Long time meow see, Rusian!
L-Long time no see...
I see you're still playing this game.
Of course I am.
That's good meow.
I was worried that maybe you quit the gameow.
You're still as cute as always, Nekohime-san.
For being a guy on the inside.
Oh, no, what happened back then turned out to be a good experience.
In fact, right now, it has become one of my convictions.
Convictions?
Yes.
"Don't concern yourself with real life."
"Reality and the game are separate."
What about you, though, Nekohime-san?
I had heard that you hadn't logged in for a while.
My job has gotten a little busy.
Today, someone mentioned the game in real life, and I decided to log in meow.
Is that right?
I'm glad to see you again, Rusian.
I thought net games and reality were different?
Why are you here?
Why, to pay my morning respects to my master, of course.
Uh, look, Tamaki-san, that's in the game, not in real life.
Would you stop doing that, already?
Huh?
Don't "huh?" me.
Besides, calling me "master" makes you sound less like a wife, and more like a maid.
Is that right?
Then...
It's morning...
...dar-lin-g.
You're ignoring that?!
Ako, I don't think you've got enough status to be tossing that phrase around.
Then if I level up, will it raise our affection level, too?
Did those two get to know each other in some game?
B-Beats me...
Morning.
Good morning.
Okay, see you later.
Yeah.
Nishimura-kun, can I have a moment?
Nishimura-kun, are you and Tamaki-san are going out?
N-No, it's not like that...
You do get along, though?
Well, I guess so.
Then make sure to be nice to her.
Tamaki-san doesn't seem to have many friends.
She has been missing a lot of school lately.
So I've heard.
Goshouin-san...
Oh, Mast—Madam President.
Hey, Nishimura Hideki-kun.
Ms. Saitou, regarding what we spoke about yesterday...
Err... I'm sorry.
I already have the Literary Club.
It's all right if you could be at least in the name only...
Modern Communication Electronic Game Club
H-e-l-l-o... Ru-si-an...
You don't actually have to type out your chats, you know.
Ah, that's right!
Woo-hoo!
It's so light, it's so light!
All right, today, let's go to the Bluemke Megavolcano!
Very well.
Okay, everyone gear up.
Yeah!
Hey, Ako, can I have a look at your gear?
Huh? Go ahead.
Th-This is horrible.
Huh?
If we're going to the megavolcano, why are you equipping a robe with water resistance?
I got this robe from you, Rusian, so I wear it proudly.
No, no, go equip a fire-resistant one!
Ehhh...
But my flame robe doesn't look cute.
You really focus on appearances, huh?
What's with this pink star glitter wand here?
When you hit an opponent with it, it sparkles, and shoots out stars.
It really looks cute!
Those stars were your doing?
Huh?
Are you saying my gear is too weak?!
Not so much "weak" as...
...not taking the game seriously.
I've got a wand of benevolence in my inventory that you can borrow.
I have one of those.
Then use it!
What are you laughing at, Master?
As I thought, this flame robe really doesn't look cute...
Here it comes!
All right, then, watch my Umaibo Staff shoot flames—
What are you doing, Schwein?
Why are you holding my arm?
I thought we said that premium items were off-limits.
...In that case, I don't have any items I can use.
Whoa, these are mostly premium items, aren't they?!
Master, no premium items in front of the rest of us.
Don't boss me around!
I am the club president and guild master!
Oh, shut up.
Behold my bad self's swiftness of sword!
It looks the same to us as it always does.
Schew-chan sure is having fun, huh?
Let me have a "Woo-hoo," too.
Anything but premiums.
Here comes another one!
No choice then...
All right, I won't use premium items.
But you can chew on the power of this staff, that I buffed with premium items!
Perfect Blizzard!
Perfect Blizzard?
Master is going to die.
Don't blow your best move at the start!
Too much "Woo-hoo"!
If I had my premium items, I would have killed them wholesale...
Ako! Resurrect her, resurrect!
Let's see...
All my settings are different than usual.
Which icon is "Revive," again?
"Revive" is right here!
"Heal" is over here!
Rusian, you're good at this!
That seemed a lot more exhausting than our usual grinding.
The second half went better, and our efficiency went up, didn't it?
That's because Nishimura worked half of Ako's controls, isn't it?
That was good work, Rusian.
I get the feeling that I was a lot more use to everyone today.
I-I see...
That's great.
I've been coming to school without a break for a while now, so I thought I might be running out of steam.
You've got to come.
Can you even graduate?
Ultimately, Rusian, you're going to support me, so whatever happens along the way doesn't matter.
Hold on.
I never agreed to that.
Huh?
Don't tell me you'd rather we were dual-income?
If I had to choose, I'd say I prefer two incomes.
Huh? What was that?
I prefer two incomes.
Huh? What was that?
Why you...!
What's the matter, Rusian?
Oh, I was just thinking that I'm getting used to being called "Rusian."
Ah, I'm sorry, Nishimura-kun.
Let's make a little stop.
Hmm?
What is it?
It seems a little like we're still in LA, doesn't it?
This is indisputably real life, though.
Do you think we look like a married couple?
Not a chance in the world.
For one thing, I'm not of marrying age yet.
At best, I look like your boyfr—
I-It's getting late.
Are you okay?
Yes.
My parents are almost never at home.
I see...
If they were home, I couldn't be gaming every night.
Tamaki-san doesn't seem to have many friends.
Such a pretty sunset, isn't it?
Ready to go?
Yes.
Modern Communication Electronic Game Club
How about we take a little break?
Now that Ako's healing is better, we have fewer accidental deaths.
Her gear was too screwed up before.
I'm going to step out for a bit.
What, do you need the bathroom?
Don't ask me that.
Okay, let's make up for lost time, and—
Hey, what is this?!
Schew-chan, that's so cute!
Schew, let's go!
Wai—
What kind of leek is this?
It's got massive firepower!
That's because it's fully maxed out.
You spend money in the weirdest ways!
Let's call it a day.
Good work, Rusian.
You did pretty well this time, didn't you?
Oh.
Rusian complimented me!
Say, hasn't this club been kind of pointless?
How so?
The original purpose of this club was to do something about Ako, right?
That's right.
It seems like, instead, the boundary between game and reality is getting even thinner, isn't it?
We're having fun, so what does it matter?
No, this is a bit of a problem.
Master?
Unfortunately, this club has a time limit closing in.
Huh?
We don't have an advisor.
Without an advisor, we don't have formal permission to have a club.
We'll probably be broken up soon.
I'd like us to achieve our results before then.
Nekohime-san!
Oh, Rusian!
Um... I could use a little advice.
Hmm, I see.
She absolutely cannot distinguish between real life and the game.
I get it.
I just heard a similar tale from someone else close to meow.
This girl is, how shall I say?
At risk.
One false step, and she could have had a really hard fall.
Rusian, you're quite a guy.
Huh? You think so?
Have faith in yourself meow!
As expected from an adult.
That cheers me up.
Um... if it's okay, I'd like to ask your advice again sometime, please.
Of course meow.
Ako...
No, Tamaki-san...
Come sit down here for a minute.
Huh?
Is something the matter, Rusian?
I'm not Rusian.
I'm Nishimura.
Oh, right, Nishimura-kun.
This club will end soon, so I'm going to say this again.
The game and reality are separate.
Tamaki-san, in the game, you and I are married, but at school, we're ordinary classmates.
From here on, let's treat each other like regular friends.
Also, when it comes to people you only know in the game, and who you haven't actually met,
you shouldn't let your guard down.
Rusian...
...did someone say something to you?
You met someone, right?
And they said something to you, right?
Was it a woman?
No, no, no, it wasn't!
I see.
So it was a woman.
No, it wasn't!
Rusian... a wife can tell at a glance when her husband is unfaithful.
I'm not being unfaithful!
Could I ask for her name?
Why?
I want to pay my respects.
No, don't!
Why not?
I just want to thank the person who is helping my husband out.
Of all the things you've ever said, Ako, that is the scariest.
You just don't know...
...when you're beaten!
My anger is euphoric right now, even for me!
Your Japanese is taking a weird turn, there.
And so, she saw through me in a second.
Rusian, you're so easy to read, after all meow.
I saw you.
Ako!
You like that woman who says "meow," huh?
Rusian, is that kind of woman the girl of your dreams meow?
Don't you do it, too!
That person is just an acquaintance.
Remember, the cross-player I mentioned telling that I loved?
Rusian, that's who you told you loved... you say?
I'm so jeal— This is outrag—
I mean, what an awful person she is!
Your true feelings are pretty obvious.
Break my pure Rusian's heart, will she?
I'll teach that woman a lesson!
Cut it out, dummy!
Bothering me may be one thing, but I'm not going to let you bother Nekohime-san, too.
Rusian...
You got it?
I mean it this time.
I understand.
Well, I have some business to take care of, so I must be going.
Huh?
H-Hey, hold on...
Say, Nishimura-kun, is Tamaki-san not here today?
Huh?
She was in the game last night, right?
Same as always—
Ah, it's Ako!
What is that girl up to?
Good morning
Rusian
Why aren't you at school?
I had a bit of important business to handle, so I took the day off.
What important business?
An offline meeting.
Offline meeting?
No, I don't know anything about it.
With who?
It's a personal one-one-one, with someone that I know.
Someone you know? In LA?
Yes.
Is this someone that we're acquainted with?
I don't think so.
What?
I didn't think there was anyone you knew here, besides us.
One of your girl friends?
The person told me that he was a man.
I haven't actually met him in person yet, though.
Huh?!
An offline meeting with a man she doesn't know?!
Mm-hmm.
H-Hey, don't do it!
It's too dangerous!
He's right.
And you've got Rusian anyway, don't you?
That's true.
I do have a husband named Rusian.
So then...
But that's only in the game, right?
The game and reality are separate, right?
Tell me, Rusian...
...what's the difference between reality and the game?
Hold on, Ako.
You're not sounding like yourself today.
I'm leaving.
That's okay, right, Rusian?
Yeah.
Suit yourself.
Hey!
Do you mean that, Rusian?
Are you sure about this?
What's the problem?
Ako is finally acknowledging that the game is separate from reality.
The purpose for this club has officially been achieved.
Everything is all good, isn't it?
Rusian... what's the difference between reality and the game?
Damn it!
What are you doing?!
What do you mean?
Ako's offline meeting is at 18:00 tonight.
Schew managed to get it out of her.
18:00?
It's happening in front of Maegasaki Station, same as before.
You have to hurry and go stop her!
I... don't have any right to.
Huh?!
Are you still talking like that?
What do you mean, "right"?!
She's your wife, isn't she?
How is she my wife?
That's only in the game, right?
In real life, she's just a friend.
Just like she said.
What's your problem?!
You're so lame! You really suck!
I didn't think you were this big a turd of a guy!
Oh, shut up.
You do like Ako, don't you?
Then that's good enough, isn't it?
Go and stop her.
Are you really going to let the girl you like walk into danger?
Rusian—
No, Nishimura Hideki-kun, the way I see it, just as Ako confuses the game and reality too much,
you also keep reality and the game too separate, don't you?
I do?
Sure, Rusian and Nishimura Hideki are separate.
So are Ako and Tamaki Ako.
But Rusian is there inside you.
There are feelings of affection for Ako there inside you.
That's not something I can go along with.
Why not?
Because it's more than just that!
After meeting the real Ako...
...talking to her, touching her...
...I've come to like the non-game Ako, too.
It's not the Ako in the game that I'm concerned about right now!
It's the real-life Ako!
I'm worried about her!
I don't want her to get hurt!
That's so?
Yeah.
Yeah, that's how it is.
The game and reality are different!
And that's fine.
You've just given yourself your own answer.
So hurry and get going.
Yeah!
A really troublesome bunch, huh?
The both of them.
Indeed.
Ako!
Rusian?
Ako!
As your husband, I don't approve of you having offline meetings with strange men!
Things may be different in real life, but in the game, you're still my wife!
Rusian...
Rusian... is Nishimura-kun?
Huh?
Saitou-sensei...?
This is Nekohime-san.
Huh?!
H-Hold on!
N-No, you're wrong.
Nekohime-san is actually an older man.
No, you can't fool these eyes!
Ever since I met you yesterday, I knew you were female!
And when I invited you out here, you end up being Saitou-sensei!
Could it just be a coincidence?
She's right.
I am Nekohime.
Huh?!
I knew it!
Yesterday, I talked to Ako-san— Tamaki-san, in LA.
Huh?
Nekohime-san is Saitou-sensei?
Then, Nekohime-san really was a woman...
Which means that I... proposed to Saitou-sensei?
I'm sorry.
It creates too much trouble, so in the game, I pass myself off as a cross-player.
No... um... just a moment...
This is taking some time to process...
How dare you toy with pure Rusian's emotions?!
You witch!
I don't care if you are a teacher.
As his wife, I...
...will have vengeance!
Hey, what do you think you're doing?!
Move, Rusian!
I can't kill her!
And, as a result...
...I now present to you the advisor for the Modern Communication Electronic Game Club, Ms. Saitou.
Having accepted Goshouin-san's threa— invitation...
...there was no choice left to me but to come aboard as your advisor...
What do you mean, no choice left to meow?
I-I mean, I was happy to!
Brutal.
Well, we couldn't just let the club end the way it was.
I won't let that "meow" woman come anywhere near my Rusian.
You should think some more about what you've done.
You're lucky this didn't blow up into something huge.
Thanks to Nekohime-san, that is.
All right!
Since it's come to this, I will work hard as the club's advisor.
However, I do have one condition.
Condition?
All club members must come to school as much as possible.
Okay, Tamaki-san?
Ehhhh...
U-Understood.
Very well.
And you know, now we can all play the game together again.
Ah, yes!
That's right!
Oh, yeah, by the way, Rusian, you should come and say hello to my parents sometime soon.
I'm not doing that.
Huh?!
Then, I should come to your house to pay my respects.
I told you...
The game and reality are separate!
I thought her secret wasn't going to get out?
Now it's time for your lecture.
If it had been anyone, but me, this would have been terrible.
I mean, attacking someone you've never met—
I'm sorry meow!
Stop doing that meow!