Chapter 10: Game Friends Can't Be Girls
"It's all up to fate now."
"I've done everything I can; I hope the submission is successful."
Kamiya Yu stood at the post office entrance, watching the setting sun paint the sky crimson, and these thoughts continuously ran through his mind. After a moment of contemplation, he hurried home, remembering his promise to the Fallen Angel to change jobs with her; he couldn't break his word!
Kamiya Yu didn't worry too much after coming to this realization. After all, there was a precedent from his previous life: takopi's original sin was a healing manga published in Shueisha's "Weekly Shonen Jump," and it had even won the Manga Kingdom Special Award and ranked 6th in the TSUTAYA Comic Award. The collected volumes had cumulative sales of 1.2 million copies, making it a true masterpiece.
Shueisha, officially known as Shueisha Inc., originated as part of Shogakukan's entertainment magazine department. It now, along with Kodansha and Shogakukan, dominates the Sakurajima Country manga market. The name Shueisha carries the meaning of "gathering wisdom."
"Weekly Shonen Jump" is the flagship manga magazine of Shueisha, featuring famous works like One Piece, Demon Slayer, and Jujutsu Kaisen, as known in his previous life.
If Kamiya Yu's submission to the rookie award is accepted, it will be serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump." Finally, based on reader feedback and ratings, a decision will be made on whether to release a collected volume.
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"Why are you just standing there, not moving? Are you AFK?"
The Fallen Angel, currently at the job change counter in the Valhalla Kingdom's temple, asked in confusion. "What's wrong, Worthless Warrior? Is something the matter? We're about to accept the job change quest."
At this moment, Kamiya Yu was holding his phone, and a message from Yukinoshita Yukino was displayed on LINE. Why Kamiya Yu had Yukinoshita's contact goes back to yesterday.
"Yukinoshita-san, if you don't mind, could you give me your LINE contact?"
"What's wrong? Is Kamiya Yu-san very curious about my profile? Has your perverted side awakened now?"
Yukinoshita Yukino clasped her hands across her chest, feigning fear, and moved quite a distance away from Kamiya Yu. Yukinoshita's LINE contacts only included her parents and sister; she had never added a friend, so she was quite surprised that Kamiya Yu would ask for her LINE.
"No, no... I was thinking that if there are any official Service Club requests in the future, you could message me directly. It would be more convenient that way."
Kamiya Yu was a bit flustered. He didn't often use LINE, as he had always been alone. This time, Kamiya Yu had made a big decision to even suggest exchanging LINE contacts with Yukinoshita.
After listening to Kamiya Yu's explanation, Yukinoshita Yukino's hands slowly lowered, losing her previous cat-like vigilance. She took out her phone from her bag, brought up the LINE QR code, and handed it to Kamiya Yu.
"This is my LINE. Please add it."
Yukinoshita Yukino's voice rang out. Seeing Yukinoshita's action, Kamiya Yu immediately added her LINE.
Yukinoshita Yukino's profile picture was a white cat licking its paw, looking particularly adorable. Kamiya Yu looked at the profile picture, "Mr. Pan."
Kamiya Yu opened the chat box, "Hello, Yukinoshita-san."
"Beep beep beep."
Yukinoshita's phone in front of her rang. She looked at her phone, then typed: Hello, problem child, Kamiya Yu-san.
After Yukinoshita Yukino sent the message, she looked towards Kamiya Yu, wanting to observe his expression. Kamiya Yu glanced at her, a helpless expression on his face.
"Kamiya, Yukinoshita, we can create a LINE group for the Service Club."
Hikigaya Hachiman interjected from the side, offering his suggestion. After both agreed, Yukinoshita, as the club president, created a LINE group named Service Club.
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"Kamiya-san, the Service Club needs to design a recruitment poster. Do you have time?"
"Of course, Kamiya-san, this isn't something you *have* to do; it's just my personal request."
[A cute cat stands on two feet, making a requesting gesture.]
"Beep beep beep."
Kamiya Yu was startled by his phone vibrating. He picked it up and replied to Yukinoshita Yukino.
"Yes, if I can help. Yukinoshita-san, what is the deadline for the drawing?"
Within a few seconds, Yukinoshita's message came back.
"It's really troublesome for you, Kamiya-san. Before next Wednesday is fine."
[A Mr. Pan emoji eating bamboo.]
"Okay."
After Kamiya Yu replied to the message, he shifted his gaze back to the screen and saw that the Fallen Angel had sent a long string of messages within two minutes. He hurriedly replied.
"Sorry, sorry, I was replying to messages just now. Our club president gave me a task, and I was discussing it with her."
"Alright, alright. You made a girl wait so long; you definitely haven't had a girlfriend in real life."
The Fallen Angel's messages came quickly, with a hint of dissatisfaction.
"Never had one. Are you a girl? I always thought you were a boy before. I'm a bit surprised now."
Kamiya Yu was a bit surprised. After all, the Fallen Angel had been very reliable before, and he had always received her attention in the game.
"Stop babbling, hurry up and accept the job change quest."
Gabriel, in front of her screen, stared wide-eyed at it. She now wanted to retract her previous message; she had accidentally let it slip. She had originally planned to tease this idiot a bit more.
"Coming, coming."
After the two accepted the job change quest, they rushed to the quest destination. Since they were in a party, the quest progressed together. The next task was for the two of them to kill a Lava Behemoth to obtain Spirit Stream Grass.
The two were in a dungeon covered in lava, with many giant snakes flicking their tongues in the magma, constantly watching them.
These giant snakes would attack them as they passed through the lava passage, preventing them from reaching the Lava Behemoth's location. Just like now, the two were frantically running forward, with giant snakes constantly charging at them.
"This damn game operator made the game difficulty so hard."
"So annoying, so annoying, so annoying."
Her messages kept coming through the team channel. Kamiya Yu glanced at them and then continued to seriously dodge the giant snakes' attacks. After all, he and the Fallen Angel had already died five times here.
They narrowly dodged the giant snakes' attacks and reached the quest destination.
"Finally! If we don't clear this, I'm going to the official website to complain to the game operator."
"Is that really necessary? I heard from people on the forum that this level is very simple."
"You really are a Worthless Warrior, believing those scoundrels on the forum. Those scoundrels talk about me all day long and even listed 108 ways for me to die."
Gabriel clenched her fists, her expression ferocious. She was about to lose control and confront the scoundrels on the forum.
Before Kamiya Yu could reply, a giant beast appeared in front of them.