Tokyo Ghost Diary

The streets in the middle of the night are still flashing with neon lights, and the city has pulled down its soft veil like cherry blossoms in full bloom during the day, revealing the essence of the city's ecstasy to all the nocturnal wanderers.

Tokyo is a crowded and busy city, and even late at night, the streets are still full of people.

Countless social workers who have worked overtime are the protagonists of the night and the main source of customers for many large and small stores. High school students like Hoshino Gen, who can be seen everywhere in school uniforms during the day, are a bit out of place on the streets at this moment.

The aroma emanating from the food stalls on the roadside is like a seductive little hand, constantly leading passers-by to the stalls for consumption.

Hoshino Gen also wanted to solve the dinner problem at a nearby roadside stall, but he didn't know if it was because today was Friday that many stalls were full of customers.

Hoshino Gen glanced back and forth several times before finally seeing a fast food stall with only a few customers in an inconspicuous corner.

The stall owner was a girl who looked to be only seventeen or eighteen years old. She was also wearing a school uniform, but unlike Hoshino Gen's exquisite private school uniform, she was only wearing an ordinary public school uniform, and it looked a bit old.

Seeing that Hoshino Gen's eyes were on him and he was still walking towards here, the stall owner actually looked away embarrassedly and lowered his head slightly.

Obviously, this girl is a novice stall owner and feels it is shameful for her peers to patronize her roadside stall.

Hoshino Gen didn't care, he just wanted to fill his stomach.

Sitting down at an old dining table in front of the stall, Gen Hoshino glanced at the handwritten recipes placed on the stall.

"Please give me a curry rice."

"Ah... ok." The stall owner hurriedly filled a disposable lunch box with rice, then opened the lid of a pot, poured a large spoonful of hot curry on the rice and brought it to Gen Hoshino.

Taking the disposable chopsticks, Gen Hoshino took a bite of the rice soaked in soup, and then he understood why this stall was the only one on this street with only a few customers.

He took a napkin and covered his mouth, spit out the food in his mouth, wrapped it in paper and threw it into the trash can. Gen Hoshino was about to pay and go to a high-end restaurant in the inner streets to rinse his mouth.

He is actually not particularly picky about food, and he also likes the delicious food from ordinary roadside stalls, but this does not mean that he will tolerate unpalatable food in his stomach when he has certain material conditions.

However, just as he was about to speak, a voice interrupted him.

"Wow! Sister, look, it's Rin-chan! Uh-kawaii~~"

A childish voice suddenly reached Hoshino Gen's ears, causing him to stand up. Only then did he notice that there was a little girl of six or seven years old next to the girl, who was probably a high school student. .

The girl looked excited and yearning, pointing to the big screen outside the mall not far away, her big eyes sparkling.

Gen Hoshino also set his sights there. Promotional information about the girl idol group "tky02"'s Shinjuku concert on April 02 was being played silently on the big screen. Taking up most of the screen were posters of several important members of tky02. As kty In the center, Hoshino Rin is naturally the most eye-catching one, with her small mixed-race face and heterochromatic eyes. She is obviously only sixteen years old, but she is breathtakingly beautiful.

However, what appeared in Gen Hoshino's mind subconsciously was the image of a girl wiping away tears after being tortured while playing games. At this moment, he looked back at the little girl with glowing eyes staring at Hoshino Rin's poster. Inexplicably, he felt something in his heart. laugh.

Changing the word "checkout" to "package", Gen Hoshino walked deeper into the street carrying a white plastic bag...

After Gen Hoshino returned home, there was still light in the living room, but Rin Hoshino was not playing games. To be precise, the black and white game screen of the character's death was still on the TV, but Rin Hoshino had already thrown the controller on the carpet. Now He was hugging his knees and looking at his phone seriously.

Maybe he's checking the guide.

This girl is too persistent...

Although he had long heard from his mother that his sister would often never give up until she reached her goal, but he only truly learned the lesson today.

But - is it really okay to stay up all night playing games like this when there is a concert tomorrow? And looking at it like this, if you can't beat it, don't you have to stay up all night?

After a moment's hesitation, Gen Hoshino went over and picked up the handle.

Under Hoshino Rin's suspicious gaze, Hoshino Gen sat on the sofa a little distance away from her.

"Do you mind if I play for a while?" Hoshino Gen and Hoshino Rin looked at each other and asked with a habitual smile.

Maybe it was because Hoshino Gen saw her crying not long ago. Hoshino Rin looked away a little embarrassedly and whispered: "This is difficult..."

"I've played it before, and it's really hard to beat." Gen Hoshino looked at the screen, took the handle, and with a little force of his fingers, the black and white picture regained color.

The monster's roar echoed through the speakers in the spacious living room, and the percussive attack sound effects were mixed in.

Not long after, after a long and shrill roar, the monster fell to the ground, the boss died, and the game cg was triggered.

Gen Hoshino put down the controller and looked at Hoshino Rin, who was staring blankly at the TV screen with his mouth slightly open. He smiled and said: "The content of the next game is quite interesting, but it's already very late today. You still have work tomorrow, right?" ? How about waiting for the rest to play on your rest day? I think the experience will be better that way."

After a pause, Hoshino Gen smiled and said: "Of course, it's just a suggestion."

After saying that, he put down the controller, stood up and walked towards the bedroom.

"Wait a moment!"

Hoshino Yuan paused, turned around and asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"

"You... are so good at playing games." Hoshino Rin seemed to have not recovered from the surprise.

"How can coincidences happen?" Hoshino Gen smiled: "Is there anything else?"

"Do you often play games?" Suddenly, Hoshino Rin seemed to realize something, and his beautiful eyes became bright: "What platform do you like? PC? PS? Or switch?"

Immediately understanding what Hoshino Rin meant, Hoshino Gen smiled and said: "I like them all very much. We can play together if we have time."

Playing games is certainly more interesting when accompanied by someone than playing alone. People who love games may find it difficult to resist the temptation of having someone to play with them all the time.

"Yes!" Rin Hoshino agreed immediately, and then couldn't help but laugh. Interestingly, this smile seemed to be less sweet and cute than before, like an idol.

Probably because she realized the benefits of having a brother of the same age, after spending more than a year, she seemed to finally be able to abandon the perfect "brother" she had created in her fantasy for the past ten years, and was willing to reconcile with the real and ordinary Hoshino Gen. .

"By the way, do you want to come to tky02's concert tomorrow? You can go backstage..."

Facing his sister's first invitation, Gen Hoshino refused without hesitation with a smile: "Sorry, I still have things to do tomorrow, maybe next time."

"..."