Ishigami was the type to go all out for the girl he liked. After hearing Rinji and Kazeno's advice, he resolved to change himself.
"Rinji! Rush B site! Hurry!!"
"Wait, my skills are still on cooldown!"
That sa evening the two duo queued for ranked matches.
Change? Usually after deciding, people give themselves a day of leisure, thinking it's fine to start tomorrow.
"We won!"
"By the way, can we stop playing FPS with controllers next ti?"
Throwing the controller aside, Rinji looked at Ishigami.
"I just set an appointnt with the coach, tomorrow morning at the gym. How's that?"
"Sure, though I haven't worked out in a while, I did join a sports club in middle school, so I've still got so base," Ishigami had no objections.
Rinji checked his phone. Dinnerti was long past, and at this hour...
"Ishigami, it's getting late, go ho and rest, I'll take you to the gym tomorrow."
"Alright... hey, want to grab dinner together? Honestly, we've been playing since afternoon, I'm hungry."
"Next ti, I've got things to handle tonight."
"Okay."
Ishigami changed shoes and left Rinji's place. After seeing him off, Rinji shut the door and stepped onto the balcony.
Looking down at the streets lit with lamps, he took out a cigarette, lit it, placed it between his lips, then set his phone on the windowsill to check the clock.
It was 9 p.m. Based on his consciousness-swapping with Kaguya, the window usually fell between 9 and 10 at night.
Minutes ticked by, cigarette butts piling one after another.
When the phone showed 10:01, Rinji slipped it back into his pocket.
Taking out the teorite fragnt, he muttered, "So there's a distance limit to triggering the swap. With Shinomiya in Kyoto and in Tokyo, 370.55 km apart, no consciousness exchange happened. That ans as long as she's at the main house, we won't swap..."
It was a good result, but Shinomiya would eventually return to Tokyo when winter break ended, and the problem would arise again.
Thankfully next sester Rinji might not be around school much, since he'd be going ho for New Year's, far away from Japan.
"Better solve this soon."
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Next morning.
Without a consciousness swap, Rinji enjoyed a rare good sleep.
After waking, he washed up and went with Ishigami to the gym he once frequented, SILVERMAN GYM.
"Coach Machio, long ti no see."
"So it's you, Rinji. Yeah, been a while. Say, how long's it been since you last trained here? Perfect muscles need consistent work."
"Sorry, sorry, I had so things to deal with."
Rinji smiled and pushed Ishigami, who had been following behind him, forward.
"This ti I ca not only because I need to resu training myself, but also because my friend wants to work out."
Ishigami: "…Hello, Coach Machio, my na is Ishigami Yuu."
"Hello, Ishigami-kun." Machio replied with his trademark smile. "My na is Machio Naruzo, the trainer of this gym. What are you looking for, Ishigami-kun? Adjust your posture? Or build muscle?"
"…Build muscle, I want to put on so."
As he spoke, Ishigami also observed Machio. From that cheerful smile and handso face, Ishigami could already deduce one thing. This guy was definitely a normie. That sunny grin alone was far beyond his own deadpan otaku face, and it was clear he was the type girls liked. Even though he hated normies, Ishigami knew exactly what he had to do. To make Tsuba like him, he needed to learn the ways of a normie.
"Then co do a physical test with first. After that I'll make a training plan for you."
"Alright."
Ishigami followed Machio away for the test. Rinji glanced at the big n lifting weights in the gym, then casually picked an empty bench, loaded all the plates on the barbell, and began bench pressing. He still hadn't achieved his goal from last year of becoming a muscular hunk.
"Huh? Rinji-kun, you're here too?"
"Hm?"
At that familiar voice, Rinji lifted his head slightly. He saw a golden twin-tailed girl and a black-haired straight-haired girl—Sakura Hibiki and Soryuin Akemi, the high school girls he often ran into here.
"Oh, it's you two."
"Rinji-kun hasn't been coming for a while, has he?" Sakura leaned closer. "Last year you ca pretty often, but after sumr break you suddenly disappeared."
"Well… busy with school."
In truth, not busy at all. Rinji was the type to usually slack off and only cram before exams. The real reason was that right after sumr break, several things kept him tied up. First was the student council election, then he was forced to transfer to Hyakkaou Academy, followed by the sports festival and the Hoshin Festival. During that ti, he completely forgot about the annual gym mbership he had signed up for.
"But it's great to see you back here." Sakura smiled. "After seeing all those musclebound n every day, I felt like my sense of beauty was getting skewed. Rinji-kun being here lets recharge with a little 'pretty boy energy.'"
"I never saw myself as a pretty boy. Sooner or later I'll build muscles like Coach Machio."
"No way, that'd be a total waste."
"Speaking of which, Rinji-kun." Akemi looked at him curiously. "After sumr break, my sister started ntioning you often. What happened during that ti?"
"Your sister… oh, her."
Soryuin Shion, a mber of the Kengan Association. She probably ntioned him because his performance in the Kengan Annihilation Matches shocked her. Plus, since her younger sister also knew him, she likely wanted to use that connection for greater benefit in the Association.
"I just joined a tournant, and happened to run into your sister there."
"I see…"
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