After receiving Iizuka Takeya's text message, Murakami Yuu casually grabbed a shirt from his wardrobe, changed into it, and headed toward the meeting point.
It was past six o'clock, and the neon lights at street corners had all lit up. All objects were tinged with colorful illumination around their edges, showing a completely different side from daytime—lively and vibrant.
Tokyo's nightlife, huh...
Murakami Yuu felt somewhat grateful at this moment that he had transmigrated to a parallel modern world rather than some other world where demons and monsters ran rampant.
Because the former undoubtedly had much lower survival difficulty, and the adaptation process after transmigration was relatively brief.
A familiar and safe modern society—the best!
Ignoring the advances from two office lady-dressed older sisters traveling together,
Murakami Yuu squeezed onto the train and arrived at the meeting point. From afar, he could see Iizuka Takeya and Torizuka Reita, two energetic young men standing shoulder to shoulder by the roadside playing with their phones.
Dressed neatly and properly, they looked exactly like two hosts ready to start work and serve customers.
That was a mistake—he should have gotten the contact information of those two eager women earlier. Takeya might not be interested, but Reita would definitely be very interested.
"Yo."
Murakami Yuu approached and greeted them, catching a faint scent of cologne.
Come on, it's just going out to eat and chat with girls—do you really need to be this flashy and exaggerated?
"Oh, you're here. Let's go then. They should be waiting for us at the restaurant we reserved in advance."
Iizuka Takeya smiled when he saw him and put his phone back in his pocket.
The three headed toward the restaurant.
"Yuu, you're so slow. My carefully styled hair is almost losing its shape."
Torizuka Reita was somewhat dissatisfied and lightly punched Murakami Yuu with his fist.
"Sorry, I couldn't squeeze onto the first train, which delayed me a bit."
It was rush hour with heavy foot traffic, which was normal.
"Well, can't be helped then."
"Reita, remember not to do anything weird this time."
Iizuka Takeya reminded him from the side.
"I don't do that!"
"Didn't you get carried away last time and eagerly try to grab her hand, then get rejected? In the end, even I got looked down upon by her."
"That was only because that girl was chatting well with me and kept smiling at me..."
"That was polite courtesy. You should learn some basic social awareness.
Go read some shoujo manga instead of just knowing how to read H-books and plot-heavy adult videos. Girls who actively throw themselves at you don't exist in real life. Watching too much of that unrealistic stuff will eventually flush your IQ down the urinary tract along with everything else."
Iizuka Takeya shook his head and sighed. As a playboy who never lacked girlfriends, he indeed had the credentials to lecture Torizuka Reita like this.
"I... I understand..."
Torizuka Reita's face reddened as he turned his head to the side.
"Anyway, I'm just support today. I'll help you and Yuu from the sidelines. If you really take a liking to someone, don't rush—take it slow. Follow my lead in everything."
"Got it."
Torizuka Reita nodded and turned to the other side.
"Yuu, let's both do our best. Let's try to successfully select our targets this time and remove the 'virgin' label from our heads as soon as possible!"
Murakami Yuu nodded absentmindedly. He had spotted a familiar face across the street.
It was the club members from Eriri's doujin game club—one male and two females—who looked like they were shopping and seemed to be having a good time.
Thinking of Eriri, who should be hunched over her desk frantically working on original artwork right now, Murakami Yuu sneered inwardly, then withdrew his gaze, no longer allowing that suddenly surging yet indescribable emotion to continue spreading in his heart.
...
The three wandered around and came to a food street. There were quite a few young people walking arm in arm, and occasionally they could see groups of company employees gathering after work.
The evening after a day's work was indeed the time to relax and relieve fatigue.
They entered a barbecue restaurant.
"Welcome! How many people?"
A well-mannered waiter approached with a half-bow greeting.
"We made a reservation for six people earlier. Three ladies should have already arrived."
Iizuka Takeya said.
"Understood. This way please, the private room by the window at the very back. If you need anything, you can call me with the service bell."
"Thank you."
"You're welcome."
The waiter turned to attend to other customers.
The three walked to the private room door and could hear the sounds of girls laughing and playing inside.
Torizuka Reita nervously swallowed his saliva.
Iizuka Takeya knocked on the door with a composed expression.
The sounds inside stopped abruptly. After about three or four seconds, the door was opened by a cute round-faced girl with a single ponytail.
Murakami Yuu's gaze looked past her into the private room and noticed one of them pursing her lips as she had just put a small mirror back into her bag.
"Yo, Yuko. Sorry we're a bit late."
Iizuka Takeya smiled and greeted her.
"Not at all! There are still more than ten minutes before the appointed time. We came too early today."
The girl called Yuko smiled brightly in response. Her gaze passed over Torizuka Reita without any pause, but when she saw Murakami Yuu, she was momentarily stunned.
"Um... Yuko-chan?"
"Ah! Sorry, Takeya. Please come in quickly!"
"Yeah."
The three took off their shoes, with Murakami Yuu entering the private room last and closing the door behind him.
The private room wasn't too large, but it was more than adequate for three men and three women. After sitting across from the girls, tonight's mixer officially began.
"Well then, let's start with simple self-introductions. I'll go first. My name is Iizuka Takeya. My hobbies are guitar and light music. Please take care of me."
He received enthusiastic applause from the girls.
"Next is me. Torizuka Reita. My hobbies are baseball and football. I'm honored to be at the same table with you lovely ladies today. I hope we can have a pleasant evening."
Iizuka Takeya gave him a thumbs up under the table.
Murakami Yuu was somewhat surprised. Seeing how nervous Torizuka Reita looked earlier, he didn't expect him to suppress that emotion at the crucial moment.
Next was his turn.
"Murakami Yuu. I like playing games and staying home. Please take care of me."
A simple and concise statement.
He had come to this mixer with the mindset of going out to adapt to his new environment when he had nothing to do. He wasn't enthusiastic about getting a girlfriend, so having such a plain attitude was normal.
But even so, with his excellent appearance, he still easily earned little hearts in the eyes of the two girls across from him.
Murakami Yuu pretended not to see and slightly lowered his head, slowly sipping the tea that had been poured in advance.
Ignore, ignore...
Next was the girls' turn.
"My name is Takanashi Yuko. I'm a second-year in high school. I like watching movies and eating delicious food. I joined the cheerleading club at school. Please take care of me."
The cute single-ponytailed girl who had opened the door earlier spoke gracefully.
"Sato Airi. I like painting and drama. I usually like to research cooking at home and am working hard toward my goal of becoming a pastry chef. Please take care of me."
This one had very delicate makeup on her face, but even so, she was still slightly inferior to Takanashi Yuko. However, she had a great figure—her assets were practically bursting out of her pure white shirt.
Finally was the blue-haired girl sitting across from Murakami Yuu, who had been expressionless the whole time.
"Tachibana Rui. Please take care of me."
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