Author's notes: Sorry for the delay. Been busy with a lot of stuff these past two months. College seem to get harder and harder so please bear with me.

Anyways, here's chapter 29 of this fic! Enjoy reading!


========== Chapter 29: Peak the target ==========

"ATCHOO!"

It's the usual noontime in Atlis' headquarters. In the CEO room, Tatsuya is having a little cold himself. He honestly don't know how come he got a cold now. He hasn't done anything stupid to experience something like this at all. However, he did spent the last few nights working non-stop past midnight to get several things done but this isn't enough to justify his cold.

Suddenly, he saw the silhouette of somebody on the heavily tinted door and heard a knock a moment afterwards.

"Sir, this is Ekoda. I have the papers that you have requested for", the voice said which came from Junichiro.

Tatsuya didn't wasted any moment and replied back.

"Come in", Tatsuya said.

The door opened and Junichiro immediately walked in towards Tatsuya's table. Junichiro is wearing a polo shirt with a green tie and a pair of black pants. His short brown hair is well groomed with his pair of glasses positioned like a headband on his head. Based on his looks, it appears that he had just arrived at the company HQ. On his arms are a thick screen of papers mostly documents of sorts and Junichiro can swear that the entire thing is heavy.

"Sir, here's the documents", Junichiro said as he landed the papers on top of Tatsuya's desk which made an audible thud showing how heavy the stacked papers are.

"Thanks for the effort", Tatsuya said and sneezed after speaking.

"Geez, you should take a leave sir", Junichiro said as he looked at his boss who is currently sneezing, "The company's doing all great thanks to that Kami website currently popular on the net. Heck, we might even just need to let that site do all the work for us."

Tatsuya groaned before he replied. Speaking of that website, it is unexpected that it managed to deal an effect of this kind on his company though.

"As much as I wanted it, I simply can't", Tatsuya replied, "Being stuck with nothing to do all the while having a cold is much worse than working with a cold. Besides, I gave Tanaka a break. He did a good job gluing the company on the A-okay line so I should repay him with a break."

"Well, boss… you're kinda generous. You know that?", Junichiro said.

Tatsuya smiled at Junichiro's reply before speaking.

"Well, I'm just doing what needs to be done", Tatsuya replied, "So don't get watery on me."

"Whatever you say boss", Junichiro said.

Meanwhile, back in Maijima High, Keima is already at the rooftop doing his usual habits as always. Sitting on one of the benches lying around, Keima's attention is glued to his PFP where he is playing a game as always. Other than him, no one is currently at the rooftop making this place a good area to go when it comes to activities like this.

Even though he is playing games in his PFP, Keima is thinking of something else. It is his new target Miyako. Although Keima has all the basic information that he needed in this one, he has no idea as to how this Miyako girl behaves much less interact with others. Consequently, he has no means to graph any conquest plan to get Miyako. After all, one cannot make a road if he can't see the terrain where he needs to build it on personally

Keima sighed before letting go of his PFP. This is not going anywhere. What he needs at the moment is a working data on the target. Unfortunately for him, he has no means of obtaining it easily given his status in the Academy. Being labeled as the "Otagemane", getting close to anyone is pretty much an impossible task. He might even scare off his target if he tried using this method. This is going to be one hard nut to crack. Fortunately enough, there's no time limit on the request to worry about. It would be troublesome if there is.

Without one disadvantage to worry about, Keima continued to think more of what to do. Every possible route, decision, and option was considered. He will be forced to resort to this until he manage to get the info he needs about Miyako. The target is just in front of him but he can't do anything. Quite the irony for that matter.

However, just as Keima concluded this situation to be hopeless if he didn't have any clue on Miyako, A solution suddenly dawned upon him.

"Hmm… too risky but can be pulled off", Keima muttered as he rubbed his chin, "Perhaps, this might do it."

As Keima is contemplating in his plans on the rooftop, another event is happening on the track and field. Miyako can be seen wearing the usual PE outfit and is running a full track around the running field.

"Miyako-san! Keep it up!", her friend Ayumi yelled as she watched Miyako from the sidelines.

Miyako passed Ayumi as she ran the track. Running around the track is tiring in the least. It's further emphasized by the fact that her PE teacher have told her and her classmates that they need to run over four laps. The last lap that she is running is the last lap. That's a big thankful for her. Miyako crashed on her butt as soon as she crossed the line. As she sat on the field, she caught her breath.

"Nice run Miyako!", Ayumi said as she went closer to Miyako who was still catching her breath.

Ayumi lent Miyako a hand so she can easily get up. After helping Miyako get up, the PE teacher called up to his students.

"Alright, give me twenty push-ups!", the PE teacher yelled.

"Eh?!", a girl named Chihiro exclaimed from the crowd of students, "Are you trying to kill us sir?!"

The PE teacher just looked at Chihiro before replying.

"Do it or I'll double yours", the PE teacher said.

Chihiro, for some reason, just complied. Twenty push-ups are already hard and a double is already a killer. The entire class of at least 30 students began to make push-ups as ordered by their PE teacher. Virtually half of the class is struggling to get a push-up done. Even boys aren't any exception who are struggling for the most of them. However, there are still some few students that are an exception.

In the midst of students having difficulty in doing push-ups, Ayumi can be seen doing it with little effort that it's like she's just munching on some soft chewy candy. The push-ups don't seem to matter on her at all. Seeing that Ayumi is having an easy time over the push-ups, the PE teacher went up to Ayumi.

"Not bad, Takahara-san", the PE teacher said, "I must say that the track and team club is lucky to have you in the team. Due to your excellent performance, you can stop now. Take some rest."

Ayumi immediately complied and shot up straight.

"Thanks sensei", Ayumi said.

As Ayumi went towards one of the nearby benches on the field, Chihiro sighed in resignation.

"Better for Ayumi", Chihiro said as she did a push-up which she struggled to make, "Why don't we have that kind of physical fitness like Ayumi? This is so unfair."

Several minutes later, the PE teacher stopped the push-ups. All students were exhausted as soon as the teacher ended it. Many were sitting on the ground panting and catching their breath from the physically-demanding exercise. As soon as she caught her breath, Miyako immediately stood up and walked towards Chihiro lending her a hand to get up.

"Thanks", Chihiro said as she got up with support from Miyako who gave her a hand.

Back at Keima, he is currently inside his classroom already waiting for the next part of the session to continue by playing games ironically. Once this class is over, he can pretty much do anything for the rest of the day. That involves how he can get a close contact with Miyako without likely setting her off due to his negative background. Seeing that his classmates despise him, the same could apply to Miyako who, by his definition, is nothing more than a mo character. The only reason why she got some spotlight is due to some unknown client requesting a means of conquering a girl like her. Still, whatever the case, the deed is done. He needs to do something over this matter and fast.

The door eventually opened and the teacher came inside the classroom from it. This will be typical day for Keima until he managed to get to work on that new girl.

After several hours, the class ended and Keima immediately made his way out of the classroom.

"It's now time to get that girl", Keima muttered under his breath as he passed by a group of students currently on the corridor. The students that Keima passed didn't looked at his direction or even spared a stare on him. To Keima, they are nothing but mob characters after all. The only thing that they are good at is to be decorations on the wall.

After several footsteps, Keima reached the stairway at the end of the corridor leading to the floor below. He then walked downstairs only to see another corridor filled with groups of students. He sighed. If it weren't for the fact that the High School building is not a two-digit floor, he might have thought that he's just looping on the same floor all this time. Eventually, he reached the ground floor which is also full of students. He continued on walking towards the main gate. However, as he is walking, he saw Miyako and three other girls, likely to be her friends, walking out.

Keima thought on his options. Will he follow them or not? Following them and being spotted isn't a good idea. Having one's first appearance on the eyes of the target in a rather creepy and odd situation is just asking for a difficult and likely bad end route. Fortunately, they do seem to be so bogged down on their talk that they don't appear to be aware of their surroundings.

Coming up with a decision, Keima made attempts to follow them. As a first safety measure, he ensured that there is a considerable distance between him and them. This distance is far enough not to be considered that he's following them but still close enough for him to see them. As he is following them, Keima can make out some of their chatter but it doesn't seem to be that all important. Eventually, the group stopped and so is Keima. Letting his sight of the group for a moment, Keima noticed that they are at the shopping district. He then refocused his attention on Miyako who, along with her friends, have settled on a restaurant. Taking a table just a two blocks away from the group, Keima sat in the table as well so as to avoid being spotted. From his position he can hear the group's conversation. Again, the conversation doesn't seem to hold any valuable information. However, it can at least show what kind of personality Miyako has along with her other quirks.

"So, Miyako-san what can you say about the track and field club?", a girl named Izumi asked.

"It's pretty good", Miyako said as she munch on the food she and her friends ordered.

"Heh… it's kinda backbreaking you know", Chihiro interjected.

"Not really. As soon as you get used to it, it won't really matter at all", Ayumi countered.

Chihiro made out some sort of derp face before facing Ayumi and asked her friend.

"Geez, what kind of food do you eat to get that speed burst and… that nice body?", Chihiro said but she spoke the last part with a teasing voice.

Ayumi's face turned to a nice tint of red showing that she's embarrassed.

"Wh-Wha-What are you talking about?!", Ayumi asked defensively.

Chihiro's face turned even creepier and asked another question.

"Don't lie", Chihiro said as she placed her right hand to block her mouth, "I'm sure you're on a diet that made you get that nice body. I'm sure you want to share it with us… right?"

"Yeah! Share with us Ayumi-san!", Izumi yelled causing the few other people in the restaurant to look at their direction."

Keima, on the other hand, would swear that he'd fall over if he wasn't on his seat.

"Damn, girls are really like this?", Keima muttered to himself, "This is one of the reasons why 3D girls suck."

"Quiet down", Miyako said, "We're attracting a lot of attention here."

Miyako's three other friends complied. A few seconds later, everyone returned back to their own business or whatever they are doing. As for Keima, he didn't as what he is doing is right in front of him. As he continued to observe, the group continued to have their conversation. In this case, it appears that Keima's efforts have now bore fruit.

"So, Miyako-san… what kind of guy do you like?", Chihiro asked.

"Eh?!", Miyako said as her face flushed a shade of red like Ayumi.

"Chihiro stop bullying Miyako-san", Ayumi said.

Unlike the first one, Chihriro appeared to let go of this.

"Whatever", Chihiro replied with a sigh as she sat back on her seat.

"Hmm… the innocent one huh?", Keima muttered to himself, "This should be an easy target."

Without a moment to spare, Keima immediately went up on his table. Due to the fact that the group is so bogged down on their conversation, he managed to walk towards the door of the restaurant without being noticed. A big enough piece of information that he can work on is now in his hands. Now, he must work on this.

Keima opened the door and walked outside. He then closed the door as soon as he was outside. A weak thud rang as Keima closed the door. It's now time to work on the target.


PS: As you can see in this chapter, this shows a standard operating procedure of scouting the target first before thinking about even planning. You can't make a house if you don't even know what kind of terrain you'll be building it on. Even Keima is sure to know this as evident in his conquests.

Last line, stay tuned for the next part of Miyako's arc.