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Tanaka Taro
Speaking of which, I had hotpot with some friends today.
Setton
Me too! What a coincidence.
Kanra
Ehhh!? Hotpot? At this time of the year!?
Kyo
What a coincidence indeed! We too were invited to enjoy some nice steamy hotpot today!
Mai
It was so good.
[Private mode] Kanra
So you guys got in here again.
[Private mode] Kanra
You went to some hotpot spot as well? Where? Have you already got friends to do hotpot with?
[Private mode] Kyo
Alas, alas.
[Private mode] Kyo
Better not think you can interfere in the glow of all the friendship we girls are basking in, Big Brother.
Mai
It's a secret.
Tanaka Taro
?
[Private mode] Kanra
That's why I said Mairu too should remember to use the private mode...!
Bakyura
I also went out to have sukiyaki with my girlfriend. You know that sukiyaki place? With an 1500-yen all-you-can-eat option?
Tanaka Taro
Ah, you mean that chain restaurant!
Saika
I had hotpot with Setton-san. It was very good.
Kanra
Seriously, you guys need to have a sense of season!
Kanra
Hotpot is good only for winter, you know!
Tanaka Taro
Speaking of which, I had hotpot with some friends today.
Setton
Me too! What a coincidence.
Kanra
Ehhh!? Hotpot? At this time of the year!?
Kyo
What a coincidence indeed! We too were invited to enjoy some nice steamy hotpot today!
Mai
It was so good.
[Private mode] Kanra
So you guys got in here again.
[Private mode] Kanra
You went to some hotpot spot as well? Where? Have you already got friends to do hotpot with?
[Private mode] Kyo
Alas, alas.
[Private mode] Kyo
Better not think you can interfere in the glow of all the friendship we girls are basking in, Big Brother.
Mai
It's a secret.
Tanaka Taro
?
[Private mode] Kanra
That's why I said Mairu too should remember to use the private mode...!
Bakyura
I also went out to have sukiyaki with my girlfriend. You know that sukiyaki place? With an 1500-yen all-you-can-eat option?
Tanaka Taro
Ah, you mean that chain restaurant!
Saika
I had hotpot with Setton-san. It was very good.
Kanra
Seriously, you guys need to have a sense of season!
Kanra
Hotpot is good only for winter, you know!
Shinjuku, Izaya's apartment
"Oy, Namie."
"What is it?"
Namie continued to digest trivial tasks without looking up from her own laptop. Izaya, eyes fixed on his desktop display, spoke with a refreshing smile.
"Want me to treat you to some hotpot? The shabu-shabu kind or the crab pot, pick whatever you think is good."
"Would you please refrain from using me to comfort your ego just because everybody else in the chatroom has friends to eat hotpot with?"
Izaya looked away slightly and shook his head at Namie's reply.
"......So you saw all that."
"I've been keeping track of that for a while."
"Does that mean...you also told my sisters about Celty?"
"Maybe. .......Really, your online gender-swapping's getting even more disgusting recently."
Namie, who kept an eye on the chatroom as she went on with her tasks, glanced at Izaya and said sarcastically as an ill-natured smile crept over her face.
"Despite that, though......I'm sort of surprised that you've got a human-like side. Well, guess you are Forever Twenty-One for a reason after all?"
"I see...looks like I will have to take you increasingly seriously. Damn, I should have limited access to invited users only - like what Tsukumoya's done with his chatroom."
The evil mastermind who had been left out of the loop on all the recent happenings until the very end looked outside as he grumbled.
Shinjuku lay itself bare before his eyes as Izaya began to think to himself.
- Peaceful everyday life is something I decided I could do without since long ago.
- Though it's far from necessary for me, I do understand why it's desirable for most people.
Izaya, jealous of the other participants of the chatroom who seemed to be enjoying the peace of their lives -
Felt like he was jealous of the town Ikebukuro itself as he looked up at the sky from the window.
Swallowing the jealousy of guys like these -
The town enjoyed its holiday all the same.
"What is it?"
Namie continued to digest trivial tasks without looking up from her own laptop. Izaya, eyes fixed on his desktop display, spoke with a refreshing smile.
"Want me to treat you to some hotpot? The shabu-shabu kind or the crab pot, pick whatever you think is good."
"Would you please refrain from using me to comfort your ego just because everybody else in the chatroom has friends to eat hotpot with?"
Izaya looked away slightly and shook his head at Namie's reply.
"......So you saw all that."
"I've been keeping track of that for a while."
"Does that mean...you also told my sisters about Celty?"
"Maybe. .......Really, your online gender-swapping's getting even more disgusting recently."
Namie, who kept an eye on the chatroom as she went on with her tasks, glanced at Izaya and said sarcastically as an ill-natured smile crept over her face.
"Despite that, though......I'm sort of surprised that you've got a human-like side. Well, guess you are Forever Twenty-One for a reason after all?"
"I see...looks like I will have to take you increasingly seriously. Damn, I should have limited access to invited users only - like what Tsukumoya's done with his chatroom."
The evil mastermind who had been left out of the loop on all the recent happenings until the very end looked outside as he grumbled.
Shinjuku lay itself bare before his eyes as Izaya began to think to himself.
- Peaceful everyday life is something I decided I could do without since long ago.
- Though it's far from necessary for me, I do understand why it's desirable for most people.
Izaya, jealous of the other participants of the chatroom who seemed to be enjoying the peace of their lives -
Felt like he was jealous of the town Ikebukuro itself as he looked up at the sky from the window.
Swallowing the jealousy of guys like these -
The town enjoyed its holiday all the same.