I Was Reincarnated As the Hated Scummy Best Friend in a Gal Game and the Protagonist Is Useless

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40, Risa Jumonji wants to play FPS

The three of us entered a large arcade.

Games where you grab candy spread out before our eyes from the entrance.

“It’s amazing, brother, games! Games!”

“Well, it is an arcade.”

“Look, Akechi-kun, people! People!”

“Is anything fine?”

Risa was oddly high-spirited.

I knew Takeru went to the arcade about once a month, but I had no idea this was Risa’s first time.

“So, today, Professor Akechi will teach us how to enjoy the arcade.”

“Eh, really!? Professor Akechi!”

“Let’s call him! Professor Akechi!”

“Akechi-sensei!”

The siblings come at me with the kind of high spirits you’d see in a video shoot.

Perfectly in sync, breathing as one.

I wish they wouldn’t swing this mood my way…

But for now, I’ll play along.

“Hello hello, Akechi-sensei, aka Akechi Mitsuhide here.”

“The Incident at Honnoji!”

“The first thing to do for fun at the arcade is to exchange money.”

“How plain! Mitsuhide-san, you’re so plain!”

Risa retorts, and Takeru criticizes me.

It was tough keeping up with the siblings’ weird energy.

Also, being called ‘Mitsuhide-san’ brings up complex feelings about a past life name—I wish they’d stop.

Even though I was the one who first claimed the name Akechi Mitsuhide.

For now, I break a 1000 yen bill into ten 100 yen coins.

“It’s exciting to have a 1000 yen bill, but it feels complicated when it turns into 100 yen coins…”

Risa looks at the jingling, former glory of the 1000 yen bill, returning to her natural state.

“Wow, amazing. A 100 yen coin from 30 years ago.”

“You care about that?”

I start to see Risa’s natural side in various ways.

It makes me realize I’ve had few chances to interact with just Risa until now.

“Akechi-kun, let’s go, let’s go.”

“Ah…”

Led by Risa, whose eyes are sparkling, we head deeper into the arcade.

The destination is a corner dedicated purely to gaming.

I learn something new about Risa—she likes this kind of place best, more than UFO catchers or darts.

“This, this, I’ve wanted to try this out.”

“Oh? What kind of game?”

“FPS!”

“…………”

Risa frolics in front of the zombie game cabinet.

…FPS?

This game, which seems to be aimed at a very young audience, is definitely not an FPS.

There’s no way this game, which looks like something kindergarteners or elementary students would enjoy with their parents, could be an FPS.

“It seems to be really popular lately! The one where you fight online users with guns! Arcades are amazing, aren’t they? I want to play FPS!”

“The one where you fight online users with guns…?”

What Risa was pointing at was undoubtedly a zombie game.

This online zombie game?

It’s definitely an offline zombie game though…

Even if my knowledge is limited to dating sims, RPGs, and Smash Bros, I certainly understand what an FPS game is.

A toy gun is stuck into the game console.

FPS!?

FPS games are supposed to be played with a controller, shooting at each other.

This, with a gun shape and the trigger as a button, is not it.

It’s definitely different.

Before I know it, Takeru has also disappeared, and I’m the only one left to point it out.

“Shall we… try playing FPS…”

“Yes! I want to play FPS with Akechi-kun!”

I lost.

I’m the guy who couldn’t correct Emi’s wrong way of playing on the slide.

I haven’t grown at all since then…

The game console looks like a photo booth, and we go inside.

“The recent FPS games are amazing. To think you can enter inside the game…”

“The recent ones are shaped like boxes where you can directly enjoy elements like wind and water splashes.”

“It’s like the 4DX movies. Wow, today’s FPS games are that immersive.”

“…”

I wonder if Risa just wants to use the word ‘FPS’…

I can’t bring myself to say it’s a zombie game now…

By the way, I remember something irrelevant, like how Risa used to mistake the arcade for a place with a slit-mouthed woman.

…Speaking of which, where did Risa’s brother seriously go?

He’s been missing since Risa dragged me to the back of the arcade…

“No, that’s not an FPS! It’s a zombie game! …But go for it, Risa! Get closer to Hideyori! You’re going to win him over.”