A newbie's anime life diary

Chapter 278 Transition, The Industry About to Change

When Utaha Haruno and Komachi came down, Eriri had already given the gift she had prepared to Yukino, and the group was chatting and laughing down below.

Seeing that her original plan had failed and had been exposed by Xuehui, Shiyu temporarily put her mind at ease. After all, judging from the current situation, the days ahead would only get more fun, so there was no need to rush.

In the evening, Yui, Komachi, and Eriri said their goodbyes and left, having already stayed overnight.

Eriri, having just received the answer she wanted from Yukiteru, was overflowing with joy and wanted to stay a little longer, but in the end, she suppressed her desire and left with Yui and Komachi.

As usual, Xuehui arranged a car to pick them up and drop them off.

After getting into the car, Komachi, who was sitting in the middle of the back seat, asked Eriri with great curiosity, "Eri-neechan, what were you and Yukiteru doing in the room earlier?"

"..." Eriri was a little startled by this sudden question. Looking at Komachi, who had a curious look on her face, and Yui, who also had a strange smile on her face, Eriri stammered, "Ah, well, didn't you see? We just talked about something, and then Yukiteru-kun went online to look up something. What... what did we do!"

"Huh? Is that so? But the bed looks messy to me. Yui-neechan and I tidied it up after we got up." Seeing Eriri start making excuses, Komachi put on an innocent look and threw out another question.

"Um...this..." Eriri was surprised that Komachi would notice these things, and she was a little flustered. When Yukiteru found them coming up, the two of them were already quite busy just tidying up their clothes, and they only moved the bed a little bit.

"Could it be that Yukiteru-nii lay down for a while and Eriri-neechan was watching over him?" Komachi asked, her eyes narrowing slightly.

Hearing this, Yui rolled her eyes. "You're getting more and more outrageous. Do you really think the other person will agree with you?"

However, Eriri nodded in agreement: "That's right, that's exactly it. Yukiteru-kun was a little tired and just lay down for a while. We didn't do anything!"

"..." Not only Komachi, but Yui also looked at Eriri with an expression as if she were an idiot. She originally thought she was stupid enough, always being talked about by Yuki, but she didn't expect to meet someone even more stupid and cute today.

Komachi glanced at Eriri and nodded thoughtfully: "I understand why Yukiteru-nii took a liking to you. You're kind of cute in your silliness."

"Hey! I'll be happy if you say I'm cute, but don't put 'silly' in front of it!"

“But Eriri-neechan, you’re really naive. Everyone knows that you and Yukiteru-nii definitely didn’t do anything good up there. We just didn’t say anything.” Komachi crossed her arms and looked at her with an understanding expression. Yui nodded in agreement.

"...Huh? Ughh ...

The results of it?

They're all such drama queens!

Eriri could already imagine what she would face the next time she went to Yukiteru's house...

Meanwhile, after seeing the three off, Xuehui, facing the family's stares, raised his hands in surrender. After all, even Xiaojing had gotten involved because she thought it was fun, so he didn't dare to talk back to the pregnant woman.

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Time passed day by day, and the New Year holiday finally came to an end. Xuehui and his classmates ushered in the last semester of their second year of high school.

Of course, there were changes, starting with Eriri. Inevitably, she ended up at Yukiteru's house again after that day. After a few awkward days, the girl gradually returned to her usual mindset; however, the relationships between everyone underwent some significant changes.

Another change was with Xiaojing. Because she was pregnant and insisted on coming to work, her workload couldn't be too high. Xuehui immediately approached the headmaster and helped Xiaojing reduce her workload from two classes to one.

The reason for the reduced workload has not been stated yet, but it's only a matter of time before it's exposed.

On the first day of class, Xiaojing used PowerPoint instead of the usual chalk and blackboard, which already caught the attention of some of the brighter students. However, since many teachers have been using PowerPoint in class lately, they were only slightly puzzled.

Yukino's position as student council president has also become more formalized. Every day, besides attending classes, she handles student council affairs in an orderly manner.

The tasks originally delegated by the Service Department have now been transformed into a submission mailbox through the Student Council's authority. Students with difficulties or questions can write them down anonymously and submit them. The Student Council will then select questions worth answering, discuss them, and answer the questions via broadcast every week at noon. Because it's anonymous, it's quite popular.

"Although we can't help solve the problem face-to-face, this is still pretty good." These are Yukino's exact words, and it seems that her original wish was also fulfilled through this slightly different method.

Meanwhile, Ms. Yang, who had one foot in the Yukihiro family, officially began large-scale operations for her company, holding various recruitment fairs at the start of the new year to gradually recruit talent. Yukihiro would help her out when he had time, or they would discuss operational details together in the evenings.

Everything proceeded smoothly until the first weekend after the start of the semester, January 15th, Xuehui's birthday, when the scheduled live broadcast of information about the fully submersible device NERvGear was about to take place.

Because they were celebrating Xuehui's birthday that evening, the live stream was scheduled for the afternoon. The location for the live stream was Xuehui's own company, named Fantasy Technology, which, as the name suggests, is about fantastical technology. Although it's a bit cheesy, it fits perfectly with what they're doing.

The arrangements for the live stream and the host were handled by professionals from Nico Nico Douga. When we contacted the main person in charge, we gave them a little hint about what we were going to do, and they enthusiastically accepted the commission. They arrived early that day to prepare, eager to witness this momentous occasion that was about to change the industry.

Xuehui was very enthusiastic and invited the host of the day to experience it in advance.

At 2:30 p.m., half an hour before the live broadcast, the screen was already on, but of course, the host's platform was still empty.

"I said, why don't you just come? Why do I have to come too?" Yang Nai was sitting on the sofa in the president's office, looking at Xue Hui who was drinking coffee beside her, somewhat dissatisfied with his arrangement.

Xuehui simply smiled and replied, "Anyway, you'll definitely be traveling with me everywhere in the future, attending all sorts of game shows and tech expos. Just get used to it for now. Besides, I think this kind of thing is a piece of cake for you."

Hearing Yukiteru's flattery, Haruno tilted her head back, quite pleased: "Well, since you put it that way, I'll do you a favor. Changing the industry, I'm really looking forward to it."

Yes, it will change the industry, and perhaps more than that; it might even change the entire world.

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I was exhausted this afternoon. After lunch and a short rest, I finally finished coding.

PS: Thank you to [Acedown], [绯色], [浮水白木], and [水里没月亮] for the generous donations!

Chapter 279 This time he's really going crazy, all of it.

Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye, and the 3 o'clock live broadcast time had arrived.

Yukiteru and Haruno, who had been waiting to the side, finally stepped in front of the camera after being instructed by the host. The screen in front of them began to flood with comments like "Happy Birthday!" and "Pretty girl!"

"Emmm~ I'm happy that some people thought it was my birthday, but I feel like I made a mistake. There should have been a lot of birthday wishes for me, but half of them were taken." After sitting down, Xuehui immediately started joking.

Yang Nai simply rolled her eyes at him without offering any further explanation, because in her view, this was inevitable, and it would be abnormal if no one said anything.

Before they went on stage, the name tags in front of Haruno and Yukiteru were covered, but now they were raised, and all the audience members knew the name of the pretty young lady sitting next to Yukiteru.

"Well, I don't need to introduce myself. Those who are watching the live stream probably already know me. So let me introduce the person next to me first. Hmm? Why isn't it Kashiwagi Eri-sensei? She's watching the live stream at home, and today's topic isn't related to the manga or anime. Maybe when the second season of the anime comes out, or when there's some other big news, we'll have her come and support us."

Seeing that some viewers wanted Kashiwagi Eri to appear, Yukiteru offered a brief explanation before beginning his introduction: "Well, before I begin, there's a premise. I wonder if anyone watching is currently job hunting and has attended job fairs in Chiba and Tokyo. At the end of last year, this person next to me and I founded a company, and we're currently hiring. The company's name is Fantasy Technology. Hmm? Does that sound cringeworthy? That's right. This company, Fantasy Technology, is also the name of my livestream room today, and one of the purposes of this livestream—not a job posting, of course. But wait, I haven't mentioned the purpose yet. This Ms. Haruno next to me is the general manager of my company. As for me, I'm currently just a president who doesn't really manage things much, ahaha~"

"You know you don't handle anything, you just leave everything to me, you're such a hands-off boss." Yang Nai took the opportunity to complain about Xue Hui, but she was telling the truth, and everyone could tell.

"Well, you're better at this than I am. If you leave it to me, I'll be in a real mess. I'll take care of the other things." Xuehui clapped his hands and looked at the host next to him.

The host immediately picked up the thread, saying, "Alright then, what exactly is today's mysterious intelligence? Is it related to Mr. Kong's newly established company? For details, please watch the following video."

The director immediately cut the screen, and the nearly 10 people watching the live stream were greeted with a different view after the screen went black.

The scene begins with a long shot, set inside a giant palace. The first thing you see is a huge dog-headed monster, clad in heavy armor, wielding a massive cleaver and wildly hacking away.

Below this monster, which clearly resembles a boss, is a five-person squad, each wielding a sword and shield or a spear, relentlessly attacking the monster.

Upon seeing this, viewers immediately commented in the live chat: "Isn't this the boss from the first floor of Aincrad?"

Then a bunch of people started to chime in, because there was an illustration of this first-level boss in the novel, and anyone who had read it would remember it.

"So, this video is just promoting a game? But the visuals are so realistic!"

"Yes, yes, it's so realistic!"

"There's just one thing that's not good: why didn't you zoom in a bit? I wanted to see some more details!"

"Exactly! Zoom in a bit!"

Seeing these comments, Xuehui, who had been observing, smiled. The first part was a success, and now it was time to surprise everyone with what followed.

The battle passed quickly, and the monster's already low health finally dwindled, before it screamed and turned into a pile of shiny data fragments.

"Phew~ It's finally done. I knew I shouldn't have set the values ​​so high."

The camera zooms in, revealing a male swordsman with his back to the end of the screen, scratching his head as he speaks.

As soon as he finished speaking, the live stream chat exploded.

"Huh? That voice sounds like Teacher Kong!"

"Yeah, isn't this a game scene? How come there are lines like that!"

Just as everyone was wondering, the man in the picture turned around, revealing Xuehui's face, and asked the camera directly, "How is it? Did you get everything in the shot?"

Just then, a slightly bored female voice came out: "Don't worry, it's all been filmed. Honestly, I want to play too!"

"Well, someone has to be in charge of filming, right? Just take on the responsibility." As he spoke, the man who looked like Yukiteru raised his hand, grabbed the camera, pulled it in front of him, and smiled at the lens, saying, "Hmm, how was the battle just now? Not bad, right? Did you think this part was all pre-arranged action and dialogue, but the visuals were incredibly realistic?"

Just as Xuehui was about to say the next sentence, the other female swordsman behind her turned around, flicked her golden twin ponytails, and said, "It's really funny to hear you talking to yourself like that."

"This is for the viewers of the live stream, so of course I have to say more!" Xuehui turned around and said to the other person, and people in the live stream started spamming comments like "Eri Kashiwagi-sensei!"

Besides Yukiteru, the identities of the other people here have also been revealed: Haruno, Yukino, and Utaha, making a total of five people.

Before the viewers in the live stream could react, Xuehui continued, "As for your questions, let me just say this: none of these were pre-set, and I'm not talking about 3D impressions, specifically."

At this point, Xuehui swiped his finger and brought up a screen. On the screen, there were five deck chairs with five people lying on them, each wearing a helmet-like item on their head.

"So, I think you guys have some guesses now, right? We'll find out in the live stream! Bye~ I'm going to play it all over again~"

As Xuehui waved goodbye, the screen went black and then switched back to the support section of the live stream.

The live stream platform, which originally had only three people, now has an additional cube-shaped box placed in the middle.

At this moment, the live stream chat exploded. Although most of them were homebodies, they weren't idiots!

"Oh! Could it be that...!"

"No way! Really?!"

"It's really done!"

Seeing these comments, Xuehui didn't hesitate any longer and opened the box, revealing the NERvGear helmet inside, which was not much different from the illustration in his novel.

"I would like to take this opportunity to introduce the new generation of virtual reality equipment, the NERvGear, a fully immersive device, which has recently been developed and manufactured by my company and R&D team."

After a few seconds of silence, the live stream was finally bombarded with a barrage of comments.

Of course, there were also some words of disbelief mixed in, but Xuehui didn't care about them; they were easy to deal with.

"Well, I knew some people wouldn't believe it, so let's demonstrate it live. Since most people watching my live stream have read my novels or at least know a little about them, I won't go into too much detail about the product. I'll explain it after the demonstration."

As he spoke, he asked the host next to him to put on a helmet, lay down on the prepared recliner, plugged in the power, connected the live stream chat, and sandwiched an in-game screen onto the live stream screen to start the synchronous communication.

As Xuehui continued his series of demonstrations, this explosive news gradually spread among the viewers in the live stream.

The demonstration was naturally not the boss fight from the previous video, but since the host had already experienced it for a while that morning, Xuehui also summoned a humanoid skeleton soldier as his opponent, asking the host questions from the live stream audience while guiding him through the battle.

Since it was a live stream, entertainment was also necessary. So Xuehui deliberately asked questions at crucial moments in the battle or intentionally startled the opponent, creating unexpected situations on screen. This not only enhanced the viewing experience but also countered the remaining viewer's thought that "this is all part of a pre-arranged routine."

The fully submersible equipment has actually been built!

Immediately, not only ACG enthusiasts, but also senior executives of game developers and console developers clicked on the live stream and started watching after receiving the news.