Chapter 385: Life Counseling – Conclusion

Suzume had so much to say. Sufficient that her counseling session went a half hour over the preliminary deliberate time.

Thankfully for John, he had scheduled in a late dinner break from 6-7 PM in order that he may course of issues and catch a little bit of Alphy’s first membership stream.

Sadly, he remembered that he did not arrange his account to have the ability to have memberships for any of the women’ channels.

One thing somethin Googol account permissions.

However both manner, that meant John had a little bit of a break to chill out and course of issues, in addition to chart the trail going ahead.

The desk had been cleared away, most of it packed in a to-go field for Suzume to complete since she spent a lot time speaking and barely any consuming.

Actually, it was all the time the quiet and seemingly regular ones who had points…

Which made John not sit up for how the chat with Chihiro would go since she was the epitome of ‘the quiet child’ in school contemplating her passion of carrying round a undoubtedly unlicensed and unlawful firearm at conventions.

Did her dad find out about that? Takashi should have recognized since he was in all probability the place Chihiro bought it. However the truth that she casually carried it round and appeared to know the way to use it…

Nicely. John may unpack that later.

However for now, a fast standing replace on everybody.

Asako was fantastic. She nonetheless had a little bit of repressed anger in the direction of her dad and a whole lot of unprocessed grief that she wasn’t acknowledging in the intervening time. However that was one thing that point would clear up. Particularly since she deliberate to go critical with Alphy (whether or not she realized it or not).

Alphy was fantastic too. Since she had began streaming, she and the Alfis had been having a symbiotic relationship bettering each side.

…Okay. It was a *bizarre* symbiotic relationship that seemed so much like a cult or demonic sect worshipping Alfi as a goddess, however total, it was good.

John had seen worse. And from what he may inform, the Alfis solely actually acted bizarre once they had been round Alphy, in her streams, or doing associated duties.

Of their common day-to-day life, you’d by no means be capable of inform that one of many Alfis had been a fan, or something apart from a normie.

Particularly contemplating that they had been all financially steady and in glorious bodily situation all throughout the board as a result of assist community that they constructed for one another.

Anyway, Alphy was fantastic. There was nonetheless her behavior of creating emotionally devastating off-hand feedback, however that wasn’t actually something ‘unhealthy.’ Simply… emotionally damaging.

Principally for John. Nonetheless, he’d take blows to the kokoro over having his daughter cry, so it was a non-issue.

Out of the Prototype ladies, the actual downside was Rin.

Regardless of her younger age… or perhaps as a result of it, Rin had developed a masterful coping mechanism to feign normality.

Specializing in the current, taking a look at solely the great and ignoring the unhealthy. Consistently being bombarded with intrusive ideas, however gently pushing them to the facet whereas she went about her day…

Not solely that, however there was additionally the truth that she had immediately created Hana as a tangible break up character after John launched her.

And that wasn’t even *beginning* to scratch the floor that was her expertly hidden violent center and highschool backstory. One which he instantly adopted up on with Sakura solely to seek out out that she undoubtedly did not find out about it.

And in addition for Sakura to interrupt down sobbing about her sweetie going by a lot ache and struggling.

Thankfully, Yudi had returned from his lengthy procuring journey and was accessible to babysit Aurora for a bit, so John politely requested Yue to assist Sakura out. And in addition to examine on Rin, who was at the moment sleeping again at her home as a result of heavy emotional drain of combating (actually and figuratively) her interior demons.

Positively could be extra points sooner or later for Rin that must be handled although.

#HanaHomura was trending once more, however everybody was simply wild mass guessing if it was a advertising and marketing scheme or a mistake.

John must make it the primary by coordinating a brief dwell live performance with the women utilizing the IDOL our bodies quickly. Possibly he may lease out an area cafe or one thing…

Betty’s sport was nonetheless trending. It was good to see that his daughter was succeeding in her unbiased life.

Another random hashtags, some extra random stuff on the ‘for you’ web page of Tweeter…

Needed to bear in mind to repair that algorithm sooner or later. And ban all of the weirdos utilizing Tweeter for prison exercise…

Truly.

John pulled out his cellphone and despatched a fast textual content to Jenny a couple of mass Tweeter purge and to coordinate with Titor on it.

Folks would undoubtedly complain, however contemplating John may float your complete world’s financial system till the top of time if he wished to-

*ding*

A smooth chime. The elevator arriving at John’s workplace for the hopefully final time at this time.

The second the doorways opened, Chihiro walked out.

And he or she seemed like a large number.

Her crimson glasses had been smeared and askew. Her normally straight darkish blue hair was frazzled. Her eyes had been bleary and purple, and he or she was stifling a yawn as she walked over.

Then there was the truth that she was sporting actually only a single outsized white t-shirt that will have left nothing to the creativeness if it wasn’t an additional thick one…

Oh wait, she was sporting a pair of mismatched white and blue fuzzy bunny slippers too, so the shirt technically wasn’t the one factor she was sporting.

However nonetheless.

John may already really feel a headache approaching from Chihiro’s ‘I am solely right here as a result of I must be right here’ perspective.

Even so, he placed on a smile and gestured in the direction of the cookie and seat throughout from him. “Thanks for coming Chihiro.”

Chihiro yawned and walked over, hopping onto the chair in entrance of John.

In fact, that meant that she not directly flashed him.

Thankfully, she had the decency to put on *one thing* down there.

As to what, John erased it from thoughts in order to not anger his spouse.

However nonetheless, wasn’t Chihiro like… sixteen? Rin’s age, proper? And he or she was performing like this…

John took a sip from his espresso, hoping the caffeine would assist along with his headache.

It did not, but when John believed in it actual arduous, perhaps…

“Yeah, yeah.” Chihiro grabbed a cookie and took a chunk earlier than waving it round. “So what are we speaking about? I am a busy lady, you realize? Comms, fan arts, streaming…”

Hoo boy. Nicely, let’s examine how this goes…