Three days later.
The Cultural Festival proceeded as scheduled.
Miko relayed the message using a walkie-talkie, "3 minutes until the opening, 3 minutes until the opening."
Yukino was as serious as ever. "This is Yukinoshita, notifying all personnel that the event will proceed on time. Report any issues immediately!"
"Lighting is fine."
"This is sound control, no issues."
"This is the backstage, the actors' preparations are slightly delayed, but they should be able to go on stage."
Alisa looked at the time on her watch and took a deep breath. "Received! Then, before the opening, everyone stand by."
They had put in a lot of effort to prepare for this Cultural Festival.
Absolutely no issues could occur!
However, at this moment, an unexpected exclamation came from the walkie-talkie.
"This is the projection room!"
"Emergency!"
"Someone forcibly broke in and locked the room from the inside!"
The sudden incident disrupted Alisa's plan.
"Buzz... Buzz... Buzz..."
A buzzing sound came from the school broadcast, attracting the audience's attention.
"Hello everyone! I am Aki Tomoya from Class J!"
"Taking advantage of today's Cultural Festival, I want to spread the most excellent Japanese culture to everyone!"
The voice was passionate and excited, giving people an ominous feeling just by listening.
"Aki Tomoya?!"
"What is that idiot doing!"
Eriri was startled.
As his former childhood friend, she knew his eccentric and unique personality very well.
"Hey!"
"Really?"
"Are there such socially outgoing otaku?"
Hachiman keenly sensed Tomoya's next move, his face full of surprise.
Megumi spoke expressionlessly, "Aki Tomoya, I think I've heard of him."
"...At the beginning of the school year, he ran to the teacher's office and argued with the head of academic affairs to show anime..."
"In a sense, he's a celebrity."
Yui exclaimed with shock, "Eh! Does this person want to show anime at the Cultural Festival?"
"So, so disgusting!"
Yumiko looked disgusted. "Tsk! Otaku are so disgusting!"
Even Rikka couldn't stand it anymore as she said, "This person is definitely not a resident of the other side of the world line."
Saki said with a frown, "Madman! Does he want to ruin the entire Cultural Festival?"
Originally, with her personality, she didn't care much about the Cultural Festival.
But this time was different. As one of the representatives, she had contributed her time and effort.
Yukino anxiously said, "Immediately send someone to the projection room!"
They had prepared all sorts of contingency plans, but they never expected there to be such an abstract person in the school.
A helpless voice came from the walkie-talkie. "It's no use, the projection room is locked from the inside, we can't get in!"
"Wh-What should we do?" Alisa looked anxious.
As the Executive Committee Chairperson for the first time, she was still a bit green.
When a sudden incident occurred, she became flustered.
"Eeeep!!"
An unusual sensation came from her thigh, startling her.
"Tenya! What are you doing?!"
Turning her head, she saw that it was Tenya who had touched her thigh, which made her feel both embarrassed and annoyed.
'Thigh-con idiot, don't you see what time it is!'
Tenya calmly said, "I'm just trying to wake you up."
"Don't worry, I'll handle the projection room for you."
"What you need to do now is prepare to go on stage and host..."
Tenya gave her a reassuring look.
Aki Tomoya is a severe otaku. He has an extremely self-centered personality, disregard for others' thoughts, and evangelizes otaku culture.
At the beginning of high school, he argued with the head of academic affairs to get anime shown, even alarming the principal, becoming a strange celebrity at Sobu High School.
When his name is mentioned, classmates either laugh heartily or feel disgusted.
This time, he set his sights on the Cultural Festival.
He forcibly occupied the projection room, planning to publicly broadcast anime music to achieve the goal of increasing otaku believers.
"Next, please enjoy the theme song of 'Sister Love City' and feel the love of the anime world!"
Listening to the excited shouting from the broadcast, everyone in the audience was stunned.
"Holy crap!"
"This guy isn't crazy, is he?"
"Playing this kind of song at the Cultural Festival?"
Even some of the otaku showed expressions of annoyance and disgust.
"Damn Aki Tomoya!"
"It's because of people like you that we otaku are looked down upon!"
In fact, most otaku are ordinary people.
They have their own hobbies and are happy to stay in their small circle and entertain themselves.
They wouldn't act like a lunatic and promote their interests everywhere.
"Tomoya..."
"It seems our relationship will never get better."
Eriri's eyes were complex.
As Tomoya's childhood friend, she was isolated and ostracized by everyone because of his thoughtless promotion of otaku culture.
The hurt Eriri kept her distance from Tomoya from then on, and they no longer spoke at school.
She had originally thought that after entering high school, Tomoya would mature and become rational, but unexpectedly, he was as abstract as ever.
Bang... Bang... Bang!
"Aki Tomoya, open the door for me!"
"You bastard, do you want to ruin the Cultural Festival that we worked so hard to prepare for?!"
The committee members who rushed over after hearing the news angrily pounded on the door of the projection room.
"I refuse!"
"The core culture of Japan is anime, manga, light novels!"
"What's wrong with me promoting culture?"
Tomoya stubbornly insisted on his own ideas, completely disregarding the opposition of others.
At this moment, he seemed to have transformed into a great archbishop, determined to spread the gospel to the ignorant world.