Everybody started screaming.

"Get women and kids as hostages!"

"Youkai!"

We start getting women and kids into place. We also managed to get a brunette, and blonde hottie as hostages.

They then kneeled down with their arms on their head, but the brunette might be okay, since she has a teddy bear.

"Shido. We got ourselves lovely ladies." Guy no.2 said. (He's called Neru.)

"Oh? That's interesting." I said.

"Can we bring them with us when we get the money?" Guy no. 3 said. (He's called Benjiro.)

"Of course. We're gonna have a hot night tonight boys!" I laughed.

I then took a closer look at the brunette.

"Say, ain't that Matsuri from Hololive? Oh, imagine selling her. Hahahaha. We're gonna be rich, boys!"

"Kimoi." Matsuri said.

"Huh? What did you say." A tick formed on my head..

"Don't you think you're cowards for doing this?!" She said.

"Oh, you've got a bad mouth on you. How should I discipline you?" I cracked my neck.

"Don't talk to my friend like that! You-" The blondie said.

I shot to her side.

"Aaaahhh!" She screamed.

"Anybody who opposes will get shot. That's your warning shot. Any more unruly behaviour, and you'll certainly get a bullet to the head. Doesn't matter if you're a girl or not." I slowly laughed from normal to laughing like a crazy person.

"Say, Shido. Don't you see those 3 in the back?" Neru said.

"Ey, ain't they from Hololive as well? The three that live together? Suisei, Coco, and Kanata?" I said.

"Hihihihi. Oh man, how lucky are we? Hahahaha! We can go and sell them along with Matsuri!" Benjiro said.

Coco's POV

Kuso, we also became hostages.

"What should we do, Coco?" Suisei whispered.

"I don't know..." I gritted my teeth.

"Let's leave it to Yamada. He can fight, right?" Kanata whispered.

"Honestly, I don't know...They have guns, while Yamada is just bare-fisted. I did see a gun store there, but he's only one man." I gritted my teeth even more.

Yamada...please play it safe, and leave us here. You're only one man against three people with guns!

Matsuri and Hoshikawa's POV

"Yamada...be careful....Don't get reckless." We mumbled.

Yamada's POV

Metal Gear Solid Music starts playing

I dropped my snacks immediately. I brought the band-aid with me.

I stopped recording.

I called the police to go to Bell mall.

I started recording on my phone again.

I then crouched and looked at the whole incident. That bastard almost shot Hoshikawa. But for now, I need to lay low, and get to the gun shop.

Yes, they do have gun shops in the mall.

I then went down the escalator quietly, but I was apparently still seen.

"Oi! You there!" Their leader started shooting.

"Kuso." I said.

I vaulted over the escalator, and fled to a nearby store where they have a place to hide. I'm currently on the third floor.

Shido's POV

"Neru! Search the area!"

"Youkai!"

Yamada's POV

So, I'm gonna have to hide here for a bit.

My heart starts beating fast.

I giggled.

"It's been a long time since I've had a fight like this."

The first time I had an experience like this was in a robbery in the bank. However, that was way harder compared to this situation.

I looked at my right hand.

"I'll definitely save you, Hoshikawa, Matsuri, Suisei, Coco, Kanata!" I clenched my fist.

Neru's POV

"Where is that guy?" I mumbled.

I heard noises up ahead. It was on the corridor, and then right.

Yamada's POV

I threw something to get the guy's attention. I threw a vase to the other side so I can kill the guy in the other side. Well, not really kill, but I'll put my knife to good use.

Neru's POV

I then went to the location of the sound.

Yamada's POV

After he went there, I then started to go towards him.

Neru's POV

Huh? He's not here? Unless...He's behind!

Yamada's POV

I quickly tried to grapple him, but he turned quickly. I instantly shoved the weapon to the side, but he fired gunshots.

That was a close call.

Shido's POV

I hear gunshots, but I don't know if Neru can do it alone. I'm not saying Neru is underqualified to do the job, but you never judge a book by it's cover.

"Benjiro! Check if Neru killed that guy."

"Youkai!" Benjiro then went and started running.

"So...None of you people move, or you will taste bullets!" I laughed.

Yamada's POV

Kuso. I gotta settle this quickly or else I'll absolutely be dead meat.

I grabbed his neck, raised him up, and threw him to the ground.

He grunted.

I then got his weapon and threw it away.

I then got my pocket knife out and stabbed his leg. Before he made a sound, I prepared my handkerchief while I got my pocket knife, and I covered his mouth with it, along with my hand.

Disgusting, but I have no choice.

I left the knife on his leg for now.

I then choked him to make sure he is unconscious. I punched his solar plexus in case he's just faking it. I then put my handkerchief back to my pocket.

Eww.

I then put back my pocket knife in my sock.

I then got his M4.

"Oh, luckily he had a silencer on him. Mistake you did there buddy, but I greatly appreciate it."

I quickly put on the silencer on the muzzle.

I then butted his head to make sure he's down.

"I don't even feel an ounce guilty for you guys." I mumbled

I then flipped a few tables over, and quickly hid in the shop I hid originally.

Benjiro's POV

"Where is that bastard?!" I shouted.

I heard some noises up ahead.

I then went there.

I looked at the shop.

"Heh, those tables aren't gonna save you."

I then aimed my gun.

"Okay, let me shoot the whole place!"

I shot the shop through the glass.

After a few seconds, I was sure that everything was shot.

"Hah, now the guy is dead."

I then saw a body.

"N-Neru?!"

Yamada's POV

I then stood up from my spot, and shot his legs.

I then got my handkerchief, covered his mouth, and proceeded to knock him unconscious.

I started punching his left ear. I even slipped some elbows in the process.

After he looked unconscious, I punched his solar plexus, and then I got both of their HT's AKA walkie talkies, and my handkerchief back.

I then start wrapping their hands with rope nearby. Good thing the clothes shop had rope hanging the clothes, instead of a metal bar.

Gonna be honest, they're solid. They have the bodies of navy seals. Though, I don't know if they can survive the punch to the solar plexus, cause that really hurts.

I also made sure to use the AK without a silencer to convince their leader that I'm dead. I didn't shoot the guys on the ground, because I don't need to kill unless necessary. I already knocked the wind out of them, so it's gonna be while before they're awake from their beauty sleep, unless they died from lack of air.

"Jeez, they don't have ammo on them? What criminals."

I then went to the gun shop that was a couple of meters away.

Shido's POV

Well, it doesn't sound like there're sounds anymore. Lemme contact them.

"Neru? Have you neutralized the target?"

Yamada's POV

I hear the HT respond. I stopped running

"Neru? Have you neutralized the target?"

I then changed my voice. Good thing I remember their voices.

"I have killed the target."

"Come back here immediately."

"Youkai."

I then put the walkie talkie in my pocket, and ran to the gun shop.

Shido's POV

I start laughing.

"He's dead! Hahahaha! Now, nothing can stop us, and the cops will definitely give us a car and money to get to the boss, plus we can sell Matsuri and we'll have even more money! HAHAHAHA! I COULD EVEN ADD SUISEI, COCO, AND KANATA IN THE BACK FOR A TOTAL OF 8 BILLION. HAHAHAHAHA!!!"

Matsuri's POV

"Sou na..." I said while having a distressed face.

This feeling in my heart...I feel...devastated...It hurts...

I grabbed my teddy bear with all my might and started crying hard.

"This is not happening..."

Hoshikawa's POV

"T-This is not happening...right?" I said in disbelief.

"O-Our normal date...was ruined..." I started sobbing.

Coco's POV

I then heard that the 'target' was neutralized.

"No way! Yamada's not dead, right?" Suisei said in disbelief.

"Yamada..." I start crying a bit.

"Please, god...tell me this isn't real..." Kanata said.

"Uwahhhh! Mommy!" A kid started crying.

"Shshshsh, everything is gonna be okay." The mother comforted her kid.

Yamada's POV

After 10 seconds, I then got inside. I sense a presence in a nearby gun locker, so I decided to talk to the person hiding inside.

"I'm not an enemy."

"R-really? How can you p-prove it?"

I then used reverse psychology.

"Okay then. I'm definitely the terrorist. I bombed Israel to bits, and I killed all of the people in Japan. I also made a virus that turns everybody into a zombie. I'm definitely not a civilian that's trying to save the hostages that are currently being held."

The guy then opened the door.

"S-sorry. I was just being sure."

I sighed.

"If I really was a terrorist, I would've shot the whole shop, wouldn't I?" I smirked.

At least this guy was being cautious.

"Well, what do you want?"

"I need frags and flashbangs."

The guy then pulled out a stash of grenades.

"Oh mama, this is glorious."

I got four grenades. Two frag, and two flashbangs. Who knows if I need the frag grenade?

"I also need some ammo. 5.56s"

"Ryoukai."

He pulled a stash of ammo, and I got 4 rounds.

"Arigatou-gozaimasu. Here's the money. Keep the change." I gave him around 21,000 yen.

"Oh no. Please don't. You're doing a huge favor for me and all of Japan."

I then put back my wallet.

"Fine then. Arigatou-gozaimasu. I promise I'll save all of the hostages." I silently loaded the AK.

I then went out of the shop.

Gun shop guy's POV

I then put my hands together.

"Maria...you're gonna be safe now."

I start crying silently.

Yamada's POV

I then went to the second floor. I made sure not be in plain sight, since there are other escalators in this mall that that guy can't see.

I then prone and crawl to the edge of the balcony without being seen.

Shido's POV

How long are they gonna take?

Yamada's POV

I then got the flashbang. I pulled the pin, and then threw it fast.

Shido's POV

"Hmm? What's tha-"

A flashbang!

Yamada's POV

It exploded, and I stood up quickly.

I then shot the guy's legs, and shot his hand too, in case he'll use the weapon while he's down.

I jumped down and rolled. Jeez, that kinda hurts, but whatever.

Hopefully everyone's ears, and eyes are okay.

I then saw Matsuri, Hoshikawa, Coco, Suisei, and Kanata in glee.

"Yamada! You're alive!" They all shouted.

I looked at them and grinned.

"Deceive your allies before deceiving the enemy!"

I then punched the criminal's face so hard, it's improbable he'll wake up from his slumber. I also punched his solar plexus. I then made sure to punch his face several times, making sure he's just unconscious, though I wonder if they'll survive this?

I giggled a bit psychopathic-like.

The 5 girls' POV

"That's kind of scary, honestly."

We sweat dropped.

Yamada's POV

I then hear a helicopter above the mall. There's a huge skylight on the top of the mall. I'm guessing it's the news. Kuso. Well, I guess it can't be helped.

I waved at the helicopter, and gave a thumbs up.

Yosh, now they'll know I'm not the bad guy in this situation.

Yagoo's POV

I watched TV from my office, and decided to watch news. I also ate some potato chips.

"We are live here in Bell Mall. There is currently a robbery happening and it seems the situation is being handled now, since there is...is that a guy? It's a normal civilian?! Not the police?! Oh, he's waving his hand! He must not be one of the criminals!"

I then spat my potato chips, and everybody looked at me.

I stood up.

"Yamada?!" I shouted.

Everybody looked at the TV.

"What the-is that Yamada?!" A staff member said.

"Shirazaki Yamada? What is he doing there?!" Another staff member said.

"Wait, there are Hololivers as hostages!"

"It's a good thing they're safe!"

"Yamada...." I said.

I smiled.

"You saved people, huh? You're definitely gonna be popular with that, you know?" I mumbled.

I giggled.

"You've grown a lot since the day you were a fatass 1st grader."

A middle-aged woman sighed.

She moved her glasses up.

"Hontoni, that's his attitude and personality now?" She said.

"Don't freak out. He's an okay guy still."

"Well, he certainly does seem interesting. Like what Minato said." She smiled.

"Well, you're his manager now. Make sure to treat him right, Tomoko-san."

She nodded.

"You can drop the formalities, you know?"

"Well, you're still new to this establishment. I'll call you completely by your first name later on, even though we both are Minato's acquaintances."

We both giggled.

Literally all of the other Hololivers' POV

We watched some TV, and decided to look up the news. We also ate some potato chips.

"In Bell Mall, there is currently a robbery happening and it seems the situation is being handled currently, since there is...is that a guy? It's a normal civilian?! Not the police?! Oh? He's waving his hand! He must not be one of the criminals!"

We spat our chips.

"Yamada?! What the hell?! Why's he holding a gun?!"

"Wait! Suisei, Coco, Kanata, Matsuri, and Hoshikawa are there!"

Yamada's POV

I start untying their hands.

Everybody then was free.

"Arigatou-gozaimasu!" The other people bowed.

There were 20 hostages. 4 hololivers, 1 Nijisanji member, 6 mothers, 1 woman, 8 children.

"No worries. I just did the right thing."

Matsuri and Hoshikawa ran to me.

"Yamada! You're alive-"

I hugged them, and started crying.

"You're safe...You all are safe...Yokatta." I start sobbing.

"You crybaby...if you're gonna cry, I'm gonna cry as well!" Matsuri said.

Matsuri starts crying as well, and she hugged me.

"I already made a new friend. I don't wanna lose him right now." Hoshikawa hugged me.

This feels very nice.

"Yamada!" Coco, Suisei, and Kanata hugged me.

Honestly, I like this moment.

We then broke the hug after a while.

"Good thing you all are safe." I said.

"When we heard you got killed, I thought my heart would stop!" Matsuri said.

"Well, lucky you, I'm alive and well." I patted her head.

"Jeez, you were that skilled at fighting? I was worried over nothing!" Coco said.

"*giggle* You're that psychopathic?" Suisei asked.

"Nah, I made sure to knock them unconscious to the point where they are almost not breathing. That's just entry level by the way."

"That's quite psychopathic, honestly. It looked like you killed him." The 5 of them said with pokerfaces.

I then saw the gun shopkeeper running towards the woman.

"Maria!"

"Claude!"

They both hugged.

"Thank god you're safe!"

"I'm glad you weren't killed!"

I smiled.

"You also saved a couple. You're just full of miracles, aren't you?" Coco said.

"Well..." I scratched my head.

"Our hero and saviour!" Matsuri hugged me.

"Uh..."

"Our psychopathic boyfriend!" Suisei hugged me.

"You mean 'male friend.'" I sweat dropped.

I then shooed them off.

"Okay, how about we all go ho-"

"Fire!"

Bad guys start shooting through the mall entrance.

"Take cover, min'na!" I instantly crouched.

They all took cover. We're compressed in this block. Good thing it can cover all of us.

"Claude! Over here!"

The couple start going to cover, but Claude got shot.

"Argh!" He got shot on the stomach.

"Keep shooting! Make sure the ones that survive are the 4 hostages! 4 of them have very high prices on their heads! Let's continue Shido's plan originally! Move forward slowly!" One of the bad guys said.

Kuso. These guys are part of his plan, weren't they? They were waiting until they get a car and money, so they need to control the situation.

I then realized something.

They didn't have ammo, because they were waiting 'till these guys arrived. Though, isn't that stupid? That's reckless, and fuckin' nonsense.

"Claude!" Maria said as she brought Claude along to the escalators, and stopped it to stop it from moving.

I start to have fury building up inside me.

I start hyperventilating.

"Y-Yamada?" Matsuri asked.

Calm down, Yamada. Safety is first, then execution is second. Control your anger too. Your anger can be the death of you in this scenario.

I then controlled my breathing.

I reloaded the gun.

I analyzed the situation first before I go full on alpha gorilla mode on them.

All of them are shooting at the same time, but they're not using machine guns. What noob criminals. Unless their fast at reloading, that makes a bit of sense, but that gives me plenty of time.

They also walk quite slow, and they're just in perfect range for the grenades.

"Yamada! That's a suicide mission to go alone-" Coco was cut off.

"Don't worry! I've got this under control!"

Everybody, and Yagoo's POV

"Oh no! More criminals are hitting up the mall! They're getting themselves in a pickle! Hopefully the police will arrive soon. Currently, we can see a wounded man taking cover with a woman. He looks like he's been shot on the side of the stomach. The police and ambulance seem to be on the way to the scene. With our technology, let's hear up close to what they're saying." The news reporter said.

We put our hands together and prayed.

"Yamada, min'na, please be safe!" We said in unison.

Yamada's POV

I cooked up a flashbang, and threw it.

"A flashbang!"

They covered their eyes, and turned their backs.

I then cooked up a frag after I cooked the flashbang, and threw it too.

They all jumped, but got hit anyway. It wasn't enough to immobilize them though.

After that, I shot their legs, and both arms as well. That'll disable them for now until they get medical attention. They also don't seem like wimps with big bodies.

"Phew." I wiped my sweat.

I dropped the rifle as I went to Claude.

"Your boyfriend is in bad condition."

Kuso. I only have a band-aid. Talk about being cautious.

"Chot'to, lemme go get a bandage. I'll be back in a flash. Just apply pressure on his wound for now."

I went up to the convenience store to get bandages. Good thing it's really a convenience store.

Hoshikawa's POV

I saw the guy struggling with his wounds.

"What's wrong?" Matsuri asked.

"I need to help him." I took off my long sleeve shirt, and went to them.

"Here. Apply pressure on him with this on while that other guy gets bandages."

"Oh please, you didn't need to."

I then realized something. I did it out of instinct instead of wanting to do it.

I smiled a bit.

"No. We need to help each other in this situation." I applied pressure on his wound.

I guess I'm influenced by Yamada-kun.

The lady smiled.

"You're such a kind woman."

She then applied pressure on it, and I slowly let go.

I scratched my head.

"Don't mention it."

I then went back to Matsuri.

Yamada's POV

I then bought bandages. The cashier was scared shitless, but was nonetheless able to control his fear. I also brought my cup noodles and snacks with me.

I stopped recording so that I could call an ambulance, but it seems an ambulance is on it's way right now, considering that this is on news.

I then ran back down fast while recording audio again.

"I'm back!" I dropped my snacks, and got the bandage out.

"Try to move his shirt up please." I asked Maria.

"O-okay."

I held the guy's hand.

"I know it hurts, but bear with me please until an ambulance arrives. Hold my hand if it hurts too much."

Claude nodded.

She took off the shirt, and I got rid of his hand. He was struggling in pain, but his wound was able to seen, and I wrapped the bandage around his stomach.

"Okay, move it back down now."

I guided her to put back the shirt to original position.

"T-Thank you." He said.

"No problem. I should be thanking you for letting me use some of your stuff. Actually, I didn't pay for it, did I?"

"It's okay...you saved Maria's life, so it's on the house." He smiled.

I smiled back.

I bowed.

"Excuse me."

I stood up, got my snacks, and went near the girls.

"You girls okay?" I asked them.

They nodded.

"Currently, nobody is injured." Hoshikawa said.

"Yeah. If anything, that guy over there is injured, and nobody else." Kanata said.

"Well, don't worry. Police and an ambulance are on their way-"

I hear sirens.

"Looks like they're here."

I gave Hoshikawa the snacks.

"Hold it for now, please."

Hoshikawa nodded.

Yagoo and everyone's POV

"Oh? Looks like the police and the paramedics are here now. Looks like all is well for today. Aside from an injured guy. This civilian is currently being put on a stretcher, and the criminals are currently being apprehended."

We all sighed relief.

"Yokatta." We all smiled.

Yamada's POV

"There are also some guys that I tied up on the second floor." I told the police.

"Youkai."

Hoshikawa's POV

As the guy was put on the jumper, the woman kindly returned the shirt.

"Thank you very much, young lady."

"No worries. I wanted to help anyway." I smiled.

Yamada's POV

The officers went up.

"Well, I guess that's enough for our date today." Matsuri sighed.

"Well, that was a crazy date. Maybe we should do this another time?" Hoshikawa asked.

Matsuri nodded.

"Well, let's go home then." I said.

Everybody nodded.

Before we got to the entrance, one of the policemen stopped me.

"Sorry, young man, but we would like something to justify that you're not one of the bad guys." The officer said.

"Huh? We're not enough evidence, officer?" Matsuri asked.

"You heard in the news that he was doing it for our sake, right?" Hoshikawa said.

"It's just bullcrap that he needs to justify for what he did!" Coco said.

"I'm sorry, but we need to know what happened in his side. We don't know the whole story."

"But-" I cut off Matsuri.

"You girls go on ahead."

"But what about you?" Matsuri held my hand.

I smiled.

I let go of her hand.

I patted her head.

"I'll be back. Don't worry. You know I'm the good guy here."

Matsuri then smiled.

"Well, I'll also ask the young miss to come with us as a witness."

I nodded.

I handed Hoshikawa the baggage counter card.

"Although the baggage counter guy is gone. Try finding our bags there. "

"What about your glasses?"

"Keep it for now. We'll meet up later."

Hoshikawa nodded. "Okay."

"Let's go, Matsuri."

She nodded.

"Guys, go on ahead. We'll be going first." She said.

"Take care!" Kanata waved.

"See ya!" Hoshikawa waved.

We then go to the hospital along with the officer. I held Matsuri close to me because we're currently in the ambulance with one of the bad guys. I want Matsuri to be safe. Though, I do feel embarrassed by it. She feels the same way too.

"So, I'll be asking you questions about the incident."

I nodded.

"So...what happened exactly?"

"I was going to the convenience store to buy some food for myself, when all of a sudden I heard gunshots on the first floor. I was at the fourth floor at that time."

The officer wrote on his notepad.

"Okay young miss, what happened on your end?"

"Me and my friend were walking on the first floor where he said we'd meet up. After that, there were three guys that suddenly shot the whole place. We were one of the first hostages they captured."

"Hmm, sou ka 2x." He wrote on the notepad.

"So, while the police were away, did you...harm the criminals in any way?"

"Well, I did stab them with this, but only in the leg." I got the pocket knife from my sock.

"How did you bypass the mall's metal detector?" He asked with his eyes squinted.

"What the?" Matsuri said.

"It's stainless steel."

"Well, you didn't kill them, did you?"

"No. I only knocked them unconscious by knocking the wind out of them."

The officer sweat dropped.

"Sou ka. Well, next question. Where did you even get a gun?"

"I got it from the bad guys when I knocked them out."

"How did you even do that?"

"I hid, and when the time was right, I striked. I will admit though, I did get some unwanted attention, so I tried to finish it fast."

"How did you even get ammo?"

"The gun shop. The injured guy earlier was the shopkeeper."

"Was there no ammo on the criminals?"

"Surprisingly, yes. I'm not joking, they're terrible criminals."

"What happened to him?"

"He got shot while he and his girlfriend were running to cover."

The officer nodded and wrote it down.

"Young miss, did the weapon he held similar to theirs?"

She nodded.

"It was the same weapon."

"Okay, so...do you have some evidence that you're innocent at all? Don't worry, you're considered innocent in my case, but I need some extra information."

I pulled out my phone. I stopped recording.

"Here." I played the audio, and maxed the volume. I played it at certain times.

He played it until it ended. It did take a long time though. He got what he needed, and copied the audio files to his phone as evidence.

"Thank you very much for the interview. I assure you that you and your girlfriends are on the green zone, for now."

"They're not really my girlfriends." I blushed.

"W-we're not?" Matsuri asked.

I looked at her for a bit.

"Well...we're friends...for now." I scratched my cheek.

"Sou ka." Matsuri smiled.

The officer giggled.

"Well, girlfriend or not, they are witnesses and hostages. Plus with all the news going on, you guys are deemed innocent. Though, we will have to hear this in court."

I sighed relief.

"We're safe right now, Matsuri." I looked at her.

"Yeah."

She decided to nap on my shoulder.

"Let me nap for a bit."

I smiled.

"Okay."

I carassed her shoulder to help her nap quicker.

The officer then asked me a question.

"Say, when the news reporter used their mic that can record audio from afar, I heard that your name is...Yamada?"

I sweat dropped.

I then let go of Matsuri.

"I don't know what you're talking about." I lied as naturally as I breathed.

"Don't lie to me. You're from Hololive, aren't you? The one who dealt with that Korone incident?" He smiled

I then looked at him.

"Nope, you got the wrong person."

The officer then giggled.

"Well, Shirazaki Yamada. You're gonna get a lot of attention, aren't you?"

I sighed.

"How did you even get to the conclusion?"

"I'm an officer. I need to know at least a bit of psychology."He chuckled.

"Well, I hope I won't get flamed like 'Oh, that was fake. Yamada didn't save them.' That'd really decrease my reputation."

"Well, you know simps."

We both sighed.

I got a text message from my phone.

"Get to the HQ. We need to talk."

I sighed.

"Well, Old man Yagoo texted me."

"We'll drop you off when we get to the hospital. Just nap for now. I'm guessing the whole thing was tiring for you."

I stretched while making sure that Matsuri isn't disturbed.

"Yeah, kind of."

I then napped with Matsuri on my shoulder. I made sure to stay awake though, because you'll never know what'll happen.

After we got dropped off. I then texted Hoshikawa to go to Hololive HQ. I sent her the location of the HQ.

"We're heading there now actually." Hoshikawa texted.

"Oh okay." I replied.

I put back my phone, and started recording again.

"Yosh, Matsuri. Let's go."

She nodded.

We went to HQ by taxi.

After that, we went to the meeting room.

We met up with the trio and Hoshikawa there.

"Hey guys." I said.

"You're done?" Hoshikawa asked.

Me and Matsuri nodded.

"Well, let's go inside now." Coco said.

We went inside, and I saw everybody on their seats. I also saw a middle-aged woman standing near Yagoo.

"Yamada! Min'na!" Sora said.

"Thank god you all are safe!" Shion said.

"You guys are okay, right? No bruises or injuries?" Marine said.

"Ne, Nobody was hurt, right-peko?"

"Yamada! Matsuri! Hoshikawa! You three!" Rushia said.

"Is everybody fine? Did Yamada really defeat them all?" Towa asked.

"Ne, Matsuri is okay, right? Yamada?" Luna asked.

"What happened, Yamada?" Miko asked.

"Are you okay, Yamada? Matsuri?" Okayu and Korone said.

"You two are alive, right? Right?" Haato asked.

"Hai 2x." Yagoo slammed the table gently.

"Everybody sit down. Yamada, sorry but you're gonna have to stand."

I nodded.

They all sat down. I stood behind Sora.

"So, what happened exactly?" Yagoo said.

"Well, Old man-"

"Yagoo."

"Y-Yagoo."

I took a deep breath.

"Well, the thing is..."

I said what the original plan was.

"A DATE BETWEEN HOSHIKAWA AND MATSURI?!" Everybody except the trio, Matsuri, and Hoshikawa said.

"Don't you think that's too much for one date?!" Watame said.

"You even started throwing grenades, shooting bullets, and acting all cool on TV too, Yamada. I'm pretty sure criminals hitting up a mall is not part of a date!" Subaru said.

I sweat dropped.

"Still, don't you think that was unexpected?" Yagoo said.

"Yeah."

I then leaned back on the wall.

"They also didn't expect that the Hololivers would be there."

"Doesn't that mean..." Yagoo stood up.

"The Weeb Organization is giving a reward to whoever can take them to the Weeb Organization, regardless if they're hired or not." I moved my glasses up with my middle finger.

"It seems like there's more to this that meets the eye."

"Well, it was true. They did mention something like, 'Imagine selling them for money!'" Matsuri said.

"The Weeb Organization is open for anybody willing to get a girl for money. However, that guy did say that it's in the deep web, so how is there a lot of people targeting the girls? It should at least be in the dark web if that's the case."

The whole room was silent for a moment.

"Well, we're gonna need to be careful." Yagoo said.

"I'm gonna need to do my research soon." I said.

"Yeah."

The room was silent for a second before Sora spoke.

"Well, anyway Yamada, I got a question."

"W-What is it?"

Sora then emitted a dark aura around her.

I sweat dropped.

"What did you do with Matsuri and Hoshikawa on their date? She seemed happy on that twitter post, and on the news when she held your hand. Doesn't look like you're a third wheel, huh?" Sora giggled sinisterly.

Yabai. She's in yandere mode.

"Yeah. You certainly didn't act all lovey dovey with the rest. I bet you two flirted with each other on the way here." Rushia said.

I'm now being targeted by 2 yanderes.

"Ne, Yamada. Matsuri seems happy about that teddy bear. It couldn't possibly be bought by you by any chance, right?" Korone said.

3 yanderes.

"Ne, I thought you loved everybody equally." Okayu said.

4.

"Sou ka. So you were all lovey dovey in the mall then-peko?"

5. Though, 2 of them were unexpectedly yanderes.

"Girls, calm down." I waved my hands.

Sora got near me.

"Ne, I thought I was your first love, Yamada." Sora said.

Yabai. Help me, Old man.

I looked at him.

Yagoo stood up.

"Yamada..."

Yagoo gave me a thumbs up.

"Good luck!"

THAT'S NOT HELPING ME, OLD MAN!

"Oi 3x, don't do that to Yamada." Matsuri stood up.

"Matsuri..." I looked at her.

"He saved my-no, he saved our lives. Hoshikawa, Suisei, Coco, and Kanata's. He also saved other people's lives. There's no reason to be angry at him, right?" Matsuri said.

Nice one, Matsuri!

Matsuri smiled while hugging her teddy bear.

"Oh yeah, in just a few days, the 5th gen will start their debut." Yagoo said.

Context: It's August 10.

"Really?! I can't wait! Just two days and they'll start making their debuts!" I said excitedly with shining eyes.

"Ne, Yamada." Matsuri said.

I slowly turned to her.

"N-Nani?"

"Why're you happy that the 5th gen is making their debut?"

6 yanderes.

So she fell for me but denies it, huh?

Not like he fell for any of them...*cough*...well, not yet anyway. >:)

"How about we knock some sense into you?" Rushia said while bringing out a pocket knife.

"Mat'te 3x! You're not serious, are you? When the hell'd you get a knife?" I waved my hands.

"Rushia, calm down!" Flare held her.

"Rushia, I'm sure he has a good reason for it!" Noel said as she tried to get her pocket knife out of her hand.

Marine then went up to me suddenly.

"I'm not enough to satisfy you?~" Marine flirted on me.

"Let's include Marine in the process." Sora then got out a pocket knife.

"Nn." The others nodded.

Marine hid behind me.

"When'd you get a knife as well, Sora?!" I said.

"Kowai!" She said.

"Woah! Calm down, Sora-paisen!" Coco restricted her.

"That's dangerous, Sora-chan!" Suisei tried to get the knife.

"Why am I in this predicament?" I sobbed.

Yagoo clapped his hands.

"Sit down."

They all sat back down, but I still feel the pressure.

I leaned back against the wall again.

"So...What did you do in the mall?"

"Nothing. We just did stuff. And then Matsuri tried to confess to Hoshikawa." I said as I looked at her.

"And what happened?"

I put my hands in my pockets.

"Well, she got rejected, and ran to the bathroom basically."

"Well, I guess that makes sense. Though, we'd easily see through that outcome." Everybody sweat dropped.

"Well, after she ran, I comforted her. Turns out, she didn't actually wanted to be Hoshikawa's lover."

"NANI?! THAT MAKES NO SENSE!" Everybody shouted.

"Matsuri actually wanted to feel accepted as a lover." I giggled.

"I mean, she accepted Luna as her friend, and was very glad. So I came to conclude that she wanted to be accepted as a lover too. Right?" I looked at Matsuri.

Matsuri nodded.

"When he said that he'll accept me for who I am, even if nobody will, it made me realize that Yamada is a nice person that's willing to fight for who he loves. It's something I truly respect and love." She hugged her teddy bear.

I smiled.

"Sou ka. So she didn't really wanted to be lovers with Hoshikawa, but wanted to be accepted as a lover, so she thought that Hoshikawa would be the choice since they're close." Sora said.

"Hmm, good thinking." I said.

Sora blushed and smiled happily.

"Oh yeah, got something to mention, Yamada."

I looked at Yagoo.

"Hmm?"

Yagoo turned on the TV.

"We heard in the audio from that camera that this guy that saved the hostages is called Yamada. And in Twitter, there are currently people speculating that this is related to Shirazaki Yamada."

I widened my eyes.

I then got off the wall, and leaned on the table.

"This is justified by the fact that Inugami Korone was saved by Shirazaki Yamada. And in the mic, we can hear a girl say along the lines of, 'Yamada, it's a suicide mission to go alone."

I widened my eyes even more.

Everybody looked in astonishment.

"You're getting quite famous for that. Your subscriber count exploded to 104k subs."

"REALLY?!" We all shouted.

Yagoo giggled.

"Well, I am happy that it exploded, but that's quite a lot of subscribers in a short amount of time." I giggled nervously.

Yagoo then turned off the TV.

"Oh yeah, I forgot to mention."

"Oh?"

The middle-aged woman stood up.

"I'm Tomoko Hamamoto. Nice to meet you, Shirazaki Yamada. I'm your manager starting today."

"Well, I wasn't able to get you a manager in your early stage, but here she is now." Yagoo scratched his head and laughed.

I looked at her.

Purple hair, slender figure, glasses, big boobs, mostly wise, and diligent.

I shaked my head.

"Huh?" They all looked at me.

Yamada, control. She's older than you.

"Hmm..." I held my chin.

"Oh? You like my figure? So you like MILF figures, I see." She said calmly.

"You can read my mind?!" I shouted.

"You can read his mind?!" Everybody shouted.

She giggled.

"I'm an acquaintance of Minato, your father. He told me a lot about you." She arranged her glasses.

"Sou ka. Well, nice to meet you, Tomoko-san."

"Drop the formalities, please. You can just call me Tomoko."

"Ah, okay then." I giggled and scratched my head.

Sora pouted and dipped my face into her boobs.

"S-SMMMLLAA?. (S-Sora?!)" I said while suffocating.

"You're planning to take him away, aren't you?" I growled.

Sora's POV

I can already imagine this vixen taking away my precious Yamada!

Yamada's POV

"Hehehe. I see that Yamada is having a lot of attention. Don't worry, I'm interested in men that are my age." She moved her glasses up.

I then tapped Sora consecutively, and she finally let go.

I then had to breathe in some air.

"Finally." I gasped a lot.

I stood up, and arranged my glasses.

"Well, is there any more stuff that you'd like to say, Ol-Yagoo?"

"Well...Tomoko-san?"

"Well, I noticed that Yamada is currently on Matsuri-san's mind." She held her chin.

"Nani?!" We all shouted.

Matsuri went peach red.

"Y-You got it wrong!"

"Really? But it seems you're very happy while squeezing that teddy bear, and it seems you really like Yamada." She moved her glasses up.

"W-Well..." Matsuri looked down.

"Yamada's a nice guy, and a handsome guy after all." She said.

I blushed.

"Hehehe, playboy." Yagoo said.

"I'm not a playboy!"

"Stare.....~" Everybody looked at me, ESPECIALLY the 5 Y's.

I sighed.

I then realized something.

"You really can appraise people?"

Tomoko nodded.

"Minato taught me a bit. It does come in handy sometimes, but just know I'm not like you, Yamada. I only know basics. I don't know how to dive deep."

"Sou ka." I said.

I then held my head in frustration.

"My head aches. Can we go home now? I still need to exercise, and do stuff." I said.

My mind is tired from thinking about handling situations. I'm also still pissed that their date was interrupted.

"Well, there's nothing else really to talk about, so this meeting is now done-"

"Mat'te!" Choco and Suisei said in unison.

"Oh?" We all looked at them both.

They walked to me fast, and grabbed my shirt.

"Wuh-"

"Collab with me!" They said in unison.

"Play Tetris with me!"

"Let's do a Trivia quiz!"

"Oh?" They looked at each other.

"I asked first." Suisei gritted her teeth.

"I asked .1 seconds faster than you." Choco pressed her forehead onto Suisei's.

"How would you know?" She pressed back.

They then are having electricity between their eyes.

A knife vs. A dagger is what I see.

"C-Can't I do both?" I said.

"Huh?!" They looked at me angrily.

"Kowai." I mumbled.

I sweat dropped.

"How would you even do that?" Suisei asked.

"You two play rock paper scissors, and I'll collab first with whoever wins. I'll fit it in my schedule on 4 and 5 pm."

They looked at each other, then back at me.

"Youkai." They nodded.

They let go of me.

I sighed.

They then had a match.

"Rock. Paper. Scissors!"

Suisei drew scissors, and Choco drew rock.

"Yatta!" Choco jumped in glee.

Suisei blushed in frustration, and pouted.

I patted Suisei on the back.

"I'm looking forward to both collabs." I smiled.

"Yamada..." Suisei and Choco said.

"Stare......~" The other girls looked at me, ESPECIALLY the yanderes.

I sweat dropped.

"Well, we're looking forward to it too." They said.

I smiled.

"Well, you all can go home now."

"Old ma-"

"Yagoo."

"Y-Yagoo, is there a vending machine with candy here?"

"Oh, it's near my office. I'll guide you when we get out."

"I thought you didn't like sweets?" Matsuri asked.

"Didn't I mention that I'd only eat sweets sparingly, AND if I need sugar in my brain from thinking complicated stuff."

I scratched my head.

"Tetris and Trivia require thinking. Although Tetris is a bit more on muscle memory, it still requires your brain."

I stopped scratching.

"Your brain gets tired too, which is why you need sugar to make it hyperactive again."

"Well, I guess that makes sense."

Sora then pokerfaced.

"Sora-paisen?" Coco asked.

"Yamada, don't tell me..."

"I'm gonna need 6 of them in my mouth."

"Hontoni?!" Everybody shouted.

Sora sighed.

"Guessed as much."

"Isn't that a bit much?!" Hoshikawa said.

"Huh? It's a lot for two things?" I asked.

"Of course it is!" Everybody shouted.

"Well...I do use my brain quite often, so..." I scratched my head.

I giggled slowly.

"Well, let's go out now. The meeting is done." Yagoo slammed the table.

We got out of the meeting room.

I then went to Hoshikawa.

"Mind giving me those, Miss Hoshikawa?"

"Sure, Sir Yamada." She gave it to me.

We both laughed.

"Oi! Hoshikawa! You coming or not?" Matsuri said.

"C-Coming!" She said as she ran to the others.

Matsuri then started walking to the others, but stopped for a bit.

"Oh?" I said.

Matsuri turned back, and ran to me.

She then kissed me on the left cheek.

She then stepped back a bit.

"Bye, Yamada!" She grinned and ran to the others.

"Wait for me!" She shouted.

It then took me a few seconds to blush, and realize what happened. I held my left cheek.

"N-N-N-N-N-N-"

Yagoo held my shoulder.

"It seems the harem plan is working." He giggled.

"U-Urusai, Old man!" I shooed him off.

I then frowned for a bit.

He held my shoulder again.

"Don't worry. You'll learn eventually."

"I-I guess."

"Well, let's go get some candy, shall we?"

I nodded.

We then went to his office.