Fortunately, electronic payments had yet to fully catch on in Japan, and most people still preferred paying cash. Aikawa Kaze had therefore stashed plenty of cash in his Four-Dimensional Pocket, making this transaction easy enough.
Aikawa Kaze pulled out a fistful of cash and walked straight toward the guys near the front of the line, casually picking someone in a hat and ordinary clothes who gave him a good impression.
"Hey, buddy, I'm in a hurry, so how about... Natsume?"
"Kaze?"
The two stared at each other, neither expecting to meet here.
Aikawa Kaze looked in surprise at Natsume Takashi, who was wearing a hat and casual clothes. This place was quite a distance from Hara, and he had never imagined Natsume was the type to buy game consoles.
After all, his impression was that, compared with high-tech gadgets like these, Natsume seemed better suited to more traditional things...
Uh, okay, that's just my own stereotype. Thinking about it, isn't it perfectly normal for a high school boy to play video games?
Take his classmates, for instance. Every last one of them played; the only difference was how much.
Even Panda, a cursed corpse, had a blast playing them. He had even complained that the buttons were too small and awkward to use, hoping he could get a custom oversized version.
Natsume, however, seemed to have misread Aikawa Kaze's look and hurriedly spoke up.
"Um, I'm not slacking off or wasting money. It's because Nyan... everyone wants to play, so I came to buy some."
"A lot of them?"
"Yeah. There are so many... it's a bit awkward."
Too many monsters wanted to play video games. Even though Natsume had the money, he couldn't buy them all at one shop without drawing attention, so he could only disguise himself a