Volume 13 Chapter 159 Shirogane Aqua, Customerssss!
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
We, the talents from Beryl Entertainment, decided to play a certain game together with some friends.
The game is called Grand Theft Heart. It’s a crime action game where you take important things from others.
It’s set on a big island country with different towns and streets, and players get to live freely as residents there. Since it’s a game meant for a lot of players, some people play seriously while others commit crimes just for fun.
That’s why this game became popular.
”Is it okay to work seriously in this game?”
Unlike my friend who quickly became a criminal, I worked part-time delivering food and saved up little by little.
Because of that, I managed to open my own shop.
And it’s a super stylish Udon Noodle Shop with a natural wood interior and all glass walls, just like the trendy places!
”Finally… finally, Shirogane Noodle Shop is open!!”
When I clapped my hands, Merry-san, also known as Chacha-san, smiled and clapped too.
Our noodle shop does deliveries as well, so I definitely needed help.
That’s why I hired Merry-san as both an employee and the shop’s mascot.
[Finally, this day has come…!]
[It’s amazing that he’s working seriously in this game and opening a shop!]
[↑I’m glad Merry-san joined the noodle shop.]
[Right?!]
[Just watching Aqua-sama and Merry-sama in their aprons makes me want to order more udon.]
[These 2 are great together.]
[Ah, this place is so peaceful. Outside is just too chaotic.]
I stood in front of the kitchen and used some oil I bought from Tenga Mart.
Tenga-senpai is going to one of the top universities in Japan, and he made a lot of money from smart investments, which helped him open Tenga Mart.
I even heard he opened Tenga Mart No. 2 with a gas station recently, so I can’t fall behind. Alright, let’s do this!!
I stepped outside the shop and used the shop curtain item.
Then, I got a phone call right away.
’Hello, this is Shirogane Noodle Shop!’
’Ah… sorry. Can I order udon for delivery?’
Oh, is that Kanon?
There’s a lot of noise in the background.
[Gun sounds LMAO]
[Where is she calling from?]
[As expected of Kanon-sama, she’s the fastest.]
[She’s multitasking, but how can she make a call in that situation?]
[His wife is in a crazy gunfight behind him.]
I opened the settings and adjusted the sound so I could hear better.
Yeah, now I can hear clearly.
’Um, I’d like a small kitsune udon. What about you, Nee-san?’
’Clean your room properly!! Kanon-san, did say something?’
’Nee-sann! What udon do you want to order?’
’I’ll have a medium niku udon, please!’
’Oh, and I’d like some inarizushi too!’
’Then I’ll order onigiri as well.’
Okay, so that’s one small kitsune udon and one medium niku udon. Plus one inarizushi and one onigiri.
I asked if both should be warm.
[Nee-san LMAO]
[Right now, Nee-san is shooting at Morikawa, but what’s going on?]
[That’s just how it is.]
[Morikawa probably made her mad again.]
[Morikawa, I don’t know what you did, but apologize later.]
Now for the toppings. Kotono wants an egg on her niku udon, and Kanon wants tempura on her kitsune udon!?
No way, Kanon. Putting tempura on kitsune udon is so greedy and wrong….
I only slurped plain udon when I was doing deliveries!
’Um… where should I deliver this?’
’Well, we’re in a shootout with a rival gang inside the bank, so maybe in about 5 minutes…’
’Kanon-san! I’m going to use the rocket launcher!’
’Oh, I’ll clean everything up in 10 minutes, so how about we meet behind Tenga Mart No. 2 at the Abandoned Car Factory?’
’Got it! I’ll be there in 10 minutes. Oh, and please pay in cash!!’
’Sure! Cash it is. I’ll grab it right away!’
Phew. Kotono was having a wild conversation back there.
I decided to ignore everything and started preparing the udon.
[Wow, Kanon-sama robbed a bank just to eat udon, LOL]
[↑ LOL]
[Come on. Robbing a bank just to eat udon? That’s too much, right?]
[No way that’s true! There must have been a big deal going on.]
[Sorry, but I’m really curious about what’s happening, so I’m going to check on Kanon-sama.]
[But Aqua-sama is probably watching, right?]
[Everyone thinks Aqua-sama is always watching, with 2 or 3 streams open at the same time.]
[↑I’m trying to watch 8 streams on dual monitors and it’s exhausting.]
I quickly fried some shrimp tempura and set it in front of the kitsune udon.
Now the item name should be kitsune udon small + shrimp tempura set.
After packing the completed niku udon, kitsune udon small + shrimp tempura set, onigiri, and inarizushi into a delivery box, I handed it over to Merry-san, who was waiting nearby.
”Be careful out there!”
I waved goodbye to Chacha-san, who was getting on her bike.
Alright, getting an order right after opening is a good sign!
While Merry-san is making the delivery, I start preparing the optional onigiri and inarizushi.
”I wonder if someone will come…”
As I muttered to myself, I saw a car drifting down the Main Street in front of the shop.
A police car came speeding in from behind that car.
Whoa! A car chase!
I silently prayed that it wouldn’t crash into my shop, which just opened.
[Who is it?]
[This is a bad sign.]
[Sorry, I can see the future.]
[This feels like a bad omen.]
[I’ve seen that modified car somewhere before!]
[That’s Kohina Yukari’s car! She was told by Toa-chan at Nekoyama Auto that upgrading it further would mess up the balance, but they crammed in a powerful engine, and now it’s acting weird!!]
[↑Oh no.]
[Kohina Yukari, huh? LOL]
[That’s why Toa-chan said not to upgrade it anymore.]
[It’s clearly out of control now!]
Whoaaa!
The out-of-control car is heading straight for the shop, no… it’s not coming!!!
Thanks to the driver making a last-minute turn, the car avoided crashing and slid past right in front of the shop.
[Miracle!]
[We got a miracle! ]
[If it had crashed, it would have been a total disaster! LOL]
[So glad, so glad.]
[Aqua-kun looks happy. I’m glad the shop is safe too.]
Just when I felt relieved, the reckless driver suddenly turned the wheel too hard, swinging the back of the car and knocking down a nearby utility pole.
The falling pole took down a nearby sign, which then hit a bike driven by an NPC, sending it flying into the air. When that bike crashed into the sign, it accidentally landed right in front of the police car.
The police car ran over the bike and flew into the air, crashing right into the out-of-control car that was spinning in front of my shop.
”Customerssss!!!”
With such a dramatic entrance, I couldn’t help but shout loudly.
[No way! LOL]
[That can’t be happening!!]
[↑But it is happening!!]
[Dramatic entrance!]
[Is this the new trend of police car missiles?]
[It’s okay, we just need to fix the front glass, and we can rent chairs and tables. As long as we put up some boards, we can still open the shop!!]
[Good news, Kohina Yukari’s comment section is blowing up right now.]
From the wrecked car, someone I recognized stepped out.
Kohina-senpai, what are you doing!!
When the door of the police car opened, Emily jumped out and pointed a gun at Kohina-senpai.
”You just ran a red light, didn’t you?”
”Huh!? It’s not my fault the light was red when I was driving!”
In this game, you can do anything without getting in trouble, which is great, but saying it’s the light’s fault when it’s red is just ridiculous…
”Um, excuse me, ladies.”
I tried to step in and stop the two of them, but Emily aimed her gun at me.
”Sorry! Please cooperate with us to catch the criminal!! And by the way, this game’s setting is in the States, not Japan, so if you have a problem, I won’t hesitate to shoot regular citizens!!”
Whoa!
Wait, is the States that dangerous?
Don’t regular citizens have any rights?
While I was talking to Emily, Kohina-senpai pulled out a scary-looking weapon from the back seat of the car.
Wait, wait! What is that scary weapon!?
This is a Udon Noodle Shop! Put that dangerous thing away right now!!
”If you have a gun, then I have a flamethrower!”
”Then I’ll counter with a rocket launcher!!”
”Excuse me!?”
Both of you, calm down!!
Let’s take a breath and eat my udon together.
It’s okay. They’re just hungry. Yeah, so let’s chill and slurp some udon together, okay?
”I can’t get caught here!”
”Give up! This is the time to pay your dues!!”
Kohina-senpai pressed the button on her flamethrower.
Oh no! The dough for the udon that I had set aside is going to get ruined!
At this rate, it’ll turn into burnt udon instead of fried udon!
”Customerssss!!”
I tried to shout to stop their fight.
But ignoring me, Emily pressed the button on her rocket launcher.
Oh no! The fancy chandelier I bought is going to get destroyed!
The chandelier I went into debt for is going to break!
”Customerssss!!”
In front of me, the two of them started using their weapons randomly.
No way. The shop that was peaceful a moment ago is now a sea of fire… wait, a sea of fire!?
I suddenly turned to the kitchen and saw that the flames from Kohina-senpai’s flamethrower and the sparks from Emily’s rocket launcher had ignited the oil for tempura.
Oh no! Where’s the fire extinguisher!?
Huh? Why isn’t the new fire extinguisher I bought here?
When I looked back at the two of them, Kohina-senpai and Emily were fighting each other with the fire extinguisher.
”Customerssss!!”
I somehow managed to grab the fire extinguisher from them and sprayed it at the fire.
But it seemed like the wooden interior, which was stylishly exposed, caught fire, and the flames spread too much for the extinguisher to handle.
”This is dangerous. You should give up and escape quickly!!”
”Sorry, but I’m going to make a run for it now!”
Emily pulled me and forced me outside.
It looks like Kohina-senpai, who caused all this trouble, ran away somewhere during the chaos.
[Customerssss!!]
[Aqu-tan has become the customer bot]
[This is too surreal LOL]
[Oil for tempura, stylish wooden architecture, fancy glass windows, and an out-of-control modified car, everything fits too perfectly LOL]
[Sorry, Aqua-kun, but it’s just a game, so I can’t help but laugh LOL]
[Aqua-sama, that’s so sad]
[Good news, Kohina Yukari’s comment section is on fire!!]
[As expected, Aqua-sama has the luck. This happened less than 10 minutes after opening w]
[Aqua-kun, you did bring the vase with the flowers Tenga-senpai gave you for the opening, right?]
[↑Aa-sama really knows what’s important.]
I can hear the siren of a fire truck getting closer from far away.
I was staring at my shop, which was burning bright red, with Merry-san, who just got back from a delivery.
It seems like the building’s health points in the game hit 0, and as the fire was put out, the building suddenly collapsed and disappeared completely.
”My… shop…”
Merry-san, standing next to me, hugged me tightly.
It felt warm… Right, I’m still alive.
If I’m alive, there’s still a way to fix this!!
”Merry-san, I’ll do it…”
When Merry-san heard me, she gave me a thumbs up with both hands.
Alright, if it’s like this, I’m ready to go all in!!
”From today, Shirogane Noodle Shop is done! We’re going to be the Beryl Gang from now on!! We’ll bring order to this lawless street!!”
We faced each other with the sunset behind us.
We didn’t need any words anymore.
Holding hands tightly, we made a pact as gang members.
[Workaholic: Aa-sama is hereeee!!!]
[↑Max donation, woo!]
[Finally, Aqua-sama is a gang member too.]
[It’s a shame because he was working hard. But I thought this would happen sooner or later.]
[Honestly, I think this is good. Aqua-sama, who can make things interesting, should be at the center of things, either in a gang or the police. Luckily, the gang can only have up to 10 members, so Aqua-kun’s group won’t get too crowded.]
[↑That’s true.]
[Since the beginning, Kohina Yukari has been causing trouble, but it always ended quickly. I want to connect the relationships between gangs and events more, so having Aqua-sama join a gang makes sense.]
[The boys are working hard, while the girls are fighting in the gang and police. I was wondering why the boys weren’t involved in events, so I think it would be interesting if Aqua-sama joining the gang increased participation in game events.]
[Mayuzumi-kun, you might get dragged into this, good luck.]
[↑Stop with the flags.]
Shirogane Noodle Shop is gone, but luckily, I still had the delivery bike and my bicycle for commuting, so I could get around.
I hopped on my bike and, along with Merry-san on her motorcycle, headed to the hideout of the Koguma Gang led by Kohina-senpai.
”Kohina-senpai! You burned down my shop!!”
”I had no choice! I couldn’t get caught!!”
After a silly, kid-like scuffle, we calmed down and talked.
To run a gang, you need some starting money. We needed to get that money from the Koguma Gang’s funds.
”First of all, I want compensation for my shop being gone.”
Actually, before I opened the shop, I was tricked by Prime Minister Habu into getting fire insurance.
’Uhihi. The timing is perfect for you! This girl will be your agent!’
Prime Minister Habu… Seriously, Agewa-san is too sneaky as a life insurance lady.
Anyone who has seen that kind of AV knows that if a beautiful woman in a tight suit with big breasts offers you life insurance, no guy can say no.
At that time, I thought I was tricked later, but thanks to the fire insurance I got because of my greed, I should get back about 60% to 80% of the budget I spent.
”This time, I’ll admit I was wrong, so I’ll give you some money. We made a lot of profit too.”
It seems like the Koguma Gang was using Kohina-senpai as bait to rob a bank.
Wait, but didn’t Kaede shoot it out with Kanon and Kotono?
”That was a fake. There’s no way we could win against those 2 in a fair fight.”
That’s true…
”While that was happening, we attacked somewhere else. See, this is good, right?”
Whoaaaaaa!
Amazing. Just the money in this bag could easily build me 2 new shops.
Got it, I think I understand why people say no one takes this game seriously.
”If you’re going to start a gang, you better use your brain.”
”I’ll do it, don’t worry.”
Merry-san and I left the Koguma Gang’s hideout with big smiles.
First, we need a new hideout since we lost the old one.
Next, we should buy a decent car or bike, and we’ll need to get some weapons too.
I suddenly felt like I had a lot more to do, and it was starting to get exciting.
”For now, I’ll stop here. I might stream again after I eat.”
I thanked everyone who came to watch and ended the stream.
Alright, next up, I’m really going to start this gang and gather people!!
I pumped myself up and had some yakisoba for lunch.
I thought I noticed the noodles were a bit burnt, but it was probably just my imagination.
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Edited by Kanaa-senpai.
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