You look like you didn't get enough sleep.
I'll bet you were up late gaming, weren't you?
Yeah, well...
It's not even 6:00 yet,
but teacher, you're wide awake, aren't you?
Back in college, on the wrestling team,
we had morning practice every day.
Oh, looks like they're here.
Morning.
Good morning...
Whoa...
Ah! No, I was just...
Don't worry about it, I'm just sleepy.
O-Oh...
That's everyone, right?
Okay then, as of now...
...the Modern Communications Electronic Game Club's summer camp is underway.
The goal of this camp is to build up our strength for the purposes of net game play.
As such, for the duration of the camp...
...connecting to the net is prohibited!
Huh?
It will be called...
"The 24-Hour No-Net-Connection Camp!"
I thought if I went to the beach, I would become a normalfag?
The net is off-limits during the camp?
Mm-hmm.
Is this to disconnect her from the net
and make her realize that her marriage in the game is different from real life?
No, it's not that.
The reason Ako is so absorbed in net games...
...is because she's tired of a reality that isn't going her way.
Isn't that right, Rusian?
Y-Yeah.
But if that were turned around,
she'd look forward to a reality where things do go right for her.
You may be right, but...
Which means that if she spends the summer with the rest of us,
enjoying her youth by spending the summer like a normalfag high-school girl...
...including a proper love confession under the perfect circumstances,
things are certain to go well.
B-But what is a proper confession under perfect circumstances?
One made while watching the sun setting into the sea?
Or maybe while looking up into a sky full of stars?
Where we're going for camp, there's an environment for anything.
The rest is up to you, Rusian.
Up... to me...
I just have to declare myself normally, like a normal high-schooler,
and get a normal "OK" from her, that's all.
Goshouin-san, how much was this cottage?
Come on, how much?
Come on!
Um, could you not grill your student about the price of her cottage?
Y-You're right...
I should mind meow own business...
It's like a hotel, isn't it?
So, after we drop off our bags, then what?
Clean?
Air out the futons?
They have been told we'd be coming today.
The caretakers will have already handled that.
Well, that was easy.
Hey, this isn't what a club camp is supposed to be, is it?!
Isn't cleaning and making the beds up something you would usually do?!
That's what makes it a legitimate camp, isn't it?!
Right?!
A private beach?
For real?
Rusian!
Sorry to keep you waiting.
U-Um... if you stare at me too long...
Sorry!
So, um...
...wh-where are the others?
They're going to take a little longer, so I came on out first.
Rusian, I thought you'd be lonesome out here by yourself.
O-Oh, okay.
Y-You don't have to be so bashful...
When I picked out this swimsuit, I was all for it...
...but now that it's actually time to wear it, all of a sudden, I feel shy.
It's all right.
Huh?
You look very cute.
You can feel proud of yourself.
Thank you very much.
Sure enough, you came out here first!
My plan to have all three of us show up together in swimsuits...
...give Rusian a nosebleed...
...and send him running to the restroom is ruined!
No, no nosebleeds, and no running off.
By the way, Ako, have you put on any sunblock?
Huh?
With skin as unhealthily pale as yours is, if you spend the day out in the sun, you'll be in pain for a week.
Eh?
Damage from a sunburn that makes it hurt to even move.
Eep...
Just hold still!
That tickles!
I have to say, you're squishy all over.
Mm-hmm.
By the looks of it, Rusian, you don't have any on you, either.
Huh?!
I-I don't really—
No need to be shy.
I'll rub some on you.
No...
And I will lend a hand!
Wait—
I want to apply some, too.
Hold on!
N-No!
Not there!
No more!
I'm defiled.
I'm... so defiled...
That big a deal, Rusian?
You should be thanking us, instead.
Looks like everyone is ready.
Okay...
...let's all get to it!
Yeah!
Yeah...
Whoo, that was good swimming.
That was good diving.
That was nice floating.
Great floating.
You know, you look like you're all done, but it's still midday!
Hmm?
In the first place, why don't you all play together?!
Huh?
The thing is...
It's like this.
Imagine there's a net game with a new map installed.
Huh? Okay...
So then, we all go to the new map together.
But then, once we go in, we immediately split up.
Why is that?
The important things about a new map are...
...how good the EXP is for solo grinding...
...whether or not there are any rares...
...and how high the death rate is.
Huh... and...?
After we make our rounds, we join up again...
...and finally, we gauge our collective productivity.
We do what we want to do individually, then come back again when done.
That's our pattern.
Is that what the new normal is now?
I don't know about that, but it's what's normal for us.
Now that you have got us started, I want to play some net games!
The net is off-limits during our camp.
Yeah, I know, but...
I'm done playing around in the sea.
I'd like to go sleep in the cottage.
I don't believe you people.
This is a summer camp!
We're at the beach!
How can you not play together and glisten with the sweat of youth?!
The sweat of youth?
We're not very good with that.
Good or not, if you give up, you'll never get anywhere!
Give it a whirl!
You can do it if you try!
Why won't you give it your best?!
Er, but if we try a net game and don't like it, we move on to—
Reality and the game are separate!
Just do it!
Do it, I say!
This is an order from your advisor!
Master!
Okay! Go left! Right! Left! Right!
Now up! Up! Down! Down!
Then go B! A!
Hey, that's the God Mode command!
Hmm?
Okay, all done.
Mm-hmm.
Hey!
What is this?!
The sweat of youth can be nice once in a while.
Oh, yeah.
I'm... supposed to act out my youth at this camp...
...and tell Ako...
Rusian!
W-W-Wha—?!
You don't mind if I join you, right?
Hey, what do you think you're doing?!
A little longer!
Just a little longer!
It was just getting good!
Absolutely not!
She saw me...
What were you thinking?!
Let's BBQ!
You mean barbecue, right?
Let's BBQ!
Oh, she's having it her way.
Um...
Wh-Why haven't those ingredients been prepped?
What does... that mean?
All right.
I'll see what I can do.
I want to try, too!
We don't have time, so...
I got snubbed by Ako...
She implied that I'd be in the way...
Woo-hoo!
Wow!
This looks delicious!
This is so good!
Ah, that was good eating!
It was delicious, wasn't it?
Still, I can't believe that except for you, Ako, we were devoid of any cooking skills.
It's a good thing you were here.
Take my bad self's Burning Edge!
Is she acting out a broadsword skill?
She is swinging it around, huh?
That's dangerous, though.
Hey, you!
Oh, around and around she goes.
Coaching complete!
Looks like it's just about time.
What's the matter, Ako?
Eh?
Huh...?
I-I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to cry.
Somehow, I'm just so happy.
I didn't think...
...I would ever get to spend a day like this.
So I'm so happy, it doesn't seem real.
But for some reason, I feel sad, too.
Ako...
Um...
Thank you very much.
What for?
I mean, Rusian, if it weren't for you,
there's no way I'd be in a place like this.
And if it weren't for you, Ako, I'd never be here, either.
Then it's a good thing the two of us are together, isn't it?
Yeah.
Ako...
Ako, I...
...love you.
And I...
And I... really love you, too... Rusian.
We really do make...
...a great married couple, don't we?
Despite all that, it didn't work.
I thought that if we cut out the net and put on a normalfag summer, it would work.
She thinks you're a full-blown married couple in real life, too.
And another thing!
After coming this far, I just realized something...
Married couples are one rank higher than boyfriend and girlfriend!
No matter what I do, there's no swaying Ako!
It looks like this quest...
...has failed.
Come on, everyone!
It's lights-out time.
Hurry up and go to bed.
Okay, we're heading out!
Master, when you say heading out, are we going someplace else?
Someplace good.
The Hotel Flores!
Starting now, the Modern Communications Electronic Game Club's true camp begins!
What the...?
This hotel is currently collaborating with Legendary Age.
They're doing it with a hotel?
Someone must have finally been turned over to final collections.
Ah!
They have Roaring King!
He's so fluffy!
Segawa, are you sure you don't want to go, too?
O-Of course I'm not going to!
I finished checking us in.
Here's your key.
What's this?
Your token to use for the event.
It's so cute!
As a result of cutting ourselves off from the net for one day,
our net game powers have been elevated as never before!
By using these token passes...
...and logging in over there, we will begin the much-anticipated event!
I see, so that's what these token passes are for.
After that, we just log in with our own ID and password as usual?
Huh?
Hey, no peeking.
It's bad manners.
Huh?
But why not?
A husband's password is also a wife's password.
Nobody thinks that.
Huh?
What's wrong?
Oh, it didn't take my password, I guess.
You must have typed it in wrong.
That's because you butted in, Ako.
It took it this time.
Wow, it's laid out like the real-life hotel.
It's a map that only event participants can enter.
"Welcome to the Legendary Age Select Collaborative Event.
There are many bonuses set aside for all of the participants.
Begin by going to the Hotel Flores' 1st-floor restaurant."
There are item names written on the side of the menus!
Does that mean if you order them, you get that item in the game?
That's right.
That's nefarious!
It's nefarious, but...
...I want some strength-buffing items!
Huh, so if you take the code on the card you get with the check and enter it into the game, you get that item?
There's something written on the back.
"The same bonuses are waiting for you in the 1st-floor gift shop."
Why did you buy so many boxes of gingerbread cookies?
I can't help it, can I?
They had the items I wanted.
Having students go through this event is giving them a little bit too big a glimpse of the grown-up world.
We've got more bags now, so let's split up for now,
and each take a break in our own rooms.
Now that you mention it, we just checked in, and haven't gone to our rooms yet, have we?
The rooms being used for this cross-promotional event
are equipped with computers and internet connections.
Huh?
Then does that mean the items that we got...?
That's what it means.
Rusian, you're late!
Where are Schew and Master?
They both said they were going on ahead to try out their items.
I see.
Well, we should go, too.
Sure, we could do that...
But if you'd like...
...would you mind coming...
...to my room?
Huh?
R-Right, of course...
When you said your room, you meant in LA.
Rusian...
Right now, we're...
...all alone in a hotel room, you know?
I...
...have been waiting for this... for a long time!
Rusian...?
Um...
What, now?
The two of us are now all alone, aren't we?
So now...
...I want to exchange some couple's chat...
Hmm...
Couple's, eh?
I thought I was giving up being a net game husband?
What's the big idea with the swimsuits?!
Just because it's summer, we don't have to get into swimsuits, you know!
It's okay!
The one you have on is a status symbol!
It's a collector's item!
I will kick your ass!