Crossover anime, and you call this a slice-of-life story?

"Excuse me, are you Mr. Ishigami?"

A pleasant voice came from behind the counter, and Ishigami Yu, whose name was called, was taken aback.

'Are there even cross-dressing men among this group of burly men? They're really going for something different!'

However, when he saw Nanaka Kotegawa with her gentle smile, he instantly forgot about that thought.

"Girl, blink if you're being kidnapped."

"Ugh?"

Nanaka Kotegawa made a cute, puzzled sound, seemingly not understanding what Yu Ishigami meant.

"Ahem... I am Yu Ishigami."

Yu Ishigami coughed twice, and then blurted it out without thinking.

After all, it's quite astonishing to find a stunningly beautiful woman among a group of naked men.

Yoshihara Mana rolled her eyes. Why couldn't she be kidnapped?!

Sure enough, men are all obsessed with looks!

She's actually quite good-looking, okay...

"That's good. Dad has already instructed me, and all the equipment you need has been prepared."

Kotegawa Nanaka said politely, then looked at Shangguan Yun, because she noticed that Mr. Ishigami seemed to be in charge of this other party.

"These three are your diving instructors. These two are Kitahara Iori and Imamura Kohei. This is Yoshihara Mana. And this is my younger sister, Kotegawa Chisa. She will be here soon. Finally, let me introduce myself. I am the daughter of the owner of this shop, Kotegawa Nanaka."

"Hello, Ms. Kotegawa, thank you for your help."

Shangguan Yun smiled and nodded at Nanaka Kotegawa.

"Just call me Iori, and you can just call this guy Kohei."

Kitahara Iori and Imamura Kohei walked over, tugging at their clothes with a hint of unease.

Although they were diving novices at first, after 'rigorous' training, they were able to take on the job of instructing newcomers.

As someone who has been guided, I naturally know the mistakes that beginners are prone to make.

"You can just call me Aina."

Yoshihara Aina looked at Shangguan Yun with stars in her eyes.

Handsome guys are pleasing to the eye.

"You must be tired. Have some water to quench your thirst."

Kohei Imamura handed a clear glass to Yu Ishigami, and Iori Kitahara similarly handed a glass to Yun Shangguan.

"It's a bit hot, let's have a cup of oolong tea."

As the two of them quietly turned their heads, their originally serious expressions instantly turned 'boastful and lewd,' as if they had succeeded in their scheme.

This is the way of hospitality they learned from the senior members of the club.

If you drink this cup of 'plain water' or 'oolong tea', you're my brother!

Shangguan Yun accepted the 'oolong tea' handed to him by Kitahara Iori with a half-smile.

The color in the glass does indeed resemble oolong tea, but the strong smell of this liquor can be detected from a great distance.

He took it as a joke, after all, what fool would actually mistake the strong liquor in the glass for plain water or oolong tea?

This is also why Nanaka Kotegawa and Aina Yoshihara didn't say anything to remind them.

After all, aside from Kitahara Iori and Imamura Kohei, who have abnormal thought processes, how could a normal person not be able to distinguish between alcohol and water?

Just as Shangguan Yun was asking them to take him to see the equipment, Ishigami Yu took the 'plain water' handed to him by Imamura Kohei and drank it down in one gulp.

He forgot to drink water when he got up early this morning, and his throat felt like it was on fire after walking all the way.

In addition, Kohei Imamura's expression was so enthusiastic that he didn't have time to think about other things.

As for the smell of alcohol? The whole house smells of alcohol as soon as you enter, okay?

Someone who didn't know better might think they'd wandered into a brewery...

Of course, the main reason was simply that they were too thirsty and too slow to react to anything unusual, and they certainly didn't expect that someone would use such a 'heinous' method to cheat them...

He even thought to himself, 'These guys are a bit weird, but they still know how to treat guests well...'

A series of coincidences led to this result, which is naturally—

"puff--"

Chapter 183 You Scoundrel, You Schemed Against Me?!

Yu Ishigami stared wide-eyed in disbelief, feeling a burning sensation in his throat and stomach.

The look in his eyes as he looked at Kohei Imamura conveyed only one message—you bastard, you schemed against me?!

He never expected that the other person's plain water was actually strong liquor.

At that intensity, it would probably catch fire with just a flick of a lighter, right?

Flammable boiled water?

'I'm fucking...'

Yu Ishigami wanted to swear, but when he saw Kitahara Iori and Imamura Kohei with their smug expressions, his face darkened.

When he saw Shangguan Yun looking at him with a strange gaze, Shi Shangyou blushed.

He felt countless voices belonging to himself echoing in his brain, eventually merging into one.

The sound was like a flock of crows flying down to his head and cawing at him—

Idiot! Idiot! Big idiot!

Damn it!

This is definitely a dark chapter in his history.

Then, as if he had thought of something, Shi Shangyou looked at the cup of 'oolong tea' that Shangguan Yun had placed aside.

Seeing a lighter left behind on the counter, Ishigami Yu picked it up without thinking.

"pat-"

"..."

Seeing a faint blue flame covering the 'oolong tea', the group fell into a long silence.

"Um, oolong tea is flammable, shouldn't that be common knowledge?"

Kitahara Iori's gaze was somewhat unfocused.

When Shangguan Yun looked at him, he suddenly felt a chill down his spine, as if he were being stared at by something terrifying.

'Calm down, Kitahara Iori, you're a land-based war god!'

I encouraged myself in my heart, but my eyes wandered off somewhere else.

Just then, I saw a figure returning from outside the door.

As if seeing a savior, she called out towards the door, "Chisa! You're back!"

The tone was as if they had met a relative, even though they were indeed relatives.

But the deeper meaning is—Save me!

Having just finished dealing with her business, Chisa Kotegawa saw the situation at the counter and knew that those two hopeless guys had caused trouble again.

His gaze abruptly shifted from Kitahara Iori's 'hopeful' eyes, not lingering for even a second longer.

Shangguan Yun was slightly surprised.

The girl who came over was the same one they had seen yesterday at the aquarium—the one wearing a diving suit and playing with the fish in the ocean through the glass enclosure.

"This is my younger sister, Chisa."

Nanaka Kotegawa had a gentle smile on her face, like a caring older sister.

His gaze toward Chisa Kotegawa was full of doting affection.

Chisa is still so cute, I really want to pick her up and squish her!

A silly smile involuntarily crept onto Nanaka Kotegawa's face.

Shangguan Yun: "..."

Is there anyone normal left in this shop?

"Excuse me, could someone please get me a glass of water?"

Yu Ishigami wants to hit someone, but can't he see he's sticking his tongue out here?!

He no longer believed his brother's nonsense about a loving and wonderful shop.

That's all bullshit!

"Oh, I'm so sorry to have troubled you. I really apologize."

Fortunately, Nanaka Kotegawa was still rational and quickly poured Yu Ishigami a glass of plain water.

After gulping down the water, Ishigami Yu let out a long sigh of relief.

"He's alive..."

For the first time, he felt that plain water tasted so wonderful.

"You bastard!"

Yu Ishigami glared fiercely at Kohei Imamura, then paused slightly, noticing the clothes the other was wearing.

'Good heavens, I didn't expect this perverted drunkard to be a fellow enthusiast.'

Upon discovering that the other person was also an otaku, Ishigami Yu's anger subsided somewhat.

How much bad intentions could a homebody like him possibly have?

"But how dare you wear my wife on your body? You'd better die first to atone for your sins!"

Kohei Imamura's short-sleeved t-shirt features the image of a female protagonist from an anime.

"You want it? Here you go."

Seeing that Ishigami Yu was staring intently at his clothes, Imamura Kohei very 'generously' took them off and handed them to Ishigami Yu.

'Consider it compensation to my conscience; compared to a dog, I'm definitely too kind.'

Kohei Imamura tossed his blond hair and looked down at Iori Kitahara beside him with a somewhat condescending air.

"Who wants your clothes! Apologize to me right now! Don't you know it's illegal to give alcohol to minors?!"

Yu Ishigami slapped open the other person's clothes.

He's definitely drunk, mistaking a psychopath for one of his own...

"That's not wine, that's 'plain water'."

"Then tell me, why can plain water be set on fire?"

Yu Ishigami gritted his teeth and "clicked" lit the remaining half of the 'plain water' with a lighter.

"This...it might be a new type of boiled water...at least the color is the same."

"Are you some kind of idiot?"

"You dare call me an idiot? The guy next to me is the idiot, okay?!"

"You want to fight?!"

Kitahara Iori, caught in the crossfire, grabbed Imamura Kohei by the collar, but the latter showed no weakness.

"Come on! Who's afraid of who!"

"Have you guys had enough?"