CH 43

Supporting High School Student Travels

“Alright, first I will tell you the cause of this situation, so, do you know why they think that you are fake?”

Even if she asked me that, I just registered and made my first post like the app prompted me. To be honest, I have no clue about any of this at all. Rather, the people in the wrong are my fakes right……?

“First is your profile picture. You should get a prompt to change it during the settings but why is it still a default one?”

“Eh, privacy is a thing nowadays right. I heard that people can identify you using your image on SNS so I thought that I shouldn’t put mine there.”

When I said that, Suzuka looked at me with an astounded expression.

“Well, you should try egosear–……try looking up Kamishiro Kousei on SNS. By the way, looking yourself up online like this is called Egosearch so remember that okay.”

(TLN: Egosearch is a term in Japan)

I try looking myself up like Suzuka told me and as a result, a lot of accounts with my image as their profile picture came up. There is even an account called Kamishiro Kousei photo collection on here……

“You understand now right? If you create your account under the name Hiura Seiya then it might be correct to not put your real image there but if you are starting an account for Kamishiro Kousei then you should put more pictures of yourself in it instead. Rather, that’s what your fans want!”

“I see…..then, this one is fine right? Rather, I don’t have any other one beside this……..”

The image that I showed to Suzuka was the one she took with me to show to her friends. I’ve never taken a photo of myself on my smartphone so I only have ones that I took with my little sister.

Suzuka is from the same agency as me so we often do a shoot together so I thought that it was okay but……..

“N, No way! This one……we will be misunderstood you know!”

“Nn? We are from the same agency so it’s not really a problem right?”

“Th, that’s not it……. ..if you use this one there might be a rumor that we are dating……..”

I heard the first part but I couldn’t properly hear the second half.

“Sorry, can you say that again?”

“P, p, people might think that I and Seiya are dating!”

“Dating….? Ahh! I see! That would be no good huh. It would be bad for Suzuka after all.”

Half of the news on the internet is about discovering who is dating who and people really like such a topic. Even if it doesn’t get covered by the news, our fans might gossip about it.

Suzuka may be worried that such a rumor might affect her popularity. And not hers alone, she is looking out for me too.

“I think that you have the wrong idea again but whatever…… for the time being, I will take a picture for you so can you make a nice pose for me?”

“What? Now?”

“It’s fine since no one else is on the bus anyway. Besides, you did your hair properly and your clothes are the ones you used in the shooting too……..so uhh….you look cool……..”

“They look cool because they are for magazine covers, right. Suzuka’s is cute too. Well, the person wearing it is beautiful after all.”

“C, Cut-!?～～～～! A, Anyway, I’m going to take a picture so look that way! Not like that, put your hand under your cheek and look outside the window!”

“Eh? L, like this?”

I thought that it would be something like an ID photo but I am instructed to make a pose instead.

“Alright. How does this one feel?”

“Oh, somehow it feels like a cover photo for a music album.”

I thought that it would come out as frivolous and cool but it was surprisingly ephemeral and cool instead. I have no complaints about this.

“Ok, I will message it to you alright. Make that your profile picture!”

“Okay…….alright, I think I will be fine with this.”

“Un Un. Alright, let’s talk about the second point……AHaHaHa! Hey, Seiya! Take a look at this!”

“Why did you start laughing all of a sudden…….THE HECK IS THIS!?”

When Suzuka was about to continue her explanation of the reason I got flamed, she suddenly laughed. She then showed me an article that summarized the flaming incident that just happened.

“Hmm, let’s see? The fastest model to get flamed on SNS, Kamishiro Kousei. The cause of the flame was his first post on SNS. the model in question was mistook for a fake…….wait, my whole post is here!”

“Nn? What what? Even a model from the same agency, Asakura Asuka couldn’t believe his claim at first. The following is an excerpt from her SNS [Just in case can you give me proof? If it’s not credible then I will block you. I’m in a hurry right now so if you are going to do it then do it soon.] [I have this photo though……], [HAAAAAA!? Wait!? The real one!? That’s not the one from last year either! That one was no good so I told you to erase it right!? Rather, why are you registering today!?] You see this, it’s like an entire thread already!”

“Well, look at this too! This summary!”

“Hmm, the image of Asakura Asuka with her eyes closed is a hit right now?”

Certainly, that picture got a lot of reposts but I didn’t know that it would cause such a reaction. That aside, what kind of response did it receive?

[Goodnews] Asakura Asuka did not use photoshop as proven in an unprocessed picture of her by Kamishiro Kousei.

“W, Well, it’s great that there are only good ones right?……oh, we are almost at the aquarium.”

Before I knew it, the bus had reached the aquarium grounds and it seems that it will stop soon.

“Okay before we arrive, here’s the second point! You should post the pictures you take today after you got home! Also, you can post that you went somewhere but not that you are about to go there! You might get stalked after all. If I remember anything else I will tell you. Alright, let’s go! Penguin Show awaits!”

“Yeah! Let’s go, to the Dolphin Show!”

“ “ Eh? “ “

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TLN: Let the Penguin-Dolphin war begins