Cici had completely tuned everyone out, pulling out her phone and grumbling to herself as she scrolled through... racy doujins?

  ...Who's the shameless one here, really...? Even I'd never do that...

  

  We're minors!

  

  That doesn't change what I said! Argh, whatever...

  I ignored Cici and took another look around the room.

  Celes happily clung to my arm, content to just bask in my presence it seemed.

  Yui was casually making her way through a box of donuts.

  Hanako was chugging sodas...

  And Sena was looking at me with an amused expression.

  I blinked and said, "What?"

  "Nothing, Boss." Sena chuckled and then reached up to stretch.

  I felt my face heat up and pointedly averted my gaze from her huge 'assets.'

  Sena laughed and then said, "I'm pretty tired after all that crazy, so I'm going to head upstairs to my room and crash." She winked at me and said, "I'll leave you in charge, Boss. Take it easy." After a casual wave, she walked into the elevator and vanished.

  Leaving me alone in a room with four beautiful girls. For most guys, definitely a dream come true. For me though... more of a nightmare.

  I felt a sudden cold chill sweep through me as the atmosphere in the room grew strange. And then I heard a chime in my head before a glowing message popped up in front of me.

  ===

  [Optional Quest: Girl's Night Out]

  > Have a sleep-over with your future talents and future staff to bond!

  > Objective: Chat with everyone and discuss the future!

  > Success: Group Synergy up! Unique Skill obtained! Gacha 10-roll ticket added to inventory!

  > Failure: Embarrassment. Cringe. Disgust from certain talents.

  ===

  Oh thank god. You're a life saver, quest system. I could kiss you.

  [Help: *blush* T-There's no need for that! B-But I'm glad it's working properly!]

  Oh. S-Sorry, Help-chan. I didn't think you were-

  Ahem.

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  I cleared my throat and looked at everyone. Then I smiled and said, "Well... how about a sleepover?"

  ===

  Cici held her hands behind her back and kicked a rock aside as she walked beside me. "You know, Onii-chan. If a guy asked a bunch of girls to sleep over, there's usually only one reason..."

  I felt my face heat up and said, "I DIDN'T MEAN IT LIKE THAT OKAY?!"

  Celes giggled and patted my arm. "Calm down, Sen. We know."

  Yui laughed. "Yeah. You're not that type of guy. I mean." She paused, thinking. "...If you were, I think there would have been a lot of 'accidents' with the girls at our school by now, right? I mean, you have a pretty rabid fan club..."

  Hanako blinked. "Accidents?"

  Yui nodded. "You know... the kind where girls mysteriously withdraw from school and then show up a year later with a baby?"

  Hanako gasped.

  I groaned. "Please stop..."

  Yui smiled.

  I sighed.

  We were on the path back to my house, walking along a paved sidewalk alongside a road. The sun was setting, so the streetlamps were turning on one by one as we passed.

  I was a bit surprised though at how peaceful the walk was. I mean, setting the fact that I was really a guy aside, on the surface we looked like a group of five beautiful high school girls. JKs, as they liked saying. And that would usually draw a lot of attention.

  But even though there were other people as we walked, all of them just walked around us and left us alone.

  Really weird, if I had to be honest.

  [Help: Oh! That's because you're in the middle of a quest, Mister Sen! Since you're heading to the mission objective, everyone has plot armor right now!]

  Plot armor? Mission objective? Um... Hey, Help-chan.

  [Help: Yes?]

  I've been putting it off. But at this point, I really do have to ask...

  [Help: Ask away!]

  Is this world even real? I mean, it was one thing when I first saw the system. But things have been getting even more out of hand recently and you keep referencing things in video game terms...

  [Help: Oh! I see the confusion! But don't worry, Mister Sen! Although it's very different from the world in your past life, this world is definitely real! Um... let's see...]

  I heard the sounds of pages turning in my head.

  Huh... Are you flipping through a manual right now, Help-chan?

  [Help: Yes! I don't want to be bonked again... Oh! Here we go! If you want to know more, you have to complete your Life Quest and have over a million subscribers!]

  Life Quest? Oh, so making a successful VTuber Idol group? Got it. And a million subscribers... I guess that's doable. I mean, with everything we have, if I don't get that, I just completely suck at life, right?

  [Help: Right! Ah! I mean, no! I mean, it should be inevitable, not that you suck at life! Mou~]

  Haha. It's fine, Help-chan... but I'll find out the truth then, huh?

  It had been a mystery for a while now. What this system was, why I had it, and who was behind it all...

  I thought it was a cheat I got from whatever gods booted me here after I died in my last life. But I was starting to think that wasn't quite right...

  [Help: You'll find out when you meet those conditions! Oh! And you'll get to meet other VTubers too when you do!]

  Other VTubers? Which?

  [Help: Um... I'll get bonked if I tell you... Admin-chan is staring at me really hard right now... and Owner-san too...]

  Owner-san? Ah, no. It's fine, Help-chan. Thanks.

  [Help: Any time!]

  Hm... that's good to know though. So if I want to figure out why this was all happening and what this world really was, I just had to become the best streamer ever as well as make the best VTuber Idol Agency...

  Well.

  Not what I thought I'd be doing in this life... but at least I had a proper goal to aim towards now?

  [Help: That's the spirit!]

  Yeah. Let's just double down on this and start grinding out the streams soon. We'll just treat this life as like a management sim game and see where we go from there...

  Celes poked my arm.

  I blinked and looked at her. "Yeah, Celes?"

  "We're home, Sen." Celes frowned, looking at me with concerned violet eyes. "Are you okay? You were quiet the whole walk back and looked distracted."

  I smiled and hugged her. "Thanks for worrying, Celes. But I'm fine, really." I pulled out my key and walked up to unlock the front door. "Just thinking about future plans involving us."

  Celes blushed. "U-Us? F-F-Future plans...?" She placed her hands on her face and giggled.

  Yui laughed.

  Cici rolled her eyes and shoved her way inside.

  Hanako smiled.

  And I coughed, realizing my slip up. "A-Anyway... welcome in. This is our home."

  Yui and Hanako walked in next.

  I followed behind, holding Celes at my side, and then closed the door. I smiled and said, "Make yourself comfortable."