Chapter 98: My Weight will never become a meme, Yeah. Absolutely NOT…

“Ugh… Hah… Hm… Ah, Aki-chan. I can’t take anymore…”

“Not yet, Izumi. Just a little more… fight!”

“You’re being too… harsh… Haaa… Hmph… Hah…”

-YABE -Their difference is too big! -This is definitely sensitive (Seven><) -It might really get banned by Ontube Why am I doing this?

When the off-collaboration with Aki-chan was decided, I had naturally expected a game we could play together. Well, I guess we are playing together now, but…

“First, here’s my room…”

“Wow…”

Aki-chan’s room… It was so big, it could almost be called a warehouse. Actually, calling it a warehouse wouldn’t be far off.

“H-hold on, is all of this… Aki-chan’s stuff?”

“Yep, it’s all mine… Well, some of it is my little sister’s, but most of it is mine.”

From computers to manga, light novels, game consoles, figures, DVDs… It was filled with things that any otaku would be drawn to. You could call this room a paradise for otakus.

But this room had one major flaw.

“So, uh, Aki-chan. You said this is your room, right?”

“Yeah. This is my room. I stay at home most of the time, so my family told me to use the big room.”

“But… how do you, uh, sleep here?”

The room wasn’t dirty by any means. In fact, there was almost no dust or trash on the floor, so I could say it was

clean. However, there was no space to lie down. There was no bed, and the floor was covered with countless otaku

items scattered about. There were enough spots to sit and play games, but no space to comfortably lie down and

sleep.

And that’s why I thought this room could be called a warehouse.

“Sleep? I sleep in my little sister’s room…”

“Ah, really?”

“Well, my little sister comes home late because she’s working, so it’s fine to sleep during the day. In the evening, she always wants me to sleep with her…”

“So… you don’t have a bed here…?”

“Yeah. When I moved in, I was going to buy one since I got a new room, but my little sister insisted that she wanted to sleep together at night, so I didn’t buy it…”

“…I see.”

From that little exchange, I figured out that Aki-chan’s little sister was a siscon. But honestly, if you’re this cute and

naturally tempting like Aki-chan, it’s only normal. Actually, it might be more strange if she wasn’t a siscon. Don’t

worry, Aki-chan’s little sister, you’re not weird!

“So… what are we doing today?”

When I asked what we were going to do, Aki-chan just smiled, saying she had prepared something fun, but still didn’t give a proper answer. Considering what kind of streams Aki-chan usually does, it was almost 100% likely to be a game. And looking at the room, I figured we were probably going to do something here…

“Hehe… Today, what I’m doing is this…”

“This… this is…”

As she spoke, Aki-chan picked something up with her hand…

[[Ring Training] I’m going to exercise with Izumi… #AkiNekoto #KainoIzumi #Star’s Flow #RingTraining]

(_*)Zzz -Nyaa… -(≥▽≦)>ZumiZumi!

“…Do we really have to do this?”

I said, looking at the ‘training ring’ in my hand.

“Yeah. We usually stay at home, so exercise is really important. For people like us, health exercise is a must.”

Seeing the look in my eyes, Aki-chan quietly shook her head and said…

And that statement was so perfectly reasonable that there was no way to refute it.

Ring Training.

It’s an exercise game released by a well-known game company.

It uses a “training ring,” inspired by the Pilates ring, where you hold it and replicate various movements presented by

the game. These movements range from yoga and Pilates poses to bodyweight exercises such as push-ups, squats,

and planks. It was developed for gamers who spend a lot of time at home, and while it doesn’t provide the effects of

serious weight training, it’s evaluated as having enough benefits for basic health.

In other words, as Aki-chan said, for typical VTubers who spend a lot of time at home, it’s the perfect game because

you can exercise while gaming.

However, when you do it on stream, things become completely different.

“OO….”

Ring Training is, after all, a game where you exercise.

And when you exercise, your body gets tired, and naturally, moans start to slip out.

Streams of people playing Ring Training usually aim to enjoy watching those who don’t exercise normally suffer

while working out, and a lot of people enjoy hearing the VTuber’s moans.

…It’s not that I want to say I’m embarrassed by it.

I mean, since I was a guy in my previous life, I understand how they feel, so I wouldn’t think of getting embarrassed

over something like this.

I just… well, yeah. I just don’t want to exercise.

I already train three times a week with dance practice, so I don’t feel like exercising now.

Plus, since I’m a TS (Trans-Sexual) girl, I don’t even need to worry about gaining weight!

I guess…

Anyway, it’s not that I’m embarrassed by the moans or anything.

“Haa….”

Now that I think about it, Aki-chan had said she usually does Ring Training by herself on stream.

I should have thought of that possibility earlier.

“Don’t worry, though. I don’t have anything else to do either. I’ll do it with you….”

Aki-chan said this and held up another training ring.

“…Why do you have two training rings?”

“Eh? I sometimes do it with my little sibling?”

If there had been just one training ring, I could have handed it over to Aki-chan for a break, but that became impossible.

I guess I’m kind of starting to resent Aki-chan’s little sibling now….

“Well, let’s start soon.”

“…Okay.”

And so, I ended up doing Ring Training with Aki-chan.

“Everyone, it’s Konkoto…. Today, as announced yesterday, it’s an off-collaboration with Izumi….”

“Konzumi… the mood maker, Izumi here……

-Did you wake up? (”)

-Hi, Izumi!

-Did you wake up? (”)”

We started the Ring Training in multi-mode, linked the screen to the monitor, and entered the difficulty settings

menu. The difficulty in Ring Training is split by gender, and then it can be set from 1 to 50, with the intensity

increasing as the number goes up.

As far as I know, 1 to 10 is for those who never exercised, 11 to 40 is for people with average fitness, and 41 to 50 is for the experienced.

And Aki-chan didn’t hesitate to choose 45.

“Ugh… Are, are you sure you’re okay with that?”

We’re still technically playing a game, after all.

And since the multi-mode of Ring Training has a competitive element, we even made a little bet. With this difficulty,

I’m seriously wondering if it’s okay.

I looked at Aki-chan, hoping for an answer.

“Eh? It’s the usual for me….”

Aki-chan answered with a blank expression, as if it were no big deal.

-Healthy, smiling neko-chan

-Our master is healthy!

I guess so. She said she does it regularly, so this difficulty should be normal for her.

But then, what should I set my difficulty to…

To be honest, I wasn’t even confident about 30.

Even though I’ve been doing dance training regularly and have some stamina, I’m still below average because I

spend most of my time sitting down.

Of course, Aki-chan told me to choose whatever I want, but seeing her choose 45, I didn’t feel comfortable picking something too low.

“I-I’ll go with 25, then?”

In the end, I chose 25, right in the middle of the 1 to 50 range.

Since I’m doing dance training, I thought I could handle average difficulty.

With this setting, there shouldn’t be any need to feel self-conscious.

After setting the difficulty, a box appeared asking for my height and weight.

I remember that my avatar’s height in the game was set to 152 cm…

As for weight, I wasn’t sure. Should I just enter my actual weight?

I remember I weighed 41 kg the last time I checked.

[152cm/41kg]

After completing my settings, I looked over to Aki-chan’s settings.

[161cm / 999kg]

“…Eh?”

“…Huh?”

“Whoa?!”

-So, Mei-chan is 41 kg, huh

-The difference is so big, haha

-Isn’t that too light?!

Now that I think about it, the height and weight in Ring Training don’t actually affect the difficulty.

So, VTubers usually enter ridiculous numbers…

I messed up…

“Uh, um. I-I was trying to enter 410 kg, but… I made a mistake!”

-It’s too late for that

Yeah…

But, it’s not like I really did anything wrong, right?

No one is going to meme about my weight like some maid character.

Hmm. I guess it’s fine.

Thus, as I rationalized things for myself.

“Now, let’s begin, Izumi.”

“Ah, yes…”

With Aki-chan’s words, the first stage of the Ring Training began.

Well, since I had chosen the middle difficulty, it shouldn’t be too hard, and it should provide just the right amount of exercise.

That thought lasted only until my body reached its limit, and it took less than 20 minutes for that to happen.

“Haa… Haa… Huuu… I, I really think I’m going to collapse…”

“People don’t collapse that easily. Hang in there, Izumi.”

Right now, I was doing squats.

After push-ups, sit-ups, planks, and kickbacks, I was now at the fifth stage.

Even though it was only the fifth stage, my stamina had already hit its limit.

Aki-chan, despite setting the difficulty to 45, had finished all the previous stages much earlier than me and was now waiting. She hadn’t shown any sign of fatigue at all.

It seems she wasn’t just saying that we needed stamina for no reason…

“Haa… Haaa…”

• Ontube’s army is getting angry now
• We’ve angered Meichan for no reason, so please arrest these perverts who are excited by the moans of a real JK.

The chat was, as expected, full of celebratory-like comments.

“Officer, please come and arrest the perverts listening to a real JK’s moans here.”

Even though I wanted to make some witty comment like that, I was too exhausted to do so and felt like I was about to collapse.

“Ah, your posture is a little off, Izumi.”

“Huh?!”

And the reason I was already so tired was actually this.

While I was struggling, Aki-chan, who had already finished the stage and was waiting for me, kept correcting my posture.

“You need to bring your legs in a bit.”

“Ah… okay…”

Suddenly, when she approached me to correct my posture, I couldn’t help but react.

I had learned from Tatekama-chan during summer vacation that this kind of skinship between girls wasn’t a big deal, but still, when it happened suddenly, I, who was closer to a male mindset, was naturally startled.

“…Izumi’s body is so incredibly soft…”

“Wa… wait a second… Aki-chan…!” Hiii!

“I want to keep touching it.”

• What was that just now?
• Really, YABE.

I really wished Aki-chan wouldn’t suddenly poke my side like that!

It seriously startled me!

And of course, Aki-chan, you’re so natural about this!