the New Year’s holiday, lol]

 [I’ve never seen anything like this]

 [8888888]

 [It was really amazing]

 [It was a strategy worthy of an RTA]

 [Shouldn’t the 4 of us from the Verification Team have done the RTA instead?]

 [Only Kanon-sama can compete with Nee-san]

 It’s true, if it’s Kanon-san, she might be able to clear it even faster than this.

 I glance at Kanon-san sitting next to me.

 ”Kanon-san, thank you for the explanation. By the way, what would you have done?”

 Kanon-san shows a slight thinking pose.

 ”If it were me, I’d go for the elegant lady type in the first choice. I can’t say much since no one has done it yet, but this type can evolve into a sheltered princess type, so I’d use that to enter the early ending route before the New Year’s Christmas. I think this is a bug that the official side didn’t expect. So, I can’t say more about it here.”

 Whaaaaaaat!?

 S-So, there was a route like that!?

 I’m shocked by the mysterious route that I haven’t explored either.

 [RamenHagetoru: Kanon, You’re amazing!]

 [You’re amazing!]

 [Seriously, you’re amazing!]

 [For real, you’re amazing!]

 [The competition is really intense!]

 [You guys are amazing!]

 [Kanon, you’re amazing. Kanon, you’re amazing. Kanon, you’re amazing. Kanon, you’re amazing. Kanon, you’re amazing. Kanon, you’re amazing. Kanon, you’re amazing. Kanon, you’re amazing. Kanon, you’re amazing. Kanon, you’re amazing. Kanon, you’re amazing. Kanon, you’re amazing. Kanon, you’re amazing. Kanon, you’re amazing. Kanon, you’re amazing. Kanon, you’re amazing. Kanon, you’re amazing. Kanon, you’re amazing.]

 [Stop it, the comments are going crazy with “you’re amazing”!]

 [What is this? lol]

 [The Verification Team is definitely the strongest.]

 [Tashinami-chan, great victory.]

 [↑ This is the correct way to use it.]

 Hehe, I can’t believe there are still faster ways to clear this. As an otome game fan, I feel like my research is going to get even better.

 Tashinami-san, you’re really amazing. I whispered that in my heart.

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