Although three months had passed, rounding up, it was about the same...
Of course, that's not the point. The point is that out of the corner of his eye, Tsuna noticed those 'landmine-type' girls across the street walking toward them.
Whether they were coming to ask for contact info or not, it was better to leave first. The less trouble, the better.
So, the two of them began wandering around Akihabara aimlessly.
"Miyamura, want to try your luck?" Nishikata stopped in front of a wall of gachapon machines, reaching out to stop Tsuna, who was about to keep walking.
Hearing this, Tsuna stopped and glanced over at the wall of gachapon machines, filled with various chibi anime characters and cute creatures.
Every few machines had a customer either trying or hesitating. His gaze finally settled on the gachapon machine Nishikata had chosen: Chibi Action Kamen...
"200 yen per try, with a chance to get the limited edition Action Kamen. How about it? Want to give it a shot?"
Nishikata said it was tempting, but his eyes secretly glanced at Tsuna—clearly waiting for an accomplice.
It said there was a chance, but you didn't even need to think to know the probability was definitely low, and the capsules inside were so full...
But at times like this, you just need to drag a 'sucker friend' to spend money with you. Even if you don't get anything, you'll still feel a bit better.
Although Tsuna wasn't exactly short on money, as long as they could have a little fun, that's what mattered.
"Alright," Tsuna said, seeing the situation, and directly took out his wallet from his black jacket pocket.
However, Nishikata, being closer, was one step ahead. He inserted the coin first and turned the handle in the middle.
"Clunk..."
As a blue-and-white capsule appeared in the circular opening at the bottom left, Nishikata suppressed his urge to open it immediately and yielded his spot to Tsuna behind him.
Tsuna repeated the operation. With a 'clunk', he took out the red-and-white capsule from the opening.
Under Nishikata's gaze, he prioritized opening the capsule in his hand.
"It's Mimiko..."
"Mimiko? Who's that? Is there such a character in Action Kamen?"
Tsuna put the capsule shell into the recycling slot, holding the chibi loli he had just gotten, and looked at Nishikata in confusion.
"She's Action Kamen's partner, often assisting Action Kamen, but... she's also often kidnapped by monsters—"
While explaining, Nishikata twisted open the capsule in his hand, and suddenly his words stopped... Inside his capsule was a chibi monster wearing a black bodysuit.
He suddenly felt like retracting his previous thought...
Although neither of them got the limited edition, Miyamura's was better than his, and he clearly felt a pang of jealousy.
"I'll try one more time..."
Tsuna shrugged and didn't plan to stop Nishikata; he wasn't going to try anymore anyway.
Nishikata quickly repeated the action. This time, a red-and-white capsule appeared in the opening. He quickly took it out and opened it.
Tsuna, standing beside him, couldn't clearly see what he got due to the angle, but he saw his hand movements pause.
He leaned closer to look, and good heavens, it was a chibi monster in a red bodysuit with a black mask.
"I'll do it one last time..."
"Let's go, let's go. Let's walk around first. It won't be too late to come back later."
"Last time, trust me!"
Tsuna unceremoniously put his arm around Nishikata's shoulder and directly pulled him away.
This kid... anyone with eyes could see he was getting carried away...
It wasn't until they had walked a certain distance that Tsuna let go of him. Nishikata also didn't choose to go back but walked side by side with Tsuna toward the lively area ahead.
Retro arcade game stores where you can play for an hour for 500 yen (like Metal Slug, etc.), second-hand figure treasure hunts in the used goods area, anime chain stores, merchandise from the latest anime series, manga, voice actor CDs, etc...
There were also voice actors' autographs, but they weren't for sale...
Midway, they passed a handheld game console store. Nishikata, out of curiosity, pulled Tsuna inside to browse.
When they finally left, both of them had an extra bag with the handheld store's logo on it...
Through the staff's introduction, trial play, and the magic of their salesmanship, Nishikata's curiosity successfully turned into temptation.
As for Tsuna, he just wanted to see if there were any differences between the Pokémon games in this world and his previous life. He definitely didn't just purely want to play...
Strange to say, there was a series of Pokémon games here, and they had even released Pokémon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon.
The release time was almost the same as in his previous life, both released in November 2017, on a certain Nintendo 3DS platform.
And Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu!/Eevee! had also released a trailer and would be released in November this year, on the Switch platform.
The games existed, but there was no anime or manga adaptation, and their popularity was incomparable to his previous life.
Perhaps it was because of the lack of anime and manga promotion...
"I was impulsive..." Just a few steps out of the store entrance, Nishikata couldn't help but regret it.
Tsuna withdrew his thoughts, feeling a bit speechless. He had just tried to persuade Nishikata, but it had no effect. "If you regret it now, you can still take it back and return it."
"I was just sighing..."
"..."
The two continued walking forward. The final stop was a century-old store. Both of them queued up to buy taiyaki, and Tsuna bought a few extra portions, wanting to take them back to share with Shouko.
By the time they exited the subway station, the sky was already filled with stars.
"See you tomorrow," Nishikata's parting words came out naturally.
"See you tomorrow."
Tsuna also didn't choose to correct him. He waved at him, and the two walked in opposite directions.
"Ah-choo..." On the way, Tsuna rubbed his slightly red nose and quickened his steps home.
When he got on the subway, he had already explained the reason for coming home late to Shizuka and also told Shouko, so he wasn't too worried.
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"Click..."
"Tsuna, welcome home!"
"I'm home." He met the smiling eyes of Shouko, who peeked out from the living room.
No need to guess, Shouko couldn't hear the sound of the door lock being opened by a key, and their Old Man wasn't that childish, so it was 100% Shizuka who said it.
Pat pat pat...
Shouko's small feet, wearing white socks, tapped on the wooden hallway. She took a few steps toward Tsuna and extended her fair little hand.
Tsuna paused his shoe-removing action and raised an eyebrow. "What do you want?"
"I heard Auntie say you brought me something delicious." Shouko unceremoniously reached out and took the bags from his hands.
"Hmm—" Tsuna stopped his thought of nodding and changed his words. "That was Shizuka just saying things. I forgot to bring your share."
Looking at the cute Shouko, how could he not tease her a bit?
"It's okay, just give me half of yours. I'm very easy to satisfy!" Shouko smiled and waved her hand, then turned and walked toward the living room, carrying the bags.
Half? Dream on, he thought. Hehehe. She wanted to take advantage of Tsuna still changing his shoes to quickly eat his share in one go and teach him a lesson!
He withdrew his gaze from her lively back and continued changing his shoes.