Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai:Volume 2 Chapter 1

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Chapter 1

The season is summer, a certain July Saturday when finals exams are just ahead.

That day, I was in the one room in our house that lacked air conditioning (that's my room) since morning, I was sitting in front of my desk in desperation - or rather, agony is closer.

"Gu.... Grr..."

Studying for exams like a high school 2nd year student... is of course not what I was doing.

"Gr... Gah..."

I was conquering the newly released eroge "Siscalypse" (full title needs translation).

"...dah!"

Click click clickclickclick! I am bashing away at the buttons of the USB controller attached to the laptop.

On the screen is a battle with two girls with weird outfits, jumping around wildly. Punches and kicks are flying about, a staff and a gun are being swung, occasionally a blindling light is shot out too while using up a gauge, a tentacle attack that covers the whole screen also appears, time gets stopped, tens of thousands of sisters are summoned, etc - you get the idea.

"Siscalypse" (full title needed) - fans have already shortened it to "Siscaly" - has a different feel to it than any other ADV (adventure game) that I have played.

Read text, pick choices and collect events of the little sister heroine to conquer - there's a part with those elements but the main focus of "Siscaly" is the development part and the battle part. At the start you take your chosen little sister character and develop (customise) her, raising parameters and memorizing special moves. You battle in 3D against girls that were inserted into the storyline and win - that's the Siscaly game system. Note that there's an online mode for duels over the internet.

With tens of thousands of players, the Siscaly server is said to be a best-seller. The world is so wrong. Just then,

"Ah!"

The electroshock conjurer little sister took a direct hit from the enemy little sister's tentacle attack and went flying to the edge of the screen. The health bar instantly dropped to zero and her clothes are torn and scattered.

Whap! Uwa- uwa- uwa-... (<-- echo)

Game over. The black-caped enemy little sister is looking down at my character in torn clothing.

"Go home now, you have an onii-chan too"

"Damn~, I lost to this one again! Isn't this overpowered? How am I meant to beat this?"

On hearing the fully voiced victory line which strangely pissed me off, I threw the controller aside and smacked down on the desk out of frustration. And then,

"Oh shit"

I suddenly snapped back to normal again. With the sensation of having just broken some hypnosis I grabbed my head. What the fuck am I doing...?

A 17-year old youngster concentrating on a little sister porn game since Saturday morning. That's how I, Kousaka Kyousuke, currently look. No, wait, no, this is all wrong.

I am an utterly ordinary high school boy, not an otaku.

There's a reason why I'm exclusively playing all these little sister porn games despite having a real little sister. There's nothing to hide, this game isn't mine - it's my sister's.

I have no choice but to do this because my sister forced me to with a "Do it" threat.

...no really, I'm not lying. I know it's extremely hard to believe but my little sister is an unbelievable girl who loves little sister porn games and watches anime for kids.

Yeah, that fateful day.

I discovered her secret hobby she was trying so hard to hide. Based on that, my sister requested life counseling after we'd been ignoring each other up until that point.

I didn't ask for it but I got flabbergasted at seeing her hobby, received a heap of verbal abuse, was forced into playing a porn game, got dragged into an offline meeting and then the tour around Akihabara...

I went through so much meaningless suffering. But anyway, through that our nearly conversation-less relationship had more than decades' worth of conversation injected into a few weeks.

It may have been only a little, but I got to understand a bit about my sister, who I hitherto didn't show the slightest interest in, and about otaku who I had been prejudiced against.

So I thought I ended that chapter of my life.

My sister made some otaku friends she could freely talk with and even the ultimate crisis of being discovered by our parents was overcome.

Father and mother both did not touch this topic after that, so from an external point of view, things returned to how they were before my sister's hobby was discovered. My father yelled "Do what you like" back then.

Those may have been words yelled out while being swept in the mood, but father is a person who will stick to his words no matter what.

He won't bring up the topic again just because time has passed.

That all happened in June and almost a month has passed since then.

So it's like that. There's nothing within the house that threatens my sister's hobby.

It may have ran longer than I expected, but this time for sure the Kousaka Kyousuke life counselling center will shut down.

Having been freed of all the annoying things, I can go back to a dry relationship with my sister and enjoy a relaxed and tranquil life again.

That was what I had thought.

"Ha-ah..."

I don't know why but my days went by while getting summoned by my little sister many times and being yelled at under the pretext of "life counselling".

Even just a few days ago I got this 'Siscaly' game shoved at me with the words "Just clear this quickly. No excuses." What am I supposed to make of this?

And how pathetic am I to loyally obey that order...

"A-ah, fuck this! I can't do it!"

I can't be asked anymore. This is the limit. Can you imagine how much of a burden there is for someone with a blood-related younger sister to play a little sister porn game? Maybe those guys out there who actually do have a younger sister might get it but... it's just too pitiful.

I kicked back my chair, strode towards my bed and let my body crash on it.

Paff (sound of crashing on bed). I blankly stare around my room. Table, bookshelf, wardrobe - an ordinary sized room with ample furniture. The japanese calendar on the wall indicates it is July.

Even I think this room has no character but I'm satisfied with that. Hurray for mediocrity. Viva, ordinary life.

That kind of relaxed and slow life is what suits me.

So anyway, let's stop with this stupid activity that doesn't suit my personality.

"I could do with some tea right now."

I left the room to dampen my throat that got dried up because of excitement.

Our house has two-story structure with my and my sister's rooms on the upper floor. After coming down the stairs, the entrance hall can be seen and the door to the living room is on the left.

My sister came into view once I entered the living room.

As if that was her default position, she was lying down on the sofa with her legs crossed and wearing shorts of minimal length. A comfortable outfit with an emphasis on the thighs, but there's no way I'll get moved by seeing my little sister's voluptuous form.

That's just how it is - you don't feel anything no matter how much of a knockout your little sister is.

For wearing such a bold outfit, my esteemed sisteri m o u t o - s a m a was chattering away on her cell phone. Seems she was talking with a friend from school.

"Ahaha, is that so~? Yea, so true..."

Once again I'm impressed with her theatrics.

(My sister has a public face and a hidden face. She uses them according to who she deals with so I've lately been able to sense who she's talking with based on her expressions and speech patterns.)

Brightly dyed hair, earrings on both ears, long fingernails smoothly painted and a comely face that's charismatic on its own accentuated with make-up - a mature look that you wouldn't think a middle schooler could have.

She's tall and all the bits that are meant to bulge out have already done so.

This amazingly refined girl is my little sister, Kousaka Kirino.

Currently age 14, she goes to the middle school in the local neighbourhood. She's active as a model in a teenage magazine, is the ace of the track team, was graded 5th out of the whole prefecture, etc - she's like a mutant. As an ordinary mortal of a brother, she pisses me off to no end.

"Ok, I'll be waiting~♡"

While listening to the faked voice of this super sisterimouto I passed by the sofa to take out some cold barley tea from the fridge. After draining my glass,

"Fu..."

This refreshing feeling trickling down my throat is to die for. This is the best when it's summer.

Now that I've no business anymore here, let's try to get away quickly.

I sneaked along the edge of the living room like an experienced thief.

But this effort was wasted when a voice called out when I grabbed the door knob.

"Hey"

The one word from that exceedingly cold voice.

"...What?"

I replied in a pissed tone without turning around.

Look at this. Our relationship is like this.

Kirino is muttering in a voice with no effort to hide the revulsion.

"...Did you do it?"

"...Eh? ...Do what?"

"As in... did you do that? I lent it to you recently... Do I have to spell everything out for you? Why are you such a dimwit?"

Hey, can you believe this? Is this really how a little sister should talk to her brother? This attitude is exactly how a noble deals with a servant. I turned my head and irritatedly spat out,

"Yeah, I did it. I was doing it just now."

"What? Really...? You were hiding in your room ever since morning on a weekend to play a porn game?"

"Wasn't it you who told me to do that?! Stop looking at me with that contemptuous glare! This is something to praise me for!"

"You are the splitting image of a porn gamer."

"That doesn't make me happy at all?!"

You're doing that on purpose aren't you? Of course you are, damn you!

Da-ah---! She... she... there's absolutely no cute side to her at all!

That fleeting smile I saw recently must have been my eyes deceiving me!

There's no way my sister could be cute.

Shit. I'm getting dizzy because of how pissed I am...

While I was staggering Kirino talked to me with her chin on the table,

"So? You've cleared the campaign mode at least once, right?"

"No... not yet..."

As I answered Kirino's gaze got filled with disappointment as she clicked her tongue,

"Hey I told you to clear it immediately?!"

"The enemy's just too strong I can't win... no wait! That's not it! I asked you a while ago too but why must I do that?! Besides, I've got an exam in front of me?!?"

"Flurrying around right before an exam is proof of being an idiot who doesn't do what should be done habitually."

"Grah..."

Sometimes she throws out a sound argument... she's so hard to deal with.

"Ok, that might be true, but!"

Regardless of that, I don't think it's right to be playing a porn game right before an exam.

Therefore explain to me why I should be playing that game right now, explain.

When I said that to Kirino,

"Reason? Didn't I tell you a while back?"

She majestically straightened her chest out and answered.

"Life counselling."

I don't get it. Isn't life counselling about listening to some worry and then giving help?

Why is there a need to conquer a porn game to solve my sister's worry?

Kirino explained it like this,

"The real point of this game is to take your game data from clearing the campaign and duelling with the little sister character you customised. If you don't finish it quickly we can't play versus mode. Why can't you figure out even that much?"

"Go do that with someone else!"

Online matches... was that what she said? There was such a mode? Well, I don't really get it but don't say such an outrageous request as if it's natural. Then what am I? I was going through all that suffering just so I can be her match partner? Fuck that.

"I can't win online. ...I'm not good at these fighting games."

"I'm really shit at them too! Our parents never buy us games so I've practically never played any game!"

"I know. That's why I lent it to you. Thank me."

I get it now. So you, you want to play with someone you can beat.

You want to duel. But you hate losing. You also hate opponents who take a handicap or go easy on you.

You want to win against someone playing seriously...

Grah~, what a selfish girl...

"A-Anyway, I gotta study for my exams so I don't have time to invest in games."

"Hmmm, so you're an idiot?"

Her mouth splits her face.

If there is such a talent as angering a big brother, this girl is a genius at it.

"If you don't have time then you just have to clear it post haste. If you really need it then I can teach you some pointers~, but not today because I'm busy too."

Are you even listening to me? I don't want to.

While my brow was knit tight, Kirino said to me,

"...Oh yeah, why not go see the FAQ site? I did go through the trouble of making the internet accessible from your room."

"...FAQ site?"

"Yeah. There's a site called 'Siscaly@wiki' which gives pretty detailed explanations. I went there too when I was clearing the campaign."

"What's an 'at wiki'?"

"What? Did you just get demented? I taught you, right?"

"Uhm... ah, ahh... you mean that."

Ok, yeah, that's it... So uh, to put it very simply a wiki is a webpage that users themselves can write and edit.

So this 'Siscaly@wiki" must be some site where people gather information on the game.

After getting her advice I started thinking 'maybe I should try a bit more?' I truly don't want to play little sister porn games but I also don't like leaving things half-finished. Plus if I only focus on the fighting aspect then that game is well... uhm... fun.

"Read the FAQ and spend all of tomorrow clearing everything. Got that?"

"......"

Why that arrogance?

"You deaf? I asked if you got that?"

"Yeah yeah yeah yeah... it's fine if I do it, I'll do it. Tomorrow right? I'll see how far I get."

Bah, can't be helped. While I was sighing while scrunching up my face, Kirino added,

"Oh, yeah. Almost forgot."

"Huh? What now?"

"My friends are coming over tomorrow so don't you dare come out of your room."

Wow, the gall of that...

But ok... that's within acceptable limits. I'm sure this kind of treatment towards older brothers is the same in any household when a little sister's friends are coming over. So tomorrow as ordered by her majestyimouto-sama, I'll be hiding in my room all day and...

Huh? Wait a sec...? Wait, wait wait waiiiiiiiit a minute...

"You... you... you're telling your brother to play porn games in his room while middle school girls are coming over to our house?"

"Yeah."

"What the fuck's up with that?! If I get found out this won't end merely at humiliation?!"

Having my little sister's friends discover me playing a porn game is beyond trauma level.

I might really want to suicide if that happens.

"If that happens, I'll be sure to treat you as a stranger for the rest of my life."

"This isn't about you getting humiliated!! Me, it's about me! If I get discovered I'll get disgraced to the point of suicide!"

Seeing me reject with all my strength, Kirino went "Mmm-" briefly before glancing at me.

"Can't you use headphones?"

"You just don't get it!"

This is why girls... Look I'm sure every teenage guy all over the country will agree with me - wearing headphones while secretly watching a video does not guarantee the dangers have been mitigated.

Of course if you block off the TV sound then the risk of being caught is reduced. However, your own sense of hearing also gets cut off so you can't detect the incoming parent ambush. This is why guys the world over have developed all sorts of techniques like only attaching the headset to one ear or...

Wait, this isn't the time for this discussion.

"My room can't even be locked! If my door happens to get opened then it's over right there! It's too dangerous!"

"... Yeah... I see. Well... think of something yourself."

Only then did Kirino get how dangerous my situation would be and started nodding her head with a serious face.

There just are these times when I can't tell whether she's innocent or stupid. And do you really insist on making me play that porn game? What 'think of something yourself'?

"Well anyway - since my friends will be coming over, if you're going to stay in the house then sit tight in your room."

"......"

Kirino is waving her hand as if she's shooing away a dog. Seems my sister absolutely dreads me meeting her friends... isn't that the same in any household?

So... ok. Fine. It pisses me off but that doesn't matter. This always happens.

I shrugged my shoulders and said,

"Fine then. Tomorrow? I just have to stay in my room as much as possible?"

"Yeah. Please make sure I don't get bothered. There'll be a lot of cute girls but if you talk to them I'll kill you. Don't even look at them, you'll get them dirty."

"Hey, you're treating a human like he's some germ! Isn't that going too far?"

I mean for goodness sake,

"I'm not interested at all in your friends."

"Humph, I really wonder about that."

She's still looking at me like I'm trash. I get goosebumps thinking lots of girls like this will be coming over.

Kirino's school friends are a group where only "those ladies way up there" gather.

Jewels who reek of glamour and sophistication. But Kirino's worries are so utterly wrong. I have no thoughts of approaching people living in completely different dimensions with my own two feet.

That was what I truly, honestly believed back then.

"...Damn that little bitch..."

And so I was back in my room with boiling blood.

A moment ago I had entertained the thought of napping after that drink but all my drowsiness disappeared after that exchange with my princess of a sister.

I sat at my desk and brought the laptop out of standby mode.

Hmm, so I just hit any key to bring it out of sleep, was it?

I was starting to get a little used to it after having borrowed it from Kirino so much.

"... Uhm."

Just then I felt something was slowly encroaching on me.

I hope that's just my imagination.

First, I opened the browser. (Hey I may be a troglodyte with computers but even I know what a browser is and how to use it. It's software to look at webpages right?) I thought I'd look at that 'Siscaly@wiki' that Kirino mentioned before. By the way, this is the first time I've opened the browser on this laptop.

"Ohh."

As soon as the browser started up, the first thing that was shown was a familiar site. It's the main screen of that otaku SNS site which Kirino registered at.

The main page showed the list of what communities and friends Kirino got involved with. Among the names were 'Saori' and 'Kuroneko' who I had met several days ago.

By the way, my sister's nickname was 'Kiririn@I just saw the image of a porn gamer'

... Damn her she just set that using her cell phone. What does she think human dignity is?

"... Bah"

There's no reason to stay here at my sister's personal page. Feels bad to be peeking into someone's private life.

I clicked on the search window at the top of the screen.

Uhm, what was it...? Oh yeah, Siscaly... swirly thing, space, wiki... enter.

So I found the 'Siscaly@wiki' quickly by searching like that.

On the left end of the screen there was a long list of menu titles (characters and special move names, etc). By clicking on one, the relevant information would be shown on the right side. A very simple page setup.

"... Woah shit, what's all this?"

I brandished my tongue at that oppressive quantity of information. The game has only been out for mere days and yet the FAQ information is this detailed...

Details of the game system are of course explained, campaign clearing strategies (includes video links) to a full chart of moves with attached explanations, customization strategies, rules for how parameters are raised, damage calculation formulae, even the ending list and the scenario flow charts... are all included. Though I don't really get it.

My extent of prior internet experience had been occasionally checking the weather forecast with a cell phone, so I was kinda looking down on how good this FAQ site would be.

There were guys who dove deep into the game right from day 1 who constantly updated this 'Siscaly@wiki' site and filled the database, so maybe this should be an obvious development.

But I think that just makes it even more amazing.

'We enjoy the same porn game' - with just that thought they made such an astonishing database.

I had the same 'that feeling' I got during last month's incident by looking at this site.

"...Hmmmph"

A bitter laugh seeped out of the corner of my mouth.

... Man, this is why otaku are... just how deep must you dig in before being satisfied?

But well, this stuff is hot passion. Though it has absolutely no benefit for society.

That just makes it even hotter.

I stared at the wiki for a while but... I could not figure out where I should start. That's despite it being plain the sentences have been written in an easy-to-understand way.

The authors are probably core gamers so they can't synchronise with a complete beginner's sense like me. Thus I began my uphill battle. I compared with the Siscaly manual, repeatedly re-read the wiki's sentences. After all that I felt I could just barely understand a little of the contents.

Uhm so basically, according ot the wiki the Siscaly campaign mode has a very hard difficulty so beginners find it hard to clear.

"But Kirino finished it despite that."

She's a beginner at fighting games too so there's no reason I can't.

There must be a way...

Click. I found a 'Must reads for newbies' link among the menu titles. The right side of the screen filled up with beginner tips.

They went like this:

Newbie FAQ: Campaign Mode Unlock Guide!

1) Let's raise our little sister's level effectively online!

Broadly speaking, there are two modes to Siscaly online play:

Versus (Siscalypse) Mode where you fight little sisters all over the country to aim for the strongest sister.

Co-op Mode where little sisters from across the country gather together to stop the end of the Sister World.

~ ~ Omitted ~ ~

In co-op mode you can use save data even from uncleared games.

If you are a newbie, challenge the campaign with a character well-trained from online play! You'll definitely get your revenge on previously unbeatable opponents!

NB: Nobody likes leeches! Only take missions appropriate for your level!

"Ok so... what's this going on about?"

What leech? Even if you say it like it's common sense, I can't understand.

But there's bits I sort of get. Uhh... so it's like this?

Until you complete the offline campaign mode (which I kept getting game overs on today) you cannot compete with human players.

So at present even if I connect online I can only play cooperatively against computer opponents.

"... Why another pain in the ass restriction?"

Probably a way of saying those who can't complete the campaign mode are not worthy of fighting online but... how to say, feels like the threshold is set really high."

And the campaign mode is hardcore difficult as seen before.

Maybe all online games are like this? Well, who cares. So about the campaign clearing strategy...

Siscaly is a game where you repeat the same mission over and over to gather experience to strengthen your character, i.e. it places great importance on 'levelling up'.

I didn't know this and kept trying to push forward. Therefore I got crushed by the same opponent all the time. Also, levelling up is easier by playing co-op mode online.

"Mmmu, so damn involved."

For being a mere porn game (Kirino would get pissed if I said this), the game part sure is deep. I thought porn games just had to be erotic as the name implies but... guess there's many kinds.

Or rather I don't get why this title had to be made as a porn game.

The only porn in it is the clothes being ripped off of opponents when you beat them... so it'd be better if they just drop that part and sell it normally.

Making it R-18 reduces the customer base.

Well ok, there may be some complicated circumstances beyond my understanding.

While I was thinking about this from a beginner's perspective,

"...Oh"

The reference video I was watching became slightly erotic.

This is a video linked from the wiki page, explaining the basic Siscaly combat mode. Perhaps as a prank by the guy who made it, some of the 'gift CGs' that are shown after fights end were collected near the end of the video.

...Hmmmmm... damn I just can't get used to little sister porn...

Even if it's a game, seeing a little sister getting obscene things done to her only brings depression - it's painful mentally.

Kirino has completely separated games from real life, loathing the thought of treating 2D and 3D the same and seeing nothing wrong with someone enjoying a little sister porn game despite having a real sister. But even now, I can't draw the line between the two worlds so clearly.

I can only say there are some things which are just impossible. I can't enjoy a little sister porn game while having a real sister. I don't even want to see a little sister character doing raunchy things.

While I was looking at a 'little sister character whose clothes got ripped off' H CG with a, to be honest, disconcerted mind--clak! (needs better onomaetopoeia for a door being opened)

"Kyousuke--, I'm going shopping so do you prefer the mildly spicy one or-"

"UWOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!"

I repeatedly hit the X (close) button while screaming my throat out.

Clatterclatter! I got up so quickly my chair got knocked over. As I turned around, my mother was standing there with the door to my room open. My tongue wasn't moving properly but I managed to get it to pronounce:

"Mom! I-I told you to knock before coming in!"

"Sorry~~☆ Next time, I'll be careful next time~~. Anyway, mildly spicy or spicy - which do you prefer?"

"The mild one!"

"Too bad, I want to eat it spicy tonight. I'm off shopping now."

Mom closed the door while making a meaningful and pretentious smile.

"Uwaaaaaaaa~ ~ ~"

I sob and collapse. Fuck... in so many ways: fucking hell!

Damn hag, making curry whenever she has some time...! If you look at that dialogue just now, there was no reason to even ask for my opinion! Our house doesn't give a shit what the eldest son thinks.

Treat me too cold and I'm going to get myself adopted by the Tamura family.

But... the timing for closing that video was real close... and I can't exactly ask "did you see it?" to mom either~~.

...Gu, for the sake of protecting my self-esteem, I must forget what happened just now...! Let's forget it all!

But really! A room with no lock causes problems no matter what I do!

Is there really nothing that can be done about this...?

While thinking about a worry that many teenagers harbour, I slowly stood up. Looking through the window, I confirmed my mother leaving the house.

--- Good she's gone.

I calmed down and resumed my perusal of the wiki.

The rest of the newbie FAQ went like this:

2) Be careful with the newbie killer 'tentacle sister'! Let's thoroughly prepare for the other points where it's easy to trip up!

3) A simple lecture on stat point distribution. These are the parameters you must raise early on!

4) Make use of the 1st person viewpoint! Master 3D combat with effective use of the viewpoint!

5) If all else fails! Use item points to equip a rare item on your beloved sister!

"Hmm, I see..."

I continuously nodded my head with a refreshing feeling and said,

"I understand I don't get this at all."

The author to this FAQ would be so disappointed if he heard that.

But there's nothing I can do about something I don't know. There's a lot of technical jargon too.

But I get that I need to do this online co-op play.

I closed the browser after skimming over the newbie FAQ. Then I clicked on the Siscaly icon on the desktop to start the game application.

The Siscalypse menu appears. (need full title here)

"Uhm... was this how it's done?"

Referring to the instruction manual, I connected Siscaly to the internet. Perhaps because Kirino had already done all the settings, I could get into the server with a single click.

"You have logged on as 'Kiririn'"

"Eh?"

What's this? Did I connect with Kirino's account? Is that how she set it?

I don't get it but I'm at least online so all's good.

The screen got filled with the 'lobby screen', many 'frames' neatly separated like in a notepad.

The window in the right-hand corner had Kiririn's player data.

Uh, it's crammed with numbers and English letters... If there's anything I could understand from that it was:

Win: 003 / Lose: 046

That's all. There's some ratio next to that line which I don't get, but this must be her win/loss record. That's to say, how many times 'Kiririn' has won and lost in Versus mode.

Hah, she's being utterly dominated.

"Uh... So let's see..."

These separate 'frames' are each called 'rooms' and when I click them,

"Pros come, VS room ♪ (ground battle, no flying)" VS Players 1/2

"Newbie level up room~" Co-op, Mission 2, Players 2/3

Information on the rooms show up like this. Players can join these rooms or they can make new rooms with settings they decide.

I heard later that this system is unusually popular in online games.

"...So... uh... I don't know what I'm supposed to do..."

I scratched my cheek in front of the lobby screen.

Select a suitable room, join and talk ('chat' as they call it) to other games and engage in co-op play - that's the order I need to carry out but I'm stuck at the very first step of choosing the room.

I dunno, I'm hesitant about chatting or playing together with people whose faces I don't know. Is this just me...?

Or does everyone go through this phase when they start online gaming? I can't decide but... the burden that this is a porn game no doubt further adds to the hesitation.

"... Bah... it's quite for today..."

As I moved the mouse cursor to the logout button...

Dirong. With a cheerful noise, a small window came up at the top middle part of the screen.

You got a message from Saori-san.

"Eh?"

I stared at that familiar player name.

Saori is Kirino's otaku friend and is the manager of a community called 'Otaku girls gather--'. We were indebted to her at last month's offline meeting that Kirino attended.

... She plays Siscaly too huh... small world...

Or rather, this game is probably popular within that community too.

I mean, there are over 10000 people logged on at this moment.

"Hmm"

Sadly, I have no knowledge of what porn game sales are like but... could it be this game is selling really well?

So in other words, it's that is it? That there are at least 10000 people who like little sisters in the world?

Wow~ Isn't that too much demand no matter how you look at it? What's wrong with this world?!

Well anyway, the message contents went like this,

"Hello, Kiririn-san. Would you like to share a conversation with me if you have the time?"

"You really are someone different when you're online."

I ended up complaining to the screen.

This 'Saori' girl acts like an 'elegant lady' on the internet but in real life she's maddeningly different. A body that's over 180cm and has the same 3 sizes as Fujiwara Norika.

A weirdo whose fashion sense and speech pattern fits the very image of a creepy otaku.

To this girl, I...

"Uuu..."

This is my first time chatting so I was uncomfortable with real time communication over the internet. Despite this, I wrote my reply,

"Sorry I'm not my sister. I'm her brother."

Then a new message saying "Saori-san has invited you to a chat room" came up. Clicking on that, a chat window opened up.

Saori: Oh my, it was Kyousuke (凶介) Onii-sama. It has been a long time since we last met.

To think that's how she spelt it, I want to facepalm. Hey who you calling 'Onii-sama' damn you.

Kiririn: Who you calling Kyousuke (凶介)? My name is Kyousuke (京介). Kousaka Kyousuke.

It can't be helped she mis-spelt my name since I didn't tell her the kanji. But why that kanji of all possibilities...

Do I really look that unfortunate to you?! While thinking that, Saori asked "How are you doing?"

I just barely matched her pace and typed,

Kiririn: I'm fine. You seem energetic. My sister is always relying on you.

Saori: No, it is I who is relying on her all the time. Like in this game, she's my target practice day by day. Thanks to her, my win rate is maintained at 80%.

So you're the cause for that 'Lose:046'! Fuck, because of you...!

As my temple twitched, I typed,

Kiririn: Hmm... you're good at games.

Saori: Well, I'm ok with them.

Oh really.

Kiririn: Then teach me a bit. See, my sister is forcing me to get into this game. Now that it's come to this, I may as well train myself and wipe the floor with her.

Saori: Ufufu, what an enviously good relationship.

There's no way that's true. What's this girl going on about?

Saori: Have you looked at the newbie FAQ on the Siscaly@wiki?

Kiririn: Yeah, just now. I didn't understand any of it. Especially the... what was it... the 1st person viewpoint. I mean I get what it means but... uh...

Saori: My, do you have 3D vertigo?

Kiririn: 3D vertigo?

Saori: That's what we call the phenomenon of feeling dizzy when playing 3D games. It's especially common in FPS games which operate with the 1st person viewpoint.

Kiririn: Hmm, that does sound like what I have.

It makes sense now that Saori mentions it. I get dizzy when playing a 3D game like this.

That's probably why my skill hasn't been improving at all.

Kiririn: I finally understand thanks to your explanation.

Saori: I was like that at first too. With practice it can be mitigated to an extent.

Kiririn: Practice? How?

Saori: For example how about acting like you're in an FPS game even in real life? Always hold an assault rifle while walking around and don't take your eyes off the aiming sights. Whenever you need to change directions, turn your entire body around like a rigid stick.

If someone shows up within your search area, quickly get into prone position and take aim regardless of whether it's an ally or foe. By doing this I completely overcame my vertigo♡

Kiririn: What kind of pervert are you?! I don't want to go that far to get cured!!

And you're speaking out of experience?! Oh yeah, I had forgotten! This girl is screwed up like this!

Even if she's talking like a refined lady, her core is unchanged.

Saori: Oh my, calling me a pervert... Kousuke onii-sama, that's too impolite. Didn't I tell you previously? I am normally a timid girl.

Kiririn: Timid girls do not greet people at gunpoint!! That surely is just your own view?! I won't say any more, just look at the reactions of those around you!

Like your friends who have an assault rifle aimed at them!

Saori: Oh but they went "Phew~ your latest hobby is so much better," and understood me?

Kiririn: That means they gave up on you?! Just what did you get up to previously?!

This kind of conversation went on for a while. Despite this being my first time chatting online, I got really worked up...

In any case, this girl really is good at raising the mood. A mood maker who makes things lively just by being together with her.

While thinking that I shook both wrists. They were sore from typing so fast.

"Fu..."

A sigh. On the screen, Saori is still chattering away but I can't keep up with her high pace talk anymore.

Saori: Kyousuke onii-sama? Why are you silent?

Because my fingers hurt. Just wait a bit.

Saori: Oh my, you're doing 'neglect her' play.

Kiririn: That's because you keep saying things I have to snap backt s u k k o m i on - my fingers hurt from hitting the keyboard so much!

Gah, there's no telling what she'll say if I leave her alone!

While I made a bitter face Saori changed the topic.

Saori: In which case, I'll give you detailed Siscaly guidance over the phone. My cell phone's number is--

And so I got thoroughly trained by Saori and improved my skills as I had originally hoped. This was how she got to know my cell phone number.

I came to regret this almost immediately.

The next day was Sunday.

I was lazing around watching TV in the living room after lunch when the doorbell rang. A while later, ding-dong-ding-dong it rang again. Nobody was answering.

My father went to work even though it's a Sunday and my mother was out with the neighbourhood wives.

As in, there's only Kirino and myself at home.

"Bah... alright I'll go."

I lifted my heavy body out of the sofa when I heard someone loudly coming down the stairs. Following that was,

"Just coming--, did you wait long--?"

I heard a fake voice that will never be directed at me. It's unbelievable that this is my sister's voice.

"..."

That's right... today was when her friends would come over.

I buried my ass back into the sofa. Without much thought, I looked towards the front door.

Soon I heard a chorus of "Please excuse us~"O j a m a s h i m a s u and snatched a view of a number of middle school girls walk past the wide open living room door.

Tak tak tak tak, the sound of stairs being climbed.

Seems like Kirino took her friends to her room upstairs. The TV programme I was watching had finished. I turned the TV off with the remote control and lay down on the sofa to read a weekly manga magazine.

-- Whoever visited, it's got nothing to do with me.

That's what I'm thinking but --.

"Shit, can't concentrate at all."

Even looking over the fact I've already read this week's issue, the contents just aren't coming into my head. I keep catching myself glancing upwards as I'm concerned of what's going on up there.

My sister's friends have come over - ok this might be the first time since she entered middle school but it's not as if it's the first time in her life.

Hmm, so why is it that I'm so concerned about it...?

It must be because I know my sister's 'secret' now. The incident when it got revealed to our parents is still fresh in my memory.

That's right.

There's a large quantity of porn games and other otaku items hidden in her room.

The day that her collection gets revealed to her friends will bring a much bigger incident than when our parents found out.

No, I am not worrying about my sister.

I don't give a shit what happens to her and I don't need to. It has nothing to do with me.

Just... well... you know... it's annoying if another incident blew up right before my exams.

This is strictly me being concerned about myself.

"That girl, she's got an oddly dense side to her..."

Will it be ok?

While I was having such commendable thoughts, Kirino came down to the living room.

My esteemed sister's fashion for the day was a somewhat large and baggy shirt, an ultra mini skirt and long socks that reach above her knees. I don't know much about fashion and my esteemed sister looks good in whatever she wears so I'm not sure but...

This is a dazzling fashion, right? At the very least, I thought that must be the case. As for what Her Excellency the teenage model was up to...

Getting biscuits and juice for her guests.

Why do you never show such considerations for your brother, darn you?

"... Gross, what're you looking at? No rather, why are you even here? I told you to sit tight in your room yesterday."

"... Shut up. I want to watch some TV, buzz off."

"Yeah? But you're not watching. Stop lying, you were reading manga."

This is pissing me off. I ignore my sister and turn the TV on with the remote.

It just so happened the news came on, reporting "--was trying to electrocute the girl with an illegally modified appliance. The man's room had various adult manga and--". This gruesome story made me even more pissed.

Come on, buzz off. Get out, seriously. I kicked my sister out in my mind.

"Hey I said you're in the way. We're going to eat these in here so can you please get lost?"

Isn't this utterly shocking treatment? What do you think a person is, you bitch.

"Fuck it... Alright, alright I just have to leave right? Ok, ok I'm a disturbance. Onii-san will return to his room."

Why am I so kind-hearted to agree to her demand after all that?

Got something to say to such a magnanimous brother?

"This is filthy. Clean this place up before you go."

That's not what I wanted to hear!

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