## Chapter 227 – Variety Show (1)
“Hmm.”
I looked at the closet with a satisfied expression.
The closet, which had felt empty since I moved, was gradually being filled with various clothes.
The sight was definitely satisfying, but I wondered if I had bought a bit too much.
After parting ways with the two of them.
I didn’t return to the real world right away.
I slowly wandered around Shinjuku, enjoying some shopping.
I mainly shopped for clothes and shoes.
I’m not usually that interested in clothes, but Shinjuku is a great place to shop for clothes and shoes, so I naturally ended up buying them.
“Did I buy too much after all?”
Thinking that I was shopping in Japan, my wallet seemed to open a little easier.
The fact that it was a foreign country played a big role.
The thought that if I didn’t buy it now, I wouldn’t have another chance, that I couldn’t see it in Korea, dominated my mind.
With that thought, my wallet naturally opened.
“…Now that I think about it, maybe I shouldn’t have bought the yellow clothes.”
I usually only wear achromatic colors like white, gray, and black, so why did I buy something like that?
In the meantime, there was an item emitting a strong presence in one corner of the closet.
A blue suit.
It was a suit with a color scheme reminiscent of Superman, purchased from the cyberpunk world.
Even though it was a suit that greatly increased physical abilities when worn, I hadn’t had a chance to use it recently.
If it were the hero world, I could use it openly.
“…I wonder if there’s a Superman in that world?”
Since it’s a hero world, it seems like there would be one, but on the contrary, since it’s such a symbolic existence, it might not be.
Vibration.
I checked my ringing cell phone.
“Who could it be…”
I tried to guess who it was, but suddenly a smile burst out.
If it were the old days, there would have been no need to think about who it was.
Spam or advertising texts.
Or maybe a curt message sent by my ex-girlfriend.
Now, quite a few people flashed through my mind.
Looking at the phone, I saw the usual name.
“Hanna.”
She had been busy shooting as a model, but it seemed she finally had some free time.
She asked if it was okay to come to my place, so I told her to come right away.
It was good timing since I had bought a lot of clothes.
Getting fashion advice from the hottest model these days?
It was truly a luxurious thing.
“…She wouldn’t say they’re all bad, would she?”
With a somewhat uneasy feeling in my heart, I leaned back on the sofa.
***
Knock knock.
“Is that you?”
She came faster than I thought.
Time seemed to fly by as I looked at the quest board.
When I opened the door, Hanna, who seemed to have become even more beautiful, hugged me.
“Whoa…”
It was sudden, but I accepted the hug.
It seems like it’s been a while since I saw her.
She had become a woman who could act spoiled before I knew it.
Hanna’s development was dazzling.
“It’s been a while.”
“It really has…”
Hanna and I were now on naturally friendly terms.
I was hesitating about what to talk about since it had been a while.
Unexpectedly, Hanna brought up a topic of conversation first.
A completely unexpected topic of conversation.
“Oppa, I heard you’ve become really famous. What happened?”
“Huh? What do you mean?”
Famous?
That’s strange.
If it were the world I was in until yesterday, I was a celebrity.
There’s no way I’d be famous in this real world.
“I heard a rumor. That there’s an idol jobber.”
“…Ah.”
An idol jobber.
It was a somewhat eerie nickname, but there was an incident that came to mind.
An incident involving a male idol.
“That he’s really big, really good at sex, and steals male idols’ girlfriends—”
The rumor was a little distorted.
…That’s how rumors are, but I didn’t steal his girlfriend.
She was just a hostess who was slowly eating away at the male idol’s money.
On the other hand, I was wondering.
Aren’t there many people in the world who are big and good at sex?
“…Why do you think it’s me?”
“Muscular, big dick, likes to wear black clothes, and can’t drive.”
“That’s me.”
I couldn’t deny it, so I smiled bitterly, and Hanna smiled along.
“…Did it become that famous?”
“In our industry. This industry is small, you know. I guess you could call it the entertainment industry.”
Hanna became famous on Instagram and became the main model for a sports brand.
She was practically a celebrity.
She filmed short videos to post on SNS with idols, and she actually appeared on public broadcasting and variety shows.
Since Hanna was saying it, it was credible.
Keeping up with trends directly leads to profits in the industry, so they were sensitive to rumors.
In such a place, my rumor spread in an instant.
Hanna let out a hollow laugh and continued.
“There are all sorts of people. From people who want to make a request to people who say they’ll put you on a show.”
“Put me on a show?”
I was curious about what they were going to put an ordinary person like me on a show for, so I asked back.
Then, as if I wasn’t the only one who thought that way.
Hanna rattled on.
“Some said it’s because you have a good body, so they talked about a survival show where you compete physically, some talked about a dating show, and…”
“There’s more?”
“Of course. Everyone’s looking for you.”
The representative model of Instagram, said that being popular must be tiring, and comforted me.
It was a truly embarrassing moment.
“Actually, someone asked me too.”
“Huh?”
“Because I openly posted pictures on Instagram.”
“Ah…”
As she said, Hanna confidently posted pictures of me on Instagram.
From pictures of us standing together to pictures of just me.
After seeing those pictures, a certain idol cautiously asked.
If the person in the rumors these days, wasn’t the man in the picture.
It was understandable that they would think that way.
A big, muscular man.
Someone close to an idol.
Someone who looks like he’s good at sex.
A person who met several conditions was in the picture.
“So what did you say?”
“I told them to tell me if they had any concerns.”
It was practically a confirmation.
Hanna said that she judged that the person who asked her was trustworthy, so she told them.
“If you judged that way.”
I decided to trust Hanna’s eyes.
Actually, I didn’t really care if rumors spread.
“It was an obvious concern. They said they wanted to get revenge on their boyfriend.”
“…Really?”
Revenge.
They asked me even after hearing my rumors—
I think I know the type of revenge they want.
“I’ll tell you more later. First of all… what’s that?”
Hanna pointed to the shopping bags and vinyls piled up in one corner of the living room.
A small hill had been created.
Those were all remnants of shopping.
Hanna was amazed by the sight, which even models don’t often see, and was looking at the shopping bags.
“I bought some clothes this time…”
“Some?”
“…A lot.”
I admitted it.
I took Hanna and showed her the closet.
Hanna’s expression became serious and she began to look through the clothes one by one.
I felt like I was being judged even though it wasn’t a big deal, and I became nervous.
Hanna slowly began to classify the clothes.
Left, center, right.
Most of the clothes went to the left, and some of the clothes went to the center and right.
I quietly watched the process and couldn’t help but ask when the classification was about to end.
“What’s the criteria for dividing them?”
“Hmm… These are the ones I think you bought well….”
She pointed to the clothes on the right.
There were only two or three pieces.
“These are the ones I think I need to see you wear to know… What’s this blue suit? Superman cosplay?”
“…Something similar…”
“Maybe it’ll suit you.”
This time, she pointed to the clothes in the center.
The blue suit was among the clothes.
I was momentarily embarrassed that the blue suit was discovered, but it seemed like she had passed it off as a cosplay outfit.
…This is more embarrassing.
Finally, Hanna pointed to the clothes on the left.
“The ones you have to sell?”
“…Really?”
I bought so much, but I have to sell that much.
I felt somewhat empty.
“You bought them without trying them on, right?”
“Uh-huh…”
I was a little taken aback by that.
If I had tried on each one, I wouldn’t have bought that much.
When I said that, feeling discouraged, Hanna patted me on the back as if to comfort me.
“It’s okay.”
“…Isn’t a hoodie usually safe?”
I pointed to the hoodie on the list of things to sell and timidly protested.
“Usually, but… this brand is a bit… the shoulder line is narrow… Do you want to try it on first?”
Seeing is believing.
Hanna thought it would be faster to show me than to explain, and told me to change my clothes.
I took off my top without hesitation and changed my clothes.
“Kyaa.”
Hanna made a soulless sound and pretended to cover her eyes with one hand.
If she was going to pretend to scream, why was she caressing my body with her other hand?
It was a little uncomfortable after changing into the hoodie.
The size was definitely right, but somehow my arms and shoulders felt constricted.
And it was worse when I looked in the mirror.
“…Did I shrink?”
Somehow, I looked a little shorter.
“It’s because the shoulder line is a little droopy. Especially if you have a lot of upper body muscles like Oppa, you’ll look even shorter.”
“…I see. But the more I look at it, the more it looks okay.”
Hanna’s expression frowned a little when I nodded and insisted.
It was the first time I had seen Hanna’s frowning face in a while.
“…Hmph. Wait here.”
After saying that, Hanna rolled up her sleeves.
She chose clothes and took out a pouch from the bag she brought.
There were cosmetics in the pouch.
‘…No way…’
I just stared blankly at Hanna, who was moving busily, without even anticipating what was about to happen.
