Hospitality Beginnings - SIDE A
<Suspect Kitakata Raito has been arrested on charges of aggravated assault. Kitakata is an entrepreneur well-known for starting the metaverse service known as mahorova…>
Phew… We finally landed.
(I like traveling, but it feels so nice to be back home.)
(Well, it’s not all sunshine and rainbows now that I’m here, seeing as how I’m gonna be unemployed in a week…)
*bump* Ah…
Excuse me.
I’m sorry. I wasn’t paying attention…
I’m sorry too. You’re not hurt?
No, I’m okay. Are you…?
Yeah, I’m fine. Thanks.
(He looked kind of familiar…)
*bump* Woah…!
Slow down! Who said you could walk in front of me?!
……
Hey! Did I stutter?! Don’t make me say it again!
…Rudeness doesn’t deserve a response. I shouldn’t have to explain that to you.
You son of a…!
Oh, there’s my luggage. Move!
(I should get my suitcase too. How long is it gonna take? What time was my bus again…?)
Hey… Don’t cut in front of me. Out of the way.
Shut it, dumbass! Don’t get in my way! We both know my suitcase is gonna come out first.
Bèndàn… Where do you get all of that baseless confidence from?
Just wait, I’ll prove you wrong! My bag is gonna come out—
That’s mine.
Wuh?!
Heh…
Damn you… Hey, Li—
*alarms sounding*
…Hm?
Stop. Stop.
What?
Please open your luggage and step away. A search will be conducted.
*alarms sounding*
……
Commencing search.
*alarms sounding*
Unidentified pills found. Color: green. Enclosed in transparent package. One bag.
Those are…!
We ask for your cooperation to confirm the details.
…Those are…ra…
…Rabbit pellets.
(Pellets…? He has a pet rabbit?)
Haha! Go ahead and take your sweet time! I told you I’d be first out!
Tch…
(They were at each other’s throats in the plane too. The things they argue about are, uh…kind of childish, though.)
Oh, there’s my suitcase.
Hup… Oof.
(Oh, I should put my carry-on inside.)
(My passcode was… Hm…?)
…Huh?
A little doggy keychain? This isn’t mine… Did I take someone else’s bag?!
Phew, finally home… Wasn’t an easy flight.
Oh, crap… Almost forgot.
Heh…
(As long as I got these on, the only people who can recognize me are my superfans.)
…Alright. Clothes, check. Hair, check. Gotta keep it classy.
(A Nishizono’s gotta look his best.)
Let’s roll—
Excuse me!
Eep?!
Excuse me! Can I talk to you? You in the sunglasses!
Wh… A-A fan? If he makes a fuss here… No, wait, I got this. We’re staying classy…
Um, that suitcase is…!
Ahem… Sorry to say, but I’m on a private schedule.
What? No wait, I just need the suitcase…
(He’s still going… I really gotta pull out the big guns on these crazy types.)
(Activating my Secret Technique: Reporter-Evading Speed Walk!)
Wait! Hold on!
H-Hey…!
Let go! Back up, commoner!
C-Commoner…?!
Who gave a commoner like you the permission to touch an A-list celebrity?!
No, I mean, I just…
(Wait… Is he…?)
Wait, is that Renga…?
No way, what’s he doing here?!
(I was right… He’s Nishizono Renga, the famous model who’s the mayor of one of the HAMA wards… He runs Ward 3, right?)
(Oh, and…)
(I think that other man was a mayor too. What was his name, Lu Liguang…?)
(I guess they know each other because they’re both ward mayors. They didn’t seem to like each other very much, though…)
Do I talk to him? Do I?!
Uh, who’s that person next to him?
Shit, now everything’s a mess…
Hey, you! You’re the one who caused all of this! What’s your problem?!
No, I just wanted to tell you about my suitcase…
Sh-Shut it! I’m getting out of here!
Aah! I want Renga to yell at me too!
I’m so jealous!
Rengaaaaa!!
Huh?! Wait…!
What? What’s happening?
Renga’s here? As in, Nishizono Renga, the model?
Hey, back off! Can’t you see I got sunglasses on?! That means I’m on a private schedule!!
Look at alla these people… You reckon everyone’s here linin’ up for them souvenirs?
My, it’s so crowded… City folk really have it different.
(O-Oh no… Everyone’s crowding around us.)
I told you all to step back!! Back the hell up!!
Aah! Renga yelled at me!
Wow, Nishizono Renga’s kind of an asshole.
This line ain’t movin’ at all. Cashiers these days can’t even get the job done right.
(This isn’t good. Things aren’t calming down.)
*sigh* What a dreadful sight. You have no right to call yourself a mayor when you can’t even provide decent hospitality…
No wonder HAMA is doomed to fail.
How boring. Let’s go.
(People are badmouthing HAMA…! I can’t let my hometown’s reputation go down like this…)
Gahhhh, fuck!! What the hell do I do now?!
Wait, please just hear me out!!
What do you want…!
I can help you!
Huh?! You wanna help…?
…What’s happening here?
Ah, perfect timing! Can you help us too?
Help? With what exactly…
Help with…offering hospitality!