223. Yup! Man Of Culture

Talking about the Duel Disk, Izumi once imagined that when using the device, the monsters from the cards would appear in the real world just like the ones shown in the anime. He imagined that when he was still in elementary school.

Children's imaginations sound ridiculous, but wouldn't it be great if those imaginations were turned into reality?

Just like the old games that have broken pixel graphics, gradually become 2D, to 3D. And then, there was someone who had imagined himself entering the game world, and a Virtual Reality device was created.

The more advanced technology is, the more advanced the animations.

The concept of virtual idols when appearing in a live performance looks quite simple. Well, it uses a transparent screen and a projector to make it appear. It's just that, the way to implement it that makes virtual idols look 3D when viewed from various angles in the real world is quite complicated.

Bringing virtual idols into the real world in 3D when viewed from various angles was a task he needed to make happen.

And the Duel Disk he thought of had the same concept. Rather, the Duel Disk was easier to make since it was just a one-way projector to materialize a holographic picture.

However, Izumi should have lowered the quality of the holographic image a bit to make it easier to mass-produce. This was also because he planned to make a slight change to the cards.

The cards would be used as the basis for the holographic images materialized in the Duel Disk. By providing multiple movement models and effects in the cards, the Duel Disk would display different images during normal summons, special effect activations, special summons, battle effects, fusion effects, spell effects, trap effects, and field effects.

Not only that, but Izumi also had to add all the effects of all types of cards that had to be connected to the Duel Disk of someone who was dueling when the card was used. So, at least Izumi should add a wireless connection feature to each Duel Disk which would later become the must-rule for duels.

Even though Izumi didn't explain to Tabane clearly, hearing about the Duel Disk to play the Yu-Gi-Oh game in the real world enticed Tabane. She asked him.

"Why did you think of creating a Duel Disk now?"

"Isn't it interesting?"

Izumi's idea of ​​creating a Duel Disk was brilliant. However, the Yu-Gi-Oh game is already in his world. He couldn't just release a new device for playing the Yu-Gi-Oh! in the real world without getting approval from the manga author, studio, or game developer who released it.

Tabane nodded. But she wondered what Izumi's plan was next.

"Well, it's interesting at least. But, how do you handle a company that released a Yu-Gi-Oh game??"

"I will think about it later, the most important thing is to create it first. When there are results, I will try to find opportunities to contact them." Izumi replied.

After talking for a while about planning to create a Duel Disk, Izumi and the others continued their tour.

Various merchandise from anime, games, and so on are scattered throughout the shops in the Akihabara area. All merchandise is allowed for all ages, from children to adults. Even so, there are some shops that have a restricted area since they have products for 18+ and that genre is not allowed for kids.

Rori didn't know that and without realizing it, she almost entered the area. Because Rori still looks like a little girl, the shopkeeper forbids Rori to come in and says the forbidden word "little girl" to her. Abruptly, Rori got irritated and wanted to beat the shopkeeper out. Luckily Izumi stopped her, otherwise, he didn't know what would happen to the shopkeeper.

Izumi and the others stopped by several places, buying games, consoles, and some figurines. Even though Izumi and Tabane could make games, they both wanted something more practical, in which they didn't have to bother making games and consoles. That's why they decided to buy the game instead of making their own game.

Approximately one hour later, Kakashi came out of the shop carrying shop bags in both hands.

The first thing Izumi saw was a hand game console, PSVita.

"Eh, I didn't expect you to be interested in that sort of thing, Kakashi-san." Izumi commented.

"Well, just to kill time."

Kakashi definitely said nonsense. Killing time by playing PSV was just his excuse. Izumi arrived beside Kakashi in a flash and then snatched the other bag he was carrying. And what he saw on that bag stunned him.

"Grisaia, Little Buster, White Album 2, Da Capo, Sekai de Ichiban Dame na Koi, Fate Series, and Clannad. Seriously? Galge and Eroge? To think that you're addicted to "H" stuff, Kakashi-san." Izumi turned to Kakashi in amazement.

And Kakashi couldn't help but let out his embarrassment as his visible right ear turned red.

Tabane smirked after looking at Kakashi's expression.

"Maybe, he often accessed forbidden sites through his phone."

Well, both of them knew that Kakashi loved to read erotic novels. However, the fact that Kakashi bought visual novels of his own accord surprised them.

Those weren't just ordinary visual novels, but erotic visual novels. Those are games only adults should be able to play.

Since they knew about Kakashi's habit of liking erotic things, he responded.

"Reading novels all the time can be boring, so I tried something new."

"Man of culture. Yep!"

Izumi just replied with a thumbs-up.

Kakashi would sometimes grin foolishly when he read an erotic novel, so Izumi wouldn't be surprised if he liked "H" stuff other than novels.

Tabane, Rori, and Kakashi didn't know where else to go after shopping, so Izumi suggested it.

"How about there?"

What Izumi pointed to was a shop that seemed to be selling various kinds of cosplay outfits from anime or games.

Inside the shop, there are various outfits from popular anime. Cosplay outfits are not only aimed at teenagers and adults but also kids. If what the customer is looking for is not there, the shop owner can provide an ordering service in which the outfit that the customer wants will be sent the following week.

"Interestingly, there are quite a lot of fighter outfits, such as Dragon Ball, Saint Seiya, Naruto, Code Geass, Bleach, and Gintama. There are also outfits from the Jojo anime."

Izumi nodded after seeing the various outfits, and he was intrigued to buy them.

"It's only for men here. I'll try to take a look over there first."

Tabane pointed in a direction where it could be seen that the cosplay outfits for men and women were separated. Tabane went in the direction he pointed with Rori, leaving Izumi and Kakashi by themselves.

What Izumi chose was a roughly mid-calf-length coat with a stiff-standing collar and a golden chain attached to the left of the collar, a pair of tight trousers with two thin belts, and an ornament cap. Yup, it was Kujo Jotaro's outfit. But instead of being black as shown in Stardust Crusaders, Izumi chose white instead, Kujo Jotaro's outfit in Diamond is Unbreakable.

What Izumi remembered was that Kujo Jotaro also wore a sleeveless shirt under the coat, but Izumi could change it with his IS suit because it matched the coat quite well.

Although that outfit was expensive, it was still affordable for him. Yet, Izumi didn't bring that much money and he still wanted to buy another outfit.

Izumi looked at the price tags of each outfit, looking for the nice and cheapest one.

"Hmmm, this is good."

In front of him was a standard outfit consisting of a white yukata with a blue swirl pattern on the bottom and at the end of the sleeves, a black red-lined shirt with a popped collar and black pants, and also knee-high black boots.

It was Sakata Gintoki's outfit. And sure enough, Izumi was interested in it. As for the reason, somehow, any yukata fit him perfectly. That reason was enough for him to buy that outfit.

Izumi turned to the white-haired man beside him.

"How about you, Kakashi-san? Don't you want to buy something?"

"Not now. I spent all my money already. Maybe next time." Kakashi replied lazily.

Izumi thought for a while. Since Kakashi was somewhat similar to Gojō Satoru, he would like to see Kakashi cosplaying as Gojō Satoru.

"Well, maybe I should try to order that outfit and send it to him later." Izumi said secretly.