Anime Crossover: My Online Romance is Megumi Kato

He's already at a critical stage in the game's development, and he's too busy overseeing the game's progress to spend any extra time managing the band.

It's important to understand that managing a band's artists, arranging performances, and overseeing their activities is not as simple as just having a nominal title; these are only the visible aspects that require attention.

"That won't do." Hyodo Michiru was a little disappointed that Aki Tomoya hadn't agreed either, and when she heard about the reward he offered, she shook her head without hesitation and refused.

“Alan, you can also outsource it to someone else. You know, producing music for an entire game is not a simple task. It’s not something you can do by just composing one piece.”

"Besides, I don't listen to much otaku music to begin with, so it would take twice as much time and effort, which is totally not worth it."

The more she spoke, the uglier Aki Tomoya's expression became. Was his childhood friend really unwilling to even help with something as simple as this? That was incredibly heartless...

He sighed: "I hope you'll think it over carefully. I believe you won't regret joining our club."

Michiru Hyodo still made the same request: "Unless you, Allen, agree to become the band's manager, I can't go to such lengths to compose songs for you."

Seeing that there was still no result, Aki Tomoya shook his head, returned to the table and sat down, looking at the group of people who had come to their senses, and said: "Don't worry, everyone, I will take care of the subsequent production of the game. It's just that Eriri and Senpai, you two may need to put in some more effort."

Speaking of Eriri, he suddenly realized something, stared at Eriri and said, "Oh right, Eriri!"

Eriri looked blankly at him: "?"

"Didn't I tell you about this genius artist back in school?" Aki Tomoya forgot the embarrassment of being rejected by Hyodo Michiru multiple times earlier and began to introduce Hashima Izumi, who was sitting next to him, to Eriri.

Hashima's face flushed slightly as he went out to sea, seemingly uncomfortable with Aki Tomoya's flattery.

At that moment, Aki Tomoya pulled another notebook from the bookshelf and handed it directly to Eriri, excitedly saying, "Eriri! Look at the notebook that Izumi drew. I believe you can also discover her talent. I think Izumi can definitely join us and help Eriri with her drawing!"

"Senior An Yi!"

Upon seeing this, Boshima Izumi's cheeks flushed red at a visible speed. How could she possibly show her sketchbook to so many people?

It’s really too social to die for!

On the field, Yuta Kijima and Utaha Kasumigaoka, who witnessed this scene, both looked at Tomoya Aki with strange expressions, seemingly having overestimated his thought process.

"Tomoya!" Eriri suddenly looked up, glanced at the manga in front of her, and then looked at Aki Tomoya. "What do you mean by this?"

Aki Tomoya was startled by the question and immediately looked at her, "What...what do you mean?"

"Rinya, do you want her to replace me as the club's art director?" Eriri raised an eyebrow and asked, controlling her emotions.

As soon as she said that, the air in the room became heavy, and even the usually carefree Michiru Hyodo consciously shut her mouth.

Yuta Kijima watched everything unfold on the field, sighed, and realized it was unavoidable.

Only Shiwa-senpai seemed unaffected, crossing her arms and watching the reactions of everyone in the room with great interest. When she saw Kijima Yuta, their eyes met.

The senior student winked playfully, completely oblivious to the tense atmosphere on the field.

After a moment, Aki Tomoya adjusted his glasses and asked, puzzled, "Eri, I think it must be quite tiring for you to be in charge of the art all by yourself. Besides, Izumi's talent is no less than yours. I can help you. Why are you saying such strange things when you haven't even looked at Izumi's sketchbook?"

"Senior Aki..."

After seeing the atmosphere on the field, Hashima realized that everything that was happening was related to him. He quickly lowered his head and tugged at Aki Tomoya's sleeve, trying to stop him from adding fuel to the fire.

Aki Tomo ignored her. Even though he hadn't done anything wrong, Eriri started throwing a tantrum. He had experienced this willful personality of hers back in elementary school.

Eriri, seeing that Aki Tomoya was still saying the same thing, suppressed her anger and opened the document in front of her to look through it.

Surprisingly, Eriri finished reading it quickly without saying a word. She simply lowered her head and silently put the notebook back on the table.

This strange reaction puzzled Aki Tomoya. Had he finally understood the talent of Hashima Sailing? Or had he simply watched too quickly and missed the highlights?

"Eri, how did you feel after reading it? Do you want to watch it again carefully?"

Aki Tomoya picked up the notebook in front of Eriri and handed it to her again, wanting Eriri to read it carefully one more time.

For an otaku like him, being able to successfully spread his faith would be an immense blessing, especially since his journey to Bo Island was initiated by his missionary game that led him into the creative industry.

Unfortunately, Eriri didn't seem to understand Aki Tomoya's "good intentions." With her eyes lowered, she looked at the outstretched hand in front of her and felt a surge of irritation.

"Snapped!"

A clapping sound broke the tense atmosphere, shattering the carefully maintained facade.

Eriri slapped the notebook that Aki Tomoya was holding out his face away, and it happened to fly in front of Kijima Yuta.

He looked left and right, then looked down at the notebook in front of him. Could it be that there was something evil inside that even Eriri's Dao heart was shattered?

Chapter 183 Rescue

Everyone present was stunned by Eriri's sudden outburst.

Sitting next to Tomoya Aki, Izumi Hashima trembled as she saw her manuscript being slapped to the ground, and tears welled up in her eyes.

After all, this was the culmination of her hard work, only to have it so carelessly knocked away by someone else.

She reached out to take her notebook back, but saw that Kijima Yuta had grabbed it before she could, and her heart skipped a beat.

Please, I've already been humiliated by Eri Kashiwagi today, Kijima-senpai, please don't embarrass me any further!

Fortunately.

After quickly flipping through it, Yuta Kijima smiled and handed the notebook to her.

The bad mood from the trip to Bo Island was finally somewhat comforted. With a slightly flushed face, she said thank you and then took her hard work and hugged it to her chest.

Then he looked cautiously at Eriri, who was sitting opposite Aki Tomoya.

At this moment, Aki Tomoya, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke up, barely containing his anger: "Eriri, what are you doing?! Why did you destroy the artwork that Izumi worked so hard to create?!"

"You know this is a piece I worked hard to create overseas to participate in this summer's Comic exhibition, Eriri, why would you..."

He didn't understand what was wrong with Eriri. She had been like this since Monday in the audiovisual classroom. Even if she was being willful, there should be a limit. What's more, the person she was angry with this time was Hashima Izumi, one of his most promising juniors.

Aki Tomoya's words made Eriri's face turn much uglier, and she lowered her head with a gloomy expression, seemingly lost in thought.

I had already resolved to never talk about Aki Tomoya again, but why...?

Especially after seeing the sketchbook of Hashima going out to sea, she became even more anxious, so much so that when Aki Tomoya harassed her again with the sketchbook, she made that move.

Noticing the change in Eriri's expression, the previously cautious Hashima felt a strange pang of sympathy. Although she didn't know why, she no longer harbored any hostile thoughts towards Eriri.

Hashima tightened his grip on the notebook, glanced at Kijima Yuta beside him, and cautiously suggested to Aki Tomoya, "Aki-senpai, Sawamura-senpai must have encountered some unpleasant things, you... you should stop talking about it."

"Going out to sea..." Instead of receiving Eriri's apology, Aki Tomoya heard the comforting words about going out to sea from Hashima. He was a little surprised, but he still felt indignant for her.

Eriri, as a senior in the industry, not only does she not care about her juniors, but now she also needs to go overseas to speak up in advance to ease the situation. I really don't know what's wrong with Eriri.

At that moment, Eriri heard what Hashima Sai said to explain to her, and her lower hand, which was hanging under the table, clenched unconsciously, her slender knuckles turning slightly red from the force.

Yes, what's wrong with me right now?

Kijima Yuta was having a bit of a headache. Things had escalated to the most unpleasant point. Fortunately, Aki Tomoya's junior was reasonable; otherwise, if she had used this as an excuse to cause trouble, who knows how much more problems it would have caused.

The game's development is nearing completion, and if an irreparable conflict were to occur, it would pose an unimaginable challenge to the entire club.

It seems that Eriri is not only dissatisfied with Aki Tomoya, but also lost control of her emotions after seeing the doujinshi about the sea trip to Hashima.

However, Yuta Kijima really didn't understand why Eriri was angry about the doujinshi about going to sea off Hashima. He thought it was pretty good after reading it; the art style was excellent, and the plot was also quite good...

"Tomoya, Eriri isn't feeling well today, which is why she's a little emotional. I hope you can understand." Seeing that Eriri was still keeping her head down and not speaking, Kijima Yuta looked at Aki Tomoya and said.

"..."

If it were just about going out to sea, that would be one thing, but now that Yuta is saying the same thing, Aki Tomoya is starting to wonder if Eriri is really not feeling well. Could it be that what just happened wasn't Eriri's subjective feeling?

"I'll take Eriri back first."

Yuta Kijima sighed helplessly as he saw that the situation had finally eased a bit.

Let's get Eriri away from here first, so that the game production can continue. Otherwise, if Aki Tomoya continues to upset Eriri if we stay any longer, it will be troublesome.

Taking advantage of the relatively pleasant atmosphere in the room, Yuta Kijima knelt down next to Eriri and said softly, "Eri, if you're not comfortable here, I'll take you back first."

Upon hearing this, Eriri, like a drowning person grasping at a straw, hurriedly reached out her slender white hand and grasped his palm. The warmth emanating from Kijima Yuta's palm finally restored some of her energy.

She looked down at Yuta Kijima with gratitude, nodded, and immediately tried to get up and leave.

Everything that had just happened left her feeling a little lost, especially after realizing the ridiculous thoughts in her mind. She felt ashamed and was now too embarrassed to even look at the boat trip off Bo Island.

Seeing Eriri get up, Kijima Yuta knew that this matter could finally be over.

"Then I'll take Eriri back with me, Tomoya," Yuta Kijima said, looking at Tomoya Aki, who seemed a little confused.

Incidentally, he offered another seemingly ordinary explanation: "Maybe there are too many people in your room right now, and the air is a bit stuffy."

"Oh, right." Suddenly remembering something, he looked at Hashima Izumi again and said apologetically, "Hashima-kun, I'm sorry, Eriri is indeed a bit out of sorts today. I'm very sorry about what happened earlier."

"Once Eriri recovers, she will probably apologize to you in person."

Eriri, who had already reached the door, was startled by these words, but she was still in shock and felt too embarrassed to apologize to Hashima at that moment.

After pausing for a moment, he quickly left the room.

Upon hearing Yuta Kijima's apology, Izumi Hashima quickly waved her hand and bowed slightly, saying, "It's alright. Come to think of it, none of us realized that Sawamura-senpai's condition was off, and we kept asking her to look at my doujinshi..."

Seeing how sensible Harujima was, Yuta Kijima smiled and nodded: "Eri didn't mean it. She'll probably apologize to you in person next time we meet."

"It's nothing, it's nothing," Bodao Chuhai shook his head.

Now that this matter is resolved, Kijima Yuta looked at Megumi, who had been silently standing beside him, and asked softly, "Megumi, are you coming back with us now?"

Just as Kato Megumi was about to nod in agreement upon hearing this, Kasumigaoka Utaha, who was watching the drama unfold, spoke up in a languid tone.

"Well~ junior, you should go and take care of Sawamura-kun who isn't feeling well. As for Kato-kun, we're going the same way anyway, so let's take the train together later..."

Chapter 184 Confession

Seeing Utaha's ambiguous smile, Kijima Yuta understood.

He must not have had enough fun watching the drama unfold, and now he's planning to make fun of him because of my meddling.

Yuta Kijima ignored Utaha Kasumigaoka, glanced at Megumi, and wanted to know her thoughts directly.

"Then I'll go back with you later, senior. Yuta should hurry up and go find Eriri, after all, it's been so long." Unexpectedly, after thinking for a while, Kato Megumi gave the answer that satisfied her senior the most.

Seeing this, Yuta Kijima was helpless.

I just want to avoid criticizing him too much when we're together later.

After saying goodbye to the people in the room, Yuta Kijima headed downstairs.

I've wasted so much time on this without even realizing it. I wonder if Eriri has left on her own yet.

Regardless, let's hurry up and take a look, since her mental state is currently very poor.

When he arrived at the entrance, Yuta Kijima noticed that Eriri's little leather shoes were gone. Had she already gone home by herself?