“Today, we’re going to do a fitness test.”

<What’s going on?>

<That’s come outta nowhere, lol.>

<I’ve been waiting for an hour, you know?>

<An extreme close-up to start with is bad for the heart.>

<Your skin is just too beautiful.>

“Haha, sorry, sorry. So, good morning again. Today is July 7th, so it’s Tanabata day.”

<Good morning!>

<Good morning!>

<Morning!>

<Morning!>

<Morning!>

“And it’s also my 22nd birthday. Go ahead, congrate me!”

<Happy Birthday!>

<Congratulations!>

<Happy-Birrthday!>

<Congrats!>

<Cheers!>

<Congratulations!>

<Happy Birthday—XDD>

<Yay!>

“Thanks~ ok, now that’s done, let’s get the stream going.”

It’s 9 a.m. on a Monday morning. You’d think the number of viewers would be low, but there are a solid 400k people. I was surprised until I realized that about half are from overseas. All the comments are translated, so I don’t know exactly how many international listeners are commenting, but maybe it’s just the right time for some due to time zones.

“Anyway, back to the point. We’re doing a fitness test today. As some of you may know, my education stopped at junior high. I didn’t go to school for the last three months and didn’t even attend the graduation ceremony. It took me about six and a half years until I started living with Rin-chan.”

<We know.>

<First time hearing it.>

<Am I old fans if I know?>

<Saw it on Wiki.>

<Don’t know.>

<I can flex with my education.>

<Rinne is also a high school grad—well, without going to high school.>

<I’m a university grad; nice to find a part where I can win.>

“So, yeah, since junior high graduation, I’ve never taken a fitness test or a medical check-up. Well, a normal medical check-up wouldn’t work for me anyway. My stats are basically off the charts.”

<Of course.>

<For a human check-up, yeah…>

<Your specs are too different.>

<Health checks are essential. It’s even written in ancient texts.>

<Can’t even imagine you getting sick.>

<You’d probably dominate a fitness test.>

“I was holding back during school tests. I had proper fitness tests at the Takajou facility. Medical check-ups too.”

<I see.>

<So it’s through Rinne’s connections.>

<Makes sense.>

<Great research material.>

<There’s definitely a benefit to having exclusive access.>

<They must have high-tech tests.>

<A monster who can run 100 meters in 4 seconds.>

“That’s right. I was completely comfortable, and there were no human experimentation-like activities. The Tajakou Group’s backup helped me control my own powers.”

By the way, it seems there are no specific achievements gained from the Tajakou Group’s research into my body.

The only confirmations are probably that I’m most likely human and that I have specs beyond human limits.

In a sense, the tools that only I can use, led by Metal Hazard and Kill Scope, might be considered achievements.

“So, guys, today we’re doing a thorough check-up for the first time in a while and we’ll be disclosing my specs as well,” I announced.

<Oh, can’t wait!>

<Looking forward to it!>

<Everyone’s super interested!>

<Is Rinne not participating?>

<Doing a health check-up too?>

<Can’t wait to see the Takajou testing facilities!>

“Rin-chan will be there, but she’s sitting out the physical tests. She’s been under the weather since the day before yesterday, you guys knew that, right? The other three from the VR department are all participating. Not just me—Suu-chan hasn’t taken a physical test in years either. As for the health check-up, I’ll probably only show the measurements and vision and hearing tests.”

<Suu-chan?>

<Your nicknames always include ‘chan,’ huh?>

<Rin-chan, Touka-chan, Suu-chan, all of us!>

<Four girls without the awkwardness, nice.>

<Gotta watch with a pure mind.>

<Touka and Suupaa are quite the athletes, aren’t they?>

<↑ Both are estimated to be over 180 cm.>

<I love the tall girls.>

<Rinne is also much taller than average.>

<I like that Nana is the small one.>

“My height isn’t particularly low, you know, it’s just that the other three, who are around 180 cm, are the outliers in a country where the average height is just over 160 cm.”

“Miss Nanaka, we will be arriving shortly.”

“Ah, yes. Everyone, we’re almost there.”

<Where to?>

<Some kind of testing facility?>

<Ah, you were in a car?>

<Was that voice just now Rinne’s fourth personal driver, Mr. Miyane?>

<↑ Why do you know that? Creepy.>

<↑ Are you a voice sommelier for drivers?>

<↑ Creepy indeed.>

“Wow, you guys are sharp”

“Okay, we’re here! Welcome to the Takajou family’s Hachioji residence! Well, simply put, it’s Touka-chan’s home,” I said as we arrived at the enormous mansion. It was nowhere near as grand as the main house we’d been to before, but still way beyond what one would usually encounter.

<Whoa, huge!>

<Touka’s house!?>

<Shocking development.>

<I knew Takajou had facilities around Hachioji, but didn’t know this was Touka’s home.>

<I thought it was some Takajou Group factory.>

<The main residence is supposed to be in Nagano, so is this like a vacation home?>

“Something like that. I think it’s large enough to fit about 30 Tokyo Domes. But we’re not here for the mansion; we’re using one of the surrounding buildings.”

We moved through the grounds, passing several buildings. Soon, we arrived at an exceptionally large one.

“This is the indoor general training facility. Big, isn’t it?”

<Too big…>

<It’s like a dome stadium.>

<Who needs something this huge on private property?>

<Wow!>

<A training facility?>

<I’ve seen this place in aerial photos!>

“Yes, a training facility. It’s designed so we can even do shooting drills if we set it up properly.”

By the time we entered the facility, it looked like preparations for the physical tests were already underway. Rin-chan, in a jersey like a gym teacher, was overseeing Touka-chan and Suu-chan, who were engaging in some sort of athletic obstacle course.

“Rin-chaaan!”

“Ah, you’re here. Already streaming?”

“Yep. Are you all set?”

“Touka and Suu are doing their warm-up on some obstacle course.”

“Roger that. I’m going to go change, then.”

“Alright, go ahead. …by the way, Nana, leave your camera here.”

“Ah, almost forgot!”

I almost caused a live-streaming ban by nearly capturing my changing scene. Not that it’s a big deal if someone sees me, but it would violate the platform’s policies.

“Alright, Rin-chan, hold down the fort!”

“Sure, leave it to me.”

I handed off my streaming smartphone to Rin-chan and went to change into my workout attire. I wouldn’t want to get the outfit that Rin-chan selected for me all dirty or torn, after all.

<Off you go>

<Take care>

<Too bad>

<↑Wish we could see Nana changing, haha…>

<↑That would be more criminal than anything>

<So what exactly are Touka-chan and Suu-chan up to?>

<LOL, NINJA>

<Can you even set that up indoors?>

<That’s way beyond just warming up!>

<You better hurry up and change, or those two are gonna die for exhaustion!>

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