Chapter 270 - Duty vs. Blood
After finishing the recording and exchanging contact info with the girls I co-starred with, it was already almost past five in the afternoon.
Let me be clear, it's not like I'm doing this because I want to.
My body just moves on its own.
For me, picking up girls is like breathing, so I end up increasing my harem without even realizing it.
It's probably that thing, my internal organs' fault.
My lungs inhale female hormones instead of oxygen and exhale pick-up lines.
You could say they're a kind of reproductive organ.
Or maybe my whole body is a reproductive organ. I might be a lost cause.
"...It can't be helped, y'know? Young comedians are stupidly popular."
Unlike idols, we somehow get away with cheating too.
Man, this is really my dream job.
I'm gonna keep doing this for life.
Having finished solidifying my resolve, I cut off the address exchange and rushed out of the station.
Then, just as planned, Angelica and Chloe were waiting for me in front of the entrance.
Angelica was wearing a black one-piece dress and hot pants, an outfit that made it hard to know where to look (though I was definitely looking), with her cleavage and the way the fabric rode up her ass exposed.
Chloe, on the other hand, was in a sleeveless hoodie and half-pants, a sporty style that still showed off her armpits and side boobs, a coordination that made me want to scold her, "Daddy won't allow that kind of peek-a-boo, you know!"
Both of them were dressed like sluts, but since they have the excuse of being 'weak to the heat because they were born and raised in a European-style other world,' I can't really tell them to stop.
About all I can do is glare at the men who cast lecherous eyes on these girls.
Sorry, guys, but they're my private property.
While carrying out an internal monologue that I wasn't sure was an apology or a boast, I called out to Angelica.
"Sorry to keep you waiting."
"You kept me waiting super long!"
"I was so lonely!" Angelica said, puffing out her cheeks as she hugged me. She didn't seem to care about being seen in public at all, and I wasn't really conscious of it either.
Thanks to Sugitani-san's power and his shady connections with Gondo, we can control the gossip however we want, so no matter how much we fool around in public, it's no damage, and all the teenage girls in this town are candidates for my girlfriend anyway.
It took me a while to get to this level of shamelessness, but maybe this means I've finally become more like a Hero.
"Hey now, don't cling so much. It makes it hard to move."
Also, Chloe's glare is scary, so keep it moderate, okay?
She's got my blood in her, so you never know what she'll do.
See, even now she's looking this way with a fierce look... or so I thought, but her eyes were actually calm.
Huh?
Maybe because I spoiled her this morning, her mental state is stable? I let my guard down, and then Chloe walked right up to me and,
"Don't trouble Lord Father too much."
She kissed my cheek and walked off as if nothing had happened.
...It was a surprise attack, and somehow it made her look like the main girlfriend and was pretty cool, and Angelica was clearly jealous, so it was a real one-hit kill.
"Wha, what's with that composure... Just because you're blood-related... Just because you're blood-related!"
Dragging Angelica, who was retaliating with a storm of kisses, I followed after Chloe.
No matter how you looked at it, I was a criminal caught in the act of lewd conduct with a girl under eighteen, but the passersby kept pretending they saw nothing.
'Cause scary big brothers (Gondo's subordinates) were walking in a line behind me.
Occasionally, foreign tourists who didn't know the situation would film our indecent acts, but every time, the yakuza guys behind me would jump out and destroy the confiscated smartphones and cameras.
What an antisocial security system.
"What a peaceful town."
It feels less like peace and more like a town that's given in to evil, but celebrities are basically like this anyway.
It's not that I'm weird; the whole industry is in cahoots, so the TV station people don't care at all.
Gondo's gang has basically become my personal manager training school.
"But man, there really are a lot more foreigners now."
I thought to myself, glancing at a white couple who were getting all excited, "Whoa, Japanese yakuza!"
In front of the convenience store, a group that looked Chinese were chatting happily, and I could also see a young man with an Indian-looking appearance taking a picture of an anime-style poster.
When I was a kid, I rarely met foreigners, but now I run into people with chiseled features everywhere.
Finding an otherworlder among them would be an extremely difficult task, I'd say.
"I'm a foreigner too, you know."
As Angelica laughed,
"I'm half that too, I guess."
Chloe followed.
"The only clue is 'white male,' huh... How are we supposed to search for them?"
That's right.
The reason we gathered here today is definitely not for a date.
It's to capture scouts from the other world who are leveling up against Japanese people.
"Can you sense anything?"
"I'm already doing it, but I'm not finding any particularly suspicious individuals."
Angelica answered matter-of-factly.
"I see... Well, I'm the most suspicious person here anyway... What about you, Chloe? You were in that world until recently, so you should know a lot about the situation over there, right?"
"Huh, you're putting me on the spot?"
"By the time you were sent here, you must have been a decent elite. And if we're talking about young men likely to be scouts, shouldn't the list be pretty narrow?"
"Sorry. Us Homunculi only ever did combat training or got excited fantasizing about committing incest with Lord Father, so I'm not familiar with the Kingdom's personnel affairs."
"...You lived a pretty stoic life, huh."
"Sorry I couldn't be more helpful. But if it makes up for it, I can do a father-daughter incest talk for about ten hours."
If someone talked non-stop about that for ten hours, wouldn't a first-timer think they were an itako possessed by an evil spirit?
Man, she's really useless.
Well, whatever, I'll just think of her as a pure combat unit.
As for information gathering... I'll rely on the JK network.
I took out my smartphone and opened my contacts list.
It had 108 high school girl addresses registered, radiating a volume of worldly desires that wouldn't be wiped away even by ringing the New Year's Eve bell.
This group of 108 was mainly composed of "talents," "trendy girls who approached me on the street," and "Rio's friends," all of whom had sworn loyalty to me.
High school girls love celebrities, and they also have a weakness for bad boys. In other words, if a talent with ties to the yakuza calls out to them, they instantly fall for you.
These days, it's gotten to the point where if I walk down the street, middle and high school girls sidle up to me. I'm living a completely different genre of life from everyone else.
While everyone else is seriously rolling the dice in the Game of Life, I'm on a journey to catch high school girls.
'Hello, Mika? I've got something I wanna ask you.'
'I liked Ayumi from the start too. I mean it. So, can you help me find someone?'
'Yeah, I wanna see Aoi too... Hey, speaking of which, have you seen any white guys around lately?'
'Ah, Rio? You just keep taking dirty pics in the bathroom like always.'
'What? Seriously? Good job, Maki-chan! That's a bingo! Yeah, uh-huh, the hotel will have to wait for another time.'
Information, information, information came flooding in at a tremendous pace.
While being overwhelmed by the sheer volume, I narrowed down the promising candidates.