Iris Revolution Online

Episode 7: Virtual View

 What a coincidence ...

 My head was spinning at high speed ... It wasn't.

 No, no, Mion might be a common name? It's a different person, right?

"Are you done?"

"Ahh, yes. It's okay, desu ..."

"Yes ..."

 Katori-buchou looked a little suspicious, but I'll put that aside for now.

"Well, I'll invite you to the online club room, so come in."

 A room invitation was sent along with those words.

[ Bell invited you to the room 'Mimori University High School Cyber Club Room'. Would you like to enter? ]

 Don't hesitate to click 'yes' here.

 Since it's Real View mode, there's no particular change, but if it was Virtual View mode, you would probably be able to see the virtual club room.

"Now then, during the club activities in this room, and in the club activities from home, we are supposed to call each other by our display names. Okay?"

"OK."

 I answered, and Izumo-san nodded.

 Well, it's just like I always call my best friend Kashihara Naoto 'Natto'. And he always calls me 'Shou'.

 Katori-buchou is 'Bell', and Izumo-san is 'Mion'.

 Anyway, Izumo-san, are you 'Mion' who came to watch my stream?

 I think Izumo-san was a little surprised when she saw my display name 'Shou'.

 Is that the same as the streamer's display name she saw yesterday?

"Well then, let's start by introducing ourselves and confirming our profiles. First, Ise-kun, Shou-kun, please."

"Yes. Umm, I'm Ise Shouta from class 1-B. Of course, I like games. Right now, I'm playing IRO, which I started the day before yesterday."

 When I said that, I glanced at Izumo-san ... She was smiling, but ...

 When I said that, Katori-buchou nodded. It looked like she was looking at my game play history from my profile.

"Then, next is Mio-san, Mion-san, please."

[ I'm Izumo Mio from class 1-B, desu. I like watching game streams, desu. Lately, I've only been watching IRO's streams. ]

 She taaaaalked! ... With chat synthetic voice.

 I see. It's just that she's not good at speaking out, but she's willing to properly convey her thoughts.

 Well, that 'Mion' was able to talk normally. And it's very similar to Mion's voice. Or rather, it's exactly like that ...

 As for Katori-buchou, she's grinning for some reason and I just got a bad feeling about it.

 Or rather, club activities are 'virtual idol activities' ... Are you thinking about making Izumo-san debut?

< Are you going to stream today? >

 I almost jumped when I heard it in my ear.

 Even though it's a synthetic voice, it's the first time I've been whispered(personal chat) by a girl I don't know!

< Ah, yes, but ... What's more important today is, as I thought, you're the Mion-san who came to see my uninhabited island life? >

< Yes! I'm looking forward to it. >

 Ahh, this is so embarrassing.

"I'm glad that both of you seem interested in IRO. I started with the closed beta, and the livestream has been well received, so this will be my main for the time being.

 So, where did Shou-kun choose to start? What's your character build policy?"

 As expected, that question was coming, right ...

 Well, let's be honest, there's no choice but to offset it with the secret that Katori-buchou is 'Witch Bell'.

 As I was thinking about that, the door to the clubroom quietly opened and a woman in a suit appeared.

"Ah, Ise-kun and Izumo-san are joining this club."

 Kumano-sensei, our homeroom teacher, said so happily. She was our language teacher. She was 27 years old and single. She had a short bob and red-rimmed glasses. She was a little small, but she seemed to be very popular with her students.

 By the way, I heard that she was the homeroom teacher of my Aneki who graduated ...

 The teacher sat in the seat of honor at the far end of the clubroom.

"Umm ... Is it possible that Kumano-sensei is our advisor?"

"That's right. Let's register as friends right away."

 Having completed the authentication while wearing the VRHMD, she raised her hands to me and Izumo-san.

[ Do you want to accept the friend request of the nearby user 'Yata'? ]

 Of course I chose 'Yes'.

 'Yata' was added to my online friends list, following 'Mion' and 'Bell'.

"Then, since Sensei is here, let's explain the club activities. Let's go to Virtual View. Shou-kun, can you lock the door?"

"Ah, yes. But, wouldn't someone else like me want to join the club?"

 If everyone went into Virtual View, we wouldn't notice if someone came in real life, so basically we lock the room. However, the time for soliciting club activities hadn't ended yet ...

"It's okay. I've made it so that if someone comes and knocks, we'll know."

 According to Yata-sensei, it seemed that a notification was sent to the VRHMD in conjunction with security.

 Does that mean that even the clubroom had been remodeled ...

"Got it."

 After confirming that I had closed the door and returned to my original seat, Katori-buchou declared.

"Then, let's all go to Virtual View."

 At the moment of switching from Real View to Virtual View, I usually closed my eyes. Somehow, the sudden change in the world made my brain bug.

"Uh ..."

 When I opened my eyes, I found myself in a place that looked like a typical RPG bar/dining room.

 Katori-buchou is the figure of the Witch Bell that I knew. She was wearing the promised pointed witch hat and robe, but she was originally a beautiful woman, and to be honest, it suited her quite well. An anime-style avatar makes it less irritating!

 Yata-sensei was wearing a suit similar to the real one. Or rather, it was so similar that I wondered how she found the same outfit.

 Conversely, Izumo-san and I are wearing the default male/female outfits. The appearance was also close to the real us, but the hairstyle and hair color were subtly changed.

 I wasn't the type of person who spent money on avatar costumes, but naturally I was surprised that Izumo-san wore the default costume. I think you could dress up a little more ...

"Well then, welcome to the Cyber Club, the two of you. First of all, let me tell you about the club activities so far."

 Katori-buchou, or rather, Bell-buchou, snapped her fingers, and a window apeared at the position of the seat of honor, and a video began to play.

[ Yay! Witch Bell's IRO commentary is live! ](TN:Very hyper Engrish 'Yay')